Journalist Sam Sacks reports from inside the beast – Washington, DC – breaking down the news that working people need to know.
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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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-The Right wants to criminalize upcoming "No Kings" protests
-W.H. considers importing German neo-Nazis into the U.S.
-Alaskan village flooded after EPA pulls infrastructure grant
-Rich Dick is the latest billionaire to endorse Trumpian police states
-Trump authorizes CIA ops in Venezuela, threatens ground strikes
-Judge blocks White House's shutdown layoffs
-The political right's Nazi problems come into focus again
-Working Class History: The Salt of the Earth Strike!
-Trump threatens to violently disarm Hamas
-Israel breaks ceasefire deal, restricts aid into Gaza
-Feds attack Chicago neighborhood, teargas residents
-Pentagon carries out another extrajudicial killing in the Caribbean
-Gaza families welcome home nearly 2,000 Palestinian hostages freed
-Trump celebrates ceasefire at Knesset, congratulates war criminals
-Shut Down Day 14: Fed workers laid off, Argentina gets bailout
-Renewable energy surges in China, India
-Israeli war cabinet approves ceasefire, but keeps bombing Gaza
-Judge blocks National Guard deployment to Chicago
-Troubling signs in housing market: risky mortgages on the rise
-Rich Dick is assembling a media empire
-Gaza ceasefire deal reached, pending approval from Israeli war cabinet
-Troops arrive in Chicago, Trump calls for jailing Pritzker, Johnson
-Fascist collaborators gather at W.H. to plot against antifa, DSA, Code Pink
-Working Class History: 1971 New Mexico Prison Strike!
-Trump cuts off diplomatic talks with Venezuela, war plans drawn up
-A.G. Bondi does not deny existence of incriminating Trump/Epstein photos
-Furloughed federal workers not entitled to back pay, W.H. claims
-The U.S. economy is increasingly one giant A.I. bubble
-Fascist Stephen Miller whines about tyranny after courts block martial law
-Israel still detaining U.S. citizens involved in aid flotilla to Gaza
-Shut Down Day 7: Air Traffic Controllers call out sick
-Zionist toady Bari Weiss appointed to lead CBS News
-Trump's gestapo wreaks havoc on residents in Chicago
-Israel captures last boat in Sumud aid flotilla to Gaza
-Shut Down Day 3: GOP back to protecting pedos
-Rich Dick wants to ruin our games
-Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla, Italian unions declare a general strike
-Shut Down Day 2: More lies about immigrants from JD Vance
-Conservatives demand ICE raids at the Super Bowl
-Working Class History: Nazis get punched on Cable Street
-Shutdown Mode: Trump uses lapse in funding to advance class war
-Judge rips admin's "ideological deportations" of pro-Palestine students
-Aid flotilla enters "critical zone", arrival in Gaza within hours
-War Sec. Hegseth assembles top U.S. generals, calls them fat
-Trump names himself as overseer of Gaza in new "ceasefire" plan
-Republicans move to shut down the government to execute more mass layoffs
-Oregon sues Trump over Portland troop deployment
-White House attempts to link anti-capitalist thought to domestic terror
-Lawmakers near enough signatures to force vote on Epstein files release
-W.H. threatens more mass layoffs if government shuts down next week
-U.S. lobbies to protect Israel from global football ban
-Rich Dick is on a crusade to bust teachers unions
-European nations send warships to protect Gaza aid flotilla
-3 immigrants shot at an ICE detention facility in Dallas
-DOJ broke court rules in case against suspected CEO shooter Mangione
-Working Class History: 1945 NYC Elevator Strike!
-After Trump's U.N. speech, the world must realize: We have a huge problem
-Maduro seeks peace with Trump, W.H. pushes for war
-U.S. says it will bailout the Libertarian paradise of Argentina
-Trump allies in the billionaire class set to take control of TikTok
-Momentum builds behind Palestinian statehood at UN General Assembly
-Corrupt "Deportation Czar" walking around with $50,000 in cash from FBI
-Trump, RFK Jr. baselessly claim Tylenol causes autism
-Stephen Miller channles his inner Goebbels during Kirk memorial
-U.S. is again the lone veto against a Gaza ceasefire at the U.N.
