District Sentinel Radio

An interview with political reporter Andrew Perez on the dark money flowing into exceptionally bad liberal blog: ShareBlue.

Philly’s DA shows the limits of being a “progressive prosecutor” by appealing Mumia Abu Jamal’s latest challenge of his conviction. The move saw Krasner disinvited from an activist conference at Yale Law School. To discuss this news, we had a conversation with Mike Africa Jr., a Philadelphia organizer, a member of the Move Organization, and the President of the Seed of Wisdom Foundation. Africa is also the son of two political prisoners, also from MOVE. He was born in prison, and Krasner actually helped both his parents get released from jail. We discussed all of this yesterday, when Africa joined us for an interview.

Will the next President decide to look forward and not backward--like Obama did on Bush administration torture? They will likely have the opportunity. We bring news on the latest US military torture scandal.

Then we’ll chat with CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin, who likely holds the record for the most times getting tossed out of congressional hearings. We ask her about her latest attempt to arrest John Bolton and just how serious she thinks this White House is about going to war in Venezuela.

We’ll also be reading particularly shitty emails in our inbox, and throwing particularly shitty people in the Garbage Can at the end of the show. Ralph Northam, Pod Save America Guys, Howard Schultz...you’re all on notice.

-Virginia’s governor refuses to step down after a trainwreck of a press conference explaining racist photos on his medical school yearbook page. Beyond the loss in confidence, the debacle highlights Northam’s poor record on racial issues. Justin McCarthy, a Virginia native involved in a number of progressive campaigns in DC, joins us to discuss.

Sentinel News Dump 2/4/19 by District Sentinel Radio

-Sanders comes out with much-needed estate tax proposal; GOP has spent decades crying for failson heirs over “death tax”

-How about no more money for DHS? Some Dems pushing back on party leaders “border security” nonsense

-Watchdog: DOJ urging agencies to keep selective records so initiatives survive judicial review

-In-N-Out Burger argues that it can ban “Fight for $15” buttons under Janus

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-Ex-VP folksily mischaracterizes NYT expose, glosses over shitty “bipartisan” legacy

-Senate fails to re-open government on day 34 of the shutdown

-Elizabeth Warren to introduce wealth tax proposal.

-Finally, a House Democrat criticizes Trump’s push for a Venezuela coup

-CBO: Nuclear arsenal to cost almost $500 billion over next decade

--The LA Teachers strike is over, and they’ve won! Labor journalist Sarah Jaffe joined us to break down the successful direct action, and a new threat emerging against an ally of workers everywhere: Scabbie the Rat.

--Then...Trump will save your life, according to another bizarre PR email. Possibly a scam. Also, we got a whole bunch of racist teens lined up for this week’s Garbage Can.

--We also read some poetry for new subscribers over at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel. $5 bucks a month, you get a haiku and access to daily bonus content from Pisstown.

-The worst MLK Day tweets

-SCOTUS okays transphobic military discrimination

-House Dem freshman shows interest in Kavanaugh impeachment

-Company partially-owned by Mick Mulvaney sued for alleged real estate “scheme”

-Shutdown stories are grim but lol at least the FBI can’t entrap Muslim teens

-Our dumb diapy President talks rockets

-Migrant family separation cruelty worse than initially reported

-Environmental prosecution sinks to new lows

-State Dept responds to GAO recommendation on climate change strategy: we might cancel the strategy