That guy was super well spoken and had a good message. I'm surprised I hadn't heard of him before. Always nice to see the Streisand Effect in action!

If the link goes dark I've pulled copy, hit me up.

The joy of his Colbert Report is finally returning to him.

or you could donate to jasmine crockett. just sayin.

we need more black representation in dc.

Correct, they refused to air it not out of fear of the FCC, but out of fear of that Texans might like what Talarico has to say.

That wants to buy Warner … including CNN

Remember, CBS is now owned by a Trump ally zionist.

Let's be real about where the loyalties lie.

Subservience to the FCC and the administration is the excuse. The real reason is that David Ellison is afraid the dem might win.

The majority owner of CBS is Paramount Global, which itself is controlled by Skydance Media, a company led by David Ellison (son of Larry Ellison), following a significant acquisition of the Redstone family's stake in mid-2025.

It's subservience because of fear.

I though Colbert was cancelled from the first of this year?

It's not subservience. CBS is literally run by zio wackos. They're steering the genocidal bus. This is their show.

• https://www.newarab.com/news/who-bari-weiss-pro-israeli-right-winger-reshaping-us-media
• Bari Weiss Built Her Career Attacking Israel's Critics. Now She Controls a U.S. Broadcast News Empire

i wouldn't have watched the interview if cbs hadn't cancelled it

Yep, and Colbert has no reason to pull any punches either. They already canceled his show to appease the administration. Why would Stephen hesitate to tell the world every time CBS bends the knee?

Good on him for calling out every time they act as state propaganda and not a news network.

Some Republicans know better than to mess with 1st amendment rights, maybe even most, but apparently none of those Republicans own or control our media outlets or operate our government.

I kinda feel like there are definitely poor Republicans, but all the supposed rich and powerful Republicans secretly belong to an entirely different clan.

Talerico. Brings his sincerity, faith, and working class background in in one of the poorest school districts in the country. He has integrity and and a way of invoking Christianity that I think resonates in Texas. He appeals to a broad swath of voters without compromising his progressive ideals.

I would vote for Crocket if she wasn't up against Talerico. But as is, I think he has a better shot at the general and I trust him more.

He's good at messaging from a Christian left perspective. Before I deleted social media, some of his more viral moments on the Texas House floor would make it to my feed. I liked what I heard, but I'm not a Texas resident or voter so Crockett vs Talarico is someone else's judgement call to make.

Talarico resonates with the deeply Christian left

I mean she's fully bought out by AIPAC and her messaging is weak at best from everything I've seen. I don't love Talarico with all my heart but I cannot imagine any world in which he's a worse choice than Crockett.

Literally the only defining feature I've seen listed about him is that he's very Christian.

So yeah... Not a big fan of that.

Hmmm. I like Crockett. I’m not from Texas but she’s got Texas sized girl balls.

He's a white minister. This is how they get rid of a pesky black woman, you gerrymander her out of office.

Be careful what you wish for. She is highly respected nationally, and will have multiple offers from several news organizations very quickly, where she will have a national microphone to attack from. She no longer has to abide by MAGA rules.

Colbert is a religious wacko so they're probably great homies.

It's the Orson Wells playbook. "See the movie that the Hersts dont want you to see!!"

Still brilliant either way.

Are you suggesting only agnostics should govern?

Talarico said in the interview he wants the separation of church and state to return as the current blend diminishes both.

Did you listen to his interview?

He states that his belief is that the separation of Church and State should 100% be protected. Not just to protect the government but to protect the religion, so it doesn't get taken advantage of by political movement like Christian Nationalists.

He mainly pushed love God and love your neighbor. If you loved your neighbor, then you wouldn't push your religion or any other belief on them.

I'm paraphrasing but that's what I got out of it. I think he's someone that could break through to some of the religious right.

I'm torn on this - Christianity (particularly evangelical christianity) has had an extremely negative effect on democracy in our country and has caused physical harm to others.

However, I think most people with a conscience subscribe to some form of philosophy or religion (even if atheists aren't "loyal" to any particular perspective and may not even use titles/categories to describe their value system) and I think it's fine for your morals/conscience to influence decision making. Even a purely scientific decision making process could be considered a form of philosophy.

That being said, most organized religion is about obedience to the tenets of said religion, not a method of asking questions about the world to try to find the most just way to proceed.

The US has been ChristoFascist for decades, banning stem cell research, stopping vaccines, every President has to attend some bullshit church, even the pedophiles.

I didn't even notice, good catch.

I believe that communications/media broadcasting are under the technology umbrella.

Exactly. Post it to a Programming forum because... you know, computers and stuff.

There is a conversation to be had here about how newer broadcast mediums like YouTube are not regulated the same way as older mediums like TV/Radio... And it is that old regulation and those differences that allowed Colbert to sidestep this censorship.

Both the censorship and the tech aspects of this story are worthy of discussion, and thus this 'event' most certainly does belong here.

But most people are more concerned about the censorship and the content of the video, and that will naturally influence the direction of most discussions about it.

Plus, people don't always even look at the forum a post was shared too before commenting. Naturally they just see a thing that interests them and they start talking about it.

I only know the forum cause I got far enough down the comments to see yours.

I think that's a huge leap. Talarico's positions are way left of the Democratic establishment, why would they be more "scared" of Crockett than him? He's got Zionist groups actively campaigning against him because he's forthright about the Gaza genocide. He's setting his campaign up against the wealthy and openly criticizing the Democratic party's subservience to wealthy donors. There just isn't that much difference between their political positions, and I don't get your angle.

Here's a recent headline:

Texas Jewish voters alarmed by James Talarico’s Israel rhetoric

Local leaders said that, without improved outreach from Talarico to address their concerns, they’re likely to vote for Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary

Thanks I shared it with some peoples