News On Tap For Wednesday, August 6 2025

Hammer To Fall

Today’s “News On Tap” has a full mix of wars - redistricting & otherwise - along with scandals, senility, and fires too. But there’s also some good news, both in entertainment and in government. Plus we’ve got one of our favorite regulars back in the bar tonight, Bob Cesca, to go through all of it with us. So grab a drink - & let’s get informed…

First Round - The New Uncivil War Continues

• Texas Gov. Greg Abbott & Atty. Gen Paxton Push To Remove Texas House Democrats Who Left State

• Sen. Cornyn Presses FBI To Help Texas Bring Back Democrats Who Left State

• Trump & Johnson Face Escalating Republican House Revolt On Redistricting, As Current Members Fear For Their Own Reelections

• California Democrats Look To Redraw House Map To Counter Texas Republican's Illegitimate Overreach

• Texas Democrats Have A Message For All American Voters: You’re In The Redistricting Fight, Whether You Know It Or Not.

• Diamond Brown & Yadira Paz-Martinez: Texas Gerrymandering Fight Shows Why The 60th Anniversary Of The Voting Rights Act Must Be A Call To Action

Second Round - Trump World Is Flailing & Failing

The Trump/Epstein Scandal Rolls On

• Top Trump Officials To Discuss Epstein Cover-Up Strategy At Wednesday Evening Dinner Hosted By Vice President JD Vance

• Sources Claim Ghislaine Maxwell Told DOJ Trump Never Did Anything Concerning Around Her

• Alex Acosta, Trump's Former Labor Secretary & The Prosecutor Who Negotiated Epstein's Sweetheart Deal, Left Off House Subpoena List

Doddering Donnie

• Donald Trump, 79, Forgets His Own DHS Sec. Kristi Noem’s Name In Senior Moment

• Diddler On The Roof: Trump Takes Bizarre Walk On Top Of White House Roof, Says He’s Ready To Install ‘Nuclear Missiles’ There

• Donald's Niece, Mary Trump, Who Holds A PHD In Clinical Psychology, Says Her Uncle's Rooftop Jaunt Shows A Clear 'Cognitive Decline'

Other Gnarly Old Perps

• Reigning Miss United States Lindsey Langston Files Restraining Order Against Florida Republican U.S. House Rep. Cory Mills

• Utah's Republican State Senate Chief Changed Consent Law As Relative Faced Rape Charge Involving 13-Year-Old

Third Round - The Many Wars Of The Right

Trump's Tariff Wars

• Trump Raises Tariffs On Goods From India To 50%, Due To Russian Oil Purchases

• Mike Crawley: The Costs Of Trump's Tariffs Are Starting To Add Up For Americans.

War On Immigration

• Months long Investigation By Sen. Ossoff's Office Finds Hundreds Of Alleged Human Rights Abuses Under Trump Admin's Immigrant Detention

• Hunter Walker: There Is Now An Information Blackout At Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrant Detention Camp

War On Good Government

• RFK Jr. Cuts $500 Million In mRNA Vaccine Contracts, Dealing Major Blow To Promising Areas Of Research, Including Defeating Cancer

• Trump Admin. Illegally Instructs NASA Employees To Draw Up Plans To Terminate Two Major Climate Change-Focused Satellite Missions

• Trump EPA Moves To Cancel $7 Billion In Grants For Solar Energy

Good Government Strikes Back

• Government Accountability Office Finds Trump Admin. Illegally Violated Impoundment Law By Canceling NIH Grants, Slowing New Awards

• Federal Judge Rules Trump Admin. Cannot Reallocate Billions Meant For Mitigation Of Natural Disasters

• Message From GAO To Russ Vought: No, A “Pocket Rescission” Is NOT Legal

• National Weather Service Is Now Hiring Back Hundreds Of Positions That Got Cut In The DOGE Chaos

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Electionland

• Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan Switches Parties, From Republican To Democratic - And He Might Now Run For Governor

• Sen. Marsha Blackburn Announces She's Running For Governor In Tennessee

• New Gallup Poll: Pope Leo XIV, Ukraine's Pres. Zelenskyy, & Sen Bernie Sanders Only People Viewed Positively Among 14 Prominent Global Political Figures

Crime & Consequences

• Five Soldiers Injured In Shooting At Fort Stewart In Georgia; Suspect, Also A Soldier, Is In Custody

• New FBI Report Disproves Trump’s Claim Of A Biden-Era Out-Of-Control Crime Wave, Proving Crime Was Down In Every Category In 2024

• NYC To Face $64-Million Cut In Terrorism Prevention Funds From Trump Administration, In Wake Of Recent Deadly Mass Shooting

• Trump Threatens Federal Takeover Of D.C. After Carjacking Attack On Well-Known DOGE Member, Edward “Big Balls” Coristine

Climate Crisis

• The 85,000 Acre Gifford Fire Is Now The Largest In California This Year. It's Just 9% Contained

• Great Barrier Reef Suffers Worst Coral Decline On Record

FIfth Round - Entertainment & More

• Lindsay Lohan And Jamie Lee Curtis' Long-Overdue "Freaky Friday" Sequel Scores A Rotten Tomatoes Rating On Par With The Original

• On Tenth Anniversary Of "Hamilton" Lin-Manuel Miranda Announces The Film Is Finally Coming To Theatres In September

• Brad Paisley, Emmylou Harris, & More Among Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame 2025 Inductees

• ESPN To Acquire NFL Network & Rights To NFL Redzone, In Exchange For The NFL Getting A 10% Equity Stake In ESPN

• ESPN Sets Launch Date For Standalone Streaming Service, Priced At $30/Month

Your Bar Regular For Today

The always brilliant Bob Cesca - broadcaster, podcaster, journalist, comic artist, & host of The Bob Cesca Show - is one of our favorite regulars, and he’s back tonight at The Politics Bar. He’s got an important new piece at The Banter, about the way the right-wing propaganda media complex - which now dominates much of our mainstream news media - is trying to rewrite the Epstein timeline. We’ll talk with Bob about that, the redistricting wars, and about Doddering Donnie’s.ever more obvious cognitive decline.

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