Late Night Roundup: No More Whitewashing In Whitesboro!

Late Night Roundup: No More Whitewashing In Whitesboro!

The Daily Show aired a special report, revealing the secret role that the show played in addressing the controversy over the racist-looking official seal of the Village of Whitesboro, New York, which appears to show a white man choking a Native American. And as a bonus, Jessica Williams had some special news: The town is going to change the seal!

Larry Wilmore tore Sarah Palin apart, for her declaration that her son’s arrest for domestic violence was President Obama’s fault for not sufficiently respecting the troops. “You can’t just crawl out of your frozen eatin’-bull@#$t shack once every election cycle, just so you can become nauseatingly relevant, and spew recycled partisan crazy sauce over everybody — and then use an issue as serious as PTSD, let alone pimp out your own son and problems.””

Seth Meyers talked about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan: “The water was so bad, it caused car parts to rust — and yet they let human beings keep drinking it. When it comes to poison, everyone knows the human body is more durable than a Chevy Cruise.”

Stephen Colbert looked at Trump’s pandering to religious voters.

“Conan O’Brien: “After her rambling endorsement of Donald Trump, Sarah Palin failed to show up at a Trump campaign event. Palin apologized and said, ‘I was fresh out of nonsense.'”

Start your day with National Memo Newsletter

Know first.

The opinions that matter. Delivered to your inbox every morning

Sucking Up: House Republicans Want To Give Trump A Gold Medal

Rep. Matt Gaetz outside the New York Supreme Court for Trump trial on May 15, 2024

Donald Trump

The first Congressional Gold Medal was struck in 1776 as a way of saying thanks to George Washington. Since then, the medal has been awarded just 184 times to hallowed figures including Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, and the Dalai Lama. Compared to the 647 civilian Presidential Medals of Freedom or the 3,517 military Medals of Honor, the Congressional Gold Medal is the rarest of the great honors awarded in America.

Keep reading...Show less
Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani's efforts to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 presidential election results have resulted in both civil lawsuits and two criminal indictments for the former New York City mayor. Giuliani is among Trump's co-defendants in Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis' election interference case, and in late April, he was indicted by a grand jury in a separate election interference case being prosecuted by State Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, in Arizona.

Keep reading...Show less
{{ post.roar_specific_data.api_data.analytics }}