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Talarico delivers whopper to Jimmy Kimmel in video 'FCC doesn't want you to see’
FILE PHOTO: Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a rally in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., May 29, 2026. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez
The FCC’s Message Was the Censorship
The Power Was Federal
The central fact is not that James Talarico joked with Jimmy Kimmel or sold shirts bearing Donald Trump’s “Talafreako” nickname. It is that Kimmel said the Federal Communications Commission threatened him, his program, ABC, its affiliates, and local stations over an editorial decision to book a Democratic Senate candidate. The interview was withheld from television and released on YouTube…
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