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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Congrats to Stephen Colbert for never bending the knee.

Stephen Colbert is a profoundly good and deeply talented man with a great staff and an excellent show. They all deserve better.

I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.

Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social, Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism. Looking forward to following you wherever you land, Your fan, Mar🐫

Colbert has the highest ratings of any late night host. "Financial reasons" my ass. This is political.

CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message.

Neguse: Only in Washington, D.C. could politicians come to the floor and brag about cutting $9 billion from rural radio stations while two weeks ago they voted to increase the deficit by $4 trillion. Spare us these lectures.

27 different named women accused him of sex assault, he’s on video with Epstein where they are grossly leering at young women, Miss Teen USA contestants said he came in dressing room when they were naked, he bragged on the Access Hollywood tape about grabbing women. It’s obvious.

Stephen Colbert, if you’re reading this: the door is open at the MeidasTouch Network open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Every time a reporter mentions the Epstein list, Donold gets pissed. It’s a helpful reminder that Donold is on the Epstein list.

Colbert will be all right, maybe even better off. The world's his oyster and I'm sure MSNBC and Netflix will come calling. He could stand up the biggest late night YouTube channel in days. But they are just torching the Late Show, an institution, solely to appease a dictator. And that fucking sucks.

Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large

This is just magnificent. Absolutely perfect. @thedailyshow.com

He’s literally on tape boasting about sexually assaulting women so yes this is the way he talks

Damn right, it’s political.

I bet they were...👇

Well this sure as hell isn’t incriminating! Nothing to see here.

Where is Jake Tapper??? 🧐

ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days. They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention. Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...

Has anyone asked Justice Kennedy if his retirement had anything to do with his son's possible involvement in Deutsche Bank's reports about hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions with Jeffrey Epstein?

He got out ahead of the story.

CBS is canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, calling it a “financial decision.” … sure. Totally nothing to do with the political commentary, right?

I’ll watch Stephen Colbert wherever he lands.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert tells studio audience CBS is canceling 'The Late Show,' to end in May 2026.

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

The man who hasn't moved on from an election FIVE YEARS ago is angry that you won't move on from the Epstein List mentioned by Pamela Jo Bondi just FOUR MONTHS ago.

The story about Colbert being cancelled because…. Trump doesn’t like him, should be a warning shot to everyone. The oligarchy has the power… they will use their money to silence you. Time to rise up.

Guys, he wrote about their “beautiful secrets” to Epstein. Sick ass predator. He can’t defend the words he has to pretend the letter is fake because it’s that SICK. What man would defend this behavior? BETAs

Stansbury: You guys are so weak that you won't even vote to release the files

This was the order of events: 1. Paramount acceded to Trump’s extortion by paying a bribe. 2. Stephen Colbert calls his employer out for doing that. 3. Paramount fires Stephen Colbert for being honest about Trump. 4. Proving Trump’s bribe worked.

Let’s get it filed and get it going! 🍿

Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement. The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.

One day. That’s the slap in the face the DOJ is calling “accountability” in Breonna Taylor’s case. Now they want to act like civil rights charges were too much? Please be for real. If you’re wondering how little they value Black lives—look no further.

A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.

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One of the things about JD Vance is that he is completely 100% aware that what he is doing is evil and has made a deliberate, conscious choice to do evil to get power. He’s not self-deluded or dumb. He hasn’t drunk Kool-Aid. He’s decided to do evil for power.

⚡️JUST NOW: Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social barred from a Secretary Noem event at NASHVILLE AIRPORT, in his own district🤔 He says he wanted to ask where hundreds grabbed by ICE in the Nashville raids are, has never been kept from an airport event. FULL Hill stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0cw...

Maybe the American voters should have taken the Access Hollywood tape more seriously?

CBS pulling the plug on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert well before the Midterms is probably just a wild coincidence.

If you’d told me a decade ago that the NYT and WaPo would roll over for a Republican president going full fascist while the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal went on the attack — and that Bill Kristol was pressing the attack harder than Nancy Pelosi — well, I’d have had you committed.

The Paramount - Skydance merger will be worthless if no one is watching. Independent media is doing to corporate media what independent music did to major labels back in the day. Fuck with the people at your own risk, oligarchs.

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The Golden Age of Assholes.

“May every day be another wonderful secret.”

This is a meaningless trick. A court cannot violate rule 6(e), which prohibits public disclosure.

When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.

So after 6 years of Republicans calling Democrats pedophiles, they have been exposed at the party who defends pedophelia. Sick

The same company that's buying CBS (and needs Trump's approval to do so) is also trying to buy Bari Weiss' website. It's a political decision.

In fairness, do these look like two guys who knew each other well enough to send birthday cards?

If it's produced, streamed, or owned by Paramount, I'm not watching it. They don't get a view from me. They don't get a dime from me. Call it a boycott. Call it whatever you want. Colbert is the only Paramount property I'll watch until May, and after that, I'm done with them.

McGovern: He's calling his own supporters stupid for believing the things he told them. And you are deeming adoption of a bullshit resolution on Epstein that does nothing. This resolution does not have the force of law.

The real cabal is at Mar-a-Lago.

If she had done this first, she might have avoided (or at least minimized) this whole mess. But it won’t help him now. Because now everyone’s going to ask, what’s pertinent? What’s all the other material not presented to a grand jury? ...

