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Means Morning News

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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

Episodes

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

Apr 17, 202522 min

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

Apr 16, 202518 min

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

Apr 15, 202519 min

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

Apr 11, 202518 min

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

Apr 10, 202516 min

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

Apr 09, 202516 min

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

Apr 08, 202519 min

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.

Apr 04, 202516 min

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

Apr 03, 202518 min

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

Apr 02, 202521 min

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

Mar 27, 202519 min

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

Mar 26, 202516 min

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

Mar 25, 202518 min

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

Mar 21, 202522 min

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

Mar 20, 202519 min

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

Mar 19, 202517 min

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

Mar 18, 202518 min

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

Mar 14, 202520 min

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

Mar 13, 202519 min

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

Mar 12, 202519 min

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

Mar 11, 202518 min

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

Mar 06, 202523 min

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

Mar 05, 202517 min

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

Mar 04, 202519 min

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

Feb 28, 202524 min

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

Feb 27, 202518 min

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

Feb 26, 202517 min

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

Feb 25, 202518 min

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

Feb 21, 202527 min

MMN 2/20/25

-Labor Secretary nominee is not an ally to the working class -CIA conducting secret drone flights over Mexico -Trump moves to kill highly effective NYC congestion pricing -Working Class History: New England Shoemaker Uprising

Feb 20, 202523 min