What Happens When a Pro-Life Congresswoman Needs an Abortion?

What Happens When a Pro-Life Congresswoman Needs an Abortion?

Tara Palmeri sits down with Republican Congresswoman Kat Cammack of Florida for a wide-ranging and unusually candid conversation. A former Capitol Hill chief of staff before she was elected, Cammack draws on both sides of the power dynamic to describe a culture she calls "college 2.0" — late nights, alcohol, lobbyists, and a steep imbalance that she argues lets harassment flourish among members and staff alike. As chair of the Republican Women's Caucus, she's co-leading a bipartisan working group with Democrat Teresa Leger Fernández to overhaul how misconduct is reported and punished: consolidating the maze of six separate reporting offices into a single "one-stop shop," requiring candidates to disclose past sexual-misconduct settlements, and stripping congressional pensions from those convicted. Tara presses her on the tensions, too — reconciling a zero-tolerance push with supporting a president who has been accused by more than two dozen women, and why she believes the Epstein files (which she says she's called to release since 2021) became a partisan weapon that ultimately hurt survivors. In the most personal stretch of the interview, Cammack recounts the life-threatening ectopic pregnancy that forced her to terminate to save her life, the delays she faced in the ER under Florida's six-week law, the disinformation campaign she says geofenced hospitals to frighten doctors, and the death threats she's received for telling her story. It's an emotional, often-uncomfortable conversation about power, accountability, and the human cost of playing politics with women's health. Note: this episode includes a frank discussion of pregnancy loss and a medical emergency that some viewers may find difficult. 5:09 – "DC is Hollywood for ugly people" — and the stories reporters whisper 8:00 – Reporters as targets, too: the vulnerability built into access 11:00 – Leading the bipartisan working group: accountability beyond expulsions 13:21 – Disclosing settlements and stripping pensions for convictions 15:18 – The $17M in hush settlements and the maze of six reporting offices 17:44 – Why these congresswomen took it on, and a "disruptor" generation 19:48 – "Would you call yourself a feminist?" 23:11 – Tara pushes back with the trans-athlete statistics 25:23 – Reconciling the anti-harassment push with supporting Trump 27:00 – Why didn't Trump release the Epstein files? Calling for it since 2021 28:30 – Mace, MTG, and the political cost of demanding transparency 30:16 – What's holding the files back, and statute-of-limitations reform for survivors 33:07 – Her life-threatening ectopic pregnancy 37:11 – "What about the women who don't have a doctor?" The ER delay 38:28 – The geofencing disinformation campaign that scared off doctors 40:12 – The death threats and the "I called the governor" myth 43:49 – Does this make her rethink the law? Women's health beyond one issue 47:25 – Why she told her story: "so one woman felt less alone" 49:18 – Florida, fear, and the broken "sick care" system Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

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Tara Palmeri is one of the most feared and fearless reporters covering power and politics. She has 15 years of experience covering national politics and foreign affairs. She was formerly a White House Correspondent for ABC News where she covered the first Trump administration. She was the chief National Correspondent for POLITICO during the Biden administration. She has been a political analyst for CNBC, CBS and CNN. She started her career as a columnist for the Washington Examiner and then went on to report for the New York Post. She was a foreign correspondent for POLITICO Europe, where she covered international affairs, including Brexit. She hosted the Ringer's political podcast "Somebody's Gotta Win" and wrote a column for Puck. Tara also hosted two acclaimed podcasts on Jeffrey Epstein, "Broken: Jeffrey Epstein" and "Power: The Maxwells." Tara currently hosts the Tara Palmeri Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Will JD Vance Take the Fall for Trump’s Iran Deal?

Tara Palmeri is one of the most feared and fearless reporters covering power and politics. She has 15 years of experience covering national politics and foreign affairs. She was formerly a White House Correspondent for ABC News where she covered the first Trump administration. She was the chief National Correspondent for POLITICO during the Biden administration. She has been a political analyst for CNBC, CBS and CNN. She started her career as a columnist for the Washington Examiner and then went on to report for the New York Post. She was a foreign correspondent for POLITICO Europe, where she covered international affairs, including Brexit. She hosted the Ringer's political podcast "Somebody's Gotta Win" and wrote a column for Puck. Tara also hosted two acclaimed podcasts on Jeffrey Epstein, "Broken: Jeffrey Epstein" and "Power: The Maxwells." Tara currently hosts the Tara Palmeri Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

