News On Tap For Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Waiting On A Madman

Today’s “News On Tap” is crazy - & so’s the man at the center of it. We’ve got updates from the Iran war & the growing costs of that war. We’ll also look at Trump’s threats & his severely damaged mental health. There’s also news on Trump’s budget from Hell, & where JD Vance is today. We’ve also got more positive news, from Election Land, in Polling & Politics, and from Space. Plus, Media & Entertainment news too. And we’ve got both Dr. Geoffrey Grammer AND Jared Rizzi in the bar tonight! Read up, get informed, & join us here at the bar tonight.

First Round - Trump Threatens The World

Updates From Trump’s Iran War

• Trump Threatens Iran’s ‘Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight’ Unless Deal Struck In New Unhinged Social Media Post

• Live Updates: U.S. Military Strikes Kharg Island; Rump Doubles Down On Massive Attack Threats

• Iran Calls For Human Chains Around Power Plants As Trump’s Deadline Nears

• Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes On Iran Violate UN Charter And May Be War Crimes

• Zeeshan Aleem: Why Trump’s Potential War Crime Threats Are Likely To Backfire

The Growing Costs Of War

• JPMorgan Analysts Warn U.S Gas Prices Risk Topping $5 Per Gallon If Strait Of Hormuz Stays Closed

• Intl. Energy Agency Confirms Oil And Gas Crisis Created By Iran War Now Worse Than 1973, ​1979, And 2022 Combined

• Major U.S. Shippers Are Quietly Raising Rates To Cover Rising Gas Costs Due To Iran War

• Beer Cans, Helium Balloons, And Mortgages: An Unexpected Mix Of Things All Getting More Expensive Due To Iran War

Second Round - Mental Health Matters

• Trump Swats Away Question About His ‘Mental Health’ At Press Conference, After Profane Truth Social Post Over The Weekend

• Trump Rambles About Biden And Autopens To Table Of Children At White House Easter Egg Roll

• Psychologist John Gartner Warns Trump’s “Rate Of Deterioration Is Accelerating” With Potentially Disturbing Ramifications For The World

• David A. Graham: When Trump Feels Cornered His Most Inflammatory Remarks Tend To Come Out - Which May Explain His Recent Outbursts [Gift Link]

• Dr. Geoffrey Grammer: Why Protests & Rallies Like “No Kings” & “Mayday Strong” Matter Strongly In Helping Our Own Mental Health Stay Positive & Resilient

Third Round - Republicans Can't Govern Well

The Trump Admin. Budget From Hell

• Trump Regime’s New Proposed $1.7 Trillion Military Budget Includes A Massive Slush Fund

• Trump Admin, In New Budget, Proposes To Cut 9,400 TSA Workers, $1.5 Billion, In Attempt To Privatize Agency

• Trump’s Proposed Budget Slashes IRS Funding Even Further, Meaning Tax Audits For The Wealthy Will Continue To Wane

• As NASA Achieves Its Greatest Achievement In Decades, Trump Regime Recommends Slashing NASA’s Budget

Authoritarian Wannabes

• Fascism Alert: Trump Threatens To Jail Journalists In Hunt To Find Leaker Of Iran Fighter Recovery Story

• VP Vance Heads To Hungary To Support Right-Wing Authoritarian Viktor Orbán Ahead Of High-Stakes Election

• John Austin: Trump Copied Orban’s Playbook. Now Both Wannabe Strongmen Are In Trouble

The Trump DOJ’s Epstein Failures Continue

• New Details About Epstein’s Lenient Plea Deal And Jail Term Emerge From Epstein Files

• Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick To Sit For Questioning In House Oversight Committee’s Epstein Investigation Next Month

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Election Land

• Voters Set To Decide Races For Wisconsin Supreme Court And Georgia Runoff For Marjorie Taylor Greene’s U.S. House Seat

• Can Democratic Farmer & Retired Army General Shawn Harris Pull Off The Unthinkable & Grab Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Old Seat? He Might.

• BoltsMag: Elections Today In Wisconsin, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Missouri, And Oklahoma

Polling & Politics

• New Poll: 84% Of Democrats And 55% Of Independents Support Impeaching Trump A Third Time, For A Broad Variety Of Reasons

• Trump Approval Plunges In Key Battleground State Of North Carolina As New Poll Sparks Further Alarm Among Republicans

• Major Right-Wing Super PAC’s Multi-Hundred-Million Dollar Ad Buy Shows Senate Republicans Are Already Desperate & On Defense

• Democrats Are Already Turning Republicans’ Arguments Against Them In Midterm Races

• Another Suppression Tactic: Student Ids No Longer Valid For Voting Under New NH Law Signed By Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte

• More Right-Wing Suppression: DeSantis Signs Florida Law Giving State Officials Power To Label Groups As Terrorists And Expel Student Supporters

Reasons For Hope: Science & Space

• Artemis II Swings Back Toward Earth After Completing Record-Setting Moon Flyby

• Artemis II Astronauts Name Moon Crater After Carroll, Moon Mission Commander Reid Wiseman’s Late Wife [Gift Link]

Miscellaneous But Important

• Amazon Strikes Deal With USPS That Maintains 80% Of Package Volume

• Trump Admin. Pulls Out Of Settlements, Secured From Civil Rights Investigations, That Protected Trans Students In Schools

• West Virginia’s Republican Governor Vetoes Help For Neglected, Poor, & Foster Kids After Approving Tax Cuts For The Rich

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

Media Matters

• Some Republicans In Congress Now Scrambling To Reverse Brutal Cuts They Made In 2025 To Rural & Tribal Radio Stations

• Sony Pictures Entertainment To Lay Off Hundreds In Reorganization Across TV, Film, And Corporate

• Some Right-Wing Media Orgs Are Now Hemorrhaging Subscribers As Crumbling Of Trump’s Coalition Accelerates

• CBS Seals Deal With Byron Allen To Lease All Of Their Late Night Airwaves & Provide Low Budget Content After Colbert Show Ends

Entertainment & More

• ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Stars Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, And Cheryl Ladd Reunite For 50th Anniversary Event

• Lady Gaga ‘Heartbroken’ As She Abruptly Cancels Concert In Montreal After Doctor ‘Strongly Advised’ Her Not To Perform

• Music Festival Canceled After Kanye West Blocked From Entering UK Over Antisemitic Comments

• Michigan Men’s Basketball Team Wins Program’s Second National Title, And First Since 1989, Beating UConn 69-63

• More Than 1,000 Men’s College Basketball Players Enter Transfer Portal After Midnight Deadline

• Iowa State Basketball Star Audi Crooks Joins Transfer Portal Rush As 1,100 Women’s Players Enter On First Day

Today’s Special Guest

Dr. Geoffrey Grammer is a decorated colonel with the United States Army, an award-winning doctor, former Chief of Inpatient Psychiatric Services at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and one of our friends here at the bar. Dr. Grammer is back tonight - & we hope he can help us with crazy Donald’s latest. He’s also here to help all of us focus on our positive mental health, and how community efforts - like joining the ‘No Kings’ rallies, and other community actions - actually help each of us fight Trumpian halfascism in ways we may not have realized.

Tonight’s Bar Regular

Jared Rizzi, freelance journalist, former White House Correspondent for SiriusXM & 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 check in with him on what he’s hearing about Trump’s threat to end the world, & get his take on the latest Iran War news. Plus, we’ll cover the other news of the day. Join us tonight!

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