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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

MMN 7/2/25
Last Wednesday at 3:00 PM

-Senate passes bill that kicks 17 million off their health insurance

-While touring "Alligator Alcatraz", Trump threatens to arrest Zohran

-Pentagon stops sharing data, degrades hurricance forecasting

-Municipal workers strike in Philly!


MMN 7/1/25
Last Tuesday at 3:00 PM

-U.S. Senate tries to jam through devastating Medicaid cuts in budget bill

-Trump's State Dept. approves new weapons sales to Israel

-Protests erupt at "Alligator Alcatraz", DOJ to prioritize revoking citizenship

-House GOP moves to gut critical government watchdog


MMN 6/27/25
06/27/2025

-Day 3 of the meltdown over Zohran: GOP Congressman seeks to deport him

-Dem Gov in CT vetoes critical class war legislation

-Mexico moves toward suing SpaceX over exploding rockets

-Rich Dick has found a way to monetize his hatred of immigrants


MMN 6/26/25
06/26/2025

-Mass arrests as protesters agitate against Senate's Medicaid cuts

-NYC meltdowns continue after Zohran's win

-Judge blocks Trump's move to strip union rights from public workers

-Working Class History: A summer of transport strikes in Liverpool


MMN 6/25/25
06/25/2025

-Shock win! Socialist Zohran Mamdani prevails in NYC mayoral primary

-Florida breaks ground on "Alligator Alcatraz" to detain immigrants

-Israel-Iran ceasefire hold, but doesn't extend to Gaza

-RFK Jr. unaware of one of the biggest healthcare frauds ever


MMN 6/24/25
06/24/2025

-Trump declares ceasefire after he illegally bombs Iran over the weekend

-Mahmoud Khalil free after 104 days in custody

-Senate bill would auction off US Post Office's new EV trucks

-Socialist candidate has a real shot to win NYC mayoral contest


MMN 6/20/25
06/20/2025

-A diplomatic off-ramp or a bluff? Trump delays Iran strike decision 2 weeks

-Dodgers baseball team denies ICE entry to stadium

-Elon Musk blows up another rocket -- 4th one this year

-Rich Dicks threaten us with a good time (them leaving NYC)


MMN 6/19/25
06/19/2025

-Polling shows Trump's war with Iran deeply unpopular in the U.S.

-Senate Dems help proliferate crypto scams with passage of GENIUS Act

-GOP wants to sell off public land to pay for wars & tax cuts

-Working Class History: NYC Gravedigger's Strike!


MMN 6/18/25
06/18/2025

-Trump threatens the Ayatollah, inches closer to illegally bombing Iran

-DHS makes another politically-motivated arrest

-Bernie endorses Zohran in NYC mayoral contest

-Elon Musk shares drug test online to prove he's not on drugs. Sure!


MMN 6/17/25
06/17/2025

-Trump considers deepening U.S. involvement in war against Iran

-U.S. Senator spreads lies about Minn. lawmaker shootings

-War profiteers vie for Golden Dome cash

-Failsons Eric & Don. Jr. unveil new scheme to profit off W.H.


MMN 6/13/25
06/13/2025

-Escalation: Israel attacks Iran, killing top officials and nuclear scientists

-Judge rules troop deployments to L.A. are illegal

-Sen. Hawley uses anti-ICE protests to probe leftwing groups

-Rich Dick brings his "talents" to the largest Bitcoin dealer in the world


MMN 6/6/25
06/06/2025

-Trump-Musk feud explodes: Billionaire calls President a pedophile

-Bannon urges Trump to deport Musk "immediately"

-DOGE has destroyed government efficiency

-Rich Dick should stick his veto pen somewhere else


MMN 6/5/25
06/05/2025

-The U.S. is the lone veto of a Gaza ceasefire at the U.N.

-RFK Jr. moves to imperil the health of pregnant people

-UAW endorses NYC socialist mayoral candidate

-Working Class History: Strike on the Faroe Islands!


MMN 6/4/25
06/04/2025

-W.H. exploits Colorado attack to advance mass deportations

-Musk may be out of DC, but government still works on his behalf

-Linda McMahon updates Senators on progress destroying Dept. of Ed

-Trump's trade war with China put automakers in a crunch


MMN 6/3/25
06/03/2025

-Aid flotilla sets sail for Gaza as more Palestinians killed at US-backed food relief sites

-Pentagon eyes new wars in China, Africa

-FEMA, and its administrator, not at all prepared for busy hurricane season

-GOP Senator unbothered by deadly Medicaid cuts


MMN 5/30/25
05/30/2025

-More reports of violence against Palestinians at U.S.-backed sham aid site in Gaza

-Dept. of Education launches brazen attack against its employees union

-Rep. Nancy Mace continues her crash out

-Rich Dick oil CEO blames the kids for global warming


MMN 5/29/25
05/29/2025

-Sec. of State Rubio expands visa revocations, now targeting Chinese students

-Trade court strikes down Trump's tariffs

-Canadian doctors tell horror stories from Gaza

-Working Class History: The Rochester General Strike


MMN 5/28/25
05/28/2025

-U.S.-backed aid site in Gaza fails, Israeli helicopter shoots at civilians

-State Dept. pauses all new student visa interviews

-Trump floats ditching all greenhouse gas regulations on power plants

-Another Starship test ends in failure for Musk


MMN 5/21/25
05/21/2025

-Rubio melts down when confronted over student visa revocations

-Gaza starvation crisis deepens: 14,000 kids at risk of imminent death

-Trump reveals price of "Golden Dome" welfare program for war profiteers

-Nearly a quarter of all species face extinction due to man-made global warming


MMN 5/20/25
05/20/2025

-Israel renews quest to conquer all of Gaza, ministers cite Trump's removal plan

-GOP advanced budget bill that eviscerates Medicaid & SNAP

-Senate Dems cave on industry-friendly crypto bill

-New Orleans PD busted using illegal mass surveillance tool


MMN 5/16/25
05/16/2025

-SCOTUS weighs limiting the power of the judiciary in order to aid Trump's mass deportations

