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Meet James Talarico, the 36-Year-Old Seminarian Trying to Turn Texas Blue
James Talarico is testing whether progressivism wrapped in a faith-based message can win over Democrats
Meet James Talarico, the 36-Year-Old Seminarian Trying to Turn Texas Blue
James Talarico is testing whether progressivism wrapped in a faith-based message can win over Democrats
As of Wednesday morning, Colbert’s YouTube interview with #Talarico had been viewed more than five million times, or roughly double what the comic’s #CBS program draws each night. The Texas Democrat also reported that he had raised $2.5 million in campaign donations in the 24 hours after the interview.
#StephenColbert #law #FirstAmendment #FCC #censorship #Trump #authoritarianism #fascism
So have y'all heard about the whole Colbert Show Talarico thing?
Where CBS self-censored his interview because the FCC is going after him because he's a -very- christian democrat who is criticizing christian nationalism?
Well now it's been posted on youtube, it's gotten 7.5 million views in 2 days.
Anyway, if you'd like to see what all the fuss is about, here's the link to his interview! It would be a real shame if even more people saw it.
So have y'all heard about the whole Colbert Show Talarico thing?
Where CBS self-censored his interview because the FCC is going after him because he's a -very- christian democrat who is criticizing christian nationalism?
Well now it's been posted on youtube, it's gotten 7.5 million views in 2 days.
Anyway, if you'd like to see what all the fuss is about, here's the link to his interview! It would be a real shame if even more people saw it.
#JamesTalarico, a Democratic candidate for the #Senate in #Texas, appeared on “The View” on Feb 2. US Rep #JasmineCrockett, who is running against #Talarico for the nomination, has also been on the show.
The #Trump admin has taken steps to clamp down on #TalkShows [only the ones he doesn’t like], which the #FCC has suggested may be “motivated by partisan purposes.”
#law #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #censorship #fascism #USpol
“The #FCC has an enforcement action underway on that,” Chairman #BrendanCarr told reporters after an agency meeting Wednesday, in response to a question about whether there were an investigation into the daytime series over potential violations of the “equal time” rule. “And we’re taking a look at it.”
#law #Trump #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #independence #FederalAgencies #censorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #USpol
#JamesTalarico, a Democratic candidate for the #Senate in #Texas, appeared on “The View” on Feb 2. US Rep #JasmineCrockett, who is running against #Talarico for the nomination, has also been on the show.
The #Trump admin has taken steps to clamp down on #TalkShows [only the ones he doesn’t like], which the #FCC has suggested may be “motivated by partisan purposes.”
#law #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #censorship #fascism #USpol
#FCC chair Brendan Carr says media were ‘lied to’ over Stephen #Colbert controversy
“Colbert aired the interview – but only on YouTube, where it piled up nearly 6.1m views by the time of publication, far greater than the average traditional television viewership for the Late Show.
The controversy has been a boon for #Talarico’s campaign, which said it raised $2.5m in the 24 hours since Colbert’s comments.”
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/feb/18/fcc-brendan-carr-stephen-colbert
#FCC chair Brendan Carr says media were ‘lied to’ over Stephen #Colbert controversy
“Colbert aired the interview – but only on YouTube, where it piled up nearly 6.1m views by the time of publication, far greater than the average traditional television viewership for the Late Show.
The controversy has been a boon for #Talarico’s campaign, which said it raised $2.5m in the 24 hours since Colbert’s comments.”
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/feb/18/fcc-brendan-carr-stephen-colbert
The #FCC and #CBS don't want you to watch this interview. You know what to do. #boost
The Streisand Effect:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Streisand_effect_examples#United_States
(According to an unverified source, the interview now has over 40 million views.)
#Talarico #Colbert #TheLateShow #YouTube #FCC #election #censorship #resistance #StreisandEffect
Not only had #CBS been aware Monday night that #Colbert was going to talk about this issue publicly, its lawyers had even approved it in his script, he said. That’s why he was surprised by the statement, which said that Colbert had been provided “legal guidance” that broadcasting the interview could trigger the equal time rule.
“I don’t know what this is about,” Colbert said. “For the record, I’m not even mad. I really don’t want an adversarial relationship with the network. I’ve never had one.”
As of Wednesday morning, Colbert’s YouTube interview with #Talarico had been viewed more than five million times, or roughly double what the comic’s #CBS program draws each night. The Texas Democrat also reported that he had raised $2.5 million in campaign donations in the 24 hours after the interview.
#StephenColbert #law #FirstAmendment #FCC #censorship #Trump #authoritarianism #fascism
James #Talarico, with eloquence, explains Christianity, what Jesus said, to the Christian Nationalists and to America.
No wonder Trump and the Trump-captured FCC are desperate to silence him. Thank you Stephen and James!
Listen and Learn: https://youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
The Streisand Effect:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Streisand_effect_examples#United_States
(According to an unverified source, the interview now has over 40 million views.)
#Talarico #Colbert #TheLateShow #YouTube #FCC #election #censorship #resistance #StreisandEffect
James #Talarico, with eloquence, explains Christianity, what Jesus said, to the Christian Nationalists and to America.
No wonder Trump and the Trump-captured FCC are desperate to silence him. Thank you Stephen and James!
Listen and Learn: https://youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
Here's hoping this #google outage is an organic OOPS! and not a reaction to the #Talarico interview or whatever #MeidasTouch are covering.
Is this a shitpost? I don't even know anymore!
#Talarico is now trending across Mastodon
