News On Tap For Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025

Learning From The Past & Marching Forward

Today’s “News On Tap” has the flavor of wisdom with a bright, positive feeling, as we head towards this weekend’s No Kings rallies. We’ve got news on the rallies, the ongoing Trump/Republican shutdown, Trump’s war on the U.S., and his Immigration Wars too. Plus election, media, & entertainment news. And we’ve got the fantastic Julie Francella joining us in the bar tonight. Read up & get informed!

First Round - Stand Up, Speak Out

• Still No Kings: Millions To Protest Trump Again This Saturday

• Trump Cabinet Members & Other MAGA Republicans Are Ridiculously Blaming The Upcoming ‘No Kings’ Protests For Prolonging The Shutdown

• Levi Rickert: “No Kings” Rallies Across America - This What Democracy Looks Like To Me, A Native American

• Michelangelo Signorile: Republicans Have Only Brought More Attention To The No Kings Protests - Which Is Good, Because The Mainstream Corporate Media Is Doing A Terrible Job Covering Them

• No Kings - Find A Protest Near You

Second Round - No End To The Trump/Republican Shutdown

• Democrats Refuse To Fold Over Republican Shutdown Demands As Outrage Continues To Build

• Speaker Mike Johnson Slams ACA Subsidies As A ‘Boondoggle’ Even As He Refuses To Work On Ending The Shutdown

• Republican Shutdown Layoffs Continue To Target Services For Vulnerable Students, Homeless, Seniors

• Major Airports Refuse To Air Kristi Noem Video Blaming Democrats For Shutdown

• James Downie: Speaker Johnson’s Plan To Keep The House Closed Is Backfiring On Him & Republicans

• Paul Waldman: Republicans Are Completely Full Of Crap On Healthcare - And It’s More Obvious Every Time They Talk About It

Third Round - Trump’s Many Wars

Trump’s War On America

• Tackles, Projectiles And Gunfire: Many Fear The Trump Regime’s ICE Tactics Are Growing More Violent

• Documents Allege ICE Agent At Portland Detention Facility Threatened To Shoot An Ambulance Driver

• Chicago Alderman Jessie Fuentes To File Lawsuit Against ICE Agent Who Handcuffed Her In Recent Incident

• Anne Applebaum: ICE Violence In Chicago Is Real - But It’s Also Made For Instagram

Immigration Wars

• Trump Says Immigrants Drive Violent Crime In Illinois — But ICE Can’t Find Many Who Are

• A Legal Chicago Resident, An Immigrant From El Salvador, Fined $130 By ICE Agents For Not Carrying Identification

• Joyce White Vance: America Is Already Past The Point Where Only Illegal Immigrants Are At Risk

Trumponomics & Trade Wars

• Trump Ramps Up Trade War Again As New Tariffs On Lumber And Furniture Take Effect

• U.S. Consumers Now Bearing More Than Half The Cost Of Tariffs So Far, According To Goldman Sachs

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Election Land

• Letitia James, In First Public Appearance Since Trump DOJ’s Illegitimate Indictment, Campaigns For Zohran Mamdani; Claps Back At Trump Regime, Saying ‘I Will Not Bow’

• North Carolina Republicans Announce Plans To Try To Rig New House Map Amid Nationwide Redistricting Battle

Foreign Affairs

• Israeli Soldiers Shoot Dead At Least 9 Palestinians In Gaza Despite Ceasefire [Live Updates]

• Israel Tells UN It Will Only Allow Half Of Agreed Number Of Aid Trucks Into Gaza After Claiming Hamas Ceasefire Violation

• Max Boot: Why The Current Gaza Ceasefire Won’t Lead To Lasting Peace

• At Meeting In Egypt, Indonesian President Asks Trump To Connect Him With Trump’s Son Eric, Over A Private Business Deal, In ‘Hot Mic’ Moment

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

Media Matters

• All Legitimate News Orgs - & Even Some Right-Wing Orgs - Refuse To Sign New Pentagon Press Policy Ahead Of Hegseth’s Deadline

• Margaret Sullivan: Mainstream News Media In The U.S. Is Largely Ignoring The Concerns & Perspectives Of Millions (Technically, The Majority)

• Perry Bacon: The Mainstream Media Is Moving Right. Here Are A Few Things What We Can Do To Fight It.

Entertainment & More

• D’Angelo, Grammy-Winning R&B Icon, Dies At 51, After A Battle With Cancer

• Drew Struzan, Iconic Movie Poster Artist And Favorite Of Spielberg And Lucas, Dies At 78, From Alzheimer’s

• Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ Makes History By Selling 4 Million Copies In First Week

• Pitcher Blake Snell Makes Spectacular Showing, As Dodgers Barely Hold On In 9th To Beat Brewers 2-1

• Toronto Blue Jays Falter In Second Game Of ALCS, Falling Into A 2-0 Deficit Against Seattle Mariners

• Monday Night Football: Chicago Bears Knock Off Washington Commanders 25-24 On Last-Play Field Goal

Today’s Special Guest

Julie Francella is an artist, writer, mental health counsellor, Professor of Indigenous Studies, and a proud Ojibwe woman and citizen of Batchewana First Nation. You might know her from her weekly segment with Simon Moya-Smith on Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang on SiriusXM, or her great Substack “The Fire I Keep,” where she writes about the intersections of art and resistance - a perfect topic as we approach the second #NoKings rallies. In the shadow of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, she’s also the perfect person to talk with about what we can learn from our American past, and how what we choose to take forward shows the world who we are.

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