
Tarabuster Friday with Tara Devlin - featuring Shawn “Smith” Peirce from "The Politics Bar"
10/09/26
🎙️ Shawn “Smith” Peirce joins Tarabuster: The Politics Bar co-host and longtime political-radio producer joins Tara Devlin to unpack the week’s headlines and the machinery of political media.
The Politics Bar: https://www.thepoliticsbar.com/
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Shawn “Smith” Peirce —
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/silversmith1.bsky.social
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnpeirce/
📚 JD Vance loses the definition: Asked to explain socialism, Vance answered with foreign workers and girls’ sports. We break down the actual economic concept and how culture-war talking points displace a conversation about ownership and power.
🏅 Musk gets a medal; taxpayers deserve an accounting: Trump awards Elon Musk the National Medal of Science as questions about DOGE’s costs and damage remain central to assessing his public record. We examine the difference between celebrating engineering achievements and granting someone a free pass on government performance.
⚖️ Hegseth’s execution livestream: The Pentagon plans to livestream the Fort Hood shooter’s firing-squad execution, while JD Vance now questions whether the broadcast will happen. We examine the victims’ interests, the government’s judgment, and the politics of punishment as spectacle.
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Oct 10
2 hr 32 min

Tarabuster Tuesdays with Tara Devlin. Oct 06, 2026
💰 California’s proposed one-time 5% billionaire tax has triggered a $187 million fundraising effort by opponents and allied campaigns backing measures that could block it. Tonight: the billionaire tax tantrum, the fight over healthcare funding, and the enormous resources deployed to keep extraordinary fortunes untouched.
🇺🇸 Trump’s “let them take out” remarks about Los Angeles and San Diego drew cheers and condemnation; the White House says he meant the danger posed by a nuclear Iran. We unpack the words, the defense, and the politics of treating fellow Americans as expendable.
And MORE
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00:00 Introduction
04:26 MAGA’s hatred of blue states
08:54 Billionaires melt down over California’s wealth tax
17:33 Bernie Sanders: Democracy or oligarchy?
19:17 Billionaire propaganda and Fox Business fearmongering
24:21 Taxing the rich to stop an aristocracy
30:53 Peter Thiel, JD Vance and the media’s double standard
35:15 Peter Thiel’s anti-democratic worldview
43:02 Big money’s campaign to kill the wealth tax
47:32 The Planned Parenthood ad’s missing context
56:49 Billionaire greed and the health care crisis
1:04:51 Trump insults allies and embraces dictators
1:07:51 Supporting Tarabuster, online trolls and closing
Oct 7
1 hr 13 min

Tarabuster Friday with Tara Devlin.
10/02/26
🕵️ Trump’s DOJ tries to rehabilitate Richard Nixon: More than 50 years after Watergate exposed Nixon’s criminal cover-up, Trump’s Justice Department is entertaining claims that Nixon and his henchmen were somehow the victims. We break down Watergate step by step—and why MAGA calls every form of accountability “the deep state.”
🚀 Hegseth’s Pentagon brings in Musk, Newt Gingrich, and defense-tech insiders: Pete Hegseth has tapped Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich to help steer a Pentagon “future of warfare” initiative. Because naturally, when the country needs sober, accountable national-defense planning, MAGA reaches for a billionaire contractor, a defense-tech CEO, and Newt Gingrich.
🏛️ A judge stops Trump’s DOJ from reviving the Reflecting Pool case: A D.C. judge dismissed the case against former Olympian David Hearn with prejudice after prosecutors conceded evidence showed the alleged damage came from a botched contractor installation—not vandalism. It is a reminder that the Justice Department belongs to the American people, not to a president looking for innocent people to punish.
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Oct 3
2 hr 18 min

Tarabuster Tuesdays with Tara Devlin. Oct 01, 2026
🎙️ LEE PAPA / THE RUDE PUNDIT — The legendary political satirist, writer, and unapologetic liberal truth-teller joins Tarabuster to take on Trump’s retribution machine, Jeanine Pirro’s DOJ embarrassment, Pete Hegseth’s MAGA bully culture, and the authoritarian cruelty Republicans are trying to normalize.
🚨 Trump’s DOJ Humiliated in Court: A D.C. judge dismissed the Reflecting Pool case with prejudice and barred Jeanine Pirro’s office from bringing it again—a remarkable rebuke after Trump publicly pressured prosecutors to pursue charges. We’ll discuss what happens when the Justice Department is expected to manufacture cases to satisfy a president’s personal vendettas.
🎖️ Hegseth’s Politics of Humiliation: Pete Hegseth’s military agenda is increasingly built around bullying—body policing, anti-trans persecution, and a MAGA definition of masculinity enforced through exclusion and humiliation. We’ll break down why this has nothing to do with readiness and everything to do with authoritarian control.
Lee Papa, a.k.a. The Rude Pundit
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The Rude Pundit has been publishing profane, liberal political commentary since 2003, and his Bluesky profile directs readers to both his blog and Patreon.
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Oct 2
1 hr 5 min

