News On Tap For Tuesday, March 24, 2026

The Dumbest Timeline

Today’s “News On Tap” has the distinct flavor of stupidity, thanks to Donald Trump & his MAGA morons. We’ve got news updates from Donald’s stupid war in Iran, and that war’s growing costs. There’s also news about Republican’s stupid painful DHS shutdown, and their idiotic attacks on democracy (including their ironically named ‘SAVE’ bill). Plus, the immigration wars roll on, and there’s news from Election Land. Plus media & entertainment news. And we’ve got a couple of smart friends joining us too - Jared Rizzi & Charlie Pierce! Read up, get informed, & then join us all tonight!

First Round - Trump's Stupid Illegal Iran War

Updates From The Dumbest War

• Israeli Strikes Hit Iran, As Tehran Targets Israel And Gulf States, Amid Mixed Signals Over Talks To End War

• Iranian Source Says There Has Been U.S. “Outreach” From Trump Regime, And Tehran Is “Willing To Listen” To “Sustainable” Proposals To End The War

• Pakistan Moves To Mediate Between The U.S. And Iran As Trump Says He’s ‘Giving It Five Days’

• Michael Tomasky: Seems Like Trump May End This War Soon. What Will It Have Been Worth?

The Costs Of War, Oil, & Arrogance

• As Iran War Causes Gas And Airfares To Spike, Lawmakers Begin Warning Of Price Gouging

• Trump ‘I Did That’ Stickers Appear On Gas Pumps As Prices Continue To Rise

• Trump Admin. To Pay $1 Billion To French Energy Giant To Cancel Wind Farms & Invest In Fossil Fuel Projects Instead [Gift Link]

• Signs Of Market Manipulation? Volume In Stock & Oil Futures Surged Minutes Before Trump’s Market-Turning Post On Monday

Second Round - The Stupidest Shutdown

• ICE Agents Deployed To Nation’s Swamped Airports To “Help” TSA By… Standing Around And Doing Nothing

• Right-Wing Radio Listener ‘Linda From Arizona’ May Have Given Trump His Ice Airport Idea, Via The Fox Propaganda Network

• Delta Airlines Suspends Major Travel Perk For Members Of Congress Until Tsa Shutdown Is Ended

• Senate Republicans Claim DHS Deal In Sight After Trump Signals He Can Back Compromise With Democrats

• ** BREAKING** Senate Republicans Believe They Now Have A Solution To Reopen DHS - And Ram Through The ‘SAVE America’ Bill

Third Round - Trump's Stupid Domestic Wars

The Right’s War On Democracy

• Fox Propaganda-Pilled Right-Wing SCOTUS Invents Wild Hypotheticals To Justify Curtailing Right To Vote By Mail

• The Supreme Court’s Mail-In Ballot Decision Could Inject Mass Chaos Into 2026 Fall Elections

• Trump Casts His Own Special Election Ballot By Mail In Florida, Even As He Calls Voting By Mail ‘Cheating’

• Trump Tells Republicans To Pass Voting Law ‘For Jesus’

• Bill Press: The ‘SAVE America’ Bill Is Bad News - Especially For Republicans

• Kansas Already Tried A Version Of Trump’s SAVE Act. Chaos And Lawsuits Ensued.

Immigration Wars

• Senate Confirms Markwayne Mullin To Be Sec. Of Homeland Security, With Control Of ICE & CBP

• Ice Agents Seen ‘Terrorizing’ Woman, Child At San Francisco’s Airport, Calif. State Senator Confirms

• Immigration Arrest At SFO Sparks Concerns Over Potential Breach Of California Sanctuary Law

• New NPR Analysis Finds Ice Deployments Created Chaos For Cities And Cost Them Millions Unnecessarily

• Inae Oh: Trump Allowing Ice To Ditch The Masks At Airports Is An Admission Masked Federal Agents Are Meant To Terrorize Americans Elsewhere

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

The Supremely Illegitimate Court

• Supreme Court Hears Case Today On Trump Admin. Request To Block Asylum Seekers

• Ian Milheiser: The Ugly History Behind Trump’s Coming Birthright Citizenship Case At The Supreme Court

Election Land

• Florida Democrats. In Today’s Special Election, Hope To Flip A State Legislative District That Includes Mar-A-Lago

• Missouri Redistricting Referendum Has Enough Verified Signatures For The Ballot, Organizers Confirm

• New Poll Shows Democrats Now Lead Generic Congressional Ballot By 6, As Trump’s Approval/Disapproval Remains At Record Low 39/60

Other Foreign Affairs

• Afghanistan Releases American National Dennis Coyle After More Than A Year

• England’s King Charles To Make First U.S. State Visit, Address Congress Next Month

• UK Responds To Iran War Energy Shock By Requiring Solar Panels And Heat Pumps In All New Homes

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

Media Matters

• Pentagon To Remove On-Site Media Offices After Federal Judge Reinstates Legitimate News Agency Press Credentials

• Voice Of America Journalists Sue Trump Regime For Trying To Turn Outlet Into A Propaganda Source

• Conservation Groups Sue To Block Trump Efforts To ‘Hastily Gut’ The Kennedy Center

• Bill Cosby To Pay At Least $19 Million After Losing Civil Sexual Assault Case

Entertainment & More

• Paramount/CBS To End ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ To With Season 2

• “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” Heading To YouTube, On-Demand & For Free

• Celine Dion To Make Concert Comeback In Paris This Fall

• Travis Kelce Signs $57.7 Million Contract To Return To Chiefs

• Mikaela Shiffrin Wins World Cup Slalom Race But Germany’s Emma Aicher & Her Third Place Finish Puts Overall Season Title On Hold

• Tiger Woods Will Attempt To Return To Competitive Golf In TGL Finals, With Eyes On Playing In 2026 Masters

Tonight’s Bar Regular

Jared Rizzi, former White House Correspondent for SiriusXM, during both the & former reporter for CBS Radio News (RIP) – as well as our favorite fill-in co-host - is back with us at the bar tonight! We’ll get his take on Trump’s stupid war in Iran, the stupid way Republicans are trying to weaponize the partial govt. shutdown, and the Right’s stupid war against democracy We’ll also talk with him about the other news of the day!

Today’s Special Guest

Charlie Pierce, political & sports journalist extraordinaire is back at the bar again tonight, and since this is a ‘Double Jody’ day for him, we may have to activate the Official “Flirtation Advisory System.” Of course, we’ll talk a little about March Madness & Shawn’s Nebraska Cornhuskers. We’ll also talk about more of the dumb stuff: Doddering Donald’s Dumbass war with Iran, the stupid Republicans in Congress and more. Grab a drink & join us!

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