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Sentinel News Dump 12/17/18 Dec 17, 2018

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-Interior Secretary to resign in new year amid mounting ethics investigations, incoming Dem House majority -Trump administration announces review of “Pain in the Disability Determination Process” months after proposing $72 billion in budget cuts to disability benefits -Student debt has doubled since the Great Recession, is now at $1.5 trillion -Inspector General audit of ICE: witnesses and leads ignored in 10 percent of agent misconduct cases reviewed For more content like this, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

Sentinel News Dump 12/13/18 Dec 13, 2018

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-For the first time in history, upper chamber declares US engaged in unauthorized war -Pelosi hails Farm Bill passage, failing to note it hurts her own caucus’ efforts to stop Saudi-led slaughter in Yemen -FCC to review rules preventing Fox, NBC, ABC and CBS from merging -GAO warns that “private corporations obtaining resources” could threaten US -Mulvaney’s last proposal as CFPB head: use the agency to help the financial industry test products on consumers To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel -Also: The District Sentinel’s Haiku Collection is out. Just $10 for an anthology of poetry that supports journalism. Plus, original drawings. Great coffee table/bathroom book. Order here: http://www.lulu.com/shop/sam-sacks-sam-knight/district-sentinel-haiku-book/paperback/product-23911248.html

DISTRICT SENTINEL RADIO 12/12/18: Mitch McConnell, Butcher of Yemen Dec 12, 2018

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-Senate Majority Leader trying to gum up vote to stop Saudi slaughter -GOP postpones rare minimum wage hearing due to homophobic blog posts by witness -Report suppressed by Mulvaney CFPB showed Wells Fargo pumping fees out of students -US cocaine eradication efforts in Colombia aren’t working at all: GAO For more content like this, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

DISTRICT SENTINEL RADIO 12/11/18: More Family Separation Coming? Dec 11, 2018

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-CBP head denies establishment of new child migrant detention centers at Senate hearing -Trump gets into on-camera argument about government shutdown with Schumer and Pelosi -Final Farm Bill released: no new food stamp work requirements, admin will look at rulemaking to humiliate poor people -Report reveals Zinke attacks on public data as Koch Bros. hack installed as Interior FOIA officer For more content like this, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

DISTRICT SENTINEL RADIO 12/10/18: We All Got Screwed By Equifax Dec 10, 2018

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-House Oversight says company’s greed to blame for data breach impacting 148 million Americans -Kavanaugh, SCOTUS deny conservatives chance to erode abortion rights -Watchdog report pokes holes in Dodd-Frank mechanism designed to prevent bank bailouts -Native American healthcare programs woefully underfunded For more content like this, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

DISTRICT SENTINEL RADIO 12/5/18: Trump Demise Gains Emolumentum Dec 05, 2018

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-President’s shady corporate structure to be exposed in DC hotel litigation -Facebook execs have linked third party access to data and profits, UK parliamentary investigation reveals -US Fish and Wildlife Service whistleblower fund short $13 million (!!!) -CFPB enforcement actions down 75 percent under Mulvaney - The Washington Post.

SentinelCast 88: The Franklin Commune Dec 05, 2018

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-Justin Roczniak walks through his entrancing left-wing talks set to Cities Skylines -Also, a link to Justin’s Medium piece mentioned in the interview about the Hyperloop: https://medium.com/@donoteat/you-yes-you-cannot-afford-to-ride-the-hyperloop-27e214d45cdf and his Patreon. -Ammon Bundy...innocent? -Two Garbage Can nominations that truly belong together: Jamie Kirchick & Hillary Clinton

DISTRICT SENTINEL RADIO 12/4/18: The Iran-Saudi Switcheroo Dec 04, 2018

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-Administration accuses Iran of aiding Al-Qaida in Yemen, despite AP reporting on Saudi-AQ ties -EPA faces FOIA lawsuit for emails between Andrew Wheeler and his old fossil fuel lobbying firm -Gina Haspel gives secretive briefing on Khashoggi killing, does nothing to quell anger over Bin Salman -FTC allows Northrop Grumman to acquire solid rocket motor competitor for $7.8 billion

Sentinel News Dump 12/3/18 Dec 03, 2018

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-Majority of US child laborers who die on the job worked on farms, GAO says -Occupational injuries suffered by kids in agriculture likely underestimated by BLS -George HW Bush death delays government shutdown by three weeks -SCOTUS won’t hear challenge of regulatory exemptions granted to build up border wall -Another buyer for Tribune: Nexstar steps up to acquire local broadcaster after Sinclair mega-deal falls through To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

DISTRICT SENTINEL RADIO 11/29/18: Deutsche Bank Meltdown Watch Nov 29, 2018

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*FULL EPISODE UNLOCKED TODAY* -German firm raided on Panama Papers money laundering claims -Stock down five percent on news; US regulators have considered bank “troubled” since May -Trump administration trying to peddle subprime insurance products in ongoing bid to undermine Obamacare -Can’t believe he caved! Jeff Flake backs down off blocking nominee in deference to an absent colleague. Flake threatened to stop nominees unless Mueller protection bill passes -Group of House Dems refusing to take corporate PAC money now has 36 members

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