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.https://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkijr3fzs222She's like Evita Perón without the singing voice or interest in helping the poor. https://bsky.app/profile/bgrueskin.bsky.social/post/3mkiicsarus2e [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkijr3fzs222https://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkijmpy2lk22Greg Nunziante: "if the Madisonian republic is to endure, conservatives must reckon with our role in bringing the nation to its current breaking point, and work to reestablish the checks and balances that we helped erode." Superior analysis in this timely piece. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/trump-caesar-executive-power/686846/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69ef9290fd4ea00001d96930&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky27 Apr 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkijmpy2lk22https://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkijjb2uek2vKim Jong Un: let us honor those who sacrificed everything for the Juche idea and the great glory and power of our esteemed leader Vladimir Putin! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cql7l707244o27 Apr 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkijjb2uek2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkijes6osc2yLeaked tapes show puppet master Peter Thiel giving instructions to JD Vance on how to cope with Pope Leo and his criticism... basically it's ignore him, and insinuate when you get the chance that he's really controlled by the AntiChrist. https://open.substack.com/pub/lettersfromleo/p/tech-billionaire-mocks-pope-leos?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web27 Apr 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkijes6osc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkijbfppj22cVery interesting. JD Vance wants everyone to know that he thinks Hegseth is an incompetent who is lying to us about the costs associated with his grotesquely bungled Iran War. This is Operation Separate Me from the Iran War. https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/04/iran-war-vance-hegseth-trump/686905/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69ef8ef51ee3610001f7df23&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky27 Apr 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkijbfppj22chttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkifmnocjk2oSo the purpose of the incident at the WHCD is to justify the need for Trump's golden ballroom? Apparently. https://bsky.app/profile/decodingfoxnews.bsky.social/post/3mkien6hlpk26 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkifmnocjk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkidvpiwbc2oA look at the grim plight of Lebanese Christians under IDF occupation, which is violent, lethal and well-characterized by the image of an Israeli soldier basing down a crucifix. https://www.ft.com/content/af9a2b9f-b813-4b45-bc56-2076629dfbb2?syn-25a6b1a6=127 Apr 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkidvpiwbc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkidpgozec2aGideon Rachman: The USAF moved into Lakenheath in Britain in 1948. Ramstein air base was established in Germany in the early 1950s. Today there are over 40 US military bases in Europe, hosting around 85k. But nothing lasts forever. It is conceivable that the US military presence in Europe could end. https://www.ft.com/content/92edf178-dcb7-4768-a511-8999f7b7f08f?syn-25a6b1a6=127 Apr 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkidpgozec2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkic7jrgjc2hHow Schraubenwerk Zerbst battled the Trump tariff regime, and came out on top. A triumph of the German Mittelstand. https://www.ft.com/content/10c058a9-749b-462a-93e9-11d449c04d1c?syn-25a6b1a6=127 Apr 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkic7jrgjc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkic46g7r22xThe new lysenkoism: in Red States, scientific researchers say that have to edit their research results to be sure they don't conflict with MAGA doctrine in any way. https://www.chronicle.com/article/nearly-one-third-of-faculty-in-red-states-say-theyve-censored-their-research27 Apr 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkic46g7r22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkibvmcsds2vUnited believes that all our transportation problems would be resolved if America had just one big happy airlines. https://www.ft.com/content/65a1ab8b-1448-465a-82d0-4cd8cc3d2f35?syn-25a6b1a6=127 Apr 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkibvmcsds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkibszikq22jWilliam Braniff, head of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab at American University, said there is a “clear trend line” in US society — a big uptick in hate crimes, assassination attempts, acts of terrorism and other forms of premeditated violence. https://www.ft.com/content/b52113b5-5c83-408b-ba2e-b0269290e153?syn-25a6b1a6=127 Apr 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkibszikq22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkibnouts22bMore evidence of the pure buffoonery of the MAGA political leadership (which helps them recruit Fetterman to the cause, apparently). [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkibnouts22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkibdmatms2bLet's be clear about this... criticism of the Leader must now be punishable by death, or at least by internment in a concentration camp... [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkibdmatms2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkib52gxus2bIn the 60s, 70s and 80s the world saw a US-Russian rivalry for supremacy in space, but today it's between the US and China, and China now has gained the clear inside track... boosted by the US abandonment of science. ig.ft.com/space-weapons/ https://ig.ft.com/space-weapons/27 Apr 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkib52gxus2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mkiayxdsr22jThe Horton-Kaiser Report • Assassinations are as American as apple pie, and this weekend we saw a new demonstration https://www.horton-kaiser.com/publish/post/191150252?r=1ry9fb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true&fbclid=IwY2xjawRbwg1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF1QzA1WlFJaFVRRmdIWDNoc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtnEA5AjbA-DeOdpmdWls4ELnM5OOaTJOzKbZCDxuqUGQxN__FJ-rZfZ0Cxq_aem_trEdxwF4E66jeyS4eGfkyw27 Apr 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiayxdsr22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mki7etgz322q27 Apr 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki7etgz322qhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mki7ab67w22qTragedy strikes Zuck. What will he do? https://www.ft.com/content/1e4c269a-5258-406c-a308-e55c3d5d640f?syn-25a6b1a6=127 Apr 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki7ab67w22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mki6z73vuk2j27 Apr 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki6z73vuk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mki6rvbmbk2327 Apr 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki6rvbmbk23https://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mki6pewms223Netanyahu and Trump have settled on assassinations as their first tool of choice in politics. The affects and consequences of this decision appear to have been missed by most of the Beltway commentariat and all of the political chatterboxes in Washington, argues Ed Luce in today's FT27 Apr 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki6pewms223https://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mki6ikhzl223"Trump is set to hold a national security meeting to discuss deadlocked negotiations to end the Iran war." However, there are no negotiations to deadlock. And there are no negotiations because JD Vance walked away from them in order to address a TurningPoint USA rally in Georgia where no one showed. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-calls-secret-meeting-as-his-iran-war-crisis-spirals/27 Apr 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki6ikhzl223https://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mki65vlzvs2wKragh's Universe refers to “everything that has, has had or will have a physical existence” includes “all kinds of matter and energy as well as the totality of space and time”. Terms such as cosmos and cosmology—like cosmetics and cosmetology—are rooted in κόσμος, ie, order, harmony and beauty. https://go.nature.com/41XReYU27 Apr 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki65vlzvs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mki5vr7ch223Who's the WHCD perp and what motivated him? In this case we have a manifesto that lays it all out. Outrage over the Epstein files and the grotesque moral shortcomings of Trump and others in his entourage. Nothing remotely delusional about him. The manifesto makes things easier for his prosecutors. https://www.mediaite.com/politics/whcd-shooters-manifesto-showed-epstein-related-stories-fueled-attempted-killing-of-pedophile-rapist-trump/27 Apr 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki5vr7ch223