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We discuss the cascading fallout from the release of Epstein’s emails with @matthewpetti.bsky.social who was among the first to reveal the leaked trove exposing Epstein’s connections to Israeli intelligence. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
One of the First Journalists to Reveal the Email Trove Linking Epstein With Israeli Intelligence
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November 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We discuss the cascading fallout from the release of Epstein’s emails with @matthewpetti.bsky.social who was among the first to reveal the leaked trove exposing Epstein’s connections to Israeli intelligence. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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Now at backgroundbriefing.org | @matthewpetti.bsky.social - A Journalist Who Revealed the Email Trove Linking Epstein With Israeli Intelligence | Louise Shelley - Zelensky's Former Media Partner on the Lam With $100 Million Stolen | Chris Preble - Does the US Need Trump's Security Pact With Saudi?
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Now at backgroundbriefing.org | @matthewpetti.bsky.social - A Journalist Who Revealed the Email Trove Linking Epstein With Israeli Intelligence | Louise Shelley - Zelensky's Former Media Partner on the Lam With $100 Million Stolen | Chris Preble - Does the US Need Trump's Security Pact With Saudi?
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Now at backgroundbriefing.org | @drboguslaw.bsky.social - Epstein's Ties to Foreign Leaders & How Much the CIA Has an Epstein Problem | @faizapatel.bsky.social - In Targeting an Org That Does Not Exist, Trump Can Target Anyone | @aaronregunberg.bsky.social - Will AI be an Issue in the Next Election?
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Now at backgroundbriefing.org | @drboguslaw.bsky.social - Epstein's Ties to Foreign Leaders & How Much the CIA Has an Epstein Problem | @faizapatel.bsky.social - In Targeting an Org That Does Not Exist, Trump Can Target Anyone | @aaronregunberg.bsky.social - Will AI be an Issue in the Next Election?
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We speak with @drboguslaw.bsky.social about the latest release of Epstein emails which implicate Trump further and what our intelligence services knew about Epstein’s ties to foreign leaders. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
Epstein's Ties to Foreign Leaders and How Much the CIA Has an Epstein Problem
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November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We speak with @drboguslaw.bsky.social about the latest release of Epstein emails which implicate Trump further and what our intelligence services knew about Epstein’s ties to foreign leaders. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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We speak with @faizapatel.bsky.social about her article at @brennancenter.org, “Trump’s Orders Targeting Anti-Fascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
In Targeting an Organization That Does Not Exist, Trump Can Now Target Anyone
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November 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
We speak with @faizapatel.bsky.social about her article at @brennancenter.org, “Trump’s Orders Targeting Anti-Fascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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With AI threatening future employment on a massive scale, particularly among young people already indentured by student loan debt, Sasha Cohen speaks with @aaronregunberg.bsky.social about his @newrepublic.com article, “Americans Hate AI: Will the Democrats Join Them?” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
Will AI be an Issue in the Next Election?
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November 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
With AI threatening future employment on a massive scale, particularly among young people already indentured by student loan debt, Sasha Cohen speaks with @aaronregunberg.bsky.social about his @newrepublic.com article, “Americans Hate AI: Will the Democrats Join Them?” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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No one is above the law. Off to jail, ICE. A 45-year-old Riverside County man, identified as an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has been arrested for allegedly detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
No one is above the law. Off to jail, ICE. A 45-year-old Riverside County man, identified as an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has been arrested for allegedly detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty.
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It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
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Trump: "They had the line. The people had no idea. So I made the french fries. The guy was really good. He had a great wrist. He's going like, 'Sir -- nyha. Hhhhuh.' It was not that easy but I got it sort of finally. Not the greatest. But pouring it in."
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Trump: "They had the line. The people had no idea. So I made the french fries. The guy was really good. He had a great wrist. He's going like, 'Sir -- nyha. Hhhhuh.' It was not that easy but I got it sort of finally. Not the greatest. But pouring it in."
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd... Trump’s speech “was billed as a briefing on America’s preparations for the 2026 tournament, but what unfolded was a 90-minute linguistic dribble where syntax went to die.”
