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  • DSR 12/8/20: Office of Licking Boots
    -Setting the stage to pander to the right, the Biden team is planning a White House conservative liaison
    -Biden nominates Raytheon board member and Pine Island Capital partner, ex-Gen. Lloyd Austin, as his Defense Secretary
    -Study: US and coalition airstrikes killed 700 civilians in Afghanistan last year
    -Senate Republicans hold hearing on covid response featuring anti-vaccine quacks and snake oil peddlers
    Music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com
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    17 min
  • DSR 12/7/20: Pandemic Relief (for Boeing)
    -In a Friday news dump, the Pentagon announced that it would give $63 million in assistance to Boeing using CARES Act money
    -40 percent of companies that took coronavirus relief loans and grants told workers to take time off but didn’t pay them anything, BLS data shows
    -DFC watchdog: Agency officials did nothing wrong in pursuing $765 million Kodak loan
    -The EPA’s air pollution monitoring system is in such shambles, one state agency reported needing to shop for equipment on eBay
    -The Supreme Court threw a lifeline to Medicare work requirements amid mass unemployment, during a pandemic
    Music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com
    Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
    19 min
  • DSR 12/1/20: Looking Forward to Vaccine Bungling
    -GAO survey finds that most state governments are at least somewhat concerned about proper covid vaccine distribution
    -9 million people still hadn’t received their $1,200 stimulus checks in September
    -SCOTUS hears case on excluding undocumented immigrants from Census
    -Citing the withdrawal of aid, Sherrod Brown accuses Steve Mnuchin of “sabotaging” the economy for Biden
    music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com
    Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
    19 min
  • DSR 11/30/20: Here Comes Biden’s Shitty Cabinet
    -President-elect taps Tony Blinken’s consulting company for key roles in his administration
    -Will OMB be scolding regulators at 2:30 a.m. to be more friendly to businesses? Neera Tanden was named to lead the agency
    -Hot mic victim, Egyptian coup regime defender Jen Psaki named White House Press Secretary
    -Attorney General Barr is trying to ramp up federal executions before Trump leaves office
    -FCC Chair Ajit Pai to step down on inauguration day
    -Workers around the world took action against Amazon last week
    -Emergency private sector lending programs were extended for three months by the Fed and the Treasury. Emergency state and local government support is set to expire on Dec. 31.
    music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com
    Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
    23 min
  • DSR 11/18/20: Chip Chat: Trump's Forever Wars
    On this week's Chip Chat we discuss Trump's plans for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also, the foreign policy team Joe Biden is putting together is concerning as hell.
    Music by Adam Fligsten www. Adamfligsten.com
    Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
    28 min
  • DSR 11/17/20: Too Busy for Pandemic Relief
    -Mitch McConnell puts presidential nominees on the Senate schedule with the country needing pandemic relief more with every passing day
    -Gold bug charlatan nominated to Fed fails procedural vote after Chuck Grassley quarantines
    -Prison covid safety failures detailed in watchdog report on Oakdale
    -Biden staffing up White House with oil, pharmaceutical industry friends
    -Social media companies’ legal immunity takes center stage on Capitol Hill
    music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com
    Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
    17 min
  • DSR 11/16/20: Rats Flee the Sinking Ship
    -President Trump cheered on fascist violence in streets of DC this weekend, but he’s laying off campaign staffers and one of his agency leaders is retiring early
    -States implement new emergency measures with covid-19 cases spiking
    -Senate to move forward on the gold standard crank nominated to be a Fed governor
    -The number of companies controlling the health insurance market keeps shrinking
    music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com
    Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
    17 min
  • DSR 11/11/20: Chip Chat: The Coup Comes Home
    For this edition of Chip Chat we talk to journalist Chip Gibbons about the soft coup play at home and how similar tactics have been used to justify overthrowing governments abroad.
    Music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com
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    30 min
  • DSR 11/10/20: No US Embassy in Washington?
    -Secretary of State Mike Pompeo questions legitimacy of Biden election
    -Pompeo calls for “legal votes” to be counted after AG Bill Barr reverses policy on DOJ election interference
    -Federal Reserve highlights potential commercial bankruptcy wave, worries about pandemic relief being stopped by the “political divide”
    -New details of Lafayette Square police riot emerge
    -SCOTUS hears arguments in a challenge to Obamacare
    music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com
    Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
    19 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…