News On Tap For Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Reality Vs Delusion

Today’s “News On Tap” is focused on truth & reality, and not the delusional lies of the Trump regime. Trump is ramping up the fight to vote again, but we’ve the truth about his unconstitutional bluster, how he’s trying to weaponize the federal government, & what he’s trying to pull in Georgia. We’ve also got updates on Trump’s immigration wars, & how broken ICE/DHS really is. There’s news from Capitol Hill on govt. funding, and how Trump is failing on the economy, along with Trump/Epstein files updates, and how the French govt. is looking at Elon’s child porn problems. Plus, we’ve got entertainment news, and Glenn Kirschner, one of the legal members of our bar, will stop in to set us straight on all of it. Read up & get informed!

First Round - The Fight To Vote

Unconstitutional Bluster

• Trump, In An Escalation Of His Attacks On Fair Elections, Calls For Republicans To ‘Nationalize’ Them [Gift Link]

• Popular Info: The Trump Regime’s Multi-Pronged Plot To Undermine The 2026 Elections

• Fact Check: States & Localities, Not The President, Run Elections In America

Focus On Georgia

• Fulton County, Georgia To Sue Trump Regime Over Seizure Of 2020 Election Records

• DNI Gabbard Arranged Inappropriate Trump Call With FBI Agents During Georgia Election Ballot Seizure [Gift Link]

• Gabbard Claims Trump Asked Her To Attend Georgia Elections Hub Raid By FBI

• Related Corruption? DNI Gabbard Accused Of Trying To ‘Bury’ Whistleblower Complaint

• No Fraud: Georgia’s Republican Secretary Of State Reports Audit Found Only 20 Non-Citizens Registered To Vote Out Of 8.2M In Last 20 Years

Second Round - Immigration Wars

Liars vs Laws

• Sec. Noem Claims All Immigration Officers In Minneapolis Will Now Wear Body Cams

• Border Czar Tom Homan, In Resurfaced August 2025 Fox Interview, Admits ICE Needs Judicial Warrants For A Search

• DHS’s Account Of Two Venezuelans Shot By Border Patrol Falls Apart In Court, Exposing A Smear Campaign

• Federal Judge Indefinitely Postpones Trump Admin’s Termination Of TPS For Haitians

• Federal Judge Rules Trump Admin. Must Let Lawmakers Make Unannounced Visits To ICE Detention Facilities

• Former Top Homeland Security Lawyers: You Can’t Wish Away The Fourth Amendment, No Matter How Much ICE Wants To [Gift Link]

Broken ICE

• Medical Examiner Rules Alex Pretti’s Killing A Homicide, Raising New Questions About CBP/ICE Use Of Force In Minneapolis

• Judge Unblocks Feds From Taking Evidence From Scene Of Pretti’s Killing

• Trump DHS Now Claims Portland Area Renter Who Lets Protesters Use His Bathroom Is The ‘Leader Of Antifa’

• Newly Discovered Email Proves Bovino Was Frustrated By Directive To Temper His Aggressive Approach & Conduct ‘Targeted Operations’

• ICE Agents Are Whining On Reddit, Saying They’re Not Getting Pay, Bonuses, Or Health Insurance That Trump Admin. Promised

Third Round - Republicans Can't Govern

Struggling On Capitol Hill

• House Passes Bill To End Partial Govt. Shutdown, While Setting Up Two Week Fight Over DHS Funding

• Senate Republican Leader Thune Says No Filibuster Deal With Right-Wing House Extremists On Bill That Would Make Voting Harder

Trumponomics Is Failing

• Labor Dept, Citing Partial Govt. Shutdown, Delays January Jobs Report & Will Not Release It This Friday

• Trump Agrees To Cut Tariffs On India To 18%, After European Union Strikes Record Free Trade Deal With Almost No Tariffs

• David Uberti: U.S. Manufacturing Is In Retreat And Trump’s Tariffs Aren’t Helping [Gift Link]

Weaponizing The Govt.

• Trump DOJ Demotes Ed Martin, Previously Trump’s Head Of His “Weaponization Working Group,” Stripping Trump Ally Of Most Authority [Gift Link]

• Trump DOJ Now Expected To Ramp Up Efforts To Deliver On Trump’s ‘Weaponization’ Priorities

• Charlie Pierce: In Ramping Up The “Weaponization Working Group,” The Trump DOJ Is About To Embark On Trump’s Vengeance Safari

Miscellaneous But Important

• Trump Backtracks, Dropping Demand For Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance

• DC U.S. Atty Jeannine Pirro Threatens Jail Time For Lawful Gun Owners Who Travel To DC With Firearms [Gift Link]

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

The Trump/Epstein Files

• Bill And Hillary Clinton Agree To House Republican Demands To Testify In Epstein Investigation

• Despite 3 Million Files, Epstein Release Leaves Big Questions Unanswered

• Zachary Basu: Why The Epstein Scandal May Never Die

Foreign Affairs

• Twitter/X Offices Raided In Paris, France As Prosecutors Investigate Child Abuse Images And Deepfakes

• French Authorities Summon Elon Musk To Court In Twitter’/X Child Porn Investigations

• Related: New Study Confirms Elon Musk’s Grok Still Being Used To Generate Sexually Explicit Images, Despite Supposed New Safeguards

• Russia Hits Ukraine Energy Targets With Hundreds Of Drones & Missiles, Ahead Of Latest Round Of Talks

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

• Three Dog Night’s Chuck Negron, Voice Behind ‘Joy To The World,’ Dies At 83

• Disney Taps Theme Parks Head Josh D’Amaro As CEO To Lead Post-Iger Era, Set To Take Over March 18

• Savannah Guthrie Asks For Prayers As Investigation To Find Her Missing Mother Heads Into Third Day

• ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’ Ending After Seven Seasons

• U.S. Winter Olympic Flag Bearers Named: Gold Medalist Speedskater Erin Jackson And Bobsledder Frank Del Duca

• Lindsey Vonn ‘Confident’ She Can Race At Olympics Despite Ruptured ACL In Left Knee

Today’s Special Guest

Glenn Kirschner, legal expert and friend of multiple bars (including ours), stops by the bar again tonight to help us get a handle on all the legal issues that are mixed in with today’s ‘News On Tap,’ from Trump’s many election threats, to the ICE monsters’ actions, to Republicans’ never-ending attacks on the Clintons. We’ll have the PBR ready for him and get answers to all our questions tonight!

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