Tara Palmeri: How Zohran Mamdani & Donald Trump Use The Same Playbook

"What if the boldest voices in politics—from rising stars like Zohran Mamdani to entrenched figures like Donald Trump—are secretly reading from the same scripted page of tactics and maneuvers?

In this episode of Tara Palmeri Live, dive deep into the uncanny parallels shaping today's political battlegrounds, where progressive upstarts and conservative powerhouses deploy identical strategies of disruption, narrative control, and crowd mobilization to advance wildly opposing agendas. Joined by Steve Schmidt, the veteran strategist behind incisive takes on political peril, we unpack how these playbook moves expose the raw mechanics of influence in a divided America, from viral messaging blitzes to coalition-building gambits that flip the script on conventional wisdom.

What overlooked tactic from this shared playbook do you see dominating the next election cycle?" 

Source:Tara Palmeri doing her impression of a lot in space valley girl. Actually, I don't know what she's doing there.

From Tara Palmeri

So the basic point of what Tara Palmeri and Steve Schmidt is talking about here, is that what I would call the Squad-Left, or the Bernie Bro-Left, has taken on the establishment wing of the Democratic Party and has beaten them. All that's obvious and Palemeri and Schmidt got into what they call the establishment wing of the Democratic Party.

If you are from Washington, like myself, the establishment is the K Street wing of the Democratic Party. The Squad-Left is basically the hipster, coffee house wing, of very young and idealistic... leftist Democrats and people who aren't officially Democrats, but vote Democrat when they see Democrats who are leftist and cool enough for them. 

And the K Street wing of the Democratic Party, are the corporate backers who can finance mainstream Democrats campaigns all by themselves, just from their corporate pacs, or with their own money. And those folks don't want to be seen as Republicans, even mainstream Republicans. But what they are really worried about is the Democratic Party becoming too left-wing and too far-left, too idealistic and populist. And think you win campaigns by being mushy-middle, but never ever having any solid principles about anything to win purple states and districts. 

And I agree, part of the problem with the Democratic Party is that they're seen as the party of Ivy League, wealthy people, who've never had to even worry about they would pay for their own college education, let alone their kids and people are very awkward when they have to talk to ordinary Americans, who have to work really hard everyday, just to pay their bills. 

So Zohran Mamdani comes along in 2025 in New York City who has taken some real far-left, whacked-out positions like: 

NYPD: "Racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety, and a rogue agency." 

Property rights: “If there was any system that could guarantee each person housing — whether you call it the abolition of private property or you call it a statewide housing guarantee — it is preferable to what is going on right now". 

Government-run grocery stores: Zohran Mamdani has proposed to create municipal owned grocery stores in New York City. He's proposing that the government there run and own grocery stores in that city. 

But since Mamdani speaks to the concerns about a lot of New Yorkers there, when it comes to affordability and has no issues about telling people what he thinks about anything, regardless of how far-left he sounds, he's doing something in New York City, what Donald Trump is doing nationally... or at least in the states that Trump won... which is win in all of these places simply by being himself. And running against the corrupt establishment in his own party. 

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Tara Palmeri: EXCLUSIVE: Deciding Vote Blocking Epstein Files Tied To Ghislaine Maxwell

"What hidden connections could a U.S. senator have to Jeffrey Epstein’s inner circle?

In this exclusive episode, reporter and researcher Abi Baker and I to dive into my bombshell investigation from The Red Letter, uncovering Senator Lisa Murkowski’s ties to Ghislaine Maxwell and her husband, Scott Borgerson, through elite Arctic Circle conferences and powerful Alaskan donors. You can read the full investigation here:Tara Palmeri.

We break down how Murkowski, the deciding vote against releasing the Epstein files, shares a tangled web of connections with Maxwell. From Senate hearings to high-profile events, we reveal the details and ask why transparency remains elusive. Check out the full story at TaraPalmeri.com and join us for part one of our series, The Reckoning, as we hold those blocking the Epstein files accountable.

How do Murkowski’s ties to Maxwell influence her vote on the Epstein files—drop your thoughts in the comments below." 

Source:Tara Palmeri I believe with the scoop of the day.

From Tara Palmeri

Also from Tara Palmeri:

"How one survivor is exposing Senator Lisa Murkowski’s quiet ties to Ghislaine Maxwell and her husband Scott Borgerson.

Here’s the thing about the victims of Jeffrey Epstein: they’re not going away. In fact, they’re hellbent on forcing Congress to pay attention after being ignored for decades. That’s why I’m launching The Reckoning, a series spotlighting how survivors are taking justice into their own hands because no one else will. These reports will track how they’re breaking chains of silence and demanding accountability from leaders while the Justice Department still refuses to release the Epstein files.

Part one of the series zeroes in on Epstein survivor and Alaskan Marijke Chartouni, who has turned her attention to Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the deciding vote on September 10 to block the release of the Epstein files. Chartouni uncovered Murkowski’s longstanding ties to Ghislaine Maxwell’s husband, Scott Borgerson, and the many occasions Murkowski appeared on stage with Maxwell at ocean-advocacy conferences. They were appearances that, intentionally or not, helped launder Maxwell’s name even as she was publicly linked to Epstein...

From Tara Palmeri

As I wrote about this 2 weeks ago: 

"Senator Murkowski making the case for Congressional term limits with just this 1 statement right here: 

"The amendment was a surprise and disrupted the normal process of working on the defense bill."

This is what you can sound like when you've been in Congress for over 20 years: you run out of good policy arguments to vote against something that could hurt you with your right-wing, if you vote against them and instead rely on procedure, because you don't want to offend other voters in your state, or hurt your credibility in Washington...

From The New Democrat

So what Tara Palmeri and her associate discovered through their investigation, would explain why Senator Lisa Murkowski sounded like a senator who was just wrapping up a 20 hour filibuster and instead of just reading out of the local Washington phonebook, or reading from a children's book, or the ingredients from a bunch of can goods... she instead says: 

"The amendment was a surprise and disrupted the normal process of working on the defense bill."

That was the official reason for why Senator Murkowski voted against the release of the Epstein files, 18 days ago. But the real reason looks like that this distinguished Senator is probably in the Epstein files, or at least in the Ghislaine Maxwell files. Because she has a working relationship with Maxwell's ex-husband, Scott Borgerson. 

Now, if there is evidence that Mr. Borgerson is, or was a campaign contributor to 1 of Senator Murkowksi's campaigns, that would be what we call in Washington a smoking gun. But at least we now know the real reason why she voted against the release of the Epstein files. And it has nothing to do with Congressional procedures and rules. 

This Murkowski-Borgerson connection, you could say this is 1 reason why people hate Congress and their representatives. 1 problem with that: the people keep voting for the same people over and over who are primarily, if not exclusively interested in their own political careers. So who's fault is that? 

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