-Israel accelerates killing in Gaza on anniversary of the Nakba

-New Sesame Street union just dropped

-Rich Dick wants to be a reality TV star


MMN 5/15/25
05/15/2025

-DHS Sec. endorses suspending habeas corpus to aid mass deportations

-Another round of protests on Capitol Hill against Medicaid cuts

-Third international student freed from ICE detention

-Working Class History: 1913 Philly Longshoremen Strike


MMN 5/14/25
05/14/2025

-Trump inks largest ever weapons deal with Saudi Arabia

-Protesters storm Capitol Hill, try to derail GOP's Medicaid cuts

-Leftwing content creators harrassed by federal agents

-Republicans want to block local regulations of AI

 


MMN 5/13/25
05/13/2025

-DHS arrests Newark Mayor, threatens Members of Congress

-Trump surrenders in trade war with China

-From meme coins to luxury jets, the W.H. is swimming in corruption

-Hamas drives a wedge between Israel and the U.S.


MMN 5/9/25
05/09/2025

-Trump admin. continues to defy court orders in Abrego Garcia case

-Relatable: First American Pope is not a fan of JD Vance

-Sludge merchants get a big win with GOP budget bill

-Rich Dicks profit off human rights abuses


MMN 5/8/25
05/08/2025

-Columbia U once again sics the NYPD on anti-genocide protesters

-Musk unlocks a new level of corruption within the State Dept.

-U.S. spies directed to target Greenland

-Working Class History: 1912 NYC Waiters Strike


MMN 5/7/25
05/07/2025

-Pentagon finds off ramp from costly and illegal war against Yemen

-Pakistan and India escalate tensions amid nuclear standoff

-VP Vance sends hostile message to 2026 World Cup visitors

-Trump henchman in DC may be out of a job soon


MMN 5/6/25
05/06/2025

-Yemen bombs Israeli airport in latest salvo to end the genocide in Gaza

-Trump, horny for prisons, wants to reopen Alcatraz

-U.S. air transportation system is breaking down

-Rep. MTG caught up in another insider trading scheme


MMN 5/1/25
05/01/2025

-Student activist targeted by Marco Rubio's visa purges is finally released

-Trump signs order to "unleash" the police on U.S. cities

-W.H. debuts new briefing with rightwing sycophants

-Working Class History: MAY DAY!


MMN 4/30/25
04/30/2025

-W.H. braces for the consequences of its trade war with China

-Trump reveals serious brain rot with MS-13 tattoo claims

-The military industrial complex goes global, record war spending worldwide

-Don Jr. is trying to get rich selling access to his dad's administration


MMN 4/29/25
04/29/2025

-Trump admin threatens more local officials after arrest of judge

-Measles outbreak spreads under Health Sec. RFK Jr.

-Canadian voters rebuke Trump, keep liberals in power

-Numerous U.S. aircraft lost in six-week bombing cmapaign of Yemen


MMN 4/25/25
04/25/2025

-Sicko Secretary RFK Jr. compiling a list of people with autism

-Medical researchers who rely on NIH funding barred from Israeli boycotts

-Interior Dept. limits environmental reviews for fossil fuel projects

-Rich Dick, notorious for being wrong, has more bad advice for Democrats


MMN 4/24/25
04/24/2025

-FBI raids in Michigan target pro-Palestine activists

-Trump polling numbers sink due to widespread immigration abuses

-EPA mass fires environmental justice workers

-Working Class History: 19th Century Beer Riots


MMN 4/23/25
04/23/2025

-More insider trading and market manipulation by the W.H.

-Another man is disappeared by ICE, likely in Salvadoran torture prison

-Trump restarts student loan collections, millions could see wages garnished

-Prayers for Musk's downfall are working!


MMN 4/22/25
04/22/2025

-SCOTUS temporarily blocks admin's Alien Enemies Act deportations

-Pope dies after meeting with JD Vance

-Port workers in Morocco disrupt weapons shipments to Israel

-U.S. carries out deadliest airstrike yet against Yemen


MMN 4/18/25
04/18/2025

-Senator secures meeting with wrongfully deported man in El Salvador

-Attorneys for Luigi Mangione try to protect their client from execution

-Trump dismantles climate research at NOAA

-This Week's Rich Dick wants to build a space death laser


MMN 4/17/25
04/17/2025

-U.S. Senator denied access to Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

-Trump delivers big win to predatory for-profit tax filing industry

-Unions launch new initiative to protect federal workers

-Working Class History: The Limerick Soviet


MMN 4/16/25
04/16/2025

-Judge weighs contempt charges as Trump lawyers defy court order

-Israel bombs more hospitals in its genocide against Gaza

-Whistleblower: Musk's DOGE team stole sensitive union data

-Trump's trade war hastens demise of U.S. military


MMN 4/15/25
04/15/2025

-Trump's favorite goon on the world stage Nayib Bukele visits W.H.

-President asks Bukele to expand torture prison to hold U.S. citizens

-Another Columbia U. student activist arrested by ICE

-NASA cuts suggest the future of space is just joy rides for rich people


MMN 4/11/25
04/11/2025

-SCOTUS orders admin. to return man wrongfully deported to Salvadoran prison

-Sec. of State Rubio concedes Mahmoud Khalil broke no laws

-Trump to get what he desires most: a big, stupid military parade

-This Week's Rich Dick think pollution rules shouldn't apply to him