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District Sentinel Radio
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 podcast arm of the co-op.
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DSR 2/7/2024: Genocide Injunction Ignored
-Chip Gibbons joins the two Sams to discuss the historic ICJ ruling calling on Israel to stop killing Palestinian civilians
-Land Back: A look a...
DSR 11/6/23: From July to October
-A look at Israel’s defeat to Hezbollah in 2006, and its influence on the ongoing war in Gaza
-An interview with Yumna Patel, Palestine News Dir...
DSR 10/15/23: Known Unknowns
-The Israel-Palestine conflict is entering uncharted territory. What we know is that Palestinians have the right to resist, occupied people will alway...
DSR 9/10/23: They Can’t RICO Everyone
-Stop Cop City protesters in Atlanta engage in civil disobedience, refuse to be cowed by the state’s attempts to criminalize dissent
-Ron DeSanc...
DSR 8/19/23: Uber, But For Removing Uber From Your Economy
-Paris Marx joins Sentinel Radio to discuss Uber and tech, ten years after the ridesharing service defeated DC government regulators.
-Paris hel...
FILE FOLLIES 8/14/23: So-Called Carbon Capture
The Department of Energy is investing a small amount of money into an unproven method of fighting the effects of carbon emissions. It's the subject of...
DSR 7/30/23: Glitch McConnell
-The U.S. gerontocracy, Elon, PragerU, NYT, Pfizer, RFK Jr are nominated for the Garbage Can
-It’s official: Oily SCOTUS approved of the Mountai...
DSR 7/16/23: Won’t Someone Think of the Monopolists? *UNLOCKED*
-FTC Chair Lina Khan is under attack this week as “populist” Republicans cry about the regulator using antitrust law to oppress huge corporations
DSR 7/2/23: Making up Stuff to Make Laws *UNLOCKED*
-The Supreme Court is ruling in favor of reactionaries, in cases based on wholesale fabrications. It’s the best.
-Biden EPA abandons “Cancer All...
DSR 6/18/23: If You Give a Rat Austerity *UNLOCKED*
-He’s going to ask to take food from babies: Republicans are proposing cuts in benefits to 5 million WIC participants, emboldened by Democratic Party...
DSR 6/3/2023: Too Much of a Sicko, Even for Republicans *UNLOCKED*
-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 Genera...
DSR 5/20/2023: “Dear Asshole” *UNLOCKED*
-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...
DSR 5/14/23: FILE FOLLIES: USPS EDITION
In June 2020, a White House aide held a “telephonic discussion” with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy two days after then-President Trump posted this tw...
DSR 4/30/23: Post-Work POTUS *UNLOCKED*
-Biden’s six hour workday is the most likable thing about him (too bad about the strikebreaking)
-10 years after the Boston Marathon attack, Con...
DSR 4/16/2023: Huge Leak O’Clock *UNLOCKED*
-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 w...
DSR 4/9/23: FILE FOLLIES: DHS vs. Antifa *UNLOCKED*
-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 plot...
DSR 4/2/23: Trump Indicted LMAO
-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...
DSR 3/12/2023: Disruption Comes Home
-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 larges...
DSR 2/20/23: Finally, Representation for Dumb Rich Guys *UNLOCKED*
-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 inter...
DSR 2/4/23: A Room Full of Sad Union Busters
An excerpt from this week's District Sentinel Radio:
-Union-busters’ kids hate them and other observations from a National Restaurant Ass...
DSR 1/28/23: Congressman Robot *UNLOCKED*
-Of course the first Congressional speech written by an algorithm was about loving Israel and bipartisanship
-From the “Is this Good?” Pile: Sub...
DSR 1/7/23: McCarthy Falls Short of Know Nothing Record *UNLOCKED*
-McCarthy finally elected Speaker, but the parallels to the 1850s are a bit bothersome
-Good luck in federal court, friends: FTC takes aim at wo...
DSR 12/22/22: The Secretive Plan to Privatize Pandemic Relief *UNLOCKED*
-Documents obtained by FOIA show that major corporations urged the Department of Agriculture to run a pandemic hunger relief program as a public-priva...
DSR 12/16/22: Yell, Stomp, Hiss *UNLOCKED*
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: Ye...
DSR 12/3/2022: As a Pro-Labor Strikebreaker, *UNLOCKED*
-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 trus...
DSR 11/19/2022: We Need a Thunderdome *UNLOCKED*
-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...
DSR 11/6/22: Many People Are Saying Trump is Dead *UNLOCKED*
-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...
DSR 10/22/22: FOIA FOLLIES *UNLOCKLED*
-Jerome Powell has 27 pages of Larry Summers-related emails that the Fed won’t release citing the deliberative process exemption
This is...
DSR 9/24/22: Side Deal Scythed *UNLOCKED*
-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 inte...
DSR 9/10/22: Pollution Pioneer Fieldwood Exposed for Emissions Cover-up
-The Department of the Interior initially declined to name the company in a report on efforts to deceive regulators. We obtained the identity through...
DSR 8/13/22: Many Are Saying It was the Best Capital Crime *UNLOCKED*
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-We all owe Louise Mensch an apol...
DSR 7/30/22: DC's Migrant Mutual Aid Coalition
-The Biden administration and DC mayor Muriel Bowser are ignoring pleas to help migrants being bused to the nation’s capital by callous Republican gov...
DSR 7/16/22: All My Apes Pentagon
-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...
DSR 6/25/22: Abort the Court
-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
DSR 6/4/22: South Florida Socialism?
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 part...
DSR 5/28/22: The Thin Boo-Hoo Line *UNLOCKED*
-After changing their story numerous times, cops admitted to cowering in the hallway while the Uvalde shooter killed kids
-Speaking of cops and...
DSR 5/7/22: What’s On Secretary Mayor Pete’s Schedule? *UNLOCKED*
-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...
DSR 4/23/22: Oligopoly and the Infant Formula Shortage of 2022
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DSR 4/9/22: US "Debt Trap Diplomacy"
-US Officials, Turn on Your Monitor: Hearing features complaints about an alleged Chinese development debt trap, defense of stiff IMF surcharges
DSR 4/2/22: The Vote Heard ‘Round the World
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-The Amazon Labor Union, led by fired warehous...