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'll begin with the second inauguration of Donald Trump today,

where he moved on from American carnage to American liberation from darkness

into the light of a savior who God spared from an assassin's bullet to make America great a gain.

We'll discuss how Trump will do the work of the devil as he vowed to unleash the liquid gold

of oil to flood the planet and accelerate global warming, in effect issuing a death sentence

to our children and grandchildren.

Joining us is Dr. Alan Francis, a professor emeritus and former chair of psychiatry

and behavioral science at Duke University.

He's the author of the award-winning international bestseller, Saving Normal, and the

reference work essentials of psychiatric diagnosis, and his latest book is Twilight of American

Sanity, a psychiatrist analyzes the age of Trump, now out in an updated paperback version.

Then we'll examine the unreality of the reality TV stars' alternative reality he outlined today, as he issued, Lies as Promises,

having already promised on day one to end the war in Ukraine, end inflation

and bring grocery prices down, etc.

Joining us is Sydney Blumenthor, the former assistant and senior advisor to President Bill Clinton

and senior advisor to Hillary Clinton.

He has been a national staff reporter for the Washington Post, Washington editor and staff

writer for the New Yorker, and his books include the bestsellers, the Clinton Wars, the

rise of the counter-establishment, and the permanent campaign.

His latest book is All the Powers on Earth, The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1856

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