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  • DSR 1/30/20: The Lion and the Lamb
    -Connor Lamb was the only Dem to vote against two war power checks, including the 2002 AUMF repeal from Barbara Lee
    -Brazilian asylum seekers barred from US entry amid new cohort of migrants fleeing Bolsonaro nightmare
    -F-35 still failing the “Mattis Test,” can’t perform at least one type of combat mission 80 percent of the time
    -Banking regulators propose rule enabling federally-insured banks to increase exposure to hedge funds; FDIC Dem board member raises alarm, pointing to Bear Stearns and Goldman role in ‘08 crash
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    17 min
  • DSR 1/29/20: Testifying at the Impeachment Trial for Retweets
    -John Bolton has a book to sell. It’s still good he might screw our doofus President.
    -Democrats can’t believe Trump didn’t give them credit for helping his re-election campaign on NAFTA re-write
    -Pelosi unveils infrastructure bill seeking to help Trump fulfill another campaign promise, Speaker says at press conference
    -Defense contracting giant Boeing reports annual losses for the first time in two decades
    -Pompeo says State considering China travel ban over coronavirus
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    20 min
  • DSR 1/22/20: Tulsi Sues Hillary: Can They Both Lose?
    -Gabbard, seemingly the only one who wants Hillary Clinton in the public spotlight, sues HRC for $50 million over Russian stooge comments
    -SCOTUS hears oral arguments in case involving Montana private school donor tax credit, separation of church and state
    -Brown-nosing frat boys at Barstool Sports agree to settle illegal union-busting charges in case demonstrating the weakness of labor law
    -EPA sued for lack of scientific integrity while drafting new clean water rule
    -Trump says he’s thinking of doubling the number of countries on the list that started as his Muslim Ban
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    24 min
  • DSR 1/21/20: Impeach the Whole Damn Constitution
    -Sham trial rules show, yet again, how the Founding Fathers were blowhards
    -SCOTUS denies Democrats’ request for expedited Obamacare litigation
    -Justices refrain from killing lawsuit that could cost Facebook bigtime in Illinois
    -Trump admin moves this week to relax rules on small arms exports
    -CBP appears to be targeting documented Iranians with deportation orders
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    25 min
  • DSR 1/16/20: Warren sides with Trump on Trade
    -NAFTA rewrite passes Senate; Sanders laments impact on climate change, notes criticism from unions
    -Most Dems side with President, though Schumer objected at the last second on environmental grounds
    -Uhh did the President try to get an ambassador whacked? Sketchy texts coming out in the impeachment trial
    -GAO also rules that President Trump illegally withheld aid to Ukraine
    -Watchdog calls for lawsuits against the FCC for failing to consider the environmental impacts of satellite approval
    -Failed state: the two grifters who ran the CIA post-9/11 torture program look set to testify at Gitmo next week
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    27 min
  • DSR 1/15/20: Let me Speak to the Manager
    -Dems name impeachment managers
    -Reefer sadness: Congress, executive branch still pretending weed is too dangerous to study
    -Military lying “by omission” to lawmakers about Afghanistan -- Special Inspector General
    -DHS employees report being miserable, especially the anti-WMD unit, reassuringly
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    30 min
  • DSR 1/14/20: Refusing to Fight Warmongering Republicans
    -Top Dem on House Foreign Affairs shrugs his shoulders about Pompeo’s committee no-show, as the Secretary of State arrogantly boasts of Iran policy success at a right-wing think tank
    -Trump admin official defends policy of criminalizing asylum seeking
    -Republican Congressman: Actually, children die in custody all the time so it’s okay
    -Leaked emails show Stephen Miller engaging in white nationalist “demographic replacement” discourse
    -Senate to move forward on impeachment trial, McConnell lacking votes to kill it
    -Merkley: The CIA is doing funny business with Iran intelligence, not unlike 2003 with respect to Iraq
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    23 min
  • DSR 1/13/20: Stock Market Coked Up on Trade Deal it Hasn’t Seen Yet
    -Dow Jones reaching new historic highs with text of US-China “Phase 1” set to be released this week
    -Chinese officials staying quiet on details ahead of release with US negotiators changing their mind so much
    -Labor Department proposes rule to protect franchise feudalism from legal challenges
    -Iran admits to shooting down Ukranian airliner, apologizes (contrasting sharply with George H.W. Bush), though no resignations yet
    -Totally chill: US government increasing production of “plutonium pits” for nuclear stockpile
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    24 min
  • DSR 1/9/20: “Weak Democrats” Doesn’t Include Bernie
    -Trump mocks “weak” 2020 opponents, name-by-name, but leaves out Bernie
    -President says he doesn’t need Congress for war with Iran
    -House readies war powers resolution, which, while not an actual check on power, makes the US look weak
    -Two Senate Republicans, Mike Lee and Rand Paul, disgusted with administration briefing on Iran
    -Of course there is some approval for the Suleimani assassination, in our country of adult babies, but the vast majority say it’s reckless and puts everyone at risk - Poll
    -FTC moving forward with study of managers forcing workers to sign “non-compete” contracts
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    18 min
  • DSR 1/8/20: Striking Back at the Empire (Sort of)
    -No casualties: Iran cites proportionality and international law in response to Suleimani assassination
    -President Trump appears fine with not escalating for now, but Ayatollah Khamenei calls for an end to “seditious American presence in the region.”
    -Non-war news: IRS watchdog decries lack of staffing, problems with “free file”
    -Federal appeals court delivers setback to Atlantic Coast Pipeline
    -Contractor coughs up $375,000 for scamming NASA
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    17 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…