Scott Horton

Scott Horton

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Contributing editor, Harper's Magazine; Lecturer, Columbia Law School; Attorney. Previously lived in Munich, New York, Moscow and London, now lives in Santa Fe, NM. Husband of Carol, groomer of Aisha.

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At this point, the case that Pete Hegseth is a Russian stooge is pretty strong. And there's no shortage of folks in upper echelons in the Pentagon who are persuaded of that, too.

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Rachel Maddow observes that Trump has become more overt in his support for Putin, including at the expense of ostensible American ally, Ukraine, and talks with Sen Mark Warner about concerns that Trump will use the excuse of "foreign interference" to invalidate the results of the midterm elections.

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A Haaretz survey shows that Israeli broadcast media are completely dominated by Netanyahu and Likud, platforming him 3 times more often than Eisenkot, who leads in the polls. Channel 14 is the Rupert Murdoch News feed, offering all Bibi, all the time. Netanyahu rules the airwaves in Israel.

haaretz.co.ilהאלגוריתם שמנהל את כולנו כבר בחר. בנתניהותחקיר "הארץ" מראה כיצד הרשתות המליצו על נתניהו פי שלושה מאשר על איזנקוט, נתנו ליריביו הפוליטיים לעשות בשבילו את העבודה, ואפשרו לקבוצת התקשורת של ערוץ 14 לתת לו דחיפה נוספת ■ כתבה רביעית בסדרה
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One of the men, a 24-year-old British national called Nouman Essghir, is charged with being in a prohibited place on Aug 22 for a purpose prejudicial to the UK. He was one of two men rearrested last week on suspicion of National Security Act offences following a wave of arrests on other charges.

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LinkedIn removed my post today for "hateful speech." I compared Todd Blanche to Nazi lawyer Hans Frank, quoting from book review: "Hans Frank, the Nazi lawyer who saw Hitler as a gift from God for the German people" Ruth Ben-Ghiat has compared Blanche to Frank. www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

historytoday.com‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans reviewHitler’s People: The Faces of the Third Reich by Richard Evans asks what manner of men made themselves the Führer’s ‘paladins’.

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Meduza in English
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The defense ministers of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Poland have named Russia Europe’s main long-term security threat and pledged continued support for Ukraine. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

meduza.ioEuropean countries with the largest defense budgets name Russia their main security threat and pledge continued support for Ukraine — MeduzaDefense ministers from the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Poland, and France met in Paris on October 26 as members of the E5 group — the countries with the largest defense budgets — to discuss…
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Gideon Rachman says that even if, as now seems likely, Israeli and US voters each deliver an electoral thrashing to their leaders, we can expect Netanyahu and Trump to carry on with a sharp escalation of the Iran War just the same—because they can, and pointless acts of violence are second nature.

ft.comTrump, Netanyahu and the politics of escalation against IranElectoral defeat for the leaders of Israel and the US may not stand in the way of plans for a renewed assault

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A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

helenwebberley.comAre transgender sports bans really about protecting women? | Dr Helen WebberleyThe data says no. Those most hostile to women are most in favour of banning trans athletes.
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A hunting trip to Mongolia furnishes cover for meetings between TrumpJr and Putin sidekick Umar Kremlëv. TrumpJr stood on stage with a wide smile as an auctioneer sold off the chance to join him on a week-long hunting trip in western Mongolia. “Will you beat $225,000? I’m giving you a bargain,” the

ft.comInside Donald Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked oligarchRemote August rendezvous highlights remarkable ties between the US president’s son and a Russian businessman close to Vladimir Putin
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auctioneer said. To encourage higher bids at the charity fundraiser, TrumpJr offered to throw in a stay at Mar-a-Lago and joked with the audience: “I’m very sexy in camo.” The auction winners were not Trump Jr’s only companions in the Mongolian wilderness this summer. He also spent two days with

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Umar Kremlëv, a man with multiple felony convictions, a long track record of working on special tasks for Vladimir Putin, and little ability to speak English. The remote rendezvous in August highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a Kremlin agent.

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The News You Need, Tuesday, October 27, 2026: • As Voting Gets Underway, Bibi’s Closest Confidant Denounces Him • Trump Accused of Yet Another Rape • Putin sent AfD Leaders to Syria for Training by Hezbollah • Trump Celebrates Billions for Big Oil, and Himself • Student Power Prevails in Serbia

open.substack.comThe News You Need, Tuesday, October 27, 2026Bibi’s Closest Confidant Denounces Him / Trump Accused of Yet Another Rape / Putin sent AfD Leaders to Syria / Trump Celebrates Billions for Big Oil / Student Power Prevails in Serbia
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Fintan O'Toole: Kushner’s political and financial relationship with the UAE’s president, Mohammed bin Zayed ...constitutes what must surely be the worst case of US foreign policy being conducted outside the law and democratic oversight since the Iran-contra scandal...

nytimes.comBook Review: ‘Princes and Thieves,’ by Matthew ColeThe new book by the reporter Matthew Cole connects $2 billion in slush funds from gulf state leaders to Trump’s son-in-law in an effort to influence U.S. policy.
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The Daily Show finds a group of Texas Republicans and discovers that they don't know what the word "nonbinary" means, but they like to say it a lot. bsky.app/profile/thed...

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@jordanklepper.bsky.social finds out that Texans have more in common with James Talarico than they'd like to admit. Jordan's new special, Red Flags, premieres tonight after The Daily Show at 11:30pm ET on Comedy Central

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In Brazil, Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes issues an order: Flávio Bolsonaro, who just lost the presidential election to the incumbent Lula, stands charged with money laundering. He must surrender his passports and may not leave the country as the case is prepared for trial.

oglobo.globo.comFlávio é intimado pela PF para entregar passaporte por determinação de MoraesEm vídeo, senador diz que medida se baseou em declaração de Eduardo Bolsonaro, que defendeu o irmão deixar o país em caso de derrota; entrevista foi dada antes do resultado
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This is essential viewing. bsky.app/profile/alli...

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WATCH: Chris Hayes is joined by author Matthew Cole to discuss his reporting in a new book alleging $2 billion in payments tied to Jared Kushner’s foreign policy work. Kushner calls the allegations “completely insane” and says they never happened.

youtube.comKushner denies ‘insane’ allegations in new book about foreign dealingsYouTube video by MS NOW
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Beatrice Keul, testified that she was introduced by Jeffrey Epstein to Donald J Trump, who then brutally raped her in a hotel room in Atlantic City, NJ, and her claims were deemed credible by a panel of the House Judiciary Committee today. The NYT has decided that this is not reportable news.