News On Tap For Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025

The Times Are Changin’

Today’s “News On Tap” smells like MAGA Republican fear & failure. That close election in Tennessee showed a big blue shift - & we’re all about that. Also, the war crimes walls are closing in around Pete Kegbreath, & Donald’s racist Immigration wars are expanding. Meanwhile, Republicans & the Trump regime are failing at almost everything - the economy, health care, governing - even staying awake. There’s new foreign news, and entertainment news too. Plus Bob Cesca is back at the bar, and he’s fired up for tonight. But first…

First Round - The Big Blue Shift

• Democrat Aftyn Behn Overperforms In Bright Red Tennessee’s Seventh Congressional District, Losing By 9 Where Trump Won By 22 Just Last Year

• Progressive Democratic Candidate Topples Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey In Jersey City Mayoral Runoff

• Next Race: DNC ‘All In’ For Democrat In Miami Mayoral Race Against Trump-Backed Republican On Dec 9

• Strength In Numbers: Republicans Had Better Find Life Boats, As The Tennessee Special Election Shows A Massive Blue Wave Is Coming

Second Round - Pete Kegbreath’s War Crimes

• Sec. Hegseth Cites ‘Fog Of War’ In Defending Follow-On Boat Strike

• Trump Admin. Lawyers Confirm Boat Strike May Be Illegal, As Hegseth Tries To Pass The Buck

• A Useful Timeline Of All The Things Trump & Hegseth Have Claimed About The Boat Strikes

• Senate Democrats Report Trump Officials Withheld Critical Info In Classified Briefings About Boat Strikes

• Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley Set To Brief Both Senate & House Armed Services Committees This Thursday On Venezuelan Boat Strikes

• More Problems For Kegbreath: New Inspector General Report To Say Pete Hegseth Endangered Troops By Sharing War Plans In Signal Chat [Gift Link]

• Bill Kristol: Hegseth’s Cover-Up Is Beginning To Unravel

Third Round - Trump’s Racist Immigration Wars

• ICE Operation Expected This Week As Twin Cities Leaders Speak Up In Support Of Somali Community

• Trump Admin Pauses All Immigration Applications From 19 Non-European Countries, Including Afghanistan And Somalia

• During Cabinet Meeting, Trump Spits Openly Racist & Xenophobic Comments, Saying Somali People Are ‘Garbage’ That He Doesn’t Want In The Country

• New Orleans’ Immigrant Community Also Bracing For ICE Attack, Named Operation ‘Swamp Sweep’

Fourth Round - The Failing Trump Regime

Cabinet Of Failure

• Fact Check: Trump Delivers Long List Of False Claims At Cabinet Meeting

• Donald Trump, 79, Can’t Keep His Eyes Open During Marathon Cabinet Suck-Up

• Garett Graff: It’s Time To Talk About Donald Trump’s Health (Again)

Trumponomics Is Failing

• New ADP Report Shows U.S. Private Payrolls Unexpectedly Declined In November By 32,000 Jobs

• Trump Calls Affordability A ‘Con Job’ As His Failures On The Economy Continue To Mount [Gift Link]

Republican Health Care Failures

• Hopes Fade In Congress For A Health Care Deal Before Premiums Soar In January, As Republicans Can’t Agree With Themselves Or Democrats

• The Many Lies Republicans Are Telling Themselves So They Feel Ok About Letting Millions Losing Health Care

War Over Good Govt.

• Trump Administration Threatens To Withhold SNAP Benefits From Blue States Over Immigration Data

• Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin. From Cutting Medicaid Funding For Planned Parenthood In 22 States

Fifth Round - Foreign Affairs

• Witkoff-Putin Marathon Meeting Ends With Russia Blasting Revised U.S. Peace Plan Terms As ‘Unacceptable’

• Pope Leo Confronts Trump: Don’t Invade Venezuela — And No “Solo Deal” In Ukraine

• Juan Orlando Hernández, Former Pres. Of Honduras, Convicted On Major Drug Charges, Is Freed From Prison After Trump Pardon [Gift Link]

Sixth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

• Pop Star Sabrina Carpenter Condemns White House’s Use Of Her Song In ICE Video As ‘Evil And Disgusting’

• Trump Admin. Slams Sabrina Carpenter After Using Her Song, Without Permission, In ‘Evil’ ICE Video

• Spotify Wrapped 2025 Is Here: Bad Bunny Dethrones Taylor Swift As Most-Streamed This Year

• ‘Stranger Things 5’ Turns Netflix Upside Down With Record-Breaking Premiere Week

• Miley Cyrus Announces Her Engagement To Musician Maxx Morando After 4 Years Of Dating

• Michael Jordan’s Fight Against NASCAR Heads To Court, Could Shake Up Motorsports In Major Anti-Trust Case

Your Bar Regular Tonight

Bob Cesca, podcaster, broadcaster, journalist, artist, & host of The Bob Cesca Show & co-host of Trek Politics is back in the bar tonight, and fired up! We’ll talk about the rising Democratic tide, Pete Kegbreath’s latest war crimes. Trump’s racist immigration wars & more. We’ll also find out how his Thanksgiving went, cover the other news of the day, and maybe talk a little about Trek Politics. Grab a drink & join us tonight!

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