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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJames Talarico:
Please, Texas! Listen to James Talarico: âWe are living in an era of corruption⦠the rotting of something from the inside.â Politicians serving billionaire megadonors, the top 1% owning more than the middle class, and algorithms dividing us. None of this is accidental.
— Peggy Stuart (@peggystuart.bsky.social) 2026-05-03T14:44:44.363Z
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James Talarico: (Original Post)
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Qutzupalotl
(15,848 posts)1. Damn he's good.
Clear eyed, thoughtful, articulate, and truthful. He has a bright future and we would do well to have him.
summer_in_TX
(4,241 posts)2. Good diagnosis of the root of the problem.
Rotting from the inside. Political rot. Economic rot. Social rot.
The billionaires, the obscene wealth gap, the division sowed by social media.
AZJonnie
(3,931 posts)3. Love the text, delivery needs more fire
When you're talking words like these, you shouldn't sound nonchalant almost but he kinda does.
Hoping this was like rehearsal.
lame54
(40,007 posts)4. Politicians? Try Republican Politicians