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-Chris Christie will never be forgiven by voters for closing the bridge, but he could humiliate Ron DeSantis in a futile bid to become Attorney General.-The end of the pandemic emergency has led to 600,000 people losing health insurance since April 1-File Follies: Taking a look at Republican Governors’ cynical border operation, asking the feds for …

-The best of the 2020 election hate mail to Louis DeJoy disclosed to us under FOIA by the USPS. -Imagine having so much money that you can make money simply by moving your own money. Capitalism is truly for sickos.-Unsurprisingly, the FBI used dragnet surveillance powers during the 2020 uprising, the Washington Post reported.-Musk, Pelosi, Clay Hig…

In June 2020, a White House aide held a “telephonic discussion” with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy two days after then-President Trump posted this tweet. Record of the call was revealed by the agency in response to our FOIA requesthttps://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1275024974579982336This is an excerpt from the latest District Sentinel Rad…

-Biden’s six hour workday is the most likable thing about him (too bad about the strikebreaking)-10 years after the Boston Marathon attack, Congress is still uninterested in evidence suggesting that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was an FBI informant-Would a Gitmo torture victim remember Ron DeSantis? He would, if Ron was laughing like a maniac, as alleged-Tuck…

-It’s about time we had a huge ass leak of military secrets exposing the US government, even if the weirdo who leaked them only wanted to share them with his group chat.-Time for Clarence Thomas to be held accountable by *checks notes* the party of Dianne Feinstein. How grim.-File Follies: EPA questions Department of Energy analysis in Alaska gas e…

-Emails from 2020 obtained through FOIA show Trump’s DHS eager to unleash counterterror powers on Portland as early as May 30, promises of antifa plots that never materialized Access the DHS files here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j1pKfwNZESVOVP8dzE-drFizw4Vyyo8i/view?usp=sharingThis is an excerpt from this week's District Sentinel Radio. To l…

-Ron made no attempt to advance his candidacy, just whiny vows to defend his rival. Why is this weenie even bothering? -The easiest way to rob a bank is to own one, Rashida Tlaib reminded us this week-File Follies: The FBI disclosed its letter announcing a flip-flop in response to our FOIA request. First, the Bureau told lawmakers that it wouldn’t …

-Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest bank in the country and a major funder of tech start-ups, went bankrupt this week at light speed, in the largest bank collapse since 2008.-File Follies: SVB’s last annual report has some interesting tidbits, including disclosures about large loans to individual clients, investments in companies that have never…

-J.D. Vance made his banking committee debut by saying that crypto, fake internet money, could be as useful as the internet itself, and that the internet, which was created by government research, could have been killed by government regulation. An industry trade group witness nodded and called him a good boy. -Hobbyists might have standing to sue …

An excerpt from this week's District Sentinel Radio:-Union-busters’ kids hate them and other observations from a National Restaurant Association symposium. An interview with Lever News’ Julia Rock. Article link: https://www.levernews.com/fear-and-loathing-among-the-union-busters/To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentin…

-Of course the first Congressional speech written by an algorithm was about loving Israel and bipartisanship-From the “Is this Good?” Pile: Subprime auto loan delinquency rate breaks January 2009 record-Republicans struggle to get the votes they need to pretend that Ilhan Omar deserves to be expelled from the House Foreign Affairs Committee (they’r…

-McCarthy finally elected Speaker, but the parallels to the 1850s are a bit bothersome-Good luck in federal court, friends: FTC takes aim at worker non-compete agreements-FOIA Follies: We search for records on the regulated banks in Sam Bankman-Fried’s sweaty, awkward empire -Walgreen’s, transphobic worm David Bullard, Charlie Kirk & “Doctor” Drew,…

-Documents obtained by FOIA show that major corporations urged the Department of Agriculture to run a pandemic hunger relief program as a public-private partnership. They didn’t disclose their efforts in lobbying disclosure forms, and experts said they didn’t need to.Music by Adam Fligsten adamfligsten.comTo listen to future episodes, subscribe at …

It’s the final show of 2022. The two Sams round up the GARBAGE CANDIDATES OF THE YEAR. And we discuss the new Means TV film we’re in: Yell, Stomp, Hiss. We join up with Bryan Quinby of Street Fight Radio, Tom Sexton of The Trillbillies, and Nick Hayes of Means TV to talk about our tour of the South.Music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.comTo list…

-Week of Shame: Democrats and President Biden vote to break power of rail unions, and force workers to accept contract with no leave-Don’t trust anything Sam Bankman-Fried says, but he’s right about GOP dark money donations: there’s a trail of money from him to Republican candidates through shell organizations-FOIA Follies: The crypto industry clin…

