News On Tap For Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025

The World Is Watching

Today’s “News On Tap” has a serious international flavor, with the United Nations General Assembly beginning in full today. We’re also looking forward to hearing Jimmy Kimmel tonight, even as we wish Donald Trump would STFU about things he’s dangerously ignorant about. We’ve also got a shutdown update, an update on the Trump/Epstein cover up, and some great entertainment news too. Plus, Cheri Jacobus is in the bar to talk about the First Amendment and more. But first…

First Round - Free Speech Gets A Win

• Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tonight

• Nexstar Stations Join Sinclair Stations In Preempting Jimmy Kimmel When Host Returns To ABC Tonight

• Dean Obeidallah: Jimmy Kimmel Back On Air Is A Big Win For Us - And A Big Loss For Trump

• Parker Malloy: Kimmel's Suspension Shows How Fake Authoritarianism Can Become Real, If People & Corporations Obey In Advance

Second Round - Foreign Affairs

Nations, Assemble

• Trump Uses UN Speech To Lecture Leaders Of Other Nations, Accusing European Nations Specifically Of 'Destroying Your Heritage' By Allowing Immigration

• Big Foundations And Nonprofits Have Still Flooded To The Sidelines Of A Diminished United Nations

• U.S. Secret Service Takes Down Network Of Devices That Could Have Crippled Telecommunications In New York City During UN General Assembly

• At UNGA, UN Sec. General Antonio Guterres says statehood for Palestinians 'is a right, not a reward'

• Daniel Kurtzer: Diplomatic Recognition By A Majority Of Nations Sends Clear Message, But Only A Real Peace Process Can Deliver A Palestinian State [Gift Link]

Other Foreign Affairs

• ICYMI - U.S. Conducts Fourth Military Strike Against Vessel In The Caribbean, Claiming Without Proof, That It Was Transferring Drugs

• ICYMI - Brazilians Protest By The Thousands Against Granting Amnesty To Former Leader Bolsonaro, Convicted Of Plotting A Seditionist Coup

• Trump Regime Pledges Support For Argentina’s Economy & Trump Ally Javier Milei [Gift Link]

Third Round - Dangerous, Stupid, & Wrong

Dangerously Wrong

• Trump Makes Unfounded Claims About Tylenol And Repeats Discredited Link Between Vaccines And Autism

• Trump, 79, Can’t Pronounce Over-The-Counter Drug Acetaminophen, That He Wrongly He Blames For Autism

• A Fact-Check On Trump’s False Claims About Tylenol, Vaccines, And Autism [Gift Link]

• The Flimsy Evidence Behind Trump’s Big Autism Announcement, Explained

Dangerously Stupid

• Trump Signs Executive Order Threatening To Prosecute Those Who Support Antifascism, Issuing A Domestic Terrorism Designation That Doesn’t Exist Under U.S. Law.

• Christopher Mathias: Trump's New Anti-Antifa Panic Is The Start Of Something Much More Dangerous

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Justice & Injustice

• Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration To Restore $500 Million In Federal Grant Funding To UCLA

• Supreme Court Allows Trump To Fire Sole Democratic FTC Commissioner

• Supreme Court Backs Trump’s Power To Fire FTC Commissioner, Agrees To Reconsider Precedent

Shutdown Showdown

• Trump Cancels Meeting With Schumer And Jeffries With Shutdown Looming

• As Shutdown Looms, Trump Admin. Federal Agencies Have No Public Plans For How To Handle It

The Trump/Epstein Cover Up Continues

• Wall Street Journal Seeks Dismissal Of Donald Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Over Jeffrey Epstein Report: “The Article Is True”

• Republican Rep. Thomas Massie Rips Trump And Kash Patel For Covering Up Epstein Files Case

Election Land

• Tuesday’s Special Election In Arizona Set To Deliver A Decisive U.S. House Vote For Epstein Files Release

• Former VP Kamala Harris Backs Zohran Mamdani In New York Mayoral Race; Reminds Dems To Focus On Other "Stars" & Not “Over-Index On New York City.”

Fifth Round - Entertainment & More

• Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s New Campaign Trail Memoir "107 Days" Launches Today; Five Highlights From The Book

• James Van Der Beek Makes Surprise Appearance Via Video Recording At Dawson's Creek Reunion, After Canceling In-Person Appearance

• 11th-Inning Single Sends San Diego Padres Into Playoffs For The 4th Time In 6 Seasons, With 5-4 Win Over The Milwaukee Brewers

• WNBA's New York Liberty Announces They’re Parting Ways With Championship-Winning Head Coach Sandy Brondello After Shocking Exit In Playoffs

• Oklahoma State Fires Longtime Football Coach Mike Gundy Amid 1-2 Start To 2025 Season

Today’s Special Guest

Cheri Jacobus, former Republican, & former RNC spokesperson knows what Kimmel & Colbert have been going through, as she’s also a former target of being silenced by Trump.
These days, she’s a writer, pundit, PR strategist, & podcast host of "Politics With Cheri Jacobus" on YouTube. We’ve got her in the bar for the first time tonight - so we’ll talk with her all about the Trump regime’s war on the First Amendment, and all the other insanity in the news today.

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