Colbert aired the stiffled segment on the Internet, and the easiest thing is to link there to show it, right up front, top of this post.
Hence, do it differently. We are each as we are, so first, Heather Cox Richardson.
For context. Link = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=encd88MywEg
She gives context, then at 4 min into it, Talarico!! Discussed, not a guest.
Why Trump administration is more concerned about James Talarico, Texas Dem US Senate candidate, than being concerned about Jasmine Crockett. She dissects that "Why?"
Talarico - my word how anti-Trump/Hegseth narrative - disses Christian Nationalism as un-Christian. Enough to make Trump load his pants. Blasphemy. Ask Hegseth, he'll show you his Jerusalm Cross Tattoo and say, "See!" So - what next?
MSNow, not yet Colbert, wait, be patient. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vawt9DsW3yk = more table setting. "MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell discusses why it would be impossible for Talarico's appearance on 'The Late Show' to trigger the FCC equal time rule." That's from the blurb YouTube puts under the video, before viewer commentary. It's part of the context of the story of Trump's FCC lackey's HS leaning on CBS, with its merger hopes, to stiffle Talarico's dissing Trump's Christian Nationalist exploitation as fundamental MAGA base, wear-the-hat folks, need-that-vote after the ICE/Border Patrol Minnesota approval rating kill.
Okay - the link we've all been waiting for - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ7Pz_59A
And if you think, why did Trump so fear this that he had his FCC lackey murder the segment on network viewing to where it had to YouTubed to the masses, it's not that big a thing - join the list. Trump is TACOing again, chickening out of letting Talarico be seen, except there was a bit of blowback. The blurb under the video said. as of the time I accessed it where the number might climb,
Stephen Colbert hosts Texas State Rep. James Talarico for an online-exclusive interview that touches on the issues raised in Talarico's campaign for the Democratic nomination for Senate including the separation of church and state, the dangers of consolidated corporate-owned media, and the fabricated culture wars pushed by Republicans in states like Texas. If you're curious why this interview with James Talarico was an online-exclusive, click here to watch Stephen Colbert explain:• Why CBS Didn't Broadcast Stephen Colbert's... .
Yeah, a real brain fart to make a big thing of it. But it's Trump, you know, and there are the mumblings about dementia. Plus, dementia aside, he's a classic asshole.
So enough words. Watch the video troika series linked to above, and decide, who'd be dumb enough to have a toady try to silence such an innocuous thing. (It was Trump, possibly with Stephen Miller's advice, who was that dumb, really.)
Bless the stupid, when they step on their own body part.
But, you know, the other Texas Dem US Senate candidate IS Jasmine Crockett, and there's a lot of reason for Trump/toady choosing to not give her a boost, so is the phrase "dumb like a fox" at play? We'll have to watch there, to see who wins that Dem primary. And, be good, Love thy neighbor.
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Telarico is a formidable person, but the Crabgrass choice is Crockett. That said, Telarico appears better placed as a white male to win Texas, where a black woman has a bigger push to do it. One thing about Crockett, when James Clyburn of South Carolina pushed Biden to put a black woman on the second spot, it is a crying shame that Crockett was not yet a person with national credibility established. The Crabgrass view is that Crockett is a more appealing person than Harris. The Crabgrass view is that Clyburn and Willie Brown did a disservice to the breaking down of racial bias by advancing careers of exceptionally talented and appealing people. The idea of a black woman on a Presidential ticket is now not solely a hypothetical, but choices of winners and losers is a fundamental requirement.
Harris was the choice in 2024 when Biden quit, but not the best among black women for the role. Crockett is a progressive, and well spoken in being that. The Harris campaign never grounded itself for what it's vision and standards were.
Crockett would not have any such problem, or has shown a lot to base that outlook upon. What you see is what you get. A committed woman who is clear on what-where her politics are grounded. No waffle.