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Trump’s latest press conference offered equal parts delusion, deflection, and accidental self-parody.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd... Trump’s speech “was billed as a briefing on America’s preparations for the 2026 tournament, but what unfolded was a 90-minute linguistic dribble where syntax went to die.”
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We speak with Dr Ashley Koning about the Mamdani race in NYC and Mikie Sherrill in NJ and how in different ways both races perfectly demonstrate the struggle currently being waged inside the Democratic Party. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
How the Mamdani race in NYC and Sherrill race in NJ Show Divisions in the Democratic Party
November 4, 2025 - Dr. Ashley Koning
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November 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We speak with Dr Ashley Koning about the Mamdani race in NYC and Mikie Sherrill in NJ and how in different ways both races perfectly demonstrate the struggle currently being waged inside the Democratic Party. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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NOW at backgroundbriefing.org | @marionnestle.bsky.social -Trump Turns Callousness Into Cruelty by Refusing to Fund SNAP | @ryanlcooper.com - The Billionaire-Funded Election For the Pennsylvania Supreme Court | Dr. Ashley Koning - The Mamdani Race Epitomizes the Struggle in the Democratic Party
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
NOW at backgroundbriefing.org | @marionnestle.bsky.social -Trump Turns Callousness Into Cruelty by Refusing to Fund SNAP | @ryanlcooper.com - The Billionaire-Funded Election For the Pennsylvania Supreme Court | Dr. Ashley Koning - The Mamdani Race Epitomizes the Struggle in the Democratic Party
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Now at backgroundbriefing.org | @moiradonegan.bsky.social - Having Shunned Mamdani, Will the Dem Establishment Now Embrace Him? | @alexkeyssar.bsky.social - Newsom's Warning Trump Will Rig the Next Election | @michaelehayden.bsky.social - Republicans Are the Real Radicals and Have a Nazi Problem
November 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Now at backgroundbriefing.org | @moiradonegan.bsky.social - Having Shunned Mamdani, Will the Dem Establishment Now Embrace Him? | @alexkeyssar.bsky.social - Newsom's Warning Trump Will Rig the Next Election | @michaelehayden.bsky.social - Republicans Are the Real Radicals and Have a Nazi Problem
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We begin with our producer Sasha Linden Cohen speaking with @moiradonegan.bsky.social about Zohran Mamdani’s resounding victory in the race for Mayor of NYC which has overcome the hysterical lies of the monied establishment and backers of Andrew Cuomo like Elon Musk. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
Having Shunned Mamdani, Will the Democratic Establishment Now Embrace Him?
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November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
We begin with our producer Sasha Linden Cohen speaking with @moiradonegan.bsky.social about Zohran Mamdani’s resounding victory in the race for Mayor of NYC which has overcome the hysterical lies of the monied establishment and backers of Andrew Cuomo like Elon Musk. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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We're joined by @alexkeyssar.bsky.social looking into the warning from CA Gov. Newsom last night celebrating the overwhelming passage of Proposition 50 that Donald Trump will do anything and everything to rig the vote to deny Democrats a win in next year’s midterms. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
CA Governor Newsom's Warning That Trump Will Do Anything and Everything to Rig the Next Election
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November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
We're joined by @alexkeyssar.bsky.social looking into the warning from CA Gov. Newsom last night celebrating the overwhelming passage of Proposition 50 that Donald Trump will do anything and everything to rig the vote to deny Democrats a win in next year’s midterms. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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As Trump and Miller keep spewing the absurdity that Democrats are communists and antisemites, we speak with @michaelehayden.bsky.social about the GOP civil war over Nick Fuentes and how it is clear that Republicans are harboring real radicals and have a Nazi problem. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
The Republicans Are the Real Radicals and They Have a Nazi Problem
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November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
As Trump and Miller keep spewing the absurdity that Democrats are communists and antisemites, we speak with @michaelehayden.bsky.social about the GOP civil war over Nick Fuentes and how it is clear that Republicans are harboring real radicals and have a Nazi problem. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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Now at backgroundbriefing.org | @therickwilson.bsky.social -Mounting Evidence the MAGA Spell Has Been Broken | @electproject.bsky.social - As a Blue Wave Looms, What Will Trump Do to Rig the Next Election? | John Lawrence - Nancy Pelosi's Former Chief of Staff on Her Decision to Retire
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Now at backgroundbriefing.org | @therickwilson.bsky.social -Mounting Evidence the MAGA Spell Has Been Broken | @electproject.bsky.social - As a Blue Wave Looms, What Will Trump Do to Rig the Next Election? | John Lawrence - Nancy Pelosi's Former Chief of Staff on Her Decision to Retire
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With former Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing she is retiring, we speak with John Lawrence, who served as Pelosi's chief of staff for 8 years and has an op-ed in The New York Times, "Nancy Pelosi is an American Political Giant." on.soundcloud.com/74kfMiJovJsk...
