News On Tap For Thursday, August 28, 2025

Armed With Knowledge

Today’s “News On Tap” aims to be an antidote to the awful news today - & given that RFK Jr. is trying to kill us all, you'll need it. We've got real solutions on gun safety, news about the war at the CDC, more news about Gov. Pritzker standing up to Trump & more. Plus, John Fugelsang will join us at the bar again tonight. But first…

First Round - Shots Of Terror, Chasers Of Truth

• Minneapolis Wakes To Aftermath Of Another Mass Shooting At A School

• The Minneapolis School Shooter: What We Know

• Right-Wing Hate Media Seizes On Minneapolis Shooting To Push Anti-Trans Propaganda

• Trump Admin. Wants Supreme Court To Bar Regular Pot Smokers And Some Prescription Drug Users From Owning Guns

• Everytown: Solutions - Gun Safety Policies That Save Lives

• Solutions: How Other Nations Have Significantly Or Mostly Reduced Gun Violence

Second Round - The Trump Regime's War On Science & Health

War At The CDC

• CDC Standoff: RFK JR's Push To Fire CDC Director Susan Monarez Devolves Into Chaos

• Former CDC Director Confirms Dir. Monarez Would Not Cross ‘Red Lines’ Before RFK Jr. Tried To Fire Her

• Senior CDC Official Leaves Agency, In Resignation Letter Says RFK Jr's HHS Policies "Do Not Reflect Scientific Reality"

• At Least 4 CDC Leaders Resign Over Sec. RFK Jr's ‘Weaponizing Of Public Health’ Including Significantly Limiting Access To The COVID-19 Vaccine

The Trump Regime Doesn't Care About You

• At The Direction Of HHS Sec. RFK Jr, FDA Narrows Access To COVID Vaccine For Everyone Under-65, While Maintaining Full Access For Older Americans

• Trump Admin. Starting Pilot Program For Medicare To Require Prior Approval - The Much Hated & Damaging Policy In Private Insurance

• FACT Check: Medicaid Cuts From Republicans' Big Ugly Tax & Spending Bill Are Now Severely Threatening Rural Hospitals

Third Round - Government By The Terminally Stupid

Trump's Clumsy, Stupid Fascism

• Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Says Trump's Actions "Will Be Met With A Response' If Trump Follow Through On Threat To Send National Guard To Chicago

• Trump Reportedly Erupted In Rage As Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker's Harsh Clapback Hits Home

• New AP-NORC Poll Shows Most Americans Claim Crime, In General, Is A Problem - But Few Support A Federal Takeover Of Police Departments To Solve It

• New Quinnipiac Poll Finds Majority Of Voters Oppose Deploying Natl. Guard To DC

• Meredith Shiner: Like It Or Not, We Are All D.C. Now

Immigration Wars

• ICE Asks U.S. Navy For Access To Chicago-Area Base To Assist With A "Strike Team" Reportedly Being Planned

• Top Florida Official Admits In Newly Discovered Email That ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Will Likely Be Empty Within Days

• Kilmar Abrego Garcia Requests Asylum In The U.S., For A Second Time, Hoping To Prevent His Deportation To Uganda

• Firefighters Arrested By ICE In ‘Border Patrol Operation’ While Fighting Massive Fire

• Trump DHS Moves To Prevent Aid Groups From Serving Undocumented Immigrants In The Aftermath Of Any Disaster

Other Terrible Governing

• Former Trump FEMA Leader Admits Agency Under Trump & DHS Sec. Noem Is Delaying Disaster Response & Lying To The American People

• Trump DOJ Files Emergency "Shadow Docket" Appeal To Supreme Court In Attempt To Allow Trump Admin. Use Impoundment To Withhold Foreign Aid

• Louisiana Republicans Ask Trump's Supreme Court To Gut Voting Rights Act And Ban Use Of Race In Redistricting

• U.S. Air Force Now Being Directed By Trump Regime To Provide Funeral Honors To Insurrectionist Traitor Ashli Babbitt

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Economic Realities

• EU Moves To Scrap Tariffs On U.S. Industrial Goods As It Scrambles To Soften Trump's Auto Tariff Blow

• Steven Rattner: Donald Trump Has Proven He's A Threat To Capitalism

Over There

• European Leaders Outraged After Russian Strikes Kill 19 And Damage EU's HQ In Kyiv

• Israel’s Exhausted Soldiers - & Reservists Not Showing Up For Duty - Are Complicating Netanyahu's Plans For Gaza Assault

Fifth Round - Entertainment & More

• MAGA Channel OAN, Once Under Threat Of Extinction, Reaches ‘Long-Term Carriage Deal’ With YouTube TV

• Oliver Darcy: YouTube’s Deal With The Devils At OAN

• YouTube TV In "Short-Term Extension" To Keep Fox Channels On It For Now

• College Football Picks, Schedule For Week 1 Games, Including Nebraska-Cincinnati Game In KC Tonight

• U.S. Open Foes Taylor Townsend & Jelena Ostapenko Get Into A Tense Back-And-Forth After Match, As Ostapenko Tells Townsend She Has "No Class"

Tonight’s Bar Regular:

John Fugelsang, comedian, author, broadcaster, podcaster, & friend – & the Host of “Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang” weeknights on Sirius XM – is back tonight for another round! We’ll talk about all the news of the day, and including one of John’s multiple recent pieces at his Substack titled “The MAGA Lies-to-Bullets Pipeline: How RFK Jr's Words Built a Cop Killer” Plus, John’s great new book, “Separation of Church and Hate” is coming out Sept. 9th, eleven days away! Order it up, then join us all at the bar tonight!

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