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

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

We'll begin with the rise of Christian nationalism, dominionism, and the new apostolic

reformation movements who have found a champion in the heathen Donald Trump, who last

week in his at-time's incoherent address to the national religious broadcasters promised

to create a task force to counter anti-Christian bias

while demonizing his opposition, saying, quote, it's the people from within our country that are

more dangerous than the people outside. Joining us is Catherine Stewart, a journalist who is the

author of The Good News Club, the Christian Rights

Stealth Assault on America's Children, and a latest book, The Power Worshippers, Inside

the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, upon which the new feature documentary God

and Country by Rob Reiner is based.

Then we will look into today's Supreme Court hearing on Netchoice versus Paxton,

at which the justices seem open to the challenge from big tech companies, Facebook, Google,

and Twitter to the Texas and Florida laws aimed at regulating their social media content.

Joining us is Jonathan Taplin, an author and director emeritus of the

USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, who has produced music and film for Bob Dylan and the band,

George Harrison, Munch Suclesezy, Vim Vendez, Gus Van Scent and many others. He's the founder of the

entertainer, the first streaming video on demand platform, and currently sits on the boards of the Authors Guild

Americana Music Association and has produced 12 films including mean streets the last waltz under fire

and to die for he's the author of Move Fast and Break Things, how Facebook, Google and Amazon

have cornered culture and undermined democracy and his latest book is The End of Reality,

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