Scarborough Elevates Talarico to ‘Obama-esque’ Status After SNL Cameo
Morning Joe—all in for Talarico ‘28. John Heilemann kicked things off last week on the very morning after the election, saying that a Talarico campaign staffer who worked on Obama’s 2008 campaign told him the Talarico phenomenon “feels a little bit like” Obama in Iowa in 2008—the caucus win that served as his springboard to the White House. The show upped its enthusiasm today.
NY Times Reporter Hypes Talarico Winning As Cure For Nihilism
Comedy Central’s Jordan Klepper welcomed New York Times billionaires reporter Teddy Schleifer to Thursday’s episode of The Daily Show to, naturally, talk about billionaires. During their discussion, Schleifer suggested that Klepper take James Talarico’s victory in Texas as a cure for his “nihilistic” belief that billionaires control the system and there is no hope for the little guy.
MS NOW Hails Talarico, Hamilton, Claims Evangelical 'Slander' of Jesus
The Atlantic writer and ex-Republican Peter Wehner stopped by MS NOW’s The Moment with Katy Tur on Thursday to discuss his latest article that tries to argue that James Talarico and Adam Hamilton’s Senate wins in Texas and Kansas were “an important moment for the Evangelical movement, which I think has done so much to slander the name of Jesus.”
Kimmel, Meyers Hype Dems Overcoming 'Vile Attacks' and 'Fearmongering'
The late night comedy shows were in a celebratory mood on Wednesday as they reacted to the midterm election results, but ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and NBC’s Late Night host Seth Meyers were especially happy to see Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed and Texas’s James Talarico overcome “vile attacks” and “fearmongering ads.”
'We Put You In’: ABC’s The View Admits They’re ‘Celebrating’ With Dems
ABC’s “bona fide news program” The View was in party mode on Wednesday as the openly joined Democrats in “celebrating” their “bluenami” electoral wins in the 2026 midterms. They didn’t even try to hide their excitement as they looked forward to Democrats taking control of the House and Senate next year and the collapse of the MAGA movement. They even told Democrats that they “put them in […
Scarborough: Power Is Rented—Except When Democrats Take Texas
Discussing the midterm results, Joe Scarborough brags of having repeatedly warned administrations that power is rented, not owned, and that parties that don't deliver will get their "ass kicked' in the next cycle. But Scarborough makes an exception regarding the sweeping Democratic win in Texas, saying that because of ICE actions, "good luck, Republicans, ever getting [their dominance] back…
CBS Salivates Over Bottoms' Win in GA, Celebrates Talarico as Unifier
Wednesday’s CBS Mornings, on the supposedly ‘MAGA-coded’ CBS under Bari Weiss, salivated over the victories of newly elected Democrats in Georgia, with Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms, and in Texas, with Senator-elect James Talarico. The network praised Lance Bottoms’s victory in the “heart of the old Confederacy,” while praising Talarico’s victory to the song “Choosin’ Texas.”
Disneyland for Dems? Here’s the Worst Takes From Post-Election ‘GMA’
As it were a four-year-old at Disneyland or Disney World, ABC’s Good Morning America saw its dreams come true by Wednesday, with Democrats romping to gigantic majorities in Congress and across the country. They were so excited that they could barely hide it in cheering the “blue tsunami” “crash[ing] overnight” to hand down “a decisive message” of “a resounding rebuke” of Trump’s policies and…
‘Pursue a Politics of Love’; ABC’s Stephanopoulos Drools Over Talarico
ABC’s Good Morning America co-host and former Clinton official George Stephanopoulos was beyond giddy Wednesday after the blue tsunami that saw his friends in the Democrat Party sweep to massive congressional majorities and possibly over 30 governorships. But it was how he got to finish his portion of the midterms coverage that made him particularly pleased, as he invited Senator-elect James…
Kimmel, Pod Save America Muse About Government Shutdowns, Impeachments
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! was not, in fact, live on Tuesday, but the eponymous host could see that it was going to be a good night for the blue team. After taking some time to gloat during his monologue, Kimmel welcomed the cast of Pod Save America to strategize about what Democrats should do beginning in January, and the talk naturally led to urging Democrats shut down the government and…
SURF’S UP! ABC’s ‘GMA’ Can’t Wait to Break Out Boards for Blue Tsunami
Early on Election Day 2026, ABC’s Good Morning America could barely contain its excitement over what was predicted to be a strong night for their preferred party (Democrats), celebrating the “political headwinds,” “record-low approval ratings,” and that Americans want to give their party a chance because the Trump economy has left “people struggling to pay for basic essentials.”
Maher Tries To Defend Talarico's Comments About God Being Non-Binary
HBO’s Bill Maher tried to defend Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico's remarks about God being non-binary during Friday’s Real Time Overtime segment. Maher claimed that Talarico was simply referring to God in “a sort of, like, ethereal way,” but that is not what Talarico was doing.
Kimmel Pushes El-Sayed and Talarico, Spreads Conspiracies With Newsom
On Wednesday, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel continued his efforts to help Democrats win next Tuesday in two ways. First, Kimmel used his monologue to defend Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed and Texas’s James Talarico from accusations of radicalness. Second, Kimmel welcomed California Gov. Newsom to spread conspiracy theories about the election and to resurrect the myth that Trump wants Iran to bomb the state.…
ABC/CBS Potpourri: Hyping TX, Misleading on NE, Ducking Anti-Semitism
The “Big Three” broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC offered an entire plate of bias Wednesday on their lead morning newscasts, with each of them pulling hard for Texas to go blue with James Talarico, CBS Mornings misleading viewers about Kansas and Nebraska Senate seats, and both ABC and NBC ignoring an anti-Semitic ad in Michigan blaming Jews for an increase in grocery bills.
