News On Tap For Thursday, June 26, 2025

Real News, Not Fake Drama

Today’s “News On Tap” should be an attitude adjustment for the mainstream legacy news media, with all kinds of news they’re mostly ignoring. From Supreme Court decisions on abortion & death penalty, to Congressional Republicans’ growing losses on their big ugly budget bill, to Trump’s war on the economy, & more , we’ve got all the news they should have focused on, but didn’t. Plus, John Fugelsang joins us back at the bar tonight.

First Round - The (Legal) News Of The Day

• Start With Good News: More Reasons For Pride

• New Report Confirms Same-Sex Marriages Doubled In Decade After Supreme Court Ruling

• Twin Cities Pride Leans Into Small-Business Backing After Break With Corporate Sponsor Target

• St. Paul MN Pride Vandal Caught On Camera, Fails At His Goal Of Stirring Fear

• Abortion Wars

• In Disastrous & Unjust Action, Right-Wing Supreme Court Majority Rules 6-3 States Can Cut Off Medicaid Funding To Planned Parenthood

• Supreme Court Ruling On Patients Rights' Could Devastate Planned Parenthood

• Related: Senate Parliamentarian Rejects Republican Attempt To Block Federal Subsidies For ACA Plans That Cover Abortion Services

• Despite Anti-Choice Attacks, New Report Confirms Post-Dobbs Abortions Nationwide Are Up

• Other Justice & Injustice

• In 6-3 Decision, Supreme Court Justices Surprisingly Side With Texas Death Row Inmate Seeking DNA Testing To Show He Shouldn’t Be Executed

• Chief Justice Roberts Confirms Supreme Court's SIX Major Final Opinions Of The Term Are Coming Friday

• Federal Judge In San Francisco Gives Second Ruling That Trump Admin. Cannot End Union Bargaining For Federal Workers

• Wisconsin Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Democratic Challenges To Congressional District Map That Was Gerrymandered By Republicans

Second Round - Fighting The Monsters

• The Big Ugly Bill

• Trump & Senate Republicans Face Multiple Massive Setbacks As Senate Parliamentarian Rules Out Multiple Attacks On Medicare & Medicaid

• Senate Parliamentarian Also Rules Out Republicans' "Medicaid Provider Tax" To Fund Rural Hospitals In Their Big Ugly Budget Bill

• Senate Republican Leader Thune Now Facing Significant Mutiny Over Republicans' Big Ugly Bill As July 4th Deadline Looms

• Pete Buttigieg: Three Horrible Things In Trump & Republicans' Big Ugly Budget That Aren’t Getting Enough Attention

• Monsters On The Hill

• Russ Vought Is Trying To Senators On $9.4B In Clawbacks To NPR, PBS, & Foreign Aid. So Far, Many Are Reluctant To Agree.

• House Republicans Issue New Subpoenas, Ramping Up Their "Investigation" Of Democratic Small Donor Platform ActBlue

• Immigration Wars

• New Trump Regime Plan Could End Asylum Claims For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Immigrants And Allow For Rapid Deportations

• Trump DOJ Sues Every Federal District Judge In Maryland, Challenging Due Process Rights Over Immigration Orders

• ICE Arrests Trump Supporter With Pregnant Wife During Mass Round Up Of Iranians, Processes Him For Deportation

• Sam Levin: The Alarming Rise Of Immigration Agents In The U.S. Hiding Behind Masks Highlights The Illegitimacy Of Their Actions

Third Round - More News To Drink About

• Wagging The Dog

• In Bizarre Press Conf., Hegseth Makes Ridiculous Claims About Iran Attack, Blasts Media For Not Pushing Trump Regime Propaganda

• Trump White House To Begin Limiting Intelligence Sharing With Congress, DNI Gabbard Will Not Give Senate Iran Intel Briefing Today

• Bob Cesca: Trump's Mishandling Of The Iran Crisis Proves He Is The Worst Possible President At The Worst Time

• Trump's War On The Economy

• Trump Considers Naming Next Fed Chair Early In Bid To Undermine Current Fed Chair Powell

• U.S. Dollar Falls To Three-Year Low As Trump Announces Plans To Sabotage Current Fed Chair

• Making America Unhealthy

• RFK Jr.-Led CDC To Hire Former Head Of Anti-Vaccine Group Founded By… RFK Jr.

• CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee To Start Reviewing Long-Approved Immunizations

• RFK Jr. Says The U.S. Will No Longer Donate To Global Vaccine Efforts

Fourth Round - Media Matters, Entertainment & More

• Media Matters

• Mediator Now Proposing Paramount/CBS Settle Trump Lawsuit Over Interview With Then VP Kamala Harris On '60 Minutes' With $20M Bribe

• BBC Introduces Paywall For U.S. Users

• Entertainment & More

• Amid Controversy, Sabrina Carpenter Unveils Alternate Cover Art For New Album That’s ‘Approved By God’

• Adam Sandler Announces New Stand Up Comedy Tour

• Caitlin Clark Injury Update: Indiana Fever Guard To Miss Another Game, Against The L.A. Sparks, Due To Groin Injury

• A'ja Wilson Achieves Another WNBA Record By Scoring 5,000 Career Points

• MLB Stats At The Midway Point: Both Aaron Judge & Cal Raleigh Are Chasing The Home Run Record

Today’s Special Guest (& Bar Regular):

John Fugelsang, comedian, broadcaster, podcaster, friend, and the Host of “Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang” weeknights on Sirius XM will join us to tonight to talk about the news of the day, including the WTF “show” the Trump regime is putting on around their attacks on Iran, which John wrote about in his Substack this week. John’s also got a great new book coming out August 19th called “Separation of Church and Hate”(available for pre-order NOW). Join us at the bar tonight!

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