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On this week's Chip Chat we examine new legislation in Congress to rein in Espionage Act prosecutions and protect whistleblowers, journalists, and dissenters. Music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-The President is back at the White House and says he’s “feeling great,” but that’s not what video footage shows -Top military officers are now under quarantine after the Coast Guard’s number two tests positive -The Department of the Interior rushed to reduce royalty claims for oil companies at the pandemic onset: GAO -How original: Housing finance vehicle poses risks to financial system, SEC report warns -DHS releases report on white supremacist violence, confirming Ken Klippenstein reporting on Election Day warnings music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Doctors should respect Trump’s wishes and let him be far away from the medical professionals, and as close as possible to Senate Republicans -Another One: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEneny tests positive for covid-19 -FBI refuses to release records on Michael Forest Reinoehl, citing law enforcement exemption to FOIA -Exxon Mobil projecting 17 percent increase in fossil fuel emissions by 2025 -Two conservative justices urge Supreme Court to walk back Obergefell gay marriage decision music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Isn't it weird how centrists in the UK no longer want to martyr themselves over EU membership now that Labour doesn't have a left-wing leader? Riley from Trashfuture joins SK to discuss. music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Trump already accusing Biden of using ear pieces ahead of tonight’s debate -A second covid stimulus could be in the cards this year, after all -Republicans complain about congressional probe of white supremacists in law enforcement -Citigroup fined for destroying subpoenaed audio recordings, JP Morgan fined for manipulating precious metals and US Treasury markets -DHS blocks whistleblower’s lawyer from accessing documents Music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

For this week's Chip Chat we discuss the latest move by Trump's Justice Department to claim that 3 major American cities are now under the control of anarchists. music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-The CFTC approves of derivatives tied to the price of water in California -That didn’t take long: GOP gets votes to move on RBG replacement before the end of the year -Some of the 200,000: Federal inmates die of covid-19 shortly after getting positive test results -Feds tap protesters phones in Portland and ask for agency volunteers in legally dubious mission, Ken Klippenstein reports music by Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Trump set to move on RBG vacancy by the end of the week, though Republicans may not have the votes for a quick confirmation -DOJ labels cities “anarchist jurisdictions” to take funding from them -Pompeo announces new sanctions on Iran that are being ignored, even by US allies -PPE shortages still widespread, GAO report warns music courtesy of Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

Journalist Chip Gibbons joins us for another edition of Chip Chat. We discuss the Julian Assange extradition trial underway in London. We also reflect on the sudden passing of activist Kevin Zeese. Music courtesy of Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Green Party denied spot on Wisconsin ballot, liberals harm their “save democracy” message by spiking the football and sneering -Nurse blows whistle on forced sterilizations at ICE detention facility -Trump says he did, actually, want to assassinate Assad in 2017, walking back prior claims -Europe making strides on Net Neutrality, as U.S. backslides -Regulators set to lightly penalize Citigroup after the bank accidentally sent $900 million of its own money to a client’s creditor music courtesy of Adam Fligsten www.adamfligsten.com Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Dems won’t use the threat of an October government shutdown to extract concessions from Republicans, even though Republicans are preparing to use such tactics in December -Pentagon gives absurd justification for bolstering nuclear arsenal -Report gives “minimum estimate” of 115 head injuries caused by police “less lethal” weaponry during the Uprising for Black Lives -EPA sued by state governments over methane rule rollback with record temperatures fanning wildfires in the Western US Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

Chip Chat is back! Journalist Chip Gibbons joins to talk about events in DC, where Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser is pushing "law and order" in a way that would make even Trump blush. Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-President goes full Facebook Boomer in rant about antifa airplane -The biggest corporate lobby in the country endorsed 23 House Dems -Two right-wing parties: Maxine Waters says Republicans want to defund the police -Death Merchant Mnuchin urges Democratic governors to reopen state economies -US holdings in Cayman Islands increase by $250 billion last year Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-US reaching new levels of bleakness with the President valorizing reactionary militia chuds in Portland and Kenosha -Federal eviction moratorium extended until the end of the year, though state moritorums are resuming with dozens of millions at risk -Finally, one for energy companies: Trump admin proposes “streamlining” oil and gas leases on US Forest Service lands -House Dems ready subpoenas for Louis DeJoy, among others Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

Journalist Chip Gibbons joins for another edition of Chip Chat. Whistleblower Edward Snowden is in the news again. Exactly what would it take to get him back home?

