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Friday, August 8, 2025

Colbert on the Tariffs: 'Set Your Clocks Back to "More Expensive"' by Trish Bendix

President Trump is hitting Brazilian imports particularly hard, which is "bad news for meat-based Americans," Stephen Colbert said.

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Thursday, August 7, 2025

Seth Meyers Won't Be Distracted by Trump Fiddling on the Roof by Trish Bendix

Meyers said that if he saw Trump on his roof, he'd assume the president "was pulling a reverse Santa Claus. " you know, going house to house taking toys away from kids."

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Thursday, July 31, 2025

Seth Meyers Says Trump Isn't Doing Himself Any Favors by Trish Bendix

Cutting ties with Jeffrey Epstein because he hired away your spa staff is like taking Charles Manson off your guest list "because he wouldn't use a coaster," Meyers said.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Colbert Mocks Presidential Memo About Religious Conversions at Work by Trish Bendix

Despite the Trump administration's support for proselytizing at the office, Stephen Colbert doesn't think it's a good idea.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Jimmy Fallon Ridicules Trump's Choice Words About Epstein Island by Trish Bendix

The president said he "never had the privilege" of visiting Jeffrey Epstein's island. Fallon's take: "Trump's staff was like, 'A simple no would've been fine.' "

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Friday, July 25, 2025

For Late Night, Epstein-Trump Is the Comedy Gift That Keeps On Giving by Trish Bendix

Josh Johnson said that "not since Tupac Shakur has a dead man dropped so many bangers."

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Thursday, July 24, 2025

Late Night Comedians Revel in the Latest Trump-Epstein Development by Trish Bendix

Stephen Colbert feigned surprise at reports that the president had already been told he was in the Epstein files: "But he said he hardly knew the guy!"

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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Late Night Watches Trump Try to Change the Subject From Epstein by Trish Bendix

The president's usual tactic when cornered is to "throw red meat to the carnivorous base " and their favorite cut is filet of Obama," Stephen Colbert said.

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Thursday, July 17, 2025

Late Night Fact-Checks Trump on His Uncle and the Unabomber by Trish Bendix

Jordan Klepper and other hosts poked holes in the president's claim that his uncle had been the future terrorist's professor at M.I.T.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Jimmy Fallon Fans the Flames of Burning MAGA Hats by Trish Bendix

People torched the hats in videos, apparently upset about the Jeffrey Epstein case. "People in China were like, 'Oh, come on, we worked so hard making them,'" Fallon said.

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Seth Meyers Is Amused by MAGA's Epstein Infighting by Trish Bendix

President Trump's most conspiracy-minded supporters can't believe he wants them to forget about the Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories.

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Friday, July 11, 2025

Ronny Chieng Ponders Iran's Threat to Kill a Sunbathing Trump by Trish Bendix

"The Daily Show" host called the threat from an Iranian official "an attack on all of America, because now we all have to picture him with his bare belly glistening in the sun."

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Thursday, July 10, 2025

Late Night Is All Over Grok's Antisemitic Posts by Trish Bendix

"Do you know how racist and antisemitic you have to be for Elon Musk to step in?" Anthony Anderson, sitting in for Jimmy Kimmel, asked rhetorically.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Ronny Chieng on Trump's Nobel Nomination: Consider the Source by Trish Bendix

An endorsement from Benjamin Netanyahu for the Nobel Peace Prize is like "a Husband of the Year nomination from O.J. Simpson," the "Daily Show" host said.

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Jon Stewart Thinks Congress Is Basically Pro Wrestling Without the Fun by Trish Bendix

The "Daily Show" host said the drama around President Trump's big policy bill was about as authentic as a World Wrestling Entertainment match.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Jimmy Fallon Wonders What Trump Will Launch Next by Trish Bendix

The "Tonight Show" host said it was crazy that the president had "launched an attack on Iran, his own parade and a cellphone in the same week."

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Jordan Klepper Calls Trump Out for His 'Irish Exit' at G7 by Trish Bendix

The president left the Group of 7 summit in Canada a day ahead of schedule, and Tuesday's "Daily Show" host thinks he knows why.

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Late Night Thinks Trump's Military Parade Was Kind of Dull by Trish Bendix

It was "basically a $50 million version of when a 5-year-old shows you every car in his Hot Wheels collection," Jimmy Kimmel said on Monday.

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Friday, June 13, 2025

Late Night Reviews Trump's Night at the Theater by Trish Bendix

Jimmy Kimmel said that Trump "going to see 'Les Misérables' right now is like Kanye going to 'Fiddler on the Roof.'"

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

Desi Lydic Wants Trump to Leave the Troops Alone by Trish Bendix

Hosts ripped into his comment during a speech to troops about former President Joe Biden never having been "the sharpest bulb."

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Thursday, June 5, 2025

Stephen Colbert Wonders if Elon Musk's Ketamine Has Worn Off by Trish Bendix

It's the only explanation the "Late Show" host can think of for the tech mogul's apparent disenchantment with the Trump administration.

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Late Night Hopes Trump and Musk Can Patch Things Up by Trish Bendix

"Oh, no, not my two favorite people fighting!" said the "Daily Show" host Michael Kosta. "Don't make me choose who I love more."

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Best of Late Night: Late Night Congratulates Trump on His 10,000th Lie by Trish Bendix

"If Trump had a dollar for every lie he's told, he would say he had a billion dollars," said Stephen Colbert.

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Saturday, February 7, 2015

Alison Bechdel illustrates her experience watching "Fun Home: The Musical" - AfterEllen by Trish Bendix

Alison Bechdel's award-winning graphic memoir Fun Home is now an award-winning musical, and it's coming to Broadway next month. Alison illustrated her experience after seeing the production …

SOURCE: www.afterellen.com at 11:19AM[SHARE]

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