-If and when Elon runs this website off the rails, our replacement is going to need a main character of the day, let’s be real-Sick of crooked politicians who do favors for crypto scammers? Bad news. The incoming Republican House Whip thinks that the SEC shouldn’t regulate crypto, but still got mad at the agency for going soft on FTX-Finally, a win…

-Huge, if true, which it is. Would Elon Musk’s Twitter be lying to you?-Fed official says people need to empty their bank accounts before rate hikes can stop. That means more people being forced into debt, which is becoming increasingly expensive thanks to the Fed-GAO Footnote: State Department, Pentagon didn’t bother looking into killer crackdown …

-Jerome Powell has 27 pages of Larry Summers-related emails that the Fed won’t release citing the deliberative process exemptionThis is an excerpt from District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelBy District Sentinel Radio

-Manchin’s scheme to throw permits to the fossil fuel is in trouble after members of his caucus vowed to stop it-The Fed won’t stop hiking interest rates. By the time they do, it will be too late for the labor market.-FOIA Follies: Don’t Glomar me, bro! Interior acts funny in response to request for Alaska oil project files-DeSantis, Biden, Dems wh…

-The Department of the Interior initially declined to name the company in a report on efforts to deceive regulators. We obtained the identity through FOIA-Fieldwood Energy gained notoriety for declaring bankruptcy during the pandemic to shirk offshore clean-up obligations This is an excerpt from the weekly District Sentinel Radio podcast. To listen…

This episode has been unlocked. To listen to future episodes, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel-We all owe Louise Mensch an apology if Donald Trump is executed for stealing highly sensitive state secrets. It brings us no pleasure etc.-Owning China by rejecting the Mandate of Heaven: CDC confirms that the U.S. government is just fully giving…

-The Biden administration and DC mayor Muriel Bowser are ignoring pleas to help migrants being bused to the nation’s capital by callous Republican governors. Regular Washingtonians are stepping up and mutual aid is filling the void. Organizer Claire H joins us to discuss.This is an excerpt from the latest District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the f…

-Congress gave the Department of Defense $58 billion more than it asked for last year. That’s more money than the annual budget of many agencies that don’t kill people.-Who’d have thought that an organization with the initials SS would find itself implicated in a far-right power grab? (Secret Service Jan. 6 text messages erased amid investigations.…

-Andrew Perez joins us to talk about Leonard Leo and his dark money network that has been pushing the court to the far-right for the past 17 years-Leo, Clarence Thomas, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Manchin, and Stacey Abrams get Garbage Can nominationsMusic by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.comThis is an excerpt from the District Sentinel Radio podcast. To li…

An interview with Angel Montalvo, who’s running for Congress in Miami on a Berniecrat platform, and down to lock horns with reactionaries in both parties This is an excerpt from District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelBy District Sentinel Radio

-After changing their story numerous times, cops admitted to cowering in the hallway while the Uvalde shooter killed kids -Speaking of cops and mass killings, the recent Buffalo shooter became friends with a retired federal agent in a racist chatroom where participants got a preview of the massacre. -FOIA Follies: DOJ has more than 400 email record…

-Through the magic of FOIA, we have obtained the first five weeks of Pete Buttigieg’s schedule as Transportation Secretary, and decided to make a quiz about it. Sam Sacks is in the hot seat.This is an excerpt from a recent episode of District Sentinel Radio. To listen to more, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel…

This is an excerpt from the District Sentinel Radio podcast. To listen o the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelBy District Sentinel Radio

-US Officials, Turn on Your Monitor: Hearing features complaints about an alleged Chinese development debt trap, defense of stiff IMF surcharges This is an excerpt from the latest District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelBy District Sentinel Radio

*UNLOCKED* To listen to future episodes in full, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel-The Amazon Labor Union, led by fired warehouse worker Christian Smalls, has won a certification vote, in an incredible historic victory for an independent labor union-There are still battles to be fought before even thinking about contract negotiations: Amazo…

FOIA Follies, the Snitch Exemption: FBI Informant who ran sketchy, killer limousine company sheds light on Bureau secrecy.This is an excerpt from this week's District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelBy District Sentinel Radio

-FOIA follies: The Federal Reserve’s files on the NY AG Tether settlement are only about public statementsThis is an excerpt from the latest District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelBy District Sentinel Radio

Last year, El Salvador became the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender, in a move that drew attention from all over the world, particularly from insufferable cryptocurrency dipshits. Helping us make sense of El Salvador’s Bitcoin law is Hilary Goodfriend, a doctoral student in Latin American Studies at the National Autonomous University of Me…

