Tag: late show with stephen colbert
#EndorseThis: Trump Hates This Border Wall, But He Made You Pay $1.7 Billion To Its Builder

#EndorseThis: Trump Hates This Border Wall, But He Made You Pay $1.7 Billion To Its Builder

Have you heard about the private border wall put up by a group of Trump supporters along the Rio Grande? They collected millions online from #MAGA suckers and built a structure so close to the river that it's now eroding rapidly from below. In fact, there's a strong possibility that it will fall in someday.

To Stephen Colbert, this farce is emblematic of the Trump era – and he notes acidly that the president himself is now trying to disown that "tiny section" of wall, its sponsors at "We Build The Wall" and its impresario, a builder named Tommy Fisher. "It was only built to make me look bad," Trump whined on Twitter.

But while Trump complains, Colbert notes that Fishher has also won a fat $1.7 billion contract from the U.S. government to build more wall. Say whut?

Just click. The whole thing is just as unbelievable as it sounds.


#EndorseThis: Stephen Colbert And John Oliver, Together Again — But Alone

#EndorseThis: Stephen Colbert And John Oliver, Together Again — But Alone

It’s lonely to host a late-night show from isolation – no audience, no band, and no live guests. And nobody understands that loneliness better than a fellow host, which may be why Stephen Colbert brought on his old Comedy Central buddy John Oliver for a remote visit.

Naturally, the pals started snapping on each other immediately, with Oliver mocking Colbert’s bosses at CBS for bleeping any mild obscenity he might utter (unlike HBO management, where the policy is far more liberated). Then Stephen tries to prove he can curse, too.

While Stephen says he is rediscovering old skills, like changing a bicycle tire, John confesses that to create a TV show from home, with toddlers underfoot, makes him feel like he’s drowning. “And now HBO knows you don’t need a set,” quips Colbert.

And they go on. It’s a charming, hilariously funny inside view of what this moment is like for Oliver and Colbert.

#EndorseThis: Colbert Declares ‘Constitutional Crisis’ — With Comic Relief

#EndorseThis: Colbert Declares ‘Constitutional Crisis’ — With Comic Relief

The constitutional catastrophe we’ve expected ever since November 2016 is finally here, as Stephen Colbert intones gravely. But if we have to endure Trump’s continuing assault on American values, at least we should get a few laughs.

Precipitating the crisis was the White House announcement that nobody in the administration will cooperate with the House impeachment inquiry into Trump’s felonious phone conversation with Ukraine’s president. (According to Colbert, Trump wants to help but has developed “phone spurs.”)

Delivered in an “officially bitchy letter” to Congressional Democrats, the White House declaration is full of “bonkers arguments” that Colbert proceeds to dismantle. We can laugh at their idiocy, of course, while understanding just how deeply untruthful and undemocratic this regime is.

Somehow both Captain America and the Lollipop Guild figure in Colbert’s version, too.

So just click for that interlude of comic relief.

#EndorseThis: Is The Mueller Report Really About To Drop?

#EndorseThis: Is The Mueller Report Really About To Drop?

Is the Mueller investigation maybe, possibly, definitely — or definitely not — nearing a conclusion? Like every other patriotic American, Stephen Colbert awaits the “Mueller Report” in a state of near-manic anxiety.

And like every news organization, he is parsing all of the paltry clues emanating from the Office of Special Counsel. The difference is, he’s funny.

We think the investigation will be going on for a while more, but you can try to read the tea leaves too.

Click, learn, and laugh.