News On Tap For Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Do What You Would Have In 1933

Today’s “News On Tap” - at a legitimate bar, not some half-assed CBS copy - is filled with real news, and plenty of good people standing up to the fascists. We’ll talk about the rampaging ICE monsters & how more good people are standing up to them. We’ve also got updates on Trump’s delusions about affordability & how Trumponomics is still failing. There’s also news on Trump’s halfascist imperialism, what’s happening on Capitol Hill, and Democrats win yet another election. Plus entertainment & media news. And our friend Bob Cesca stops by to talk about all of it with us. But first, read up and get informed!

First Round - Standing Up To The ICE Monsters

Rampaging ICE Monsters

• Eyewitness Videos Show Increasingly Aggressive Federal Crackdown In Minneapolis Is Like A Military Occupation [Gift Link]

• Two US Citizens, One A 17-Year Old Boy, Violently Detained By ICE Inside A Target Store In Minnesota, Then Dropped Off In A Walmart Parking Lot Miles Away

• Disabled Woman Screams As Masked ICE Agents Pull Her Through Car Window Violently

• Anti-ICE Protester Blinded By Federal Agent During Protest In Santa Ana, CA

• Other Fascism: FBI Agents Baselessly Search Home Of Washington Post Reporter Who Covered Trump White House

• Even Joe Rogan Gets Why ICE Is Being Compared To Nazi Gestapo, As He Blasts ICE Tactics: ‘Are We Really Going To Be The Gestapo?’

Fighting The Monsters With The Law

• Six DOJ Prosecutors In Minn. Quit Over Trump Regime Push To Investigate Renee Good’s Widow [Gift Link]

• Steve Benen: Trump’s Unraveling DOJ Is Clearly Coming Apart At The Seams

• Law Firm That Represented George Floyd Family Now Set To Represent Family Of Renee Good In Lawsuit Against Trump ICE & DHS Officials [Gift Link]

Fighters Not Folders

• Congressional Democrats Continue To Push For A Fight Over DHS Funds After ICE Shooting In Minneapolis

• Over 50 House Democrats - Roughly 1/4 Of House Democratic Caucus - Sign Onto Impeachment Articles For DHS Sec. Noem

• Amid ICE Invasion, Unions & Community Groups Call For Minnesota Shutdown On January 23

• New Quinnipiac Poll: Majority Of Voters Think Fatal Shooting Of Minneapolis Woman By ICE Agent Was Not Justified; 57% Of Voters Disapprove Of The Way ICE Is Operating

• Dr. Jason Johnson: Abolishing ICE Is A Popular Idea That Democrats Need To Run On This Year

Second Round - Trumponomics Is Failing

Trump’s Affordability Failure

• Trump Declares U.S Is In An ‘Economic Boom’ Even As Millions Of Americans Suffer Under Rising Prices

• CPI Inflation Report: Grocery Prices In December Saw Biggest Spike Since 2022

• Republicans In Congress Can’t Agree On An Affordability Platform — Or Even How To Pass One

Trump’s War On The Fed

• Blowback Builds Over Trump DOJ’s Bogus Investigation Of Fed Chair Powell

• Top Fed Official Neel Kashkari Confirms Trump Admin’s Threats To Powell Are Not Criminal, And Are Intended To Change Interest Rates [Gift Link]

• Liz Dye: Trump’s Plot To Intimidate The Fed Chair Powell Has Clearly Backfired, Bigly

Third Round - Trump's Half-Assed Imperialism

Trump’s Dictator Moves

• Denmark Increasing Military Presence In & Around Greenland, Sending More Equipment & Troops To The Region

• Greenland’s PM Has A Blunt Message For Trump: ‘We Choose Denmark’ Over The U.S.

• Newly Discovered Trump DOJ Memo Deemed It ‘Unnecessary’ To Conclude Whether Seizing Maduro Violated International Law

• New AP-NORC Poll: More Than Half Of U.S. Adults Believe Trump Has “Gone Too Far” In Using The U.S. Military To Intervene In Other Countries

Other Foreign Affairs

• Death Toll From Iranian Protests Surpasses 2,500, Activists Say, As Chaos Recalls 1979 Revolution

• Trump Claims He Has Many Military Options On Iran. He Doesn’t.

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

On Capitol Hill

• Timeline Slipping For Bipartisan Senators’ Potential Senate ACA Subsidy Compromise

• Senate Passes Bill Targeting Nonconsensual Deepfake Images

• House Republicans Seek To Hold Fmr. Pres. Bill Clinton In Contempt For Skipping Epstein Deposition

• Clintons Put Republican Committee Chair Comer On The Spot As They Refuse To Testify In His Epstein Inquiry

Election Land

• Democrat Wins Fort Pierce, Florida City Commission Special Election Runoff Race By 31 Votes, Flipping Control To Democrats

• Democrat Mary Peltola Announces Bid For U.S. Senate From Alaska, Raises $1.5M In First 24 Hours

• Virginia Democrats Look To Decimate Republican Seats In New Redistricting Effort

When They Show You Who They Are

• Ford Worker Who Called Trump A ‘Pedophile Protector’ Has ‘No Regrets’ After Getting Flipped Off By Trump

• Trump Dept. Of Labor Criticized For Posts Echoing Nazi Slogans

• Jonathan Last: Magaworld’s Use Of Nazi Slogans Is Not An Accident

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

Death Comes To Us All

• A Real Loss: Unsung U.S. Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin Dies At 86

• Buh-Bye: Scott Adams, Disgraced Racist Right-Wing Extremist Creator Of Dilbert Cartoon, Dies Of Cancer At 68

Media Matters

• Unconfirmed: CBS Appears To Be Preparing New Sponsored Segment For Their Evening News Called “Whiskey Fridays With Tony Dokoupil:

• CBS Evening News’ Viewership Slips Significantly Under New Trump Sycophant Tony Dokoupil

Entertainment & More

• Actor/Director Timothy Busfield Turns Himself In Amid Child Sex Abuse Allegations

• Kiefer Sutherland Arrested For Alleged Assault Of Ride Share Driver

• Taylor Swift Donates ‘Generous Gift’ To Brad Paisley’s Nonprofit Food Aid Charity, ‘The Store’

• 2025 NFL Wild-Card Games Draw Record Viewership Numbers

• Mike Tomlin Steps Down After 19 Seasons As Head Coach Of The Pittsburgh Steelers

Your Bar Regular Tonight

Bob Cesca, podcaster, broadcaster, journalist, artist, & host of The Bob Cesca Show & co-host of the award-winning Trek Politics is back in the bar tonight, and fired up! Bob’s also got another new piece at The Banter, “The Crisis Is Real, And It’s Not Your Fault.” We’ll talk about the ICE invasion of Minnesota, Trump’s halfascist imperialism, the ongoing failure of Trumponomics, and giving people the bird. Plus, Bob’s new album cover for legendary rock band Yes is out, and we’ll talk about that too. Grab a drink and join us!

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