-Bernie losses suggest “Never Trump” neocons have poisoned the well -Sanders has made missteps, but right-wing entryism makes the Democratic Party toxic -Keep knocking doors for Bernie, but become a dues paying member of a left-wing organization if you haven’t Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
-Trump promises bailouts for airline industry and cruise liners after payroll tax cut proposal yields short-lived stock market boost -No urgency for Financial Stability Oversight Council meeting despite underlying corporate credit problems -Federal government covering up coronavirus, ripping down sanitation posters in immigration courts -The CDC is a mess and for-profit healthcare vampires aren’t helping -Another fake accounts scandal: Fifth Third Bank accused of enabling systematic fraud throug...
-Stock markets around the world routed, NYSE 7-percent loss “circuit breakers” suspend trading minutes after opening bell -Biggest one-day oil price drop since the First Gulf War amid Saudi-Russia price war -The real horseshoe theory: Crystal people and prepper types involved in coronavirus scams, FTC warns -Biden names possible cabinet full of Wall Street people and Elizabeth Warren; still no Sanders endorsement because having principles is actually bad, apparently -We’re ready to hear both sid...
-It ain’t over by a longshot, even if Bernie underperformed on Super Tuesday -Sanders cruising in California, splitting in Texas puts him in position to win -Bloomberg out, endorses incompetent guy who made him initially get in the race -Bernie on the offensive, calling out Biden for his long history of pining for Social Security cuts -Shahid Buttar advances to challenge Pelosi from the left in November Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
-Bernie can still win big tonight and go on to clinch the nomination, despite the establishment whipping for Biden -Fed lowers interest rates by 0.50 points in emergency coronavirus response, the largest cut since the Great Recession. Stocks still trend downward anyway. -Dems still aching to give President Trump a huge stimulus and an Infrastructure Week in an election year -Supreme Court hears oral arguments in case over CFPB structure -Bureau of Prisons failing to keep tabs on contractors who ...
-Buttigieg drops out, Klobuchar follows suit, both endorse Biden as establishment looks to stop Bernie -It didn’t bring down her campaign like it should have: The Senate should investigate Klobuchar for abusing staffers -Contrary to Dem consultant talking points, Biden would be a disaster for down ballot Democrats. He’s obsessed with appealing to Republicans. Bernie would bring new voters into the fold. -Trump’s big peace deal in Afghanistan fell to pieces in just 48 hours -Ken Cuccinelli stripp...
-Trump says he disagrees with top health officials over likelihood of major coronavirus outbreak; stocks slide for sixth consecutive day -After ironing out kinks, CDC diagnostic testing to be fully operational this weekend -Betsy DeVos grilled on charter school corruption, her own ties to charters -FTC sues to stop Wyoming coal merger -Under Siege: Steven Seagall faces SEC charges for cryptocurrency promotion Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
-US struggles with surgical mask supply amid coronavirus crisis -Congress unimpressed with the meager emergency budget request by the Trump administration -Supreme Court affirms dismissal of lawsuit against Border Patrol agent who killed Mexican teenager -Resurgence of black lung cases threatens coal miner trust fund, GAO warns -Appellate judges side with Trump admin on holding DOJ money from sanctuary cities Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
We talk with journalist Chip Gibbons about the return of RUSSIAGATE and how it's being deployed against Bernie Sanders.
-Spread of coronavirus causes stock markets to tumble; airlines and retail hurting -Xenophobic, elitist “public charge” rule takes effect today -Documented immigration down 10 percent under the Trump administration -US fails to cite any harm done by Assange at London extradition hearing -Rant Line: That sound you’re hearing is thousands of knees bending Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
-President side-steps Congressional authority, names far-right loyalist Richard Grennell as White House intelligence adviser -Grennell interfered in domestic politics as ambassador to Germany, praised far-right parties; Germany plagued by far-right terrorism, including deadly attack last night -Federal prisons failing inmates with Hepatitis C -Bloomberg racks up three endorsements from House Dems after awful debate performance; Gottheimer, Lowey, and Aguilar have personal and financial ties to t...
