News On Tap For Wednesday, July 30, 2025

It’s Time To Fight

Today’s “News On Tap” is not quite a tsunami, but there’s still plenty of news, with updates on the disaster in Gaza, the earthquake & tsunami in the Pacific, Republicans’ war on good government, and Trump’s making things worse again with the Epstein scandal too. On a positive note, Sen. Cory Booker is taking the lead again, & elections are looking good for Democrats - which is good, because Bob Cesca will be in the bar tonight, and he’s got some standards for who we should elect. But first…

First Round - Anger, Despair, & Destruction

"Never Again" Is Now

• Thirty-One High-Profile Israeli Public Figures Are Now Calling For ‘Crippling Sanctions’ On Their Own Nation Over Starvation In Gaza

• Even Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Now Calling Gaza A “Genocide,” After Trump Counters Netanyahu And Admits Kids Are Starving

• New Report Exposes How Major American Corporations Have Been All Too Eager To Aid Israeli’s Atrocities In Gaza

• At Least 60,000 Gazans Have Been Killed, So Far. At Least 18,500 Were Children. Here Are Hundreds Of Their Names.

• Ross Barkan: Something Has Shifted For Democrats On Israel

An Angry Earth

• 8.8-Magnitude Earthquake In Russia's Far East Sets Off Tsunami Warnings In Japan, Alaska, & Hawaii, Though Worst Danger Has Now Passed

• U.S. National Weather Service Assures Social Media User That There Is ‘No Threat’ Of Tsunami - In Landlocked North Dakota

Second Round - Keep Talkin’, Donnie

• House Oversight Committee Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's Request For Immunity In Exchange For Her Testimony

• Senate Democrats Try To Force Release Of Epstein Files With Little-Known Law

• Trump Now Says Jeffrey Epstein 'Stole' Virginia Giuffre From Him When She Worked At Mar-A-Lago Spa

• Flashback 2019: We've Known For Years Ghislaine Maxwell & Jeffrey Epstein "Lured" - AKA "Stole" - Virginia Giuffre From Mar-A-Lago

• Joan Walsh: Keep Digging, Donald. You’re Keeping The Epstein Scandal Alive.

Third Round - The Wars Of The Right

The Right's War on Good Govt.

• Senate Republicans Confirm Former Trump Lawyer Emil Bove To Lifetime Appeals Court Seat By One Vote

• Russell Vought, Author Of Project 2025 & Current OMB Director, Puts New Chokehold On Billions In Health-Research Funding [Gift Link]

• Trump's EPA Under Fire As Experts Blast 'Indefensible' Move To Try To Kill Government's Ability To Regulate Greenhouse Gasses

• Trump’s EPA Moves To Kill “Holy Grail” Of Climate Regulations

• Republicans Across The U.S. Are Now Pushing Bills To Try To Stop Government 'Weather Modification' - Which Doesn't Exist

• Alexandra Petri: Notes For The Ironically Named "Clear Skies Act," Which Seeks To Ban Technological Weather Modification - Which Doesn't Exist [Gift Link]

Trump's Trade Wars

• U.S. Economy Slowed In First Half Of 2025 As Tariffs Scrambled Data, And Tell A Story Of Anemic, Though Positive, Economic Growth

• Trump Announces 25% Tariff On India, Plus A ‘Penalty’ For Trading With Russia

• Paul Krugman: Trump's Trade "Deal" With The EU Is As Bad As His "Deal" With Japan

Fourth Round - LFG

It's Time For Democrats To Fight

• Senate Floor Erupts As Cory Booker Accuses Senate Democrats Of Being "Complicit" Because They're Not Standing Up To Trump Enough

• NY Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado: This Is The Moment Democrats Have Been Talking About For Years [Gift Link]

Elections 2025

• With Less Than 100 Days Until The Election, Spanberger Leads Virginia Race With 12-Point Advantage & Major Fundraising Edge

• Democratic Candidate Mikie Sherrill Leading Republican Jack Ciattarelli By 8 Points In New Jersey's Governor Race

• Republicans Are Dragging An Anchor: New Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds Trump Approval Rating Sinks To 40%, The Lowest Of His Term

• Go For It, Kegbreath: Sources Claim Pete Hegseth Has Discussed Running For Political Office In Tennessee, Which The Pentagon Denies

Fifth Round - Entertainment & More

• Adam Sandler’s ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Debuts To 46.7 Million Views, Biggest Netflix U.S. Film Opening Ever

• YouTube Is Now Rolling Out Age-Estimation Tech To Identify Teens In The U.S. & Apply Additional Protections - Regardless Of What Ag They Claim To Be

• American Eagle Ad Creating Crisis For Touting Actress Sydney Sweeney's 'Great Jeans'

• The Grateful Dead Toasting Their 60th With Three Concerts At San Francisco's Golden Gate Park

• Emotions Run High, As 4 L.A. Angels Batters Are Hit By Pitches In 8-5 Win Over Texas Rangers

• Los Angeles Sparks Riding Hot Start To 2nd Half Of WNBA Season

• Cameron Brink Returns To L. A. Sparks After 13 Months Away, Due To ACL Injury

• Venus Williams Receives A Wild-Card Entry To Play Mixed Doubles At The US Open

Your Bar Regular For Today

One of our favorite regulars, Bob Cesca - broadcaster, podcaster, journalist, comic artist, & host of The Bob Cesca Show - is back at The Politics Bar tonight. H’s got a great new piece at The Banter, that says what we all know is true - Donald Knows He’s Guilty. We’ll talk with Bob about that and about Sen. Cory booker’s Senate stand, and what we should all expect from our elected leaders.

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