News On Tap For Monday, Sept. 22, 2025

Holding Off The Monsters

While Trump’s halfascism keeps shambling on, today’s “News On Tap” shows that good Americans are still holding off the monsters, for now. While Disney’s feeling the heat for bowing the knee, Pete Kegbreath is threatening journalists. Meanwhile, Trump wants Bondi to abuse the DOJ even more, as Tom Homan is caught being a hobag. We’ve also got news on the looming shutdown, immigration, health, Palestine & the UN meetings this week too. Plus, some media & entertainment news & Brooklyn Dad Defiant is back. But first…

First Round - The War Over Free Speech

Authoritarian Actions

• Pressure Mounts On Disney Over Kimmel Suspension As Boycott Calls Spread

• Disney Stock Takes A Devastating Nosedive As Major Stars Call For Boycott Over Kimmel's Benching

• Mamdani Pulls Planned ABC Town Hall Event After Network Suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s Show

• Ryan Teague Beckwith: FCC Chair Brendan Carr's Response To A Social Media Post Shows Project 2025 Was The Goal The Whole Time

• Pentagon Demands Journalists Sign Pledge Restricting Information Gathering Under Sweeping New Restrictions

• News Outlets & Some Lawmakers Condemn New Pentagon Restrictions On Journalists

• Press Freedom Defenders Sound Alarm On Pentagon’s New Restrictions For Reporters

• G. Elliott Morris: Many Powerful People Keep Siding With Trump, To Their Own Detriment, Because They Don’t Realize Most Americans Hate Trump

• Gov. JB Pritzker: It's Time For Good People To Stand Up & Be Loud For America

Cult Behavior

• Donald Trump Says He ‘Hates’ His Opponents At Charlie Kirk Memorial, Contrasting With Message Of Forgiveness From Kirk's Wife

• Charlie Kirk's Memorial Service Serves As A MAGA Hate 'Revival,' Filled Mostly With Hatred & Calls For Vengeance, Amid Some Meager Calls For Forgiveness

• Officials Confirm 'No Evidence' Found Of Ties Between Charlie Kirk's Shooting And Left-Wing Groups

• Oklahoma Republicans Propose All State Colleges Must Have Charlie Kirk Statue

Second Round - The Fascist Criminal Trump Regime

• In Social Media Post, Trump Publicly Pushes Attorney General Pam Bondi To Go After His Political Foes

• Steve Benen: Why Trump’s Directive To AG Bondi Should Be Seen As An Impeachment-Level Scandal

• U.S. Attorney Resigns Amid Pressure From Trump After Sources Say He Refused To Charge NY AG Letitia James Because He Found She Had Committed No Crime

• Trump Nominates Right-Wing White House Aide Lindsey Halligan To Be Top U.S. Prosecutor To Investigate NY AG Letitia James

• Ruth Marcus: Donald Trump’s Firing Of A Federal Prosecutor Crosses The Reddest Of Lines

• Trump Border Czar Tom Homan Was Being Investigated For Accepting $50,000 In Cash From Undercover FBI Agents. Trump's DOJ Shut It Down.

Third Round - Wars At Every Level

Immigration Wars

• ICE Rumored To Be Potentially Evacuating Chicago-Area Facility Following Immigration Protests

• California Gov. Newsom Signs Law Restricting Use Of Masks By Most Law Enforcement Officers, Including Ice Agents

• Trump’s New $100,000 H-1b Visa Fee Sets Off Scramble Across Corporate America

War Over Health

• Anti-Science Trump Regime Set To Tie Tylenol To Autism Risk

• Pre-Trump Era National Institutes Of Health: JAMA Study Reveals No Causal Link Between Developmental Disorders & Acetaminophen Exposure Before Birth`

War On Competent Govt

• After Deep & Brutal Cuts To Food Stamps, Trump Admin. Ends Federal Government’s Annual Report On Hunger In America

• FBI Reportedly Preparing To Categorize Trans People As "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Threat Group, In Line With Project 2025

Shutdown Showdown

• Schumer & Jeffries Demand Meeting With Trump To Avoid Government Shutdown

• Tables Turn For Democrats As They Attempt To Use Shutdown For Leverage

Fourth Round - Foreign News To Drink About

• UK, Canada, Australia, & Portugal Officially Recognize Palestine As A State, Ahead Of U.N. General Assembly [Gift Link]

• Daoud Kuttab: The Recognition Of Palestine Is Such A Big Deal, Because It Has Specific Ramifications Under International Law

• Qatar Requests Israeli Apology To Resume Gaza Mediation Efforts

• U.S. Conducts Fourth Military Strike Against Vessel In The Caribbean, Claiming Without Proof, That It Was Transferring Drugs

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

• Trump White House Says Tiktok's New U.S. Entity Would Lease A Copy Of ByteDance's Algorithm, Which Oracle Would Retrain

• 'The Mandalorian And Grogu' First Teaser Trailer Revealed

• Major League Baseball's Final Week Should Be Even Wilder Than Expected, Thanks To Surging Cleveland & Cincinnati, & A Collapsing Detroit

• WNBA Playoffs: No. 1-Seeded Minnesota Lynx Take Game 1 Against Phoenix Mercury In Semifinals

• Indiana Fever Continue Cinderella WNBA Playoffs With Victory Over Las Vegas Aces

• Las Vegas Aces' A'ja Wilson Earns Historic Fourth WNBA MVP Award

Your Bar Regular Today

Brooklyn Dad Defiant, AKA Majid M. Padellan, author, blogger, & activist will join us at the bar tonight, to talk about all the recent crazy news. We’ll also talk about his latest piece at Defiant Dispatches, “Why the Kirk Assassination Is Trump’s Perfect Smoke Screen,” which talks about how MAGA world is trying to use the shooting death of a vile propagandist to push their authoritarian attacks on the rest of us. Of course, we’ll also talk about other news, entertainment, and maybe a little sports too - because we should all have lives outside of politics.

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