-Oligarch takes stage tonight in first competitive debate since 2009, when his base consisted of future Trump fans on Staten Island -Another anti-Bernie PAC created with ties to Joe Manchin’s world -President Trump accused of pardon quid pro quo in Julian Assange case -IRS goes after rich people not paying their taxes...by giving them free tax consulting services Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
-Beat Bernie Super PAC shares address with Mylan PAC -Company led by Heather Bresch, Joe Manchin’s daughter; Sanders has blasted Mylan for pharmaceutical price gouging -Bloomberg spends $400 million for the chance to get humiliated at tomorrow night’s debate -Recession watch: HSBC cutting one-third of its US branches, Apple to take second quarter coronavirus hit, Japan output drops dramatically before outbreak -Still plugging away at regime change, Trump admin sanctions Russian oil company for d...
-Washington Super PAC launched to fight “a rogue army of online supporters who threaten, insult, and bully anyone who dares to question Sanders” -Senate passes non-binding resolution aimed at curtailing Trump’s ability to start a war with Iran -Head of US Strategic Command: We can launch nukes at people who have no intention of nuking us -Republican Senator, Trump cabinet official dishonestly criticize Medicare for All sounding just like Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar -Trump attempting to dive...
--Elizabeth Warren has an awful night in New Hampshire; no less than she deserves for boosting Amy Klobuchar all week --Buttigieg, leaning on the Harry Reid machine, launches crooked attack on Medicare for All in Nevada --Trump now calling any shot he wants at the Justice Department after GOP Senators signaled they will let him do anything --Fed Chair Jay Powell unconcerned with renewed complexity on Wall Street, stands ready to bail out banks again --Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin defends Tru...
-Centrists are so desperate to steal this from Bernie, he might be the only one to leave NH with delegates tonight -Buttigieg might feel the squeeze: Voters are writing in Bloomberg, after the oligarch flooded the airwaves and social media with hundreds of millions in spending -Rashida Tlaib grills Fed Chair Jay Powell on lack of emergency money for Detroit and Puerto Rico while Wall Street gets bailed out -Hope your Trump Hotel cocktails tasted like piss: Insufferable T-Mobile CEO gets his wish...
-Pete Buttgieg calls the manager, asks Tom Perez to step in after Bernie cleans up satellite caucuses by reaching out to working class people and immigrants -Perez calls for recount mere minutes before Sanders was set to take the stage to declare victory by every measure -Trump admin retaliates against New York state for law stopping ICE from accessing driver data -Two corporate union-busters poised for Labor Department role with power to audit union finances -CFPB head Kathy Kraninger explains ...
-Top Fed Chrstopher Wray attacks encryption, says it’s good that Facebook can read all your messages -Jared Kushner’s fake peace plan ripped by EU official decrying approval of Israeli annexation -FDIC inconsistent on cost-benefit analysis, agency failed to score roll-back of enhanced supervision implemented after 2008 crash -Anti-aging scam sees company hit with FTC penalties Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
-Buttigieg plus the old CIA move of declaring himself “victorious” in Iowa before any vote tallies are released -Process in total disarray, though it seems almost certain that Bernie won and Biden was waxed -With either incompetence or malice, the party denied Sanders his victory lap and gave Biden cover for crashing -Judgment Day looms for Biden in South Carolina, where Bernie is closing the gap Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
-Chinese stock market firesale doesn’t spread to New York this morning, but Wall Street vampires might smash that “sell” button tonight -AOC and Bernie introduce legislation to ban fracking by 2025 -Betsy DeVos ignoring House Oversight Committee requests, skips town to campaign for Trump -FTC sues to stop merger of major razor retailers Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
-Connor Lamb was the only Dem to vote against two war power checks, including the 2002 AUMF repeal from Barbara Lee -Brazilian asylum seekers barred from US entry amid new cohort of migrants fleeing Bolsonaro nightmare -F-35 still failing the “Mattis Test,” can’t perform at least one type of combat mission 80 percent of the time -Banking regulators propose rule enabling federally-insured banks to increase exposure to hedge funds; FDIC Dem board member raises alarm, pointing to Bear Stearns and G...
