News On Tap For Thursday, July 2, 2026

American Chaos

In today’s pre-holiday “News On Tap” we’ve got news about patriotism, selfishness, & who America’s *real* enemies are. We start with Trump’s Not-So-Great Birthday Party in DC, Trump’s DC remodeling projects, & What True Patriots are doing this weekend. We’ve also got news on the real dirtbags that are America’s real enemies, including the Right’s ongoing war on Democracy. Plus, Trumponomics is still failing, while the corrupt Trump regime keeps criming. We’ll also climb on the Pollercoaster, get some Media news, some Taylor & Travis news, and some Sports news too. And Karen & Anita of the Tru Blu Politics podcast AND John Fugelsang are joining us tonight. Read up, get informed, and we’ll see you here tonight!

First Round - America At A Crossroads

Not A Great Birthday Party

• Trump’s Not-So-Great Fair Melts Under Brutal Heat Wave, As Ac Units At Exhibits Stop Working

• New Congressional Report Confirms Trump Regime Hijacked U.S.’S 250th Anniversary Celebrations To Serve Their Own Political Ideology And Pet Projects

• Internal National Park Service Modeling Confirms Trump’s Supersized Fireworks Show On National Mall Likely To Cause Severe & Hazardous Air Pollution

• Trump Officials Reportedly Deleted Photos Of Trump Rally After President Became ‘Enraged’ By Poor Attendance

• Sam Gauntt: Come On Down To Trump’s Great American State Fair — There’s Plenty Of Room

Trump Wants To Remake DC

• The Trump Regime Has Remade Dc This Fourth Of July, Into A Maze Of Fences And National Guard Members

• Retired Military Leaders Praise & Support 18 Democratic Governors Who Refused To Send National Guard Units To Dc For America 250 Events

• Trump’s Plans To Transform Dc Public Golf Course To Private Course Exposed; Would Destroy Dc’s ‘Oldest Grove Of Cherry Trees’

True Patriots Fighting Forward

• Tourists Grapple With Incomplete President’s House Exhibits In Philadelphia, Ahead Of The Nation’s 250th Birthday [Gift Link]

• How America Gave Up On Teaching Its Own History To Its Own People [Gift Link]

• How Do We Repair America? Five Proposals To Change The Constitution, Aiming For A More Perfect Union [Gift Link]

• Rev. Sen. Raphael Warnock: Why I Refuse To Give Up On America

Second Round - America’s Real Enemies

FDR Dems Vs The Dirtbags

• The Democratic Base Is Demanding Change - But It’s More About Fighters, Less About Ideology [Gift Link]

• Adam Serwer: Don’t Overestimate, Like Many In The Mainstream Media Are - Democratic Socialists Aren’t Taking Over America

• Jonathan Chait: There’s Nothing Democratic About These Socialists. They’re The Dirtbag Left. And They Hate Democracy. [Gift Link]

• Jeet Heer: The Dirtbag Left And The Problem Of Dominance Politics

The War On Democracy

• New Trump Regime Task Force, Driven By Trump Loyalist & Acting DNI Bill Pulte, Now Pushing Bogus Election Fraud Claims Using Declassified Intelligence Documents

• At The Direction Of Pulte & Patel, FBI Now Directing Hundreds Of Analysts To Dig Into Georgia Election Probe

• The Many Ways Trump & Republicans Are Trying To Cheat To Steal The 2026 Elections

• In New Interview, Hillary Clinton Accurately Labels Trump’s Republican Party A ‘Cult’ Over Their Anti-Democratic Election Tactics

War In The Courts

• Federal Judge Blocks U.S. Postal Service From Imposing Trump Regime’s Restrictions On Mail-In Ballots

• Trump DOJ Sues California And Virginia For Weapons Bans

• Former CIA Chief Brennan Sues To Force Trump Administration To Preserve Records

Third Round - Trump's Cruel & Corrupt Regime

Trumponomics Is Failing

• U.S. Adds Meager 57,000 Jobs In June, As Wage Growth Remains Below Inflation For The Third Consecutive Month

• Trump Regime Confirms They Won’t Renew USMCA Trade Deal With Mexico & Canada. That Trump Struck In 1st Term

• A Good Thing: Trump DOJ & States Reach Settlement With Egg Producers, Who Will Pay $3.3M And Donate 53 Million Eggs To Settle Price-Fixing & Collusion Claims

