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BREAKING🚨 Trump spent all week bragging that he got Stephen Colbert “fired.” Less than 24 hours later, Colbert was back on TV with Jack White, Eminem, Steve Buscemi, and Jeff Daniels — flipping him the bird from a tiny public access studio in Michigan.
Thursday night, after 11 years, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ended on CBS. Trump immediately took a victory lap, posting an AI video of himself grabbing Colbert and throwing him into a dumpster, then dancing on the lid.
He ranted that Colbert was “talentless,” celebrated that he was “finally finished,” and basically declared himself the man who got a critic taken off network TV.
The party lasted about 23 hours.
Friday at 11:30 p.m., Colbert popped back up — not on a major network, but on Monroe Community Media 1 in Monroe, Michigan, hosting the local public‑access show “Only in Monroe.” He read goofy local news, roasted his former bosses at CBS, and welcomed surprise guests Jack White and Jeff Daniels.
Then came cameos from Steve Buscemi and hometown legend Eminem, who wandered onto the set just to show they were in on the joke. All that star power, crowding into a community‑access studio, just to send one message: you can’t cancel someone who won’t shut up.
“It’s been an excruciating 23 hours without being on TV,” Colbert deadpanned, before thanking Monroe Community Media for having him “before they get acquired by Paramount.” That’s the whole story in one line: Trump can lean on billionaires and corporate bosses. He can post his little AI cartoons.
But he cannot actually make a voice disappear if that person is determined to keep talking — even if it’s from the most bare‑bones cable channel in Michigan.
This is what authoritarian types never understand. Censoring a critic doesn’t kill the criticism. It amplifies it. By gloating over Colbert’s finale and literally sharing a fantasy of throwing him in the trash, Trump turned a late‑night host into a free‑speech folk hero.
Instead of quietly exiting the stage, Colbert got a new, bigger story: the comic who went from CBS to public access overnight just to prove that comedy doesn’t belong to corporations or presidents.
Now the clip that’s going viral isn’t Trump’s AI dumpster video. It’s Colbert sitting in a cramped local studio with Jack White and Eminem, laughing about how fast he bounced back. Everyone’s talking about the comedian Trump tried to erase — and how small, petty, and thin‑skinned the president looks in comparison.
Whatever Colbert does next, he’s going to be living rent‑free in Trump’s head the entire time. And the more Trump tries to silence him, the louder that little public‑access studio in Monroe is going to sound.
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Man muss es sich das ganz klar machen:
Eine AfD-geführte Bundesregierung würde Russland Angriffskrieg gegen Europa aktiv unterstützen.
Was die Frau hier erzählt, ist nicht nur brandgefährlich, sondern grenzt an Kollaboration mit einem fremden Aggressor.
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Alice Weidel: "I personally consider the war waged by Ukraine to be high security risk for Germany. You can’t keep poking big bear in the eye with hot iron, like drone attack deep into Russia, and expect nothing to happen."
What a vile Russian shill. She lacks basic cognitive ability to remember that Russia started this war, Russia invaded Ukraine, and Russia is deliberately poking itself in the eye with hot iron every single day instead of just going home.
Alice wants you to believe that imperial invasion is fine, but self-defense is wrong. Reject this Kremlin mouthpiece, dear Germans, do not vote for her!
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It was great joining @JamesTalarico and @GinaHinojosaTX today in Texas. They're working hard to make a difference in the lives of all Texans, and will be able to do even more as your next Senator and Governor.
Let’s get it done, Texas!
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The supreme court betrayed Black voters, they betrayed America, and they betrayed our democracy.”
- Barack Obama
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PETE BUTTIGIEG: "What if we selected our President by letting the person who got the most votes take the office, instead of the Electoral College?"
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Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach.
The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.
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Dear @SecWar
In Denmark, we say that it is perfectly fine not to come to the party if you were not invited.
The US did not reach out to its allies, but chose to go to war with Iran without consulting NATO. Now you are scolding us for not showing up — but the reality is that you never invited us.
You love to berate Europe and NATO, but you are completely forgetting — or simply do not know — the following:
1. European NATO is rearming and, as agreed, spending more than 2% — that was the target we committed to reaching by 2024, and we are there now. And we are continuing to rearm.
2. You are also forgetting — or do not know — that NATO is a defensive alliance. It has been activated once. That was 25 years ago, when the United States was attacked. Back then, we had a good relationship with one another. We spoke respectfully to each other and we trusted each other. That is what made the United States a superpower — because it had friends it could count on to show up.
Now you have repeatedly trashed us, you did not invite us to the party, and yet you are angry that we are not coming. That simply does not make any sense.
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The question now is how many Republicans will follow Trump over the cliff like lemmings?
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The Vice President is abroad campaigning for a dictator.
The President is threatening to wipe out an entire civilization.
Congress is on recess.
This is a total collapse of American moral leadership — at a historic scale.
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🚨BREAKING: Lawrence O'Donnell looked America in the eye tonight and said on live TV what many are thinking about Donald Trump's profane, perverse, filthy outburst on Easter Sunday to commit war crimes.
"The 25th Amendment was written for yesterday at 8:03am."
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AS A NORWEGIAN I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IF OUR PM SAID BAT SHIT CRAZY SHIT LIKE THIS 24/7 HE WOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND LOCKED UP IN A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL 🤷 AMERICA THIS IS NOT NORMAL🙄
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Donald Trump votes by mail. But this week, he signed an Executive Order so you can’t.
Why? Because he is scared of your power, and he is scared of losing the midterms.
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🇩🇪Absolute masterclass in road discipline on the German Autobahn!
When traffic comes to a standstill, drivers instantly shift left and right to create a Rettungsgasse, a crystal-clear emergency corridor right down the middle, so ambulances, fire trucks, and rescue vehicles can fly through at full speed. It’s the law in Germany and Austria, and it literally saves lives. This is how you do it!
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Congratulations to all Americans who dared to take to the streets today and publicly expressed their stance and disagreement with the actions and policies of their president. #WeSayNoKings 👍👍👍
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BREAKING: No Kings protests kick off in 3000 cities across America to protest against the most vile, destructive president in history.
Below is Washington DC