-John Bolton has a book to sell. It’s still good he might screw our doofus President. -Democrats can’t believe Trump didn’t give them credit for helping his re-election campaign on NAFTA re-write -Pelosi unveils infrastructure bill seeking to help Trump fulfill another campaign promise, Speaker says at press conference -Defense contracting giant Boeing reports annual losses for the first time in two decades -Pompeo says State considering China travel ban over coronavirus Subscribe at Patreon.com...
-Gabbard, seemingly the only one who wants Hillary Clinton in the public spotlight, sues HRC for $50 million over Russian stooge comments -SCOTUS hears oral arguments in case involving Montana private school donor tax credit, separation of church and state -Brown-nosing frat boys at Barstool Sports agree to settle illegal union-busting charges in case demonstrating the weakness of labor law -EPA sued for lack of scientific integrity while drafting new clean water rule -Trump says he’s thinking o...
-Sham trial rules show, yet again, how the Founding Fathers were blowhards -SCOTUS denies Democrats’ request for expedited Obamacare litigation -Justices refrain from killing lawsuit that could cost Facebook bigtime in Illinois -Trump admin moves this week to relax rules on small arms exports -CBP appears to be targeting documented Iranians with deportation orders Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
-NAFTA rewrite passes Senate; Sanders laments impact on climate change, notes criticism from unions -Most Dems side with President, though Schumer objected at the last second on environmental grounds -Uhh did the President try to get an ambassador whacked? Sketchy texts coming out in the impeachment trial -GAO also rules that President Trump illegally withheld aid to Ukraine -Watchdog calls for lawsuits against the FCC for failing to consider the environmental impacts of satellite approval -Fail...
-Dems name impeachment managers -Reefer sadness: Congress, executive branch still pretending weed is too dangerous to study -Military lying “by omission” to lawmakers about Afghanistan -- Special Inspector General -DHS employees report being miserable, especially the anti-WMD unit, reassuringly Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
-Top Dem on House Foreign Affairs shrugs his shoulders about Pompeo’s committee no-show, as the Secretary of State arrogantly boasts of Iran policy success at a right-wing think tank -Trump admin official defends policy of criminalizing asylum seeking -Republican Congressman: Actually, children die in custody all the time so it’s okay -Leaked emails show Stephen Miller engaging in white nationalist “demographic replacement” discourse -Senate to move forward on impeachment trial, McConnell lackin...
-Dow Jones reaching new historic highs with text of US-China “Phase 1” set to be released this week -Chinese officials staying quiet on details ahead of release with US negotiators changing their mind so much -Labor Department proposes rule to protect franchise feudalism from legal challenges -Iran admits to shooting down Ukranian airliner, apologizes (contrasting sharply with George H.W. Bush), though no resignations yet -Totally chill: US government increasing production of “plutonium pits” fo...
-Trump mocks “weak” 2020 opponents, name-by-name, but leaves out Bernie -President says he doesn’t need Congress for war with Iran -House readies war powers resolution, which, while not an actual check on power, makes the US look weak -Two Senate Republicans, Mike Lee and Rand Paul, disgusted with administration briefing on Iran -Of course there is some approval for the Suleimani assassination, in our country of adult babies, but the vast majority say it’s reckless and puts everyone at risk - Po...
-No casualties: Iran cites proportionality and international law in response to Suleimani assassination -President Trump appears fine with not escalating for now, but Ayatollah Khamenei calls for an end to “seditious American presence in the region.” -Non-war news: IRS watchdog decries lack of staffing, problems with “free file” -Federal appeals court delivers setback to Atlantic Coast Pipeline -Contractor coughs up $375,000 for scamming NASA Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
