Today’s “News On Tap” has us a bit on edge. From Trump’s dangerous declaration of war on democracy, to the ongoing War with Iran, there’s plenty of news to keep any good person on edge. We also have news updates on the growing costs of that war, and the failure of Republican economics. Meanwhile, the Immigration Wars roll on, & Trump’s Dangerous & Stupid Administration keeps doing terminally stupid things too. There is some good news in Polls & Politics today, along with some good TV & Music news, and some great Sports news too. Plus, Carolyn Fiddler AND John Fugelsang will both be in the bar tonight. Read up, get informed, & join us tonight!
First Round - A Dangerous Lie Revisited
Sources Claim Trump To Allege In Primetime Speech Of Chinese Meddling In 2020 U.S. Election
Randi Rhodes: The President Has No Authority To Run State Elections. Period.
Second Round - Fumbling Thru Foreign Affairs
Trump’s War with Iran Drags On
U.S. Intensifies Attacks On Iran Again As Tehran Hits Back At Gulf States
U.S.-Iran Hostilities Worsen As Strait Of Hormuz Shipping Traffic Falls To Mere Trickle
Iran’s Leadership Tells Houthis To Close Red Sea Gateway If U.S. Hits Its Power Network
The Growing Costs Of War
Diesel Prices Hit $5 a Gallon Again, Up 33% Since Start of Iran War
With Trump Restarting The War With Iran, U.S. Intelligence Officials Now Predict the War’s Cost Will Exceed $100 Billion
Fully Controlling Hormuz Would Take More U.S. Troops – And Even More Risk – Than U.S. Has Expended So Far
U.S. citizen held in Iran since 2024 released; Trump claims it’s a ‘gesture of Goodwill by Iran’
Other Foreign Affairs
Strait Of Hormuz-Style Crisis Looms For Russia’s Access To The Black Sea As Ukraine Forces Shutdown
Ukraine’s Pres. Zelenskyy Defends Sacking Ukraine’s Defense Minister Fedorov, After Breakdown Of Relations Between Defense Dept. & Military Leaders In The Field
Pew Poll: People In Many Countries Now View China More Positively Than The U/S.
Australia To Impose Energy And Water Guardrails On Data Centers Amid A.I. Boom
Third Round - Republican Government Sucks
Republican Economics Fails Again
A Meager Silver Lining: Unemployment Claims Fall To 208,000, Fewest In 10 Weeks
U.S. Grocery Slowdown Deepens As Shoppers Buy Fewer Items, Raising Pressure On Food Companies
Trump Regime Slaps 25% Tariff On Most Brazilian Goods Over Supposed ‘Unfair Trade Practices’
Immigration Wars Roll On
Venezuelan Man, Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, Becomes 22nd Person To Die In Ice Custody This Year
New Report Confirms Detainees At Ice Facility In Texas Report Frequent Beatings And Other Human Rights Abuses
Fbi Searches Van Involved In Houston Ice Shooting, In Apparent Attempt To Make Killing Look Like It Was For Drugs (Which It Was Not)
Why Trump Caved To Maga Criticism Over The Ice Traffic Stop Order [Gift Link]
Radley Balko: Ice Is Out Of Control. Here’s What To Do About It.
Trump’s Dangerous & Stupid Admin.
Literal Sh-Tstorm Spreads Across U.S. After Trump Regime Slashed Cdc Food Safety Efforts
In Wednesday’s Congressional Hearing, Trump’s Attorney General Nominee Todd Blanche Just Opened The Door To A National Abortion Ban
Blanche’s Chances Of Becoming Attorney General Appear To Hinge On Republican Sen. Cornyn
Sec. Of Defense Hegseth Now Plans To Screen All Troops, Including Women, For Low Testosterone
On Capitol Hill
House Republicans Resurrect Save America Act Again, & Try To Force It Through By Adding It To New Spending Bill
In Seismic Shift, More Than 100 House Democrats Vote To End Military Aid To Israel
House Democrats Thrash Russ Vought In Hearing Over His Damaging Temporary Cfpb Leadership
Fourth Round - More News To Drink About
Corruption Land
New Reporting Confirms White House Teleprompter Operator Made More Than $100k Betting On Trump’s Speeches Through Prediction Markets
Polls & Politics
Miscellaneous But Important
Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More
Rest In Peace
Hal Williams, Regular On ‘227’and ‘Sanford And Son’ Dies At 91
Dave Kendall, Creator & Host Of Mtv’s Seminal Alternative Rock Music Program ‘120 Minutes’ Dies
Media Matters
Trump’s Corrupt Fcc Chair Moving To End Cap On National Broadcast Ownership
David And Larry Ellison Sued By Paramount Investor Over Alleged Trump Side Deal
New York Times Files Motion To Quash Subpoenas Of Its Journalists [Gift Link]
TV & Music News
Today Show Intruder Breaks Into Studio Looking For Al Roker, Confronts Craig Melvin And Yells Racial Slur
Savannah Guthrie Taking A Brief Leave Of Absence From Today Show To Host Her New Game Show, Wordle.
Lana Del Rey Announces ‘Beautiful’ Companion Album To Her New Long-Awaited Album ‘Stove’
Sports Entertainment
Argentina rallies past England with late rally, securing 2-1 win to advance to World Cup Final
The World Cup final is set, with Messi and Argentina facing Yamal and Spain for the title on Sunday
A’ja Wilson is drafted No. 1 as Cooper and Weatherspoon pick WNBA All-Star teams
Tonight’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, and the author of the “This Week In Statehouse Action” newsletter on Substack, where you can get some of the best info on state politics anywhere. She’s also a cat mom and a connoisseur of of wine and drinks - which always makes things easier for us here at The Politics Bar!
Tonight’s Bar Regular:
John Fugelsang, our friend, broadcaster, podcaster, Substacker, comedian, author of the bestselling book “Separation of Church and Hate” , & host of his own show on SiriusXM is back in evenings tonight, to hang out with us! We’ll talk about Trump’s election denier/declaration of war on democracy speech tonight, the ugly confirmation hearing tonight, and more. Join us tonight!
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