News On Tap For Monday, July 27, 2026

Keep Your Eyes On The Ball

Today’s “News On Tap” contains both the ingredients for a blue wave this fall - or a total washout. And Democratic voters need to keep their eyes on the ball. We’ve got your news updates on Trump’s Ongoing Middle East Mess, the War In Ukraine, & some Other Key Foreign Affairs. We’ve also got all the noise from this weekend - the embarrassing White House Correspondents Dinner, the Democratic UnCivil War in Michigan, & How Weak Republicans Really Are. Meanwhile, Republican Economic Keeps Failing, the ICE Monsters Are Back, & there’s a Zombie Mitch update. Plus, Media Matters, Movie & Music news, & Sports news too. Plus, Brooklyn Dad Defiant is back to discuss all of it with us. Read up, get informed, & we’ll see you here tonight!

First Round - Fumbling Thru Foreign Affairs

Trump’s Ongoing Middle East Mess

• Trump Continues Pause On Iran Strikes As Officials Weigh Dwindling Air Defense Stocks

• Trump Holds Off On Major Escalation Against Iran Over Weekend As Advisers Raised Serious Concerns [Gift Link]

• Iran War Casualty Count Eclipses 600 As Trump Pentagon Quietly Changes Accounting

• Republican Senators Now Openly Warning Their Confidence In Pete Hegseth Is Eroding As Iran War Drags On

• In Newly Discovered, Yet Damning Video, Lindsay Graham Called His Years-Long Push For War With Iran ‘The Best Thing I’ve Ever Done’

• Netanyahu And Zelenskyy Both To Arrive In Washington For Graham Funeral On Tuesday

The War In Ukraine

• Trump To Meet With Zelensky At White House Tuesday, To Discuss Ongoing Support Of Ukraine

• Ukraine’s Pres. Zelenskyy Accuses Russia Of Assisting Iran With Satellite Imagery Of U.S. Bases In Middle East

• Ukraine Strikes Russian & Iranian Vessels In Caspian Sea, As Tehran Accuses Kyiv Of ‘Hostile And Criminal Act’

Other Foreign Affairs

• After Daylong Manhunt, Berlin Police Kill Suspect In Pride Festival Attack That Killed 1 & Injured 16

• Raging Wildfires In France Drive 250,000 People From Their Homes And Creep Toward Wine City Of Bordeaux

• 67 Boat Strikes. 221 Dead In The Caribbean. The Cocaine Shipping Still Hasn’t Slowed. [Gift Link]

Second Round - Sound & Fury - & Stupidity

The Worst WHCD Ever

• Trump Attacks Journalists & Hurls Insults At Awkward White House Press Dinner [Gift Link]

• Rude Pundit: Ten Of The Worst, Cringiest, Skeeviest, Crappiest Lines From Trump’s 2026 WHCD Debacle

• Jim Acosta: At The 2026 WH Correspondents’ Dinner, Democracy Died In Cowardice

• Parker Molloy: Sure, Trump Bombed At The WHCD. The Bigger Embarrassment Was The Press Corps That Sat There And Took It.

The Democratic UnCivil Wars Roll On

• Problems On The Center Left: Secret Paid Influencer Campaign Backing Rep, Haley Stevens Floods Michigan Senate Race

• Problems On The Further Left: Dr. El-Sayed Comes Under Fire For ‘Ogre On A Pike’ Leaked Comment

• Michigan Democratic Senate Primary Debate Tonight: Previewing Michigan’s Primary Race

• Hold My Beer, Michigan: The Democratic Establishment’s Attempt To Mess Around In Wisconsin’s Governor’s Race

• Inside The Phone-Throwing Debt-Filled Drama At The Troubled Democratic National Committee [Gift Link]

• Michael Tomasky: It’s Time For DNC Voters To Let DNC Chair Ken Martin Go - And Hire The Guy Martin Defeated To Get The Job

The Weak Republican Opponents

• In The Correct Direction: Democratic House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries Unveils DCCC’s Closing Midterm Pitch, ‘Fighting For An Affordable America’

• Huge Missed Opportunity For Democrats: New Poll Finds Half Of Americans Cannot Explain What Trump & Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill Did

• Sabato’s Crystal Ball: The 2026 House Map Is No More Favorable To Republicans Than The 2018 Map (That Led To A Blue Wave) Was

• Republicans See ‘Scary’ Lack Of Enthusiasm Among Core Voters Ahead Of Midterms [Gift Link]

