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TARABUSTER with Tara Devlin

Tarabuster Thursdays with Tara Devlin. The State of the Union is Shite

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The FBI director celebrates with the hockey team in Italy while eviscerating his predecessor for private jet travel.
Tara Devlin opens the episode by thanking supporters and discussing community cats in New York, then shifts to critiquing billionaire greed and corruption. She frames the State of the Union as fundamentally broken under Trump, whom she repeatedly calls 'Trader Trump.' A central example is FBI director Kash Patel, labeled the 'Make-A-Wish FBI director,' for traveling to Italy to celebrate with the U.S. men's hockey team while hypocritically criticizing prior FBI travel. Devlin plays audio clips of the team's locker room celebration, which she describes as juvenile and disgraceful, contrasting it with the more successful women's hockey team. She expands on how Trump's behavior has harmed international relations, specifically with Canada, detailing the erosion of trade, security partnerships, and shared democratic values. The episode connects Trump's actions to broader themes like propaganda from right-wing media, the influence of figures like Peter Thiel and the Federalist Society, and the normalization of authoritarian tactics. Devlin discusses the Epstein files, noting Trump's association with Jeffrey Epstein, and critiques Republican grifts like meme coins. She highlights how Trump's bullying has led to increased school bullying and damaged America's global reputation. The episode concludes with a call to action for independent media support and a mention of Democratic lawmakers boycotting the State of the Union, emphasizing the need to resist normalization.

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A fast, forceful case for independent media against authoritarian politics.

Tara Devlin turns a Tuesday gathering into a sharp political review of what she sees as forces weakening the American experiment. The episode moves from community cats facing a frozen New York City winter and thanks to Charlie from APS Radio News into Poland's resistance to…

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You get a profane political monologue that threads New York's community cats, Poland, courts, Republican politics, and dark enlightenment panic into one live-show rush.

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