The 5 Things JD Vance Got Wrong About Trump & Epstein

Tara Palmeri does something cable news won't: she fact-checks JD Vance's appearance on "The View" line by line, as the vice president recasts himself as the lone transparency champion of the Epstein scandal. Tara walks through the claims one by one — that Trump "reported Epstein to the police" (he didn't; he made a July 2006 call only after the investigation was underway), that Trump "threw Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago" (Trump has claimed Epstein was never even a member), and that the 2.5 million still-missing files are just "duplicates" or "under judicial seal." She brings in Rep. Madeleine Dean's account of reading a fully redacted email — subject line: Trump — between Epstein's attorney and Trump's attorney, and lays out the real reason Trump turned on Epstein: a 2004 Palm Beach bidding war over a mansion called the "House of Friends," not the girls. Then Tara digs into the bombshell New York Times reporting on Epstein's mental state and final days at the Metropolitan Correctional Center — new cellmate interviews describing shredded sheets, at least three prior suicide attempts, and a discovered noose, set against a crime scene so mismanaged it was never treated as a possible homicide. In the second half, Jim Acosta joins to unpack the Haberman/Swan "Situation Room freak-out," the mystery of who was recording inside a SCIF, Todd Blanche's forward-leaning push (and his reward: the AG nomination), the pardon-for-Maxwell quid pro quo, James Comer shutting the investigation down, and why the men named in the files — Leon Black, Jes Staley — still haven't testified. 0:00 – JD Vance on "The View": breaking down the Epstein claims line by line 3:48 – Fact-check: Trump didn't report Epstein; the July 2006 call to Palm Beach police 6:06 – The veto-proof Transparency Act and Mike Johnson's delay tactics 7:21 – Rep. Madeleine Dean and the redacted Epstein-Trump attorney email 9:59 – The missing 2.5 million files and Vance's "duplicates" defense 11:19 – The New York Times report: was it suicide? Shredded sheets and three prior attempts 13:48 – Epstein tried to dig up dirt on Trump — and setting up Jim Acosta 14:52 – Acosta joins: the Situation Room "freak-out" and who was recording in a SCIF 18:40 – Panic over a possible recording, and Trump's instinct to bury it 21:35 – Todd Blanche's rise, Bondi's binders, and the Maxwell pardon quid pro quo 23:58 – Comer shutting the probe down and the "shadow hearings" 26:00 – Why haven't the men in the files testified? The incestuous "Epstein class" 27:55 – Inside Epstein's final days — and do we really know what happened? 30:38 – Epstein joking about suicide, Comer's "dereliction of duty," and the wrap Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Is Hollywood Self-Censoring to Please Trump?

Tara Palmeri sits down with producer Chris Fenton — dubbed "Hollywood's MAGA whisperer" — to unpack how an entire industry is learning to speak Donald Trump's language. With LA hemorrhaging jobs (50,000 lost in recent years) and production fleeing to the UK, Canada, and 80-plus countries offering national tax incentives, Hollywood is pushing for a federal film incentive to bring shoots back to America. The catch: getting it passed runs through a president who rewards allies and punishes critics. Fenton lays out the economics — state-by-state rebates, why Marvel left Georgia for Britain, and why the real beneficiaries are middle-class "below the line" crews in red states, not the Hollywood elite the public loves to hate. But Tara presses on the harder question lurking underneath the talking points: where does lobbying end and self-censorship begin? She and Fenton spar over whether studios are quietly shelving politically risky projects to avoid angering Trump, the payouts ABC and CBS have made, the firing of late-night hosts, and the broadcast networks afraid of losing their licenses. Fenton concedes the biggest tell of all: a film about Jeffrey Epstein that actually examined Donald Trump's role would "never get a full release" from a major studio. Tara argues it's the biggest corruption story of our time and 80% of the country would watch it — yet Hollywood won't touch it. Along the way: the China problem (why James Bond never has a Chinese villain), Steve Bannon's surprising openness to the idea, Fenton's own story of being shut out of left-leaning platforms, and his new faith-tinged comedy "Bad Counselors." 0:00 – Has Hollywood flipped? The new Trump-era dynamic 3:18 – What does a "MAGA translator" actually do? 5:31 – How the federal film incentive works: tax rebates, explained 7:20 – Do the studios just want to wait Trump out? 9:40 – Who wrote the talking points? "Everybody's on board" 11:11 – A charm campaign for Trump's attention — and promoting his own movie 13:14 – Importing foreign actors and trading talent like H-1B visas 16:43 – Tara's take: the quiet suppression campaign across news and entertainment 19:31 – Has Hollywood actually shifted scripts and hiring under Trump 2.0? 21:23 – Escapism vs. censorship: studios afraid to offend Trump 22:53 – Is this a push to make Americans more conservative? 28:04 – Networks afraid of losing their broadcast licenses 31:31 – The everyday Americans hurting beneath the political storm 36:06 – Will the subsidies pass? Midterms and Republican support 37:39 – The faith element in his film and its cross-political appeal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]