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June 24, 2026 - Eric Blanc | Stephen Wertheim | Christopher Miller
Jun 24, 2026
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June 23, 2026 - Dean Baker | Sidney Blumenthal | Steven Levistsky
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June 22, 2026 - Polly Toynbee | Karen Greenberg | Timi Iwayemi
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June 21, 2026 - Sina Toossi | Andrei Markovits | Alexander Motyl
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| 6/24/26 | June 24, 2026 - Eric Blanc | Stephen Wertheim | Christopher Miller | What Do the Big Wins By Mamdani-Backed Democratic Socialists in New York Mean for the Future of Democratic Party Leadership | Could There Be a Silver Lining in the Wake of the Otherwise Unmitigated Disaster Trump and Netanyahu Brought to the Persian Gulf? | Could Ukrainian Gains in Crimea Bring About the End of Putin? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing | — | ||||||
| 6/23/26 |  June 23, 2026 - Dean Baker | Sidney Blumenthal | Steven Levistsky | In Spite of GOP Lies, There's An Easy Fix For a Social Security Shortfall in 2034 | The MAGA Fraud Frays As the Majority Tires of Trump's Lies, Amateurism and Incompetence | The Rise of Right Wing Authoritarian Leaders in Latin America backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia | — | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | June 22, 2026 - Polly Toynbee | Karen Greenberg | Timi Iwayemi | The UK's PM Resigns With a People-Friendly Andy Burnham Poised to Replace Him | Why Did Republican Senators Confirm a Russian-Friendly Asset to Head U.S. Intel Who Took Her Marching Orders From a Homophobic, Islamophobe, Tinfoil-Wrapped Cult Guru? | The Crooks In Congress in Crypto's Corner backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia | — | ||||||
| 6/21/26 | June 21, 2026 - Sina Toossi | Andrei Markovits | Alexander Motyl | Iran Closes the Strait Of Hormuz as Negotiators in Switzerland Try to Rescue the U.S.-Iran Peace Deal | Nazi Messages From DHS as MAGA-Trump Racism and Xenophobia Contrast with the Multi-Cultural Diversity and Joy of the World Cup |Could Ukraine Win and Bring Down Putin and Change Russia As We Know It? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing | — | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | June 18, 2026 - Joshua Landis | R. Daniel Kelemen | Shawna Kidman | Vance Unloads on Israel in an Obvious Warning Not to Spoil the White House Deal With Iran | How to Stop an Autocrat From Rigging Another Election | Efforts to Stop the Paramount-Warner Merger and Its Impact on Jobs, News and Culture backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing | — | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | June 17, 2026 - Robert Malley | Joshua Shifrinson | David Walbert | Even if Trump Has Given Away the Store, Diplomacy is Better Than Continuing to Fight a Lost War | The Price the U.S. Will Pay for Trump's Hubris, Hegseth's Incompetence and Netanyahu's Mendacity | In Shelving His New DNI and FISA Deal, Trump Makes Clear That Rigging the Next Election is His Top Priority backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing | — | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | June 16, 2026 - Matthew Petti | Charles Kupchan | Jennifer Kavanagh | A Deal to Make a Deal Has Hawks on All Sides Terrified it Will Succeed | G-7 Leaders Bring Trump and Zelensky Together to Change the U.S. Role From Messenger Between Ukraine and Russia to Mediator That Makes Peace | The Iran War and the Future of American Empire and is Trump Blowing a Chance to Make Peace in Ukraine? backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia | — | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | June 15, 2026 - Juan Cole | Jeremi Suri | Quinn Slobodian | Iran Will Sign a Deal on Friday as the Winner, But Will the War Be Over? | As Texas Republicans Target Talarico's Masculinity, the White House Puts on a Display of Toxic Masculinity and Cheesy Patriotism | Is the World's First Trilllionaire Elon Musk a "Human Ponzi Scheme"? backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia | — | ||||||
| 6/14/26 | June 14, 2026 - Harrison Mann | Aslı Bâli | Aaron Regunberg | Trump's 80th Birthday Present Today Is Mindless Violence Where Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garden Once Stood Instead of Iran Signing a Peace Deal | A Post-War Strategic Realignment That Will Leave the U.S. Much Worse Off | With Big Oil a Winner of This War, It's Past Time to Kick the Habit and Get Off The Oil Drug backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | June 11, 2026 - Robert Pape | Elizabeth Goitein | Moira Donegan✨ | U.S. politicsTrump administration+3 | Robert PapeElizabeth Goitein+1 | FISA | California | TrumpFISA+5 | — | 1h 01m 38s | |