Immigration Wars

• Immigrant Arrests Surge To 10,000 In 5 Days As ICE Clamps Down [Gift Link]

• New Documents Show ICE Has Found A New Way To Dodge Congress About A Secret Protester Database

• Trump Regime’s $46 Billion ‘Smart Wall’ Continues Racing Ahead On U.S.-Mexico Border

Corruption Land

• New Disclosures Prove Crypto Brought Trump A Huge Windfall, Even As Most Of His Investors Lost Big [Gift Link]

• Trump Bought Hundreds Of Stocks The Day Before He Paused Tariffs And Sparked A Historic Rally

• FBI Dir. Kash Patel’s Severely Late Stock Disclosure Raises Serious Corruption Questions About Violating STOCK Act

• All In The Family: Trump’s Eldest Sons Tied To 10+ Defense Firms Getting At Least $3.7M Since He Got Back Into Office

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Pollercoaster

• New Fox Poll: Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff Holds Double-Digit Lead Over Republican Mike Collins

• New Fox Poll: Democrat Josh Turek Holds 4-Point Lead Over Republican Ashley Hinson In Iowa Senate Race

• MSNOW Shifts Ohio Senate Race From ‘Leans Republican’ To ‘Toss Up’

The War In Ukraine

• Russia Unleashes Biggest Attack Yet On Kyiv, Killing At Least 21, Injuring Scores In Kyiv After Zelenskyy Warned Of ‘Massive Strike’

• Ukraine’s Attacks Finally Forcing ‘Russians To Realize The War Is Really Happening’

Miscellaneous But Important

• Climate Realities: Forecasters Warn Of Record-Breaking U.S. Summer Heat Amid Intense El Niño

• Trump CDC Now Investigating Source Of Parasitic Outbreak Linked To ‘Explosive’ Diarrhea In Multiple States

• Colorado’s Democratic Gov. Jared Polis Fires Two Members Of State Clemency Board Who Opposed His Commutation Of Election Fraud Criminal & Trump Ally Tina Peters

• Fighting Fascism: Pope Leo Responds Aggressively, Declaring Right-Wing Extremist ‘Society Of St. Pius X’ In Schism, Excommunicating Bishops & Invalidating Their Sacraments

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment & More

Media Matters

• The Onion’s new parody of Alex Jones’ Infowars starts tonight - by giving $100,000 to Sandy Hook families that Alex Jones owed but never paid

• Victor Willis, Village People lead singer who co-wrote hit single “Y.M.C.A., dies at 74

A Garden Wedding

• Law Enforcement Official Confirms Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce Wedding At Madison Square Garden On Friday

• Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Donated $26 Million To Charities Ahead Of Wedding

• Everything Happening During Taylor Swift’s NYC Wedding Week

Sports Entertainment

• With 2-0 Win Over Bosnia-Herzegovina, U.S. Secures Biggest World Cup Win In A Generation, Now Faces Belgium - Without Star Scorer Balogun

• Belgium Converts Late Penalty To Beat Senegal 3-2 In Extra Time In The Round Of 32 At The World Cup

• Live Updates, World Cup 2026: England, USA And Belgium Through; Spain And Portugal Face Last-32 Tests

• Can U.S. Forward Balogun’s World Cup Red Card Be Appealed? Sadly, No.

• Caitlin Clark Voted To Start 3rd Straight WNBA All-Star Game, Joined By 2 Fever Teammates

• Alex Ovechkin Returning For A 22nd NHL Season After Re-Signing With The Washington Capitals

Tonight’s First Bar Regulars:

Our friends Karen from Chicago, & Anita From San Antonio, co-hosts of Tru Blu Politics (and on Patreon too) are back to help us lead into the holiday weekend early! We’ll recap this week’s news, & talk about The Tru Blu Politics daily podcast at Resistance Journal too. Grab a drink & join us tonight!

Tonight’s Other Bar Regular:

John Fugelsang, our friend, broadcaster, podcaster, Substacker, comedian, Host of “Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang” weeknights on Sirius XM & author of the bestselling book “Separation of Church and Hate” is back tonight! We’ll be talking about the horrible Supreme Court rulings this week, the horrible birthday party in DC, and more. Join us tonight!

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