“We’re always told that we don’t have enough money for schools or for health care or for our veterans, but there’s always enough money to bomb people on the other side of the world”: Texas State Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic Senate nominee for the Lone Star State, said Texans on both sides of the political spectrum are worried about the Trump administration starting a forever war with Iran.
“A lot of us are mystified that we’re starting another forever war, instead of focusing on lowering costs for working people.”
@hcolombi_3 Gotta love the engagement and animosity that gets thrown around when tech comes to town. Program has become must watch TV for every school on the other side of the ticket.
Remember when James Talerico called out Texas Republicans for pushing the “Furries Act”! He asked where these online rumors were happening & he got no answer because they weren’t! There were no kids using litter boxes in schools! This was one of the most ridiculous rumors yet! 👀
Conservatives in Texas are running on Sharia law and elementary school sex changes. Not property taxes. Nothing on car/insurance rates. Blind to the underfunding of public schools. Data centers stealing power and water. Culture wars dont mean shit to Texans who are starving
.@ezraklein: “What is, to you, the ‘rage economy’?”
@JamesTalarico: “The billionaires own the algorithms and the news networks. They have created for-profit platforms that divide us on an hourly basis — by party, by race, by gender, by religion. They elevate the most extreme voices very strategically to provoke our outrage, because that leads to more clicks, which leads to more money for them.
They are selling us conflict right into our bloodstream, and they’re calling it connection.
And I think it’s left people starving for actual community.”
@hcolombi_3 Fans still hanging on to those playoff performances against the Niners and Packers in past years. Outside of that he’s been doing much more with less throughout his career. Great leader and QB