Scott inverviews Tom Secker about the immense influence that the police, the military, the intelligence agencies and, especially, the Department of Homeland Security wield in Hollywood. Secker describes the complicated process required for a writer or producer to...
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9/18/20 Peter Van Buren on ‘Election Meddling’ and the Shameful State of American Journalism
by Scott Horton | Sep 22, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Peter Van Buren discusses yet another development in the "Russiagate" story, one that he says exposes the whole thing for what it really is. He describes the way "media watchdog" groups will discover small, insignificant websites, come up with an excuse for why they...
9/18/20 Dave Smith on the 2020 Election and the Death of RBG
by Scott Horton | Sep 22, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Dave Smith about the upcoming election and the role of the Libertarian Party in presidential politics. Both agree that the right move for the Party, given that it has essentially no chance of winning the presidency in the near future, is simply to...
9/18/20 Gareth Porter: Another Blow for ‘Russiagate’ Truthers
by Scott Horton | Sep 21, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter discusses the slow death of the "Russiagate" narrative, which has been allowed to live on mainly because of deliberate obfuscation by democrats and the mainstream media. Rarely do they lie outright about the facts, says Porter—instead they will...
9/18/20 Muhammad Sahimi on Pompeo’s Dangerous Iran Failures
by Scott Horton | Sep 21, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Muhammad Sahimi discusses Mike Pompeo's continual efforts to provoke a war between the U.S. and Iran, or to incite regime change from within. His "maximum pressure" sanctions campaign is part of the quest to attain one of these outcomes, a policy that Sahimi thinks is...
9/18/20 Grant Smith on the Exaggerated Significance of Evangelical Zionists in America
by Scott Horton | Sep 21, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Grant Smith about the role of evangelical Christians in the Zionist movement in America. Grant examines the premise that evangelicals are the most significant driving force behind American support for Israel, a popular notion ever since George Bush Sr....
9/18/20 Tana Ganeva on the Death of Holly Barlow-Austin
by Scott Horton | Sep 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Tana Ganeva about her recent article detailing the death of a woman due to medical neglect in one of America's worst private jails. Holly Barlow-Austin, an HIV patient, was detained for violating probation starting in April, and within a few short...
9/18/20 Nasser Arrabyee on the Continued Horrors of the War in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Sep 19, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Nasser Arrabyee discusses the war in Yemen, where the Trump administration is now approaching four years of continued support for Saudi Arabia in their war of genocide against the Yemeni population. The UN estimates that close to a quarter of a million civilians have...