Background Briefing With Ian Masters

What May Be the Only Chance We Have to See Jack Smith's Case Against Trump for January 6 | A Deep Investigation of the Far-Right Cult Opus Dei and Its Infiltration of American Politics at the Highest Level backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Netanyahu is in the Driver's Seat With Biden and Harris Reluctant Passengers | Under Attack by a Foreign Power, Lebanese and Iranians Rally Around the Flag | The Likely Impact of the East Coast Dockworkers' Strike on the Election backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Iran Fires 400 Ballistic Missiles at Israel as the Escalation Ladder Has Both Threatening Responses and Responses to Responses | As Michigan Shapes up to be a Critical Swing State, Could Jill Stein be a Spoiler Along With Conservative Muslims Making Alliances With the Christian Right | Will Tim Walz Expose J.D. Vance's Sick Dystopian Vision of America in Tonight's VP Debate? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Now That He is Suddenly Popular, Netanyahu Has Boxed Harris in to Support His War in Gaza and Lebanon | How Turkey's Erdogan, Who Has Stolen Billions, Threw Chump Change to the NYC Mayor Eric Adams | An Assessment of Zelensky's US Visit and the Real Reason Trump Hates Him

After Repeated Humiliations, Will Iran Strike Back at Israel in a Wider Middle East War? | J.D. Vance Doubles Down in His Embrace of Christian Nationalism and "Christo-Fascism | The Filmmaker of the Feature Documentary on the Electoral College One Person, One Vote Which Premieres on PBS's Independent Lens on Monday backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

The US and 21 Allies Call For a Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire Which Netanyahu Rejected | New York's Mayor Charged with Bribery, Wire Fraud and Seeking Illegal Campaign Donations | How J.D. Vance and His Backers Plan to Legislate Morality backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Israel Appears Poised For a Ground Invasion of Lebanon | UN Activities and Speeches Today and Yesterday | Zelensky Tries to Get the UN to Focus on Ukraine While a War in Lebanon Looms backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Zelensky's "Victory Plan" And His Remark That "We Are Closer To Peace Than We Think" | Trump Can Steal the Election Since He Has the Software For the Voting Machines in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan and Colorado | An Expert on Terrorism on How Election Violence is Already Underway Host: Ian Masters Producer: Graham FitzGibbon Assistant Producer: Asher Price

As Netanyahu Goads Hezbollah and Iran Into War, Biden and Harris Will be the Losers But Seem Helpless in Stopping the Escalation | Trump and Vance Are Not Trying to Win Over Voters But Are Focused on Stopping the Democratic Vote and the Counting of Votes | An Analysis of the Quad Meeting of the PMs of Australia, India and Japan Biden Hosted Host: Ian Masters Producer: Graham FitzGibbon Assistant Producer: Asher Price

The Republicans Have Stolen the Software for the Voting Machines in Georgia and Can Manipulate the November Results at Will | Trump Abandons His "Black NAZI" Gubernatorial Candidate in North Carolina He Recently Referred to as "Martin Luther King on Steroids" | Can Trump and Vance Win With a Campaign Based on Racist Hatred? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Musk Promotes Russian Fake News Claiming Kamala Harris Injured a Black Girl in a Hit and Run That Did Not Happen | Women Are Dying Because of Abortion Bans by Trump and "Christian" Republicans Who Won't Let Doctors Practice Medicine For Fear of Going to Jail | How Bilious Billionaires Like Musk Are More Influential Than World Leaders backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

How the Lowering of Interest Rates by the Fed Will Impact the Economy and the Election | Does Netanyahu Have an "October Surprise" in Store for the Harris/Walz Campaign? | Are We at the Beginning Stage of Another War in the Middle East That the US Will be Dragged Into? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Will Another Humiliation of Hezbollah and Iran Lead to a War in Lebanon? | Chief Justice Roberts Does Not Call Balls and Strikes, He Rigs the Playing Field Before the Game | As Incendiary Hate, Racism and Paranoia From Trump and Vance Escalates, What Can We Expect If They Lose the Election? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Another Assassination Attempt on Trump by Another Assassin Whose Politics Are All Also Over the Map With Both Having Easy Access to Military-Style Assault Rifles | Americans Who Want to Help Ukraine Defend Against Russia: Good and Bad | The Growing Phenomenon of "Caudillismo" in Latin America backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Is Putin Using Psychological Warfare to Stop Ukraine From Striking Deep Into Russia or Is He Not Bluffing When He Says Doing So Will Mean Russia Is “At War” With NATO? | The Reason Haitians Are in Ohio Is That US Foreign Policy Has Made Haiti Unlivable | Rather Than Race-Bait Harris Head On, Trump and Vance Are Using Racism as the Main Driver of Their Campaign backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Trump is Hanging Out With Laura Loomer Who Republicans Are Blaming For His Disastrous Debate | Erdogan Inflames Tensions With the US and Israel While Secretly Profiting From Oil and Arms Sales to Israel | What America Would Be Like After a MAGA Takeover Based on the MAGA Takeover of Two Counties in Washington and Northern California

In Last Night's Debate, the Reality TV Star Trump Appeared to Lose His War Against Reality | The Obstacles Women Face in Politics That Harris is Navigating | On the 23rd Anniversary of 9/11, New Evidence of Saudi Involvement With the Hijackers Emerges backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Foreign Policy in Tonight's Harris/Trump Debate and Whose Finger Do You Want on the Nuclear Button | Democratic "Irrational Exuberance" With the Polls and "Sane-Washing" by the Mainstream Media | We Should Take Trump at His Word That He Wants to be a Dictator and Jail His Opponents and the Press backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

The Mein Kampf of the MAGA Republican Party, Project 2025 | Today's Republican Report on the Withdrawal From Afghanistan is a Political Hit Job on VP Harris | How Putin's Shadow Fleet of "Ghost" Tankers Are an Accident Waiting to Happen backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Americans Colluding With Russia as Spies, Propagandists and Useful Idiots | UK and US Heads of Intelligence Warn of Russia's "Reckless Campaign of Sabotage" | The Accurate Predictor Issues His Presidential Prediction for 2024 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia