Background Briefing: September 3, 2026
The Death of Gloria Steinem and Her Legacy in the Battle For Women’s Rights
We begin with the death of Gloria Steinem, a pioneer of the feminist movement who once said that “In my Heart I think a woman has two choices. Either she’s a feminist or a masochist.” Joining us is Moira Donegan, writer in residence at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. Her work has appeared in The London Review of Books, Bookforum and The Paris Review. She is the co-host of the podcast In Bed With The Right and a columnist at the Guardian where her recent article is “The deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos signals a rupture within Maga” and her latest on the legacy of Gloria Steinem will be at The Guardian when this program goes to air.
Ian’s granddaughter, wearing Bella Abzug’s hat, with Gloria Steinem
A Whistleblower Warns That Trump and DHS Are Using the USPS to Purge Mail-in Ballots Or At the Very Least Cause Chaos in November
Then we examine the warning from a whistleblower inside the government about the Trump administration’s intrusion into the states’ control of elections which is a bedrock fact in the Constitution that Trump is trying to circumvent using DHS to compile a master list of voters and the USPS to purge the list of Democratic voters or at the very least, since 37% of Democrats vote by mail, cause chaos to invalidate the election. Joining us is Alexandra Hutzler, a reporter at Democracy Docket where her latest articles include “‘Unforgiving’ new USPS portal could reject 10,000 mail ballots due to a single error, whistleblower warns” and “Democrats use mail voting more than Republicans. That’s why Trump is attacking it.”
Trump’s Chronic Narcissism Jumps the Shark With Him Claiming To Be the Greatest President in History
Then finally, as Trump’s chronic narcissism jumps the shark with his post of Truth Social portraying him as the greatest American president in history above George Washingion, Abraham Lincoln and FDR etc. we assess how soon the 25th Amendment should be invoked. Joining us is Dr. Henry Abraham, who has served as Unit Chief of the Westboro State Hospital, Director of Psychiatric Research at the St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Boston and as a consultant to the National Academy of Sciences, and as advisor for several revisions of the Diagnostic Manual of the American Psychiatric Association. A member of Physicians for Social Responsibility and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, he shared in the award of the Nobel Peace Prize and is a signatory to an open letter from leading mental health professionals, “A Statement of Medical Concern about the President of the United States.” He writes a weekly newsletter on Substack, Henry David Abraham’s Stuff for Public Consumption.