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 8/7/26
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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