ANALYSIS | Why Republicans Are Questioning the Masculinity of Texas Democratic Senate Contender James Talarico

'Neighbors With A Uterus' And Planned Parenthood Funding: Inside Talarico’s Controversial 'Christianity'

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico’s longtime church, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, publicly lists Planned Parenthood Greater Texas as one of the organizations that shares its “vision and goals for the world” and receives support through its annual “Benevolences” budget. The disclosure has drawn renewed scrutiny as Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian who was baptized and raised at the church and has preached there, cam…

Talarico and the Spiritual Warfare in American Politics

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Ephesians 6:12 (NIV)  James Talarico, an aspiring “pastor” who supports abortion, open borders, and LGBTQ+ ideology, is running as the Democrat candidate to be the next U.S. Senator from Texas. In November, Talarico will face Ken Paxton (R) in this highly anticipated race.  This election is not just the typical battle for who will serve a […]

James Talarico Trolls Ken Paxton With Texas BBQ Feast

The Dallas Morning News reports: After weeks of Republican taunts that he’s a vegan, Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico sat down to a platter piled with brisket, ribs, sausage and brisket boudin. Then he dug in. “It’s so good,” Talarico said at Smokey Joe’s BBQ in Oak Cliff. “I’m from Central Texas where there is great barbecue, but they don’t have anything on Oak Cliff.” The lunch stop at Smokey Joe’s was equal parts meal and message. T…

The attacks on James Talarico’s masculinity hurt everyone, including the people who lob them

I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th century. His book, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, published in 1845, is a memoir reflecting on slavery and abolition during Douglass’ time i…

Talarico Hosts Texas BBQ Feast After Vegan Jabs

Bloomberg: “James Talarico picked at the brisket with his bare hands and polished off a rack of pork ribs. Sausage links and ‘Texas Twinkies’ — stuffed jalapeño peppers wrapped in bacon — crowded the butcher paper on his overflowing tray of smoked meats…” “In an election season expected to hinge on weighty matters such as affordability concerns and the war in Iran, a non-pocketbook issue has emerged early in the campaign: whether Talarico, the D…

Tim Walz is the model for anti-Talarico campaign

Democrats got the Texas Senate race they wanted with James Talarico facing Attorney General Ken Paxton, but Republicans want to remind them of the old saying, “Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.” The GOP has immediately and almost joyfully gone negative against Talarico, in an attempt to define him as someone culturally out of step with — and maybe a little too weird for — Texas. A lot of this groundwork was laid before Paxton …