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 day two of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee

and explore the disconnect between Trump's call for unity

and the poisonous partisanship spewing forth from Marjorie Taylor Green,

Senator Ron Johnson, who claims the wrong speech was put into his teleprompter,

and Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for Governor in North Carolina, who was said, quote,

some people need killing, referring to the Democratic opposition.

Joining us from the convention is Tom Lobianco, a national political reporter for 24-site

covering Trump's third run for the White House.

He's the author of the biography of Vice President Mike Pence, Piety and Power,

Mike Pence and the taking of the White House, and we'll discuss the difference between

Trump's vice-presidential choice, J.D. V Vance and his previous Vice President Mike Pence,

who upheld the Constitution in the face of a murderous insurrection, which Vance supports and justifies,

promising he would shred the Constitution in service of Trump.

Then we'll look into last night's closing speech by the head of the Teamsters Union, Sean O'Brien,

who praised Trump as a survivor of an assassination attempt, saying he has proven to be, quote, one tough SOB,

but then criticizing corporate America as economic terrorists while asking for legislation that would empower unions, which he didn't

mention Republicans have blocked. Joining us is Harold Myerson, one of the nation's best-known

progressive columnist and editor-at-large of the American Prospect. We will discuss his latest

article at the American Prospect,-believe, playing nice and loving

workers. Then finally, with an 11-day military drill involving Chinese soldiers exercising

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