Donald Trump, Stephen Colbert and Epstein
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President Donald Trump is struggling to divert attention from Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration released files on Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. An ex-police officer was sentenced in relation to the killing of Breonna Taylor. The Trump administration announced changes to the organ transplant system.
OK, I know that the “C” in CBS, stands for “Columbia,” but the political brouhaha over its looming ouster of top-rated late-night comedian Stephen Colbert is only the latest sign that it ought to be called the Contradiction Broadcasting Network.
One of those celebrity guests was Colbert’s friend and former Daily Show boss Jon Stewart, who took a stronger approach to the news on his own show Monday night. Stewart made us wait for his reaction to Colbert’s firing,
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The Western Journal on MSNStephen Colbert Shows Why He’s Losing His Job with Vulgar, 3-Word Message to TrumpStephen Colbert returned to “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Monday night for the first time since announcing the show would be canceled next spring. With days to process the news and a full monologue to work with,
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The New Republic on MSNDOJ Tries to Use Ghislaine Maxwell to Put Out MAGA Fire on EpsteinAs Donald Trump seeks to allay public outcry over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, a top Justice Department official vowed Tuesday to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted Epstein accomplice currently serving out a 20-year sentence for her role in the late financier’s sex-trafficking operation.
Famed skydiver and BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner dies at 56 Baumgartner achieved international recognition in 2012 when he performed a jump from 24 miles above the Earth, higher than anyone before him. He died on Thursday in a paragliding accident.
“The Late Show” host gets very silly while discussing the infighting among Trump supporters
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The New Republic on MSNTrump Flips Out at Republican Lawmaker Exposing the Party on EpsteinIs he going to stand with the pedophiles and underage sex traffickers?” asked Representative Tim Burchett. “Or is he gonna pick the American people and justice for the victims?”