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Pete asked Dexter de la Paz from the Gaslight Hour podcast to come on the show and talk about the "Satanic Panic"of the 1980s. It seemed that every violent crime (and a lot that were just made up) was blamed on devil worship. Pete and Paz go over cases that turned out to be false, and one that is never talked about that could be relevant. They finish by talking about, of course, the Jeffrey Epstein story that has been buried by the MSM.

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Ben Freeman joins Scott to talk about his new study on the Emirati lobby, which wields enormous power in Washington D.C. The UAE generally has a good reputation in America, usually being associated with glamor, cosmopolitanism, and vast oil wealth. In reality, their government—corrupt like Saudi Arabia—isn't afraid to use torture and child soldiers, and is every bit as responsible for the genocide in Yemen. The reason for this difference in perception, says Freeman, is that the UAE has a huge lobby that spends millions on their public image, in addition to paying for influence in nearly every congressional office in Washington.

Discussed on the show:

The Emirati Lobby: How the UAE Wins in Washington

"In Yemen's secret prisons, UAE tortures and US interrogates" (AP News)

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Ben Freeman is director of the Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative with the Center for International Policy. Read his work at AntiWar.com and follow him on Twitter @BenFreemanDC.

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; Washinton Babylon; Liberty Under Attack Publications; Listen and Think Audio; TheBumperSticker.com; and LibertyStickers.com.

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David Stockman discusses the outrage that has followed President Trump's movement of a few dozen troops out of northeastern Syria. Stockman is quick to clarify that this is not even a withdrawal of troops, just a relocation from one part of the country into another, safer area. With this much hand-wringing from the mainstream media and the Israel lobby, how could Trump ever actually end a war? Scott and Stockman agree that the situation certainly looks grim, but remind us that Trump really does seem to have a knack for popular politics, meaning that he might realize his best avenue toward a second term would be steadily withdrawing U.S. troops around the world between now and the election.

Discussed on the show:

"Bravo Donald! A War Washington Might Finally Leave" (Antiwar.com Original)

"Can Israel trust the U.S. after Syria withdrawal?" (Jerusalem Post)

"Sen. Lindsey Graham calls troop withdrawal from northern Syria a ‘nightmare for Israel’" (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

"Israel uneasy over Trump's refusal to stand by Kurds" (Reuters)

"Israelis Watch U.S. Abandon Kurds, and Worry: Who’s Next?" (The New York Times)

David Stockman is the ultimate Washington insider turned iconoclast. He began his career in Washington as a young man and quickly rose through the ranks of the Republican Party to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan. After leaving the White House, Stockman had a 20-year career on Wall Street. He is the author of Trumped!, The Triumph of Politics, and his history of the financial crisis, The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America.

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; Washinton Babylon; Liberty Under Attack Publications; Listen and Think Audio; TheBumperSticker.com; and LibertyStickers.com.

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One tweet started a genocide. One tweet started an international incident.

I vent my spleen (warning - I use Language) on the Syrian troop shuffle and on the very cool and normal Moray that started a whole fight between China and the NBA

Scott interviews Joe Lauria about his recent Consortium News piece calling out the failures of The New Yorker's Jane Mayer and the rest of the mainstream media's "investigative journalists" to actually do any investigative journalism with respect to the Ukraine impeachment inquiry. Lauria points out that at the very least, Joe Biden is guilty of a level of nepotism that should be totally unacceptable—and he recently even admitted this himself. But Lauria also reminds us that the Obama administration backed a neo-Nazi coup in Ukraine in 2014, and then placed multiple friendly Americans in high-level government and business positions. Mayer's "investigation" points none of this out, opting instead to dismiss all concerns as wild conspiracy theory. Like "Russiagate" before, she and the rest of the mainstream media show little interest in discovering the truth behind "Ukrainegate", happy instead to let their own partisanship get in the way of what should be their jobs.

