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The Tara Show

Tara presides over the Upstate's #1 all news/talk morning show every weekday on News/Talk 989 WORD.Tara's faithful listeners are affectionately known as "Tara-ists" because of their passion and participation in the show. Tara was named 2021 Best News Talk Show and Best overall Personality, AGAIN, by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association! Tara took home the same honors in 2018 and was also named 2016 "Personality of the Year!" In addition, Tara has also won over two dozen state and national journalism awards for column writing, news reporting and investigative reporting while working for three newspapers and writing for a variety of national publications. She won a first place reporting award from the North Carolina Press Association for an investigative series about the weaknesses in Charlotte's overburdened court system, which regularly let murderers off the hook with less than 15 years in prison. Due to her work, that system has been reformed. Tara is also a winner of the prestigious first place Green Eyeshade Award, a national award for column writing from The Society of Professional Journalists. Tara took to the airwaves about 15 years ago to do a radio show heard up and down the coast and fell in love with bypassing her editors to talk straight to the people. Tara hasn't stopped reporting, and still brings her investigative journalism to the show. Tara is a mom, wife and talk radio convert-- and weekday mornings she's live and local on News/Talk 989 WORD. Are you a "Tara-ist"? It's time to get captured!
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Episodes

Full Show - America in Decline: Border Catastrophes, Vaccine Fallout, and the Collapse of National Pride

Today’s coverage reveals a nation grappling with profound crises on every front. Tara first unpacks the Biden administration’s alleged complicity in trafficking migrant children—placing thousands with unvetted, often criminal sponsors, dismantling Trump-era safeguards like DNA testing, and leaving tens of thousands of vulnerable minors unaccounted for. Next, she highlights a surge of peer-reviewed studies warning of severe, underreported harms linked to the COVID vaccines, including estimates of...

Jul 03, 20252 hr 20 min

H1: Debt, Deportations, and Defiance: Trump’s Economic Gamble and Border Showdown

In these two explosive segments, the hosts break down the high-stakes political and economic battles defining Trump’s presidency. First, they explore the “Big Beautiful Bill,” packed with sweeping measures—100% immediate expensing for factory construction, doubling health savings accounts, and $70 billion for deportations—that promise economic revival but carry the risk of record-breaking debt and runaway inflation if Trump can’t sustain 3% growth. Next, they tackle the crisis at the southern bo...

Jul 03, 202536 min

H2: Judicial Overreach and Nuclear Tensions: Courts vs. Trump and Iran’s Resilience

These discussions reveal two unfolding crises: First, liberal judges are issuing nationwide injunctions against Donald Trump’s border enforcement policies—directly defying Supreme Court rulings and raising the specter of a constitutional crisis as activist courts challenge executive authority. The hosts argue these rulings are designed to provoke Trump into defiance, fueling narratives that he is a “dictator” and stoking violence against ICE agents. Second, the spotlight shifts to Iran’s nuclear...

Jul 03, 202535 min

H3: The Collapse of Media Credibility and the Judicial War on Trump’s Border Policy

In these two segments, the hosts expose a sweeping pattern of institutional corruption and media complicity. First, they unpack bombshell revelations confirming the Russia collusion narrative was a deliberate hoax orchestrated by top Obama-era intelligence officials—John Brennan, James Comey, and James Clapper—who handpicked analysts, suppressed dissent within the CIA, and selectively leaked discredited claims from the Clinton campaign to engineer a societal delusion that crippled the Trump pres...

Jul 03, 202534 min

H4: Trafficking, Betrayal, and Decline: The Crisis at America’s Border and the COVID Vaccine Fallout

In these segments, Tara delivers an unflinching look at two unfolding humanitarian and political crises. The first exposes a scathing report that the Biden administration knowingly placed thousands of migrant children with unvetted sponsors, including convicted criminals, fueling a system of trafficking, abuse, and neglect while dismantling safeguards like DNA testing. The second explores new studies indicating massive underreported COVID vaccine deaths—potentially up to 600,000 in the U.S.—and ...

Jul 03, 202535 min

Mounting Evidence Against COVID Vaccines as Public Trust in America Crumbles

In this extensive broadcast, Tara details alarming findings from peer-reviewed studies and official data estimating up to 600,000 U.S. deaths linked to COVID-19 vaccines—far surpassing what the media reports. She highlights underreported dangers of mRNA shots, including serious gastric illnesses and a surge in ER visits among vaccinated teens, while contrasting Japan and Denmark’s public warnings with America’s ongoing blackout. The show then pivots to expose a legal push to prevent deportations...

