Background Briefing: November 24, 2025
America’s Morally Bankrupt, Corrupt and Anti-Democratic Power Elite as Revealed in the Epstein Emails
We begin on a day of justice with Trump’s lawsuits against James Comey and Letitia James thrown out and Defense Secretary Hegseth waging absurd threats at Senator Mark Kelly with an investigation into his “seditious” video and go from the good to the bad to the ugly. We discuss the morally bankrupt, corrupt and anti-democratic elite in this country whose contempt for average Americans, greed and entitlement knows no bounds as revealed in the recent emails between Epstein and his network of the power elite. Joining us is Anand Giridharadas the author of the international best-seller Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. A former foreign correspondent and columnist for The New York Times for more than a decade, he is the publisher of The.Ink newsletter and his latest book is The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy and we discuss his article at the New York Times, “How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails”
Trump’s Treasonous Sellout of Ukraine Is As If Chamberlain Showed Up at Munich With Hitler’s “Peace Plan”
Then we look into Trump’s criminal and treasonous sellout of Ukraine which critics are likening to Chamberlain’s capitulation to Hilter at Munich but in this case it is as if Chamberlain showed up at Munich with Hitler’s “peace plan.” Joining us is Robert Benson, the Associate Director of National Security and International Policy at The Center for American Progress. Previously he worked as a global relations consultant at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris and as a research fellow at the Social Science Center Berlin. We discuss his latest article, “Trump’s 28-Point Peace Plan Will Invite the Next War.”