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Colbert, Kimmel Dishonestly Attack GOP's 'Heartless' Spending Bill

May 21st, 2025 12:28 PM

CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel both dishonestly attacked House Republicans’ tax and spending bill on their Tuesday shows by leaving out crucial context for at least three talking points that made the proposal sound both reckless and “heartless.”

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Colbert Tells Comey His 8647 Post Was 'Not Hot Water'

May 21st, 2025 9:54 AM

Former FBI Director James Comey took his book tour to CBS and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where he promoted his new novel about a violent right-wing podcaster while the eponymous host absolved him of any wrongdoing over his recent 8647 Instagram post that some interpreted as a call to kill President Trump.

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Colbert Rants That GOP 'Can Eat a Bag of D****' Over SNAP Reform

May 16th, 2025 12:30 PM

Some days, CBS’s Stephen Colbert is so far out in left field that it can’t all fit in one article. Thursday’s edition of The Late Show was one such occasion. Before he lamented the state of the nation with Sen. Bernie Sanders and flirted with tropes about Jewish financial power, Colbert would rant about the GOP’s proposed budget, claiming they “can eat a bag of [bleep]” for their…

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Colbert Flirts With Jewish Money Tropes As Gaza War Continues

May 16th, 2025 10:15 AM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert came dangerously close to engaging in anti-Semitic tropes about money and influence during a Thursday interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders, where the two men alleged Super PACs like AIPAC are why the U.S. refuses to strongarm Israel into ending the war against Hamas. Meanwhile, NBC’s Seth Meyers tried to suggest that arresting Ben & Jerry’s cofounder Ben Cohen for…

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Colbert Becomes Latest Comedy Show Host To Fawn Over Crockett's Antics

May 13th, 2025 10:00 AM

There is a new tradition emerging among the late night comedy shows: gushing over Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett and her attempts to be the liberal corner of the internet’s favorite congressperson.  CBS’s Stephen Colbert was the latest to get in on the trend on Monday as he welcomed Crockett to The Late Show to gush over some of her recent antics.

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Late Night Shows Celebrate New Pope's Criticisms Of Trump And Vance

May 9th, 2025 10:10 AM

The Thursday editions of the late night comedy shows truly proved that they are simply MSNBC with more jokes. Like that network, they appreciated that the first American pope, the newly elected Leo XIV, has criticized President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on immigration. The fact that he would rebuke their views on abortion, gender, and sexuality were inconvenient things to be…

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Colbert and Maddow Claim GOP Wants To Get Rid of Elections

May 7th, 2025 9:39 AM

The irony was impossible to miss on Tuesday’s edition of CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, as MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow joined the eponymous host to declare on one hand that the worst predictions about President Donald Trump have come true, but also that he and Republicans seek to get rid of elections.

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Colbert and Psaki Mourn 100 Days Of Trump's 'Fire Hose of Dirty Water'

May 1st, 2025 10:35 AM

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki joined CBS’s Stephen Colbert on The Late Show on Wednesday for three segments full of loathing President Trump and his “fire hose of dirty water” and “do-nothing Democrats” like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

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Cancelled WHCD Comedian Calls It 'Dangerous' To Roast Both Sides

April 30th, 2025 1:21 PM

NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers writer, CNN host, and cancelled White House Correspondents’ Dinner comedian Amber Ruffin travelled across town to CBS and The Late Show to join host Stephen Colbert to claim “it would be impossible to make jokes about both sides” and even “dangerous.”

Colbert, Warnock Talk Slavery, Jim Crow -- Ignore Democrat History

April 19th, 2025 4:00 PM

Over there on this very site, NewsBusters’ own Alex Christy had a sharp-eyed focus on a curious moment on a recent episode of Stephen Colbert’s late night CBS show. 

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Happy Easter? Colbert, Warnock Suggest Critics Are Like Jim Crow

April 18th, 2025 9:43 AM

On Thursday, two of America’s leading voices for the religious left—CBS’s Stephen Colbert and Sen. Raphael Warnock—joined forces on The Late Show to prepare for Easter by attacking Republicans as un-Christian with some casual Jim Crow and slavery analogies.

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Late Night DNC: Colbert Goes to Bat for PBS, Gushes Over Liz Warren

April 17th, 2025 9:50 AM

The Wednesday edition of CBS’s The Late Show was defined by host Stephen Colbert giving two odes to liberal budget priorities. First, Colbert insisted that PBS documentaries on transgender people in Ohio bowling leagues are of vital importance before marveling at Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s “righteous anger” at President Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE.

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Colbert: Trump Placing 'Insane Dictatorial Demands' On Harvard

April 16th, 2025 9:50 AM

The idea that the late night comedy shows are just MSNBC with jokes was on full display on Tuesday’s installment of CBS’s The Late Show. Host Stephen Colbert claimed that the Trump Administration’s recent demands on Harvard were “ridiculous,” “insane,” and “dictatorial,” but Colbert never provided any context for why those demands were given.

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Colbert Helps Booker Compare Himself To The Civil Rights Movement

April 8th, 2025 9:59 AM

Sen. Cory Booker continued his tour of adoring media on Monday as he joined CBS and The Late Show host Stephen Colbert for a three-segment interview to look back at his 25-hour talk session and ahead to what comes next. Booker has been eager to compare himself to the Civil Rights Movement, and Colbert was more than willing to assist him in those efforts.