News On Tap For Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Veterans Of Too Many Wars

Today’s “News On Tap” smells like garbage & betrayal, but that’s often the case when you’re restarting a major machine like the government - and the betrayal of Americans by those in your own political party. We’ll also catch you up on Trump’s corruption, & his latest mortgage scam. Plus, we’ve got news from Election Land, entertainment, & we have Veterans Day news too. And we’ve got friends coming in - Rude Pundit will be here in most of his cursing glory, and Jared Rizzi will be back tonight too. No Room for clips - so read up and get informed!

First Round - Winding Down The Republican Shutdown

• Senate Passes Temporary Govt. Funding Bill As Shutdown Nears Its Likely End

• As Part Of Govt. Funding Bill, Republican Senators Give Themselves Chance For Legal Payday Over Jan. 6 Searches

• House To Return Wednesday To Face Shutdown Bill - And Laundry List Of Controversies After 7+ Week Hiatus

• Speaker Johnson Promises To Swear In Adelita Grijalva As Soon As House Returns, 7 Weeks After She Won Her Election

• Republicans Face Epstein Reckoning As End Of Shutdown Looms

• As Many Dems Expected, Johnson Refuses To Commit To Voting On Extension Of ACA Subsidies After House Returns

• Charles Gaba: How A Dozen States Are Quietly Providing ACA Enrollees W/Better Options Even In The Face Of Expiring Tax Credits

Second Round - Still Cleaning Up The Cave-In

• Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling: The Real Reasons The Traitor Dems Caved On The Shutdown Will Make You Want To Scream

• Indivisible Launches Its Largest Primary Program Ever In Response To Small Number Of Senate Dems Caving On The Shutdown Vote

• Major Progressive Group Moveon Calls On Schumer To Step Aside After Mishandling Shutdown End

• Paul Waldman: Silver Lining From Traitor Dems Caving: The Democratic Base Is Now Enraged - And That’s A Good Thing

• Dan Pfeiffer: How Good Democrats Can Get Past The Traitor Dem’s Cowardly Cave & Get Back To Fighting Fascists

Third Round - Trump’s Cruel & Corrupt America

Immigration Wars

• Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino And DHS Agents Now Said To Be Leaving Chicago

• Suburban Chicago Dad Says He And His 1-Year-Old Toddler Were Pepper Sprayed By DHS Agents

Clear Corruption In Trump Land

• Trump’s Sweeping 2020 Election Pardons Raise Alarms Ahead Of The Midterms

• Trump’s Latest Pardon Spree Also Sets Convicted Child Sex Predator Free

• Trump Quietly Erases Conviction Of Tennessee State House Republican Lawmaker’s Spouse

• Trump’s New Quiet Giveaway To His Big Corporate Business Cronies

Trumponomics Is A Scam

• Trump Downplays Economic Woes Of Americans As Partisan Spin, Falsely Claiming, ‘Costs Are Way Down’

• Daniel Dale Fact Check: Grocery Prices Are Way Up, Not ‘Way Down’ As Trump Claims

• Experts Slam Trump & Pulte’s 50-Year Mortgage Idea As Terrible

• Trump Aides Furious With Pulte Over 50-Year Mortgage Idea: ‘Sold POTUS A Bill Of Goods’

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Election Land

• Democrat Aftyn Behn Racing To Turn Red Seat Blue In Tennessee 7th District Special Election Showdown

• Utah Judge Rejects Republican Redistricting Scheme, Approving New Voting Map With Likely Democratic Seat

• ‘Dummymanders’: Republicans’ Redistricting Gamble Is Blowing Up In Their Faces

Veterans Day

• Former President Obama Surprises Dozens Of Veterans Landing On An Honor Flight At Washington National Airport

• ’Vets Say No’ Protests Against Trump Being Held Nationwide Today

• Judson Jeffries: American Veterans Deserve Better Than Flowery Words, Banquets, Parades

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

• Rest In Piece: Sally Kirkland, Uninhibited Actress And Oscar Nominee, Dies At 84

• YouTube TV Blackout Is Costing Disney An Estimated $4.3 Million Per Day In Lost Revenue

• NWSL Playoff Recap: Gotham FC Stun Top-Seeded KC Current, While Washington Spirit Advance

• Eagles Outlast Packers 10-7 In Defensive Monday Night Struggle

• MLB And Its Authorized Sports Books Announce Limits On Prop Bets & Pitch Wagers, Citing Fear Of Abuse

• What Are Prop Bets, And Why Can’t Sports Leagues Escape Them?

Today’s Special Guest

Rude Pundit is back at The Politics Bar tonight - and while we know he’ll keep us on the right side of the FCC, he’ll still be as direct as ever. We’ll talk about the news of the day, including how the Traitor Dems in the Senate sh** the bed, metaphorically, on the shutdown fight, and what we good Dems can do next. Plus, we’ll talk about the damage done by the Trump/Republican shutdown, and other news of the day.

Your Bar Regular

Jared Rizzi, former White House Correspondent for SiriusXM during both the Obama and Trump administrations, & former reporter for CBS Radio News - as well as our favorite fill-in co-host - is back at the bar again tonight! We’ll get an update from the “war zone” of DC, talk about the shutdown, and Traitor Dems caving, Veterans Day, & more.

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