The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad is first joined by Robert Benson, D.Phil., Associate Director for National Security and International Policy at American Progress.

The two breakdown Trump's summit with Putin, where he failed to secure a peace deal to end Russia's war with Ukraine.

Then, Brad is joined by Tara Devlin, host of the podcast, 'TARABUSTER.'

The pair exposes Trump and the GOP's hypocrisy as they deploy the National Guard to Washington D.C. with the excuse of stopping violent crime, yet they are the same people who pardoned those who violently assaulted Capitol Police Officers right in Washington D.C. on January 6th.

They also discuss California Governor Gavin Newsom's efforts to nullify Trump led efforts to gerrymander Texas congressional districts, with the goal of gaining GOP house seats, by doing the same in California, in order to gain Democratic House seats to balance things out.

The website for American Progress is http://www.AmericanProgress.org and their handle on BlueSky is @americanprogress.bsky.social.  Robert's handle is @robertbenson92.bsky.social.

Tara Devlin is a New York City based comedian, writer, and host of the unapologetically-liberal podcast "TARABUSTER.”

Tarabuster is 5-star viewer-reviewed and 100% viewer-supported.

Help keep the REAL liberal media going – and growing – by becoming a Patron of Tarabuster at Patreon.com/TaraDevlin.

You can follow Tara on BlueSky at @tarabuster.bsky.social and on Instagram at @Taradackty.

Brad writes a political column every Sunday for 'The Hill.'

He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles. You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His handle on BlueSky is @bradbannon.bsky.social.