-Dems allow GOP to establish a day of rememberance for dead fascist
-Multi-billion dollar corruption scheme revelead inside the White House
-Rich Dick has advice for the Trump era: Roll over!
-RFK Jr.'s hand-picked vaccine board poised to wreck public health
-Kash Patel & GOP spend a 2nd day on Capitol Hill protecting pedos
-Trump critic Jimmy Kimmel is taken off the air under pressure from FCC
-W.H. declares antifa a terrorist organization
-U.N. commission orders countries to stop Israel's genocide in Gaza
-Kash Patel grilled by Senators for protecting pedos in the W.H.
-Right decries violence on the left as MAGA rapper releases pro-lynching song
-S. Korean workers detail abuse while in ICE custody
-The White House, right-wing media demand forced mourning of dead fascist
-Israel launches ground invasion of Gaza City
-Artists around the world speak out against the genocide
-Trump orders another extrajudicial killing off coast of Venezuela
-Party of Free Speech: GOP seeks to punish people for joking about Kirk's killing
-RICO charges dropped against Cop City protesters
-Bolsonaro found guilty of coup attempt in Brazil
-Rich Dick is a fan of the KKK
-Fascist activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed
-Trump promises a crackdown on the left, despite shooter still unknown
-House lawmakers move to repeal Iraq War AUMFs
-Working Class History: A strike in 1909 that Debs called "the greatest"
-Rogue state of Israel bombs Qatar to sabotage Gaza ceasefire talks
-NYT: JP Morgan a "crucial cog" in Epstein's sex trafficking op
-Bankers increase financing of dirty energy projects
-Trump goes out to dinner in D.C., gets called "Hitler"
-Gaza aid flotilla attacked in Tunisia, likely by Israeli drone
-SCOTUS greenlights ICE racial profiling, Trump declares war on Chicago
-U.S. military build up continues off the coast of Venezuela
-House Committee obtains more incriminating docs tying Trump to Epstein
-Quack Health Secretary RFK proves why he's an asset to the ruling class
-DC Grand Jury continues to stymie Trump prosecutors
-Admin. strips union rights from NASA workforce
-Rich Dicks: Failsons go full crypto
-Court rejects Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act for mass deportations
-Hegseth, Rubio, Vance promise more extrajudicial massacres in the Caribbean
-W.H. lobbies Congress to block release of Epstein files
-Working Class History: The U.S. Textile Strike of 1934
-Trump orders extrajudicial mass killing off the coast of Venezuela
-W.H. circulates plan to profit off Gaza's destruction
-Court rules federal troop deployment to Calif. was illegal
-UAW calls on Ford to recognize union win in the South
-Whistleblower alleges a massive data breach at Social Security by DOGE
-Top officials at CDC resign after RFK Jr. restricts covid vaccine
-Feds fail to indict D.C. sandwich thrower
-Working Class History: Women strike in London!
-U.S. runs influence ops in Greenland, sends more warships to Venezuela
-Trump wants to bring back the death penalty as part of D.C. takeover
-Republicans panic over admin's new "socialist" tendencies
-Yosemite park rangers unionize amid attacks from W.H.
-Trump strengthens his police state with new executive orders
-World outrage after Israel bombs hospital, kills 5 journalists
-W.H. feud with the Fed escalates after firing of Board Governor
-The U.S. government's torment of Kilmar Abgrego Garcia continues
-UN officially declares famine in Gaza
-Trump puts 55 million U.S. visa holders under review
-Head in the sand: Weather satellites stripped of climate measuring tools
-Rich Dick has a secret helicopter
-VP Vance claims fascist military deployment is meant to "free Washington, DC"
-ICE drops a million bucks painting trucks to recruit other sickos
-Musk succeeds in paralyzing the NLRB
-Working Class History: General Strike on Zanzibar!
-Trump threatens Venezuela, sends warships to the coast
-Over half of UN aid workers killed last year were in Gaza
-Cuomo admits he needs help from Trump to beat Zohran in NYC
-Liberals launch new publication backed by billionaires
-Trump seeks peace in Ukraine, but allows genocide in Gaza to continue
-Rubio takes orders from Loomer, blocks medical visas for Gazans
-Federal takeover of DC is crushing the city's economy
-The White House protects another pedophile
-Feds repeal D.C. sanctuary city policies, enact curfews, harass homeless
-Trump clears the way for space profiteers
-The U.S. sabotages anti-pollution treaties
-Rich Dick thinks greedflation is good
-Netanyahu endorses "Greater Israel" vision ahead of renewed assault on Gaza
-DC residents grow more restive in response to federal takeover
-Dems demand answers on DOJ's suspicious Ghislaine Maxwell meeting
-Working Class History: a 1795 Slave Revolt!
