Tarabuster Fridays: Trump is the Swamp

Tarabuster Fridays with Tara Devlin. June 19, 2026

✊🏾 Juneteenth: freedom delayed, justice denied

Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas finally learned they were free—two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation—and today Republicans still try to downplay it as “identity politics” even as they wage war on Black history and voting rights.

🎖️ Trump turns Medal of Honor into a clown show

At a White House ceremony, Trump struggled for nearly a full minute to fasten a Medal of Honor around a veteran’s neck before giving up and literally tying the ribbon in a knot, handing the world yet another viral reminder of how unfit and undignified he is.

🕵️ Trump and Bill Pulte target the intelligence community

Trump wants acting DNI Bill Pulte to “start the process” of firing a big chunk of the national intelligence staff, putting a barely qualified real-estate heir in charge of purging professionals who actually understand threats just so he can install loyalists.

🪙 Under Trump’s crypto hustle, the family wins and investors lose

A Reuters investigation found the Trump family raked in roughly 2.3 billion dollars off Trump-branded crypto schemes while more than a million investors collectively lost about the same amount, proving once again that with these grifters, the house—and the family—always wins.

⛪ John Fugelsang on why separation of church and state saves us

John Fugelsang’s new Nation piece argues that keeping government and religion separate is “America’s best idea,” spelling out how Christian nationalism betrays both the Constitution and genuine faith while the right wing tries to turn the state into a theocracy-in-waiting.

And more!

Buckle up. It's a lot. As usual.

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