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 4/18/25 04/18/2025

MMN 4/18/25 -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 /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/36218870

MMN 4/17/25 04/17/2025

MMN 4/17/25 -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 /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/36205055

MMN 4/16/25 04/16/2025

MMN 4/16/25 -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 /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/36186405

MMN 4/15/25 04/15/2025

MMN 4/15/25 -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 /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/36151070

MMN 4/11/25 04/11/2025

MMN 4/11/25 -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 /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/36096560

MMN 4/10/25 04/10/2025

MMN 4/10/25 -Trump caves on tariffs, pulls the world economy from the crisis he started -White House accused of market manipulation amid the chaos -A major oil spill along the Keystone Pipeline -Working Class History: 1970 Teamsters Wildcat Strike /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/36082355

MMN 4/9/25 04/09/2025

MMN 4/9/25 -A new lawsuit is launched to stop deportations to El Salvador torture prison -Government on deadline to turn over evidence in Mahmoud Khalil case -Climate Doom: Trump signs order to supercharge coal production -AIPAC goes after Dems who voted to block weapons to Israel /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/36065525

MMN 4/8/25 04/08/2025

MMN 4/8/25 -SCOTUS greenlights "alien enemy" deportations, W.H. eyes removing U.S. citizens -Mass protests rock DC to end the genocide in Gaza -Clown economy: Markets swing wildly on fake news tweets -Trump proposes $1 trillion dollar military budget /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/36051170

MMN 4/4/25 04/04/2025

MMN 4/4/25 -Senators reject Sanders bid to block weapons sale to Israel -DOJ drops its trust bustin' agenda, approves mega credit card merger -AI and fossil fuel companies set to muck up public lands -Rich Dick admits mistakes while destroying public health in the U.S. /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/36004330

MMN 4/3/25 04/03/2025

MMN 4/3/25 -Even the penguins are included in Trump's trade war -Unions grow members just as W.H. guts federal labor mediators -Climate change deniers in Congress are getting dumber -Working Class History: The 504 Sit-ins /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35989905

MMN 4/2/25 04/02/2025

MMN 4/2/25 -DHS admits "error" in deporting protected US resident to El Salvadoran prison -Another atrocity in Gaza: Israel kills 15 rescue workers -DOJ seeks the death penalty against Luigi Mangione -Booker breaks Senate speech record, but accomplishes little /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35974215

MMN 3/27/25 03/27/2025

MMN 3/27/25 -Trump's gestapo kidnaps another student over her pro-Palestine views -Singal chat messages reveal evidence of a war crime, prove top officials lied -RFK Jr. is shutting down Long Covid research -Boeing set to receive a bailout with new military boondoggle /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35885885

MMN 3/26/25 03/26/2025

MMN 3/26/25 -More U.S. bombs fall on Yemen, but Houthis are undeterred -Christian Zionist Mike Huckabee protested at Senate hearing -Trump finds new stooge to oversee the destruction of Social Security -U.S. spies no longer regard climate change as a threat /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35868915

MMN 3/25/25 03/25/2025

MMN 3/25/25 -The U.S. has bombed Yemen for 11 straight days now -Israel assassinates more journalists in Gaza -Judge notes that nazis were treated better than Venezuelan migrants -Mega bank plans for post office privatization /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35852745

MMN 3/21/25 03/21/2025

MMN 3/21/25 -DHS claimed a soccer tattoo was a gang symbol to justify deportation -Conservatives want to execute Tesla vandals -Amazon union buster set to be NLRB's top lawyer -Rich Dick attempts small village coup /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35805140

MMN 3/20/25 03/20/2025

MMN 3/20/25 -Another student is targeted for deportation for Pro-Palestinian speech -Trump and Musk are trying to break Social Security -New E.O. slashes pay for federal janitors, food service workers -Working Class History: Mass wildcat strike shuts down the mail system /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35788810

MMN 3/19/25 03/19/2025

MMN 3/19/25 -Men deported to El Salvador were not in a gang, family members say -Mahmoud Khalil releases letter to the public from detention -U.S. bombs Yemen for the 4th straight night -- a war not declared by Congress -More Teslas set ablzae as Musk forces cuts at EPA /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35774595