-DoD drafts plans for rapid response team to crush protests around the U.S.
-ICE arrests disabled U.S. teen in California
-Teamsters Sean O'Brien is funding class enemies
-Trump finds a clown to head up BLS
-Trump calls up National Guard, federalizes DC police force
-Israel targets and kills Al Jazeera news team in Gaza City ahead of takeover
-CDC workers union blasts leadership after HQ is shot up
-IRS Commissioner removed after less than 2 months on the job
-Israeli war government approves full takeover of Gaza
-Top health insurance firms made $71 billion in profits last year
-Despicable attack on union rights at the V.A.
-Rich Dick joins up with Trump's gestapo
-Doctors Without Borders calls for shutdown of GHF death traps in Gaza
-VP JD Vance enter the pedo cover-up chat
-Trump rattles nuclear sabre on anniverary of Hiroshima, Nagasaki
-Working Class History: A damn dam strike
-Journalists demand entry into Gaza as Israel moves toward full occupation
-RFK Jr. cancels critical vaccine research funding
-Fortune 500 companies spend record amounts protecting their CEOs
-Trump launches racist attack against farm workers
-UNICEF: 28 kids die in Gaza every day from bombs, starvation
-Senate confirms drunken TV lady to be top prosecutor in D.C.
-W.H. once again giving special treatment to pedos
-GOP power grab in Texas provokes government crisis
-Trump stooges tour GHF death trap in Gaza PR stunt
-Senate report finds $21 billion in damages caused by DOGE
-No one should read the Kamala Harris book
-Rich Dick wants to screw over neighbors with new data center project
-Senators reject bill to cut off weapons to Israel amid famine in Gaza
-Wealthiest lawmaker in Congress whines as Senate advances stock ban
-Federal agencies increase their reliance on AI tools
-Working Class History: Green Corn Rebellion
-In a drastic deregulatory move, EPA commits the U.S. to global warming chaos
-CEOs caught again manufacturing an inflation crisis to maximize profits
-Unions come out against major railroad merger
-Dem voters approve of Mamdani over current party leadership
-Trump golfs in Scotland while Gaza starvation crisis deepens
-FEMA shirks disaster aid, throws money at migrant detention instead
-Boston sanitation workers strike persists
-MLB's Bryce Harper tells his boss what we all wish we could
-U.S. abandons Gaza ceasefire talks as starvation crisis worsens
-Trump admin joins with Catholic Church to protect pedophiles
-White House's AI push dooms environment, workers
-Rich Dick leads all other CEOs in expanding wage inequality
-Brazil joins S. Africa's ICJ case against Israel's genocide in Gaza
-WSJ: Trump notified in May his name is in Epstein files
-Judge orders Abrego Garcia's release, slams Feds' case
-Working Class History: 1933 Cuban General Strike
-Epstein Saga grips D.C., House goes on early recess to avoid it
-Columbia U. punishes anti-genocide protesters as starvation deaths climb in Gaza
-Trump pulls the U.S. out of UNESCO... again
-Staffers inside NASA revolt over proposed spending cuts
-"Man-made famine" in Gaza worsens, Congress fails to end support for it
-Venezuela urges ICC to probe migrant treatment in El Salvador prison
-Trump sues WSJ over Epstein reporting
-Hegseth's DOD runs amok, nearly causes another plane crash
-U.S. deportation agents admit they take cues from far right zionist groups
-Labor Dept. launches massive deregulation campaign to screw workers
-Mexico unveils new state chocolate bar
-Rich Dick can't get a dang serve in
-Trump admin. sanctions UN official reporting on Gaza genocide
-Report: DOGE-imposed austerity slowed DHS response to TX flood
-RFK Jr. threatens measles elimination status in the U.S.
-Working Class History: A 16th Century Land Revolt!
