The District Sentinel News Co-op

18/09/2023

Transphobes in a Nutshell
-GOP senators smear trans women inmates as rapists while staying silent on the ongoing BOP prison guard r**e scandal
-Strike Three: the two Sams discuss the ongoing UAW strike
-Asking various government agencies for ”Telemarketers”-related FOP emails, in the latest FOIA Folly
-JD Vance, Tim Gurner, the Florida Department of Health, Small Business Tyrants who got owned by the NLRB, Kristi Noem, and Bill Maher are nominated for the Garbage Can
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-9-17-23-in-89415607

31/07/2023

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 Mountain Valley Pipeline
-Biden dithers as millions lose Medicaid
-File Follies: Not saying you should put your money under the mattress, but banks are looking extra sketchy these days

-The U.S. gerontocracy, Elon, PragerU, NYT, Pfizer, RFK Jr are nominated for the Garbage Can -It’s official: Oily SCOTUS approved of the Mountain Valley Pipeline -Biden dithers as millions lose Medica

24/07/2023

Bean Counting Death Spiral
-Rand Paul is crying about the cost of legislation stopping pay cuts that are set to hit wildland firefighters, who are already paid poorly, despite them doing the incredibly important job of stopping things from being on fire.
-Deceit common in company schemes that see workers assume debt for training costs, CFPB warns
-File Follies: Top Obama administration lawyer Donald Verrilli is fighting for the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Supreme Court litigation.
-David Axelrod, the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire, Russell Brand, Dennis Kucinich, MTG and the Banana Boys are nominated for the Garbage Can

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10/07/2023

Blinken You Miss the Call for Military Intervention
-Secretary of State calls for international force in Haiti, echoes appeal from President Henry, Haiti’s unelected U.S.-backed leader
-Select readings from industry lobbyists telling the EPA to cool its heels on “forever chemical” water regulations
-Eric Adams, Meatball Ron, Chris Murphy, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Macron are nominated to the Garbage Can this week
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-7-9-23-you-85868924

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16/04/2023

Huge Leak O’Clock
-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 with his group chat.
-Time for Clarence Thomas to be held accountable by *checks notes* the party of Dianne Feinstein. How grim.
-File Follies: EPA questions Department of Energy analysis in Alaska gas export approval
-Greg Abbott, Ron DeSantis, Missouri’s Attorney General, SF crime hawks, Packers Sanitation, and Dan Snyder are all nominated to the Garbage Can this week.

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20/02/2023

Finally, Representation for Dumb Rich Guys
-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 internet, which was created by government research, could have been killed by government regulation. An industry trade group witness nodded and called him a good boy.
-Hobbyists might have standing to sue the U.S. government for taking out their balloons. The Two Sams consider buying a balloon of their own.
-File Follies: Our previous request for Pete Buttigieg’s first month schedule revealed that he met with freight rail lobbyists, the CEO of one freight rail company, BNSF, and was briefed on rail labor. In light of the East Palestine, OH disaster, we seek records related to those meetings, and records related to the agency’s angry Twitter reply to David Sirota
-Norfolk Southern, Elon Musk, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Eli L*ke, and Packers Sanitation Services are all nominated for the Garbage Can
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-2-20-23-for-78948996

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05/02/2023

New SENTINEL RADIO: Union-busters’ kids hate them and other observations from a National Restaurant Association symposium. An interview with Lever News’ Julia Rock, who reported on the event. Fully episode in the replies
https://soundcloud.com/the-district-sentinel/dsr-2423-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 Association symposium. An interview with Lever News’ Julia Rock.

22/12/2022

Major corporations formed an ad hoc coalition, which called on the Department of Agriculture to privatize a pandemic hunger relief program. We found this out through FOIA. None of the companies involved alluded to their outreach in mandated lobbying disclosures. Experts in government ethics law said they didn't need to. https://districtsentinel.substack.com/p/the-secretive-plan-to-privatize-pandemic