Nancy Pelosi's Former Chief of Staff on Her Decision to Retire
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November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
With former Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing she is retiring, we speak with John Lawrence, who served as Pelosi's chief of staff for 8 years and has an op-ed in The New York Times, "Nancy Pelosi is an American Political Giant." on.soundcloud.com/74kfMiJovJsk...
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We’re joined by @electproject.bsky.social assessing how the recent election results indicate it will be harder for Trump to overcome a Blue wave that could sweep the Democrats into control of the House and possibly the Senate next year.
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As a Blue Wave Looms, What Will Trump Do to Rig the Next Election?
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November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
We’re joined by @electproject.bsky.social assessing how the recent election results indicate it will be harder for Trump to overcome a Blue wave that could sweep the Democrats into control of the House and possibly the Senate next year.
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We’re joined by @therickwilson.bsky.social discussing the possibility that the MAGA spell has been broken and that the obvious damage Trump is doing to America is finally arousing a silent majority to end his destructive reign of error, incompetence and chaos. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
Mounting Evidence the MAGA Spell Has Been Broken
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November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
We’re joined by @therickwilson.bsky.social discussing the possibility that the MAGA spell has been broken and that the obvious damage Trump is doing to America is finally arousing a silent majority to end his destructive reign of error, incompetence and chaos. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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Now at backgroundbriefing.org | @jeffwise.bsky.social - An Assessment of Air Safety as Air Travel Melts Down | @dgraham.bsky.social - Trump Announces His Plan to Rig Elections | @jwmason.bsky.social - A Followup on Mamdani's Victory and How He Will Deal With the Affordability Crisis
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Now at backgroundbriefing.org | @jeffwise.bsky.social - An Assessment of Air Safety as Air Travel Melts Down | @dgraham.bsky.social - Trump Announces His Plan to Rig Elections | @jwmason.bsky.social - A Followup on Mamdani's Victory and How He Will Deal With the Affordability Crisis
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Our producer Sasha Cohen is joined by @jwmason.bsky.social following up on the youth-driven Mamdani victory for Mayor of NYC and his recent article at @dissentmag.bsky.social, “What Can Zohran Accomplish?” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
A Followup on Mamdani's Victory on How He Will Deal With the Affordability Crisis
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November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Our producer Sasha Cohen is joined by @jwmason.bsky.social following up on the youth-driven Mamdani victory for Mayor of NYC and his recent article at @dissentmag.bsky.social, “What Can Zohran Accomplish?” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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With the government shutdown now in a record 40th day as 13,000 air traffic controllers and 55,000 TSA agents work without pay, we speak with @jeffwise.bsky.social about his article at @nymag.com, “Get Ready For An Air Travel Meltdown.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
An Assessment of Air Safety as Air Travel Melts Down
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November 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
With the government shutdown now in a record 40th day as 13,000 air traffic controllers and 55,000 TSA agents work without pay, we speak with @jeffwise.bsky.social about his article at @nymag.com, “Get Ready For An Air Travel Meltdown.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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We’re joined by @dgraham.bsky.social discussing his article at The Atlantic “Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms is Already Under Way” and Trump’s call to kill the filibuster announcing, “If we do it, we will.. never lose a general election.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
Trump's Announces That
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November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We’re joined by @dgraham.bsky.social discussing his article at The Atlantic “Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms is Already Under Way” and Trump’s call to kill the filibuster announcing, “If we do it, we will.. never lose a general election.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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