News On Tap For Monday, December 1, 2026

War Crimes For The Holidays

We’re back from the holiday weekend, and today’s “News On Tap” is overflowing with news. From Kegbreath’s war crimes, to Trump’s fake drug war, to Trump’s terminal incompetence getting a Guardsman killed in DC, we’ve got the news on all of it. Plus, Trump’s many wars against immigration, good government, health care, & education. Plus, a check on that “peace” plan for Ukraine, and a look at Election Land where Republicans could lose in Tennessee. We’ve also got entertainment news, and our friend Majid AKA Brooklyn Dad Defiant will be in the bar tonight! But first…

First Round - War Crimes & War Games

Kegbreath’s War Crimes

• Two Witnesses Confirm Hegseth’s Order On First Caribbean Boat Strike Was “Kill Them All.” That’s A War Crime [Gift Link]

• Bipartisan House And Senate Committees Both Launch Inquiries Into Drug Boat Strikes & Potential War Crimes

• Hegseth Denies He Gave Orders To ‘Kill Everybody’ On Alleged ‘Narco-Boat’

• Trump Now Claims He ‘Wouldn’t Have Wanted’ Second Strike On Caribbean Boat Survivors

• Jennifer Rubin: Is It A War Crime...Or Murder?

Trump’s Fake Drug War

• Trump Claims The U.S. Will ‘Very Soon’ Take Action On Land To Stop Alleged Venezuelan Drug Traffickers

• Trump Downplays His Own Venezuelan Airspace Threat Even As His Regime Mulls Further Potential Military Action

• Trump Now Says He Plans To Pardon Former Honduran President Hernandez For Massive 2024 Drug Trafficking Sentence

• Tyler Pager: In Announcing Pardon Of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions [Gift Link]

Second Round - Deadly Domestic Policy Failures

• National Guard Soldier Sarah Beckstrom Dies After Washington DC Shooting

• Afghan Accused Of Shooting 2 National Guard Members Was Part Of CIA-Backed Unit Whose Veterans Have Struggled In The U.S.

• Trump Officials Criticize Biden Vetting, But Afghan Shooting Suspect Was Granted Asylum Under Trump Regime

• Trump Now He Wants To ‘Permanently Pause’ Migration From Poorer Nations In Wake Of DC Shooting

• Trump Singles Out Minnesota’s Somali Community After DC Shooting, Even Though Somali & Afghanistan Have Little In Common

Third Round - Trump’s Many Wars

Immigration Wars

• DHS Sec. Noem Confirms She Approved Venezuelan Deportation Flights To El Salvador Despite Court Order NOT To Do So

• Several Arrested As Protesters Block ICE Agents From A Potential Raid In NYC [Gift Link]

• DHS Swept Chicago Claiming They Were Out To Get ‘The Worst’ Criminals. Most People They Grabbed Have No Record. [Gift Link]

War On Good Govt.

• Federal Appeals Court Upholds Disqualification Of Alina Habba As New Jersey’s Top Federal Prosecutor

• Multiple House Republican Dissenters Spark Discharge Petition Clashes With Speaker Johnson Over Stock Trading Ban & Russian Sanctions

• Trump Now Trying To Claim Biden Autopen Actions Are ‘Hereby Terminated’ Legally, He Can’t Do That.

War On Health Care

• Paul Waldman: Republicans’ Health Care Homework Is Due – And They’re Panicking

• Trump FDA Implementing New Vaccine Rules After Trump Regime Questionably Links 10 Child Deaths To COVID Shots

War On Education

• College-Level Failures: Northwestern To Pay $75M In Capitulation Deal With Trump To Restore Federal Funding

• Poll: In A Dramatic Shift, Americans No Longer See Four-Year College Degrees As Worth The Cost

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Election Land

• Michael Cohen: Tennessee’s Special Election Should Have Been A Cakewalk For Republicans — But Democrat Aftyn Behn Could Win, & Voters Are Really Sick Of Trump

• Gallup Poll: Trump’s Approval Rating Drops To 36%, New Second-Term Low

• Trump Ally Troy Nehls Joins Growing Group Of Retiring House Members

• Indiana Republican State Senator Will Vote No On Trump’s Redistricting Push After Trump Used Slur For Intellectually Disabled People, Like The Senator’s Daughter

Foreign Affairs

• Witkoff & Kushner Headed To Moscow To Push Trump’s Russia-Ukraine Peace Plan To Putin

• Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan For Peace In Ukraine Is A Business Plan For Himself [Gift Link]

Fifth Round - Life, Entertainment, & More

• Sen. Cory Booker Weds Real Estate Broker Alexis Lewis In A Private Ceremony Over Thanksgiving Weekend

• Sir Tom Stoppard, Playwright Famed For His Wit And Depth, Dies At 88

• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Hits Another All-Time High With 34.3M Viewers, Up 8% From 2024; National Dog Show Also Shows Ratings Gain

• Box Office: ‘Zootopia 2’ Rules Thanksgiving With $156M U.S. Opening, Record-Smashing $556M Globally

• NFL Division Races Tighten After A Weekend Full Of Surprises And Upsets

• Nebraska Volleyball Earns No. 1 Overall Seed In 2025 NCAA Tournament, After Undefeated 30-0 Regular Season

Your Bar Regular Today

Brooklyn Dad Defiant, AKA Majid M. Padellan, blogger, author, & activist is back tonight for another “Monday’s with Majid!” We’ll ask him how his Thanksgiving holiday weekend was, what movies or TV shows he might have seen, and we’ll recap all the news from today and this last weekend, including entertainment, sports, & more. Join us!

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