Tarabuster Tuesdays with Tara Devlin. Sept 29, 2026
📚 Historian Allan Lichtman joins Tarabuster to discuss his new book, Great American Presidents: The Twelve Who Transformed the Nation—a provocative look at the leaders who reshaped America and the real standards of presidential greatness.
🇺🇸 From Washington and Lincoln to FDR, LBJ, and Reagan, Lichtman breaks down how power, crisis, character, and lasting consequences—not media hype or partisan mythology—determine which presidents truly transformed the country.
AND MORE
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Catch Lichtman Live with Allan and Sam on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 PM ET.
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00:00 INTRODUCTION
02:26 What Makes a Great President?
04:53 James K. Polk and the Meaning of Presidential Greatness
06:32 Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln
10:24 Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt’s Progressive Legacy
13:36 Truman, FDR, JFK, and LBJ Transform America
22:45 Why Reagan Made Allan Lichtman’s List
25:13 America’s Bright Side vs. Its Dark Side
28:23 Can Great Presidents Give America Hope Again?
33:25 Iran-Contra and the “Government Within the Government”
38:17 Trump, Authoritarianism, and Admiration for Dictators
42:31 Can American Democracy Survive?
46:27 Xenophobia, Immigration, and America’s Long Democratic Struggle
51:14 What Democrats Built—and What Conservatives Want to Dismantle
55:10 Can the Country Hold Together?
56:14 Allan Lichtman’s Final Message: History, Hope, and Democracy
Sep 30
1 hr 16 min

Tarabuster Friday with Tara Devlin.
09/25/26
📺 Trump’s “Love Me” ad: The White House is airing a taxpayer-funded, campaign-style ad glorifying Donald Trump ahead of the midterms—because apparently your tax dollars now have to pay for the Dear Leader’s emotional-support montage.
🗳️ SCOTUS and the Big Lie database: The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Trump’s administration to use Social Security data in a citizenship-verification system that could wrongly burden lawful voters—all in service of the same evidence-free voter-fraud hysteria that fueled January 6.
🏳️⚧️ The GOP’s anti-trans panic machine: Republicans are recycling their oldest electoral scam: invent a terrifying threat, target a vulnerable minority, and distract voters from the fact that they have no plan to make life more affordable, safe, or free.
And more!
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Sep 26
2 hr 12 min

Tarabuster Tuesdays with Tara Devlin. Sept 22, 2026
🎙️ Brad Bannon joins Tarabuster: Deadline DC’s Brad Bannon joins Tara to break down Trump’s escalating war on the free press, the White House’s propaganda push, and the authoritarian rot Republicans are trying to normalize.
🗞️ Trump’s war on the free press: Trump is escalating his authoritarian assault on independent journalism—calling critical reporting a “national security” threat, banning outlets from the White House, and demanding a press corps that behaves like a state propaganda department.
📺 Trump TV: propaganda on the public dime: After banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House, Trump rolls out a 24/7 “Trump TV” stream—because a wannabe autocrat cannot survive without his own government-backed reality show.
🏛️ Trump’s militarized vanity arch: Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch is no longer just an obscene monument to his ego—it is now supposedly a “military complex” for drones, snipers, and ammunition. Fascist architecture meets the world’s dumbest action movie.
⚖️ Lauren Boebert’s ethics mess: Rep. Lauren Boebert is facing a sworn ethics complaint alleging inappropriate relationships with staff and a $200,000 payment; she denies the allegations. The party of “family values” somehow keeps becoming the party of scandal, excuses, and victimhood.
🏈 Nancy Mace’s manufactured outrage: Nancy Mace posts a deliberately provocative “Go COCKS” football-game photo, then acts persecuted when it goes viral—because Republicans love trolling America almost as much as they love pretending they are victims of the reaction.
AND MORE
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Sep 23
1 hr 1 min