Jul 03, 202518 min

Biden Administration Exposed for Enabling Child Trafficking at the Border

In this searing broadcast, Tara and Lee react to a shocking new ICE report revealing the Biden administration knowingly placed thousands of unaccompanied migrant children with unvetted sponsors—many with criminal records—after dismantling Trump-era safeguards like DNA testing and background checks. The hosts recount harrowing stories of young children abandoned or handed over to predators, describing how cartels and Democrat-aligned trafficking networks exploit the chaos for profit and political...

Jul 03, 202511 min

Left-Wing Desperation: Judge Blocks Trump Border Policy as Media Ignore Radical Agendas

In this broadcast, the host breaks down a series of dramatic developments: a federal judge—appointed by Barack Obama—issues a nationwide injunction to halt Donald Trump’s border enforcement, effectively re-opening the border to illegal crossings and potential criminal networks. Despite the Supreme Court’s recent ruling against such sweeping injunctions, lower court judges are defying precedent, creating what the host calls a constitutional crisis designed to provoke Trump into defying orders so ...

Jul 03, 202517 min

CIA Confirms Russia Collusion Hoax: How Intelligence Chiefs Rigged the Narrative Against Trump

The hosts react to bombshell confirmation from CIA Director John Ratcliffe that the infamous Russia collusion narrative was deliberately fabricated by top intelligence officials—including John Brennan, James Comey, and James Clapper—who cherry-picked analysts, suppressed dissent, and laundered Clinton campaign opposition research as legitimate intelligence. For years, the media saturated the public with the hoax, creating widespread hysteria and shaping the outcome of the 2020 election. The segm...

Jul 03, 202512 min

Leah Thomas Records Overturned and Iran’s Nuclear Threat Persists: A Week of Unraveling Narratives

In a sweeping discussion, the hosts cover the fallout after UPenn was forced to strip transgender swimmer Leah Thomas (Will Thomas) of titles and issue personal apologies to the displaced female athletes—sparking outrage and satire. They pivot to a sobering analysis of Iran’s nuclear program, revealing that contrary to official claims, Iran retains significant enrichment capability deep within facilities like Isfahan and Pickaxe Mountain—many of which remain untouched and potentially operational...

Jul 03, 202519 min

Judicial Defiance and Manufactured Crisis: The Border Showdown Intensifies

As Democrats accuse Trump of dictatorship, the hosts lay out how liberal judges are the ones defying constitutional boundaries—issuing nationwide injunctions the Supreme Court has already ruled illegal. This segment breaks down the Obama-appointed judge’s unprecedented order to reinstate catch-and-release and reopen the southern border, effectively inviting hundreds of thousands of deported criminals to return. The hosts explain how this ruling defies asylum law, undermines border security gains...

Jul 03, 202510 min

Border Battles and Honeypot Shadows: Trump’s Immigration Showdown and the Curious Case of the Comeys

As record numbers of Americans prepare for a low-gas-price July 4th, Trump faces a fresh crisis: a Democrat-appointed judge has ordered the reopening of the southern border, potentially overruling the Supreme Court’s ban on nationwide injunctions. The hosts break down how this move could trigger a rush of cartel-linked criminals back into the country, sabotage ICE enforcement, and hand the left a potent narrative against Trump’s immigration crackdown. Meanwhile, they expose surprising connection...

Jul 03, 202518 min

The Big Beautiful Bill: Economic Gamble or Growth Revolution?

Tara and Lee break down the massive “Big Beautiful Bill” teetering on the verge of passage. They explore its sweeping measures—100% immediate expensing for factory construction, doubling health savings accounts, funding deportations, and cracking down on Medicaid fraud—and weigh them against the bill’s staggering price tag. While supporters tout pro-growth reforms to rebuild America’s industrial base, critics warn that unless Trump sustains 3%+ economic growth every year, this record-breaking de...

Jul 03, 202512 min

Full Show - Rigged Systems and Runaway Spending: Debt, Deception, and the Fight for Accountability

Today’s broadcasts reveal a sweeping portrait of dysfunction at every level of American politics and media. In the first segment, Rep. Ralph Norman draws a hard line against the Senate’s colossal spending package, blasting Lindsey Graham and John Thune for breaking their promises and adding over $600 billion in new annual deficit spending—fueling a debt trajectory toward $60 trillion in just a decade. The discussion shows how reckless budgets are rammed through by stuffing bills with pork to buy...

