News On Tap For Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Making Progress While Oligarchs Stumble

Today’s ‘News On Tap’ is swirling with change - & progress. We’ve got news updates on the strong showing by Democrats in Colorado’s elections, & the Blue Wave building around the U.S. We’ve also got details on Trump & Republicans’ disgusting ‘Let them eat steak’ attitudes, their latest arrogant actions, and how their economic polices have failed most Americans. Meanwhile, Tiny Johnson can’t control his impotent caucus, Trump keeps losing in the courts, & Republicans’ War Against Democracy rolls on. Plus, important Media Matters, TV & Movie news, and Sports news too. And Bob Cesca is joining us at the bar tonight before the holiday weekend. Read up, get informed, and join us tonigh!

First Round - America Wants Change

Making Progress In Colorado

• Colorado Atty. Gen Phil Weiser Defeats Sen. Michael Bennet In Colorado’s Democratic Governor’s Primary

• Longtime House Rep. Diana Degette Loses Reelection Bid To Liberal Democratic Challenger Melat Kiros In Major Upset For Denver-Based House Seat

• Sen. John Hickenlooper Fends Off Progressive Challenger In Colorado Democratic Senate Primary

• Young Progressive Democrat Manny Rutinel, Wins Primary For Colorado’s 8th District, The State’s Likely Toss-Up Seat

• Perry Bacon: The Progressive Left Won In Colorado - And It’s Not Because Of Gaza Or Socialism. It’s Because They’re Fighters.

Blue Wave Building

• Talarico Seizes On Paxton Tabloid Story To Test Corruption Attacks In Texas Senate Race

• Greg Sargent: Trump’s Political Weakness Has Put Texas In Play. A New NYTimes Poll Shows How Democratic Senate Candidate James Talarico Could Win

• Cook Political Report Shifts Alaska Senate Race From Lean R To Tossup

• New NYTimes/Siena Polls Find Control Of The Senate Is Very Much Up For Grabs [Gift Link]

Second Round - Bonfire Of The Elites

Let Them Eat Steak

• Trump Loyalist Rep. Troy Nehls Asked About ‘Affordability’ For Regular Americans Boasts That He Will Eat Lobster Tail & Rib-Eye Steak For July 4 Because ‘They Don’t Work As Hard As I Do.”

• Newly Released Required Financial Disclosure Shows Trump Made At Least $2.2 Billion In 2025, Much Of It From Crypto [Gift Link]

• Trump’s Self-Dealing Moneymaking Run: Unrivaled In Presidential History [Gift Link]

• Trump Announces He Will Celebrate The Great American Economic Comeback At Republican Midterm Convention In Dallas In September

Trumponomics Is Still Failing

• Largest Grocery Chain In U.S. Kroger Buying Regional Grocer Giant Eagle In $1.65B Deal That Will Further Shrink Competition

• Nearly 500,000 New Yorkers Set To Lose Health Insurance Due To Trump & Republican Cuts From Big Ugly Bill

• Trump’s Affordability Crisis Is Hitting His Supporters Hardest As He Dumps On Housing Affordability Bill As Of ‘Minor Importance’

• With Trepidation, U.S., Canada, & Mexico Begin Negotiations To Renew Economically Important North American Trade Pact

A Clueless Arrogant Regime

• Trump Demands He Be Able To Give Speech On July 4, Pushing National Fireworks Celebration Until Potentially 11PM

• Trump Regime’s Planned Mount Rushmore Fireworks Show Reignites Fears Of Forest Fire Disaster; Admin. Doesn’t Seem To Care

• Trump Takes First Flight On Qatar-Gifted Air Force One, On Trip To North Dakota To See The New Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

Third Round - Republicans Can't Govern Well

On Capitol Hill

• House Votes Nearly Unanimously, Adopting Massie Resolution To Disclose Which Members Settled Sexual Misconduct Allegations With Taxpayer Funds

• Speaker Johnson Cancels All Other Votes For The Week, Starts House Recess Early After Republican Rebellion

• Neukam & Kalra: Tiny Johnson Can’t Control His Caucus

The Unjust Court’s After Effects

• After Supreme Court Loss, Trump Calls On Congress To Pass A Law Banning Birthright Citizenship

• Mark Joseph Stern: The Supreme Court’s 5–4 Vote In The Birthright Citizenship Case Is A Scandal.