Discussed on the show:

"The New Yorker’s Partisan Attempt to Refute Its Claim of Partisan Disinformation on Biden and Ukraine" (Consortium News)

"The Invention of the Conspiracy Theory on Biden and Ukraine" (The New Yorker)

The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals

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"Assistant Secretary Nuland Comments on Ukraine" (YouTube)

"Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier" (The New Yorker)

"State Department Official Caught on Tape Saying "F-ck the EU"" (The Atlantic)

Joe Lauria is the editor-in-chief at Consortium News. He is a former UN correspondent and wrote at the Boston Globe and Wall Street Journal. You can follow him on Twitter @unjoe.

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; Washinton Babylon; Liberty Under Attack Publications; Listen and Think Audio; TheBumperSticker.com; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Foreign Policy Focus and Around the Empire's latest swapcast covers the borg's meltdown because some US troops are leaving Syria. Joanne and Kyle recap what has happened in the past two weeks in Syria. The US announced pulling some troops from the Turkey/Syria border. In response, Turkey carried out its long-threatened invasion of Syrian Kurdistan. The Syrian Kurds then cut a deal with Assad, brokered by Russia, to move in and prevent the Turkish invasion. Trump finally announced all US troops in northeast Syria are withdrawing. 

The foreign policy establishment has condemned the move by Trump as betraying the Kurds and helping ISIS. The borg has failed to accept any responsibility for the position of the Kurd. It was Obama's establishment-approved Syria policy that created the problem for the Kurds to begin with.

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Pete invited professor of Latin American History at Salem State University, Avi Chomsky, to come on the show. Pete has wanted to do an episode on Reagan's disastrous wars in Central America for a while and Professor Chomsky was able to provide, not only that, but history going back over 200 years detailing one of America's dirtiest secrets in relation to their foreign policy.

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Matt Taibbi talks about the bizarre origins of the Ukraine impeachment inquiry being conducted in Congress. He carefully explains the distinction between real whistleblowers like Edward Snowden or Chelsea Manning, who risked their lives and freedom to expose genuine atrocities, and this anonymous, possibly coordinated, leak, where the figures in question face little consequence, and in fact have strong political incentive to side with those who might come to power as a result of their actions. Like Scott, Taibbi is no fan of Trump, but he is adamant that we should all criticize the president for what he's actually doing wrong—like the genocide in Yemen—and not made-up deep state schemes to oust a man that they find personally odious.

Discussed on the show:

"The Ukrainegate ‘Whisteblower’ Isn’t a Real Whistleblower" (Rolling Stone)

Matt Taibbi is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone and winner of the 2008 National Magazine Award for columns and commentary. He is the author of numerous books, including I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street and Insane Clown President: Dispatches from the 2016 Circus. Follow him at taibbi.substack.com or on Twitter @mtaibbi.

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; Washinton Babylon; Liberty Under Attack Publications; Listen and Think Audio; TheBumperSticker.com; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Scott talks to Danny Sjursen about President Trump's withdrawal of U.S. troops from northeastern Syria, which Sjursen views as the first instance of him actually following through on a major promise made on Twitter. Sjursen says that to surprise the generals and war planners with this kind of announcement is exactly what they deserve, and may be the only way Trump can actually pull back from any of our military operations without getting stymied by the deep state. Sjursen reminds us that what the neocon outcry is really about, of course, is keeping an American base in Syria to "check Iran." He adds that although we often hear claims about the need to protect women and minority rights in places like Afghanistan, the same arguments are not made with respect to Syria, where Assad is clearly a better steward of these causes than his enemies would be.

Discussed on the show:

"The United States of Betrayal" (Antiwar.com Original)

"Secretary of Defense, Incorporated" (Truthdig)

"IDF chief finally acknowledges that Israel supplied weapons to Syrian rebels | The Times of Israel" (Times of Israel)

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "The hardest thing I have to do as President...… "

Danny Sjursen is a retired U.S. army major and former history instructor at West Point. He writes regularly for TomDispatch.com and he’s the author of “Ghost Riders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge.” Follow him on Twitter @SkepticalVet.

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; Washinton Babylon; Liberty Under Attack Publications; Listen and Think Audio; TheBumperSticker.com; and LibertyStickers.com.

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