Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at Background Briefing.org. I'm Ian Masters,

and today we'll look into a number of stories and issues in the news.

We begin with the White House at war with reality on two fronts,

pounding the lie from the podium that the Democrats are responsible for political hate speech,

along with trying to characterize Trump's would-be assassin,

who appears to have evangelical roots as anti-Christian.

We'll discuss how Ted Kaczynski, Luigi Mangione,

and Cole Allen wrote manifestos claiming they were acting for the greater good, but what they end up achieving is often the opposite, as was Trump's recent assassination of Iran's leadership,

which was replaced by an even harder-line regime.

Joining us is Bill Cher, the politics editor at the Washington Monthly, who is the host of

the history podcast When America Worked, and the co-host of the bipartisan online show and

podcast, the DMZ. We'll discuss this article at the Washington Monthly, Don't murder people.

Besides being immoral, political assassins repeatedly failed to achieve their intended objectives.

Then we'll examine Trump's tactic of attacking the messenger in order to avoid discussing the message

as he shuts down female reporters with misogynistic barbs like

Quiet Piggy or in the case of Nora O'Donnell on 60 Minutes you're a disgrace

Joining us is Peter Loge, a professor and the director of the School of Media and Public Affairs

and Director of the Project on ethics and political communication

at George Washington University. He has more than 30 years of experience in politics and communications,

including a presidential appointment at the Food and Drug Administration, and he held senior

positions for Senate Edward Kennedy and three members of the United States House of Representatives.

Then finally we'll assess what kind of repair job King Charles is doing for Anglo-American relations

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