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| 6/10/26 | June 10, 2026 - Paul Pillar | Ira Shapiro✨ | US IntelligenceTrump's Plan+4 | Paul PillarIra Shapiro | Common Sense Coalitionbackgroundbriefing.org+3 | — | TrumpUS Intelligence+4 | — | 1h 00m 43s | |
| 6/9/26 | June 9, 2026 - Ben Burgis | Mitchell Prothero | Lisa Graves✨ | progressive politicsmedia criticism+4 | Ben BurgisMitchell Prothero+1 | — | MaineAlbania | progressive populismMaine elections+4 | — | 59m 40s | |
| 6/8/26 | June 8, 2026 - Hussein Banai | Ben Freeman | James Risen✨ | US-Israel relationsmilitary integration+4 | Hussein BanaiBen Freeman+1 | NYTBackground Briefing | — | TrumpNetanyahu+7 | — | 1h 00m 15s | |
| 6/7/26 | June 7, 2026 - David Hearst | Robert Kuttner | Steven Harper✨ | US-Iran relationspolitical funding+3 | David HearstRobert Kuttner+1 | Department of JusticeTrump Family Crime and Pedophile Protection | USIran | US Iran conflictceasefire+3 | — | 59m 41s | |
| 6/4/26 | June 4, 2026 - James Zirin | Amy Fried | Michael Kimmage✨ | Trump administrationAttorney General nomination+3 | James ZirinAmy Fried+1 | Trumpbackgroundbriefing.org+3 | — | TrumpAttorney General+7 | — | 59m 59s | |
| 6/3/26 | June 3, 2026 - Sasha Abramsky | Edward McCaffery | Steven Simon✨ | Election ResultsCalifornia Primaries+4 | Sasha AbramskyEdward McCaffery+1 | Pentagon | California | California PrimariesTrump+4 | — | 1h 01m 22s | |
| 6/2/26 | June 2, 2026 - Thanassis Cambanis | Anne Nelson | Chris Whipple✨ | Middle East conflictU.S. politics+3 | Thanassis CambanisAnne Nelson+1 | CBS | IranLebanon+1 | NetanyahuTrump+5 | — | 1h 01m 39s | |
| 6/1/26 | June 1, 2026 - Dr. Annelle Sheline | Suchi Mathur | Nina Burleigh✨ | IranPeace Talks+5 | Dr. Annelle ShelineSuchi Mathur+1 | ICE | IranLebanon | IranTrump+7 | — | 1h 01m 00s | |
| 5/31/26 | May 31, 2026 - Mohsen Milani | Daniel Boguslaw | Stephen Walt✨ | IranTrump Administration+4 | Mohsen MilaniDaniel Boguslaw+1 | backgroundbriefing.orgtwitter.com/ianmastersmedia+2 | IranStrait of Hormuz | TrumpIran+5 | — | 1h 04m 08s | |
| 5/28/26 | May 28, 2026 - Eli Clifton | Olga Lautman | Theodore Hamm | Trump Threatens to Blow Up Oman as Qatar and Bahrain Secretly Pay Bribes to Iran Not to Bomb Them | Trump Sells Out NATO to Putin Just as Ukraine Turns the Battlefield Against Russia | How a Democratic Socialist Beat Machine Politics and Even Won Over Donald Trump backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing | — | ||||||
| 5/27/26 | May 27, 2026 -David Graham | James Moore | Jeffrey Winters | In Spite of the "Art of the Deal," Trump Keeps Getting Rolled in Negotiations | Paxton and the Moral Decay and Collapse of Decency and Discourse in the Trump Era | How and Why Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracy backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing | — | ||||||
| 5/26/26 | May 26, 2026 - Katherine Hawkins | Harold Meyerson | Cory Haala | Another US Senator Assaulted by Trump and Stephen Miller's ICE and DHS Thugs | The California Crackup That Could Have Republican Reality TV Gadflys Elected in the Bluest State | The Rise of Progressive Populism in the Heartland as the Con of Trump's Authoritarian Populism Sinks In backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia | — | ||||||
| 5/25/26 | May 25, 2026 - Robert Young Pelton | Nader Hashemi | Tom Mockaitis | On Memorial Day a Pentagon Run by a Racist Incompetent Whose Number Two is a Defense Contractor Entrenching the Military Industrial Complex | Trump Will Try to Spin a Defeat as a Victory Over Iran Then Maybe Invade Cuba as a Distraction | Asymmetrical Warfare Goes Back to the American Revolution As Nowadays, Cheap Defense Favors Smaller Powers, While Expensive Offense Does Not Secure Victory for Major Powers backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia | — | ||||||
| 5/24/26 | May 24, 2026 - Jonathan Alter | Gregory Treverton | Afshin Matin-Asgari | With Comedians Leading the Resistance, Colbert is Taken Off the Air by a President Who Can't Take a Joke | Trump's Conspiracy Theorist in Charge of US Intelligence Resigns | The Fate and Future of the Iranian Opposition backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing | — | ||||||
| 5/21/26 | May 21, 2026 - Jeff Colgan | Ryan Cooper | Edward McCafferey | With Trump's War Stalemated, More Sticker Shock Coming For Working Americans Being Punished at the Gas Pump | The Flimsy DNC Autopsy on the 2024 Loss Fails to Mention Gaza | The Trump Family Are So Good at Being Bad as the Democrats and the Press Get Distracted by the $1.8 Billion Slush Fund When the Real Scam is Barring the IRS From Investigating the Family's Monetization of the Presidency backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing | — | ||||||
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