Jul 02, 20252 hr 15 min

H1: Historic Reversals and Hidden Scandals: Trump’s Transgender Sports Victory & New FBI-China Election Interference Bombshell

In this powerful back-to-back episode, Tara and Lee tackle two seismic stories reshaping America’s political landscape. First, they detail Donald Trump’s unprecedented move forcing the University of Pennsylvania to reverse course on transgender athletes, restoring titles, records, and dignity to female swimmers like Riley Gaines—an extraordinary rollback in the culture wars never seen before. Then, they pivot to jaw-dropping revelations from whistleblower documents exposing the FBI’s deliberate ...

Jul 02, 202535 min

H2: The Communist Takeover of New York and FBI Election Crimes: America Under Siege

In these searing back-to-back segments, Tara and Lee expose the radical left’s escalating assault on America’s foundations. First, Tara uncovers the shocking rise of Zohran Mamdani, the openly socialist New York City mayoral candidate vowing to seize private property, create government-run housing, and end capitalism itself—policies hailed as the “future of the Democratic Party.” Drawing chilling parallels to Albania, Cuba, and Venezuela, Tara warns this communist blueprint will destroy freedom ...

Jul 02, 202534 min

H3: Exposing the Deep State: FBI Felonies, Census Fraud, and the Battle Over America’s Future

In back-to-back explosive shows, Tara reveals the scope of corruption at the highest levels of government—and the fight to take the country back. First, she details bombshell evidence that FBI Director Christopher Wray committed multiple felonies by lying to Congress about Chinese election interference and destroying records of counterfeit licenses used for fraudulent absentee ballots in 2020. Wray’s pivot to the debunked Russia collusion narrative underscores the FBI’s role in shaping a false r...

Jul 02, 202533 min

H4: Debt Bomb and Deep Deception: Spending Showdowns, Census Battles, and Media Fraud

In these in-depth segments, the host exposes the accelerating crisis of unsustainable government spending and the collusion between political elites and media giants to protect their power. First, Rep. Ralph Norman explains why he’s a hard “no” on the Senate’s massive spending bill, calling out Lindsey Graham and John Thune for adding over $600 billion in annual deficit spending—ballooning the debt toward an unthinkable $60 trillion by 2035. The discussion underscores how bloated budgets get ram...

Jul 02, 202533 min

Election Fraud, Censorship, and a Compromised President: Unraveling the FBI’s Role in the 2020 Election

This explosive broadcast dives into two parallel scandals shaking American politics. First, Andre Bauer’s entry into the South Carolina Senate race could ironically help Lindsey Graham by splitting the conservative vote, even as Graham polls at a historically weak 42%. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has secured a $16 million settlement from Paramount and CBS over their deceptively edited Kamala Harris interview—proof, the host argues, of the media’s coordinated efforts to protect Democrats at any cost....

Jul 02, 202518 min

Fiscal Chaos and Census Fraud: The Fight Over Trillions in Debt and America’s Representation

Representative Ralph Norman joins Tara to declare a firm no on the massive “big beautiful bill,” blasting Lindsey Graham and John Thune for exploding deficit spending with an extra $635 billion a year—adding up to $6 trillion over a decade. As Congress clashes over runaway spending, Norman warns that unless the U.S. sustains 3% growth for the next ten years, the nation is headed for $60 trillion in debt by 2035. Meanwhile, efforts to redo the census are gaining traction. Tara and her co-host bre...

Jul 02, 202511 min

Trump and DeSantis Demand a Census Overhaul: Redistricting, Illegal Voting, and the Fight for America’s Future

In this explosive broadcast, Tara spotlights Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis’s call to redo the U.S. Census—excluding noncitizens and immediately redrawing congressional districts. She reveals how census fraud and counting illegal immigrants have stolen up to 20 House seats, rigging the balance of power in favor of Democrats. Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller explains the three goals behind open borders: inflating blue state representation, enabling illegal voting with no citizenship checks, an...

Jul 02, 202515 min

The Communist Takeover of New York and FBI Election Crimes: America Under Siege

Well, Lee, fear has broken out among the neocons. This is terrifying because as I've demonstrated over the years, in order to have enemies to fight and profit from fighting, you have to fund them because they can't afford to fight us on their own, and it wouldn't be fair anyway. So we pay them to kill us. In fact, we did it this week. $30,000,000 in aid going to Gaza. Okay? Nobody physically walks in there unless they're with Hamas. It's impossible to do. So you send aid $30,000,000, you're fund...

