News On Tap For Monday, Sept. 29, 2025

Dark Shadows Looming

Today’s “News On Tap” is clouded & swirling, as the U.S. govt. teeters on the brink of another shutdown because Republicans won’t make an honest deal. Meanwhile, fascist Trump met with the monster Netanyahu today, in the wake of two more mass shootings in the U.S., even as Trump is threatening to invade more cities. There’s also some big news in Election Land today, and some big news in entertainment too. Plus, Brooklyn Dad Defiant is back to help us kep it all in perspective. But first…

First Round - Shutdown Showdown

• Trump Again Set To Meet With Congressional Leaders As Shutdown Deadline Looms

• Sen. Chris Van Hollen Says Democrats Are Not Going To Write A Blank Check To Republicans To Avert A Shutdown

• The Trump Regime’s Shutdown Plans Are Russ Vought’s Wet Dream: Mass Layoffs, Damaging Deregulation, Military Deployments - & Virtually No Other Govt. Services [Gift Link]

• As Govt. Shutdown Threatens To Bring The Nation To A Halt, Senate Republicans Are Planning For A Luxury Getaway In Georgia

• Michael Tomasky: What’s Really Behind The Shutdown? Republicans’ Immoral Priorities

Second Round - Trump’s War On Americans

Militarism & Suppression Of Opposition

• Feds In Military Gear Begin To Flood Downtown Chicago; Top Border Chief Admits People Are Being Arrested Based On ‘How They Look’

• ICE Escalates Violence Against Protesters In Chicago Suburb As Journalist Is Arrested

• Trump Threatens To Send Troops To Portland, Oregon, And Sanctions “Full Force” Use Of Military Against Americans

• Oregon Sues To Block Trump Regime From Deploying Troops To Portland

• Trump Now Set To Attend Gathering Of Top Generals, Upending Hegseth’s Last-Minute Plans For A Performative Event [Gift Link]

• Malcolm Ferguson: Hegseth’s “Urgent” Military Meeting Is For The Dumbest Reason Imaginable

Weaponized Government

• Trump Falsely Suggests FBI Agents To Blame For Igniting Jan. 6 Violence

• FBI’s Dir. Patel Clarifies Role Of Hundreds Of Agents On Jan 6, Claims Wray Lied To Congress

• Legal Experts Confirm Trump’s Own Words Could Doom The Criminal Case Being Levied Against James Comey

• Adam Serwer: Trump’s Politicized Prosecutions May Have Finally Hit A Wall, As Jurors Have The Option Of Refusing To Convict [Gift Link]

• U.S. Added To International Human Rights Watchlist For ‘Sustained Attacks On Civil Freedoms’ Under Trump

Third Round - Land Of Injustice

Another Day That Ends In Why

• Gunman In Truck Smashes Into Michigan Church And Opens Fire, Killing At Least 4 And Injuring 8

• 3 Killed & 8 Injured In Mass Shooting At A Bar In North Carolina; Police Say Attack Was ‘Highly Premeditated’ & ‘Targeted’

The Court Of Supreme Injustice

• U.S. Supreme Court Members Meeting For Annual “Long Conference” To Discuss All The Cases That Piled Up Over Their Long Summer Recess

• Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin. To Withhold $4 Billion In Foreign Aid Funding, In Contravention Of The Constitution

• The Trump Admin. Is Now Demanding The Supreme Court Rule On The Merits Of Its Plan To End Birthright Citizenship

• At Public Event, Clarence Thomas Says Precedent May Not Matter In Cases On Upcoming Supreme Court Docket

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Foreign Affairs

• Trump And Netanyahu Meeting At The White House To Discuss Plans For A Ceasefire & Postwar Gaza [Live Updates]

• Moldova’s Pro-EU Party Wins Clear Parliamentary Majority, Defeating Pro-Russian Groups

The Trump/Epstein Cover Up Rolls On

• Musk, Thiel, Bannon Named In Partially Redacted Epstein Documents Released By Oversight Committee

• Epstein Calendar Released By Oversight Committee Democrats Mentions Elon Musk, Who Denies Visiting Epstein’s Island

Election Land

• Eric Adams Abandons Re-Election Bid For Mayor Of New York City [Gift Link]

• New Poll Shows Zohran Mamdani Up 20 Points Over Cuomo In NYC Mayor’s Race

• Anti-Trans Trump Supporting Republican Running For Wisconsin Governor Discovered Following Sexually Explicit Gay, Trans, & Nonbinary Websites

• Wisconsin Republican Bill Berrien Quits Governor’s Race Amid Fallout Over His Sexually Explicit Online Habits

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

• Trump Renews Ridiculous Threat Of 100% Tariffs On Films Made Outside The U.S.

• MAGA Rages As ‘Trump Hater’ Bad Bunny Picked For 2026 Super Bowl Half-Time Show

• Dolly Parton Postpones Las Vegas Concerts After Doctor Said She Must Have “A Few Procedures”

• The Major League Baseball Playoff Field Is Set! See The Complete Bracket Here.

• Phoenix Mercury Overcome 13-Point Deficit In 4th Quarter, Beat Top-Seeded Minnesota Lynx 86-81 To Advance To WNBA Finals

• Aliyah Boston & Kelsey Mitchell Lead Indiana Fever Past Las Vegas Aces 90-83 To Even Series, Set Up Decisive Game 5 Semifinal

Your Bar Regular Today

Brooklyn Dad Defiant, AKA Majid M. Padellan, author, blogger, & activist is back at The Politics Bar tonight, to talk about all the crazy news that’s happened since last week, including Jimmy Kimmel coming back, which Majid wrote about in his latest piece at Defiant Dispatches, “Trump Tried to Silence Kimmel—America Roared Back.” We’ll also talk about the looming shutdown, Trump’s latest threats, other news, entertainment, and maybe a little sports too - because we should all have lives outside of politics.

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