This week, Tara discusses the continued fallout from AG Bill Barr's Senate testimony, his continued misrepresentation of the Mueller Report and the rebuke of Barr's interpretations by over 370 former federal prosecutors who say Trump would be indicted hands down, if not for the OLC policy protecting him as president. Despite President Trump's insistence on "No Collusion" with Russia, Vol 1 of the Mueller Report outlines a very damning picture of Russian election interference and the Trump campai...
May 07, 2019•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 34
Former Vice President Joe Biden has officially entered the 2020 presidential race. Tara gives her thoughts on Biden, his announcement, Trump rehashing the Charlottesville incident, and more. This week's episode then switches gears a bit to pop culture with special guest, the talented comedic actress Yvette Nicole Brown. She's best known for her role as Shirley Bennett on NBC's cult classic sitcom Community and currently guest stars on the hit CBS show Mom . Over her 20 year career in Hollywood, ...
Apr 30, 2019•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 33
The Mueller Report is finally here! Trump World is claiming No Collusion, No Obstruction! But that's NOT what the Mueller Report revealed. The report specifically says Trump was not exonerated of obstruction and "collusion" isn't a legal term. Did Mueller actually lay out a roadmap for impeachment? Tara discusses damning details in the Mueller Report along with the extent of the Russian election meddling and coziness between the Russians and the Trump Campaign that should alarm every every Ameri...
Apr 23, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 31
It's the report the world has been waiting for! With the redacted Mueller Report being released this week, Tara talks to MSNBC Contributor and Politico national security correspondent, Natasha Bertrand about the questions she hopes are answered by the report, the toll Trump's attacks on the intel community have taken, interesting insider tidbits about Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein's reaction after the Comey firing and more! Remember the Russian agent who infiltrated the NRA, Maria Butina? We talk abo...
Apr 16, 2019•50 min•Ep. 30
Apr 12, 2019•34 min•Ep. 29
With more chaos ensuing along the southern border, President Trump has threatened to shut it all down and deny foreign aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Is that the answer? This week Tara explores the implications of Trump's latest border threats with Dr. Ryan Berg, an American Enterprise Institute scholar and expert in Latin American Affairs, narco trafficking, transnational organized crime and security.
Apr 02, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 28
Tara talks with two legal experts about the Barr summary of the Mueller Report, whether it fully exonerates Trump, what we still need to find out and the importance of releasing the Mueller Report in its entirety to the public. Elie Honig, is a former prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, Rutgers Univerity Scholar & CNN Legal Analyst. Mimi Rocah is currently Pace Law's Distinguished Fellow in Criminal Justice, an MSNBC Legal Analyst also worked as a federal prosecutor with the st...
Mar 26, 2019•1 hr 23 min
Tara talks about the horrific mosque massacres in Christchurch, New Zealand and asks what role, if any, did Trump’s rhetoric play. Her guest this week is Ian Bremmer,a renowned political scientist, entrepreneur and bestselling author. He’s currently president and founder of Eurasia Group, the leading global political risk research and consulting firm and GZero Media. Ian has published ten books including his most recent best seller, “Us vs. Them—The Failure of Globalism.”
Mar 19, 2019•1 hr 19 min
Tara talks about the end of Winter, the explosive R. Kelly interview, the Tucker Carlson scandals, and the battle that's shaping up between the Democratic contenders for president. Plus, Tara talks with someone who’s actually seen Trump’s taxes—Tim O'Brien is an award-winning journalist, Executive Editor of Bloomberg Opinion, MSNBC Political Analyst and the author of Trump Nation: The Art of Being the Donald.
Mar 12, 2019•1 hr 23 min
Tara talks about Trump's longest speech yet, Republicans' attack on Michael Cohen, Jared Kushner's security clearance scandal and more. Former CIA Operative, 2016 independent conservative presidential candidate and Co-Founder of Stand Up Republic, Evan McMullin joins Tara to discuss the importance of the Never Trump movement and protecting the Constitutional order. Switching gears to foreign policy, political economist & AEI scholar Nicholas Eberstadt break sdown the North Korean summit. He ...
Mar 05, 2019•2 hr
Tara talks the Oscars, which resorts to avoid in Orlando, Trump's lies about the border and North Korea and more. CNN Legal Analyst Joey Jackson joins Tara to the explain the latest legal ramifications for Michael Cohen, R. Kelly, and Jussie Smollett. Jackson is criminal defense attorney and partner at New York City-based Watford Jackson, PLLC.
Feb 26, 2019•1 hr 31 min
Tara talks about Trump's fake national emergency and end run around the constitution to get his border wall, the Andrew McCabe's revelations about Trump on 60 Minutes, and the possible Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax with Jawn Murray, TV pop-culture commentator. Michael Steele joins Tara to talk about the origins of Trumpism in the GOP. Michael is the former Chairman of the RNC, former Lt. Governor or Maryland, an MSNBC contributor, and the host of The Michael Steele Podcast.
Feb 19, 2019•1 hr 41 min
Tara takes on the countdown towards a second government shutdown over Trump's border wall and his disingenuous fight on immigration. The leadership of the state of Virginia continues to wallow in chaos after Governor Ralph Northam's blackface scandal. And the world's richest man, Jeff Bezos is caught up in a blackmail scandal with the owner of the National Enquirer. Switching gears, Tara’s guest this week is former astronaut and Marine fighter pilot, Maj Gen Charles Bolden. A true trailblazer, G...
