News On Tap For Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025

No Laughing Matter

Today’s “News On Tap” is no joke - Trump & his fascist regime may have temporarily silenced Jimmy Kimmel, but they’re trying to censor & silence anyone they disagree with. Meanwhile, RFK Jr. is still trying to kill us all, while the immigration wars are still raging. Also shutdown, Trump'/Epstein, and elections news, & Grampy Trump shows up in the UK. Plus, we’ve got Rebecca Pilar Buckwalter-Poza & John Fugelsang in the bar tonight - the perfect guests for First Amendment issues. But first…

First Round - Fascism Is Here

Fascists Always Attack The Media First

• Cowardly Disney Execs Cave To FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s Bogus Censorial Threats, Pulling Jimmy Kimmel Indefinitely

• Abc & Disney Execs Were Cowards, Cringing In Fear Of The Trump Regime, Before They Suspended Kimmel

• Top Congressional Democrats Call For FCC Chair To Resign, Calling Out Jimmy Kimmel Suspension As A ‘Corrupt Abuse Of Power’

• Top Oversight Democrat Rep. Robert Garcia Launching Investigation Of Trump Admin, ABC, & Sinclair Over Jimmy Kimmel Suspension

• MAGA Has Taken Over Mainstream U.S. Media

• Dean Obeidallah: Jimmy Kimmel Wasn’t Suspended For A Joke About Kirk – He Was Suspended For Mocking Trump

Other Fascist Threats

• Trump On Social Media Threatens He’ll Designate "Antifa" As A Terrorist Group - But Offers No Real Details

• Fact Check: Trump Can’t Legally Designate Antifa — Or Any Ideological Movement — A U.S. Domestic Terrorist Organization

• Trump White House Says They're Planning To Take Action Targeting Left-Leaning Groups As Early As This Month

• Pentagon’s Crackdown On Free Speech Stirs Fears Among Troops

Second Round - The Many Wars Of the Right

War Over Health

• CDC's Vaccine Advisory Panel, With New Members Picked By RFK Jr., To Vote On Measles, Hepatitis B Shots (Live Updates)

• Western States Issue Their Own Vaccine Recommendations To Counter RFK Jr.S Attack On Science & Policy

• Major Health Insurer Group Says Members Will Continue To Cover Vaccines, A Step That May Slightly Ease Anxiety Over Access

• Why Voters Will Feel The Impact Of Republicans' Health Care Cuts Before The Midterms

Immigration Wars

• Feds Launch Second Immigration Enforcement Operation In Illinois, Led By Border Official Who Oversaw L.A. Attacks

• Only 30 Arrests Reported So Far In Trump's Chicago Deportation Campaign — But Feds Won't Provide Full Tally

• L.A. Anti-ICE Protester Found Not Guilty Of Assault, Despite Trump Border Patrol Officer's Testimony

• Pro-Trump Judge In Louisiana Orders Mahmoud Khalil Deported, Claiming ‘Misrepresented Facts’ On Green Card Form; Lawyers Confirm Khalil Remains Protected From Deportation While Federal Case Proceeds

• ‘The Dungeon’ At Louisiana’s Notorious Angola Prison Reopened By DHS Sec. Kristi Noem As New ICE Detention Center

Third Round - More News To Drink About

Shutdown Showdown

• Republican Leaders In Congress Reject Democratic Health Care Demands For Bill To Avoid Shutdown

• Ed Kilgore: Congressional Democrats Now Appear United Against Another Shutdown Surrender

The Trump/Epstein Cover Up

• Kash Patel Claimed To Congress That Court Orders Bar Him From Releasing The Epstein Files. Judges Have Said Otherwise.

• A Rock Star, A Royal Prince, And At Least Six Billionaires: These Are The People That Are On The Potential Epstein List.

Election Land

• Democratic Candidate Mikie Sherrill Tops Republican Jack Ciattarelli By 8 Points In New Polling On New Jersey Governor’s Race

• Spanberger Gets Endorsements From 2 Former Republican Congressmembers In Bid To Be Virginia Governor

Fourth Round - Foreign Affairs

Trump In The UK

• Trump & Starmer Sign ‘Groundbreaking’ Billion-Dollar UK-U.S. Tech Deal

• "Grampy" Trump, 79, Rambles Through Error-Filled Windsor Castle Address

Other Foreign Affairs

• Half Of U.S. Adults Say Israel Has Gone Too Far In War In Gaza, New AP-NORC Poll Shows

• Sen. Bernie Sanders Becomes First U.S. Senator To Publicly Say Israel Is Committing Genocide In Gaza

• Israeli Finance Minister Describes Plans To Turn Gaza Into A 'Real Estate Bonanza' As Israeli Bombs Hammer The Palestinian Territory

• Warsaw Turns To Ukraine For Drone Warfare Expertise After Russian Drones Enter Polish Airspace

Fifth Round - Entertainment & More

• FTC Sues Live Nation On Claims Of 'Illegal' Ticket Resale Tactics

• Cardi B Reveals She's Pregnant, Expecting A Baby With Boyfriend Stefon Diggs

• WNBA Playoffs: Three Decisive Game 3s Highlight A Balanced Season

• Blake Snell Strikes Out Season-High 12 & Shohei Ohtani Hits 51st Homer, As Dodgers Beat Phillies 5-0

• U.S. Track Star Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone Cracks 48 Seconds In Historically Fast 400 At Worlds

Today’s Special Guest

Rebecca Pilar Buckwalter-Poza is not only an experienced lawyer, legal analyst, journalist, and political commentator. She also beat Trump in court in a First Amendment fight when he tried to block her on Twitter. So she’s the perfect person to talk with in the wake of Trump & brendan Carr’s attack on Jimmy Kimmel. She’ll be here in the bar tonight, to help us break it all down.

Tonight’s Bar Regular:

John Fugelsang, broadcaster, podcaster, comedian, & friend – & the Host of “Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang” weeknights on Sirius XM – is back for another round at the bar tonight. He’ll talk with us about today’s news, and about several of the topics he’s written about recently on his great Substack. Plus, John’s great new book, “Separation of Church and Hate”-is OUT NOW! If you haven’t picked up your copy, do that - then join us all at the bar tonight!

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