“I will always stand up for the separation of church and state,” James Talarico told a standing-room-only crowd at the Texas Tribune Festival Sept. 24 in Austin, Texas. Talarico is a Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate from Texas…
Jeffress has no authority to question Talarico’s faith
In my childhood, there were moments when Mama would say, “I’ve had about all I’m going to take of you, young man.” I mention Mama because Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Dallas needs Mama’s admonition. Jeffress has this haughty habit…
Jeffress goes after Talarico again on national TV
James Talarico’s beliefs “disqualify him from being a Christian,” according to Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church of Dallas. Jeffress, a frequent Fox News contributor, was interviewed Friday, Sept. 18, by Carly Shimkus on Fox and Friends First. The segment…
What I witnessed at James Talarico’s Baylor event
Last Wednesday, I went to see James Talarico host a political rally at Baylor University, where I am a student. Talarico was given this opportunity to show Baylor’s commitment to civil discourse after Ken Paxton filled in for Donald Trump…
Why James Talarico is correct when he says God is nonbinary
At the 2026 Midterm Republican National Convention in Dallas last week, platform speakers attacked Democratic senatorial candidate James Talarico mercilessly. His Republican opponent and the impeached attorney general of Texas, Ken Paxton, claimed: “I will fight to preserve the American…
James Talarico and the Big Ten’s ‘secret clock’
If you missed the Sept. 5 college football game between the Western Michigan Broncos of the Mid America Conference and the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference, you missed the “second heard around the world.” Not merely willing to…
James Talarico and the Black Church
Last week, BNG reported that James Talarico will speak at Baylor University. On Sept. 16, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate will hold a campaign event at the Baptist university. The event will be limited to Baylor students, faculty…
Talarico will speak at Baylor Sept. 16
As anticipated, James Talarico will speak at Baylor University this fall. The Baptist-affiliated university announced Sept. 1 that Talarico, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, will host a campaign event at Baylor Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Mark and…
Paxton’s son-in-law prays for his victory over ‘kingdom of darkness’
Ken Paxton went to church on Sunday, and his son-in-law prayed over him for God to give him victory over Democrat James Talarico and “the kingdom of darkness” in November’s U.S. Senate race. Daniel Hayworth serves as campus pastor at…
AI expands the propaganda against Talarico
Whenever someone has stood for honesty and just change on the basis of fact, inevitably someone will come along to oppose them on the grounds that something is lacking in their innate qualities as a person rather than the rightful…
What Religious Left?
Every couple of years, interest spikes in the “religious left,” a nebulous, hard-to-pin-down coalition of religiously motivated actors involved with American liberal and progressive politics.
Paxton dodges ethics questions while claiming Talarico isn’t Christian
Within the last week, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton has claimed his opponent holds views “antithetical … to historical Christian views” while refusing to answer questions about his own alleged illegal voting. Paxton, a Southern Baptist layman, will face…