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Contributing editor, Harper's Magazine; Lecturer, Columbia Law School; Attorney

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · May 14

ZDF is now broadcasting the documentary I prepared with Johannes Hano and David Frum concerning the Russian influence operation targeting Musk, Thiel and other Silicon Valley South Africans, which was personally overseen and run by Vladimir Putin and was deemed hugely successful by the Russians.

Putins Helfer

Rücken Trump und sein Umfeld näher an Russland? Bedrohen Autokraten und Tech-Oligarchen die liberale Ordnung?

www.zdf.de

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2m

Comedian Robby Roadstreamer beaten and arrested by Trump’s secret police who don’t like his skit

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5m

Median age of the “kids in a chatroom” is 37. bsky.app/profile/ronf...

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24m

JD Vance said today on the TPUSA podcast that these guys were “just a bunch of kids in a chat room.” bsky.app/profile/blue...

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 2h

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7m

Greta Thunberg describes how she was tortured in Israeli detention.

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11m

A Repubkican handpicked by Trump to be US Attorney in WD VA refuses direct order to prosecute some Trump enemies with bogus charges and is fired.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22m

CPJ: Israel is responsible for 95% of journalist and media worker killings in the Middle East since October 7, 2023, according to CPJ data. More than three in every four journalists and media workers killed worldwide over the past two years were Palestinians in Gaza.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29m

Ed Wexler

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 51m

Trump blocked this deal and then took it for himself.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

Your tax dollars and mine are being used to thank President Trump. That’s right, the biggest political ad spender of 2025 is DHS using your money to promote Trump, personally, and to promote Kristi Noem. This is illegal, BTW, but Noem doesn't care. www.axios.com/2025/10/15/t...

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

www.axios.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

Republicans love Obamacare, even if their party leadership doesn't. Why? More Republicans use Obamacare than Democrats.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

For Rep Luna, the only thing that matters these days is the opinion of her hero, Vladimir Putin.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

Mike Johnson channels George Wallace: go to a No Kings rally, and we'll call you an outside agitator and arrange for you to be beaten senseless.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

From Harvard's student newspaper, solid journalism. From NYT: excited blather based on their special access to Stephen A Schwarzman, who they insist speaks for Harvard (not the fellows, faculty, overseers and students). A prime example of vacuous, ill-informed access journalism.

Eight International Students at Harvard, Watching America Close Its Doors | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson

A freshman debate champion wakes up to news of his peers marching the streets of Nepal. A trio of friends become high-profile activists. A sophomore from Jakarta searches for the America she idealized...

www.thecrimson.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

Trump didn’t light the fire overnight. He’s been turning up the heat slowly, hoping we won’t notice until we’re already cooked.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

These cells could be a fresh target for treating Alzheimer's disease and memory conditions associated with PTSD

go.nature.com/4789FvR

How emotional memories are engraved on the brain, with surprising helper cells

Astrocytes have a more active role in stabilizing memories than once thought.

go.nature.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

Johnson: Beating a girlfriend, mistress or wife is something in the purview of all members. We aren't going to get in their way. And certainly we're not going to censure them for doing it, provided they're loyal MAGA members, of course.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

This sums up how the techbros think very ably.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2h

"Marc Benioff doesn't actually care if San Francisco is getting better or not. He doesn't care about actual policies. He just wants Daddy Trump to like him, so now he's gonna be fully in on fascism as long as he can keep his f*cking compound and his private jet."

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

This is a very solid piece.

Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 2h

It’s easy to lose sight of how radical the MAGA agenda is by focusing on each action in isolation. Only by glancing at the entirety of what Trump and Hegseth have wrought can one see what a far-reaching assault they are mounting on the apolitical professionalism of the US military. bit.ly/47aHw7J

The Dilemma of Duty Under Trump

What his assault on the U.S. military means for America.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

Would it be an exaggeration to summarize the Louisiana argument to SCOTUS today as this: It's an illusion that the South lost the Civil War. It actually won. And all the Civil War Amendments can now be read as a dead letter, as they were after the Slaughterhouse Cases.

The Two Section Twos

The Protection Against Racial Gerrymandering in Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is Constitutional. Just Read Section 2 of the 14th Amendment.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

Americans approve of essentially nothing Trump is doing.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

The Northern Hemisphere used to radiate more heat to space than it absorbed from the sun, but this changed over the past 20 years.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

There is no shortage of brilliant lawyers in the US, of all political perspectives. So why does Trump surround himself with grifters and losers with a law degree and a gross disrespect for professional rules of ethics?

The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!

www.publicnotice.co

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

A look at a company that grifted Native Americans in New Mexico with a wink from an Anglo-dominated school board. Stride, a 25-year-old company also known as K12 Inc., is an industry leader in virtual education, serving over 220,000 students in 31 states last school year.

A virtual education company was a lifeline to a rural district. Now they're at war.

What began as an emergency option for New Mexico students during the pandemic has spiraled into dueling lawsuits and drawn government scrutiny.

www.nbcnews.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 5h

Your regular reminder that the best survey evidence we have shows that the young “alt right” is far and away the epicenter of antisemitic attitudes in America

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