News On Tap For Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025

Tenants & Neighbors From Hell

Today’s “News On Tap” is pulling from the pain & frustration tanks, as we cover the ongoing Republican shutdown, & the tenant from hell tearing down OUR White House. We’ve also got more on the corrupt Trump regime, news from the ICE wars, & Trumponomics news too. Plus, some good news - & less good news - from Election Land, and some entertainment news too. Plus, Charlie Pierce is rejoining us at our shebeen to talk about all of it. Grab a chair here at the bar. But first…

First Round - Pain Rising As Shutdown Rolls On

• Health Insurance Sticker Shock Growing Louder As Shutdown Battle Over ACA Subsidies Rages On [Gift Link]

• More Than A Dozen Vulnerable House Republicans Are Now Openly Pressing Speaker Johnson To Extend Obamacare Subsidies

• Senate Republican Chatter Growing About Changing The Filibuster Rules To Get Out Of Their Shutdown

• House & Senate Democrats Continuing To Call On ‘Disengaged’ Trump To Get Involved To End Shutdown

Second Round - Trump’s Destruction & Corruption

The White House Tenant From Hell

• Trump’s Demolition Of The White House East Wing Is Nearly Complete

• Demolition Company Tearing Down White House Flooded With Negative Reviews Online

• Trump Admin. Claims It Will Submit Official Ballroom Plans ‘Soon’ As Outrage Grows Over Demolition Of East Wing

• Who Is Paying For Trump’s White House Ballroom? No One Really Knows - And That’s Only Part Of The Problem

The Corrupt Trump Regime

• Trump Now Demanding DOJ Pay Him $230 Million For Past Investigations Into His Corruption [Gift Link]

• Hegseth Announces Severe Restrictions. Clamping Down On Military Interactions With Congress

• Pro-Trump Media Outlet Details Military Leaders Blasting Hegseth, Saying He’s Lost Their Trust & Respect Due To His Grandstanding

• Sen. Jeff Merkley Warns Corruption & ‘Tyranny Has Arrived’ In Marathon Floor Speech Protesting Trump’s Authoritarianism

When They Show You Who They Are

• Trump Nominee Paul Ingrassia, Who Had Self-Professed ‘Nazi Streak,’ Withdraws His Name From Nomination

• Ny State ‘Young Republican’ Club Stiffed Syracuse Hotel On Bill For Lavish Party As State Party Disbanded Them

Third Round - Trump’s Wars On America

ICE Wars

• Military-Style Immigration Sweep Hits NYC As Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors

• ICE Arrests Chicago Man Whose Teenage Daughter Is Fighting Cancer

• DHS’ Anti-Immigrant Operation In Los Angeles Leaves Two Injured, Including Deputy U.S. Marshal

Trump’s War On Americans

• Federal Judge Questions Whether New Jersey Rep. Lamonica Mciver Was Illegally Targeted By Trump Administration

• Hundreds Of Former U.S. Officials In Rule-Of-Law Advocacy Group Urge Congress To Examine Newly Discovered KGB-Style Trump Interagency ‘Weaponization’ Group

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Trumponomics Is Failing

• Trump Suggests U.S. Will Buy Argentine Beef To Bring Down Prices For American Consumers

• Farmers Outraged At Trump’s Proposed Argentina Beef Deal Say He ‘Sold Us Out’

Election Land

• New Poll Shows Spanberger With 13-Point Lead In Virginia Governor’s Race, As Democrats Lead ALL Statewide Races

• Arizona AG Kris Mayes Sues To Force House Speaker Johnson To Seat Democratic Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva

• Maine Democratic Senate Hopeful Graham Platner Now Says He’ll Remove One Of His Tattoos That Resembles A Nazi Symbol

• Indiana Republicans Don’t Have Votes To Back Trump’s Redistricting, Republican State Senate Leader’s Office Confirms

• Ari Berman: Republicans Are Making North Carolina, One Of The Most Gerrymandered States In The Nation, Even More Rigged

Foreign Affairs

• U.S. Team, Lead By J.D. Vance, Still In Israel Trying To Keep The Israel-Hamas Truce On Track

• Israel’s Parliament Advances Bill To Annex Occupied West Bank

• Trump Puts Putin Talks On Hold As Kremlin Launches Deadly New Attacks On Ukraine

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

• New Medill Journalism Study Finds An Alarming Number Of Independent Publishers & Small Chains Closed Newspapers In 2024

• Review: New Springsteen Biopic ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’ Focused More On His Troubled Inner Life Than His Working-Class Rock Swagger

• American Ballet Legend Misty Copeland To Take Ballet Stage One Last Time Tonight, Before Officially Retiring

• OKC Thunder Celebrate Ring Ceremony, Banner Unveiling, And A Double-OT Win Over The Houston Rockets In NBA Season Opener

• Luka Doncic Scores 43, But The Golden State Warriors Top The L.A. Lakers 119-109, In A Lebron-Less Season Opener

• NFL Announces They’re Moving Pro Bowl Festivities To Super Bowl Week In February, Starting This Season

Today’s Special Guest

Charlie Pierce, political & sports journalist extraordinaire is back at our bar tonight, and we may have to activate the Official “Flirtation Advisory System.” We’ll talk about all the news, from the shutdown, to Trump’s destruction of our White House. Plus, we’ll get in a little sports talk, as Jody can gloat about her L.A. Dodgers being in the World Series. Grab a drink & join us!

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