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Colbert Tries to Get Buttigieg to Announce 2028 Bid

April 23rd, 2026 1:18 PM

Because CBS is taking The Late Show off the air in less than a month, Stephen Colbert will not be able to use the show as a platform to entertain Democrats as they seek the 2028 nomination. Therefore, Colbert tried to use Wednesday’s show to compensate when he tried to get former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to announce a 2028 bid.

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Colbert, Kerry Misrepresent Facts About History, Iran War

April 22nd, 2026 9:43 AM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed former Secretary of State John Kerry to Tuesday’s edition of The Late Show to discuss the latest developments with Iran. However, what was intended as an informational segment for the audience turned into a segment that featured Kerry misrepresenting two crucial facts and acting as if he were the comedian.

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Tapper Unveils Pocket Square He Will Troll Trump With at WHCD

April 21st, 2026 9:54 AM

The relationship between CBS’s Stephen Colbert and CNN is getting especially gushy as Monday marked the one-month mark until The Late Show is canceled. On Friday, Colbert presented Anderson Cooper with a silver medal for being his second most popular guest, and on Monday, The Lead anchor Jake Tapper returned the favor with a First Amendment pocket square that he said he will…

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Comedy Shows Tell Zero Swalwell Jokes After Sexual Assault Allegations

April 17th, 2026 12:00 PM

This past week, liberal hero Eric Swalwell has been compelled to end his California gubernatorial bid and resign from Congress because of allegations that he is a rapist. While the accusations against Swalwell were disturbing, they also provided the late night comedy shows the opportunity to make fun of a Democrat, but they refused and told zero jokes about Swalwell.

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Colbert, Daily Show Try To Claim The Pope While Promoting Abortion

April 16th, 2026 10:01 AM

After Vice President JD Vance criticized Pope Leo’s recent Iran War comments as being a possible departure from traditionally understood ideas around just war theory, CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, responded on Wednesday by telling Vance to “sit down” because he has been a Catholic since the 60s while Vance only converted in 2019. Colbert then went to a commercial, and…

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Comedy Shows Play Dumb On Trump's Hormuz Blockade Announcement

April 14th, 2026 9:40 AM

The late night comedians like to think of themselves as the kind of people who use humor to highlight the absurdities coming from President Trump, but on their Monday shows, all they ended up doing was proving their own ignorance on the matters they chose to talk about. In this case, the subject was Trump’s announcement of a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz after Saturday’s failed negotiations…

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Colbert Claims Distracting From Epstein Was War's Only Achievement

April 9th, 2026 9:47 AM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert reacted to the ceasefire with Iran for the first time on Wednesday’s edition of The Late Show and was ready to declare the war a failure. A sarcastic Colbert claimed the only thing the war accomplished was providing President Trump with a distraction from the Epstein files, while his cold open also attempted to throw cold water on the idea that the U.S.…

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Colbert, Carlile: Minneapolis Helped 'Defeat Something So Oppressive'

April 8th, 2026 12:50 PM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed singer Brandi Carlile to Tuesday’s taping of The Late Show, where the duo looked back on a concert she gave in Minneapolis. According to Carlile, the concert was meant to honor the people there who showed the country how to “defeat something so oppressive.”

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SNL's Mamdani Impersonator Gushes: 'I Would Just Watch Him Smile'

April 3rd, 2026 9:41 AM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed actor, comedian, and Saturday Night Live’s Zohran Mamdani impersonator Ramy Youssef to Thursday’s taping of The Late Show to discuss what it was like to play the New York City mayor on SNL. According to Youssef, the key to doing a good Mamdani impression is to smile at everything, something Colbert agreed with.

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Meryl Streep Spreads Voter Suppression Conspiracies With Colbert

April 2nd, 2026 9:35 AM

Actress Meryl Streep stopped by CBS and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday to help spread the fictitious narrative that Republicans are trying to make voting impossible or, at least, more difficult for married women.

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Colbert Hypes Idea That God Doesn't Listen To Hegseth

April 1st, 2026 10:05 AM

As the Iran War continues, CBS’s Stephen Colbert hyped the idea on Tuesday that God is not listening to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The Late Show host made his remarks while referencing recent comments from Pope Leo, but the historical and scriptural justification for their condemnation was highly selective.

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Colbert: 'Yes We Can' Stop Fascism With Defecating Trump Balloon

March 31st, 2026 9:30 AM

The latest chapter in late night comedy’s degeneration into liberal group cathartic therapy was written on Monday as CBS’s Stephen Colbert led The Late Show audience in a “Yes, we can” chant after hyping a balloon at a No Kings rally that featured President Trump defecating fire on the Constitution and wondering if such things could help prevent the rise of fascism in America.

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STUDY: Comedy Show Jokes About America Rise To 97% In War's Third Week

March 24th, 2026 10:30 AM

In the first week of the Iran war, the late night comedians told 94 percent of their jokes about the American side. By the third week, that percentage jumped to 97 percent, according to a new Media Research Center study.

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CLOYING: Stephen Colbert Mocked by Variety for Months-Long 'Ego Trip'

March 15th, 2026 6:27 PM

The Hollywood trade publication Variety has demonstrated a dramatic anti-Trump bias – they’d call it an anti-fascist bias. So it was shocking that they published an article under the headline “Stephen Colbert’s Long ‘Late Show’ Goodbye Has Gone From Resistance to Ego Trip.” Enough of Colbert the "beloved national treasure"!