Wow -- the Journal reports that when reporters contacted Trump two days ago about this story👇, he threatened to sue if it was published, then hours later claimed that Obama and Biden "made up" the Epstein files

One last thing on this for the moment: Scorched Earth Conan was incredible TV for a few weeks, and Scorched Earth Conan's enemy was fucking Jay Leno. Scorched Earth Colbert should be really good TV.

Donold wrote a birthday letter to Epstein in 2003 and said everyday is a wonderful secret? HOLY SHIT

Totally agree — except it’s BIGGER than Watergate.

Alina Habba doesn’t have the votes to get confirmed. newjerseyglobe.com/national/hab...

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I’m guessing this is right.

I don’t think it’s really tenable to have a situation where the president can sue someone as a supposedly private citizen but can’t be sued while in office.

Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled. If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.

The Wall Street Journal chose NOT to obey in advance. That's a big Goddamn deal! That, my friends...is what resistance looks like.

We just went through a half-decade of sham censorship hearings in Congress, but it certainly seems like the government forced a comedian to get fired as a bribe to ensure a merger goes through. Is that true? Let's have a hearing and find out.

Taking a long weekend vacation starting today ✌️ I fully expect to land to news that the rapture has occurred, followed by aliens invading the US. But in any event news posts will be a bit more sporadic for a few days. Have a good one.

Dear fellow Christ followers: Tonight, God gave you one more data point on Trump. He is clearly immoral and evil. I get it, you hate the left. But your leader seems to like things no man should. This is your chance to leave. This is the last chance too.

One of the most under reported stories in the legacy media is how many states the RNC and DOJ are suing right now to access their voter rolls. It is a frontal assault on democracy that Democracy Docket covers every day, while legacy media both-sides Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

You know he wrote it…

Not an overstatement at all

House Majority Leader Mike Johnson said he could not comment on the letter because he had not read it, and could not read it because his son would receive an accountability alert if he did.

Sean Duffy: "Crime actually is up in New York City ... I don't think things are going well in New York City." (Violent crime is at historic lows so far this year in NYC.)

Congress has decided to claw back previously approved funding for public media. This decision hurts people in communities across the country, but it has only strengthened our resolve to keep Americans informed and connected. (1/2)

NEW: The WSJ article is out. Here is a gift link. www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

Sick, but not at all surprising.

We’re one more revelation away from MAGA telling us that sexually abusing teenage girls is good, actually.

Speaking of pedophiles, guess who gets deposed tomorrow? www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Shout out to the @wsj.com for publishing the Epstein story, even after being threatened with legal action by Trump. Thank you for showing other outlets what it means to stand up to those in power.

Everyone in America needs to read this FREE—I’ve gifted it below—report from the conservative WALL STREET JOURNAL about Trump and Epstein. Apparently the president has now threatened to sue the WSJ over this 100% accurate report due to how damaging it is.

McGovern: And trying to blame Democrats for Jeffrey Epstein, who was president when Jeffrey Epstein died in his cell? Donald Trump. And who is in charge now blocking the release of the files? Donald Trump.

@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "The only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God."

Part of the reason so many of these fools hate Stephen Colbert is that he lives his life as the faithful and humble Christian they constantly claim themselves to be but are too selfish and fearful to actually be.

Secretary Cosplay can add art theft to her resume.

Hold on tight to those you love. 💕

"We are involved in a serious social revolution. By and large, American politics is dominated by politicians who build their careers on immoral compromises and ally themselves with open forms of political, economic, and social exploitation."  — John Lewis, March on Washington

KYLE CLARK: “The Trump administration is trying to get insider access to voting systems in Colorado…” REPUBLICAN officials stopped them, and are sounding the alarm🚨

hard to surprise people with an article about pants in this news environment

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Two observations: 1. "Produce" to who? Note, he doesn't say release publicly. 2. "Pertinent" is doing a lot of work here. This does not mean all records, just the ones Bondi believes are "pertinent." Trump is panicking and is very dangerous. Stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

Trump Urges Supporters To Move On From Societal Disdain For Pedophilia

FBI AGENTS TOLD TO FLAG MENTIONS OF TRUMP IN EPSTEIN RECORDS, SAYS SEN. DURBIN "...you pressured the FBI to put approximately 1,000 personnel...to review ~100,000 Epstein-related records... My office was told [they] were instructed to "flag" any records in which President Trump was mentioned."

“Your honor, I can’t be deposed in the lawsuit I filed against the fake news Wall Street Journal because I have chronic venous insufficiency.”

Bondi reportedly put 1,000 people in 24-hour shifts for two weeks in March to review the Epstein files. She made them flag mentions of Trump. And then ... She decided she couldn't release anything. 😯

Just as an aside, it’s so so funny he was auctioning off the same shitty drawing for charity for years.

there is a certain liberal anti-affirmative action scholar who has insisted, like a rube, that once racial preferences are gone we can build support for class-based affirmative action. but the people who oppose affirmative action also very obviously oppose redress for class inequality!

This is Soldier. He's a blind and deaf pup who helps host an Airbnb in Turks and Caicos. When he has guests, he leads them to his favorite beach every morning. When he doesn't have guests, he goes back to his human's house down the street for family time. 13/10

Colbert was already one of the most beloved people in all of entertainment, and they've now pretty much guaranteed he'll achieve sainthood in his lifetime. These people are such dipshits.

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