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1/6/23 Angela McArdle and Nick Brana on the Rage Against the War Machine Rally

by Scott Horton | Jan 8, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott talks to Angela McArdle, chair of the Libertarian Party, and Nick Brana, Chair of the People’s Party, about the Rage Against the War Machine rally taking place in Washington D.C. on February 19. The three discuss the slate of speakers, make the case for building single-issue coalitions and explain why this rally is important. Discussed on the show: RageAgainstWar.com LP.org PeoplesParty.org Angela McArdle is the Chair of the Libertarian Party. Follow her on Twitter @angela4LNCChair Nick Brana is the founder and National Chair of the People’s Party. He was the...

1/5/23 Ramzy Baroud on Netanyahu’s Return

by Scott Horton | Jan 6, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Ramzy Baroud joins the show to talk about Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power in Israel. Baroud explains where things stand between the Israeli government and the Palestinian people today and warns of the prospect for a hot war in the near future. Discussed on the show: “Israel: MP says time to 'subdue Palestinians once and for all' in the 'last war'” (Middle East Eye) Ramzy Baroud is a US-Arab journalist and is the editor-in-chief of the Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of My Father Was A Freedom Fighter: The Untold Story of Gaza and The Last Earth: A Palestinian...

1/5/23 Dave DeCamp on Putin’s Ceasefire and the Strikes on Russian Barracks

by Scott Horton | Jan 6, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott is joined by Dave DeCamp of Antiwar.com to run through the latest news about the war in Ukraine. They talk about Putin’s announcement today that Russian forces would be observing a 36-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas. They also touch on the Ukrainian strikes on Russian barracks that killed a number of sleeping soldiers and other news about the ongoing war and the prospects for peace. Discussed on the show: “No Sign of Peace in Ukraine as New Year Approaches” (Antiwar.com) “Ukraine Claims Heavy Russian Losses in Waves of Missile Strikes” (New York Times) “The...

12/30/22 David Hathaway on the Border, the Drug War and the OKC Bombing

by Scott Horton | Jan 4, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott interviews David Hathaway, the libertarian sheriff of Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Hathaway recently made news by calling attention to the video surveillance blimps that the border patrol is flying about a half mile north of the border with Mexico. Hathaway criticizes these blimps as infringements on the privacy of the people living in his county, who now have federal government cameras floating above their houses. They then talk about the immigration debate more broadly, and Hathaway makes the case for why right-leaning libertarians and conservatives should oppose a...

12/30/22 John Kiriakou on the CIA, FBI, JFK and 9/11

by Scott Horton | Jan 3, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott talks with John Kiriakou—former CIA officer, whistleblower and author— to discuss revelations, old and new, about the CIA’s connections to Lee Harvey Oswald as well as the agency’s awareness of 9/11 hijackers before the attacks. They also look at the Saudi regime’s connections to the attacks and explore possible motives for the purported ally to help attack the United States. Throughout the interview, Scott and Kiriakou explore the bad blood between the CIA and the FBI. Kiriakou tells some personal stories to illustrate how this rivalry manifested before and after...

Another Successful Fundraiser and the Year Ahead

by Scott Horton | Jan 2, 2023 | Blog

I cannot express how grateful I am, and all the staff and writers here at the Institute are, for your vote of confidence in our work. We've got an incredible year ahead. I'm working on my new book with Darryl Cooper now, Provoked: America's Role in the Russia-Ukraine War. But before that is done, we're going to publish Laurie Calhoun's Questioning the COVID Company Line, her great collection of told-you-so-at-the-time essays for the Institute in opposition to the germ regime of the last few years and William Van Wagenen's absolutely incredible Origins of the Dirty War on Syria Revisited: How...

12/30/22 Ted Galen Carpenter on the Arrogance Behind Washington’s Foreign Policy

by Scott Horton | Jan 2, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott talks with Cato Senior Fellow Ted Galen Carpenter about American interventions in Ukraine and Syria. They dig into the likeliest escalation scenarios in Ukraine and imagine how both sides would react to defeat. That leads to a discussion about the social psychology behind Washington’s foreign policy decisions. They also look to the terror wars and tie their talk on American foreign policy psychology to the ongoing war in Syria. Discussed on the show: “How Will the Blob React if Ukraine Faces Defeat?” (Antiwar.com) “What Do Think Tanks Think? Proximity to Power and...

12/30/22 Eli Clifton on Twitter’s Hypocritical Acceptance of US Information Operations

by Scott Horton | Jan 1, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott brings Eli Clifton of Responsible Statecraft on to discuss the recent revelations about Twitter’s boosting of U.S. military information operations. They go over some of the details outlined in Lee Fang’s thread, which served as part 8 of the ongoing Twitter Files. Fang reveals Twitter’s hypocrisy as the firm publicly exposed and censored disinformation campaigns by foreign governments while it worked to amplify specific fake propaganda accounts at the request of the Pentagon. Scott and Clifton go through what we learned and then zoom out. Although they see a lot of...