Joe Biden has chosen Kamala Harris as his VP. On Chip Chat, we explore the McCarthyite smears that may have ruined the chances of another potential VP pick: Rep. Karen Bass. Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-The Senate is stalled on pandemic assistance, while the House isn’t even in session. -Top government watchdog clashes with Trump appointed pandemic inspector general over jurisdiction -A study found that more than 900 healthcare workers have died from covid-19, with dozens of deaths linked to PPE shortages -Companies start to take back oil from the SPR storage space offered by the Trump administration -Report: DHS privately acknowledged environmental damage by border wall construction, did nothing. Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-With Congress deadlocked, Trump tries to extend emergency programs through executive order. Even if upheld, they might have little impact. -Six federal inmates have already died from covid-19 this month, ten days into August -Kodak Switcheroo on hold: $765 million government loan held up over allegations of stock market funny business -Trump appointees accused by whistleblower of consolidating power within DHS Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

On today's show we interview Shana East who was appointed by Bernie Sanders to serve on the 2020 DNC Rules Committee. While most of the attention has been focused on the bad news coming out of the DNC Platform Committee, Shana breaks down the funny business perpetrated by Democrats on the Rules Committee. Follow Shana on Twitter @TheShanaEast

-Washington obsesses over a video sharing app as millions of people lose crucial pandemic unemployment benefits -Chuck Schumer takes credit for hating Tik-Tok before Trump (again, millions just lost their unemployment during a pandemic) -Georgia prison’s neglect of ill inmates sparks weekend uprising -Mass incarceration is a public health hazard: Covid-19 hotspots throughout the United States are clustered around prisons Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

Journalist Chip Gibbons joins us to break down a pair of hearings in Congress that examined the federal response to the nationwide uprising, including one that featured Attorney General William Barr.

-Attorney General Barr claims that federal agents were blinded by laser pointers in Portland with the same energy as cops who put tampons in their own coffee and blame baristas. -Park Police Chief cites no immediate threat of violence when justifying the clearance of Lafayette Square before Trump’s bible photo op. Radio recordings to back him up are conveniently missing. -DNC platform committee approves of cannabis prohibition, our failing private health insurance system, and Israel’s occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine -NLRB proposes rule hamstringing union organizers by denying them workers’ contact info before union elections Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-With four days left before key programs expire, Republicans finally unveil their pandemic relief top-up plan -GOP wants to slash pandemic unemployment insurance by 2/3rds, calls for a convoluted wage replacement scheme -Last-ditch effort shaping up to pressure Joe Biden to back Medicare for All at the Dems’ virtual convention -China retaliates against US for Houston consulate closure; US diplomats say goodbye “forever” after being forced to leave Chengdu -Justice Department takes no position on government watchdog recommendations to improve public school accessibility under the ADA Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Federal agents are terrorizing Portland as President Trump tries to fire up his base in an election year. Chip Gibbons discusses the crackdown.