• Thomas Wolf & Samuel Breidbart: The Supreme Court Saved Birthright Citizenship — But Kavanaugh’s Dissent Is Ominous

• Suzanne Goldberg: The Supreme Court’s Ruling On Trans Athletes Is Legal Scapegoating

War In The Courts

• Denver-Based 10th Circuit Appeal Court Rejects Trump Regime’s Mass Detention Policy Under ICE

• Federal Judge Blocks Hegseth’s Pentagon Press Escort Policy

• Federal Judge Rules Trump Protest Signs & ‘86 47’ Flag Are Protected Speech

• E. Jean Carroll Asks Judge To Force Donald Trump To Pay $5m He Owes Her

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Republicans’ War On Democracy

• Republicans Now Pushing To “Reinterpret” Federal Law That Bans Late Voter Roll Purges

• Trump Met With Election Denier & Former Colorado Elections Clerk Tina Peters In Oval Office

• Cleta Mitchell Says Supreme Court’s Mail Ballot Ruling Opens Door To Kill Early Voting: ‘Let’s File Some Cases’

Climate Crisis

• Forecasters Warn Of ‘Dangerous’ Heat Conditions Across U.S. As Massive Heat Dome Captures Half The Nation

• Kate Aronoff: As A Heat Wave Sends Temperatures Soaring Past 100, This Is The Week For Democrats To Start Saying “Climate Change” Again

Foreign Affairs

• Ukraine Hits Moscow Satellite Center In Yet Another Large Overnight Drone Attack

• New Study Estimates Troop Casualties In Russia’s War On Ukraine Top 2 Million, 1.4M Are Russian

• Many Of The 146 Venezuelans Killed By Massive Venezuelan Quakes, Just Hours After Being Deported From U.S.

Miscellaneous But Important

• DOGE Effects: Weather Forecasts Have Seemed Much More Inaccurate Lately, Because Of Continuing Republican Backed Cuts

• Former CIA Dir. John Brennan Goes On Offense, Sure Trump DOJ To Force Them To Preserve Records

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

Media Matters

• Getty Images Abandons $3.7 Billion Merger With Shutterstock, Chalking Up The Scuttling Of The Deal To U.K. Regulators

• Paramount Now Set To Exit Universal Joint Venture In Effort To Gain EU Approval Of Mega-Merger With Warner Bros. Discovery

• Paula Reid, CNN’s Chief Legal Affairs Correspondent, To Exit Ahead Of Paramount Takeover, Sending A Major Signal To Others At CNN

• Paula Reid Expected To Move To MS NOW After Leaving CNN

TV, Movies, & More

• Best TV Of 2026: ‘Widow’s Bay,’ ‘The Testaments,’ ‘Star City,’& More Judged Among The Best TV Of The Year So Far

• ‘Lethal Weapon’ And ‘The Color Purple’ Star Danny Glover Reveals Alzheimer’s Diagnosis, Gives Health Update

• Taylor Swift’s Super Top-Secret Wedding Is Getting Kinda Ridiculous

Sports Entertainment

• World Cup Updates: England Beats DR Congo 2-1, Sending Them To Round Of 16; U.S. Plays Bosnia And Herzegovina Tonight

• Mexico Ends A 40-Year Knockout Drought, Beats Ecuador 2-0 To Reach The Round Of 16

• Kylian Mbappe Scores Twice As France Beats Sweden 3-0; Mbappe Draws Level With Messi In World Cup Goal Chart

• Gauff Overcomes Sierra To Reach 3rd Round At Wimbledon. Sinner And Sabalenka Also Advance

• Wimbledon 2026: Serena Williams’ Doubles Match With Sister Venus In Doubt After Knee Injury During First-Round Singles Loss

Your Bar Regular Tonight

Bob Cesca, podcaster, broadcaster, journalist, artist, & host of The Bob Cesca Show, as well as co-host of the award-winning Trek Politics is back at the bar tonight. Bob has another great new piece up at The Banter today, “Trump’s Second-Term Curse Has Finally Arrived.” We’l talk about that, the elections in Colorado, the growing failures of Trump & Republicans, & more. Plus, we’ll talk with Bob about his latest episode of Trek Politics, and draw a few rounds from the News On Tap. Join us tonight!

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