News On Tap For Thursday, July 24, 2025

It’s Not The Heat, It’s The Stupidity

Today’s “News On Tap” is a real education in how Trumpism just keeps falling short. Too bad for them, they’re getting rid of the Dept. of Education!. From the Epstein scandals, to SignalGate flaring up again, to the many MAGA wars, these morons just can’t seem to learn. Thankfully, John Fugelsang will join us at the bar tonight to help educate them, and the rest of us. But first, grab a drink, read up - & get smarter!

First Round - Not The Crime, But The Coverup

• Pam Bondi & DOJ Told Trump In May That His Name Is Among Many In The Epstein Files [Gift Link]

• Federal Judge In Florida Denies DOJ Request To Unseal Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts In Florida

• Todd Blanche, Trump's Former Fixer Now Deputy Attorney General, To Meet With Ghislaine Maxwell In Tallahassee Today

• Allison Gill: The Universe Of Those Who May Have Had Access To The Epstein Files Keeps Expanding

• House Democrats Launch Multi-Committee Attack On Trump-Allied Republicans Over Epstein Files On Last Day Before August Recess

• House Oversight Committee, In Solidly Bipartisan Action, Votes To Subpoena Trump DOJ For Epstein Files

• AG Pam Bondi Now Facing Democratic Calls To Testify Following Report She Told Trump He Was In Epstein Files

• DNI Tulsi Gabbard Uses White House Appearance To Attack Obama & Clinton Supposedly Over The Russia Investigation, In Clear Attempt At Distraction

• Polls Show Republicans Are Starting To Break With Trump Significantly Over Epstein Files [Gift Link]

Second Round - Trump's Failing Minions

Justice Vs Injustice

• Second Federal Court Rules Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Efforts Are Unconstitutional, Blocking His Executive Order Nationwide

• Multiple Federal Judges Deliver A One-Two Punch To Trump DOJ In Kilmar Abrego Garcia Cases

• Trump’s Top Federal Prosecutor In L.A. Is Struggling To Secure Indictments In Cases Of ICE Protestors

• In Unjust Shadow Docket Ruling, Supreme Court Allows Trump To Remove Three Democrats From The Consumer Product Safety Commission

• Chris Geidner: The Supreme Court's Conservatives Are Hiding Behind Their Own Masks As They Upend The Law

SignalGate Keeps Going

• Independent Pentagon Watchdog Has New Evidence Some Of Hegseth's Signalgate Messages Came From Classified Email, Contradicting Trump WH Claims [Gift Link]

• Robert McCoy: Pete Hegseth’s Signalgate Saga Somehow Is Getting Worse

Third Round - The Many Wars Of The Nutjob Right

The War On Education

• In $200 Million Capitulation, Columbia University Caves To Trump, Nominally To Restore Federal Funding

• Columbia’s Deal With Trump: What We Know

• David Pozen: With Columbia's Capitulation, Regulation By Extortion Has Come To Higher Ed

Immigration Wars

• The Cruelty Is The Point: ICE Now Shackling Some 180,000 Immigrants With GPS Ankle Monitors [Gift Link]

• Outrage Spreads After Border Patrol Agents Subject Gay Vermont Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria To Hours Of ‘Psychological Terror’ & Detention

• Judge Pauses Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Release From Federal Custody, Blocking ICE From Detaining Him

War On Good Govt.

• Leaders Of Texas Town Hit By Floods Frustrated Over Lack Of Answers From Top FEMA Official

• Trump Admin. Denies Maryland’s Request For FEMA Aid After Devastating Floods

• Trump White House Rescinds $20m For Clean Water In Pesticide-Contaminated Rural California

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

The Climate Crisis Keeps Broiling

• The Heat Index Surged To 128 Degrees In Missouri, In Part Due To Corn Sweat. That Heat Is Now Heading East.

• The Nation Of Iran Shuts Down In The Face Of Blistering Heat Of 125F Or Greater

Foreign Affairs

• Hamas Sends Another Ceasefire Proposal To Israel As Starvation Spreads In Gaza

• In Dangerous Symbolic Escalation, Israel's Parliament, The Knesset, Votes 71-13 For Non-Binding Motion Calling To Annex The Palestinian West Bank

• Thailand Launches Airstrike On Cambodia As Border Clash Escalates

• What’s Behind The Clash Between Thailand And Cambodia

Fifth Round - Entertainment & More

RIP

• Wrestling Legend Hulk Hogan Dead At 71 After ‘Suffering Cardiac Arrest At Home’

Media Matters

• French President Emmanuel Macron And Wife Brigitte File Defamation Lawsuit Against Candace Owens

• CBS News Names Tanya Simon Executive Producer Of ’60 Minutes’; Simon, A 25-Year Producer On The Show, Was The Staff's Overwhelming Choice

• Columnist Catherine Rampell Becomes Latest Washington Post Writer To Exit Paper

• Charlotte Klein: Things Somehow Keep Getting Worse For The Washington Post

Entertainment & More

• 'South Park' Goes Scorched-Earth On Trump In Shockingly NSFW Season Premiere

• Comic-Con 2025 Kicks Off Today In San Diego, Even As Some Major Superheroes Sit This Year Out

• Shohei Ohtani Homers In Fifth Consecutive Game, Tying L.A. Dodgers Franchise Record

• Colorado Rockiest Record First Shutout In 221 Games To Snap Historically Bad Streak

Tonight’s Bar Regular:

John Fugelsang, comedian, author, broadcaster, podcaster, & friend – & the Host of “Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang” weeknights on Sirius XM – is back with us at the bar tonight. We’ll absolutely be talking about the Epstein scandal, and whether Trump is making things worse, as John did recently on his Substack. We’ll also talk about Trump’s failing minions, & the right’s many ongoing wars on good government, immigration, and education. Plus, John’s great new book, “Separation of Church and Hate”- now coming out Sept. 9th - is available for pre-order now! Put in your book order, and then bring your drink order to the bar, & join us all at the bar tonight!

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