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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 · 7h

as a learned gentleman, with signs of his varied interests: a drafting tool, a recorder, the bow of a viola da gamba, an antique head, a drawing, and a celestial globe.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7h

Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of Lucas van Uffel (Venice 1622)
Van Uffel was a wealthy Flemish merchant who lived in Venice, where Van Dyck painted this portrait. Inspired by Venetian portraits of the High Renaissance, Van Dyck depicted Van Uffel

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7h

Outside the Portland ICE facility, ICE agents react with violent furor against those who mock and ridicule them, especially a clarinetist playing excerpts from Ghostbusters—something that apparently infuriates them. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.the-independent.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7h

Uday says that daddy can rule as a dictator because Mike Johnson and John Roberts back him up. And that, indeed, is the essence of it.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

Boy is this a pathetic, weak response. No leadership qualities emanating from this woman. None whatsoever.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

Harris' response is procedure-focal and lawyerly. It is also entirely correct. I don't need every politician to have a loud and poorly informed view on the subject. I do need them to respect the existing mechanisms for legal adjudication of claims. Harris clears this threshold.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

MAGA termination of EV benefits causes huge surge in EV sales before benefits end.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

Chicago today: Trump's secret police subdue a person with dark skin suspected of thought crimes against the state.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

You can watch Trump's secret police teargassing a baby in Chicago about a minute into this clip.

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 11h

Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way🇺🇸

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

Where Shame Still Matters: Vermont’s Republican governor calls for state senator’s resignation over leaked ‘racist, bigoted and antisemitic’ group chat - VTDigger

Vermont governor calls for Orleans County senator’s resignation over leaked ‘racist, bigoted and antisemitic’ group chat - VTDigger

Political leaders on both sides of the aisle have moved to denounce Sen. Sam Douglass’ remarks and call for his resignation.

vtdigger.org

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

In Moscow, a military court gave director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk 6 years in prison. Their crime: staging a play about Russian women lured by ISIS. The regime called it terrorism—first jail term for a play since Soviet times. www.economist.com/1843/2025/10...

The Kremlin put her on trial. She stole the show

Why did the Russian state go after an experimental theatre director?

www.economist.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

A similar pattern of less pessimistic outcomes is evident in inflation forecasts, where the expected impact of US tariffs has also been reduced. An IMF official attributed this to "many trade deals and exemptions," adding that "most countries also refrained from retaliation."

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

This IMF chart illustrates the successive revisions to global growth forecasts for 2025-26 since Oct 2024.
The latest update projects growth of 3.2% for this year and 3.1% for the next, narrowing the gap with the Oct 2024 forecast to just 0.2% points. It has been as much as 0.7% points.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

Adam Gopnik: A book on Hitler’s rise to power examines how a country with a functional, if flawed, democratic machinery handed absolute power over to someone whom the conservative political class regarded as a chaotic clown with a violent following.

The Forgotten History of Hitler’s Establishment Enablers

The Nazi leader didn’t seize power; he was given it.

www.newyorker.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

Lindsey Graham derives sheer vicarious pleasure, seemingly of a sexual nature, whenever Netanyahu invades and subjugates another country. It smells of black leather and whips.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

A new Politico report reveals young GOP leaders across several states trading racist, antisemitic, and hateful messages in leaked private chats. “People who are running the Republican Party at the ground level are immersed in this cesspit of bigotry,” says Chris Hayes. youtu.be/t2ZjuitGtUw?...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked texts EXPOSE Young Republicans’ racist chat, Politico reports

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

From the Dept of Political Indoctrination: Hegseth demands that Pentagon officials watch Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to. Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched—and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or are caught mocking it

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h

Best Twitter riposte of the day.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h

The solution to all the world's problems is simple: deploy Kristi Noem and her entire ICE force to Gaza to keep the peace.

Now Comes the Hard Part for the Gaza Cease-Fire Plan

www.nytimes.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

With ICE, aggressively asserted facts invariably turn out not to be facts at all. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

www.msnbc.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11h

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), a Southern Baptist deacon, says that Portland's nude bicycling protest is "the most threatening thing" he has yet seen in a city ravaged by warfare, Portland, OR. We don't do things like this in Bossier City, he added.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 11h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11h

A Facebook group that shared information on sightings of Trump's secret police in the Chicago area was taken down by Mark Zuckerberg because Pam Bondi asked him to do so. Also because secret police aren't so secret is you know their movements and can avoid them.

Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes

The Facebook page ICE Sighting-Chicagoland amassed over 70,000 members in recent weeks as the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” has ramped up in Chicago and the suburbs.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11h

Preemptive non-compliance with agreements is a Netanyahu thing.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 17h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11h

The GOP-Likud alliance in practical application, or, Mike Johnson learns his true purpose in life.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11h

One witness approached earlier this year was told the investigation was being conducted at the specific direction of FBI director Kash Patel.

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