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...
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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...
9/18/20 Joe Lauria: Day Nine of the Assange Extradition Hearing
by Scott Horton | Sep 19, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Joe Lauria comments on the last few days of Julian Assange's extradition hearing. He notes a movement on the part of the prosecution away from their previous tack, which was to argue that Assange was not really a journalist, but actually engaging in hacking and...
9/17/20 Ted Snider on the Bahrain ‘Peace’ Agreement
by Scott Horton | Sep 19, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Ted Snider comes back for an update on the recent round of "peace deals" conducted by President Trump over the last few weeks. Now Bahrain has joined the normalization agreement between the U.S., Israel and the UAE, a move that Trump and his allies are hailing as...
9/15/20 Kevin Gosztola: Day Six of the Assange Extradition Hearing
by Scott Horton | Sep 16, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Kevin Gosztola is back for an update on Julian Assange's extradition hearing. He describes the great line-up of witnesses being summoned by Assange's defense team and how easily, for the most part, they've been able to dismantle the arguments from the prosecution....