News On Tap For Tuesday, Sept. 02, 2025

Change In The Air

Today’s “News On Tap” will get you caught up on all the news over the busy Labor Day holiday weekend. From the protests & resistance, to Trump's latest immigration loss in court, to RFK Jr’s continuing efforts to kill us all, to America's enemies gaining strength, we've got updates on all of that & more. Plus, Brooklyn Dad Defiant will join us to talk about all the rumors this weekend that Trump was dead. And yes, we wish that too. But first…

First Round - Standing Up & Fighting Back

Standing With Workers

• Anti-Trump Protests Take Place Across U.S. On Labor Day As People Rally Against Billionaires, Trump's Attempted Takeovers, And More

• Trump Marked Labor Day By Attacking Union Workers & Striping Collective-Bargaining From Workers At The National Weather Service, NASA, & Other Federal Agencies

• Trump's Executive Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half A Million Federal Workers Of Union Rights [Gift Link]

Fighting Back Against Occupations & Invasions

• Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Signs Order With Blueprint For Fighting Trump's Potential Invasion Of The City

• Illinois' Gov. JB Pritzker Calls For ‘All To Stand Up’ To Trump’s Potential Invasion Of Chicago

• Sunday: DHS Sec. Noem Confirms Plan To Expand ICE Operations To Other Major Cities

• Tuesday: Federal Judge Rules Trump’s Use Of Military In Los Angeles Violated The Posse Comitatus Act; Enjoins Further Use Of Troops For Law Enforcement Tasks

• DC's Private Citizen Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How To Fight Trump’s Occupation

• Trump Regime Has Gone Out Of Their Way To Avoid Paying National Guard Troops Sent To Washington, DC, Resulting In Outrage From Veterans

Second Round - Sick & Sicker

Immigration Wars

• Federal Judge Blocks Trump Regime Deportation Of Unaccompanied Migrant Children To Guatemala As Flights Were Ready To Take Off

• Anna Bower: How The Emergency Hearing Over The Removal Of Unaccompanied Minors To Guatemala Unrolled

• Preliminary Data Now Shows U.S. Labor Force Lost 1.2M Immigrants Due To Trump Regime Efforts Since The Beginning Of 2025

Make America Ill

• Nine Former CDC Directors: We Ran The CDC. RFK Jr. Is Endangering Every American’s Health [Gift Link]

• New Mexico Health Officials Sign Order To 'Ensure Access' To COVID Vaccines, Regardless Of What Trump Admin. Officials Do

• Greg Sargent: Trump’s Decapitation Of CDC Takes Darker Turn – And Hands Democrats A Weapon To Use Against Him

Third Round - Trump's Failing Federal Govt.

Welcome Back, Congress

• Republican-Caused Government Shutdown Looms And Epstein Drama Await As Congress Returns To Washington

• House Oversight Committee Withdraws Subpoena For Robert Mueller After Family Announces He Has Parkinson's Disease

The Shambling Trump Executive Branch

• Attorney General Pam Bondi Fires DOJ Staffer For Alleged Obscene Gesture Toward National Guard Members

• Social Security Whistleblower Quits Days After Notifying Officials DOGE Has Uploaded Personal Information For More Than 300M People To The Cloud

• Trump Officials Move To Fire Most Voice Of America Journalists, Again

Trumponomics Is Failing

• Federal Appeals Court Rules Trump's Tariffs Overstepped Presidential Powers And Are Illegal

• What Happens To Trump’s Tariffs Now That A Federal Appeals Court Has Knocked Them Down?

• New WSJ-NORC Poll Finds Most Americans Agree Hard Work No Longer Guarantees Economic Gain

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

The Redistricting Wars Roll On

• Missouri's Republican Governor Calls Special Session To Redraw Congressional Maps Hoping To Aid Republicans

• Maryland Senator Introduces Bill To Redraw Congressional Districts In Response To Republicans' Actions

Election Land

• Special Election Alert In Virginia: Sept. 9 Election To Fill Late U.S. Rep. Connolly’s Seat

• Poll Sponsored By Right-Wing Group Now Has Abigail Spanberger Up 12 Points In Virginia; Other Dems Also Lead Repubs In Statewide Elections

• Rep. Jerry Nadler, Pillar Of Democratic Party’s Old Guard, Now Says He Will Not Seek Re-Election In 2026

Over There

• China's Xi Pushes A New Global Order, Flanked By Leaders Of Russia And India

• Trump Admin. & Intl. Partners Are Now Openly Discussing A Postwar Plan For Gaza That Envisions ‘Voluntary’ Relocation Of Entire Population [Gift Link]

• Coup Trial Of Brazil's Right-Wing Former Pres. Bolsonaro Enters Its Final Stage Today, As Brazil's Supreme Court Ignores Threats From Trump

Fifth Round - Entertainment & More

• Box Office: ‘Weapons’ Tops Sleepy Labor Day Weekend With $12.8 Million, ‘Jaws’ 50th Anniversary Re-Release Beats ‘Caught Stealing,’ & ‘The Roses’

• Powerball Jackpot Rises To An Estimated $1.3 Billion After No Winning Ticket Sold

• NFL Legend Bill Belichick's College Coaching Debut Stomped On As North Carolina Gets Pummeled By TCU

• Naomi Osaka Dominates Coco Gauff To Power Into U.S. Open Quarterfinals

• Venus Williams & Leylah Fernandez Storm Into U.S. Open Doubles Quarterfinals, Upsetting The 12th Seed

Your Bar Regular Today

Brooklyn Dad Defiant, AKA Majid M. Padellan, author, blogger, & activist will join us at the bar tonight, on a Tuesday, because Monday was Labor Day - so we’ll find out what he did over the weekend.We’ll also talk about the crazy internet rumor over the weekend that Donald Trump had died, which Majid wrote about at Defiant Dispatches, in a piece entitled “Is Trump Finally Gone? Why We’re Secretly Cheering!” We’ll also talk about the news of the day, the Powerball jackpot, and you can bet there will be a little dancing too.

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