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.

Episodios

  • DSR 12/10/19: Impeaching the President, Helping Him Get Re-elected

    10/12/2019 Duración: 16min

    -Pelosi holds two press conferences in one hour: One on impeachment, one on helping the President pass a trade deal -SEC Chair grilled for citing fake public comments lauding proposal to limit shareholder scrutiny -Tom Cotton attempts to approximate human being, says WeWork helps explains why socialism appeals to young people -FTC punishes for-profit college grifters University of Phoenix Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 12/9/19: Point of Odor

    09/12/2019 Duración: 19min

    -Republicans stink up Impeachment hearings, filling their diaper about civility -Afghanistan War records feature at the heart of a major journalistic scoop about Pentagon lies--for the second time this decade -SCOTUS declines to take up challenge of creepy Kentucky ultrasound abortion law -Historic percentage of Americans put off healthcare treatment due to cost concerns Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 12/5/19: Executing Innocent People: Still Constitutional

    05/12/2019 Duración: 17min

    -SCOTUS moves toward ruling on matter in relisting of Reed v. Texas, yet another case highlighting the shittiness of the US Constitution -Top Fed supervisor hails “best in 35 years” banking system amid headlines about corporate debt market. Randal Quarles is known for previous praise of financial resiliency--as George W. Bush Treasury guy -Anti-abortion activist with minimal legal experience confirmed by Senate as federal judge for life -Senators press Justice Department to investigate Attorney General Barr over DEA warrantless mass surveillance program Subscribe on Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 12/4/19: Fool Me Twice

    04/12/2019 Duración: 35min

    -Nancy Pelosi is dragging her feet on major improvements to labor law for the second time in ten years. Rachel Cohen discusses her recent story in The Intercept -April deadline for new food stamp cruelty: Trump admin says almost 700,000 people will lose SNAP benefits, if courts don’t strike down proposal -Whoops: Department of Education says it improperly sent debt collection notices to 45,000 defrauded students, revising number by a factor of three Subscribe on Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 12/3/19: Das Bloat

    03/12/2019 Duración: 17min

    -Navy announces biggest ever shipbuilding contract. Nine nuclear subs commissioned by world’s largest military to confront “threat” from China -Secretary of State vows more US meddling in Latin American countries, hints at violent suppression of protests -DHS getting ready to deploy extremely questionable facial recognition tech for foreign visitors -District Sentinel Recession Watch: Commercial construction value drops in October by more than 17 percent on an annual basis Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 11/21/19: Chemical Disaster Rule Rollback, Sounds Chill

    21/11/2019 Duración: 19min

    -EPA proposes watering down regs passed after massive 2013 Texas explosion -PR firm fake comment campaign tied to SEC attack on shareholder voting rights -There are thirty-two active national emergencies declared or affirmed by the President -Trump wants one of the war criminals he pardoned to be reinstated by the Navy SEALs Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 11/20/19: Mike Pompeo Struggles With Outlook

    20/11/2019 Duración: 26min

    -Ambassador Sondland testifies that top officials knew about Giuliani’s diplomatic efforts. Sec. Pompeo had emails printed out for him -Republican Senator complains about Pentagon failing audit headlines; DOD official confirms they failed -Lawmakers press EPA leaders to return to bargaining table with employees -NLRB: Board member actually should have ignored ethics advice on recusing himself from a matter he worked on as union busting lawyer -Banking regulators approve of largest merger since crash. Dem FDIC member warns the new bank could be “too big to fail,” approves of it anyway Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 11/19/19: Tack on the Police State Powers

    19/11/2019 Duración: 21min

    -Patriot Act extension slipped into must-pass government funding bill, per the custom -FBI failing to vet informants, keeping snitches that should be disqualified, per DOJ Inspector General -Republicans bring industry hacks to private equity hearing -Almost 1,000 EPA clean-up sites at risk of climate change related damage Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 11/18/19: Operation: Suck at Accounting

    18/11/2019 Duración: 14min

    -Pentagon fails yet another audit. Maybe it’s all the secret never-ending war. -Sotomayor: SCOTUS neglects chance to uphold precedent on civil asset forfeiture -Roberts Court does find time to temporarily halt subpoena of Trump accounting records -NOAA: Arctic ice cover at record low last month Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 11/14/19: The Clown Car Ratfuck

    14/11/2019 Duración: 24min

    -Deval Patrick is the latest hopeless Wall Street bootlicker to declare he’s running for President. It sure does seem like centrists Dems want a crowded field for dirty tricks at the convention -The Breitbart to illegal firing pipeline: State IG finds bureaucrats were wrongfully dismissed after conservative media smear campaigns -When you’re definitely not racist: DHS wants to charge fees and withhold work permits to asylum applicants -The F-35’s flight control system is not properly functioning, leading to manual work-arounds -FCC being sued by local authorities over ruling which gives cable companies an out from billions in licensing fees Subscribe on Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 11/13/19: The Foreign Policy Dad Committee