-White House wants to send more federal agents after protesters, local officials are threatening to arrest them -Senate Banking Committee votes on Fed Governor nominee who likes the gold standard -727 military contractors are repeat, willful offenders of labor safety laws: GAO -Black Lives Matter rally selfie taker Mitt Romney votes for giving military equipment to cops Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Chad Wolf, the adult baby in charge of DHS, says it’s okay to operate paramilitary law enforcement in Portland because of some graffiti and broken windows -Speaking of babies, Democrats are calling for an inspector general investigation of DHS when they could just subpoena the agency themselves -Congressional leaders don’t expect another coronavirus stimulus program until after the July 31 expiration of emergency benefits -More empire and shitty fighter jets: Defense spending bill set to move through Congress this week -Finally, someone fighting for banking self-regulation! FDIC seeks comment on the idea of “voluntary certification” for third party fintech use Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Via FOIA, the Sams obtained the Minnesota National Guard’s Standard Rules for Use of Force (SRUF) for Gov. Walz’s response to the George Floyd Uprising. Chip Gibbons lends his expertise to parse through them on this week’s Chip Chat. -Plus, the grim resumption of federal executions by the Department of Justice. -To have your own look at the Minn. National Guard’s SRUF, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yuAQyUiuOhHodNXbH34vJcd_I0qVCxSM/view?usp%3Dsharing&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=1594922668681000&usg=AFQjCNHfwssBovewZ1BtCh-QRSyKxQ5Kiw

-At 2 a.m., the Supreme Court approved first federal execution in 17 years -Maryland Republican Andy Harris melts down again as DC leads efforts to fight back against the Drug War -Trump administration institutionalizing climate science denialism through carbon emission cost estimates -The number of cities that have used the Fed’s emergency fund for cities is zero Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Trump administration finally invokes Defense Production Act, but to build more weapons of war, not healthcare supplies -Workplace safety regulator OSHA has only carried out inspections for 1.6 percent of covid-19 complaints -DOJ plan to resume federal executions complicated by court rulings -American covid fuck-up goes global: Okinawa on high alert after 94 US servicemen test positive Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-SBA releases data on PPP recipients: 89,000 companies were approved without making any pledge on job retention -Wall Street banks raked in hundreds of millions in processing fees -Three members of Trump’s cabinet are tied to companies getting PPP $$$ -Republican Congressman Kevin Hern got PPP money for his franchising company. He called on the Senate to increase funding for franchise owners when the covid relief bill was being passed -Right wing think tanks get that PPP $$$ Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Atlantic Coast Pipeline cancelled weeks after SCOTUS victory, Dakota Access Pipeline shut down for 13 months after environmental assessment order -Supreme Court rules in favor of state laws punishing “faithless electors” -Republicans sandbag July covid stimulus talks with push for employer immunity -With no clarity from SEC guidelines, publicly traded companies are falling short on “Environmental, social, and government” disclosures Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

Here is a conversation about Keir Starmer’s Labour, featuring Riley and Hussein from Trashfuture. This interview was recorded in May for subscribers only. With UK Labour back in the news, we decided to unlock it for everyone else. Check out other subscriber only content at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

In the latest Chip Chat, journalist Chip Gibbons is on to explore the latest news out of the Dept. of Justice concerning Attorney General Bill Barr's new anti-government extremist task force. Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-House Dems threaten to withhold aid to Israel if annexation plans advance; AIPAC melts down -EU to maintain ban on trips to the US, a failing plague state -Mnuchin: Hotel industry, commercial real estate investors can expect more bailout cash soon -FCC doesn’t have performance goals for bridging 5G digital divide - GAO Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-SCOTUS nullifies restrictive Louisiana abortion law despite replacing Kennedy with Kavanaugh -Propagandist and far-right embed Andy Ngo invited to hearing about police assaults on reporters and protesters -Walmart, Exxon, AT&T among $428 million in corporate bonds bought by Fed -FTC coronavirus scam files: Get-Out-of-Mask Free Cards Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

In the latest edition of Chip Chat, we explore the Joe Biden campaign's effort to outflank Trump on the right when it comes to regime change in Venezuela. Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Amid capitalist reopening death marches, CDC Director warns of contact tracer shortage -DHS finalizes rule doubling wait time for asylum seeker work authorization -Is the truth out there? More evidence emerges of the government’s belief in extraterrestrial aliens -Study: Police rules across the US permit officers to shoot people when there is no danger Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Justice wanted SCOTUS to revisit the case of man convicted on charges related to talking shit to a cop’s son; Kansas Supreme Court reversed conviction last year -Dems already take impeachment of Barr off the table after Manhattan US Attorney firing -Libs’ hero John Bolton denounced by South Korea, accused of lying about de-escalation outreach -Nice lack of future, kid: Joe Biden positions himself to the right of Trump on Venezuela Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

