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-Trump goes from calling for wars to end to threatening to sabotage the Turkish economy in a few hours -Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao meeting disproportionately with local officials from state of husband, Mitch McConnell -SCOTUS kicks off new term hearing case on Kansas law narrowing the use of insanity pleas; White House sides with state, obviously, claiming pleas allow “an on-off switch for li...

-Warren releases labor plan to Vox praise of “most ambitious” but no vow to end “at will” employment (unlike Sanders) -Trump admin ratchets up trade war stance, hitting tasty butter, British blankeys and other European products with tariffs Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel To listen to the full episode, including bonus content at the end: Chicago Teachers Union votes to set Oct 17 strike...

-House Oversight looks at possible rental of Trump Hotel rooms to curry favor with President -USDA floats another proposal to cut food stamps for millions of people -Whistleblower may have tried to stop Boeing 737 malfunctions; company applying to get planes back in the air -The world is on track to get 50 percent of its energy supply from renewables by 2050, a US government report says. That’s no...

-A crowd reportedly booed Speaker Pelosi after she voiced support for Henry Cuellar, an incumbent Dem who voted with Trump for most of last Congress -Justice Dept. Inspector General details DEA light touch on opioids as overdose crisis worsened -Trump admin, North Korea to resume talks this weekend; South Korea continues to voice support for diplomacy -Manufacturing index dips to lowest level sinc...

-The Sams take the day off for the Jewish New Year -Trump's Civil War tweet, and other recent stories from over the weekend -UNLOCKED FROM BEHIND THE PAYWALL: An interview with podcaster Karen Geier on Justin Trudeau’s love of costumes and the Prime Minister’s chances of remaining in power after Canadian federal elections Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Whistleblower complaint on the Trump-Ukraine-Hunter Biden scandal alleges multiple White House inside sources, State Department efforts to rein in Rudy Giuliani -Joseph Maguire, Acting Director of National Intelligence, testified today. Maguire tried to explain why it took months to tell Congress, despite Inspector General corroboration -Obvious “Wag the Dog” reference much? The Trump administrat...

-Dems look to screw up this up already, disingenuously framing the Ukraine issue as the only impeachment related matter that the public “understands” -On the Republican side: the “transcript” released by Trump is not a transcript and even then it does not make him look good at all -FHA reverse mortgage foreclosures spiked from 2 to 18 percent in four years, according to watchdog report -Fed govern...

-Bernie’s plan wouldn’t necessarily do that, but it gets us closer than Warren’s plan -More House Dems coming around on impeachment after Trump-Biden-Ukraine scandal -New York Fed promises up to $75 billion cash injections to overnight financial markets every day until Oct. 10 (that means the economy is good, right?) -Senate set to confirm former Koch lackey as top overseer of federal land managem...

-Climate Strike protests clog rush hour for drivers in Washington, sparking reactionary thirst posting from Ken Cuccinelli -Senate Dems demand hearing on Trump Ukraine pressure over Biden failson -President clearly appears to be acting inappropriately, though Hunter exemplifies why ex-VP is a bad nominee -The Labor Department, which is about to be led by Eugene Scalia, wants to collect info on pub...

-Fed decision to lower rates comes as New York Fed injects $128 billion in financial markets -Intelligence community tries to take Edward Snowden’s book profits -House moves bills that would stop forced arbitration, GOP attack on endangered species protections -Elizabeth Warren flubs question about raising taxes for single payer. Who cares about higher taxes with health insurance vampires on the p...

-Republican campaign donor/family company CEO set to he confirmed by Senate -Elaine Chao asked about self dealing by House Oversight Committee -Mitch McConnell predicts Dems will chicken out on Defense spending bill -GAO: Ten percent of airport and airline service workers reported physical assaults by passengers Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Trump threatens Iran to help Saudi campaign of atrocities in Yemen -Fifty thousand UAW workers out on strike, with healthcare at heart of fight -Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy as state officials reject settlement in push for more damages -New Kavanaugh sexual assault reporting leads to impeachment calls from every Dem candidate but Biden Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Trump using Cold War II money for Border Wall, Pelosi laments -Low bar cleared: House Speaker not criticizing Judiciary Committee move toward impeachment investigation -Sen. Schatz offers, but then withdraws amendment withholding US aid to Brazil over Bolsonaro’s butchering of the Amazon -Bolton’s departure may mean softening of US toward Iran, but Trump hints at ramping up goonishness in Venezue...

