figured it out I removed the taxonomy code within my query and added
<?php $args = array(
'showposts'=>25,
'post_type'=>'liaisons',
'speakeryear' =>$options[year]
);
$query = new WP_Query($args);
while ( $query->have_posts() ) :
$query->the_post();
if( has_term( 'test1', 'placementcategory' ) ) { ?>
<article class="card-half">Test</article>
<?php }
endwhile; ?>