"The alleged censorship of Talarico’s interview suggests a dangerous attack on both free expression and religious pluralism. The Christian nationalist agenda advocates against a diversity of Christian experience, contradicting and threatening kindness and justice as key tenets of our faith."

~ Mary Ann Montgomery

#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #JamesTalarico
/9

https://theoverreachmonitor.substack.com/p/overreach-weekly-the-religious-right

"A Presbyterian seminarian, Talarico has gained national attention for using his theological background to criticize Chrisian nationalism, condemning it as a 'betrayal of Jesus of Nazareth,' because it 'worships power in the name of Christ.' Talarico urges MAGA to look at themselves and realize that chasing power at all costs is wrong."

#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #JamesTalarico
/8

"They also overlook that Trump’s ICE is throwing senior citizens to the pavement, dragging people from their cars, and breaking into homes without a search warrant. They don’t care that his agents are murdering peaceful US protestors and Venezuelans in fishing boats that cannot, due to size and distance, make it to US shores and therefore cannot be posing a direct threat."

#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #JamesTalarico
/7

James Talarico Raised $2.5 Million After Stephen Colbert Interview Was Shifted From Broadcast To YouTube
#News #Politics #ElectionLine #JamesTalarico #StpehenColbert #TheLateShowWithStephenColbert

https://deadline.com/2026/02/james-talarico-stephen-colbert-fundraising-record-1236728151/

James Talarico Raised $2.5 Million After Stephen Colbert Interview Was Shifted From Broadcast To YouTube
#News #Politics #ElectionLine #JamesTalarico #StpehenColbert #TheLateShowWithStephenColbert

https://deadline.com/2026/02/james-talarico-stephen-colbert-fundraising-record-1236728151/

"After the Monday broadcast concluded, he did interview Talarico. His team then uploaded it to 'The Late Show' YouTube channel. ...

As of this writing on Tuesday afternoon, Colbert’s interview of Talarico, which streamed on YouTube, as well as X, TikTok and Instagram, has been viewed well over 15 million times. That’s six times more views than if CBS had simply let Colbert interview the Texan on the broadcast."

#StephenColbert #JamesTalarico #BariWeiss #CBS #Trump #censorship #FreeSpeech
/3

"Not only was Colbert to tell Texas State Representative James Talarico, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, he was no longer invited to appear, Colbert was ordered not to talk about why the interview was canceled, nor was he to mention Talarico’s name or show his face.

Colbert didn’t take kindly to CBS’s bashing of free speech. So he ignored his bosses."

#StephenColbert #JamesTalarico #BariWeiss #CBS #Trump #censorship #FreeSpeech #media
/2

#Colbert Says #CBS Pulled #Senate Candidate Interview

#StephenColbert said he had to drop an interview with #JamesTalarico from his Monday broadcast because of new #FCC guidance that targeted political interviews on late-night shows.

#law #FirstAmendment #censorship #Trump #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/business/media/colbert-cbs-fcc-talarico-carr.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

"After the Monday broadcast concluded, he did interview Talarico. His team then uploaded it to 'The Late Show' YouTube channel. ...

As of this writing on Tuesday afternoon, Colbert’s interview of Talarico, which streamed on YouTube, as well as X, TikTok and Instagram, has been viewed well over 15 million times. That’s six times more views than if CBS had simply let Colbert interview the Texan on the broadcast."

#StephenColbert #JamesTalarico #BariWeiss #CBS #Trump #censorship #FreeSpeech
/3

"Not only was Colbert to tell Texas State Representative James Talarico, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, he was no longer invited to appear, Colbert was ordered not to talk about why the interview was canceled, nor was he to mention Talarico’s name or show his face.

Colbert didn’t take kindly to CBS’s bashing of free speech. So he ignored his bosses."

#StephenColbert #JamesTalarico #BariWeiss #CBS #Trump #censorship #FreeSpeech #media
/2

"In an attempt to cozy up to the Trump administration, the network tried to stop Colbert from doing an interview Monday night.

When you read why, you’ll understand the reason everyone needs to see it.

CBS brass insisted Colbert cancel a guest scheduled for that night’s broadcast of 'The Late Show.'”

~ Dan Rather

#StephenColbert #JamesTalarico #BariWeiss #CBS #Trump #censorship #FreeSpeech #media
/1

https://steady.substack.com/p/trump-doesnt-want-you-to-see-this

#Colbert Says #CBS Pulled #Senate Candidate Interview

#StephenColbert said he had to drop an interview with #JamesTalarico from his Monday broadcast because of new #FCC guidance that targeted political interviews on late-night shows.

#law #FirstAmendment #censorship #Trump #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/business/media/colbert-cbs-fcc-talarico-carr.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

This Texas US Senate race is clearly going to be a BIG one with a lot of media coverage because Jasmine Crocket is also running in the March 3rd primary for a shot at taking down a typically Republican held Senate seat.

I think in this race Crocket likely has the most name recognition among voters under 40 as she's been on the national stage and an early adopter of social media.

This will be an interesting primary and election cycle

https://www.jasmineforus.com

#JasmineCrocket #JamesTalarico

James Talarico is running for the Texas US Senate seat currently held by Republican John Cornyn. The Democrats and Republicans have seperate primaries coming up March 3rd.

I randomly have one degree of separation from Talarico and have been hearing positive things about his tenure in the Texas State House directly from folks who grew up with him for months.

Pretty crazy to now see him getting booted off the air by the FCC.

https://jamestalarico.com/

#JohnCornyn #JasmineCrocket #JamesTalarico

James Talarico is currently a Texas state house representative. You may have heard his name before bc he was the leading voice against the Fox News fueled hoax that Texas schools were "required to add litter boxes for students who identify as furries".

Talarico was on the right committee at the right time and made the hoax believers pushing anti-litterbox laws look like idoits.

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/austin/article/texas-furries-bill-james-talarico-20310742.php

#JamesTalarico #Texas #Furries #furry

I heard Donald Trump doesn't want anyone to see this interview of a Texas Democrat.

The Trump FCC has threatened every show State Rep. James Talarico goes on and this week it was The Late Show's turn in the hot seat. The FCC forced this interview off the airwaves.

We probably should watch it if Trump hates this politician so much.

https://youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A

#JamesTalarico #Texas #Trump #TheLateShow #USPol #1A

I heard Donald Trump doesn't want anyone to see this interview of a Texas Democrat.

The Trump FCC has threatened every show State Rep. James Talarico goes on and this week it was The Late Show's turn in the hot seat. The FCC forced this interview off the airwaves.

We probably should watch it if Trump hates this politician so much.

https://youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A

#JamesTalarico #Texas #Trump #TheLateShow #USPol #1A