Jen Psaki

And David Ellison has already made a number of decisions at CBS that seem tailored to appease Trump.

That began last year with the abrupt cancellation of Stephen Colbert's late night show, which is set to broadcast its final episode in May.

Larry Ellison reportedly also talked to the White House about which of Trump's least favorite anchors they would fire from CNN if Paramount were to acquire the network, according to people familiar with the matter.

They also put opinion writer and right wing apologist Barry Weiss in charge of CBS News, which has led to a wave of high profile resignations from a number of respected longtime journalists.

I mean, just this week, Anderson Cooper announced he is departing from his role as an anchor on the flagship program 60 Minutes.

That's the same 60 Minutes which, under this new leadership, delayed the release of an expose on Trump's policy of sending immigrants to an El Salvador mega-prison.

A decision that sparked a ton of backlash.

Meanwhile, the network has decided to retain a controversial health expert who was brought in by the new leadership, despite the fact that he is now under fire for his ties and gross emails with Jeffrey Epstein.

He recently apologized for those ties and isn't accused of criminal wrongdoing, but others have faced consequences for just associating with Epstein.

I mean, given all of that, it's no wonder that CBS made the decision to bow to Trump's FCC and basically blocked Stephen Colbert from airing his interview with a Texas Democratic candidate.

But here's the thing.

Like so many of Trump's censorship efforts, this one is also backfiring spectacularly.

I mean, Stephen Colbert decided to post his entire interview with James Tallarico online, where it has been viewed millions of times across different platforms.

So instead of just letting a normal candidate interview take place on a late night show, millions of people are now tuning in to hear this message.

I don't think I'm fairly certain Trump and Brendan Carr really didn't intend to help broadcast that message widely across the Internet.

Right.

Millions of people have seen it because here's the thing.

Tallarico is right.

Trump is worried about Democrats flipping Texas.

Recent polling from the University of Houston shows both James Tallarico and Jasmine Crockett within the margin of error against the two most likely Republican opponents in that race.