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Journalist Sam Sacks reports from inside the beast - Washington, DC - breaking down the news that working people need to know. New podcast every Tuesday - Friday. Watch the show only on Means.TV

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MMN 8/7/26
Last Friday at 3:00 PM

-Trump renews push to end birthright citizenship

-AIPAC, Third Way to spend millions attacking progressives in the midterms

-Hegseth's military is knocking planes out of the sky in the U.S.

-Rich Dick serves up the public airwaves to rightwing media monopolies


MMN 8/6/26
Last Thursday at 3:00 PM

-Pentagon out of missiles, U.S. sidelined in Strait of Hormuz negotiations

-Senators urge CFTC to take action against online wildfire betting

-Bari Weiss accused of protecting Epstein Class on Wall St.

-Working Class History: A Damn Dam Strike!


MMN 8/5/26
Last Wednesday at 3:00 PM

-Abdul El-Sayed beats back AIPAC to win Senate primary in Michigan

-Senators advance corrupt Todd Blanche's nomination to be A.G.

-Another migrant dies in ICE custody, bringing total to 56 deaths since last year

-Musk litters the moon with one of his rockets


MMN 8/4/26
08/04/2026

-Pentagon all out of ideas when it comes to Iran war

-Election day in Michigan as AIPAC tries to buy another Senate seat

-Amazon & Apple receive direct payments from the White House

-Trump media company sells access to insider information


MMN 7/31/26
07/31/2026

-Trump touts peace deal in Gaza, Israel likely to break it

-Government uses federal land transfers to further inflate AI bubble

-Rightwing governments crackdown on dissent in Latin America

-Rich Dick fires workers who earned him his bonus


MMN 7/30/26
07/30/2026

-Trump lashes out at advisors over failing Iran war

-Rand Paul protects the ruling class by misdirecting pandemic anger

-FBI Director Kash Patel humiliated again

-Working Class History: Cuban strike topples dictator


MMN 7/29/26
07/29/2026

-Iran attacks show Pentagon no longer dictates pace of war

-Ebola cases in Congo surge, made worse by Musk's DOGE cuts

-July heat wave killed at least 70 people in U.S., likely a lot more

-Online sports gambling SuperPAC meddling in elections with $72 million


MMN 7/28/26
07/28/2026

-Illegal war on Iran expands, and merges with other conflicts

-Trump admits U.S. munitions are running low

-In addition to Venezuela and Cuba, Rubio eyes regime change in Brazil

-NYC's socialist mayor unveils public grocery store plan


MMN 7/24/26
07/24/2026

-Pentagon covers up troop deaths in illegal war

-Capitalists panic over AI company expenditures

-U.S. to keep Maduro locked up another year, as it steal oil revenue

-Rich Dick confirms "Fishhook Theory"


MMN 7/23/26
07/23/2026

-House approves NDAA, tying U.S. and Israeli militaries closer

-Trump strikes a deal to allow Saudis to enrich nuclear material

-American kids go starving while U.S. war machines gets trillions

-Working Class History: socialist brewery workers strike in S.F.


MMN 7/22/26
07/22/2026

-Hegseth begs Congress for more money as illegal war bill inflates

-Iran says it destroyed Amazon data center in Bahrain. Oh no!

-Anthropic settles $1.5 billion copyright infringement suit

-Calif. judge puts the brakes on Paramount-WBD merger


MMN 7/21/26
07/21/2026

-More U.S. troops die in pointless, illegal war against Iran

-Rubio makes the case for war on Cuba, and a crackdown on the left

-Platner's platform preserved in Maine, as Troy Jackson closes in on Senate nod

-Diarrhea outbreak still not contained, FDA send conflicting messages


MMN 7/17/26
07/17/2026

-Rubio calls for a new global war on the Left

-Trump's teleprompter guy involved in latest Kalshi insider trading scheme

-Lawsuit: Meta used AI tools to discriminate against disabled workers

-Rich Dicks profit off failed negotiations and war


MMN 7/16/26
07/16/2026

-100+ Dems vote to cut off weapons to Israel, amendment still fails

-States join together to block Paramount-Warner Bros. merger

-N.Y. becomes first state to impose moratorium on new AI data centers

-Working Class History: The Telegraphers Strike!


MMN 7/15/26
07/15/2026

-Dems block NDAA over illegal Iran war, Israeli military integration

-Another man killed in ICE encounter, agency halts traffic stops

-Trump's DOJ targets class warrior UAW President Shawn Fain

-Journalists and activists under increased threat across Latin America


MMN 7/14/26
07/14/2026

-Trump notifies Congress that war with Iran is back on

-Rep. Ro Khanna detained by IDF & settlers in West Bank

-Another person murdered on the streets by ICE -- this time in Maine

-Amid speculation on Mitch McConnell's health, Lindsey Graham dies


MMN 7/10/26
07/10/2026

-Rubio recruits foreign governments in crusade against antifascism

-Trump witholds disaster assistance from blue states

-Foodborne parasite spreads after Musk & RFK Jr.'s budget cuts

-Rich Dick puts profits over soccer kids


MMN 7/9/26
07/09/2026

-U.S. intensifies illegal war against Iran, Hormuz traffic slows again

-Maine Democratic Party fears democracy in process to replace Platner

-Tranportation Secretary attacks "DEI bike lanes"

-Working Class History: Gravediggers win strike in NYC


MMN 7/8/26
07/08/2026

-Trump's illegal war on Iran erupts again

-ICE kills another man, also accused of covering up detainee death

-Treasury officials warn of AI bubble risks

-Oil man is installed at DOJ to protect polluters


MMN 7/7/26
07/07/2026

-Platner campaign in Maine crashes out amid sexual assault allegation

-Utility workers win strike in Pennsylvania

-Team USA eliminated in corruption-filled World Cup

-U.S. election meddling in South America turns governments to the right


MMN 7/2/26
07/02/2026

-Gaza genocide hits 1,000 days

-Court blocks Trump's assault on mail-in voting

-Nuclear oversight agency proposes relaxing rules on radiation expsoure 

-Working Class History: Another boss-napping in China!


