News On Tap For Friday, July 10, 2026

The Fight Is On

Today’s “News On Tap” shows a lot of fight - & the monsters aren’t winning. From Trump’s War Against Democracy, to the Democratic Reboot In Maine, to Trump’s Fumbling Foreign Policy, we’ve got all the updates. Meanwhile, the ICE Monsters Are Killing Again, as Trump’s corruption keeps going - but so are Democrats, in ways we all need. There’s also news in Movies & Music, & we have a Sports News update too. And and Karen & Anita of the Tru Blu Politics podcast are back tonight to help wrap up the week. Read up, get informed, and we’ll see you here tonight!

First Round - The Fight to Vote

Trump’s War On Democracy Rolls On

• Trump Fires All Remaining Election Assistance Commission Members, Leaving Agency Unable To Act

• Steve Benen: Why You Should Care About Trump Gutting The Election Assistance Commission

• Trump’s Corrupt DOJ To Deploy Election Monitors To Six Democratic-Led States For Remaining Primary Elections

• Khaya Himmelman: All The Places Trump-Aligned Election Deniers Could Be In Charge Of Elections After The 2026 Elections

Reboot In Maine

• Current Maine Secretary Of State Shenna Bellows Announces She’s Officially Running For Senate

• Former Maine State Senate Pres. Troy Jackson Announces Run For U.S. Senate After Platner Suspends Campaign

• The Rapidly-Evolving 18-Day Primary For A New Democratic Nominee For U.S. Senate From Maine

• New Poll Shows A Tight Fight For New Maine Democratic Senate Nominee

• Platner Privately Tells Staff He’ll Exit Maine Senate Race - But Only At Monday Deadline

Second Round - Fumbling Foreign Policy

War On, War Off

• Trump Says U.S. To Continue Peace Talks With Iran, Despite Scrapped Ceasefire

• Tanker Traffic Through Strait Of Hormuz Slows After Iranian Attacks Trigger Renewed Fighting With U.S.

• Trump Couldn’t Take New Air Force One Home From NATO Meetings Because It Lacks Comms & Defensive Countermeasures Of Previous Model - And He Was Ordering New Strikes On Iran [Gift Link]

• New Reports Claim Israel Shared Intelligence Of New Iranian Plot To Kill Trump With U.S. Officials

• Trump’s Payback: Corporate Earnings Reports To Reveal Big Oil Corporations’ Record Profits Due To Iran War Windfall

Other Foreign Affairs

• Israelis Now Set To Vote On Their Future - & Netanyahu’s - In October. But Replacing Him May Require An Arab Party In Their Coalition

• Ukraine’s Drones Are Now Reaching Siberia, Further Imperiling Russia’s Energy Assets

• Twelve Killed, 23 Missing In One Of Spain’s Deadliest Wildfires

Third Round - Repubs' Dangerous & Failing Govt.

ICE Monsters Kill Again

• **BREAKING* Harris County Medical Examiner Rules Houston ICE Shooting Death Of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo A Homicide

• Trump Official Confirms Mexican Man Fatally Shot By ICE Wasn’t The Intended Target [Gift Link]

• Immigrants Who Saw Man Killed By ICE In Houston Confirm He Did Not Ram Officers With His Vehicle [Gift Link]

• Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Confirms Witnesses Were Pressured By ICE Agents To Self-Deport

• Multiple Houston-Area House Democrats Demand Feds Release Footage Of ICE Agent Fatally Shooting Migrant

• ICE Claims Officers Involved In Fatal Houston Shooting Of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Weren’t Wearing Bodycams

• Hundreds March In Protest Of Fatal ICE Shooting In Houston’s Magnolia Park

• Will Bunch: ICE Killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They Want You To Be Apathetic. Don’t Be.

• Asawin Suebsaeng: Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdowns On U.S. Cities Are Still Happening. Don’t Look Away.

Executive-Level Corruption

• Trump DOJ Appointees Are Overruling Career Lawyers, Allowing Almost Any Merger & Blocking Enforcement Of Anti-Trust Laws Meant To Protect Consumers From Price Gouging

• Trump’s Proposed DC Arch Wins Initial Approval From Planning Commission Stacked With His Toadies

• Steve Bannon Exposed As Secret Player In White House ‘Extortion’ Of Law Firms In New Filings

• Trump Taps Global Warming Critic To Reopen U.S. Global Change Research Program

Democrats Keep Pushing Congress Forward

• Trump Says He Won’t Sign Housing Affordability Bill, Which Will Become Law Automatically At Midnight Tonight

• The Big Housing Affordability Bill Is Set To Become Law At Midnight. Here’s What It’ll Do.

• Congressional Democrats Want Kash Patel To Answer For His Spending. Republican Chuck Grassley Is Finally On-Board With Them.

War In The Courts

• Corrupt Trump DOJ Sues Maryland, Alleges State Law Is Interfering With Their Immigration Crackdown

• Courts At Every Level Reject Trump’s Hail Mary Attempts To Avoid Paying E. Jean Carroll

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Elections & Politics

• After More Than A Week, Extremist Right-Winger Victor Marx Declared Winner Of Republican Primary For Colorado Governor

• Cook Political Report Moves 4 Of 5 Governor’s Races Toward Democrats, With Huge Positive Changes In AZ & OH

• Maryland’s Democratic-Led Assembly Agrees To Meet In August For Special Session On Redistricting

Miscellaneous But Important

• Todd Blanche Confirmation Hearings Set For Next Week

• Over 1,200 DOJ Alums Say Todd Blanche Should NOT Be Attorney General

• New Mexico’s Atty. Gen. Formally Accuses Trump DOJ Of Obstructing Epstein Ranch Inquiry [Gift Link]

• Name Brand Bribery: Palm Beach’s Airport & A Tennessee Bridge Both Renamed After Trump On The Same Day

Fifth Round - Entertainment, Sports, & More

Movies, Music, & More

• Box Office: ‘Moana’ Sets Sail With $4.5 Million In Thursday Previews

• ‘Toy Story 5’ Surpasses $800 Million Global Box Office Haul

• Four Stars: Rolling Stones Continue Their Late-Career Winning Streak With ‘Foreign Tongues’

• Musicians’ Groups, RIAA, Grammys, SAG-AFTRA And Other Groups Launch New Industry-Wide Labeling Program For AI Music

Sports Entertainment

• World Cup Quarterfinals Kick Off, As Mbappé & France Blank Morocco 2-0 On Thursday, To Reach World Cup Semifinals

• Unbeaten Spain Meets Star-Powered Belgium Today In The World Cup Quarterfinals

• Wimbledon Men’s Semifinals Live Updates: Sinner Faces Djokovic After Zverev Handles Fery

• Phillies’ Bryce Harper And Cardinals’ Jordan Walker Latest Confirmed Participants In MLB All-Star Home Run Derby

• Congress Sends Letter To WNBA Regarding Repeated Hostile Fouls Against Caitlin Clark

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 - and there’s a lot to talk about! We’ll recap all of this week’s political news, & talk about The Tru Blu Politics daily podcast at Resistance Journal too. Grab a drink & join us tonight!

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