Means Morning News
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
MMN 11/12/25
-GOP Senators set to receive $500k payout thanks to shutdown bill
-Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
-SCOTUS takes up case that could restrict mail-in voting
-"Mar-a-lago Face" proliferating around D.C.
MMN 11/11/25
-A Cowards' Caucus takes the lead, Senate Dems cave on shutdown
-Newspaper workers in Pittsburgh declare victory in longest running U.S. strike
-Massacre in Rio favelas linked to U.S. State Dept.
-Trump tariffs burn pasta-loving Americans
MMN 11/7/25
-Senate rejects war powers resolution to stop Trump's boat bombings
-Tax-prep vulture win big as IRS cancels Direct File
-D.C. sandwich thrower acquitted by a jury
-Rich Dicks signed off on giving Musk $1 trillion to build a robot army
MMN 11/6/25
-Supreme Court grapples with another Trump power grab
-Report: World governments have failed to stop 1.5 degrees C warming
-GOP causing havoc in the skies in order to preserve Medicaid cuts
-Working Class History: The October Revolution
MMN 11/5/25
-With Zohran's win, workers seize control of NYC
-Trump claims ballots cast in Calif. are "illegal"
-Government shutdown breaks the record for longest ever
-Education Dept. wants to cut off loan relief to certain public servants
MMN 11/4/25
-Election Day in America: Zohran poised to do it in NYC
-Trump threatens a new oil war -- this time, Nigeria
-Courts block Admin's plan to starve tens of millions
-W.H. ballroom project is a vehicle for mass corruption
MMN 10/31/25
-Judge likely to intervene to stop GOP from starving millions
-W.H. locks Dems out of briefing on legal memo underpinning boat strikes
-RFK repurposes workplace safety office to instead undermine wind energy
-Rich Dick melts down on TV
MMN 10/30/25
-Pentagon to establish "quick reaction forces" to crush dissent in U.S. cities
-Top health care officials oblivious (or lying) about looming insurance crisis
-GOP blocks Dem SNAP funding bill
-Working Class History: Indianapolis Streetcar Strike!
MMN 10/29/25
-Trump threatens to send more than the National Guard to cities
-Netanyahu orders airstrikes on Gaza, breaks ceasefire
-Pentagon's killing spree in Latin America continues with 4 more boats bombed
-States sue to prevent W.H. from cutting off food aid
MMN 10/28/25
-For the second time this month, Venezuela warns of U.S. "false flag" attack
-British journalist arrested in U.S. for criticizing Israel
-U.S. troops paid through a variety of illegal schemes during shutdown
-Musk wants to be compensated $1 trillion to build a "robot army"
MMN 10/24/25
-Trump won't seek Congressional approval for military strikes in Latin America
-Families go hungry as White House slashes food aid programs
-Musk's SpaceX on the verge of humiliation
-War profiteeering Rich Dick gets approval to start a crypto bank
MMN 10/23/25
-Pentagon's illegal boat bombing spree hits the Pacific
-UN top court orders Israel to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza
-Trump screws over U.S. cattle ranchers as part of Argentine bailout
-Working Class History: Black Rhodesian Rail Strike!
MMN 10/22/25
-Ecuador releases survivor of U.S. airstrike - no evidence of drug trafficking
-VP Vance meets with war criminals as Israel violates Gaza ceasefire
-Trump attempts $230 million shakedown of public treasury
-ICE expands its arsenal of weapons, including guided missiles
MMN 10/17/25
-The Right wants to criminalize upcoming "No Kings" protests
-W.H. considers importing German neo-Nazis into the U.S.
-Alaskan village flooded after EPA pulls infrastructure grant
-Rich Dick is the latest billionaire to endorse Trumpian police states
MMN 10/16/25
-Trump authorizes CIA ops in Venezuela, threatens ground strikes
-Judge blocks White House's shutdown layoffs
-The political right's Nazi problems come into focus again
-Working Class History: The Salt of the Earth Strike!
MMN 10/15/25
-Trump threatens to violently disarm Hamas
-Israel breaks ceasefire deal, restricts aid into Gaza
-Feds attack Chicago neighborhood, teargas residents
-Pentagon carries out another extrajudicial killing in the Caribbean
MMN 10/14/25
-Gaza families welcome home nearly 2,000 Palestinian hostages freed
-Trump celebrates ceasefire at Knesset, congratulates war criminals
-Shut Down Day 14: Fed workers laid off, Argentina gets bailout
-Renewable energy surges in China, India
MMN 10/10/25
-Israeli war cabinet approves ceasefire, but keeps bombing Gaza
-Judge blocks National Guard deployment to Chicago
-Troubling signs in housing market: risky mortgages on the rise
-Rich Dick is assembling a media empire
MMN 10/9/25
-Gaza ceasefire deal reached, pending approval from Israeli war cabinet
-Troops arrive in Chicago, Trump calls for jailing Pritzker, Johnson
-Fascist collaborators gather at W.H. to plot against antifa, DSA, Code Pink
-Working Class History: 1971 New Mexico Prison Strike!
