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1/31/20 Sam Jacobs on Lavoy Finicum’s Death and Washington’s Management of Federal Land

by Scott Horton | Feb 2, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Sam Jacobs of Ammo.com discusses the 2016 Oregon standoff between federal agents and Ammon Bundy, Lavoy Finicum and their allies. Most listeners probably remember some of the details of the 2014 standoff in Bundy's native Nevada, which ultimately resulted in a judge...

1/24/20 Nozomi Hayase on Glenn Greenwald and the ‘Assange Precedent’

by Scott Horton | Jan 26, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott talks to Nozomi Hayase about the movement to prosecute Glenn Greenwald for cybercrimes in Brazil. Greenwald is accused of helping to steal confidential text messages, as opposed to simply publishing information that had been hacked by someone else. This is...

1/24/20 Dave DeCamp on the OPCW’s Douma Cover-Up

by Scott Horton | Jan 26, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Dave DeCamp talks about the scandalous apparent cover-up of the OPCW's real findings on the alleged chemical attack in Douma in 2018. In 2019 the organization issued a final report affirming the likelihood of a real chemical attack. But now Ian Henderson, one of the...

1/24/20 Dan Caldwell on America’s Conservative Antiwar Veterans

by Scott Horton | Jan 25, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Dan Caldwell of Concerned Veterans for America talks to Scott about his organization's latest efforts to change the conversation about support for America's wars in the Middle East. Their new ad campaign emphasizes the fact that even most veterans simply want to end...

1/24/20 Jim Bovard on Washington’s Oppressive REAL ID Act

by Scott Horton | Jan 25, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Jim Bovard talks about the federal pressure for states to comply with their "REAL ID" laws, which place higher standards on proving one's identity and may require the submission of fingerprints or even DNA samples. Bovard reminds us that even if the requirements...

1/20/20 Ramzy Baroud on the Israeli Siege of Gaza

by Scott Horton | Jan 21, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott talks to Ramzy Baroud about the Israeli occupation of Gaza, where Palestinian civilians continue to be killed and otherwise oppressed by Israeli forces. Baroud describes the many ways in which Israel has twisted the mainstream narrative and manipulated their...

1/17/20 Doug Bandow: America Wrecked Libya for a Generation

by Scott Horton | Jan 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Doug Bandow talks about the legacy of the war in Libya, which many Americans seem already to have forgotten. Bandow says Qaddafi was supposed to be the test case for a dictator agreeing to U.S. terms of peaceful nuclear disarmament. Instead, as soon as he disarmed...

1/17/20 Ryan McMaken on America’s Petrodollar Addiction

by Scott Horton | Jan 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Ryan McMaken discusses his recent articles for the Mises Institute about the future of U.S. dollar hegemony. He walks us through the dollar's history as global reserve currency, which began in the mid 20th century as an alternative to a direct gold standard. Still,...

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