-State Department roasted for unproven “false flag” claims about Russia-U.S. continues to starve Afghanistan as it readies to ramp up conflict in Eastern Europe-FOIA Follies: CDC gets a little touchy about article on covid breakthrough infections data-Garbage Can: Price and Psaki, Marco Rubio, and Joe Manchin vie for a spot in the canMusic by Adam …

-SK readies an appeal on a FOIA rejection, and seeks new answers from DHS about how cops responded to Jan. 6This is an excerpt from Saturday's District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full show, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelBy District Sentinel Radio

-FOIA: A Retinatoday.com article from 2015 was likely the source for Trump admin claims that Portland protesters “permanently” blinded federal agentsThis is an excerpt from District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelBy District Sentinel Radio

DSR Chip Chat 12/15/21: Assange Extradition by District Sentinel RadioBy District Sentinel Radio

-SK reveals our latest FOIA pursuit: using a records request to probe the Military Entertainment Complex and the comic book movie guy who got mad online because people criticized Marvel’s Pentagon tiesThis is an excerpt from District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full show, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel…

-All money is fake, but some is faker than others: TNR staff writer Jacob Silverman joins us to explain what’s wrong with the cryptocurrency industry, which he closely observes.-FOIA Friday: Dam Lobbyists. GOP-tied lobbyists hired by the government of Honduras warned the Trump admin that Dems were opposed to a controversial U.S.-backed dam project.…

-Arms contractors to shake everyone down for hundreds of billions of dollars next year, yet again, as Congress passes its annual defense policy bill. Chip Gibbons and the Two Sams discuss the good amendments and the bad “Iron Dome” amendment.-The Sleaze Filter: A Facebook exec tried to worm his way out of Congressional inquiries on Instagram being …

*SUBSCRIBER EPISODE UNLOCKED*-A look back at Occupy Wall Street on the 10th anniversary of the first demonstration in New York City-Chip Gibbons on how OWS influenced a decade of mass movements-FOIA Friday: Recognizing the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund for exposing FBI surveillance of Occupy-This week’s Garbage Can line-up includes the House D…

-Ruling class freakout in Buffalo: the establishment plots against India Walton, after the socialist won the Democratic mayoral primary. C.M. Lewis explains.This is an excerpt from Friday's District Sentinel Radio. The full show is available for subscribers at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelBy District Sentinel Radio

-Austin Gonzalez tells us what it was like being on the recent DSA delegation to Venezuela, and answers criticism from the left (and right)-Austin also discusses the DSA delegation to observe Peruvian elections, and brings us up to speed on the slow-motion Fujimori coup attemptThis is an excerpt from Friday's District Sentinel Radio--available in f…

Journalist Chip Gibbons and the Sams discuss Joe Biden's new and troubling domestic terror initiatives. Music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.comBy District Sentinel Radio

-SCOTUS ruled 8-1 in favor of multinationals using child slaves who were represented by President Obama’s deputy solicitor general-Surveillance of lawmakers: Still troubling even when they’re bad. Chip Gibbons on yet more evidence of Trump admin abuse of power. This is an excerpt from Friday's District Sentinel Radio, available for subscribers at P…

-Capitalists are operating on some dangerous assumptions about climate change, clashing with scientists’ warnings. An audio version of the latest newsletter: sign up at districtsentinel.substack.com -More Trump-era attacks on journalists were exposed last week. Chip Gibbons on the subpoenas of four NYT journalists in the latest edition of Chip-Chat…

-Leading Republican blasts banks for alleged anti-capitalist "wokeism" as bank CEOs defend union-busting and ripping off poor customers who are disportionately people of color-Chip-Chat: Chip Gibbons on Daniel Ellsberg still kicking ass at 90. The Pentagon Papers leaker shed light on how close the U.S. was to nuking China in 1958, and dared the Jus…

Larry Krasner might not be perfect, but boy are we glad he won his primary in a landslide. Ted Kelly on the limits of Krasner criticism in 2021.This is an excerpt from Friday's District Sentinel Radio, available for subscribers at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel.By District Sentinel Radio

-Israel is massacring Palestinians, again. Mondoweiss correspondent Yumna Patel joins us from the West Bank. We talk resistance, solidarity, and Palestinian Authority collaboration with the IDF.This is an excerpt from the District Sentinel Radio podcast, available in full for subscribers at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel…

Fretting about financial market failures in an interview with Barron’s reporter Alexandra Scaggs.This is an excerpt from Friday's District Sentinel Radio, available to subscriber at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelBy District Sentinel Radio