I am so sick of him and his fascist goons dominating every single aspect of our lives 24/7. That is not what a president is supposed to be, that is what a dictator is.

He's just trying to slip in the side door using the GOP as a stalking horse. Luckily, his ego is so big that he can't be invisible. Voting out the GOP will remove the stalking horse and fully expose him.

The general gist of which was him talking about how Christian Nationalism is not, in fact, Christian at all. It's un-Christian.

He made the point well, and he's dead right. And he also comes off as quite intelligent and caring.

Talarico is dangerous to King Pedonald, so CBS licked his boot. Fucking PATHETIC (and fascist).

"Love God and love thy neighbor."
"Christianity is a SIMPLE religion, not an EASY one!

He's got it right!

….run by Bari Weiss.😷

CBS and some other media outlets are simply bending the knee to Trump because he appointed them as his oligarchs, Ala Putin model. If Putin's oligarchs get out of line, he makes life difficult for them or worst. This is no different. Wave a tax break in front of most of these traitor turncoats and they'll kiss his big ass harder. Same goes for the weak ass billionaire tec bros.

Texas rupukes got tsf to do this. Rep. Telarico is firing people up at his town halls. People are showing up, listening and they like what they hear. Abbott and Cornyn are scared by the reaction he is getting.

And yes I say this including Ron DeShithead. Abbott is a MAGA Fox turd who is bending to the every evil will of Rupert Murdoch and he needs to be fired and arrested for his egregious abuses of power now.

I thought we couldn't do worse than George W when he was govenor. Then a long came Perry. But Abbott takes pandering to a whole different level. It's sickening.

Abbott seems stressed out. Maybe he should wheel himself over to a shady spot under a big oak tree and take a nap.

I can think of at least two other times this kind of shit blew up in his face. First it was the whole Jimmy Kimmel suspension thing. Then it was the Bad Bunny Super Bowl Half Time Show fiasco. Both drew bigger audiences than they probably would have thanks to Trump's hissy fits. I hope he never figures it out, because I love watching it blow up in his putrid, doughy, orange face.

that is all that is legally required. I have no doubt Crocket would have said yes and the other candidate can either say yes or be given a few minute spot. I think he would be entitled to maybe 7 or 8 minutes

see video below at the 5:38 mark... it's a rule they're talking about implementing, but it has not yet been implemented, so there is no legal requirement (yet) to have those opposing candidates on. Legally, at this point, it would have been fine to have just this candidate on, but Paramount nixed it anyway.

is the media caving into it.

FUCK CBS.

An accurate statement would be "current polling shows Talarico with a legitimate chance to become the first Democrat to win a statewide Texas election in decades" (I'm not sure exactly how long it's been). He's not remotely close to a favorite to win at this point, though.

The last Democratic Texas Senator was Lloyd Bentsen, last re-elected in 1988 (and when Bentsen became Treasury Secretary in 1993, Bob Kreuger was appointed to replace him in the Senate, to serve five months until a special election picked Hutchison).

Dumbass

I love Jasmine, she's also our future here in Texas!

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still waiting….

But we all know it's never going to happen without someone with really deep pockets filing a suit.

The interview is on Youtube. GOP and Pedo Trump must be really scared that Democrats are going to take control of Congress. I sure hope they do. Vote Blue Baby!

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"The GOP is so terrified of me they are doing everything in their power to silence us."

Possibly by more people than would have seen it if it aired. Streisand Effect.

can kiss my rosy ass.

tRump's threats, extortion, and fear mongering have gone waaaaaaaaay too far. That SOB has to go.

This means that GOP muckety-mucks believe that James Talarico can actually win this race. THAT is the big message. This is a panic move. We know that the GOP has a stranglehold on Texas elections, so normally, they would just laugh off any "this is the year we finally win" campaigns. You never saw any serious panic with Beto ran, much as we all wanted to see that succeed.

They are in panic. When the GOP panics about a Texas Senate seat, that speaks volumes.

I did my part today in the primary voting for talarico. this morning

criminality, malfeasance, grift, and general ASSHOLERY are POSITIVES, not negatives.

average colbert viewership is 2.3M

On youtube the interview already has almost 2M viewers......

Seems to be a completely accepted excuse for setting aside freedom of speech and even morality. I'm sure that many would say it has always been that way but I don't think it has been to this extent. Fortunately, these days, the machinations behind the stifling of direct expression are plain for all to see.

by CBS. The publicity he is getting from this episode is priceless. CBS is so ham handed and craven in their censorship that it continues to backfire.

In November, Trump said late-night hosts who mock him are engaged in “probably illegal” misconduct. The ripple effects of the declaration are ongoing.

In November, Trump said late-night hosts who mock him are engaged in “probably illegal” misconduct.

It seems to me we can draw a line from that declaration to CBS telling Colbert not to air an interview with Texas’ James Talarico.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-02-17T14:16:00.289Z

So scary CBS bows to the demands and refuses to broadcast this interview. How far our corporate owners have fallen and we’ve got almost 3 more years of this or do we?

No, they said it was because of (theoretical) equal time concerns. Colbert did make a joke about it being for "financial reasons" because that's the official reason he's losing his show, even though nobody believes it.