MMN 3/18/25 03/18/2025

MMN 3/18/25 -Over 400 dead in Gaza as Israel shatters ceasefire, resumes mass bombings -Trump admin. launches airstrikes on Yemen, threatens Iran -W.H. deports hundreds of residents to El Salvador concentration camp -Dem Party apprival sinks to all-time low after capitulation /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35744550

MMN 3/14/25 03/14/2025

MMN 3/14/25 -Protesters hit Trump Tower demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil -Neo-McCarthyism sweeps the U.S., punishing people for criticism of Israel -Senate Democrats under pressure to not cave on GOP spending bill -Rich Dick hopes to save his failing burger chain by going full MAGA /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35684930

MMN 3/13/25 03/13/2025

MMN 3/13/25 -Israel reimposes collective punishment on Gaza -FTC asks for delay in Amazon trial due to DOGE cuts, then reverses itself -EPA announces massive rollback in regulations, environmental justice -Working Class History: Workers win the Bread and Roses Strike /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35670710

MMN 3/12/25 03/12/2025

MMN 3/12/25 -W.H. absurdly claims Mahmoud Khalil undermined U.S. foreign policy -Trump comes to the rescue of his new money man, Elon Musk -House Republicans screw over D.C. residents with forced budget cuts -Starbucks workers arrested while protesting for a first labor contract /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35652000

MMN 3/11/25 03/11/2025

MMN 3/11/25 -Trump promises more arrests and deportations of student activists -New U.S. Energy Secretary lies about renewables, wants us all to cook -South Carolina man killed in a gruesome firing squad execution -SpaceX rocket explosion disrupted hundreds of flights /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35631660

MMN 3/6/25 03/06/2025

MMN 3/6/25 -Trump ushers in "Golden Era" for corporate wrongdoing -For-profit jailers are giddy on earning calls discussing mass deportations -Musk is "finding out" as Tesla infrastructure gets torched -Working Class History: The Italian strikes that brought down fascism /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35558895

MMN 3/5/25 03/05/2025

MMN 3/5/25 -Democrats flail in response to Trump's Address to Congress -RFK Jr. ignores measles outbreak to instead restrict speech at colleges -NY prison guards strike proves why cop unions shouldn't exist -Oregon nurses back on the job after winning 46-day picket /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35543505

MMN 3/4/25 03/04/2025

MMN 3/4/25 -Trump starts trade war that will hurt working class across the continent -The U.S. government is increasingly just a series of crypto scams -Israel reimposes total blockade on Gaza -America First*: Trump signs off on more bombs for the IDF /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35527330

MMN 2/28/25 02/28/2025

MMN 2/28/25 -Epstein files debacle, Tate brothers flight prove Pedocon Theory correct agin -DOGE moves to privatize weather forecasting -Asteroid no longer a threat to Earth -Rich Dick wants to lay off entire USPS workforce /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35480820

MMN 2/27/25 02/27/2025

MMN 2/27/25 -American empire demands more sacrifices from Ukraine -U.S. economy increasingly reliant on rich peoples' spending -Oligarch Jeff Bezos exerts control over WaPo opinions -Working Class History: the 1976 Beer Strike /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35456500

MMN 2/26/25 02/26/2025

MMN 2/26/25 -Migrants detained at Gitmo describe abusive conditions -Musk secures lucrative FAA deal after DOGE guts agency -CFPB Director shills for company investigated by CFPB -More antics from Ed, "Trump's Attorney" in Washington, DC /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35436535

MMN 2/25/25 02/25/2025

MMN 2/25/25 -Israel rolls tanks into West Bank and puts Gaza ceasefire in doubt -Musk likely using OPM email to train his AI computers -Postal workers protest Trump's attacks on the USPS -New Deputy FBI Director is a rightwing podcast crank /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35421590

MMN 2/21/25 02/21/2025

MMN 2/21/25 -D.C. Prosecutor goes after lawmakers & protesters critical of Trump, Musk -Sen. Fetterman keeps losing staff because he's a bad boss -So-called "Right Populists" love scamming their supporters -This week's Rich Dick is exactly who you think it is /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/35377515

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