As revealed by documents obtained through FOIA

12/12/2022

Golden Age of Sinema
-She’s registering as an independent but expecting to keep her committee assignments: we’ve reached peak Kyrsten Sinema
-The Smoking Gun, except the smoke is Carbon Dioxide: House investigators release documents showing the oil industry peddling climate change misinformation
-Pentagon Sausage, extra bloody: the annual defense policy bill passed by the House was written behind closed doors. This weeks FOIA Follies asks if the DOD congressional liaison weighed in
-Musk and Twitter Files morons, Sen. Sinema, right-wingers crying about Viktor Bout, Prince Heinrich and Rich Lowry are nominated to the Garbage Can
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-12-11-2022-75781894

07/11/2022

FYI: The two Sams will be hosting midterm coverage tomorrow on Means TV with Eugene Puryear and BreakThrough News https://twitter.com/means_tv/status/1588913564110450688

“ELECTION NIGHT '22 with Sam Sacks & Eugene Puryear The only election coverage free from advertisers and venture capital. Tune in to Means TV at 7pm on 11/8.”

31/10/2022

Put on your headphones, pretend like you're listening to something for work, and listen to the most recent episode of Sentinel Radio:

Brother, Can You Spare a DogeCoin?
-You won’t quit this website because Elon owns it, you’ll quit this website because Elon will make it unusable and charge s**tcoins for posts
-Don’t expect the SK1 revival. Musk will probably only restore right-wing accounts, or he will only restore Trump’s account.
-CPC cowardice on Ukraine peace letter raises questions about the ol’ electoral strategy
-FOIA Follies: NYC mayor’s office says it can’t answer public records requests by sending links to major email services “like gmail, yahoo, Hotmail, etc”
-Kanye, Pramila Jayapal, Bret Stephens, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Jim Messina, and the guy trying to ban Iran from the World Cup are nominated for the Garbage Can
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-10-29-22-can-73932593

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24/10/2022

New Sentinel Radio: Summers Lovin’
-There are 27 pages of Jerome Powell emails involving Larry Summers that the Fed is withholding. Our latest FOIA Follies battle with the deliberative process exemption.
https://soundcloud.com/the-district-sentinel/dsr-102222-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 an excerpt from District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full

02/10/2022

Immiseration By Post
-Biden admin quietly takes away student debt relief from hundreds of thousands by editing a website post in the dead of night
-Fed interest rate hikes will keep coming despite economic tremors, Liz Truss putting the UK on the brink of collapse immediately after becoming Prime Minister.
-FOIA Follies: DHS won’t release Countering Violent Extremism grant program assessment; If Jerome Powell and a powerful Fed staffer have been discussing labor organizing, we want those emails
-Giorgia Meloni, the Department of Education, Elon Musk, whoever blew up the dang pipeline, the NFL and Amazon and Neymar are all nominated for the Garbage Can
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-10-1-22-by-72773012

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24/09/2022

Side Deal Scythed
-Manchin’s scheme to throw building permits to the fossil fuel industry is in trouble after members of his caucus vowed to stop it
-The Fed won’t stop hiking interest rates. By the time they do, it will be too late for the labor market.
-FOIA Follies: Don’t Glomar me, bro! Interior acts funny in response to our request for Alaska oil project files
-DeSantis, Biden, Dems who support Israeli apartheid, World Bank President David Malpass, Larry Summers, and the CIA are nominated for the Garbage Can this week
https://soundcloud.com/the-district-sentinel/dsr-92422-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 interest rates. By the time they do, it will be too late for

11/09/2022

Pollution Pioneer Fieldwood Exposed for Emissions Cover-up [Unlocked FOIA Follies!]
-The Department of the Interior initially declined to name the company in a report on efforts to deceive regulators. We obtained the identity through FOIA
-Fieldwood Energy gained notoriety for declaring bankruptcy during the pandemic to shirk offshore clean-up obligations

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-The Department of the Interior initially declined to name the company in a report on efforts to deceive regulators. We obtained the identity through FOIA -Fieldwood Energy gained notoriety for declar

06/08/2022

Ilhan Omar was Right
-Israel supporters in Congress are all about the Benjamins. AIPAC just spent $4 million to buy another House seat in Michigan.
-Is the recession in recession? The latest jobs report blew away expectations, but interest rate hikes have yet to work their black magic.
-Pelosi defends Taiwan trip by saying she wanted to dig to China as a little girl. China cancels bilateral cooperation and the State Department whines about Chinese drone sales to Iran. Strong Tangier Crisis of 1905 vibes.
-FOIA Follies: Buttigieg won’t punish airline companies screwing everyone over so we ask for some emails.
-Ron DeSantis, Kremlin, Nancy Pelosi, Viktor Orban, Alex Jones’ lawyer, and the Lerners get nominated for the Garbage Can
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-8-6-22-ilhan-70154198

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30/07/2022

UNLOCKED EPISODE
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 governors. Regular Washingtonians are stepping up and mutual aid is filling the void. Organizer Claire H joins us to discuss.

