Hello and welcome to background briefing available 24-7 at background briefing.

I'm Ian Masters, and today we'll look into a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin by a frightening move under the radar by Trump and Stephen Miller

to outlaw and defund political opposition as anti-Christian and anti-American

in the name of dismantling left-wing terrorism,

which means going after over half of the country's common beliefs that don't

align with Stephen Miller's extreme political paranoia and delusion.

Joining us is Ken Klippenstein, an independent journalist reporting on the U.S. National Security

State and politics.

He previously was an investigative reporter at The Intercept, and prior to that, was the D.C. correspondent at the nation, and a senior reporter for the young Turks.

He now publishes a popular substack at Ken Clippestine.com, where he has a recent article. We will discuss Trump's NSPM 7 labels common beliefs as terrorist indicators.

Then we'll examine Trump's address to the country's admirals and generals in which he appeared

to call for a civil war targeting what he calls the enemy within while suggesting

democratic-led US cities should be training grounds for the military.

Joining us is Stephen Marsh, a novelist and culture writer who has written for The Atlantic,

The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York, Esquire and many other outlets.

His recent books include The Next Civil War, Dispatches from the American Future,

and The Last Election, co-authored with Andrew Yang. His latest article

at The Independent is the reaction to Charlie Kirk's murder proves America is closer than ever to its next civil war.

Then finally we'll address the plight of public service workers who Trump and Vout are using the government shutdown to target

so that Vout can inflict trauma by firing them and having them and their families end up

destitute on the street.

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