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applegrove

(132,853 posts)
Mon May 4, 2026, 12:03 AM 14 hrs ago

James Talarico:

Please, Texas! Listen to James Talarico: “We are living in an era of corruption… the rotting of something from the inside.” Politicians serving billionaire megadonors, the top 1% owning more than the middle class, and algorithms dividing us. None of this is accidental.

Peggy Stuart (@peggystuart.bsky.social) 2026-05-03T14:44:44.363Z
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James Talarico: (Original Post) applegrove 14 hrs ago OP
Damn he's good. Qutzupalotl 13 hrs ago #1
Good diagnosis of the root of the problem. summer_in_TX 13 hrs ago #2
Love the text, delivery needs more fire AZJonnie 12 hrs ago #3
Politicians? Try Republican Politicians lame54 12 hrs ago #4
Yes. applegrove 12 hrs ago #5

Qutzupalotl

(15,848 posts)
1. Damn he's good.
Mon May 4, 2026, 12:34 AM
13 hrs ago

Clear eyed, thoughtful, articulate, and truthful. He has a bright future and we would do well to have him.

summer_in_TX

(4,241 posts)
2. Good diagnosis of the root of the problem.
Mon May 4, 2026, 12:36 AM
13 hrs ago

Rotting from the inside. Political rot. Economic rot. Social rot.

The billionaires, the obscene wealth gap, the division sowed by social media.

AZJonnie

(3,939 posts)
3. Love the text, delivery needs more fire
Mon May 4, 2026, 01:20 AM
12 hrs ago

When you're talking words like these, you shouldn't sound nonchalant almost but he kinda does.

Hoping this was like rehearsal.

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