News On Tap For Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Things Are Heating Up - 84 Days To Election

Today’s “News On Tap” will quench our thirst for news - so let’s get to it! (Sorry - space issues today - there’s a lot of news!)

One More Big Primary Day

• Voters Head To Polls In Six States Today For Primary Elections

• Primary Elections Today Include Must-Watch Races In Wisconsin, Minnesota, And A Special Election In South Carolina

• Mike Lindell, Likely Republican Gubernatorial Nominee. Would Be An Awful Governor For Minnesota. Democrats Should Still Take Defeating Him Seriously.

• Tom Tiffany, The Ghoulish MAGA Republican Nominee For Governor In Wisconsin Could Also Be A Gift To Democrats

• Primary Replacement: North Carolina Republican Committee Picks State Legislator Jennifer Balkcom To Replace Rep. Chuck Edwards On November Ballot

Other Election & Politics Issues

• Correcting The MSM’s Failures: James Carville Now Says He Actually Supports Abdul El Sayed

• Recent Flashback: Schumer Brushes Off Disagreements With El Sayed, Pledging To “Do What It Takes To Win” In Michigan

• One Way To Win In Purple Land: Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Makes It Official, Choosing Former Moderate Republican Mayor As Lt. Gov. Running Mate In Re-Election Bid

• How NOT To Do It: Montana Democratic Senate Nominee Refuses To Pave Way For Independent, Likely Leading To Republican Win

• Voter Turnout Surged In Tennessee Last Thursday After Black-Majority District Was Erased By Republicans

• Trump Admin. Officials Tamped Down Efforts To Oust Max Miller In Final Days

• Cook Political Report Shifts Ohio U.S. House Seat Current Held By Rep. Max Miller Seat To Toss-Up

Second Round - Donald's Foreign Failures

Trump’s Middle East Mess

• Pakistan, Acting As Mediator, Signals Progress On U.S.-Iran Deal, As Washington And Tehran Trade Reparation Demands

• Trump’s Iran Debacle Chalks Up Yet Another Loss, As Three American Allies - Saudi Arabia, Turkey, And Pakistan - Announce Regional Self-Defense Pact

• Trump Wants To Move On From The Middle East. It’s Not Letting Him.

• Juliette Kayyem: How Netanyahu’s Arrogance Upended Israel’s Relationship To The U.S. Democratic Party

Other Foreign Affairs

• Cleanup Connotes After Major Quake Hits Colombia, Killing More Than 100

• Syrian Court Sentences Former Leader Bashar Al-Assad To Death In Absentia For War Crimes

• Congo Says 2,000 People Have Now Died In Its Ebola Outbreak, The Fastest Spread Of The Disease On Record

• Greenland Issues ‘Strong Warning’ As Trump-Linked Oil Firm Claims They’re Going To Attempt To Drill

• Russian Civilian Deaths Are Growing Rapidly As Ukraine Expands Its Air War

Third Round - Master Bait & Switch

Coward In A Food Cart

• Contradicting Public Statements, Trump Took Secret Flight From Turkey Amid Iranian Threat, Leaving Journalists & His Staff As A Dangerous Decoy [Gift Link]

• An Elaborate Ruse: Trump Secretly Used Catering Truck & Military Jet To Leave Turkey Amid Credible Threat To Him & Air Force One

• Donald Trump Used The White House Press Corps - & His Own Staff - As Decoys To Evade Credible Threat

• Chris Geidner: Reports Of Trump’s Catering-Truck Transfer In Turkey Raise Big Questions About Recent Nyt Subpoenas

Trump’s New Half-Assed Roy Cohn

• New DOJ Memo Just Penned By Todd Blanche Attempts To Give Trump Sweeping Authority To Shield His Communications From Congress

• As Expected, Trump Now Pushing Forward Again On Slush Fund, Now That Blanche Is Atty. Gen, Claiming Its Future Is In Blanche’s Hands

• Trump White House Asks New AG Blanche At Trump DOJ To Consider New Reflecting-Pool Prosecution