MMN 7/1/26
07/01/2026

-SCOTUS upholds birthright citizenship, but only narrowly

-Hight court then assaults transgender people and democracy

-U.S. House defeats Lebanon war powers resolution

-Democratic Socialists pick up another congressional win in Colorado


MMN 6/25/26
06/25/2026

-Israel commits to destroying US-Iran ceasefire

-Electoral left rises in NYC, sweeps out genocide apologists

-Lawmakers resume work on bill that will end online privacy

-Anti-ICE protesters get decades in prison, in disturbing attack on dissent


MMN 6/12/26
06/12/2026

-President Trump displays more erratic behavior on illegal Iran war

-SpaceX IPO day, Musk could become world's first trillionaire

-Latest on Colombia's elections and Bolivia's uprising

-Rich Dick pitches luxury real estate development in genocide country


MMN 6/11/26
06/11/2026

-Israel warmaking threatens NATO ally Turkey

-State Dept. accepts white South Africans, throws babies in detention

-The Pope gives workers a tool against A.I.

-Working Class History: Ford strike in Australia!


MMN 6/10/26
06/10/2026

-More humiliation for the Pentagon: Iran shoots down Apache helicopter

-Platner wins primary in Maine, survives first test against wave of attacks

-Super wealthy lobby for measure to evade taxes on private jets

-World's richest man to blame for spread of flesh-eating parasite


MMN 6/9/26
06/09/2026

-Iran hits Israel, Yemen re-enters war that Trump has lost control of

-Companies donate to W.H. renovations, score billions in contracts

-U.S. tries to ruin World Cup before a ball is even kicked

-Row over Mormonism at the DoD highlights Hegseth's own extreme faith


MMN 6/5/26
06/05/2026

-Israel threatens Lebanon with famine, just like it did to Gaza

-ICE and CBP receive tens of billions more in funding as kids starve

-George Santos is back -- accused of insider trading at Kalshi

-Rich Dicks set off mass protests with Albanian land grab


MMN 6/4/26
06/04/2026

-U.S. House passes resolution to end the illegal war on Iran

-W.H. drops $1.8 billion slush fund, plans to keep Trump tax immunity

-Critical ocean observation program dismantled to suppress climate science

-Working Class History: Workers shut down the Faroe Islands


MMN 6/3/26
06/03/2026

-Iran retaliates against ceasefire violations, attacks U.S. allies in region

-Senators divulge new info about Pentagon's illegal boat strikes

-Trump appoints corrupt henchman as nation's top spy

-President's sons join in the war racket


MMN 6/2/26
06/02/2026

-Iran lashes out over repeated US-Israeli ceasefire violations

-War criminals allowed to march on the streets of NYC during Israel parade

-Elon Musk engineers a massive theft of the public with SpaceX IPO

-The latest on "HondurasGate"


MMN 5/29/26
05/29/2026

-Gaza ceasefire on verge of collapse amid wave of Israeli attacks

-Delaware judge rules corporations can vote in local elections

-Oil barons' chase for profits threatens the existence of New Orleans

-Rich Dick wants to take healthcare and food away from the poor


MMN 5/28/26
05/28/2026

-As illegal Iran war drags on, Trump threatens to bomb U.S. ally Oman

-Republicans steal food assistance from 700,000 kids, hunger surges

-ICJ rules that workers have a human right to strike

-Working Class History: Uprising in Curacao


MMN 5/27/26
05/27/2026

-Energy Dept. to hand over weapons-grade plutonium to capitalists

-Musk gouges the Pentagon during Iran war

-Trump's grip on GOP death cult confirmed in Texas

-State Dept. back rightwing Bolivia government amid worker revolt


MMN 5/26/26
05/26/2026

-Neocons try to disrupt emerging US-Iran peace deal, as war turns hot again

-ICE pepper sprays U.S. Senator during detention center protest

-Ebola spread in Central Africa made worse by the Trump admin.

-It pays to post: Another Kirk criticizer wins free speech settlement


MMN 5/22/26
05/22/2026

-Congress cancels votes, skips town, to avoid embarassing Trump

-Iran moves closer to formalizing control over Strait of Hormuz

-Government contractors desecrate indigenous sites while building border wall

-Rich Dick chooses machines over workers


MMN 5/21/26
05/21/2026

-Israel condemned around the world for mistreatment of aid flotilla members

-U.S. indicts former Cuban President, parks aircraft carrier off coast

-CFTC sues Minnesota to block ban on prediction markets

-Working Class History: Shoemakers go on strike in Cincinnati!


MMN 5/20/26
05/20/2026

-Senate advances bill to end illegal Iran war, but passage is unlikely

-Zionists knock off GOP war critic in Kentucky

-Trump family exempted from tax law as part of $1.8 billion heist

-GOP rhetoric toward Muslims indistinguishable from mass shooters' writings


MMN 5/19/26
05/19/2026

-W.H. gets Axios to publish new war propaganda against Cuba

-Workers in Bolivia revolt against US-backed rightwing President

-Rail workers end strike in Long Island after securing higher wages

-Tonight concludes the most expensive House primary in history


MMN 5/15/26
05/15/2026

-U.S. war planners pressed on civilian sites struck in Iran

-Trump prepares to steal a billion dollars from the public for his allies

-DOJ to let billionaire fraudster evade punishment

-Rich Dick screws over hundreds of thousands of Virginia workers