News On Tap For Friday, January 30, 2026

Slow News Day, Eh?

Today’s “News On Tap” is almost empty. Nothing to see here… OK, actually, it’s overflowing. We’ve got updates on the Trump regime’s latest attack on the First Amendment, how protestors aren’t drawing down - and neither are the ICE monsters. We also have updates on Trump’s war on voting, the new Trump/Epstein files released, the next Fed chair race, and a huge loss in the entertainment world. Plus, Karen & Anita of the Tru Blu Politics podcast are joining us tonight to talk about all of it. Grab yourself a drink, read up, and we’ll see ya here at the bar tonight.

First Round - First Amendment Under Fire

• Trump Regime Arrests Four, Including Don Lemon And Minnesota Journalist, Over Covering Church Protest

• Who Is Georgia Fort, The Other Independent Journalist Arrested Over Covering A Church Protest?

• David Rothkopf: After The Arrest Of Don Lemon & Three Other Journalists, There Can Be No More Doubt - Trump Wants To Kill Free Speech In America.

• Parker Molloy: This Is Literally The Job - Political Journalists In The U.S. Need To Stop Pretending They Don’t Know What Trump & Republicans Are Going To Do

Second Round - War Against American Fascism

Standing Up & Showing Power

• Anti-ICE Protests To Be Held Across U.S. Today, And Through This Weekend, As Organizers Urge National Strike

• What To Know About The Anti-ICE Protests Across The U.S. This Weekend

• Germany Warns Travelers Heading To The U.S. Of ‘Violent Clashes’ Due To ICE Attacks On Protestors

• Heads Up: ICE Is Now Using Use Facial Recognition, Social Media Monitoring, & Other Tech Tools Not Only To Identify Immigrants But Also To Track Protesters

No ICE Monster ‘Draw Down’

• FBI Takes Over Investigation Of Most Recent Minnesota ICE Killing, As Trump Calls Alex Pretti An ‘Insurrectionist’

• Trump Denies Federal Agents Are Drawing Down In Minnesota: ‘Not At All’

• 2 More Kids From Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights School Taken Into ICE Custody

• ICE Agents Shatter Window, Leave 1-Month-Old Baby & Mother In Car After Arrest In Portland, Maine

• ICE Begins Spending Hundreds Of Millions Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across U.S.

• Border Patrol Employee Found ‘Covered In Vomit’ In St. Paul, Charged With Drunk Driving

The Battle On Capitol Hill

• Senate Democrats & Republicans Strike Deal Over DHS Funding To Avoid Partial Government Shutdown

• Speaker Johnson Says Government Will ‘Inevitably’ Shut Down Temporarily, Despite Senate Deal, As House Members Remain Away From DC

Third Round - Trump's War On Voting

• Fulton County Election Officials Push Back Against Trump Admin. False Claims After 2020 Ballot Raid And Voter Roll Demands

• Ari Berman: From Minnesota To Georgia, Trump’s Plans To Interfere In The 2026 Elections Are Becoming More Dangerous

• Democrats Now Working To Block ICE Crackdowns Near Polling Sites, Worrying Trump Will Use Them As A Pretext To Rig The 2026 Elections

• Sam Levine & George Chidi: FBI Raid In Georgia Has Little Legal Basis – But Serves Trump’s Goal To Weaken Trust In Election Results

• Randi Rhodes: The ‘Black Hand’ Of Trump’s Mafia Govt. Is Demanding State Voter Rolls. Here’s Why.

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Flooding The Zone With Epstein Files

• Trump DOJ Claims They’re Releasing 3 Million Pages & 2 Thousand Videos From The Epstein Files, ile Claiming That’s The End Of The Process

• Asst. AG Todd Blanche Admits The Trump DOJ Is Not Releasing Some Internal Documents On Epstein

• If You Want To Dig Through ‘Em, Here They Are

• New Pew Poll: Trump’s Approval Rating Down To 47%; By More Than Two To One, Americans Say Trump Admin’s Actions Have Been Worse Than They Expected

The Next Fed Chair?

• Trump Nominates Federal Reserve Critic Kevin Warsh To Become Its Next Chair

• Stock And Bond Markets Largely Unfazed By Warsh’s Nomination As The Next Fed Chair

• Sen. Tillis To Oppose Trump Fed Chair Pick Warsh Until Powell Probe Resolved

Justice & Injustice

• Federal Judge Nixes Two Federal Counts, Rules Luigi Mangione Will Not Face The Death Penalty

• Man Caught, Allegedly Tried To Break Luigi Mangione Out Of Jail By Impersonating FBI Agent

• Trump Sues IRS And Treasury Department For $10 Billion Over Tax Records That Were Leaked In 2018

Foreign Affairs

• Trump Threatens Canada With 50% Tariff On Aircraft Sold In US, Potentially Expanding Trade War Again

• Prime Minister Carney Urges U.S. Not To Meddle In Domestic Canadian Politics, As Members Of Alberta Independence Movement Meet With Trump Admin.

• Trump Claims Putin Agreed To Temporary Halt In Energy Attacks On Ukraine, But Terms Are Unclear

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

Rest In Peace

• Catherine O’Hara, Beloved ‘Schitt’s Creek’, ‘SCTV’, ‘Home Alone’ Actor, Dies at 71

Media Matters

• FCC Chair Brendan Carr Tries To Claim Talk Radio Isn’t A Target Of The Trump FCC’s New ‘Equal Time’ Notice

• Unable To Stop AI, SAG-AFTRA Mulls A Studio Tax On Digital Performers

• Washington Post Plans Massive New Job Cuts To Sports & International News Desk, Gutting The News Org [Gift Link]

• Amazon Studios Block Mainstream Press From Watching ‘Melania’ Documentary At Kennedy Center

Entertainment & More

• Grammy Awards Predictions: Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter And ‘Golden’ Set To Win Big

• Bruce Springsteen’s Anti-ICE Protest Song ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’ Hit No. 1 On iTunes In 19 Countries

• Production Of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Goes Dark Today, In Solidarity With An Anti-ICE Protests

• History-Chasing Djokovic And Alcaraz To Meet In Australian Open Final After Epic Semifinal Wins

• Lindsey Vonn Confirms Her ‘Olympic Dream Is Not Over’ After Crashing In Last Downhill Race Before Winter Games

Your Bar Regulars Tonight…

Our friends Karen from Chicago, & Anita From San Antonio, co-hosts of Tru Blu Politics (and now on Patreon too) are back tonight, and we’ve got nothing to talk about. Ha! We’ll talk about all the insane news from this week, from the murder of Alex Pretti, to the Trump regime’s latest assaults on the Constitution. We’ll also tackle the Trump/Epstein files release, How Senate Dems did this week, that ridiculous movie. and more. Grab a seat & a sip, & join us!

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