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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-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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
-Sickos at W.H. release "ASMR" deportation video
-RFK Jr. gets what he wants: A measles outbreak in Texas
-Trump calls Musk a "patriot," as "DOGE" lies about spending cuts
-FAA fires hundreds of workers in first step toward privatization
-Musk's DOGE teams eyes sensitive IRS and SS databases
-Workers fall short of unionizing Amazon warehouse in N.C.
-Trump's NLRB shreds pro-labor reforms made during the Biden admin.
-JD Vance further embarrasses the U.S. on the world stage
-Trump calls for military spending cuts, days after calling to increase war spending
-BLM nominee will lay waste to public lands
-Asteroid Watch: 2032
-Rich Dick wants to destroy public lands
-GOP proposes massive cuts to welfare to fund tax cut for the rich
-Legal groups sue for access to migrants detained at Gitmo
-Pro-genocide Tulsi Gabbard sworn in as nation's top spy
-Working Class History: The 1936 Akron Rubber Strike
-Musk fails to squash conflict of interest concerns with bizarre Oval Office rant
-Another DOGE staffer exposed as a racist perv
-NYC Mayor throws residents under the bus to avoid jail
-New economic figures show why Bidenomics didn't resonate
-Judge accuses Trump of ignoring court order
-Musk and other oligarchs celebrate the demise of the CFPB
-Gaza ceasefire crumbling amid Israeli violations, Trump threats
-Colorado grocery workers on strike in a sign of things to come
-White House lies to cover for Musk's illegal takeover
-Dems attempt at oversight thwarted by GOP, and own incompetence
-Former NLRB Chair sues Donald Trump over firing
-Trump wants to ban certain women from competing in 2028 Olympics
-Musk deepens his control of critical payment systems in the U.S. government
-Trump endorses Netanyahu's final solution, floats the U.S. taking over Gaza
-Most USAID workers around the world told to return home
-Artists plead with the ruling class to not destroy them
-Musk takes over the government
-War criminal Netanyahu meets wiht Trump at WH
-Rubio touts horrifying prison deal with El Salvador
-Trump's CA water stunt could damage farmers
-Trump tries to blame DEI for DC air collision
-White House presses on with class war against public workers
-Sen. Cruz attempts to manufacture consent for war on Panama
-Rich Dick accuses literal kids of free-loading
-A major air disaster in D.C., amid Trump's government upheaval
-Trump floats indefinite detention of migrants at Gitmo
-RFK exposed as a fraud during confirmation hearing
-Working Class History: 1919 Ft. Leavenworth Prison Strike
-Judge blocks Trump's spending freeze that left millions vulnerable
-New Executive Order further restricts gender affirming care
-Trump illegally fires NLRB chair, crippling the labor agency
-Democrats keep voting for Trump's cabinet nominees
-Palestinians return to their homes in Northern Gaza, unconquered
-Chinese AI model causes panic among US tech oligarchs
-Whole Foods workers open up a new front in the class struggle against Amazon
-Trump threatens trade war with Colombia, then backs off
-Judge declares birthright citizenship EO "blatantly unconstitutional"
-MAHA means shutting down public health agencies during a bird flu outbreak
-Trump initiates a purge of civil servants
-Rich Dick should be thrown in a Stargate
-Trump orders a surge of U.S. troops to Southern border
-Amazon takes its union busting to Canada
-Lawsuits start rolling in against Trump's Executive Orders and DOGE
-Working Class History: 1913 Rochester Garment Strike
-Trump's UN Ambassador nominee aligns herself with the Israeli far right
-New allegations of abuse against DefSec nominee Pete Hegseth
-Costco workers authorize strike amid contract fight
-Global Weirding: Freak weather hits the Gulf Coast
-Donald Trump inaugurated as the 47th President of the US
-Lays out imperialist vision for "territory expansion"
-Declares an end to birthright citizenship, setting up a legal fight
-Yanks the US out of Paris Climate Accord, promises to expand drilling
-Ceasefire deal in Gaza back on track
-Sec. of State Blinken pressed on why he isn't in The Hague
-Musk rocket blows up in the Caribbean, disrupting commercial air travel
-Rich Dick is about to join Trump's cabinet
-Israel delays ceasefire approval vote
-AG nominee Pam Bondi grilled over conflicts of interest
-Private prison company GEO Group accused of labor violations
-Working Class History: 1947 Mombasa General Strike
-Sec. of State Blinken admits failure with Gaza policy
-DefSec nominee Hegseth would likely shoot protesters if Trump asked him to
-House GOP prioritizes targeting trans student athletes
-Biden removes Cuba from state sponsor of terror list... too late
-Ceasefire deal within reach in Gaza
-Republicans threaten to condition disaster aid to L.A.
-Trump ditches "economic populism," outsources admin to oligarchs
-Biden names aircraft carrier after George W. Bush
-Fascists blame minorities and immigrants for L.A. wildfires
-AFL-CIO and the SEIU affiliate together to take on threats to labor
-In defense of Israel's genocide in Gaza, House passes bill to sanction ICC
-Rich Dick with a perm
-L.A. infernos have the super rich begging for private firefighters
-Workers move closer to unionization at Kentucky EV plant
-Dem collaborators aid Trump's mass deportation agenda
-Last bits of malarkey seep out of the Biden White House
-Biden announced $8 billion in new weapons to Israel, further fueling the genocide
-Climate change produces catastrophic wildfires threatening L.A.
-Trump explores new frontiers in U.S. imperialism
-Zuck bends the knee to the reactionary right
-NYPD busts picket line to protect Amazon's profits
-Starbucks workers join holiday strike wave, fight for a contract
-CNN caught doing war propaganda again
-We crown the "Rich Dick of the Year"
-Musk demands government shut down for holidays, GOP obliges
-A deeply confused Trump calls for eliminating the debt limit... ok!
-Teamsters launch historic strike against Amazon
-FTC finalizes new rules against deceptive pricing, unlikely to survive Trump
-Luigi indicted for CEO killing, hit with terrorism charges
-Trump considers handing Post Office to profiteering vultures
-State Dept. sued over illegal weapons transfers to Israel
-Democrats' aging party guard clings to power
-Claims of East Coast drone invasion are dismissed by Feds
-Biden issues new pardons and clemencies -- still doesn't go far enough
-Trump proposes letting corporations pay money to evade regulations
-Rich Dick has neverending victimization complex
-So much for reining in Pentagon spending, GOP House passes massive NDAA
-Israel exploits chaos in Damascus, bombs the hell out of Syria
-GOP Senators warm up to Qanon FBI Director nominee
-Working Class History: 1951 "Bagel Famine"
-Elites frustrated by surge of sympathy for alleged CEO shooter
-Manifesto attacks "parasites" in health care system
-Judges side with FTC, block Kroger-Albertsons mega merger
-DOGE takes aim at Tesla competitors