• Bill Kristol: You Don’t Have To Love Democrats To Vote For ’Em - But You Do Need To Vote For ‘Em

Third Round - Republicans Can't Govern

Republican Economics Has Failed

• New YouGov/CBS Poll Confirms Trump & Republicans Are Failing To Handle Inflation & Lower Prices, As They Promised

• Thanks To Trump & Republicans, Americans Are Having To Rewire Their Grocery Shopping Routines While Digesting The Biggest Price Jumps In 50 Years

• Trump’s New Replacement Tariffs Cover 60% Of The Import Tax Revenue Blocked By Supreme Court Ruling - Leaving An $825b Gap

• Trump Tariff Fine Print Reveals A Raft Of Exemptions

• Trump’s New Tariffs Hit With Lawsuit By Two Small Businesses Who Defeated Trump’s Earlier Tariffs

ICE Monsters & Immigration Wars

• Sources Confirm ICE Plans To Target & Attack Haitian Immigrants In U.S. As Temporary Protected Status Ends

• Employers Nationwide Now Fearing Severe Labor Shortage As Many Immigrants Lose Protected Status [Gift Link]

• Tom Homan Admits To CNN That ICE Agent In Maine Shooting Shouldn’t Have ‘Cleared Vetting’ Due To His Prior Records Of Abuse

War On Good Govt.

• Acting DNI Bill Pulte Announces Even More Layoffs Ahead Of Jay Clayton Vote This Week

• Trump Regime Orders Warnings Placed At So-Called “Inaccurate” Displays At Smithsonian National History Museum

• The Sad Truth About Who Really Relies On Federal Programs In America — And Who Subsidizes Them

Chaos On Capitol Hill

• Trump Demands Thune Keep Senate In Session To Pass SAVE America Act. Thune Is Standing Firm, Noting Republicans Don’t Have The Votes To Pass It.

• Some Republican Senators Claim They Will Obey Trump, & Vote To Cancel Recess Over SAVE America Act

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

War Over Democracy

• Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump Regime Bid To Curb Mail-In Voting In 23 States

• Standing On The Wall: Democratic State Election Officials Are Preparing For Possible Election Clashes With Trump’s Federal Government

On The Campaign Trail

• Troy Jackson Picked As Democratic Nominee In Maine Senate Race [Gift Link]

• Zeeshan Aleem: Maine Democrats Made The Right Choice With Troy Jackson

• Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman Says U.S. Senate Democratic Candidate Rep. Angie Craig Sought His Endorsement - While He Was Still In Icu From Hortman Shooting

Miscellaneous But Important

• Another Day That Ends In Why: Mass Shooting At Seattle Food Festival Kills 3; Police Arrest 1 Suspect & Search For Another

• McConnell Releases Health Update, Saying He Won’t Be At Annual ‘Fancy Farm’ Fundraiser, & He’s Not Ready To Return To Work Yet

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

Other Media Matters

• New UK Govt. Investigation Finds UK Journalists Are ‘Self-Censoring Stories About Trump & The U.S. Right Over Safety Fears’

• SAG-AFTRA Comes Out Against Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

Movies & Music

• Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Soars To $639 Million Globally After Two Weekends, Including $140 Million In Imax

• Comic-Con 2026 Recap: Panels, Reveals, & More

• Carly Simon Reveals Parkinson’s Disease And Cancer Diagnoses - And Announces A New Album

• Miley Cyrus Says She ‘Genuinely’ Wants To Act Again As She Signs With Atlantic Records

Sports Entertainment

• Jonquel Jones And Caitlin Clark Help Team Spoon Beat Team Coop 129-122 In The WNBA All-Star Game

• An Emotional Jonquel Jones Wins Wnba All-Star MVP, Dedicates Honor To Late Aunt

• WNBA To Add An NBA-Style Replay Center Next Season In A Major Officiating Investment

• Bryson Stott Homers And Drives In 5 As Phillies Rout Yankees 11-4 To Avoid Series Sweep

Your Bar Regular For Tonight

Brooklyn Dad Defiant, AKA Majid Padellan, is an author, activist, blogger, as sell as 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 recap the weekend, including the embarrassing WHCD, Democrats stupid civil war in Michigan, Trump’s Iran war pullback, & more. Plus, we’ll get his take on the WNBA All-Star game, Comic Con, & Grampy Trump tweeting through all of it. We’ll also draw a few more rounds from the News On Tap. Grab a drink & join us tonight!

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