Ted Snider discusses the details of the recent "peace deal" between the UAE and Israel. President Trump, who helped broker the deal, has been bragging that this is a groundbreaking normalization of two hostile nations—most likely, says Snider, in an effort to score...
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9/11/20 David Vine on the Tens of Millions Displaced by America’s Terror Wars
by Scott Horton | Sep 12, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews David Vine about his research into the effects of America's decades-long wars on terror. Vine and his team have recently estimated that at minimum, 37 million people have been displaced as a direct result of the war on terror, with roughly 8 million...
9/8/20 Kevin Gosztola: Day Two of the Assange Extradition Hearing
by Scott Horton | Sep 8, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Kevin Gosztola about day two of Julian Assange's extradition hearing. Gosztola covers some of the highlights of the day's proceedings, including witness testimony for Assange's defense, the main purpose of which was to emphasize the fact that Assange's...
9/7/20 Joe Lauria: Day One of the Assange Extradition Hearing
by Scott Horton | Sep 8, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Joe Lauria gives an update on Julian Assange's extradition trial in the UK. The biggest piece of news from day one is that certain media outlets are reporting 17 new charges added to Assange's indictment, when in reality, there was simply a superseding indictment to...
9/4/20 James Carden on the Rotten Alliance between Liberals and Neocons
by Scott Horton | Sep 7, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews James Carden about his latest article, which explores the recent return of many prominent neocons to the Democratic Party in opposition to Trump. Carden reminds us that during the 1960s a group of hawkish Democrats moved over to side with the...
9/5/20 Gareth Porter on Trump’s First Term Foreign Policy Record
by Scott Horton | Sep 7, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter discusses President Trump's foreign policy as we near the end of his first term. The story of Trump's time in office, as everyone knows, has been that despite his sense for the futility and unpopularity of America's endless wars, he, like Obama before...
9/4/20 David Henderson on the Supposed Economic Threat of China
by Scott Horton | Sep 6, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews David Henderson about the threat to the U.S. posed by China's growing stature as an economic powerhouse. In general, Henderson thinks that such concerns are overblown, citing the real economic figures behind the trade relationship. In particular, he...
9/4/20 Trevor Timm on the Vindication of Edward Snowden
by Scott Horton | Sep 6, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Trevor Timm discusses an important new ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which says that the NSA's mass data-gathering program, famously exposed by Edward Snowden, was illegal all along. It also came out during the court proceedings that not a single act...
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