-Trump admin cracking down on flavored e-cigs -Deadline tomorrow for Justice Department to invoke state secrets over name in lawsuit against Saudi government over 9/11 attacks -Right to work dweebs, GOP congressman introduce annual bill against “union violence” -White House and Commerce Department attack on NOAA to be investigated; bigoted attacks on Bahamians seeking refuge must also be probed Su...

-Durbin holding off on attacking the White House for siphoning wall money, scared of angering Senate GOP -More than one in ten Americans remain in poverty by the government’s own flattering measure, at the end of economic expansion -Start telling people to smell their damn food -- GAO urges Department of Agriculture to change labels to cut down on food waste -It’s unclear to what extent President...

-Pentagon deploys psychologist to monitor “behavioral drift” leading to detainee abuse -House Judiciary Chairman finally makes moves, cautiously, amid sketchiness with Trump property in Scotland -The War on Vaping: FDA warns Juul against advertising practices downplaying nicotine -Warren backs Jessica Cisneros, challenger to Trump-friendly incumbent House Democrat Henry Cuellar. Sanders’ “Our Revo...

-Hannah Gais explains her recent investigation exposing far-right attempts to penetrate Washington, featuring an ex-Daily Caller guy Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Trauma caused by migrant family child separation detailed by HHS Inspector General -Banking regulators propose loosening rules for “less than well capitalized banks” -FTC slaps YouTube on the wrist for child privacy law violations, limiting executive criminal liability -The FBI, which needs absolutely zero new authorities to go after whte nationalists if they wanted to, is spying on groups at the...

-VP in Ireland, drooling over “trade” opportunities if Johnson crashes the UK out of the EU without a deal (though the PM just lost his parliamentary majority) -Journalists who keep defending far-right grifters poised to be smeared by them with the help of the Trump campaign -Department of Labor guy resigns after Bloomberg digs up antisemitic Facebook posts. He says they were jokes. He may have en...

Journalist Eoin Higgins is on to discuss the state of the Democratic Primary and we both agree it's going to come down to a fight at the convention. Become a subscriber to check out a special Thursday Garbage Canning. The world's wealthiest nations face off against the bedbug: Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

Sam Knight is auditing marijuana crop diversity at the Svalbard global seed vault on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, but in his place on today’s episode we have journalist Chip Gibbons from Defending Rights and Dissent. Chip reveals the latest on whistleblower Daniel Hale and how the Trump administration has increased the intensity of the Obama administration’s attack on journalism. Check out...

Ted Kelly, journalist and activist from our sister city of Philadelphia, is on the show today. We discuss what the cops are up to following the resignation of the city's police chief. Also, more on DA Larry Krasner's job performance so far. Subscribe on Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

Young Turks investigative journalist and FOIA extraordinaire Ken Klippenstein makes his debut on District Sentinel Radio. We discussed his latest story on the FBI hyping up the threat of so-called black identity extremists, and investing in infiltrating Black Lives Matter groups after Ferguson. Also, Ken discloses some good FOIA strategy. Subscribe on Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

An interview with Portland DSA co-chair Olivia Katbi Smith on last weekend’s antifa actions in Portland. Plus some more haiku for new Patreon subscribers: Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Sanders campaign releases 6,000 word paper seeking to cut prison population by 50 percent -Trump admin seeking to make it way harder to allege housing discrimination; public comment period on HUD proposal starts today -FEC chair rebuffs Trump’s claims alleging millions of fake votes for Democrats -The President also seems to think that the business cycle is a conspiracy against him Subscribe at P...