Jul 02, 202510 min

FBI Felonies, Chinese Election Fraud, and the Battle Over Illegal Immigration: The Fight Trump Can’t Win Alone

In this explosive broadcast, Tara uncovers newly released emails proving the FBI not only destroyed evidence of massive Chinese election interference—fake licenses smuggled in to produce fraudulent absentee ballots for Joe Biden—but then lied to Congress to cover it up. FBI Director Christopher Wray’s own testimony under oath is exposed as felony perjury, as he denied any widespread fraud while deflecting to the debunked Russia collusion hoax. Tara walks listeners through how this corruption ena...

Jul 02, 202517 min

Communist Takeover? NYC Mayoral Candidate Calls for Seizing Private Property—and Democrats Don’t Say No

In this eye-opening segment, Tara and Lee react to shocking proposals from Zohran Mamdani, the Democrat who won the NYC mayoral primary and openly advocates government seizure of private property to create massive “social housing” complexes. From grocery stores to department stores and entire apartment buildings, Mamdani envisions forcibly redistributing property through eminent domain—policies straight out of communist regimes. They highlight warnings from Peter Lamage, an immigrant who fled Al...

Jul 02, 202511 min

Explosive Allegations: FBI Covered Up Chinese Election Interference to Help Biden, Says New Whistleblower Report

This episode dives into two urgent and breaking stories: record-breaking Fourth of July travel disruptions and a stunning whistleblower-driven report alleging the FBI covered up Chinese election interference to help elect Joe Biden in 2020. Tara outlines how whistleblower documents released by Senator Chuck Grassley reveal the FBI knowingly destroyed evidence linking the Chinese Communist Party to widespread absentee ballot fraud using fake driver’s licenses generated from stolen TikTok data. Th...

Jul 02, 202518 min

Trump Forces UPenn to Reverse Transgender Sports Policy in Landmark Victory for Female Athletes

In this episode, Tara and Lee break down an unprecedented move by Donald Trump and Linda McMahon that compelled the University of Pennsylvania to ban biological males from women’s sports, restore records and titles to female athletes, and issue personal apologies to those impacted by transgender competitor Leah Thomas. Tara reflects on the broader cultural significance of this reversal, calling it a rare rollback in the culture wars—something she says we’ve never seen before. They also discuss h...

Jul 02, 202511 min

Full Show - Crisis of Control: Exploding Debt, Vaccine Backlash, and the Battle for America's Future

In a sweeping breakdown of today's most urgent issues, Tara takes aim at the $60 trillion debt bomb projected by 2035 and the political infighting threatening to derail Trump’s economic recovery plan. She warns of Federal Reserve sabotage under Jerome Powell, who she claims is intentionally keeping interest rates high to cripple the Trump agenda. Simultaneously, she unpacks disturbing new vaccine data—linking mRNA shots to fertility loss, sudden deaths, and autoimmune conditions—demanding a nati...

Jul 01, 20252 hr 17 min

H1: Elon Musk Targets GOP Over Trump’s Debt Bill as Democrats Embrace Open Communism

In this explosive commentary, the host unpacks Elon Musk’s overnight vow to fund primary challengers against any Republican who votes for Donald Trump’s massive spending bill—calling it the largest debt expansion in U.S. history. While Musk spares Trump himself, he blasts GOP members as “psychopathic whores” betraying their promises of fiscal restraint. The segment details how Lindsey Graham and other Republicans are allegedly sabotaging the bill with poison pills to derail immigration enforceme...

Jul 01, 202536 min

H2: Justice Undone: Idaho Plea Deal Fury and Marxist Rhetoric in New York Politics

In these back-to-back segments, Tara dives into the public outrage over Idaho mass murderer Bryan Kohberger’s plea deal, which spares him the death penalty despite overwhelming evidence of a brutal quadruple stabbing. She contrasts this with South Carolina’s infamous serial killer Todd Kohlhepp, whose life sentences are a sobering reminder of how even the worst criminals can manipulate the system. The discussion then pivots to the alarming rise of Marxist ideology among Democrat leaders, spotlig...

Jul 01, 202532 min

H3: How Democrats and GOP Globalists Are Undermining Immigration Enforcement

Tara explores two explosive stories showing how both the Left and the Republican establishment are sabotaging border security. In Denver, activists used the “Ice Block” app to help a convicted child rapist wanted by Interpol escape federal agents—highlighting how progressive networks actively obstruct law enforcement. Meanwhile, in Washington, GOP Senate leader John Thune and Lindsey Graham are inserting “poison pills” into Trump’s immigration bill to preserve Medicaid for 1.4 million illegals, ...

Jul 01, 202534 min
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