-Chip Gibbons joins the two Sams to discuss the historic ICJ ruling calling on Israel to stop killing Palestinian civilians-Land Back: A look at settler colonialism and genocide in the United States-Congress responds to social media companies’ exploitation of children by allowing the exploitation to continue -An announcement from Sam K follows this…

-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 Director for Mondoweiss, who brings us up to speed on events in the West Bank and Israeli repression of dissent after October 7-Bizarre: the military classification system is making it look like the Pentagon ha…

-The Israel-Palestine conflict is entering uncharted territory. What we know is that Palestinians have the right to resist, occupied people will always fight back in asymmetrical warfare, and you shouldn’t be bullied out of stating the obvious.-Plus, an update on Sentinel Radio: we’re pulling back on weekly podcasts to focus on longer form deep-div…

-Stop Cop City protesters in Atlanta engage in civil disobedience, refuse to be cowed by the state’s attempts to criminalize dissent-Ron DeSanctimonious’ housing market is crashing-A drop in the oil barrel: Department of Interior drafted talking points defending Willow Project by touting $249 million investment in clean energy, per email obtained t…

-Paris Marx joins Sentinel Radio to discuss Uber and tech, ten years after the ridesharing service defeated DC government regulators.-Paris helps us with the Can: Elon, Sam Altman, Cruise, and Bryan “Blood Man” Johnson are this week’s Garbage Candidates in a Tech Dipshit special To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentin…

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 Sam Knight's FOIA request this week.To listen to future District Sentinel Radio content, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelAf District Sentinel Radio

-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 daysMusic by Adam Fligsten www.adamf…

-FTC Chair Lina Khan is under attack this week as “populist” Republicans cry about the regulator using antitrust law to oppress huge corporations-Speaking of unassailable conglomerates, JP Morgan is readying itself to become a tech giant thanks to the Biden administration’s reaction to the spring financial crisis-House GOP pushes defense spending b…

-The Supreme Court is ruling in favor of reactionaries, in cases based on wholesale fabrications. It’s the best.-Biden EPA abandons “Cancer Alley” civil rights investigation; the case was likely winnable, even with the current goon squad on SCOTUS-FILE FOLLIES: A company formerly run by a union-hating senator has some DOL enforcement records that w…

-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 cowardice, namely their refusal to mint the coin.-Please stop brutal racist policing, pretty please, DOJ asks Minneapolis PD -File Follies: Fintech FOIA Frenzy! Filing requests related to the Fed and …

-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 General.-The end of the pandemic emergency has led to 600,000 people losing health insurance since April 1-File Follies: Taking a look at Republican Governors’ cynical border operation, asking the feds for …

-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 money simply by moving your own money. Capitalism is truly for sickos.-Unsurprisingly, the FBI used dragnet surveillance powers during the 2020 uprising, the Washington Post reported.-Musk, Pelosi, Clay Hig…

In June 2020, a White House aide held a “telephonic discussion” with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy two days after then-President Trump posted this tweet. Record of the call was revealed by the agency in response to our FOIA requesthttps://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1275024974579982336This is an excerpt from the latest District Sentinel Rad…

-Biden’s six hour workday is the most likable thing about him (too bad about the strikebreaking)-10 years after the Boston Marathon attack, Congress is still uninterested in evidence suggesting that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was an FBI informant-Would a Gitmo torture victim remember Ron DeSantis? He would, if Ron was laughing like a maniac, as alleged-Tuck…

-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 e…

-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 plots that never materialized Access the DHS files here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j1pKfwNZESVOVP8dzE-drFizw4Vyyo8i/view?usp=sharingThis is an excerpt from this week's District Sentinel Radio. To l…

-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 a bank is to own one, Rashida Tlaib reminded us this week-File Follies: The FBI disclosed its letter announcing a flip-flop in response to our FOIA request. First, the Bureau told lawmakers that it wouldn’t …

-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 largest bank collapse since 2008.-File Follies: SVB’s last annual report has some interesting tidbits, including disclosures about large loans to individual clients, investments in companies that have never…

-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 …

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. Article link: https://www.levernews.com/fear-and-loathing-among-the-union-busters/To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentin…

-Of course the first Congressional speech written by an algorithm was about loving Israel and bipartisanship-From the “Is this Good?” Pile: Subprime auto loan delinquency rate breaks January 2009 record-Republicans struggle to get the votes they need to pretend that Ilhan Omar deserves to be expelled from the House Foreign Affairs Committee (they’r…

-McCarthy finally elected Speaker, but the parallels to the 1850s are a bit bothersome-Good luck in federal court, friends: FTC takes aim at worker non-compete agreements-FOIA Follies: We search for records on the regulated banks in Sam Bankman-Fried’s sweaty, awkward empire -Walgreen’s, transphobic worm David Bullard, Charlie Kirk & “Doctor” Drew,…

-Documents obtained by FOIA show that major corporations urged the Department of Agriculture to run a pandemic hunger relief program as a public-private partnership. They didn’t disclose their efforts in lobbying disclosure forms, and experts said they didn’t need to.Music by Adam Fligsten adamfligsten.comTo listen to future episodes, subscribe at …

