News On Tap For Monday, July 21, 2025

Quenching Your Thirst For Real News

Today’s “News On Tap” proves why it’s better to get your news from our bar. While most of mainstream news is thirsting for anything Epstein-related, we’ll quench your appetite for real news, including reporting on immigration issues, economics issues, entertainment issues - and something substantive on Trump’s Epstein mess. Plus, since it’s a hot summer day in most of America, we’re glad to have the very cool Brooklyn Dad Defiant in the bar tonight to help us all chill out. But first…

First Round - The Real News Of The Day

The Immigration Wars Grind On

• 200+ Men The Trump Administration Sent To A Cruel Mega Prison In El Salvador Were Freed In Weekend Prisoner Swap With Venezuela

• Chris Geidner: Trump's CECOT Prisoners Were Released, But The Legal Fight Is Nowhere Near Over

• ICE's Acting Director Says He Will Continue To Allow Agents To Wear Masks During Arrest Raids

• Acting Director Of ICE Warns Undocumented Migrants Will Be Arrested, Regardless Of Criminal Record

• ICE Deports Grandfather, 82, When He Was Picking Up Replacement Green Card; Family Were Told He Was Dead, But Found Him Alive In A Guatemala Hospital

• New CNN Poll Finds Americans Largely Oppose Trump Regime's Criminal Ramp-Up Of Deportations

• New Report Confirms Immigrants At ICE Jail In Miami Made To Kneel To Eat & ‘Like Dogs’

• Trump Approval Rating Drops Further In New CBS/YouGov Poll As Growing Numbers Of Americans Oppose His Immigration Policies

Trump's Losing Tariff Wars

• CNBC Analysis Shows Walmart Prices Increased As Much As 51% Following Trump's Tariff Turmoil

• EU To Ramp Up Retaliation Plans As Trump's Tariff Deal Prospects Dim

• Jeanna Smialek: How Trump’s Tariff Wars And Foreign Policies Have Brought The European Union Together Again

• Consumed By Epstein, Polls Confirm Trump Has Lost Ground On Both The Economy And Immigration With The American People

Second Round - Not The Crime, But The Cover Up

• Trump DOJ Order Attempting To Unseal Epstein Case Grand Jury Transcripts Could Create Even More Legal And Ethical Challenges

• Trump Sues Murdoch For $10B Over WSJ Story On Trump's Birthday Letter To Epstein

• Former Epstein Victim Says She Told FBI Twice About "Troubling Encounters" With Donald Trump, Which May Be Part Of The Epstein Files

• Sen. Dick Durbin Confirms FBI Agents Were Told To Flag Mentions Of Donald Trump In Jeffrey Epstein Records

• Allison Gill: The Epstein Files Cover-Up At The FBI

• Glenn Kirschner: Trump & Bondi's Attempt To Release The Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts Is Both A Distraction & Another Attempt To Fool The Gullible

Third Round - More News To Drink About

On Capitol Hill

• Senate Republicans Fear Washington Headed For Shutdown After Their Abuse Of Parliamentary Tactics During Spending Fights

• Bipartisan Government Funding Is At Risk Of Dying In Trump's Washington, Thanks To Republicans' & Russell Vought

• Trump Calls On Republican Senate Majority Leader Thune To Cancel Senate’s August Recess, In Order To Ram Through His Executive & Judicial Nominees

The Right's War On Education

• Lawyers For Harvard And Trump Square Off In Court Today Over The Trump Administration's Illegal Funding Cuts

• What To Expect As Harvard Takes On The Trump Administration In Federal Court

Foreign Affairs

• Israeli Forces Kill 115 Palestinians In Gaza Seeking Food Aid, As At Least 19 Others Starve To Death

• Pope Leo Condemns Gaza War’s ‘Barbarity’ As Nearly 100 Killed While Waiting For Food

• Deadly Wave Of Russian Missiles Pummel Ukraine As Kyiv’s Drone Attacks Spark Worries In Moscow Amid Airport Disruptions

• Russia And Ukraine Edge Closer To First Talks In Seven Weeks

• Trump Admin. Revokes Visas For Brazilian Judge & His Allies Over Bolsonaro Prosecution

• Brazil's Pres. Da Silva, Blasts Trump Over Attempts To Interfere In Bolsonaro Prosecution, Saying Donald Trump Is Not ‘The Emperor Of The World'

Fourth Round - Entertainment & More

Media Matters

• Democratic Senators Press Incoming CBS Owner Skydance On Trump’s Claim Of Settlement Side Deal That Would Air Right-Wing Propaganda During Ad Breaks

• Trump Backer Ellison, Head Of Skydance, Paramount/CBS’ New Owner, Is In Talks With Extremist Right-Wing Nut Bari Weiss To Join CBS News

• Federal Judge Dismisses Trump's Lawsuit Against Bob Woodward For Interviews Included In 2020 Audiobook

• Jon Stewart Says He Is Now Unsure Of ‘The Daily Show’s Future Amid Paramount-Skydance Merger

Entertainment & Sports

• ‘Superman’ Flexes Its Might In Second Weekend With $57.3 Million Box Office Haul

• CEO Andy Byron Resigns From Workflow Management Software Company Astronomer After Viral Coldplay ‘Kiss Cam’ Controversy

• Coldplay’s Chris Martin Offered Concertgoers A Friendly Warning Before ‘Jumbotron Song’

• Trump Threatens Washington NFL & Cleveland MLB Teams, Insisting They Should Change Their Names Back To Native Slurs

• WNBA Players Make Statement With ‘Pay Us What You Owe Us’ Warmup Shirts During WNBA All-Star Game

• WNBA All-Star Game 2025: Napheesa Collier Scores Record 36 Points In Blowout Of Caitlin Clark's Squad

• Golfer Scottie Scheffler Dominates In British Open Victory For His 2nd Major Win This Year

Your Bar Regular Today

Brooklyn Dad Defiant, AKA Majid M. Padellan, activist, blogger, & author, will join us at the bar tonight for a little drinking, some dancing, and discussion some of the real news of the day. We’ll also talk about his Substack, and his latest post, Trump’s Epstein Betrayal Implodes: Why MAGA Is Turning on Him. Plus, we’ll recap some of the weekend’s entertainment and sports news - and we’ll talk about the potential collapse of CBS News.

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