Filtered with TJ Walker

Your Days Off Aren't Days Off, Big Tech Made Sure of That

This week on Filtered with TJ Walker, TJ asks a simple Fourth of July question: are you really taking a vacation, or are you just working for Big Tech for free? If your holiday is spent scrolling TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube Shorts, and endless news feeds, your attention becomes the product. The advertisers pay. The platforms profit. You get a Monday morning that feels exactly like the Monday before. TJ argues that real leisure is not just the absence of work. It is play, family, boredom, curiosity, books, games, swimming, picnics, and time outside. This episode is a challenge to reclaim your vacation, reclaim your attention, and remember what actual rest feels like before algorithms monetize every free minute of your life. Subscribe to Filtered with TJ Walker for sharp, funny, independent commentary on politics, culture, media, technology, and modern life. #FilteredWithTJWalker #TJWalker #ReclaimYourVacation #FourthOfJuly #July4th #BigTech #DigitalDetox #ScreenTime #PhoneAddiction #SocialMediaAddiction #AttentionEconomy #TechAddiction #Vacation #FamilyTime #ModernLife

NYC Rent Freeze Fantasy: Why New York’s Housing Crisis Needs More Homes

New York City’s rent freeze may sound like a huge win for tenants, but does it actually solve the housing crisis? In this episode of Filtered with TJ Walker, TJ argues that freezing rent may provide short-term relief for people already inside rent-stabilized apartments, but it does nothing for the teacher, nurse, young family, immigrant household, or working-class New Yorker still trying to find a place to live. The real crisis is housing scarcity. When New York’s vacancy rate is painfully low, landlords have power because tenants have nowhere else to go. TJ breaks down why tenant protections matter, but why rent freezes alone cannot replace zoning reform, permitting reform, office-to-housing conversions, public housing investment, vouchers, and building more homes where people actually want to live. Subscribe to Filtered with TJ Walker for sharp, independent political and cultural commentary that cuts through slogans and looks at results. #FilteredWithTJWalker #TJWalker #NYCRentFreeze #RentFreeze #HousingCrisis #NewYorkCity #ZohranMamdani #AffordableHousing #RentStabilization #HousingShortage #NYCPolitics #ProgressivePolitics #ZoningReform #BuildMoreHousing

The Biggest Threat to Christian Nationalism? Students Thinking Critically

Texas Republicans are pushing Bible passages into public school classrooms, but what happens when students actually read the Bible carefully? In this episode of Filtered with TJ Walker, TJ breaks down the political irony behind Texas’s Bible curriculum push. Supporters may think they are reinforcing conservative culture, but serious reading leads to serious questions about hypocrisy, money, modesty, political control, religious freedom, and the difference between faith and government-mandated messaging. From First Timothy to classroom debates over wine, pearls, leadership, and greed, TJ argues that the biggest threat to Christian nationalism may not be secular liberals. It may be students opening the Bible and asking uncomfortable questions. Subscribe to Filtered with TJ Walker for sharp, independent political commentary without the spin. #FilteredWithTJWalker #TJWalker #TexasSchools #BibleInSchools #TexasPolitics #ChristianNationalism #PublicEducation #ChurchAndState #BibleCurriculum #PoliticalCommentary #EducationNews #ReligiousFreedom

NG Skip navigation Search Create Avatar image Hollywood Isn’t Out of Ideas. It’s Out of Affordable Risk.

Hollywood is not out of creativity. It is out of affordable risk. In this episode of Filtered with TJ Walker, TJ breaks down why studios and Broadway producers keep running back to sequels, revivals, franchises, known titles, pop-star biographies, and built-in fan bases. The real problem is not that executives cannot recognize good ideas. It is that the financial machine now punishes originality unless creators arrive with proof. From Star Wars in 1977 to today’s YouTube horror wave, the message is clear: waiting to be discovered is no longer the smartest strategy. Creators now have to build their own audience, test ideas in public, and become undeniable before Hollywood, Broadway, or any gatekeeper takes the call. The audience is now the green light. Subscribe to Filtered with TJ Walker for sharp, direct commentary on media, politics, culture, business, and the systems shaping public life. #FilteredWithTJWalker #TJWalker #Hollywood #YouTubeCreators #CreatorEconomy #Broadway #EntertainmentNews #MediaCommentary #AudiencePower #FilmIndustry #ContentCreators #HollywoodGatekeepers

Trump’s FCC Targets ABC and The View as His Approval Collapses

On today’s episode of Filtered with TJ Walker, TJ breaks down ABC’s fight with Brendan Carr’s FCC as the agency reviews whether The View should continue to qualify as a bona fide news program and places pressure on ABC-owned local station licenses. TJ argues this is not neutral regulation. It is political retaliation dressed up as oversight. As Donald Trump faces brutal approval numbers and deep public anger over the economy, the FCC’s pressure campaign against ABC raises a bigger question: is the government trying to intimidate broadcasters that criticize the president? This episode looks at the fight over The View, ABC’s public campaign to defend its stations, the broader threat to local news, and why press freedom matters most when presidents are weak, angry, and unpopular. Subscribe to Filtered with TJ Walker for sharp, independent political commentary on media, democracy, power, and the stories shaping America. #FilteredWithTJWalker [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/filteredwithtjwalker] #TJWalker [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/tjwalker] #Trump [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/trump] #FCC [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/fcc] #ABC [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/abc] #TheView [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/theview] #BrendanCarr [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/brendancarr] #PressFreedom [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/pressfreedom] #FreeSpeech [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/freespeech] #MediaFreedom [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/mediafreedom] #DonaldTrump [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/donaldtrump] #PoliticalNews [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/politicalnews] #MediaNews [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/medianews] #BroadcastNews [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/broadcastnews] #FirstAmendment [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/firstamendment] #USPolitics [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/uspolitics]