Gilbert Doctorow discusses the political unrest in Belarus, where opposition protesters are demanding a new round of elections after President Lukashenko claimed to have won 80% of the vote this most recent time around. Lukashenko has served as president for 26 years,...
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8/28/20 David Stockman on the Coming Lockdown-Induced Financial Catastrophe
by Scott Horton | Aug 28, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to David Stockman about the economic fallout from the coronavirus lockdowns. Stockman points out all the devastation that has already been wrought by the government so far—relating to both the lockdowns and to the rampant stimulus measures meant to address...
8/25/20 Ted Snider on Donald Trump and the Art of Betrayal
by Scott Horton | Aug 26, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Ted Snider discusses the many foreign policy betrayals that have already taken place under the Trump administration. One of Trump's first moves in office—and indeed one of his biggest campaign promises—was to withdraw from the JCPOA, an agreement that did little...
8/21/20 Gareth Porter on the Journalistic Malpractice of Charlie Savage and the New York Times
by Scott Horton | Aug 24, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott and Gareth Porter discuss Charlie Savage's shameful reporting on the recent Russian bounties story. In this case Savage, whom Scott and Porter actually regard as one of the better journalists at the New York Times, published a story laying out the allegations...
8/21/20 Ammon Bundy on Supporting Black Lives Matter’s Effort to Defund the Police
by Scott Horton | Aug 23, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Ammon Bundy discusses his reasons for endorsing the Black Lives Matter movement and their move to defund police departments across America. Bundy, of course, was involved in a standoff with the Bureau of Land Management over cattle grazing rights in 2014, a fiasco...
8/21/20 Danny Sjursen Debunks the Biggest Myths About Lebanon
by Scott Horton | Aug 23, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Danny Sjursen about Lebanon, which has been in the news recently after a disastrous, and apparently accidental, explosion left hundreds dead there. Today Sjursen discusses Lebanon's past, a history that has seen it become a battleground for many proxy...
8/21/20 Jordan Smith on the Pseudoscience Putting Americans Behind Bars
by Scott Horton | Aug 21, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Jordan Smith discusses her research into the "BlueLeaks" archive of the leaked personal data of hundreds of thousands of cops and their cases. Smith was looking for evidence of unscientific techniques that the police use to elicit confessions and get convictions—and...
8/14/20 Branko Marcetic on Kamala Harris’ Powerful Pro-War Backers
by Scott Horton | Aug 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Branko Marcetic about Kamala Harris' dismal foreign policy. Although she's frequently portrayed as a progressive leftist, when it comes to foreign policy, says Marcetic, her foreign policy is right in line with the Clinton-Bush-Obama establishment...
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