News On Tap For Thursday, October 30, 2025

Fire, Fury, Failure, Shutdown

With today’s “News On Tap” we’re taking a long slow drink - & laughing - as Trump & Republicans are losing on multiple fronts. Repubs are clearly losing the shutdown fight they started, even as Trump’s ICE monsters are going after our friends in his failing war on America. Trump got owned by Xi on trade, Korea trolled him, & he looks like an idiot on nukes. Election Land is looking promising, even as there’s some less-than-great entertainment news. Thankfully, our friend John Fugelsang is back - and he’s got tour news as well! No time for clips today. Just read up & get informed!

First Round - The Republican Shutdown Rolls On

• Dozens Of Farm State Republicans Finally Reach Their Breaking Point, Begin Talking With Dems On Efforts To End Shutdown

• Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office Confirms Shutdown Is Costing U.S. Economy $7 Billion Per Month

• Federal Judge Hears State Atty. General’s Case Against Trump Regime In Effort To Force Govt. To Keep Funding SNAP Food Aid, As Its Legally Required To Do

• Trump Admin. Finds 11th-Hour Shutdown Workaround To Pay Troops — For Now

• New Kaiser Report Confirms ACA Marketplace Plans Are Facing A Steep Average 26% Increase For Next Year

Second Round - Trump’s Violent War On America

• New Pentagon Memo Orders States’ National Guards To Form ‘Quick Reaction Forces’ For ‘Crowd Control’ - Which Is Unconstitutional

• Trump DOJ Indicts Democratic Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh & Five Others Over ICE Protests

• Democratic Senators Highlight ICE & CBP’s Forced Face Scans To Verify Citizenship, Which Is Unconstitutional

• Trump’s National Guard DC Deployment Extended To At Least February 2026

• Trump HHS Proposing New Rule That Would Dramatically Restrict Access To Gender-Affirming Care For Transgender Youth Nationwide

• New Economist/YouGov Survey Shows Trump’s Approval Hitting New Low For Second Term

Third Round - Trump’s Other Wars

Trumponomics & Trade Wars

• Trump Cuts Tariffs On China Slightly After Meeting Xi In South Korea

• How China’s Xi Let Trump Claim A Win On Trade Talks, & Walked Away Looking Stronger [Gift Link]

• Senate Democrats, Joined By Four Republicans, Vote In Effort To End Trump’s Tariffs On Canada

• Federal Reserve Cuts Key Rate One-Quarter Point, As Chairman Powell Says Future Cuts Are Not Locked In

• Zack Beauchamp: Proof The Pro-Democracy Opposition Can Fight Back & Do Real Economic Damage To Companies That Bow The Knee To Trump & MAGA

War In The Courts

• Supreme Court Wants More Time And Information Before Deciding If Trump Can Send National Guard Forces Into Chicago

• Two Federal Prosecutors Suspended By Trump DOJ After Accurately Describing Jan. 6 Insurrection Attack As Carried Out By A ‘Mob’

• Trump’s DOJ Tried To Subpoena An Online Trans Health Care Provider. A Judge Quashed It.

• Charges Dropped: Tennessee Authorities Dismiss Charges Against Man Who Posted Meme Of Trump’s Own Words

Kegbreath’s War On The U.S. Military

• Trump Orders Pentagon To Begin Testing Nuclear Weapons ‘Immediately’ & “On An Equal Basis” With Russia & China - Who Haven’t Tested Nukes Since The 1990s

• Three-Star General Pushed Out Of Pentagon By Hegseth After Months Of Tensions

• Russia Isn’t Testing Nuclear Weapons, Though They Have Nuclear-Powered Weapons. But They Say They’ll Restart Testing If U.S. Does [Gift Link]

• Trump Admin. To Draw Down Troops On NATO’s Eastern Flank As Europe Frets About A Security Vacuum

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Foreign Affairs

• Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback To Far-Right Party, Putting Center-Left ‘Liberal’ Party On Track To Win Netherlands Elections [Gift Link]

• Laura Bassett: South Korea Gave Trump Ketchup & A Crown, Like He Was A 6-Year-Old At Burger King. They Were Trolling Him.

• Hurricane Melissa Leaves Trail Of Destruction, Kills Dozens In Jamaica, Haiti, And Cuba

Election Land

• New Emerson/Pix11 Poll Of NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani Holds 25-Point Lead Over Cuomo

• Virginia House Advances Democratic Plan To Counter Republicans In National Redistricting War

• Joan Walsh: Virginia Democrats Are Clearly Working To Make The State Ground Zero For Trump Resistance

Fifth Round - Entertainment & More

• ‘CBS Saturday Morning’ Co-Hosts Michelle Miller & Dana Jacobson Out In Paramount Layoffs

• Netflix Releases ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Official Trailer Ahead Of Halloween

• Toronto Blue Jays Hit First Leadoff Back-To-Back Homers In World Series History, On Way To Winning Game 5 Of World Series

• NBA Approves Los Angeles Lakers Majority Stake Sale To Dodgers Owner Mark Walter

• Nebraska Cornhusker Football Coach Matt Rhule Signs 2-Year Contract Extension, Now Locked Down Through 2032

Tonight’s Bar Regular:

John Fugelsang, author, broadcaster, podcaster, comedian, our friend, & the Host of “Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang” weeknights on Sirius XM – is back at the bar tonight, with tour news! He’ll give us all the details on the “Separation of Church and Hate” Tour, for his best-selling book (six weeks), with the first stop being at Union Stage in D.C. on November 12! We’ll also talk about today’s news, and several of the topics he’s written about recently on his great Substack. Join us!

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