Today’s “News On Tap” has the distinct flavor of stupidity, thanks to Donald Trump & his MAGA morons. We’ve got news updates from Donald’s stupid war in Iran, and that war’s growing costs. There’s also news about Republican’s stupid painful DHS shutdown, and their idiotic attacks on democracy (including their ironically named ‘SAVE’ bill). Plus, the immigration wars roll on, and there’s news from Election Land. Plus media & entertainment news. And we’ve got a couple of smart friends joining us too - Jared Rizzi & Charlie Pierce! Read up, get informed, & then join us all tonight!
First Round - Trump's Stupid Illegal Iran War
Updates From The Dumbest War
Pakistan Moves To Mediate Between The U.S. And Iran As Trump Says He’s ‘Giving It Five Days’
Michael Tomasky: Seems Like Trump May End This War Soon. What Will It Have Been Worth?
The Costs Of War, Oil, & Arrogance
As Iran War Causes Gas And Airfares To Spike, Lawmakers Begin Warning Of Price Gouging
Trump ‘I Did That’ Stickers Appear On Gas Pumps As Prices Continue To Rise
Second Round - The Stupidest Shutdown
ICE Agents Deployed To Nation’s Swamped Airports To “Help” TSA By… Standing Around And Doing Nothing
Delta Airlines Suspends Major Travel Perk For Members Of Congress Until Tsa Shutdown Is Ended
Senate Republicans Claim DHS Deal In Sight After Trump Signals He Can Back Compromise With Democrats
Third Round - Trump's Stupid Domestic Wars
The Right’s War On Democracy
The Supreme Court’s Mail-In Ballot Decision Could Inject Mass Chaos Into 2026 Fall Elections
Bill Press: The ‘SAVE America’ Bill Is Bad News - Especially For Republicans
Kansas Already Tried A Version Of Trump’s SAVE Act. Chaos And Lawsuits Ensued.
Immigration Wars
Senate Confirms Markwayne Mullin To Be Sec. Of Homeland Security, With Control Of ICE & CBP
Ice Agents Seen ‘Terrorizing’ Woman, Child At San Francisco’s Airport, Calif. State Senator Confirms
Immigration Arrest At SFO Sparks Concerns Over Potential Breach Of California Sanctuary Law
New NPR Analysis Finds Ice Deployments Created Chaos For Cities And Cost Them Millions Unnecessarily
Fourth Round - More News To Drink About
The Supremely Illegitimate Court
Election Land
Other Foreign Affairs
Afghanistan Releases American National Dennis Coyle After More Than A Year
England’s King Charles To Make First U.S. State Visit, Address Congress Next Month
UK Responds To Iran War Energy Shock By Requiring Solar Panels And Heat Pumps In All New Homes
Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More
Media Matters
Voice Of America Journalists Sue Trump Regime For Trying To Turn Outlet Into A Propaganda Source
Conservation Groups Sue To Block Trump Efforts To ‘Hastily Gut’ The Kennedy Center
Bill Cosby To Pay At Least $19 Million After Losing Civil Sexual Assault Case
Entertainment & More
Paramount/CBS To End ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ To With Season 2
“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” Heading To YouTube, On-Demand & For Free
Travis Kelce Signs $57.7 Million Contract To Return To Chiefs
Tonight’s Bar Regular
Jared Rizzi, former White House Correspondent for SiriusXM, during both the & former reporter for CBS Radio News (RIP) – as well as our favorite fill-in co-host - is back with us at the bar tonight! We’ll get his take on Trump’s stupid war in Iran, the stupid way Republicans are trying to weaponize the partial govt. shutdown, and the Right’s stupid war against democracy We’ll also talk with him about the other news of the day!
Today’s Special Guest
Charlie Pierce, political & sports journalist extraordinaire is back at the bar again tonight, and since this is a ‘Double Jody’ day for him, we may have to activate the Official “Flirtation Advisory System.” Of course, we’ll talk a little about March Madness & Shawn’s Nebraska Cornhuskers. We’ll also talk about more of the dumb stuff: Doddering Donald’s Dumbass war with Iran, the stupid Republicans in Congress and more. Grab a drink & join us!
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