Stephen Colbert kills The Late Show
He allowed his show to degenerate into a predictable regurgitation of stale leftist talking points
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Friday
Was Trump in Epstein’s birthday book?
The president doth protest too much, methinks
Thursday
Trump makes America’s Coke pure again
Lost somewhere in the thunderous applause reverberating on X, a growl emerged from the Corn Refiners Association
RIP NPR, the broadcaster that thought emojis were racist
The Senate approved a rescissions package that would, once and for all, take NPR off the federal funding payroll
Will Trump bail out Texas Republicans?
The idea that Donald Trump will parachute Ken Paxton out of the primary race entirely by giving him a role in Washington is growing
Axing the Department of Education will improve education
Money and choices for students, not for Washington bureaucrats
It’s Kamala 2028!
Vice President Harris remains favorite to reprise her role as the party’s presidential nominee
Wednesday
The secret life of Agent Melania
The former Slovenian supermodel clearly has no great love for Vladimir Putin
Trump should bring the Fed to heel
The ‘independent Fed’ is a myth
Gun-toting Newsom’s alpha male rebrand
What do young men like? Guns, sports, cursing, podcasts. Great – let’s make that the new Newsom
Tuesday
Prizes, bets and venture capital: how Democrats plan to win
This is even funnier because the Democratic party has the answer right in front of them
Are you MAGA or in DRAG-A?
Plus: Why can’t Ghislaine Maxwell testify to Congress?
The 2020s are too far-fetched for fiction
There are too many loose ends. Too many vanishing subplots
Where is Jared Kushner?
To call the shots in Trumpland, it helps to operate behind the scenes
The mullahs mean their threats
By and large, the West has grudgingly accommodated Iran’s petulant malevolence
Will we stop Saudi Arabia developing a nuclear weapon?
The Saudis have poured money into other people’s bomb-making programs
Who replaces the ayatollahs if the Iranian regime falls?
Whatever happens, it seems unlikely that any regime change will be peaceful
Why President Trump can’t stop talking to reporters
‘He has to be, by a country mile, the most accessible president in the history of the presidency’
The lessons of Ron Paul
The former congressman showed what an anti-establishment campaign within the GOP could achieve
Who’s buying up Palm Beach?
Donald Trump continues to make news in his hometown