Anarchistbear said:

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60 minutes is a vehicle to upsell pharmaceuticals to old people. It hasn't done anything decent in decades, the staff being the same moldering corpses as the listeners

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Anderson Cooper is leaving ‘60 Minutes’ after nearly 20 years.

(https://t.co/E1XCXxVA2f) pic.twitter.com/IsfcNoTXea

— Pop Base (@PopBase) February 16, 2026

Stephen Colbert's Late Show can't air an interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico because CBS is afraid of FCC Chair Brendan Carr, the same guy who tried to get Jimmy Kimmel cancelledhttps://t.co/8BsO0J7MN3

— Nick Field (@nick_field90) February 17, 2026

sycasey said:

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Stephen Colbert's Late Show can't air an interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico because CBS is afraid of FCC Chair Brendan Carr, the same guy who tried to get Jimmy Kimmel cancelledhttps://t.co/8BsO0J7MN3

— Nick Field (@nick_field90) February 17, 2026

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I didn't have to work very hard to find it.

So this is an equal time issue?

I guess the solution would be to have Crockett on the show? That's Talarico's primary opponent presently.

Aunburdened said:

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sycasey said:

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Stephen Colbert's Late Show can't air an interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico because CBS is afraid of FCC Chair Brendan Carr, the same guy who tried to get Jimmy Kimmel cancelledhttps://t.co/8BsO0J7MN3

— Nick Field (@nick_field90) February 17, 2026

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I didn't have to work very hard to find it.

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To be clear, I don't think this censorship is going to WORK. If anything it will help Talarico's campaign. It's dumb and ham-fisted. But badly-executed censorship still counts!

Haloski said:

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So this is an equal time issue?

I guess the solution would be to have Crockett on the show? That's Talarico's primary opponent presently.

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I have no idea what the issue is, nor do I care. It's a pretty benign interview anyway and Talarico doesn't say anything of worth until the final meeting. The rest of it is just fan service for Colbert's audience.

sycasey said:

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Aunburdened said:

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sycasey said:

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Stephen Colbert's Late Show can't air an interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico because CBS is afraid of FCC Chair Brendan Carr, the same guy who tried to get Jimmy Kimmel cancelledhttps://t.co/8BsO0J7MN3

— Nick Field (@nick_field90) February 17, 2026

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I didn't have to work very hard to find it.

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To be clear, I don't think this censorship is going to WORK. If anything it will help Talarico's campaign. It's dumb and ham-fisted. But badly-executed censorship still counts!

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it's the law to give the same amount of airtime to both parties. colbert could have a republican candidate on but he'd rather milk the "censorship" teet

Apparently this is what kept CBS from airing the interview.

Last month, the FCC announced it would target late night and day time talk shows for violations of the "equal time" rule.

Previously, interviews on those shows were exempted, and the FCC is apparently probing "The View" for interviewing Talarico.

This wasn't an independent…

— Nico Perrino (@NicoPerrino) February 17, 2026

This entire Stephen Colbert equal-time rule fiasco perfectly illustrates the utter absurdity of American media law and FCC regulation of free speech. Here we are in 2026, living in world where speech delivered via one medium (over-the-air broadcasting) is being treated completely… https://t.co/3lDLCOqCBT

— Adam Thierer (@AdamThierer) February 17, 2026

"@RepThomasMassie is only doing this for himself."

This man, whom I had never met before in my life, shook my hand, knew my name, and brought my story to Congress to defend free speech. He cares more than a lot of people will ever know.

Thank you Massie. Never stop. 🫶 pic.twitter.com/34rdhGoBfz

— Shelly (@FreeTheMitten) February 17, 2026

White liberals are afraid Jasmine Crocket will tank their chances of winning the Texas Senate race, concerned over her electability statewide while black liberals are furious at them for even bringing this up

Love seeing the scumbag genocidal ruling class eat each other

— Nick Cruse 🥋 (@SocialistMMA) February 18, 2026

Aunburdened said:

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White liberals are afraid Jasmine Crocket will tank their chances of winning the Texas Senate race, concerned over her electability statewide while black liberals are furious at them for even bringing this up

Love seeing the scumbag genocidal ruling class eat each other

— Nick Cruse 🥋 (@SocialistMMA) February 18, 2026

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Per polling, a lot of this is also generational: younger Dems see Talarico as the best choice, and older Dems prefer Crockett. I think we're seeing a split in style preference: the older voters like the more confrontational, culture-war style of Crockett, but the younger ones like the more pragmatic, communitarian style of Talarico. Boomers vs. Millenials.

MAGA accounts when Jasmine Crockett is in danger https://t.co/h8pxiYXMN9 pic.twitter.com/DJFoK3tPAj

— David Weigel (@daveweigel) February 18, 2026

NetChoice joins @TheFIREorg in urging Congress to reject KOSA, which will bring digital censorship to America. https://t.co/i49WEAfdo4

— NetChoice (@NetChoice) February 19, 2026

Judge blocks release of special counsel Smith's report | AP News https://apnews.com/article/trump-classified-documents-jack-smith-3a86d9c12f18b4dfe648e539925d72a2

"A First Amendment group and watchdog organization have been pressing for the report's release.

Chioma Chukwu, executive director of American Oversight, said it "will continue using every tool available to force this information into the open and to defend the public's right to the truth through the release of this report."

Scott Wilkens, senior counsel at The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University another group pushing for the report's public release said "there is no legitimate basis for its continued suppression."

"Judge Cannon's decision to permanently block the release of this extraordinarily significant report is impossible to square with the First Amendment and the common law," Wilkens said in an emailed statement."