On this week's edition of Chip Chat we break down the news out of the Supreme Court. Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-NYPD officers stuff their faces at Shake Shack and then complain that their tummy problems are part of an anti-cop conspiracy -State and local governments bracing for more layoffs if Congress doesn’t offer relief before July -Defund the World Police: Barbara Lee proposes taking $350 billion from the Pentagon and investing it in public services -House to vote on DC statehood next Friday -Feds get involved in suspected Southern California lynching cases declared suicides by local officials Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Top court affirms that gay and trans rights are, in fact, civil rights; Gorsuch and Roberts join libs -SCOTUS also removes impediment to Atlantic Coast Pipeline, saying to hell with the Appalachian Trial; RBG and Breyer join cons. -Justices also ignore uprising against police violence, decline to revisit qualified immunity doctrine -In non-SCOTUS news: FDA withdraws its approval for using hydroxychloroquine as treatment for covid-19 Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

A new edition of Chip Chat. We break down the latest in the nationwide uprising to demand an end to policing. Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Trump posts conspiracy theory accusing brutalized 75 year old Buffalo activist of faking it, careful with those replies -Ties between police and property sharpen: Seattle joins Minneapolis in establishing autonomous zone after cops abandon precinct -Agency weighs extension on eviction moratoriums with state governments allowing people to be tossed out of their homes during a pandemic -Which P stands for phony? Only six charged for PPP scams thus far Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Congressional Democrats release “Justice in Policing Act,” which makes little to no attempt to defund the police -“Our efforts at incremental reform have failed. Period,” Minneapolis City Council President says, announcing veto-proof majority to disband police department -Coronavirus meat plant infections above 20,000 - report -Trump issues executive order attempting to gut environmental protections because of unemployment Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

Journalist Chip Gibbons joins for another edition of Chip Chat. We discuss the brutal suppression of protests around the country. Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Trump admin orders police violence for President to post a video on Twitter -White House gets assist from Democratic Party, 7pm curfew declared by awful neoliberal DC mayor Muriel Bowser -Coronavirus prison release program has barely helped anyone who isn’t friends with the President -Treasury official overseeing bailout has $60 million plus invested in junk bond industry getting bailout windfall: ProPublica -IRS fails to bother trying to collect $20 billion from rich people who simply did not want to pay their taxes Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-FBI “joint terrorism task force” has been unleashed -Barr, Trump whine about antifascists as cops shoot, kill and maim protestors and target journalists. Can we call it “fascism” yet? -Covid-19 request takes darker turn amid George Floyd uprisings: Pentagon asks Congress to remove limit on recalling retired soldiers for emergencies -Brazil entering The Cool Zone? US sends bogus drug amid catastrophic virus response, Bolsonaro’s isolation Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Democrats are lining up behind Joe Kennedy III, showing how dysfunctional the party is--from the leaders to the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Eoin Higgins joins us to discuss the Massachusetts Senate Primary, featuring Kennedy's cynical challenge of Green New Deal co-sponsor Ed Markey. Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-New data shows decline in enthusiasm for PPP bailouts with unemployment soaring -Chip Chat prophecy foretold: House to vote on amendment curtailing warrantless searches of browser data -Exclusive: Exxon Mobil, Sunoco parent were the biggest users of crude oil storage space offered in April by the Trump administration -SpaceX to give final okay for launch on return to US space flight Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel

-Senate Dems fail to pass bill stopping warrantless searches on your browser history, but the House could actually come through. Plus, what we can infer about the FBI activities from the Wyden-Daines proposal. Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel