District Sentinel Radio

District Sentinel Radio

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District Sentinel Radio is the latest project from Sam Sacks and Sam Knight--the two journalists behind The District Sentinel News Co-op. Devoted to watchdog journalism, District Sentinel Radio is the podcast arm of the co-op.

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Feb 7, 2024

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DSR 3/24/20: Set up the TARP 24.03.2020

-Democrats secure bailout oversight modeled after 2008 Wall Street rescue fund, which left banks bigger than ever -Stop encouraging people to get each other sick: the Fed and the Treasury are preparing up to $4 trillion in emergency loans for businesses -Stress test framework relaxed on federal home loan banks, just in time for the huge unfolding crisis -More patchwork infrastructure: Senators pro...

DSR 3/23/20: No, Conditionless Bailouts! 23.03.2020

-Schumer notes improvements on GOP coronavirus stimulus bill, with safeguards on bailout money not among them -Not a great start to the week for libertarianism: Rand Paul swam in the Senate pool on the same day he tested positive for coronavirus -HHS Inspector General to investigate why officials were dispatched without protective equipment to deal with coronavirus evacuees -Supreme Court votes 6-...

DSR 3/19/20: Don’t Make Me Sick, Leave 19.03.2020

-Pelosi, Schumer embarrassingly lag behind high profile Republicans in boldness of coronavirus relief proposals, though some Dems are pushing for comprehensive aid -Maxine Waters calls on financial services committee Dems to back package including $2000 monthly to every individual, and a prohibition on debt collection and repossession -Tulsi Gabbard proves she never had any principles whatsoever,...

DSR 3/17/20: Illegitimate Ass Elections 17.03.2020

-The folks who brought you “post-truth Dangerous Donald” want you to vote (for Joe Biden) against the advice of public health officials -Ohio’s Republican governor shutdowns polling places, calls for vote to be held in June -Total mess in the works in Illinois, Arizona, and Florida -Pelosi and Republican leaders ram through watering down of sick leave bill after calling changes “technical correcti...

DSR 3/16/20: The Sentinel Fort has been Quarantined 16.03.2020

-The two Sams are recording from separate locations now -Lyin’ Joe Biden’s new debate strategy: incessantly lying about his record to stave off brain short circuits -Per the CDC guidance: tomorrow’s primaries should be postponed -Stock market plummets again today; Pelosi’s atrocious attempt at emergency relief calms no jitters -Liberals once again ill-equipped to deal with far-right, give Tom Cott...

DSR 3/11/20: Infected by Conservatives 11.03.2020

-Bernie losses suggest “Never Trump” neocons have poisoned the well -Sanders has made missteps, but right-wing entryism makes the Democratic Party toxic -Keep knocking doors for Bernie, but become a dues paying member of a left-wing organization if you haven’t Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

DSR 3/10/20: Cruising for Corporate Bailouts 10.03.2020

-Trump promises bailouts for airline industry and cruise liners after payroll tax cut proposal yields short-lived stock market boost -No urgency for Financial Stability Oversight Council meeting despite underlying corporate credit problems -Federal government covering up coronavirus, ripping down sanitation posters in immigration courts -The CDC is a mess and for-profit healthcare vampires aren’t...

DSR 3/9/20: The Oil Slip of 2020 09.03.2020

-Stock markets around the world routed, NYSE 7-percent loss “circuit breakers” suspend trading minutes after opening bell -Biggest one-day oil price drop since the First Gulf War amid Saudi-Russia price war -The real horseshoe theory: Crystal people and prepper types involved in coronavirus scams, FTC warns -Biden names possible cabinet full of Wall Street people and Elizabeth Warren; still no San...

DSR 3/4/20: Do a Dab and Back to Work 04.03.2020

-It ain’t over by a longshot, even if Bernie underperformed on Super Tuesday -Sanders cruising in California, splitting in Texas puts him in position to win -Bloomberg out, endorses incompetent guy who made him initially get in the race -Bernie on the offensive, calling out Biden for his long history of pining for Social Security cuts -Shahid Buttar advances to challenge Pelosi from the left in No...

DSR 3/3/20: Feelin’ Super 03.03.2020

-Bernie can still win big tonight and go on to clinch the nomination, despite the establishment whipping for Biden -Fed lowers interest rates by 0.50 points in emergency coronavirus response, the largest cut since the Great Recession. Stocks still trend downward anyway. -Dems still aching to give President Trump a huge stimulus and an Infrastructure Week in an election year -Supreme Court hears or...

DSR 3/2/20: For Whom the Binder Hurls 02.03.2020

-Buttigieg drops out, Klobuchar follows suit, both endorse Biden as establishment looks to stop Bernie -It didn’t bring down her campaign like it should have: The Senate should investigate Klobuchar for abusing staffers -Contrary to Dem consultant talking points, Biden would be a disaster for down ballot Democrats. He’s obsessed with appealing to Republicans. Bernie would bring new voters into the...

DSR 2/27/20: CDC: See Deez Nuts!!! 27.02.2020

-Trump says he disagrees with top health officials over likelihood of major coronavirus outbreak; stocks slide for sixth consecutive day -After ironing out kinks, CDC diagnostic testing to be fully operational this weekend -Betsy DeVos grilled on charter school corruption, her own ties to charters -FTC sues to stop Wyoming coal merger -Under Siege: Steven Seagall faces SEC charges for cryptocurren...

DSR 2/26/20: Mask Out 26.02.2020

-US struggles with surgical mask supply amid coronavirus crisis -Congress unimpressed with the meager emergency budget request by the Trump administration -Supreme Court affirms dismissal of lawsuit against Border Patrol agent who killed Mexican teenager -Resurgence of black lung cases threatens coal miner trust fund, GAO warns -Appellate judges side with Trump admin on holding DOJ money from sanc...

DSR CHIP CHAT 2.25.20: BUFF BERNIE IS BACK! 25.02.2020

We talk with journalist Chip Gibbons about the return of RUSSIAGATE and how it's being deployed against Bernie Sanders.

DSR 2/24/20: Capitalism is Sick 24.02.2020

-Spread of coronavirus causes stock markets to tumble; airlines and retail hurting -Xenophobic, elitist “public charge” rule takes effect today -Documented immigration down 10 percent under the Trump administration -US fails to cite any harm done by Assange at London extradition hearing -Rant Line: That sound you’re hearing is thousands of knees bending Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

DSR 2/20/20: Another Groyper at the White House 20.02.2020

-President side-steps Congressional authority, names far-right loyalist Richard Grennell as White House intelligence adviser -Grennell interfered in domestic politics as ambassador to Germany, praised far-right parties; Germany plagued by far-right terrorism, including deadly attack last night -Federal prisons failing inmates with Hepatitis C -Bloomberg racks up three endorsements from House Dems...

DSR 2/19/20: Bloomberg Meltdown Watch 19.02.2020

-Oligarch takes stage tonight in first competitive debate since 2009, when his base consisted of future Trump fans on Staten Island -Another anti-Bernie PAC created with ties to Joe Manchin’s world -President Trump accused of pardon quid pro quo in Julian Assange case -IRS goes after rich people not paying their taxes...by giving them free tax consulting services Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictS...

DSR 2/18/20: Bernie Bro Dark Money, Pharma Giant Nexus? 18.02.2020

-Beat Bernie Super PAC shares address with Mylan PAC -Company led by Heather Bresch, Joe Manchin’s daughter; Sanders has blasted Mylan for pharmaceutical price gouging -Bloomberg spends $400 million for the chance to get humiliated at tomorrow night’s debate -Recession watch: HSBC cutting one-third of its US branches, Apple to take second quarter coronavirus hit, Japan output drops dramatically be...

DSR 2/13/20: Trying to Raise Dark Money by Whining about Bernie Bros 13.02.2020

-Washington Super PAC launched to fight “a rogue army of online supporters who threaten, insult, and bully anyone who dares to question Sanders” -Senate passes non-binding resolution aimed at curtailing Trump’s ability to start a war with Iran -Head of US Strategic Command: We can launch nukes at people who have no intention of nuking us -Republican Senator, Trump cabinet official dishonestly crit...

DSR 2/12/20: Boost Centrists? Warren has a Plan for That 12.02.2020

--Elizabeth Warren has an awful night in New Hampshire; no less than she deserves for boosting Amy Klobuchar all week --Buttigieg, leaning on the Harry Reid machine, launches crooked attack on Medicare for All in Nevada --Trump now calling any shot he wants at the Justice Department after GOP Senators signaled they will let him do anything --Fed Chair Jay Powell unconcerned with renewed complexity...

DSR 2/11/20: Hoping for a Rat Fuck Fail 11.02.2020

-Centrists are so desperate to steal this from Bernie, he might be the only one to leave NH with delegates tonight -Buttigieg might feel the squeeze: Voters are writing in Bloomberg, after the oligarch flooded the airwaves and social media with hundreds of millions in spending -Rashida Tlaib grills Fed Chair Jay Powell on lack of emergency money for Detroit and Puerto Rico while Wall Street gets b...

DSR 2/6/20: Rat Boy Calls His Dad 06.02.2020

-Pete Buttgieg calls the manager, asks Tom Perez to step in after Bernie cleans up satellite caucuses by reaching out to working class people and immigrants -Perez calls for recount mere minutes before Sanders was set to take the stage to declare victory by every measure -Trump admin retaliates against New York state for law stopping ICE from accessing driver data -Two corporate union-busters pois...

DSR 2/5/20: FBI Wants Them Zuccing Up Your Messages 05.02.2020

-Top Fed Chrstopher Wray attacks encryption, says it’s good that Facebook can read all your messages -Jared Kushner’s fake peace plan ripped by EU official decrying approval of Israeli annexation -FDIC inconsistent on cost-benefit analysis, agency failed to score roll-back of enhanced supervision implemented after 2008 crash -Anti-aging scam sees company hit with FTC penalties Subscribe at Patreon...

DSR 2/4/20: Crush the Rat 04.02.2020

-Buttigieg plus the old CIA move of declaring himself “victorious” in Iowa before any vote tallies are released -Process in total disarray, though it seems almost certain that Bernie won and Biden was waxed -With either incompetence or malice, the party denied Sanders his victory lap and gave Biden cover for crashing -Judgment Day looms for Biden in South Carolina, where Bernie is closing the gap...

DSR 2/3/20: Waiting for Iowa 03.02.2020

-Chinese stock market firesale doesn’t spread to New York this morning, but Wall Street vampires might smash that “sell” button tonight -AOC and Bernie introduce legislation to ban fracking by 2025 -Betsy DeVos ignoring House Oversight Committee requests, skips town to campaign for Trump -FTC sues to stop merger of major razor retailers Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

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