Mastodawn

"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
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"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
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"What’s really going on here? Two things: First, Paramount Global is in a knockdown fight with Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. The last thing Paramount needs is to get on the bad side of the guy (Trump) making the decision about the Warner Bros. deal. Second, Republicans think Talarico would be tougher to beat than Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, his primary opponent. So they wanted to deny him a national platform."

#StephenColbert #JamesTalarico #BariWeiss #CBS #Trump
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-310-21726

"Elections analyst Logan Phillips: 'James Talarico is having quite a moment in Texas after the Colbert interview - and according to Google Trends, Texans are now searching his name at a very high rate just in time for early voting.'"

~ Ron Filipkowski

#StephenColbert #JamesTalarico #BariWeiss #CBS #Trump
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 310. 2/17/26

… Kristi Noem’s spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin is quitting.

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bk Feb 17

@wdlindsy
Dear Texans, Fascists want to take away your right to vote for certain people. How do you feel about that?

Wendroid 🇺🇦Feb 17

@wdlindsy What would they do, cancel him again? 😹

MamiyaMan 🇨🇦 🇺🇦Feb 17

@wendinoakland @wdlindsy Double secret probation.

Wendroid 🇺🇦Feb 17

@mamiyaman @wdlindsy Lol

Ann T. Phở Feb 17

@wdlindsy Good for #StephenColbert, but your best bet is #JasmineCrockett for Senate #Texas2026.

John Breen Feb 17

@wdlindsy Talarico also has an unusually stark message against White Christian Nationalism, which is refreshing.
Maybe that's what bothers the MAGA hats so much. So much they will help the Black Woman win.

Zillion Feb 18

@jab01701mid @wdlindsy I'm glad Colbert sttodup, but I stopped watching when Talarico made it clear he only wanted the christian vote.

Feb 18

@jab01701mid Yes, they're terrified that he will make inroads among Christian Nationalist Trump voters. He's challenging the worldview of Christian Nationalists from "inside" the Christian community — but, of course, he also rightly wants to build a broad coalition of people across religious and other boundary lines.