    13/11/2019 Duración: 19min

    -Impeachment hearings really should be broader -Ominously-named Chad Wolf set to become yet another acting DHS Secretary -Border Patrol official boasts of agency response to racist Facebook page: social media training -Pentagon Inspector General publishes report on US military activity across Africa. Surprise: it’s classified -Fed Chair tells Congress it should worry about people on too many opioids to work (???) Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 11/12/19: Pointing Out the Obvious

    12/11/2019 Duración: 26min

    -State Department claims Bolivian security forces merely “pointed out the obvious” forcing Evo Morales to resign. Obviously a coup. -SCOTUS hears oral arguments in DACA case -Stephen Miller emails leaked to SPLC show White House aide liking white nationalist websites, the confederate flag, Infowars etc. -Biggest bank merger since Great Recession approved by Justice Department -Trump admin looks to kill environmental rules through bogus research release proposal undermining medical privacy Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 11/7/19: Break up DHS? Bernie has plan for that

    07/11/2019 Duración: 16min

    -Sanders campaign releases proposal to dissolve post-9/11 agency -Senate advances yet more Trump judicial nominees, including a Stephen Miller aide appointed to an appellate circuit position -DOJ announces arrest in Saudi Twitter espionage scheme -CFTC granting exemptions from “bad actor” stock market bans -Bill Gates reveals the insecurity that drove him to accumulate and hoard obscene amounts of money, expresses willingness to vote for Trump Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 11/6/19: How Will They Let Us Down?

    06/11/2019 Duración: 19min

    -Dems now fully in control of Virginia, where labor needs help -Public impeachment hearings coming next week -Supreme Court hears case on groundwater pollution; White House, lobbyists press for more leniency -Administration refuses to publicly state whether mass surveillance program has ever been helpful -SEC release shows enforcement down since Obama era, as agency proposes rules designed to preserve corporate secrecy, Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 11/5/19: Screwing Over Polar Bears

    05/11/2019 Duración: 16min

    -Lobbyist-friendly Interior official denies undermining scientific integrity, casts doubt on what researchers say about Arctic drilling -FTC announces settlement with AT&T for throttling unlimited data -Criminal antitrust cases at 40-year low -Getting name recognition through stupid scandals--Tom Steyer staffer resigns after accessing data from Kamala Harris campaign McKayla Wilkes fundraiser: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mckayla-fundraiser-1110 Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 11/4/19: The Age of Automated License Plate Readers

    04/11/2019 Duración: 16min

    -SCOTUS hears case on charges thrown out due to traffic stop assumptions about the driver being whoever registered the car. Civil libertarians warn of reversal’s impact on poor people and communities of color -EPA rolling back rules on coal ash waste disposal. New safety regulations had been established after 2015 contamination disaster in Tennessee -Trump loses Second Circuit appeal of accounting firm subpoena; White House officials reportedly ignore impeachment inquiries -Today marks the formal start of the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, a departure process that won’t end until after the next Presidential election -Here comes the bad part: Nats go to the White House Subscribe on Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 10/31/19: Nats Win (Thanks to Us)

    31/10/2019 Duración: 21min

    -We celebrate the Nats World Series win and our successful pre-Game 6 exorcism by converting Sam Sacks to Catholicism -Recession scapegoat preview minus racist incitement: Trump reacts to first House impeachment vote by claiming it hurt the stock market -Two House Dems vote with GOP on impeachment--Rural Minnesota’s Colin Peterson and South Jersey Dipshit Jeff Van Drew -Twenty House Republicans and 24 Dems back compromise bill granting path to citizenship for undocumented farm workers -Ok millennial--FTC warns younger people among cohort most preyed upon by online scammers Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 10/30/19: Putting Iron Fists in My Ears

    30/10/2019 Duración: 22min

    -FBI Director Wray tells Congress he never heard about the “black identity extremist” surveillance program called Iron Fist -Fed cuts interest rates again with corporate bond market teetering -Cuccinelli claims responsibility for revoking status from sick immigrant kids, responding to questions about Stephen Miller’s role -Justice Department secures five-year-sentence for prison guard who conspired with inmate to carry out hit. Meanwhile, in not entirely unrelated news, more evidence that Jeffrey Epstein was murdered. Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • DSR 10/29/19: Nosediving Erratically to Avoid my Enemies

    29/10/2019 Duración: 20min

    -Pentagon announces F-35 production increase, despite problems with the Lockheed Martin fighter jet -Boeing CEO won’t criticize self-regulation at Senate hearing about 737 crashes -GAO finds increase in anti-Semitic, Islamophobic hate crimes on college campuses -Small Victory: Trump administration withdraws Park Service rule designed to clamp down on protests in Washington -Plus, an amateur exorcism to ward off Barbara Bush’s Ghost from the Washington Nationals McKayla Wilkes fundraiser link: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mckayla-fundraiser-1110#basics Subscribe on Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

  • UNLOCKED! Chip Chat on the FBI's 1st Amendment Abuses

    29/10/2019 Duración: 37min

    The latest Chip Chat has been removed from behind the paywall. Journalist Chip Gibbons talks about his new report on the FBI's persistent attacks on speech and organizing.

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