#EndorseThis: Colbert Scripts Don Junior Divorce Comedy

#EndorseThis: Colbert Scripts Don Junior Divorce Comedy

There’s nothing funny about a marriage ending, intones Stephen Colbert – which is what he believed until he heard the latest about Donald Trump, Jr., and his estranged wife Vanessa.Evidently, the first son had an affair sometime ago with Aubrey O’Day, a contestant on his father’s Celebrity Apprentice TV show and a singer in a group called Dumblonde. She is believed to have written a bitter song about “DJT” and their breakup.

According to Colbert, Trump ordered Don Junior to “knock it off” when he learned about the affair, which reportedly ended when Vanessa discovered some incriminating text messages. But as the Late Show host points out, you’re in deep, deep trouble when you’re getting marital advice from Donald Trump.

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North Carolina GOP's Extremist Nominees Excite Democratic Strategists

Michele Morrow

In 2020, Joe Biden narrowly missed capturing North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes, losing the state by a slim 1.4-percentage-point margin. But that was nearly four years ago. Before the Dobbs decision. Before Donald Trump’s 91 felony indictments. And before last week, when the state’s GOP voters nominated a guy who favorably quotes Hitler, has compared LGBTQ+ people to insects and larvae, and thinks a six-week abortion ban isn’t quite extreme enough for governor. Tar Heel State Republicans also nominated another extremist, Michele Morrow, for superintendent of the state’s schools.

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