Trump's Attack on James Talarico Blows Up In His Face

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What are the implications of Trump's media control?

Angie Sullivan 0:04
Donald Trump and his minions will do whatever it takes to keep opposition from them. Donald Trump is corrupt. He is surrounded by people that are corrupt. He has taken over media giants. And all we've heard about is how Stephen Colbert went out on CBS on his show that because of CBS and Trump is canceled at the end of May of this year. And he went out and said, CBS did not want to air an interview I did with James Tallarico. And then he put it on YouTube.

How does James Talarico address free speech concerns?

Angie Sullivan 0:42
So let's hear what Tallarico has to say about this horrible attack on free speech.
James Talarico 0:48
This is the party that ran against cancel culture, and now they're trying to control what we watch, what we say, what we read. And this is the most dangerous kind of cancel culture, the kind that comes from the top. They went after The View because I went on there. They went after Jimmy Kimmel for telling a joke they didn't like. They went after you for telling the truth about Paramount's bribe to Donald Trump. Corporate... Corporate media executives are selling out the First Amendment to curry favor with corrupt politicians.

What is the relationship between cancel culture and political power?

James Talarico 1:28
And a threat to any of our First Amendment rights is a threat to all of our First Amendment rights.
Angie Sullivan 1:38
I can see why they didn't want it on CBS, because we know Barry Weiss, she would just have a heart attack over that.
Jennifer Welch 1:44
Yeah, a couple of things here. Number one, there's something about Tallarico that bothers them in the same way they were bothered by Zoran Mamdani. And when you have a bunch of oligarchs and powerful men, they're using the old playbook to use religion to control people. They are... sinking their claws into your fight or flight reflexes. And the right wing Christian sect of the American electorate has always been the most, the easiest to co-opt. So if you have this candidate like James Tallarico that reminds people of what Christianity is supposed to be, what Jesus Christ advocated for, that he was a radical empath and very much against, spoke out exclusively against the accumulation of wealth. Tallarica reminds people of that.
Jennifer Welch 2:35
So that is a real weapon that they know that it could really penetrate into some voters the same way that Zoran Mamdani was a real problem for a lot of Israel-first style politicians because their whole propaganda is, oh, Muslims are all terrorists, Muslims want to kill everybody, Muslims are eating dogs, or they are killing your dogs, or they're going to ban your dogs, all this crazy shit, right? And then you have Zoran Mamdani, who's a radical empath. His faith is private to him, but he draws a lot of serenity and really good-natured policy from it, the same way Tallarico is. Number two, the problem with somebody like Larry Ellison that bought CBS is at first you think, God, it's really bad that the media is for profit.

How does religion influence political narratives?

Jennifer Welch 3:26
That's really bad because then they're just going to like Fox News. It's just going to be whatever makes money, and that's what they're going to do. i didn't think it'd get worse than that larry ellison he's so rich these are side projects it's not for profit for him it is for control it is for propaganda he is an israel first american he knows donald trump's a dipshit and he knows that he can use him he installed barry weiss who is completely unqualified and a total dipshit who is an Israel first American because they want to propagandize the public and they cannot have the Zoran Mamdani's and the James Tallarico. And you think, what would a Christian and Muslim have in common? Well, what they have in common is they use their faith for good.
Jennifer Welch 4:11
They don't push it onto other people. But the United States is a super religious country. I don't like all the religiosity in politics. For me, it's very off-putting. But this is a very religious country. And these reminders, these good politicians that remind people Their faith calls on them to be compassionate and to help the needy and help the sick. That's something that even in the most hateful of hate churches, these Christians have heard before. And so I just think it's a really interesting thing. And also, I am so...

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