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-The Biden administration and DC mayor Muriel Bowser are ignoring pleas to help migrants being bused to the nation’s capital by callous Republican governors. Regular Washingtonians are stepping up and

23/07/2022

One Minute Closer to Midnight
-The sweet merciful cryptocurrency doomsday clock ticks ahead with the SEC tiring of the industry’s pumping games. Plus, meet the Congressman who loves trying to obstruct investigations of the fraud-ridden industry.
-The actual doomsday clock also moved forward with Biden uninterested in declaring a climate emergency
- “They are on our side” -- January 6 Committee keeps accidentally demonstrating why they need to investigate the Capitol Police
-FOIA Follies: Who’s advising financial regulators on greenwashing cases, and do they have any ties to the investment firms that reportedly pretended to save forests?
-Josh Hawley, Hertz, Smart Alabama LLC, Greenwald, Jay Carney, and Bethany Mandel are all nominated for the Garbage Can
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-7-23-22-one-69470925

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25/06/2022

Abort the Court [UNLOCKED]
-Andrew Perez joins us to talk about Leonard Leo and his dark money network that has been pushing the Supreme Court to the far-right for the past 17 years
-Andrew sticks around to help us take out the trash: Leo, Clarence Thomas, Pelosi, Manchin, and Stacey Abrams get Garbage Can nominations

21/06/2022

Decade of the Living Dead
-1 in 5 US corporations are “Zombie Companies” kept alive by low interest rates. With the Fed hiking rates, their workers, and the US economy, are in trouble.
-Arms dealers play on easy mode: Pentagon budget advances with $45 billion above White House request
-The West is shriveling: Water austerity, impending drought catastrophe for millions discussed at senate hearing
-FOIA Follies: DC cops reject request for emails of cop running for city council citing bogus privacy concerns
-Border Patrol, Elon Musk (again), Herschel Walker, Mitt Romney, Vince McMahon, and Enes Kanter (again) are nominated for the Garbage Can
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-6-18-22-of-67940755

15/06/2022

Special report by us: Members of the Senate Banking Committee raked in $1.96 million in campaign donations from finance, insurance and real estate donors after sinking a nominee smeared by bank lobbyists https://districtsentinel.substack.com/p/fire-fighters?s=w

11/06/2022

Sir, Please Google Bolivia
-Latest inflation stats are grim, but right-wing economics aren’t the answer: Socialists in Bolivia are keeping inflation down like champs
- “If I were on the January 6 committee, I would simply not choose to ignore the video evidence of cops letting their friends run rampant”
-FOIA Follies: What was the GOP-tied cop running for DC City Council doing in the summer of 2020? Plus, the State Department’s poison drone, and our investigation into Jerome Powell’s alleged “wokeness” continues
-Garbage Can nominations for: Senators who called for Bitcoin retirement accounts, rich tech worms who funded the Boudin recall, Ned Price, Taibbi, Milo, and Kavanaugh
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-6-11-22-sir-67641985

04/06/2022

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 parties
https://soundcloud.com/the-district-sentinel/dsr-6422-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 parties This is an excerpt from District Sentinel Ra

04/06/2022

Biden Wants to Touch the Orb
-Or he wants to beg the butcher of Yemen to pump out more oil. Either way, he’s going to Saudi Arabia.
-Cryptocurrency fraud is a billion dollar industry because of all the permissionless decentralization that crypto guys love, FTC analysis finds.
-FOIA Follies: Asking an agency that did know about the severity of the Abbott recall for any emails with the White House. Plus, per a listener’s request, we’re asking the Marine Corps about its “gay bullets” pride month post.
-Depp, Dr. Jill Biden, Scott Pruitt, MTG, the Queen, and, of course, Elon Musk get Garbage Can nominations this week
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-6-4-22-biden-67341639

