Tara Palmeri

My grandmother was in a camp in Hamburg. as a child. So, you know, she was used as like a test baby. Like they used their drugs and stuff and they tested them out on them in these war camps. So we, she speaks Polish. My mom speaks Polish and people would think, oh, you're Italian, Tara Palmieri. My dad is Italian American, but our family goes back to like 1885.

My grandmother was in a camp in Hamburg. as a child. So, you know, she was used as like a test baby. Like they used their drugs and stuff and they tested them out on them in these war camps. So we, she speaks Polish. My mom speaks Polish and people would think, oh, you're Italian, Tara Palmieri. My dad is Italian American, but our family goes back to like 1885.

My grandmother was in a camp in Hamburg. as a child. So, you know, she was used as like a test baby. Like they used their drugs and stuff and they tested them out on them in these war camps. So we, she speaks Polish. My mom speaks Polish and people would think, oh, you're Italian, Tara Palmieri. My dad is Italian American, but our family goes back to like 1885.

They just all were a bunch of Italians that lived in Hoboken forever. So it's really my mom's side I feel closest to. I've always heard war stories in the house. You know, my Nazis obviously invaded, conscripted my grandfather into Nazi youth. My grandfather was also locked up by the commies for five years. So it was also like... There's so many like there's so much intensity and anxiety.

They just all were a bunch of Italians that lived in Hoboken forever. So it's really my mom's side I feel closest to. I've always heard war stories in the house. You know, my Nazis obviously invaded, conscripted my grandfather into Nazi youth. My grandfather was also locked up by the commies for five years. So it was also like... There's so many like there's so much intensity and anxiety.

They just all were a bunch of Italians that lived in Hoboken forever. So it's really my mom's side I feel closest to. I've always heard war stories in the house. You know, my Nazis obviously invaded, conscripted my grandfather into Nazi youth. My grandfather was also locked up by the commies for five years. So it was also like... There's so many like there's so much intensity and anxiety.

And it's kind of like I'm not Jewish, but like I understand the Jewish anxiety as well, because it's in the DNA of our people.

And it's kind of like I'm not Jewish, but like I understand the Jewish anxiety as well, because it's in the DNA of our people.

And it's kind of like I'm not Jewish, but like I understand the Jewish anxiety as well, because it's in the DNA of our people.

Exactly. They're just like an anxious people in general. And my grandmother like cries and watches the war in Ukraine, my babja. And so, you know, I think, but at the same time, like we're a family that's split, like half of them are super Trumpy and the other half and the Polish half, most of them are Trumpy except for my babja and my mom and the rest of the Poles are Trumpy.

Exactly. They're just like an anxious people in general. And my grandmother like cries and watches the war in Ukraine, my babja. And so, you know, I think, but at the same time, like we're a family that's split, like half of them are super Trumpy and the other half and the Polish half, most of them are Trumpy except for my babja and my mom and the rest of the Poles are Trumpy.

Exactly. They're just like an anxious people in general. And my grandmother like cries and watches the war in Ukraine, my babja. And so, you know, I think, but at the same time, like we're a family that's split, like half of them are super Trumpy and the other half and the Polish half, most of them are Trumpy except for my babja and my mom and the rest of the Poles are Trumpy.

And then my, you know, my dad's very Trumpy as well. He's like MAGA before MAGA was a thing. Right. Hannity and Combs, Rush Limbaugh. He turned off Fox when they called the election for Biden and never turned it on again, which is how he found YouTube. But the point is, is that like, you know, it's I come from a mixed family and my mom votes for Trump, then Biden and then Kamala.

And then my, you know, my dad's very Trumpy as well. He's like MAGA before MAGA was a thing. Right. Hannity and Combs, Rush Limbaugh. He turned off Fox when they called the election for Biden and never turned it on again, which is how he found YouTube. But the point is, is that like, you know, it's I come from a mixed family and my mom votes for Trump, then Biden and then Kamala.

And then my, you know, my dad's very Trumpy as well. He's like MAGA before MAGA was a thing. Right. Hannity and Combs, Rush Limbaugh. He turned off Fox when they called the election for Biden and never turned it on again, which is how he found YouTube. But the point is, is that like, you know, it's I come from a mixed family and my mom votes for Trump, then Biden and then Kamala.

Like it's it's kind of random. So. They vote with their pocketbooks. You know, I'm the first person in my family to graduate from college. I'm first generation American. So, like, there's a lot of different, like, plays in there. But I think for them, like, just being Polish, they're very much aware of that border and what that means.

Like it's it's kind of random. So. They vote with their pocketbooks. You know, I'm the first person in my family to graduate from college. I'm first generation American. So, like, there's a lot of different, like, plays in there. But I think for them, like, just being Polish, they're very much aware of that border and what that means.

Like it's it's kind of random. So. They vote with their pocketbooks. You know, I'm the first person in my family to graduate from college. I'm first generation American. So, like, there's a lot of different, like, plays in there. But I think for them, like, just being Polish, they're very much aware of that border and what that means.

We don't sit around and talk about NATO, though. No, and I understand that.

We don't sit around and talk about NATO, though. No, and I understand that.