News On Tap For Monday, July 6, 2026

Welcome Back! America’s Still A Mess.

Today’s “News On Tap” has a few holiday leftovers in it, and a look ahead through this hot stupid summer. We’ve got your weekend recap for those who took a break from political news, and a look ahead to Trump at the NATO meeting, Ukraine starting to win the war, & the ongoing cleanup with Iran. Meanwhile, Trump keeps screwing the rubes, while the massively corrupt Trump regime keeps destroying the government. There’s some big news in Elections & Politics, & some Climate Crisis news too. Plus Media news, Movies (& Taylor Swift) news, and a critical World Cup update too. And Brooklyn Dad Defiant is back tonight too. Read up, get informed, and we’ll see you at the bar tonight!

First Round - Fourth Of July Hangover

• July 4: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Rebukes Trumpism With July 4th Pro-Immigrant Speech For U.S.’S 250th Birthday

• Hundreds Of Masked White Supremacists March Through DC On July 4th, Disturbing Local Residents

• Scorching DC Heat Leaves 7 On ‘Advanced Life Support’ On July 4, After Attending Trump’s Not-So-Great State Fair

• July 3: At Mount Rushmore, Trump Veers From Patriotism To ‘Communism’ In Yet Another Rambling Speech

• July 4: Trump Rants About Communism In Delayed America 250 Speech On 4th Of July At The National Mall

• Michael Tomasky: Trump Has A New, Stupid, & Likely Ineffective Favorite Word: Communism

• Trump’s MAGA Supporters, Angry & Confused, Fight With Secret Service & Natl. Guard, As Storms Force Evacuation Of Natl. Mall Before Trump’s July 4 Speech

• MAGA Conspiracists Claim Trump’s July 4th Speech Was Sabotaged By Liberals Armed With Weather Machines

Second Round - Trump Vs The World

Trump Vs NATO

• Trump Heading To Türkiye To Test How Far He Can Push NATO Allies

• 5 Things To Watch As Trump Heads To The NATO Summit

• Trump To Meet Leaders Of Ukraine, Syria Alongside NATO Summit

Russia’s War On Ukraine

• Deadly Russian Strikes On Ukraine’s Capital Of Kyiv Kill At Least 11 Ahead Of NATO Summit

• Ukrainian Drones Hit St Petersburg Oil Terminal In Latest Long-Range Attack On Russia

• Long Lines For Gas, Due To Ukrainian Attacks On Russia Refineries, Shatter The Illusion Of Normalcy In Wartime Russia [Gift Link]

Cleanup From Trump’s Iran War

• Oil Prices Are Still Falling, But OPEC Plus Nations Are Pledging To Pump More

• Three Sons Of Iran’s Slain Leader Khamenei Appear At Funeral - But Not His Successor

• Calls For Killing Of Trump Ring Out From Crowd At Funeral Of Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei

Third Round - Corrupt & Cruel Republican Govt.

Trump’s Screwing The Rubes Again

• Nearly A Million Investors Lost A Total Of $3.8 Billion On Trump’s Crypto Coin, As He Cashed In [Gift Link]

• Trump Forced To Disclose 21,000 Securities Trades During His First Year Back In Office

A Corrupt & Dangerous Administration

• Trump Regime To Roll Back Dozens Of Gun Regulations, Abandoning Enforcement Of Illegal Sales, Restoring Gun Rights For Those With Mental Illness, & Allowing Guns By Mail

• Trump Jr. Stands To Reap Financial Windfall With Plan To Legalize Guns-By-Mail

• Trump’s Corrupt Energy Department Proposes Weakening Efficiency Standards For Home Appliances

• Trump Pardons Violators Of The Clean Air Act - And A Major Donor [Gift Link]

• Louisiana’s Republican Atty. Gen. Liz Murrill, A Trump Ally, Indicted Over Threats To Local Democratic Leaders In New Orleans; Republican Gov. Pledges Swift Pardon

