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Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Stephen Colbert tells his audience about who was not allowed on his show: "That's Texas state representative James Talarico. He was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast. Then, I was told, in some uncertain terms, that not only could I not have him on, I could not mention me not having him on. And because my network clearly does not want us to talk about this ... Let's talk about this."

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The crowd is LOVING James Talarico on Stephen Colbert[image or embed]

-- Team Talarico (@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social) Feb 17, 2026 at 2:40 AM

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On Stephen Colbert's last day I am canceling my subscription to Paramount. I'll vote on their foolish decisions with my dollars.

#1 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-17 01:08 PM | Reply

Rogers for the Tie Breaker!

Thread up twice already...pls consolidate posts:

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Trump just boosted Talarico to National prominence with this stupid move.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-17 01:14 PM | Reply

Here's the full interview that CBS refused to put on air, done on Colbert's YT channel:

www.youtube.com

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-17 01:21 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#1

I've already cancelled Paramount. But I still get CBS through basic cable. I'm not really ready to give up basic cable. yet.

#4 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-02-17 01:55 PM | Reply

I thought Dinger said CBS was left wing biased main stream media?

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-17 02:32 PM | Reply

Well, Colbert has nothing to lose at this point. Go for it.

#6 | Posted by bat4255 at 2026-02-17 02:58 PM | Reply

Dinger said CBS was left wing biased main stream media?

Those puff pieces they did on the Trump administration should have been his first clue.

The problem CBS has is FOX News has programmed their braindead viewers to view it as a liberal hellscape, so even with the recent acquisition by Larry Ellison and the complete overhaul of the staff, MAGA is still programmed to hate it.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-17 03:05 PM | Reply

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