29/05/2022

The Thin Boo-Hoo Line
-After changing their story numerous times, cops admitted to cowering in the hallway while the Uvalde shooter killed kids
-Speaking of cops and mass killings, the recent Buffalo shooter became friends with a retired federal agent in a racist chatroom where participants got a preview of the massacre.
-FOIA Follies: DOJ has more than 400 email records from 2020 involving Attorney General Barr’s chief of staff and the phrase “call me”
-Abbott Labs CEO on the infant formula shortage crisis that he caused: “We’re gonna learn from this”
-Uvalde cops, Republicans fixated on school doors, Chuck Schumer and a trio of Oklahoma sickos get nominated for the Garbage Can
https://soundcloud.com/the-district-sentinel/dsr-52822-the-thin-boo-hoo-line-unlocked

21/05/2022

Peace, Land, and Baby Formula
-Covid cases are up, basic necessities are down, and Congress is occupied with shipping weapons to war zones. Any chance we can form some workers councils to distribute baby formula?
-Union-busting, as a bit: Appellate court rules that management can make threats against protected concerted activity if hack jokes are used
-Keep Watching the C-SPAN: UFO hearing this week
-FOIA Follies: What’s up with the DHS email address used to process civil rights compliance forms?
-Horse boy Elon Musk, George W. “If I Did It” Bush, anti-abortion freak who testified for the GOP, AIPAC, and the Secret Service are all nominated for the Garbage Can
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-5-21-22-land-66709588

16/05/2022

Meat Fraud: Not as Funny as it Sounds
-Evidence shows meat industry executives fabricated the “shortage” at the start of the pandemic to force workers into covid incubators. A just society would strip them of everything they own.
-For a country constantly demanding respect for its legitimacy, Israel loves making the case that it should not exist
-FOIA Follies: The crypto billionaire who said he’s into Ponzi schemes got no questions about it when testifying before Congress on a day when someone got arrested for a $59 million ponzi scheme.
-Ned Price, Pelosi, Trump admin meat ghoul, Bill Maher, Jen Psaki, and a black hole (?) are nominated for the Garbage Can
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-5-14-22-meat-66418246

07/05/2022

All their Sucks in on Roe
-We hate the Supreme Court, don’t we folks? Also, Democrats who have had fifty years to prepare for this fight, and they’re still clueless
-The Chad Christian Smalls vs. the Virgin Lindsey Graham
-FOIA Follies: DHS finds no record of grantees civil rights compliance forms in controversial CVE program
-New requests: Counter ISIS operation mission goals, Secretary Buttigieg’s meeting with Michael Bloomberg, SEC Crypto Crackdown
-Supreme Court conservatives, Senate Dems, Josh Gottheimer, the head of FIFA, and J.D. Vance are nominated to the garbage can.

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02/05/2022

Elon Musk Struggles With Consent
-A Trump-appointed judge rejected Musk’s request to toss out the 2018 consent agreement in which he promised to not do securities fraud online. The settlement could complicate Musk’s Twitter takeover plans, which are currently in doubt according to the gap between his offer and the company’s current stock price.
-More like student groans: Biden’s student debt jubilee plans are off to an underwhelming start, and everyone is sick of his s**t
-More crypto FOIA follies: What’s up with the 30 year-old billionaire basically admitting to a Ponzi scheme, and the Congressmen trying to stop regulatory investigations, Keating Five-style?
-Musk brown-nosers, student debt suckers, Illinois cops, Glenn Taylor, Ron Klein, and Joe Manchin duke it out for the Garbage Can dishonor
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-4-30-22-elon-65804051

17/04/2022

Billionaires Love Doing Securities Fraud Online
-Which is probably why Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter: It is, if nothing else, a website that has helped him commit securities fraud
-While voters should never be blamed, there is an exception in the case of Dianne Feinstein. Thanks, California Democrats!
-FOIA Follies: Oligopoly and the Infant Formula Shortage of 2022
-Matt Yglesias, Progressive Dems, Musk, Mike Lee, and Dan Snyder battle it out for the Garbage Can
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsr-4-16-22-love-65206215Billionaires

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