• Interior Secretary Burgum Says Trump Regime Will Use The Same Company To Repair Reflecting Pool That Did The Original Low-Quality Work

• DOGE Officially Ended On July 4. Federal Agencies Are Still Pushing To Hire For Jobs Lost Under Elon Musk’s Cuts

• Trump DOJ Refuses To Hand Over Epstein Files, Even After Judge’s Order

Trumponomics Is Failing

• Microsoft To Cut 4,800 Jobs, Joining The Wave Of AI-Driven Tech Layoffs

• Newly Leaked Report Confirms Trump’s Treasury Dept Has Warning About The Dangers Of The AI Bubble Collapsing

Chaos On Capitol Hill

• It’s An Empty Washington, But Republicans In Congress Are Still In Chaos

• Speaker Johnson Insists His Republican House Will Still Ram Through Restrictionist SAVE America Bill Using Reconciliation Process

• Growing Number Of Republicans Speak Out, Saying It’s Time Trump Realizes He’s Not Going to Get The SAVE America Act Passed

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Elections & Politics

• Mallory McMorrow Ends Bid For Democratic Senate Nomination In Michigan, Setting Up Progressive El-Sayed Clash With Centrist Stevens

• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Abdul El-Sayed In Michigan Democratic Primary

• Sen. Van Hollen Backs El-Sayed For Michigan Senate In Break From Democratic Leadership

• Brynn Tannehill: This Year, Democratic Voters Want Fighters

• FDR Democrats Giving New Life To Medicare For All

Climate Crisis

• Wildfires Rage Across Southern Europe, Forcing Thousands To Flee Homes

• Europe & U.S. Extreme Heat Shocks Scientists Tracking Climate Impacts

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

Media Matters

• Supreme Court Allows Former Fox Reporter Catherine Herridge To Be Fined For Failing To Disclose Source [Gift Link]

• ABC/Disney’s “The View” Now Throttling Back Political Candidate Bookings Following FCC Inquiry

Movies, Music, & More

• ‘Minions & Monsters’ Tops Fourth Of July Holiday Box Office, Barely Beating ‘Toy Story 5’

• Harry Styles Honors One Direction Bandmates During Final Wembley Show Of Tour

• Inside Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce’s Wedding: All About The Star-Studded Ceremony At Madison Square Garden

• Paul McCartney Sings Beatles Song Live For The First Time In 62 Years At Taylor Swift’s Wedding

World Cup

• FIFA Rejects Belgium Request; Balogun Still Clear To Play Vs. Belgium

• Trump Confirms He Called FIFA President & Asked Them To Review U.S. Soccer Star Folarin Balogun’s Suspension

• World Cup Delivers Huge Viewership, Delivering NFL-Level Numbers, Amid String Interest In Non-U.S. Matches

• Norway’s Star Haaland Leads Team To Stunning 2-1 Win Over Brazil, Sending The Vikings To The World Cup Quarter-Finals

• Shorthanded England Hands Mexico Its First World Cup Loss In Mexico City, Winning 3-2 To Reach Quarterfinals

• Penalty Saves France’s World Cup Run In A Scrappy Match Against Paraguay

Other Sports News

• Naomi Osaka Overpowers Aryna Sabalenka To Reach The Wimbledon Quarterfinals

• 2026 WNBA All-Star Game Players List Released: Caitlin Clark, A’ja Wilson Headline List Of 10 Starters

Your Bar Regular For Tonight

Brooklyn Dad Defiant, AKA Majid M. Padellan, is an author, activist, blogger, and host/co-host of TWO online shows – ‘The Defiant Weekly’ on Wednesdays, and ‘The JoJo & BDD Show’ with Jo Carducci on Thursdays. Tonight, we’ll talk with him about his Fourth Of July weekend, Trump’s disastrous fair, his thoughts on the World Cup, & we’ll draw a few rounds from the News On Tap. Grab a drink & join us tonight!

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