-Human rights nighmare unfolding at Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz"
-Teamsters' sanitation worker strike spreads
-EpsteinGate ain't going away!
-Elon Musk's AI chatbot "Grok" turns into "MechaHitler"
-TX flood death toll surpasses 100 -- a grim sign of things to come
-ICE budget now larger than most militaries in the world
-Trump lackeys at DOJ suppress Epstein evidence
-War criminals dine together at the White House
-Senate passes bill that kicks 17 million off their health insurance
-While touring "Alligator Alcatraz", Trump threatens to arrest Zohran
-Pentagon stops sharing data, degrades hurricance forecasting
-Municipal workers strike in Philly!
-U.S. Senate tries to jam through devastating Medicaid cuts in budget bill
-Trump's State Dept. approves new weapons sales to Israel
-Protests erupt at "Alligator Alcatraz", DOJ to prioritize revoking citizenship
-House GOP moves to gut critical government watchdog
-Day 3 of the meltdown over Zohran: GOP Congressman seeks to deport him
-Dem Gov in CT vetoes critical class war legislation
-Mexico moves toward suing SpaceX over exploding rockets
-Rich Dick has found a way to monetize his hatred of immigrants
-Mass arrests as protesters agitate against Senate's Medicaid cuts
-NYC meltdowns continue after Zohran's win
-Judge blocks Trump's move to strip union rights from public workers
-Working Class History: A summer of transport strikes in Liverpool
-Shock win! Socialist Zohran Mamdani prevails in NYC mayoral primary
-Florida breaks ground on "Alligator Alcatraz" to detain immigrants
-Israel-Iran ceasefire hold, but doesn't extend to Gaza
-RFK Jr. unaware of one of the biggest healthcare frauds ever
-Trump declares ceasefire after he illegally bombs Iran over the weekend
-Mahmoud Khalil free after 104 days in custody
-Senate bill would auction off US Post Office's new EV trucks
-Socialist candidate has a real shot to win NYC mayoral contest
-A diplomatic off-ramp or a bluff? Trump delays Iran strike decision 2 weeks
-Dodgers baseball team denies ICE entry to stadium
-Elon Musk blows up another rocket -- 4th one this year
-Rich Dicks threaten us with a good time (them leaving NYC)
-Polling shows Trump's war with Iran deeply unpopular in the U.S.
-Senate Dems help proliferate crypto scams with passage of GENIUS Act
-GOP wants to sell off public land to pay for wars & tax cuts
-Working Class History: NYC Gravedigger's Strike!
-Trump threatens the Ayatollah, inches closer to illegally bombing Iran
-DHS makes another politically-motivated arrest
-Bernie endorses Zohran in NYC mayoral contest
-Elon Musk shares drug test online to prove he's not on drugs. Sure!
-Trump considers deepening U.S. involvement in war against Iran
-U.S. Senator spreads lies about Minn. lawmaker shootings
-War profiteers vie for Golden Dome cash
-Failsons Eric & Don. Jr. unveil new scheme to profit off W.H.
-Escalation: Israel attacks Iran, killing top officials and nuclear scientists
-Judge rules troop deployments to L.A. are illegal
-Sen. Hawley uses anti-ICE protests to probe leftwing groups
-Rich Dick brings his "talents" to the largest Bitcoin dealer in the world
-Trump-Musk feud explodes: Billionaire calls President a pedophile
-Bannon urges Trump to deport Musk "immediately"
-DOGE has destroyed government efficiency
-Rich Dick should stick his veto pen somewhere else
-The U.S. is the lone veto of a Gaza ceasefire at the U.N.
-RFK Jr. moves to imperil the health of pregnant people
-UAW endorses NYC socialist mayoral candidate
-Working Class History: Strike on the Faroe Islands!
-W.H. exploits Colorado attack to advance mass deportations
-Musk may be out of DC, but government still works on his behalf
-Linda McMahon updates Senators on progress destroying Dept. of Ed
-Trump's trade war with China put automakers in a crunch
-Aid flotilla sets sail for Gaza as more Palestinians killed at US-backed food relief sites
-Pentagon eyes new wars in China, Africa
-FEMA, and its administrator, not at all prepared for busy hurricane season
-GOP Senator unbothered by deadly Medicaid cuts
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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.
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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!
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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!
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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.
-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
-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