Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Andrew Sanford | News | September 11, 2026
Republicans are panicking right now. Their fearless leader, who literally made an audience pledge allegiance directly to him this week and is attempting to bribe voters with $5,000 checks that he will definitely send out, could not be less popular. His approval numbers are in freefall, but people in the GOP still have to suck up to him like he is some golden goose because they’re a bunch of spineless cowards. That sucking up is putting a lot of midterm elections in jeopardy for the Republican Party, so they’re taking other routes to help their chances.
Wednesday, Jimmy Kimmel told his audience that the FCC had threatened his show, telling them not to air an interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. Talarico has a real chance to flip a Senate seat in Texas, and that’s thanks in no small part to the fact that he’s running against a man who looks and acts like corruption had a baby with a venereal disease, and that baby started drinking whiskey at five years old. The man is terrible, but it is still Texas, so he snagged his party’s nomination anyway.
The GOP is scared of Talarico, so they’re trying to clip his messaging, and, surprise, that has had the opposite effect. Kimmel posted his interview with the Democratic nominee to YouTube, and it already has 1.8 million views over just ten hours. The Streisand Effect is real, folks! The FCC, in its attempts to bully, basically sent viewers running to see what Talarico had to say. Were any of those nearly two million people from Texas? Hopefully!
In the sit-down with Kimmel, the host asked Talarico if he thinks the GOP is afraid of him, and while admitting he has an edge, he didn’t want to put the cart before the horse. “Well, they’re worried that we’re going to win this race in Texas,” he explained. “But we are the underdogs until the last vote is counted. We’re not just going up against the most corrupt politician in Texas. We’re going up against this entire corrupt system.” He’s right, and making the connection between the President and the breadth of corruption we face is a smart move.
Talarico also spoke often about faith, in a way that will likely appeal to Texan voters, and it feels genuine, instead of forced. It also feels welcoming instead of judgemental. Pushing his religious values may wrankle some folks, and I totally get that, but it will likely appeal to the voters he’s trying to earn, and that’s important. I’ll post the interview below, and you can decide for yourself. And hey, if you like it and you know anyone in Texas who is possibly still fence-sitting, maybe send it their way, even if you just want to piss off Brendan Carr.
