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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 5/30/25

-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

May 30, 202520 min

MMN 5/29/25

-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

May 29, 202523 min

MMN 5/28/25

-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

May 28, 202520 min

MMN 5/21/25

-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

May 21, 202523 min

MMN 5/20/25

-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

May 20, 202522 min

MMN 5/16/25

-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

May 16, 202521 min

MMN 5/15/25

-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

May 15, 202521 min

MMN 5/14/25

-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

May 14, 202521 min

MMN 5/13/25

-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.

May 13, 202522 min

MMN 5/9/25

-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

May 09, 202521 min

MMN 5/8/25

-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

May 08, 202521 min

MMN 5/7/25

-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

May 07, 202518 min

MMN 5/6/25

-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

May 06, 202519 min

MMN 5/1/25

-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!

May 01, 202517 min

MMN 4/30/25

-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

Apr 30, 202520 min

MMN 4/29/25

-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

Apr 29, 202516 min

MMN 4/25/25

-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

Apr 25, 202523 min

MMN 4/24/25

-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

Apr 24, 202519 min

MMN 4/23/25

-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!

Apr 23, 202516 min

MMN 4/22/25

-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

Apr 22, 202517 min

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

Apr 18, 202523 min

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
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