Texas Dem Senate hopeful James Talarico once “proudly” donated campaign cash to a group pushing to cut tens of millions of dollars from the police department in Austin — where the homicide rate then soared . Records show that Talarico’s campaign for state House in 2020 shelled out $2,500 to the Austin Justice Coalition, which sought to decrease the local police department’s funding to the “minimum possible” amount. “Now is the time to invest in a safe, liberated future for our city,’’ the group