-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. Music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com To listen to future episodes, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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=sharing This is an excerpt from this week's District Sentinel Radio. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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 talk about informants. Then, it announced an investigation after a Republican screamed at them. -Trump cucks (e.g. Matt Taibbi), Howard Schultz, Judge Reed O’Connor, Missouri Republicans, Joanne Segovia (the fentanyl-dealing cop) and Elon Musk are this week’s Garbage Can nominees. Music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com To listen to future episodes, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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 turned a profit, and “activities that are new to us or, in some cases, are experimental in nature.” -Dems join GOP in sounding reactionary dog whistles bashing DC crime bill, as three-quarters of city residents report feeling generally safe -The Pentagon, Rishi Sunak, Lindsey Graham, Markwayne (awful name) Mullen, JPMorgan and Elon Musk waterboy Matt Taibbi get nominated to the Garbage Can Music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com To listen to future episodes, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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 Music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com To listen to future episodes, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

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/DistrictSentinel

-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’re mad at her because she embarrassed the GOP’s favorite career war criminal, Eliot Abrams) -Kemp, Kavanaugh, BuzzFeed, Union Pacific, Jeffrey Zeints, and Mike Pompeo all get Garbage Can nominations this week Music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com To listen to more episodes, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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, Muriel Bowser, and Pete Buttigieg get Garbage Can nominations Music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com To listen to future episodes, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-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.com To listen to future episodes, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

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.com To listen to future episodes, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel