News On Tap For Thursday, August 6, 2026

Primary Elections’ Ain’t Over Yet - 89 Days To Election Day

Today’s “News On Tap” is fresh - just like the elections that are happening TODAY. We’ve got the news on today’s primary election sin Tennessee, and how the primary elections are going in Democratic World and in Republican Land. Republican Rep. Max Miller’s terrible scandal isn’t making things any easier for Repubs either. Meanwhile, Trump’s Iran War Quagmire keeps going, even as Republican Economics Continues To Be A Disaster. Trump’s regime also continues to fail, even as they keep going with their Immigration Wars.We’ve also got Media Matters, TV, Movie, & Music news, and Sports news too. Plus, we’ll get an on-the-ground check on how things are actually going in Ohio from someone new to the bar tonight, Kurt Hurner. Read up, get informed, and we’ll see you here tonight!

First Round - Election Land Rolls On

Primary Concerns Continue

• New Tennessee Congressional Map To Be Put To The Test In State Primary Today

• Tennessee Primary Election Day: What Voters Need To Know Before Heading To The Polls

• The Unusual History Behind Tennessee’s Odd Primary Elections Being On Thursdays

• Where, When, & How To Cast Your Vote In Hawaii’s Primary Election This Saturday

• WCCO: Senate & Gubernatorial Candidates Face Off At Minnesota Farmfest 1 Week Before Primaries

Democratic World

• Top Democrats Quickly Set Aside Qualms And Embrace Progressive Abdul El-Sayed, United By Common Purpose - Defeat Trump & Republicans

• Sara Pequeño: The Old Guard Of The Democratic Party Has A Choice - Quickly Learn To Love The New, Younger, Fighting Democratic Party. Or Don’t And Become Irrelevant.

• After Michigan Loss, Aipac Weighing - Though Still Undecided - On A Second Effort To Defeat El-Sayed [Gift Link]

• Peter Beinart: Abdul El-Sayed Offers A Template For Democrats To Defeat Trumpism & Turn Republicans’ Financial Advantage Against Them

Republican Land

• Republican Primary Voters In Michigan’s 8th Congressional District Choose White Man Who Dropped Out A Month Ago Over Trump-Endorsed Black Man With An Arabic Name

• Emily Singer: How Racist Are Republican Voters Today? This Bizarre Michigan Primary Result Says It All.

• Ja’han Jones: Republicans’ Most Humiliating Primary Loss Yet Wasn’t Just About Race. He Was Also A Bad Candidate.

• Chuck Edwards Sexual Harassment Scandal Leaves North Carolina Republicans With No Candidate And Little Time To Find One [Gift Link]

Second Round - Trump's Middle East Mess

Donald’s Iran War Quagmire

• Iran Says It Is Nearing Final Agreement With Oman To Open The Strait Of Hormuz [Gift Link]

• New Report Confirms Trump, Frustrated With Course Of Iran War, Blasted Hegseth At Camp David Over Iran Missile Depletion Concerns

• Suspected Iran Cyberattacks On U.S. Water Supply Follow Years Of Warnings And Neglect [Gift Link]

Other Foreign Affairs

• NATO Says They Are Trying To Urgently Get Air Defenses For Ukraine, As Zelensky Warns Of Surge In Russian Missile Production

• CIA Sets Up Secret Cuba Task Force As Trump Regime Continues Pressuring Havana [Gift Link]

Third Round - Republican Can't Govern

Republican Economics Has Failed

• U.S. Filings For Jobless Benefits Rise To 199,000 Last Week, As ‘Low Hire Low Fire’ Stagnant Jobs Market Continues

• U.S. Workers’ Share Of GDP Skids To New All-Time Record Low, The Lowest Point Since Record-Keeping Began In 1947

• New Survey Finds Americans United In Feeling Rising Cost Of Living Is The Biggest Barrier To A Better Life

• Wealthy Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent Declares Widening Wealth Gap Between Rich And Poor ‘Dead’ - Despite The Data To The Contrary [Gift Link]

A Failed Administration

• Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Chipotle And Qdoba Jalapeños Spreads To 27 States, As 36 People Are Hospitalized

• CDC Expands Scope Of U.S. Cyclosporiasis Outbreak To 15 States, Including Arkansas And Missouri

• Government Accountability Office Confirms Elon Musk’s DOGE Failed In Its Mission Of Reducing Federal Spending, Savings Claimed Were Largely Lies

• Federal Judge In Texas Weakens Key Gun-Safety Law, The National Firearms Act

Immigration Wars

• TPS For Haitians Officially Ends, Putting Thousands Out Of Work And In Limbo

• An Act Of Entrapment: Trump Regime’s Purposeful Immigration Delays Fuel Jump In Ice Arrest Targets

• Ice Now Threatening Local Sheriffs In Chicago And Minneapolis With Prosecution, For Not Allowing Ice Access To Inmates

• New Report Confirms Trump Regime’s Deportations Cost Taxpayers An Estimated Average Of $2,358 Each

• As Anger Mounts Against Trump Regime’s Anti-Immigrant Border Wall Building, Feds Tell Wall’s Contractors To Stop Drilling For Water As They Build In New Mexico

On Capitol Hill

• Along Party Lines, Senate Homeland Security Committee Votes To Hold Dr. Fauci In Contempt Of Congress; Rand Paul Bypasses Full Floor Vote, Sends Direct Referral To Trump’s DOJ

• Senate Confirms Trump Nominee Dr. Erica Schwartz 51-44 As New CDC Director

• New Mexico’s Epstein Lawsuit Raises Stakes Of Blanche’s Potential Confirmation As Atty. General

• Senate’s Summer Pileup Of Work Is Threatening Their Quick Recess Escape

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

The Max Miller Scandal Rolls On

• Ohio Voters Now Reconsidering Republican Max Miller Amid Domestic Abuse Allegations

• Rep. Max Miller Has A History Of Withholding His Daughter’s Blue Bunny - And There Are Receipts

• Who Is Brian Poindexter? One Of This Election Cycle’s Working Class Dems

• Ohio Democratic Candidate Brian Poindexter Would Rather Talk About What Working Families Need, Than Max Miller’s Family Drama

Miscellaneous But Important

• FDA Approves Moderna’s Mrna Flu Vaccine Following Public Outcry After Initial Refusal [Gift Link]

• New Study Confirms Human-Driven Climate Crisis Is Fueling Canada’s Deadly Wildfires

• In Clear Sop To Trump, Three Republican State Attorneys General Subpoena Dr. Anthony Fauci Over His 2020 COVID Guidance

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

Media Matters

• Illegitimate Biased Trump FCC Removes Key Limit On Media Ownership, Raising Likelihood Of Major Consolidation Of Broadcast Tv Stations

• U.K. Competition Watchdog Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Mega-Deal, Even As Merger Is On Long Pause Due To U.S. Lawsuits

• Senate Republicans Launch Network Of Fake News Sites, Producing Propaganda Masquerading As Journalism.

• Disney And Tiktok Strike Short-Form Video-Sharing Deal That Will Allow Creators To Use Some Disney Characters

TV, Movies, Music, & More

• New Review: ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4 Is Both A Promising Reboot And A Tedious Sequel

• All My Children Lifetime Movie Update: Veteran Soap Opera Script Writers Ron Carlivati And Jamey Giddens Tapped To Write

• Dolly Parton To Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor At The Americana Music Awards, Will Accept Virtually Due To Ongoing Health Concerns

• Perez Hilton’s Family Says He ‘Can Communicate,’ Giving Them ‘Hope’ After He Appeared To Self-Harm During Livestream

Sports Entertainment

• CJ Abrams Hits Tiebreaking Triple In The 11th Inning As Washington Nationals Beat The Phillies In Philadelphia 10-4

• Lights Go Out And Yankees Offense Goes Dark Again In 3-1 Loss To St. Louis Cardinals

• Washington Mystics Complete Epic Comeback From 20 Down To Beat Dallas Wings 96-92, The ‘Stix’ Fifth-Straight Win

• New York Liberty Beat The Seattle Storm Again, Extending Seattle’s Skid To 10

• Team Usa Basketball Roster Chosen: Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers, Angel Reese To Make Fiba Women’s World Cup Debut Next Month In Berlin

Tonight’s Special Guest:

Kurt Hurner, political activist & historian, is joining us tonight from Ohio, so we can get a read on how people in the Buckeye State are really feeling about this years’ elections. Kurt may have been born with with congenital cataracts, causing him to be legally blind, but he’s been a key eye on Ohio politics since at least the 1990s. Obviously, we’ll talk with him about the Max Miller scandal, and about how Democrats might finally be uniting to win, and more. Join us tonight!

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