Tarabuster Friday with Tara Devlin.
09/18/26
📰 Trump tries to ban the free press: Trump says he is barring CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House for reporting coverage he calls “fake news,” escalating his effort to turn public access into a loyalty test.
🌍 Trump’s ecological-collapse executive order: By gutting the coordinated Chesapeake Bay restoration effort while his EPA wipes out limits on fossil-fuel pollution, Trump is treating clean water, public health, and a livable planet as expendable collateral damage for corporate polluters.
🎙️ Joe Rogan discovers MAGA is a cult: After years of helping normalize Trump-world, Rogan called Trump supporters “fucking nuts” and “rabid”—then insisted he has been left-wing his whole life.
And more!
💥 Don’t miss Tara’s signature mix of righteous outrage, humor, and hard truth as she tears apart another example of right-wing cosplay patriotism — and reminds us what real service, sacrifice, and love of country actually look like.
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Sep 19
2 hr 30 min

Tarabuster Tuesdays with Tara Devlin. Sept 17, 2026
🥴 JD Vance begs America to “give us another chance”: After months of MAGA chaos, broken promises, and nonstop scapegoating, Vance’s plea sounds less like confidence and more like an admission that voters see the damage. And no—Biden did not leave America a “disaster,” no matter how many times Republicans repeat the lie.
🎭 Trump vs. the Kennedy Center: Rep. Joyce Beatty reportedly confronted Trump during a tense Kennedy Center board meeting, telling him he is “holding up the whole country.” Now Trump is tying repairs and the future of a national cultural institution to his personal demand to plaster his own name on it.
🏗️ Trump’s Kennedy Center hostage scheme: The Kennedy Center needs repairs—but Trump appears determined to turn a public memorial into another monument to his ego. A court blocked the board from adding Trump’s name without Congress, and suddenly the building’s renovation and even its future are being treated like bargaining chips.
AND MORE
💥 Don’t miss Tara’s signature mix of righteous outrage, humor, and hard truth as she tears apart another example of right-wing cosplay patriotism — and reminds us what real service, sacrifice, and love of country actually look like.
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00:00 INTRODUCTION
05:01 How Many More Chances Do Republicans Get?
16:17 JD Vance’s “Give Us Another Chance” Lie
23:24 Biden Handed Trump a Strong Economy
31:43 Debunking MAGA’s Border and Manufacturing Claims
48:55 Republicans Take Credit for Democratic Policies
01:00:06 The Republican Record: Crashes, Bailouts, and Broken Promises
01:10:51 Trump’s Damage to America and the World
01:23:43 Healthcare, Obamacare, and Republican Sabotage
Sep 19
1 hr 29 min

Tarabuster Tuesdays with Tara Devlin. Sept 15, 2026
🍝 Ron Placone at Edinburgh Fringe: Ron joins us to talk about Anti-Fascist Pasta Night, his Edinburgh Fringe stand-up show about politics, culture, travel, relationships, and surviving the insanity of the moment without completely losing it. The title draws from real anti-fascist pasta-night traditions in post-Mussolini Italy—because, yes, pasta is antifascist.
🗽 Antifascism is patriotism: Tara and Ron break down why defending democracy requires us to reject authoritarianism, oligarchic corruption, white-nationalist symbolism, and a politics that treats cruelty and hierarchy as “family values.”
💥 Don’t miss Tara’s signature mix of righteous outrage, humor, and hard truth as she tears apart another example of right-wing cosplay patriotism — and reminds us what real service, sacrifice, and love of country actually look like.
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00:00 INTRODUCTION
02:42 Ron Placone’s Edinburgh Fringe Experience
03:15 The History of Anti-Fascist Pasta Night
09:24 Reclaiming Italian American Identity
13:19 Columbus Day, History & Genocide
20:15 The Fascist Playbook and America Today
23:26 How the World Views U.S. Politics
27:10 Anti-Trans Panic and Right-Wing Propaganda
31:04 Gender, Science & “Biology 101”
41:25 Misinformation and Doing Your Own Research
47:19 Teaching Kids Compassion, Not Hate
52:20 Trump, Bush & America’s Political Decline
55:16 Project 2025 and the Fascist Agenda
58:10 Bernie Sanders and the Road Not Taken
01:01:05 Midterms, Voter Suppression & Fighting Back
01:06:23 America at 250: Democracy or Empire?
01:10:31 Universal Health Care, Solidarity & Resistance
01:14:44 Ron Placone’s Film, Tour & Final Thoughts
Sep 18
1 hr 16 min
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