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District Sentinel Radio episodes

  • DSR 3/11/20: Infected by Conservatives
    -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
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    18 min
  • DSR 3/10/20: Cruising for Corporate Bailouts
    -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
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    27 min
  • DSR 3/9/20: The Oil Slip of 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 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
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    21 min
  • DSR 3/4/20: Do a Dab and Back to Work
    -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
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    17 min
  • DSR 3/3/20: Feelin’ Super
    -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
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    18 min
  • DSR 3/2/20: For Whom the Binder Hurls
    -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
    25 min
  • DSR 2/27/20: CDC: See Deez Nuts!!!
    -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
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    19 min
  • DSR 2/26/20: Mask Out
    -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
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    21 min
  • DSR 2/24/20: Capitalism is Sick
    -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
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    23 min

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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…