News On Tap For Thursday, June, 2025

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In today’s “News On Tap”, there’s a celebration of freedom, warnings about fascism, the drums of war, more on the big bad budget bill, all with art, music, & sports news too. Plus, our friend & legal expert Glenn Kirschner finally makes it to the bar, and our friend & expert on many other topics John Fugelsang stops by again too. But first…

First Round - The News Of The Day

• Juneteenth, A Celebration Of Freedom

• What Is Juneteenth? Everything To Know About The Holiday - Including The Amazing Story Of Disinformation That Kept People Enslaved

• Trump Administration’s Attacks On Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Actions Have Changed How – Or If - Corporate Supports Juneteenth

• Kwame Raoul & Marc Morial: This Juneteenth, Don’t Let Their Lies About Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Set Us Back

• Former Pres. Obama, In Rare Public Remarks, Gives Notes Of Hope - And A Warning To Act Now - As Juneteenth Week Arrives

• Former Pres. Biden To Attend Juneteenth Celebration At Historic AME Church In Texas Tonight

• Those Who Are Not Yet Free

• Supreme Court Ruling On Transgender Youth Medical Care Leaves Broader Legal Questions Unresolved

• Elie Mystal: The Supreme Court’s Anti-Trans Decision Will Live In Ignominious Infamy, Alongside Plessy, Dobbs, & Dred Scott

• Trump Administration Cuts LGBTQ-Specific Care From Suicide Hotline, Giving It 30 Days To Shut Down

Second Round - More News To Drink About

• Drums Of War

• Israel Vows To Intensify Their Attacks After Iranian Missile Hits Major Hospital

• Trump’s Base In Uproar Over His Openness To Joining Israel's War On Iran

• New Washington Post Poll Finds Far More Americans Oppose Than Support U.S. Airstrikes In Iran [Gift Link]

• Hegseth Grilled In Congress Again As Iran-Israel Conflict Escalates

• Nikki McCann Ramirez, Asawin Suebsaeng: Fox News Is Demanding War With Iran. Donald Trump May Be Listening

• Immigration Wars

• Trump Admin. Resumes Visas For Foreign Students, But Is Now Demanding Access To Their Social Media Accounts

• Multiple Democratic Congresspersons Refused Entry To Manhattan ICE Facility: "We Will Not Back Down"

• Spanish-Language Reporter Is Detained By ICE In Atlanta After Reporting On Immigration Protest

• As Trump Pledges Mass Deportation, He’s Actually Creating More Undocumented People

Third Round - Good, Bad, & Ugly News

• Republicans’ Big Bad Ugly Budget Bill

• Senate Republicans Are Now Considering A Bailout For Rural Hospitals Poised To Go Broke From The Brutal Medicaid Cuts In Their Huge Budget Bill

• How The Senate’s Proposed Medicaid Cuts In Their Big Ugly Budget Bill Would Deepen The Rural Hospital Crisis In The U.S.

• Economic Realities

• Fed Chairman Powell Keeps Interest Rates Where They Are, Defying Trump

• Trump Tariffs Sink CEO's Economic Outlook For U.S. To Five-Year Low

• Miscellaneous Good News

• FDA Approves Powerful HIV Drug That Nearly Eliminated Spread In Clinical Trials

• Federal Appeals Court Says DOJ Cannot Represent Trump In Appeal Of E. Jean Carroll Case

• A Wild Number Of People (More Than 85,000) Have Already Blocked JD Vance On Bluesky

Fourth Round - Entertainment & More

• Art In Public Spaces: Eight-Foot-Tall ‘Dictator Approved’ Sculpture Appears On National Mall In DC

• Legendary Bassist Carol Kaye Declines Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction

• Buss Family To Sell Controlling Stake Of Lakers To L.A. Dodgers Owner Mark Walter For $10B

• WNBA Admits Referees Wrongly Handled Fever-Sun Brawl Involving Caitlin Clark After Serious Criticism

• Correction - Game 6: OKC Thunder Look To Clinch Title As Indiana Pacers Try To Extend NBA Finals

• LSU Baseball Walks Off Arkansas To Face Coastal Carolina In Men's College World Series Baseball Final

Today’s Special Guest

Glenn Kirschner, legal expert and friend of multiple bars (including ours) , finally makes his way to the bar tonight to talk about all the legal issues flying around in the news, from Trump thinking he can take the nation to war, to the Supreme Courts horrible anti-trans decision this week, and what other horrible decisions they have coming soon.

Your Bar Regular Today

John Fugelsang, comedian, broadcaster, podcaster, friend, and the Host of “Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang” weeknights on Sirius XM will join us to talk about his new book “Separation of Church and Hate” (available for pre-order NOW), as well as his new Substack, where he writes brilliantly about some of the awful things happening in our news, like the incredibly cruel & unjust anti-trans decision at the Supreme Court this week. Join us at the bar tonight!

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