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-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

-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 helping -Another fake accounts scandal: Fifth Third Bank accused of enabling systematic fraud through rotten incentives -Somebody think of the neverending war! Dems getting testy over Afghan troop withdrawal proposal Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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 Sanders endorsement because having principles is actually bad, apparently -We’re ready to hear both sides of the coronavirus debate, as Ted Cruz self-quarantines Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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 November Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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 oral arguments in case over CFPB structure -Bureau of Prisons failing to keep tabs on contractors who sell them bogus food products -GAO details increase in airline disability accommodation complaints Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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 fold. -Trump’s big peace deal in Afghanistan fell to pieces in just 48 hours -Ken Cuccinelli stripped of acting USCIS directorship by federal judge, locks Twitter account and changes bio -House looks set to pass another short-term extension of warrantless surveillance powers

-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 cryptocurrency promotion Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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 sanctuary cities Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

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

-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

-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 after awful debate performance; Gottheimer, Lowey, and Aguilar have personal and financial ties to the oligarch -FTC says checks are in the mail from Office Depot to those ripped off by a fake malware scam Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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/DistrictSentinel

-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 before outbreak -Still plugging away at regime change, Trump admin sanctions Russian oil company for doing business in Venezuela Subscribe on Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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 criticize Medicare for All sounding just like Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar -Trump attempting to divert more money for the wall, but at least some of it would come from the F-35 Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

--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 on Wall Street, stands ready to bail out banks again --Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin defends Trump admin slasher budget proposal --State Department asks for emergency approval to advance anti-immigrant “public charge” rule so consular officials fall in line with the goons at Homeland Security Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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 bailed out -Hope your Trump Hotel cocktails tasted like piss: Insufferable T-Mobile CEO gets his wish with hack judge approving Sprint acquisition -Department of Energy proposes ramping up approval of gas exports, with the planet currently needing the opposite of that -Watchdog overseeing war in Afghanistan tabulates thousands of casualties in reconstruction efforts Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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 poised for Labor Department role with power to audit union finances -CFPB head Kathy Kraninger explains decision to ease off abusive practice charges, saying banks can take “reasonable advantages” of customers Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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.com/DistrictSentinel

-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 Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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