News On Tap For Monday, July 28, 2025

If It’s Really About The Children…

The weather isn’t the only thing that’s a hot mess in the U.S. In today’s “News On Tap” we’ve got plenty of horror stories, from the mass starvation in Gaza, to the ongoing disgusting & macabre Trump/Epstein scandal. There’e also an update on Trump’s trade & tariff turmoil, & more failures of Republican governance. But we’ve also got some positive news about Democratic politics, & entertainment. And our friend & bar regular Brooklyn Dad Defiant will be in the house tonight to help us all chill out. But first…

First Round - It’s Happening Again, Right Now

Israel-Based Human Rights Groups Now Say Their Own Nation Is Committing Genocide In Gaza

U.N. Warns While Israel Is Allowing New Trickle Of Aid Into Gaza, It's Not Enough To 'Stave Off Famine'

Baby Starves To Death In Gaza Weighing Less Than When She Was Born

Senate Democrats Urge U.S. To Stop Funding Failed Israeli-Backed GHF & Resume Support For U.N. Food Distribution In Gaza As Starvation Skyrockets

José Andrés: The World Cannot Stand By With Gaza On The Brink Of Famine [Gift Link]

Second Round - Trump Keeps Making Things Worse

Trump's Tariff Turmoil Continues

• U.S.-EU Reach Trade Deal, Setting 15% Tariff On Most Goods, Making Things More Expensive In The United States While Making Them Cheaper In The EU

• Trump Was Greeted By Protesters In Scotland Who Were Direct - & They Clearly Don't Like Him

• NPR: Why Are Stocks At Record Highs Despite Looming Tariffs? In Short, Biden's Strong Economy Continues - & Investors Believe Trump Will TACO

Trump's Epstein Scandal Rolls On

• Ghislaine Maxwell Received Limited Immunity During Two Meetings With Trump Former Personal Lawyer, Now Deputy Atty. General

• Ex-CIA Official Confirms Gabbard & Trump White House’s Failure To Distract, Confirms They Are Lying About Intel On Russian Interference In 2016

• Will Bunch: Trump's ‘Epstein’ Scandal Is A Big Deal To Many Because It's The Language Of America’s Unheard - But The Elites Still Aren't Listening [Gift Link]

Third Round - More News To Drink About

Immigration Wars

• Trump DOJ Drops Cases Against L.A. Anti-ICE Protesters After Officers Caught Making False Claims

• Venezuelan Little League Team Denied U.S. Travel Visas For Little League World Series

Republicans Can't Govern

• RFK Jr. Considers Ousting Entire Committee Behind Cancer Screening Guidelines For Being Too 'Woke'

• These Are The Communities Most Likely To Be Hurt By Hospital Closures & Medicaid Cuts From Republicans' Big Ugly Bill

• A Small Rural Maryland Town Overwhelmingly Voted For Trump. But Trump's FEMA Denied Them Aid, & Now They Feel Like He’s Turned His Back On Them

More Injustice Coming

• Senate Tees Up Final Vote On Controversial Appeals Court Nominee Emil Bove

• Second Whistleblower Speaks Out On Emil Bove Ahead Of Senate Vote, Confirming Bove Directed DOJ Staff To Give False Info & Defy Court Orders

Fourth Round - Looking Forward

Domestic Politics - Dems Rising, Repubs Falling

• Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Enters North Carolina Senate Race In Win For Democrats

• National Democratic Party Rolls Out New Billboard Campaign Outside Rural Hospitals Hurt By Trump & Republicans' Big Ugly Bill

• Markos Moulitsos: Democrats Should Brag About Helping People - And Be Loud When Republicans Hurt People, Like The Dnc's New Billboard Campaign

• Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers Declines To Run For 3rd Term, Leaving An Open Race

• John Nichols: Tony Evers Did What Too Many Senior Democrats Have Not - Stepped Out Of The Way For The Next Generation

• Project 2025 Architect To Challenge Lindsey Graham For Senate In South Carolina

• Oklahoma’s Trump-Loving, Bible-Thumping, Arrogant Republican Superintendent Faces New Investigation Over Pornography In His Office

Foreign Affairs

• Trump Sets New Deadline Of 10 Or 12 Days For Russia To Act On Ukraine

• Thailand And Cambodia Agree To “Unconditional” Ceasefire To End Deadly Border Battles

Fifth Round - Entertainment & More

Rest In Peace

• Tom Lehrer, Influential Musical Satirist, Dies At 97

Media Matters

• Under Legal Siege From Trump & Musk - And Their Own Lawyers - Media Watchdog Media Matters Has Fallen Into Crisis [Gift Link]

• Jay Leno Exposes His Own Bias, Decrying Political Partisanship In Late Night: ‘Why Shoot For Just Half An Audience?’

Entertainment & Sports

• Beyoncé Reunites Destiny’s Child For Final ‘Cowboy Carter’ Tour Stop In Vegas

• ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Rockets To Solid $118M U.S. Box Office Launch, $218M Globally

• MSNBC To Hold Second Annual "MSNBC Live" October 11 In NYC

• Yankees Place Star Aaron Judge On 10-Day Injury List, As Slugger Avoids Worst Outcome

• Ichiro Suzuki Adds Humorous Touches To Baseball Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremonies, Alongside Legends CC Sabathia & Billy Wagner

• Bubba Wallace Wins The Brickyard 400, Becoming The First Black Driver To Win A Major Race On Indianapolis’ Oval

• Tadej Pogacar Dominates Tour De France For His Fourth Win In Six Years

Your Bar Regular Today

Brooklyn Dad Defiant, AKA Majid M. Padellan, activist, blogger, & author, will join us at the bar tonight for a little drinking, some dancing, and we’ll talk about today’s news headlines. We’ll also talk about his Substack, and his latest post, “Why Trump’s Epstein Cover-Up Is Falling Apart” - and why those who really care about kids should care more about Gaza than they do Epstein.

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