News On Tap For Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025

Consequences Are Here

Today’s “News On Tap” doesn’t point the finger of blame - we know Republicans are to blame for the government shutdown. We’ve got news on the shutdown, and on the massive increase in health care cuts, thanks to Trump & Republicans. We’ve also got news on Donnie & Pete Kegbreath’s fascist military cosplay, & their halfascist attacks on cities like Chicago & Portland. Plus immigration & Gaza news, and some important media & entertainment news too. Plus health data expert Charles Gaba & White House reporter Jared Rizzi are in the bar tonight too. No room for clips today. Read up & get informed!

First Round - Shutdown Showdown

Time’s Up

• U.S. Government Heads Toward First Shutdown In Seven Years As Lawmakers Fail To Reach Agreement

• Trump Posts Vulgar Deepfake Slam Of Democratic Leaders After White House Meeting

• Federal Workers Unions Call On Schumer & Jeffries To Hold The Line Even If It Means A Shutdown

• David Dayen & Whitney Curry Wimbish: The Government Has Already Been Partially Shut Down For Months, Thanks To Republicans

The Big Ugly Health Care Cuts

• Debunking Republicans’ Lying Claim On The Looming Shutdown - No, Immigrants Don’t Get Free Health Care [Gift Link]

• By The Numbers: How Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill Will Take Health Coverage Away From Millions & Raise Costs

• Kaiser: How The Big Ugly Bill Will Affect The Aca, Medicaid, And The Uninsured Rate

• Charles Gaba: How Much More Aca Enrollees Will Have To Pay If The Ira Subsidies Expire

Second Round - Trump’s Incompetent Govt.

Fragging Fodder

• Trump & Hegseth Lecture, Threaten, & Cajole Mostly Stone-Faced Officer Corps, Declare An End To ‘Politically Correct’ U.S. Military Leadership

• Trump Threatens Threatens To Fire Top Military Leaders Who Might Disagree With Him In Meeting At Quantico

• New Army Shaving Policy Demanded By Hegseth Will Allow Soldiers With Skin Condition That Affects Mostly Black Men To Be Kicked Out

Trump’s Scary But Stupid Halfascism

• Illinois’ Gov. JB Pritzker Says Troops Could Be Deployed To Chicago As Immigration Agents Patrol Downtown

• Gov. JB Pritzker Says Americans Should Call Trump Exactly What He Is - An Authoritarian

• Judge Sets Friday Hearing On Blocking Trump’s National Guard Deployment To Portland

• Perry Bacon Jr: With His Threatened Attack On Portland, Trump’s Police State Is Getting Bigger & More Radical

Third Round - The Many Wars Of The Right

War On Competent Govt.

• Trump HHS Seeks To Ban Harvard Federal Funding In Civil Rights Case

• Trump Admin. Says U.S. Govt. Will Not Enforce Biden Wheelchair Passenger Protection Rule

• FBI Dir. Kash Patel, During A Meeting In New Zealand, Gave Local Officials Guns That Are Illegal To Possess Under New Zealand Law

• Judge Suspends Trump Administration’s Plan To Eliminate Hundreds Of Voice Of America Jobs Because Doing So Would Break The Law

Immigration Wars

• U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet [Gift Link]

• Bombshell Report Says Tom Homan Investigation Began After ICE Colleague Bragged He Was For Sale

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Following Up

• Records Show Mormon Church Shooter In Michigan Was Marine ‘Who Supported Trump’

• Decorated Marine Veteran With Untreated PTSD Was Shooter In North Carolina Waterfront Bar Attack

• Democratic NC Gov. Josh Stein Calling For Red Flag Law, Says His State Must Fix ‘Broken’ Mental Health Care System

Foreign Affairs

• Trump And Netanyahu Give Hamas An Ultimatum, Tell Them To Accept Israel’s Gaza Cease-Fire Plan, Or Else

• Trump - & Netanyahu’s - 20-Point Gaza Peace Plan In Full

• After Two Years Of War, New Poll Shows U.S. Public Backs Palestinians Over Israel For First Time

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

• YouTube To Pay $24.5 Million To Settle Trump Lawsuit Over His 2021 Account Suspension

• SAG-AFTRA Responds To Righteous Anger Over AI Program - Not An Actress - Tilly Norwood: “Creativity Is & Should Remain Human-Centered”

• Nicole Kidman And Keith Urban Separate After 19 Years Of Marriage

• Beloved Librarian Who Went Viral Named Host Of New Reboot Of PBS’ ‘Reading Rainbow’ Show

• L.A. Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani Set For Potential Postseason Pitching Debut In NL Wild Card Series

• Monday Night Football Highlights: Dolphins Topple Jets For 1st Win, As Broncos Rout Bengals

Today’s Special Guest

Charles Gaba (the handsome dad next to Pres. Biden) has been creating some of the best healthcare policy data analysis, education, & advocacy in the U.S. since 2013, when he began helping Americans understand the truth about the ACA with his website ACASignups.net. He’s been a friend of Shawn’s & a trusted expert resource on health care policy for more than a decade - & he’s joining us at the bar today so everyone knows the truth about how Republicans are responsible for jacking your health insurance costs sky high.

Your Bar Regular Today

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 talk about the reality of what a government shutdown really is, and what it really does, and we’ll talk about Trump & Pete “Kegbreath” Hegseth’s ridiculous halfascist cosplay today. Plus, we’ll talk about the other news of the day too.

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