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 12/19/25 12/19/2025

MMN 12/19/25 -Fascists in the White House try to eliminate trans people from society -Senators probe secretive AI data center utility contracts -Trump rolls back marijuana restrictions -Last Rich Dick of the Year! /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39467635

MMN 12/18/25 12/18/2025

MMN 12/18/25 -House GOP defeats bills to rein in Trump's warmaking on Venezuela -Discharge petition on healthcare subsidies extension hits threshold -Rail unions come out in opposition to Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger -Working Class History: The Manningham Mills strike! /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39454020

MMN 12/17/25 12/17/2025

MMN 12/17/25 -Trump commits another act of war against Venezuela with naval blockade -Cover up at the Pentagon: Hegseth refuses to release double-tap video -Unemployment rate surges to 4-year high, wage gains stagnate -Border Patrol thugs harass striking workers in Chicago /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39439875

MMN 12/16/25 12/16/2025

MMN 12/16/25 -Feds claim they busted left-wing terror plot, but it reeks of BS -Starbucks calls cops on striking baristas as ULP picket enters 2nd month -Trump vows retaliation for troops killed in Syria -U.S. freight rail industry is a major driver of climate change /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39424190

MMN 12/12/25 12/12/2025

MMN 12/12/25 -FBI official clams Antifa is the #1 domestic threat to the U.S. -Pentagon enlists compliant press corp to intimidate actual journalists -Trump signs order to ban local regulation of AI industry -Rich Dick thinks public executions are "masculine" /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39381855

MMN 12/11/25 12/11/2025

MMN 12/11/25 -U.S. steals oil tanker from Venezuela in another of military escalation -For third straight year Israel is the top killer of journalists worldwide -Baristas shut down largest Starbucks in the world in ongoing strike -Working Class History: Anti-colonial resitance on the French docks /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39367805

MMN 12/10/25 12/10/2025

MMN 12/10/25 -House Committee Chair wants to shut down war crimes probe -Education Dept. kills SAVE Plan, screws over student borrowers -Republicans mount attacks on largest Muslim civil rights group in the U.S. -GOP Senator endorses single-payer (Costco) health care /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39354100

MMN 12/9/25 12/09/2025

MMN 12/9/25 -Lawmakers use NDAA to compel more info on illegal boat strikes -SCOTUS likely to approve Trump's power grab over independent agencies -A.G. Bondi instructs feds to make a list of anti-fascists -The race to buy Warner Bros. Discovery: Whoever wins, we lose /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39336835

MMN 12/5/25 12/05/2025

MMN 12/5/25 -Lawmakers distrubed after watching full video of double-tap war crime -Trump, UK negotiators strike deal to sabotage NHS, boost pharma profits -Nominee to lead NASA wants to violate the Moon Treaty -Rich Dick wants to "financialize everything" /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39290720

MMN 12/4/25 12/04/2025

MMN 12/4/25 -Formal complaint filed accusing Hegseth of murder in the Caribbean -Trump nukes car fuel standards, bails out big oil -FBI Director Kash Patel is the right man for the job (making the FBI sad) -Working Class History: Trinidad and Tobago General Strike! /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39266805

MMN 12/3/25 12/03/2025

MMN 12/3/25 -Trump launches racist tirade against Rep. Omar, Somali residents in MN -War profiteers rake in all-time high revenues -Government is reopened, but the W.H. is still trying to starve people -Pentagon briefing provides first glimpse into the new clown press corps /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39250520

MMN 12/2/25 12/02/2025

MMN 12/2/25 -Controversy over blatant war crime admission envelops the Pentagon -Fossil fuel tycoons leave Brazil with profits secured after climate summit -Unionizing wave sweeps the National Park Service -White House lies about suspected D.C. National Guard shooter /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39235945

MMN 11/21/25 11/21/2025

MMN 11/21/25 -W.H. wants to hang Dems who called on troops to defy illegal orders -Lawmakers slam Ed. Dept. plans to privatize student loan debt -China EVISCERATES U.S. Ambassador Guilfoyle -Rich Dick is a spy hawk who's suddenly outraged by spying /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39122415

MMN 11/20/25 11/20/2025

MMN 11/20/25 -Israel kills more than 20 in Gaza, in latest ceasefire violations -Starbucks Strike expands to Pennsylvania distribution center -Political prosecution of James Comey beset by prosecutorial misconduct -Working Class History: 1969 Occupation of Alcatraz! /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39108680

MMN 11/19/25 11/19/2025

MMN 11/19/25 -Esptein disclosure bill sails through Congress after months of GOP obstruction -Trump lauds Saudi Crown Prince, while his sons profit off Saudi investments -Starbucks Strike Day 7, union threatens expansion -Republicans revive controversial AI deregulation measure /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39093795

MMN 11/18/25 11/18/2025

MMN 11/18/25 -Federal deportation thugs take their terror campaign to Charlotte -Trump finds a way to wriggle out of Epstein scandal, for now -U.S. Pentagon suffers a setback in Ecuador -W.H. slashes aid for the homeless as economy tanks /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39076665

MMN 11/13/25 11/13/2025

MMN 11/13/25 -Bombshell Epstein emails provide more proof the President is a pedo -Largest U.S. aircraft carrier arrives off the coast of Venezuela -Starbucks Strike! Don't cross the picket! Get your bean juice elsewhere -Working Class History: The Swiss Landesstreik! /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39020890

MMN 11/12/25 11/12/2025

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. /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/39007220

MMN 11/11/25 11/11/2025

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 /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/38992810

MMN 11/7/25 11/07/2025

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 /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/38949185

MMN 11/6/25 11/06/2025

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 /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/38936865

MMN 11/5/25 11/05/2025

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 /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/38923070

MMN 11/4/25 11/04/2025

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 /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/38907245

MMN 10/31/25 10/31/2025

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 /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/38857920

MMN 10/30/25 10/30/2025

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! /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/38842410

MMN 10/29/25 10/29/2025

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 /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/38823925

MMN 10/28/25 10/28/2025

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" /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/38806850

MMN 10/24/25 10/24/2025

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 /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/38768220

MMN 10/23/25 10/23/2025

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! /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/38754655

MMN 10/22/25 10/22/2025

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 /episode/index/show/meanstv/id/38740620

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