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: Yell, Stomp, Hiss. We join up with Bryan Quinby of Street Fight Radio, Tom Sexton of The Trillbillies, and Nick Hayes of Means TV to talk about our tour of the South.Music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.comTo list…

-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 trust anything Sam Bankman-Fried says, but he’s right about GOP dark money donations: there’s a trail of money from him to Republican candidates through shell organizations-FOIA Follies: The crypto industry clin…

-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 politicians who do favors for crypto scammers? Bad news. The incoming Republican House Whip thinks that the SEC shouldn’t regulate crypto, but still got mad at the agency for going soft on FTX-Finally, a win…

-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 hikes can stop. That means more people being forced into debt, which is becoming increasingly expensive thanks to the Fed-GAO Footnote: State Department, Pentagon didn’t bother looking into killer crackdown …

-Jerome Powell has 27 pages of Larry Summers-related emails that the Fed won’t release citing the deliberative process exemptionThis is an excerpt from District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelAf District Sentinel Radio

-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 the labor market.-FOIA Follies: Don’t Glomar me, bro! Interior acts funny in response to request for Alaska oil project files-DeSantis, Biden, Dems wh…

-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 This is an excerpt from the weekly District Sentinel Radio podcast. To listen…

This episode has been unlocked. To listen to future episodes, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel-We all owe Louise Mensch an apology if Donald Trump is executed for stealing highly sensitive state secrets. It brings us no pleasure etc.-Owning China by rejecting the Mandate of Heaven: CDC confirms that the U.S. government is just fully giving…

-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.This is an excerpt from the latest District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the f…

-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 don’t kill people.-Who’d have thought that an organization with the initials SS would find itself implicated in a far-right power grab? (Secret Service Jan. 6 text messages erased amid investigations.…

-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-Leo, Clarence Thomas, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Manchin, and Stacey Abrams get Garbage Can nominationsMusic by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.comThis is an excerpt from the District Sentinel Radio podcast. To li…

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 Radio. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelAf District Sentinel Radio

-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 record…

-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 about it. Sam Sacks is in the hot seat.This is an excerpt from a recent episode of District Sentinel Radio. To listen to more, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel…

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-US Officials, Turn on Your Monitor: Hearing features complaints about an alleged Chinese development debt trap, defense of stiff IMF surcharges This is an excerpt from the latest District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelAf District Sentinel Radio

*UNLOCKED* To listen to future episodes in full, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel-The Amazon Labor Union, led by fired warehouse worker Christian Smalls, has won a certification vote, in an incredible historic victory for an independent labor union-There are still battles to be fought before even thinking about contract negotiations: Amazo…

FOIA Follies, the Snitch Exemption: FBI Informant who ran sketchy, killer limousine company sheds light on Bureau secrecy.This is an excerpt from this week's District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelAf District Sentinel Radio

-FOIA follies: The Federal Reserve’s files on the NY AG Tether settlement are only about public statementsThis is an excerpt from the latest District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelAf District Sentinel Radio

Last year, El Salvador became the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender, in a move that drew attention from all over the world, particularly from insufferable cryptocurrency dipshits. Helping us make sense of El Salvador’s Bitcoin law is Hilary Goodfriend, a doctoral student in Latin American Studies at the National Autonomous University of Me…

-State Department roasted for unproven “false flag” claims about Russia-U.S. continues to starve Afghanistan as it readies to ramp up conflict in Eastern Europe-FOIA Follies: CDC gets a little touchy about article on covid breakthrough infections data-Garbage Can: Price and Psaki, Marco Rubio, and Joe Manchin vie for a spot in the canMusic by Adam …

-SK readies an appeal on a FOIA rejection, and seeks new answers from DHS about how cops responded to Jan. 6This is an excerpt from Saturday's District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full show, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelAf District Sentinel Radio

-FOIA: A Retinatoday.com article from 2015 was likely the source for Trump admin claims that Portland protesters “permanently” blinded federal agentsThis is an excerpt from District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinelAf District Sentinel Radio

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-SK reveals our latest FOIA pursuit: using a records request to probe the Military Entertainment Complex and the comic book movie guy who got mad online because people criticized Marvel’s Pentagon tiesThis is an excerpt from District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full show, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel…

-All money is fake, but some is faker than others: TNR staff writer Jacob Silverman joins us to explain what’s wrong with the cryptocurrency industry, which he closely observes.-FOIA Friday: Dam Lobbyists. GOP-tied lobbyists hired by the government of Honduras warned the Trump admin that Dems were opposed to a controversial U.S.-backed dam project.…

-Arms contractors to shake everyone down for hundreds of billions of dollars next year, yet again, as Congress passes its annual defense policy bill. Chip Gibbons and the Two Sams discuss the good amendments and the bad “Iron Dome” amendment.-The Sleaze Filter: A Facebook exec tried to worm his way out of Congressional inquiries on Instagram being …