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Pete wanted to do an episode putting out all of the facts from all sides on the situation in Virginia and a potential increase in gun control so he invited Tenth Amendment Center founder Michael Boldin. Michael explains the proposed laws, whether there will be actual "sanctuary" counties, whether law enforcement will enforce them and in his opinion, what can be done to combat this.

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On FPF #448, I discuss several news stories that are being ignored as the media obsessively covers impeachment. In Afghanistan, a US plane was downed and the UN announced it needs to provide basic aid to an additional three million Afghans this year. The US Embassy in Baghdad was hit with a rocket. The Iraqi security force continues to kill protesters. Many of the protesters are demanding American forces leave. Trump announced his Isreal/Palestine "Deal of the Century." The deal appears DOA as it fails to meet even basic Palestinian demands. 

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Pete was invited to by the host of the Our Foundations Podcast, Joshua, to talk history. Josh wanted to have a talk comparing the invention of the printing press to the invention of the internet but they used that as a jumping off point to talk about the Protestant Reformation, the first English language Bible and the Enlightenment.

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Daniel Lazare discusses the ongoing impeachment proceedings against President Trump, which he calls nothing more than a continuation of the Russiagate delusion. He and Scott rehash some of the history that has led America to the point where it even feels like Russia is a serious threat to the U.S., namely the policies of Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama. If your version of history began yesterday, it's easy to think something must be done in response "Russian aggression," but if you understand what came before, none of this really looks like Russia's fault after all. Sadly Trump is carrying on many of the same deleterious policies as cover against the kinds of accusations being leveled at him by the democrats.

Discussed on the show:

"Democrats Invoke Cold War Narrative To Push Impeachment" (Antiwar.com Original)

"Adam Schiff's Very Scary Warmongering Speech" (Antiwar.com Original)

"The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun" (The Washington Post)

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Scott talks to Pastor Benje Graves about the dominance of pro-war republicanism among American protestants. Graves says that these Christians think their belief in American empire comes from a good-faith reading of the Bible, but that really it's wrapped up in an identitarian coalition political movement that uses selective reading of scripture to enforce what they have already chosen to believe. Graves maintains that the U.S. military intervention in the Middle East clearly goes against the teaching of the Bible, and works hard to get his congregation to see that. He even shares stories about how much more challenging missionary work in Asia is, thanks to a negative view of what America has done there in the name of Christianity. Scott hopes that Graves and others like him can do what Ron Paul did for conservatives during his presidential campaigns, by showing that one's identity as an Evangelical Christian does not mean supporting interventionist wars.

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Pete wanted to do an episode exploring the subject of whether someone could be a racist and still hold to libertarian values so he invited Vin Armani to come on and have a conversation.

Vin is one of the most original thinkers Pete knows so they set off to tackle the subject.

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Daniel McAdams talks to Scott about the failed attempt to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in favor of opposition leader Juan Guiado. The U.S. government has made many claims about the illegitimacy of the latest elections, and has blamed the country's current crisis on Maduro's failures. Really, says McAdams, this is just another example of America's State Department making false claims and conveniently exploiting existing problems to push their chosen political narrative. Fortunately the attempt seems to have failed completely, with Guaido's support virtually gone. Sadly, says Scott, many libertarians fell for this narrative as soon as it was positioned as "socialism vs. capitalism".

Discussed on the show:

"The Failure of the Juan Guaido Coup in Venezuela" (Antiwar.com Original)

"Juan Guaidó tells EU that Venezuelan refugee crisis ‘compares with Syria’" (Financial Times)

"Army Veteran Claims Prosthetic Legs Repossessed After Va Refused To Pay For Them: 'Medicare Did Not Send Me To Vietnam'" (Newsweek)

Daniel McAdams is the executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and the co-host of the Ron Paul Liberty Report. Follow him on Twitter @DanielLMcAdams and read all of his work over at Antiwar.com.

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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 exactly the same accusation being leveled against Julian Assange, says Hayase, but is really just a flimsy pretext for going after journalists that are trying to expose state malfeasance. Scott and Hayase are perplexed as to why mainstream American journalists seem to be so quick to indict people like Assange and Greenwald, apparently not understanding that they are guilty of the very same things.

Discussed on the show:

"The War on Journalism: The Greenwald Persecution Mimics Assange" (Antiwar.com Original)

Nozomi Hayase is a journalist and liberation psychologist. Through her writing she applies psychological lenses to social and political issues and engages the public in a search for truth, justice and fairness. She is the author of WikiLeaks, the Global Fourth Estate: History Is Happening. Follow her on Twitter @nozomimagine.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; Listen and Think Audio; TheBumperSticker.com; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Jason Ditz discusses the latest on Iran's nuclear weapons capabilities. Although Iran has talked about abandoning their obligations under both the JCPOA and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Ditz says they are still so far from having nukes that withdrawing from these agreements doesn't mean they would actually get nukes. More importantly, Iran is well aware of how quickly the U.S. and its allies would come down on them if they really did try to start producing weapons. In fact the only conceivable way Iran would pursue nukes, says Scott, is if the U.S. had already declared war on them and they felt they needed a nuclear deterrent.

Discussed on the show:

"Friedman’s Hapless Fear-Mongering" (The American Conservative)

"Obama to Iran and Israel: 'As President of the United States, I Don't Bluff'" (The Atlantic)

Jason Ditz is the news editor of Antiwar.com. Read all of his work at news.antiwar.com and follow him on Twitter @jasonditz.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; Listen and Think Audio; TheBumperSticker.com; and LibertyStickers.com.

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