News On Tap For Tuesday, October 28, 2025

MAGA Republicans Don’t Care About You

In today’s “News On Tap”, Tiny Johnson & Republicans in Congress are still trying - and failing - to avoid accountability for their own shutdown. Meanwhile Trump’s Immigration Wars are hitting a wall, even as his government is failing, and Trumponomics is failing too. Unsurprisingly, so is Donald’s health - even if mainstream news media are avoiding that topic. There’s Election Land news, and climate news too. Plus, Game 3 of the World Series finally ended - and Jody’s Dodgers won! And we’ve got two friends coming by tonight that should bring a smile to your faces: Mindy Cohn of Palm Royale (& The Facts Of Life), & Ron Roberts of The Ron Show! No time for clips today - just read up & get informed!

First Round - Republicans Are Losing The Shutdown

• Polling Continues To Show More Voters Blame Republicans Than Democrats For Lengthy Shutdown

• Senate Is Continuing To Hunt For Ways Out Of Govt. Shutdown

• Speaker Mike Johnson Falsely Claims SNAP Contingency Funds Are ‘Not Legally Available’

• CBPP: Speaker Johnson Is Lying. SNAP’s Contingency Reserve Is Available For Regular SNAP Benefits, As USDA And OMB Have Ruled In The Past

• Democrats Plan To Sue Trump Admin. Over Lack To Previous Methods To Provide Food Aid, As Republicans Remain Split On Doing Anything To Stop Shutdown

• Breaking: State Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration To Keep SNAP Benefits Going During Federal Government Shutdown

• Paul Krugman: Republicans Message To Americans - Let The Hunger Games Begin

Second Round - The MAGA Immigration Wars

• Trump Admin. To Replace Regional ICE Leaders With Border Patrol Officials Amid Disappointment With Arrest Numbers

• Two Illinois National Guard Members Vow To Defy Trump Regime’s Violent Orders: ‘Not What We Signed Up To Do’

• Federal Judge Blasts Border Patrol Boss Greg Bovino For Violating Excessive Force Order

• ICE Is Struggling To Hire Officers — Even After Lowering Its Standards

• Trump Regime Now Racing To Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia Ahead Of Criminal Proceedings

• Federal Judge Slams Pam Bondi & Kristi Noem Over ‘Troubling’ Remarks About Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Third Round - Trump World Is Failing

The Failing Trump Govt.

• Trump Admin. Denies FEMA Aid For Floods In Western Maryland, An Area Filled With Trump Supporters

• HHS Employees Report They’re Now Being Measured By Loyalty To Trump’s Policies

• FBI Employees Ordered To Dig For Jimmy Hoffa-Related Documents

Trumponomics Is Failing

• Amazon Now Targeting As Many As 30,000 Corporate Job Cuts, The Largest Job Cuts Since The End Of The Main COVID Pandemic

• Dean Baker: The Ongoing Failure Of Trumponomics Proves Trump Doesn’t Have A Clue About The Economy

Trump’s Failing Health

• Donald Trump Wanders Off While Meeting Japanese Prime Minister

• Trump, 79, Gets Confused Explaining The Power Of Water During Rambling Address To Sailors Off The Coast Of Japan

• Donald Trump Confuses His Dementia Screening For ‘Very Hard’ Iq Test As He Brags About Result

• Virginia Heffernan: Trump’s Health Is Actually Failing Fast – And The Extremist MAGA Suckups Around Him Know It

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Election Land

• State-Level Lawsuit Plunges New York Into The National Redistricting Fight [Gift Link]

• Russell Berman: Democrats Are Now Ready To Match Republican’s Redistricting Ruthlessness. Will Voters Go Along? [Gift Link]

• California To Monitor Trump DOJ Poll Watchers Amid Concerns Of Voter Intimidation & Election Interference By Trump Forces

• Lisa Needham: The Trump DOJ’s “Election Monitoring” Is Really Voter Suppression

Climate Realities

• Hurricane Melissa Live Updates: Category 5 Storm Set To Bring Record Devastation To Jamaica

• New UN Report Confirms Governments Are Falling Far Short Of The Promises They Made To Cut Planet-Warming Pollution Under The Paris Climate Agreement

Foreign Affairs

• Trump Ends Japan Leg Of Asia Tour After Meeting Nation’s First Female PM Sanae Takaichi; Talks Focused On Trade, Rare Earths, & A Potential Nobel Nomination

• Trump Dangles Prospect Of Mar-A-Lago Visit For China’s Xi

• Trump’s Bailout Threat May Have Been Key To Milei’s Electoral Triumph In Argentina

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

• Disney+ Ends ‘Doctor Who’ Partnership, BBC Commits To Continue Series

• Rockabilly Legends Stray Cats Cancel Tour As Brian Setzer Battles ‘Serious Illness’

• Freddie Freeman’s Homer In 18th Inning Lifts Dodgers Over Blue Jays 6-5 In Game 3 Of World Series

• NBA Players Set New Record With 16 Different Players Having 40-Point Games In First Week Of Regular Season

• Sidney Crosby Makes NHL History, Becoming The Ninth Player To Register 1,700 Career Points While Leading Penguins To Another Early Season Win

Today’s Special Guest in Hour 1

Mindy Cohn is not only a longtime friend of Jody’s. She’s a well-known & well-loved actress & voice actress, famous for the Apple TV series Palm Royale, voicing Velma Dinkley in the Scooby Doo franchise, and of course, The Facts Of Life. As open-hearted woman with a backbone, she’s also a strong LGBTQ+ ally, and an advocate in the fight against breast cancer, through outlets like the We Spark Cancer support Center. She’ll spill some tea tonight about the new season of Palm Royale, and what Jody was like back in the day!

Today’s Special Guest in Hour 2

Ron Roberts, longtime radio talent & progressive talk show host of The Ron Show will join us to talk about his show, and his band new radio network, Georgia Now Radio, where you can hear us in the Atlanta area. We’ll talk about The Ron Show’s new longer format, how the Trump/Republican shutdown is really affecting folks in the Georgia area, and the Georgia politics news folks outside of Georgia should know.

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