Fourth Round - Trump's Cruel & Harmful Regime

Harming America’s Kids

• Trump Signs Toothless Exec. Order Calling For Spacing Out Childhood Vaccines, Against Medical Groups’ Guidance

• American Academy Of Pediatrics, Joins Other Doctors And Lawmakers Condemning Trump’s Vaccine Order As ‘Dangerous’

• Daniel Dale Fact Check: Correcting Trump’s Numerous Lies And Misleading Claims About Vaccines And Autism

Immigration Wars

• Homeland Security Dept. Continues Ramping Up Pursuit of Non-Citizens on Voter Rolls

• New Evidence Confirms Large Numbers Of ICE Agents Are Using Racial Slurs, Bolstering Profiling Claims

• New Report Confirms Trump Regime Has Been Ruled Against Nearly 17,000 Times in Immigration Cases

Republicans’ Failed Economy

• New Fed Data Shows Struggling Americans Are Falling Even Further Behind On Their Home And Car Payments

• Potential Oil Supply Shock From Iran War Threatens To Reignite Inflation Further

• How The Economy Is Hurting Republicans’ Midterm Chances

• Heat, Fire, Smoke, And Storms Are Also Wreaking Havoc On The Economy

Fifth Round - More News To Drink About

The Climate Crisis Is Real

• New Report From NOAA Confirms July Was The U.S.’ Hottest Month In 132 Years Of Record Keeping

• Puerto Rico Now Rationing Water Amid Record Drought On The Island

• More Than Two-Thirds Of England Also Now In Drought

Miscellaneous But Important

• Jackie The Bald Eagle, Star Of Big Bear California’s Famous Nest Cam, Dies

• New York Judge Temporarily Blocks Mayor Mamdani’s Pied-À-Terre Tax On Second Homes, After Rich Homeowners Sue; Mayor’s Office Will Appeal

• Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Adult Son Charged With Child Sexual Exploitation Over Sex Video Made When He Was 18 & His Girlfriend Was 17

• FAA Hires 2,000+ Gamers To Be Air Traffic Controllers

Sixth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

Media Matters

• David Ellison Threatens To Move Paramount & It’s 30,000 Jobs Out Of California If State AGs Won’t Negotiate; California AG Rob Bonta Calls His Bluff

• Trump Nominates Brendan Carr Aide Danielle Thumann Severs To The FCC, To Push FCC Further Right

• Twenty-Five-Plus Must-Follow People In Pro-Democracy Media, Including Stephanie Miller & John Fugelsang

Movies, TV, & Music

• Summer Box Office Hits $4 Billion For Second Time Since COVID, Thanks To ‘Odyssey,’ ‘Spider-Man’ And Other Blockbusters

• Brandy Debuts Her New ‘A Different World’ Theme Song As Netflix Sequel Series Readies Launch

• Taylor Swift, Lyle Lovett, And More Now Set To Be Inducted Into Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame

Sports Entertainment

• Ohtani Scores Go-Ahead Run In 7th, As L.A. Dodgers Rally To Beat K.C. Royals 6-5 In Tarik Skubal’s Home Debut

• Atlanta Braves Ace Pitcher Chris Sale Ejected By Umpire Dan Merzel Before Start Of Game Against Ny Yankees, After Sale Barks At Umps

• LeBron James To Play His First Game With The Philadelphia 76ers Against Champion NY Knicks On 2026-27 Season Opening Night

• 2026-27 NBA Schedule: Opening Night, Christmas Games, Key Matchups, And More

Today’s Special Guest

Tara Devlin, New York based comedian & podcaster, is joining us for the first time tonight at The Politics Bar! On her show and through her commentary, she looks at current news & politics, with a nod to history, through an unapologetically liberal and humorous lens. Tara’s a bit salty, with an unmistakable New York accent, but you know she’ll give you her perspective and she cares about the topics she talks about. Join us tonight as we pull a few rounds from today’s News On Tap.

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