‘We Could Make Prisons Obsolete’: James Talarico Called To Slash Police Budgets and Spend the Money on Social Programs
Talarico, who has said he does not support defunding police, also said prisons are 'the consequences of systemic racism and global capitalism'
Left-wing Texas Senate candidate James Talarico says he opposes defunding the police and has a "proven track record" of supporting law enforcement. Perhaps that is true now, but in 2022, he called to slash police and prison budgets and redirect the money to social programs, a move he argued would "make prisons obsolete," a previously unreported video shows.
Chill of Collectivism Spreads: Mamdani-Backed Candidates Sweep in Contested New York City House Primaries
The socialist mayor unseated two Democratic incumbents and took a third vacant seat in three key Democratic primaries
Virginia Democrats Earmark $100,000 for Statue Honoring Late Judge Accused of Trading Sex With Convicted Killer's Mother for Legal Advice
'I had to have sex with him first in each encounter with him,' the woman said of Onzlee Ware
America Dodges Bullet: Congress To Remain Kennedy-Free After Jack Schlossberg Fails in New York
'America's babygirl' will have to keep looking for his first real job
6 Things We Learned From the Obama Center Opening Ceremony
Yes, it really is that ugly
The Audacity: Obama Slams America's Fixation on Wealth and Fame Ahead of Star-Studded Launch Party for $850M Shrine to Himself
'Everything is about money, everything is about attention'
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NYC Councilman Urges Probe of Mamdani for Giving an Official Vehicle, Security to Fellow Socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier for Primary Campaign’s Final Days
Mamdani’s top political strategist, Morris Katz, was caught on tape escorting Chevalier into what appears to be one of the mayor’s official vehicles
'Take Note, Mayor Mamdani': Video Shows Slain Hamas Sniper Firing Rifle, Day After Mayor Called Him an 'Al Jazeera Journalist' and Condemned Israel for Targeting Him
Mamdani used Washah's death as a justification for calling AIPAC 'monsters'
Trump Energy Department To Provide $17.5B for Large-Scale Nuclear Power Projects as Demand Skyrockets
Federal loans would support 10 new nuclear reactors nationwide—the United States has constructed just 2 reactors this century
A Judge's Verdict on Israel
REVIEW: 'Israel on Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law' by Roy K. Altman
Texas's Talarico Scrubbed Website of Statements Supporting 'Trans Kids' and 'Bold, Progressive Ideas' Ahead of Senate Run
Talarico, who represents a deep-blue district in the State House, has excised the word 'progressive' from campaign site
Angry Coffee Shop Owner Who Smeared Jewish Rep Dan Goldman as a ‘Fascist’ Sipping ‘Genocide Juice’ Is a Graham Platner Donor Cited for ‘Filth and Flies’
Israel-hating Uzbek coffee mini-mogul attacked Goldman on social media after the congressman visited the shop with his young daughter
‘She Can’t Keep Her Story Straight’: Ilhan Omar’s New Claim That Her Husband Made Next to Nothing From Worthless Companies Is Contradicted by His Own Accountants
Omar claims her husband made between $200 and $1,000 in all of 2025 in new filing