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James Talarico

@jamestalarico.bsky.social

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Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · Sep 9

I’m running for the U.S. Senate.

Billionaires have taken over Texas and taken over America — but together, we can take power back for working people.

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I’m running for the U.S. Senate

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 1h

Ken Paxton and John Cornyn claim to stand for freedom, family, and faith.

But you can't stand for freedom and control women's bodies.

You can't stand for family and vote against paid family leave.

You can't stand for faith and sell out the poor to give tax cuts to the rich.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 1d

President Obama can pronounce my name however he wants 😂

Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social for your kind words.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 3d

Huge crowd for James Talarico in deep red San Angelo, TX!

This county hasn’t voted for a Democrat since LBJ, but they showed up for Talarico.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 3d

President Obama: There’s this young state rep, James Talarico… He’s terrific. Really talented young man.

Marc Maron: There is something grounded about him that you had too.

Obama: A guy like him, his starting point is ‘Let me say what I believe.’

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 3d

Spotted yesterday at Austin City Limits 👀

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 4d

The most dangerous form of government is theocracy.

Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 6d

James Talarico: We have politicians who have ‘Christ follower’ in their Twitter bios, but they are kicking the sick off health care. It's estimated 51,000 Americans will die needlessly if these GOP cuts go through. That's 51,000 flesh and blood human beings. That’s a moral crime

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 7d

Ken Paxton’s crimes are well known. But John Cornyn may be even more corrupt.

Cornyn was the deciding vote on the “Big Ugly Bill” — kicking millions off their healthcare to give his billionaire donors a tax cut.

That is corruption of the highest order.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 7d

Fort Worth is FIRED UP for @JamesTalarico! 👏

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 7d

Texas State Rep. Erin Gamez:

"We have someone who doesn't just talk the talk, but someone who walks the walk — and has been to South Texas more times than I can count."

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 9d

James Talarico is welcomed to Greater Mt. Zion Church on Sunday 💙

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 9d

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you for being part of this movement.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 13d

Jesus spent most of his time healing the sick.

Today, we have politicians in Congress with “Christ-follower” in their Twitter bios — but they’re trying to kick the sick off their healthcare.

And they’re willing to shut down the government to do it.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 13d

.@JamesTalarico is showing up for the Rio Grande Valley and the Rio Grande Valley is showing up for James Talarico!

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 14d

James Talarico: I will never sell out people’s health care if I am elected U.S. Senator. I’m going to Washington to fight for the people of this state. I’m not there to do the business of billionaire megadonors

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 15d

125,000+ individual contributions.

Donations from 232 Texas counties.

98% of donations $100 or less.

$0 from corporate PACs.

And the most common profession: teacher.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 15d

But we still have a long way to go if we’re going to defeat the billionaire mega-donors who have taken over our politics.

Big Money is powerful, but it’s nothing compared to people power.

Chip in to power this campaign. secure.actblue.com/donate/jt-so...

Donate to send James Talarico to the U.S. Senate!

James is running for Senate to take on billionaires and their puppet politicians.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 15d

3 weeks ago, we launched this underdog campaign for the US Senate.

We set out to build a people-powered campaign that could take on the billionaire mega-donors.

In 3 weeks, we raised $6.2 million — all from people, no corporate PACs.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 15d

DC politicians like John Cornyn promised to lower costs, fight for families, and drain the swamp.

Now they’re trying to gut healthcare for millions to cut taxes for their donors — even shutting down the government to do it.

If you feel conned, you have a place in this campaign.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 17d

Democracy is not just voting in elections; it's not just institutions and laws.

Democracy is a spiritual practice.

It requires a deep love for our neighbors — especially our neighbors with whom we disagree the most.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 18d

We even showed up in deep red Victoria, Texas!

There’s no place our campaign won’t go.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 18d

We also showed up in Brownsville, Texas!

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 18d

South Texas showed up for us.

I'll keep showing up for South Texas.

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