News On Tap For Friday, May 8, 2026

America At War, At Home & Abroad

If today’s “News On Tap” tastes like war? That’s because the U.S. is at war, both at home & abroad. We’ve got your news updates on Trump’s stupid war with Iran, and the increasing costs of that war. We’ve also got news about the new American Uncivil War, as the Confederacy is clearly not dead. Meanwhile, Trumponomics is still failing, Trump’s immigration wars are still going on, and there’s news in the Trumpstein files too. Plus, there’s Media, Entertainment, & Sports news too. And we’ve got backup tonight! Carolyn Fiddler is here, as well as Karen & Anita of the Tru Blu Politics podcast! Read up, get informed, and we’ll see you here at the bar tonight!

First Round - Trump's Stupid War Over There

Updates From The Middle East

• Live Updates: U.S. Fires On Iranian Tankers As Tehran Accuses Washington Of ‘Reckless’ Attacks

• Trump Calls Iran Strikes A ‘Love Tap,’ Claims Ceasefire Still In Effect

• Marco Rubio Says U.S. Expects Iran Response On Peace Deal ‘Today’

• Extremist Right-Wing Iran Hawks Erupt Over Reported Terms Of Trump’s Peace Proposal

The Increasing Costs Of War

• Consumer Sentiment Falls To New Record Low In May As Surging Gas Prices Hit Economy Hard

• Trump Calls WH Reporter A ‘B----’ After She Asks Why He’s Focusing On His Vanity Projects Instead Of Gas Prices

• New Reporting Shows Conveniently Well-Timed Bets On Oil Prices During March & April Made $7 Billion

• Economist Justin Wolfers: Pete Hegseth Claims This War Has Cost $25 Billion. He’s Wrong. The Cost Is Much Higher.

Second Round - The New American Uncivil War

• Four Judges On The Supreme Court Of Virginia Strike Down Redistricting Amendment, Keeping Current Maps In Place

• Sarah Burris: Norms Are Gone After Virginia’s Illegitimate Supreme Court Kills Voter-Approved Maps

• Tennessee Republicans Ram Through New Racist U.S. House Map Carving Up Memphis Days After SCOTUS Guts Voting Rights Act

• NAACP Sues Tennessee Over Redistricting That Wiped Out State’s Only Majority-Black District

• Newly Discovered: Alito’s Voting Rights Act Ruling Cited Misleading Data From DOJ

• Carolyn Fiddler: Virginia’s Supreme Court Goes Full GOP Hack

Third Round - Republicans Can't Govern

Trumponomics Is Failing

• Jobs Day: Monthly Numbers Show Job Growth Was Steady In April, Though Totals Remain Far Short Of Biden-Era Pace

• Federal Court Rules Against New Global 10% Tariffs Trump Imposed After His Loss At The Supreme Court

Immigration Wars

• New York Bars ICE Agents From Wearing Masks In Broad Immigration Deal [Gift Link]

• New Review Of Court Records Show How Trump’s Minneapolis Immigration Blitz Actually Hobbled Federal Crime Fighting

• Federal & State Officials Begin Discussions On Closing Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ [Gift Link]

• ICE Keeps Detaining The Same US Citizen Again, And Again, And Again. He’s Fighting Back.

War In The Courts

• Judge Rules Trump Regime’s Cancellation Of Humanities Grants Was Unconstitutional

• Man Who Sprayed Vinegar At Rep. Ilhan Omar During Town Hall Pleads Guilty To Assault

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Miscellaneous But Important

• Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear Has Launched Universal Pre-K In Two Rural Kentucky Counties, Angering State Republicans

• Good News For Democrats: Corrupt Extremist Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton Holds Decisive Lead Ahead Of Texas Republican Senate Primary Runoff Election

• In Panicked Move, Trump FBI Dir. Kash Patel Orders Polygraphs Of More Than Two Dozen Members Of His Own Team

• Trump Regime Proposing New Rule That Would Go Against Nearly A Century Of U.S. Law, Allowing People To Ship Handguns Through The U.S. Mail

• Trump Has Secret Service Drive Him Across Bottom Of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool To Inspect New Blue Coating

The Trumpstein Files

• Library Containing All 3.5 Million Pages Of Epstein Files Opens In New York

• New Investigation Shows Inmates At Texas Prison Were Screamed At & Punished For Speaking Out Against Maxwell’s Cushy Treatment

• Pam Bondi & The Corrupt Trump DOJ Continue Procedural Chicanery Over Her Upcoming Epstein Testimony

World Health Worries

• Flight Attendant Tests Negative For Hantavirus, Though New Case Suspected On Remote Island

• Five U.S. States Monitoring For Hantavirus After Deadly Cruise Ship Outbreak

• Bumbled Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump & Republican Cuts To Federal Govt. Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness

Other Foreign Affairs

• UK Prime Minister Starmer’s Labour Party Suffers Huge Losses As Hard-Right Reform Party Gains In UK Elections

• UK PM Starmer Says He Won’t Resign Despite His Party’s Disastrous Election Night

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

Media Matters

• ABC Files Lawsuit, Accusing Trump Regime Of Violating The First Amendment [Gift Link]

• CBS “News” To Cut Ties With ‘60 Minutes’ Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi After She Outed Meddling By Right-Wing Hack Bari Weiss

• White House Reporter For Right-Wing Propaganda Outlet Quits Job After Trump Roasted Him For Dating Marjorie Taylor Greene

• Taylor Swift’s Attorneys Fire Back In Trademark Lawsuit, Calling Ex-Vegas Showgirl’s Claims Of Infringement ‘Absurd’

TV & Movie Entertainment

• Sir David Attenborough, The Excited But Hushed Voice Of Many Nature Programs, Turns 100

• Stephen Colbert To Reunite With Letterman, Kimmel, Oliver, Fallon, And Meyers For Final ‘Late Show’ Episodes

• Marilyn Monroe’s Final Interview Sets Release Date, & Finds Her Embracing Her Sex Symbol Status: ‘I Never Had An Erotic Scene And Always Wanted To Test It Out’

Sports Entertainment

• OKC Thunder Beat L.A. Lakers 125-107 To Go Up 2-0 In NBA Western Conference Semifinals

• Cunningham Leads Detroit Pistons To 107-97 Win Over Cleveland Cavaliers For 2-0 Lead In NBA Eastern Conference Semis

• Carolina Hurricanes Dominate Philly Flyers 4-1 In Game 3, Take A 3-0 Series Lead In NHL Semifinals

• NFL And Referees Agree On A 7-Year Collective Bargaining Agreement, Avoiding Potential Work Stoppage This Fall

Today’s Special Guest

Carolyn Fiddler is a political consultant, and former Communications Director for multiple progressive and Democratic organizations, including the Democratic Attorney General’s Association, Daily Kos, and Courier Newsroom. She’s also one of the nation’s foremost experts in state politics, the author of the “This Week In Statehouse Action” newsletter on Substack, and she knows Virginia politics & law well. So she’s the perfect person to talk with about the illegitimate decision of SCOVA today - or as she wrote it, “Virginia’s Supreme Court Goes Full GOP Hack.”

Your Bar Regulars Tonight

Our friends Karen from Chicago, & Anita From San Antonio, co-hosts of Tru Blu Politics (and on Patreon too) are back in the bar tonight, to talk about another crazy busy week of news. We’ll recap this weeks news, from Trump’s stupid Iran war, to the retrain of the Confederacy, and more. Plus, we’ll talk about The Tru Blu Politics daily podcast at Resistance Journal too. Come in this evening, grab a seat & a sip, & join us!

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