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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
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Episodes

MMN 1/23/26

-FBI takes a break from protecting pedophiles to arrest peaceful protesters -Trump's son-in-law presents Davos a blueprint for Gaza exploitation -Treasury Secretary defends people who own 12 homes -Rich Dick offers bad advice on how to feed your family

Jan 23, 202620 min

MMN 1/22/26

-Trump rules out invasion of Greenland, thankfully -Israel murders 11 in Gaza ahead of "Board of Peace" ceremony -Wealthy elite unlikely to be audited thanks to DOGE sabotage -Working Class History: Cement workers strike in Zambia!

Jan 22, 202618 min

MMN 1/21/26

-Greenland, Canada prepare for U.S. invasion -MAHA freaks roll out "Drink Milk" campaign, while measles spreads unchecked -Shock admissions about DOGE misuse of Social Security data -Momentum builds for Minnesota General Strike to force ICE out

Jan 21, 202618 min

MMN 1/20/26

-People kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis denied attorney access -Trump steals Venezuelan oil, hands it off to major donor to sell -W.H. turns new Gaza governance board into pay-to-play scheme -Only 6% of Americans satisfied with extent of Epstein disclosures

Jan 20, 202617 min

MMN 1/16/26

-Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act on Minneapolis -EPA to focus on business costs, disregard human lives saved by regulations -Pentagon embraces Elon Musk's child porn bot Grok -Rich Dick with a classic rug pull

Jan 16, 202623 min

MMN 1/15/26

-GOP Senators cave to W.H. pressure, kill Venezuela war powers bill -Trump imposes visa restrictions on 75 countries ahead of World Cup -US Labor Secretary embroiled in booze & fraud scandal -Working Class History: The Bread Intifada in Egypt

Jan 15, 202619 min

MMN 1/14/26

-More Americans now support abolishing ICE than keeping it -U.S. emissions rise for the first time in 2 years due to increased coal burning -Senate Republicans fail to prevent health insurance cost spike -HEARTWARMING: Auto worker calls Trump a "pedophile protector"

Jan 14, 202616 min

MMN 1/13/26

-Trump's warmaking in Venezuela spreads to Cuba with oil embargo -DHS continues cover-up of Renee Good killing, blocks lawmakers from ICE facility -Banks freakout as Trump challenges independence of Fed -Largest nurses strike in NYC history kicks off

Jan 13, 202621 min

MMN 1/9/26

-FBI tries to cover up ICE shooting in MN -War mongering Trump demands $1.5 trillion "Dream Military" budget -NYC's socialist mayor already delivering the goods -Rich Dick shuts down 240-year-old newspaper

Jan 09, 202621 min

MMN 1/8/26

-ICE shoots and kills woman in Minneapolis -Energy Sec: US will control Venezuela's oil "indefinitely" -Trump ally's bid to take over Warner Bros hits a snag -Working Class History: "Boss-napping" in France

Jan 08, 202620 min

MMN 1/7/26

-U.S. issues oil demands on new Venezuelan government -Senators prepare war powers resolution to stop Greenland seizure -Trump targets the poor, cuts off welfare funding to 5 states -White House releases "revised" January 6 riot history

Jan 07, 202618 min

MMN 1/6/26

-Trump kidnaps Maduro, threatens imperial aggression across hemisphere -Crank health secretary significantly alters childhood vaccine schedule -Mamdani takes the reins in NYC, pisses off Israel -Elon Musk's AI chat bot posts sexualized images of children

Jan 06, 202619 min

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!

Dec 19, 202522 min

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!

Dec 18, 202517 min

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

Dec 17, 202517 min

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

Dec 16, 202517 min

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"

Dec 12, 202521 min

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

Dec 11, 202518 min

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

Dec 10, 202517 min

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

Dec 09, 202517 min

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"

Dec 05, 202526 min

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!

Dec 04, 202517 min

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

Dec 03, 202517 min

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

Dec 02, 202521 min

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

Nov 21, 202523 min

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!

Nov 20, 202518 min

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

Nov 19, 202516 min

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

Nov 18, 202518 min

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!

Nov 13, 202519 min

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.

Nov 12, 202517 min
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