News On Tap For Friday, October 24, 2025

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Today’s News On Tap” makes clear - the halfascists aren’t backing down - but neither are pro-democracy patriots like us. From Trump’s demolition of OUR White House, to the Trump/Republican shutdown, to the wars against Trump’s MAGA ICE monsters, pro-democracy forces are striking back in ways that matter. We’ve also got news about the ongoing failure of Trumponomics, Trump losing at lawfare, and the new dangers Trump’s DOJ just said they’re unleashing in Election Land. but there’s good music & movies too - and the World Series starts tonight! And we’ve got Jared Rizzi, as well as Karen & Anita from TruBlu Politics in he bar tonight. No room for clips today. Just read up, and get informed!

First Round - Trump’s Wars On America

Destruction Of The People’s House

• White House East Wing Demolished As Trump Says He’s Moving Forward With Ballroom Construction

• New YouGov Poll Underscores ‘Gut Punch’ Reactions As Majority Of Americans Hate Trump’s White House Destruction

• Trump Admin. Tries - & Mostly Fails - To Stop News Media From Documenting Trump’s Destruction Of The East Wing

• A Virginia Couple Is Suing Over Trump Tearing Up The East Wing Because The Project Is Taking Place “Without Legally Required Approvals Or Reviews.”

• Karoline Leavitt Makes Embarrassing Mistake, Admitting Trump’s ‘Main Priority’ Is His Ballroom, Not The Millions Of Americans Suffering From The Republican Shutdown & His Trade Wars

Trump’s MAGA ICE Wars

• Federal ICE Agents Detain Suburban Chicago-Area High School Student, Deploy Tear Gas In Face-Off With Protesters

• Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Forms Commission To Document Alleged Abuses By Federal Agents

• Trump Says Federal Deployment To San Francisco Called Off After Conversation With Mayor Daniel Lurie

• DC Man Who Played Darth Vader Theme While Following Occupying National Guard Troops In DC Sues Over Arrest

• Chris Geidner: An Overall Guide To What Is Happening On The Legal Front In The Challenges To Trump’s National Guard Deployment Efforts

Second Round - Trump’s Failing MAGA Govt.

The Trump/Republican Shutdown Rolls On

• Ongoing Republican Shutdown Threatens Food Aid For 42 Million People

• Republican Sen. Ron Johnson Blocks Democratic Bill To Pay All Federal Employees During Shutdown

• Automatic Re-Enrollment For ACA Users Now A Key Target For House Republicans Trying To Weaponize Shutdown Negotiations

• Republicans Expected Democrats To Bend On The Shutdown By Now. That Isn’t Happening.

Trumponomics Is Failing

• Trump, In Late Evening Social Post, Announces He’s Ending “All Trade Negotiations” With Canada Because Of Television Ad That Uses Reagan’s Words To Blast Tariffs

• Inflation Jumps 3 Percent In September As Trump Tries To Defend His New Tariff War With Canada

• Polls Now Show Voters Now Trust Democrats More To Handle The Economy

Third Round - Law Vs Corruption

Trump’s Losing Lawfare

• New York Attorney General Letitia James Pleads Not Guilty To Trump Regime’s Illegitimate Charges Of Fraud

• Prosecutors Already Admitted Evidence Appears To Undercut Trump DOJ’s Claims Against Letitia James

• Sources Confirm Trump DOJ Probe Of Sen. Adam Schiff Has Stalled

• Jack Smith Asks Congress And The Justice Department To Allow Him To Testify Publicly

Corruption Land

• Trump Pardons Changpeng Zhao, Convicted Founder Of Crypto Company Binance, Following Months Of Efforts By Zhao To Boost The Trump Crypto Company

• Senate Democrats Move To Condemn Trump’s Binance Pardon

• Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, Who Is Not Running For Reelection, Denounces Trump’s Pardon Of Crypto Billionaire CZ

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Election Land

• House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries Finally Gives Zohran Mamdani Last-Minute Endorsement For NYC Mayor

• Illegitimate Trump DOJ Announces It Is Preparing To Send Election Monitors To California & New Jersey Following Requests From State Level Republicans

• Virginia Democrats Announce Plan To Redraw The State’s Congressional Maps In Democratic Effort To Fight Republican Actions

• In NYC Radio Interview, Andrew Cuomo Suggests Zohran Mamdani Would Cheer A Future Terror Attack

• Despite His Recent Controversies, A Rare Poll Of The Maine Primary Race Shows Platner Trouncing Mills By 34 Points

Foreign Affairs

• Senate Republican Chair Declines Hearings On Trump’s Boat Attacks Off Venezuela

• Trump Says He Won’t Seek Congressional Approval For Future Military Strikes On Supposed Drug Traffickers

• Charlie Savage: The Peril Of A White House That Flaunts Its Indifference To The Law [Gift Link]

Fifth Round - Entertainment & More

• New Movies To Watch This Weekend: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ In Theaters, Stream ‘Weapons’ On HBO Max

• Foo Fighters Announce 2026 Stadium Tour Dates With Queens Of The Stone Age

• Dodgers & Blue Jays Reveal 2025 World Series Rosters Ahead Of Game 1 Tonight, Starting At 8P Eastern

• Gambling Scandal Roils The NBA, Just As 2025 Season Begins

• How A 2018 Supreme Court Decision Paved The Way For The Meteoric Growth In Legal Sports Betting

Today’s Special Guest

Jared Rizzi, former White House Correspondent for SiriusXM during both the Obama and Trump administrations, & former reporter for CBS Radio News - as well as our favorite fill-in co-host - is back at the bar again tonight! We’ll get an update from the “war zone” of DC, talk about the shutdown & it’s effects, the destruction of the White House, & more..

Your Bar Regulars Tonight…

There’s so much news this week, we had to talk with our friends Karen from Chicago, and Anita From San Antonio, -co-hosts of Tru Blu Politics - TWICE today. Tonight, we’ll have them in our bar, after we were at their place earlier today. We’ll tackle all the topics we missed earlier, and recover some of those too. Join us!

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