{"id":46746,"date":"2026-02-17T21:44:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T05:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=46746"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T05:51:24","slug":"rep-james-talarico-on-confronting-christian-nationalism-and-strange-days-in-the-texas-legislature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/rep-james-talarico-on-confronting-christian-nationalism-and-strange-days-in-the-texas-legislature\/","title":{"rendered":"REP. JAMES TALARICO\u2019S CENSORED APPEARANCE ON THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oiTJ7Pz_59A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4,218,020 views (and counting) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ColbertLateShow\">The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/a> Feb 16, 2026 Stephen Colbert hosts Texas State Rep. James Talarico for an online-exclusive interview that touches on the issues raised in Talarico&#8217;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&#8217;re curious why this interview with James Talarico was an online-exclusive, click here to watch Stephen Colbert explain: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oh7DPSP65JA\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Why\u00a0CBS\u00a0Didn&#8217;t\u00a0Broadcast\u00a0Stephen\u00a0Colbert&#8217;s&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4,218,020 views (and counting) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Feb 16, 2026 Stephen Colbert hosts Texas State Rep. James Talarico for an online-exclusive interview that touches on the issues raised in Talarico&#8217;s campaign for the Democratic nomination for Senate including the separation of church and state, the dangers of&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/rep-james-talarico-on-confronting-christian-nationalism-and-strange-days-in-the-texas-legislature\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46746"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46746"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46750,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46746\/revisions\/46750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}