Feb 12, 2019•1 hr 45 min
Tara gives her take on the Superbowl, reviews the movie Green Book, digs into the Ralph Northam yearbook controversy and more with April Ryan. April Ryan is a veteran White House correspondent and is the Washington, D.C., bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks. She's a CNN as a political analyst and the author of Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House.
Feb 05, 2019•1 hr 27 min
Tara conducts a post-mortem on the shutdown, gets personal about the CNN documentary Three Identical Strangers, and delves into the latest on the role of Roger Stone and Wikileaks in the campaign collusion effort and Stone’s controversial arrest. Asha Rangappa returns to the show - she's is a former FBI Special Agent, Senior Lecturer at the Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, a former Associate Dean at Yale Law School, and a legal and national security analyst for CNN.
Jan 29, 2019•1 hr 39 min
Tara is on the road from North Dakota and talks about the latest in the ongoing Mueller investigation and the possible misdeeds of Donald Trump. She's joined by Josh Campbell, CNN Law Enforcement Analyst. Tara also speaks Dr. Jason Johnson on this MLK Jr. Day about where America stands today on civil rights. Dr. Johnson is a professor of Journalism & Communication at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, political analyst, author of the book “Political Consultants and Campaigns: On...
Jan 22, 2019•59 min
Is President Trump and his family compromised by the Russians? Will we ever know what was discussed between Trump & Putin? Is the Shutdown hurting our national security? This week Tara discuss those issues and more with her guest, CNN National Security Analyst, former DHS official, Harvard professor and author of Security Moms, Juliette Kayyem.
Jan 14, 2019•1 hr 35 min
Tara is back! And already 2019 has a new Democratic House of Representatives, a continuing government shutdown, and a renewed scandal over accusations against R. Kelly over the sexual abuse of young women and underage girls. Tara gives her take and talks with music journalist Touré, TV pop-culture commentator Jawn Murray, and CNN commentator and author of Shadow President, Michael D'Antonio.
Jan 08, 2019•2 hr 17 min
Tara talks Christmas parties, Karaoke songs, holiday movies, and the staff changes in the Trump Administration. David Corn, author of Russian Roulette joins Tara to talk Trump's relationship with Putin. CNN commentator Van Jones joins the show to talk criminal justice reform, one of the few positives coming out of Washington these days. Tara will be back with a new episode on January 8th.
Dec 18, 2018•1 hr 49 min
Tara returns from her trip to Israel and recaps the week in insanity, courtesy of the Trump White House.
Dec 11, 2018•1 hr 22 min
Tara is in Israel this week, but before she left, spoke with Max Boot about the insanity of the Trump administration. Boot is a historian, best-selling author, foreign-policy analyst, and columnist for the Washington Post. His latest book is The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right .
Dec 04, 2018•50 min
Tara talks about the Senate runoff election in Mississippi and the refugee confrontation at the border with Mexico. Her guest is Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), the exclusive labor representative of approximately 16,000 Border Patrol agents.
Nov 27, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Tara calls out Trump for his cowardly attack on the military, his ignorance about the California fires, and talks with David Priess about the history of removing presidents. Priess' new book is How To Get Rid of a President: History’s Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives.
Nov 20, 2018•1 hr 39 min
Who is Matt Whitaker, out new acting Attorney General? What's the state of our veterans? And how's the recount in Florida going? Tara talks about it all and chats with Lt. General Mark Hertling. Hertling retired after serving almost four decades in the US Army and now serves as a military analyst for CNN.
Nov 13, 2018•1 hr 35 min
Tara discusses the midterm results and talks about Trump's firing of Jeff Sessions and his crazy post-midterm press conference with A.B. Stoddard. A.B. is an associate editor and columnist at RealClearPolitics. She appears regularly on FOX's "Special Report With Bret Baier," as well as other shows on FOX News Channel, FOX Business Network, and CNN.
Nov 08, 2018•1 hr 31 min
Tara talks terrorism in Pittsburgh and the political environment that might have lead up it and the mailbombs last week. CNN political contributor and Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House Paul Begala joins the show to discuss the midterms.
Oct 30, 2018•1 hr 52 min
Tara is in Los Angeles this week at Politicon 2018 and discusses the Democratic and Republican infighting at the event. Guests are Henry Winkler - The Fonz - who stops by briefly, CNN commentator Amanda Carpenter, author of Gaslighting America , and Sally Kohn, author of The Opposite Of Hate .
Oct 23, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Tara talks about the fallout from her comments on Kanye West's visit to the White House and discusses the controversy over Saudi Arabia and the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi with Ambassador Norm Eisen. Eisen served as US ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2011 to 2014, and as President Obama’s ethics czar from 2009 to 2011. His new book is The Last Palace.
Oct 16, 2018•1 hr 32 min
Tara talks about the tough week that saw Brett Kavanaugh elevated to the Supreme Court. Her guest is Tom Nichols, professor at the Naval War College and Harvard Extension. His most recent book is The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters.
Oct 09, 2018•1 hr 52 min
Tara talks about the emotionally exhausting Kavanaugh/Ford testimony, the aftermath, and this week's FBI investigation and discusses what the investigation might look like with Asha Rangappa. Asha is a Senior Lecturer at the Yale University, served as an FBI Special Agent, and is a legal and national security analyst for CNN.
Oct 02, 2018•1 hr 58 min
