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#EndorseThis: Colbert Clowns Trump On Guns In Schools And Phony People Skills

#EndorseThis: Colbert Clowns Trump On Guns In Schools And Phony People Skills

Stephen Colbert enjoys a rare privilege among late night hosts. Respected as a humble man and a shy self-promoter, whenever Backbone takes to Twitter to tout one specific monologue it’s a sure sign that his latest rant is epic.

Colbert doesn’t disappoint in this clip tweeted-out to followers over the weekend, a brutal take-down of President Trump’s mistakes following the Parkland school shooting. Beginning with Trump’s absurd “I hear you” crib notes, the comic spins a hysterical bit around 45’s ex-wives out of nowhere. And for a coup de grace? Those notes look so much smaller in Stephen’s hands.

Then things get serious, as Colbert and the audience realize what the “listening session” was all about. One by one, Trump’s hand-picked lackeys calling for more guns in schools.

It would have been better if the POTUS forgot his notes. The NRA is not the voice any responsible leader should hear.

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Sinema Floats Third-Party Reelection Bid To Win GOP Votes

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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema

Kyrsten Sinema

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), who left the Democratic Party last December, has yet to announce if she’ll run for re-election next year. But, according to a document obtained by NBC News, if she does run, she sees her “path to victory” through “a third of the state’s Republican voters” and “anywhere from 15 to 20 percent of the state’s Democrats.”

NBC News published the “two-page prospectus” on Monday, which purports to explain how “Kyrsten Will Win Arizona” in 2024.

“She receives significant crossover support from Republicans and current polling shows her favorability as high as 34 percent with Republican voters,” the document declares, noting Sinema — if she runs — will focus on courting “a significant number of the state’s independent voters and soft Republicans turned off by their party’s rightward swing.”

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Right-Wing Media Figures Clash Over GOP Government Shutdown

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Kevin McCarthy

Speaker Kevin McCarthy

As House Republicans fail to advance spending bills needed to fund the federal government and avert a government shutdown, right-wing media are at odds with one another over whether to cheer on the possibility of a shutdown or ridicule those Republicans leading the charge toward it.

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