Background Briefing with Ian Masters

Ian Masters
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Jan 27, 2026 • 1h

January 27, 2026 - Dr. Jessie Daniels | Richard Hasen | Joshua Horwitz

The Influence of Nazi Slogans and White Supremacist Anthems Inside Trump's White House, DHS and Department of Labor | AG Bondi's Attempt to Extort Voter Rolls From Minnesota to End ICE Terror | The Government's Killing of an American Citizen With a Concealed Carry Permit Has Rattled NRA and Gun Rights Advocates backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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Jan 26, 2026 • 59min

January 26, 2026 - Tom Nolan | Benjamin Carter Hett | Nicholas Heras

The Trickle Down Effect of Trump's Lawlessness and How Ice is Undermining Professional Policing | Similarities Between Hitler's Brown Shirts and Trump's ICE | The Possibility of a Renewed U.S./Israeli Strike on Iran Now That Trump's "Armada" is in Place backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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Jan 25, 2026 • 59min

January 25, 2026 - Radley Balko | Benn Steil

After Another Shooting in Minneapolis, Can We Believe the Trump Administration As Much As Can We Believe Anything Putin Says? | Trump's Brutal Demolition of the World Order backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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Jan 22, 2026 • 59min

January 22, 2026 - Lisa Graves | Joseph Lowndes | Will Bunch

Republicans Try to Discredit Jack Smith's Testimony While Trump Calls Him "A Deranged Animal" But Smith Made Clear He Will Not Be Intimidated | The Same Conditions That Dragged Down Biden To Defeat Are Now Weighing On Trump | House and Senate Democratic Leaders Appear Unwilling to Go To the Mat to Reform ICE backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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Jan 21, 2026 • 1h 1min

January 21, 2026 | David Cay Johnston | Christian Leuprecht | Jonathan Taplin

After Piling on About Biden's Mental Acuity, the Press is Mostly Silent on Trump's Obvious Madness | The Country's Closest Friend and Neighbor is Making Precautionary Military Plans Against a U.S. Invasion Ordered by Trump | Will the Counterculture Led By Artists Rise Again?
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Jan 20, 2026 • 1h

January 20, 2026 - Mae Ngai | Paul Pillar | Joshua Landis

On the One Year Anniversary of the Return of Trump On How He Has Weaponized Immigration | Trump's Billion Dollar a Head Board of Peace and the Reality on the Ground in Gaza | The Latest Sellout of the Kurds With Trump Backing the New Syrian Government as it Releases ISIS Prisoners backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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Jan 19, 2026 • 1h 2min

January 19, 2026 - Sasha Abramsky | Rebecca Riddell | Justin Elliott

The Caligula Moment of the Madman in the Oval Office Waging War Against Half of Our Country and Our Allies Abroad | The Latest Report From Oxfam "Resisting the Rule of The Rich: Defending Freedom Against Billionaire Power" | Corruption Inside DHS and ICE Awash With $170 Billion to Wage War Against Their Fellow Americans backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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Jan 15, 2026 • 59min

January 15, 2026 - Aaron Regunberg | Dr. Louisse Shelley | Andrew Miller

Trump's Resource Imperialism and Imperial Racketeering | The "Putinization" of American Foreign Policy | Israel and Gulf Allies Urged Trump to Pause Bombing Iran as US Naval Assets Head For the Region backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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Jan 14, 2026 • 59min

January 14, 2026 - Mikkel Runge Olesen | Dr. Nancy Okail | Jacob SilvermN

Vance and Rubio Meet With the Foreign Ministers of Denmark and Greenland Amid Mafia-like Threats From Trump | Unconfirmed Reports of an Off Ramp For Trump if Iran Stops the Killings and Delays Executions | The Return of the Fascist Troll Who Bought the Last Election For the Republicans and is About to Buy the Next backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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Jan 13, 2026 • 1h 2min

January 13, 2026 - Emmanuel Mauleón | Ray Takeyh | Mark Fitzpatrick

The DoJ Goes After the Victims Wife While Exonerating the ICE Shooter Who Murdered Renee Good | With Over 3,000 Killed By the Iranian Regime, Will Trump Come to The People's Rescue as Promised? | Can the Europeans and the UN With Its R2P (Responsibility to Protect) Help to Stop the Regime's Killing of Its Own People? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing

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