MMN 10/8/25
-Trump cuts off diplomatic talks with Venezuela, war plans drawn up
-A.G. Bondi does not deny existence of incriminating Trump/Epstein photos
-Furloughed federal workers not entitled to back pay, W.H. claims
-The U.S. economy is increasingly one giant A.I. bubble
MMN 10/7/25
-Fascist Stephen Miller whines about tyranny after courts block martial law
-Israel still detaining U.S. citizens involved in aid flotilla to Gaza
-Shut Down Day 7: Air Traffic Controllers call out sick
-Zionist toady Bari Weiss appointed to lead CBS News
MMN 10/3/25
-Trump's gestapo wreaks havoc on residents in Chicago
-Israel captures last boat in Sumud aid flotilla to Gaza
-Shut Down Day 3: GOP back to protecting pedos
-Rich Dick wants to ruin our games
MMN 10/2/25
-Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla, Italian unions declare a general strike
-Shut Down Day 2: More lies about immigrants from JD Vance
-Conservatives demand ICE raids at the Super Bowl
-Working Class History: Nazis get punched on Cable Street
MMN 10/1/25
-Shutdown Mode: Trump uses lapse in funding to advance class war
-Judge rips admin's "ideological deportations" of pro-Palestine students
-Aid flotilla enters "critical zone", arrival in Gaza within hours
-War Sec. Hegseth assembles top U.S. generals, calls them fat
MMN 9/30/25
-Trump names himself as overseer of Gaza in new "ceasefire" plan
-Republicans move to shut down the government to execute more mass layoffs
-Oregon sues Trump over Portland troop deployment
-White House attempts to link anti-capitalist thought to domestic terror
MMN 9/26/25
-Lawmakers near enough signatures to force vote on Epstein files release
-W.H. threatens more mass layoffs if government shuts down next week
-U.S. lobbies to protect Israel from global football ban
-Rich Dick is on a crusade to bust teachers unions
MMN 9/25/25
-European nations send warships to protect Gaza aid flotilla
-3 immigrants shot at an ICE detention facility in Dallas
-DOJ broke court rules in case against suspected CEO shooter Mangione
-Working Class History: 1945 NYC Elevator Strike!
MMN 9/24/25
-After Trump's U.N. speech, the world must realize: We have a huge problem
-Maduro seeks peace with Trump, W.H. pushes for war
-U.S. says it will bailout the Libertarian paradise of Argentina
-Trump allies in the billionaire class set to take control of TikTok
MMN 9/23/25
-Momentum builds behind Palestinian statehood at UN General Assembly
-Corrupt "Deportation Czar" walking around with $50,000 in cash from FBI
-Trump, RFK Jr. baselessly claim Tylenol causes autism
-Stephen Miller channles his inner Goebbels during Kirk memorial
MMN 9/19/25
-U.S. is again the lone veto against a Gaza ceasefire at the U.N.
-Dems allow GOP to establish a day of rememberance for dead fascist
-Multi-billion dollar corruption scheme revelead inside the White House
-Rich Dick has advice for the Trump era: Roll over!
MMN 9/18/25
-RFK Jr.'s hand-picked vaccine board poised to wreck public health
-Kash Patel & GOP spend a 2nd day on Capitol Hill protecting pedos
-Trump critic Jimmy Kimmel is taken off the air under pressure from FCC
-W.H. declares antifa a terrorist organization
MMN 9/17/25
-U.N. commission orders countries to stop Israel's genocide in Gaza
-Kash Patel grilled by Senators for protecting pedos in the W.H.
-Right decries violence on the left as MAGA rapper releases pro-lynching song
-S. Korean workers detail abuse while in ICE custody
MMN 9/16/25
-The White House, right-wing media demand forced mourning of dead fascist
-Israel launches ground invasion of Gaza City
-Artists around the world speak out against the genocide
-Trump orders another extrajudicial killing off coast of Venezuela
MMN 9/12/25
-Party of Free Speech: GOP seeks to punish people for joking about Kirk's killing
-RICO charges dropped against Cop City protesters
-Bolsonaro found guilty of coup attempt in Brazil
-Rich Dick is a fan of the KKK
MMN 9/11/25
-Fascist activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed
-Trump promises a crackdown on the left, despite shooter still unknown
-House lawmakers move to repeal Iraq War AUMFs
-Working Class History: A strike in 1909 that Debs called "the greatest"
MMN 9/10/25
-Rogue state of Israel bombs Qatar to sabotage Gaza ceasefire talks
-NYT: JP Morgan a "crucial cog" in Epstein's sex trafficking op
-Bankers increase financing of dirty energy projects
-Trump goes out to dinner in D.C., gets called "Hitler"
MMN 9/9/25
-Gaza aid flotilla attacked in Tunisia, likely by Israeli drone
-SCOTUS greenlights ICE racial profiling, Trump declares war on Chicago
-U.S. military build up continues off the coast of Venezuela
-House Committee obtains more incriminating docs tying Trump to Epstein
MMN 9/5/25
-Quack Health Secretary RFK proves why he's an asset to the ruling class
-DC Grand Jury continues to stymie Trump prosecutors
-Admin. strips union rights from NASA workforce
-Rich Dicks: Failsons go full crypto
MMN 9/4/25
-Court rejects Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act for mass deportations
-Hegseth, Rubio, Vance promise more extrajudicial massacres in the Caribbean
-W.H. lobbies Congress to block release of Epstein files
-Working Class History: The U.S. Textile Strike of 1934
MMN 9/3/25
-Trump orders extrajudicial mass killing off the coast of Venezuela
-W.H. circulates plan to profit off Gaza's destruction
-Court rules federal troop deployment to Calif. was illegal
-UAW calls on Ford to recognize union win in the South