Closer looks at Project 2025 and President Biden post-debate as Meyers, Colbert, and Stewart return from break

I opened MSNBC's anchors and expert guests analyze the Supreme Court's immunity ruling with a whine.

It seems all the late-night talk show hosts are off this week for the 4th of July, so I can't filter yesterday's Supreme Court ruling granting U.S. Presidents immunity from prosecution for official acts through comedy. How bleak and disappointing! I was looking forward to hearing their audiences boo as loudly as they cheered when told about Trump's indictment. Maybe next week.

It's been a long week, but they're back. I begin with Seth Meyers calling out Trump Caught Lying About Project 2025, Biden Insists He's Staying in Race: A Closer Look.

Seth takes a closer look at the political fallout from Joe Biden and Donald Trump's first debate in the 2024 presidential election while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims he wouldn't eat dogs.

Like Seth, I wish this was the wrong timeline, but it's the same timeline we've been in all along. Sigh.

That written, I chose this video to lead off because it's the one that put the most focus on Project 2025. As Tom Sullivan wrote two days ago at Digby's Hullabaloo, "When you’ve cut your opponent over the eye, work the eye!"

Meanwhile, Joe Biden has a cut over his eye, too, because of his debate performance. At least Seth is telling Biden to sew it up so he can fight convicted criminal Hoover Cleveland more effectively. In the meantime, it's not the Republicans who are working Biden's cut, it's fellow Democrats trying to replace him in the ring. With "friends" like these, Biden hardly needs enemies and he already has enemies!

The rest of the late-night talk show hosts returning last night concentrated on the continuing fallout from the debate. Follow over the jump for them.

Stephen Colbert returned with his monologue The Worst Debate Of All Time | Biden: "Challenge Me At The Convention" | Two Competing Virtues.

Stephen Colbert recaps the reactions to President Biden's disastrous debate and examines the challenges Democrats face going forward as the president refuses to step aside.

The Supreme Court's immunity decision isn't the only reason people who care about democracy are running around with their hair on fire. Their worry that Biden might not be able to beat Trump again is another. I have news for them; switching candidates now won't help. Someone who might need to learn that is Jon Stewart Examines Biden’s Future Amidst Calls For Him to Drop Out.

Jon Stewart has some concerns in the aftermath of Joe Biden’s debate performance. Jon digs into the backlash to America’s bed-wetting panic over Biden’s incoherence, some of the president’s recent slip-ups, the future of the Democratic candidate, and Biden’s promise in an ABC interview with George Stephanopoulos to give “fighting fascism” his all.

At least Stewart began well by acknowledging the British and French election results, but he lost it as he expressed his frustration with the presidential contest. He really does not like the choices, even if they might be good for comedy, as bad as he thinks they would be for the country. At least he recognized how much worse Hoover Cleveland is than Biden, but people expect Hoover Cleveland to be this bad. That written, he's not really friendly fire, as much as many of his fans would like. His job is to entertain people while telling what he sees as the truth, not get Democrats elected.

I'll be frank; Stewart's rant annoyed me. On the other hand, Jon Stewart & The News Team Deliver a Divine Message to Biden made me laugh.

Joe Biden said he might drop out of the race if the "Lord Almighty" came down and told him to. So has anyone asked any divine beings their thoughts? Jon Stewart and The Daily Show News Team help deliver that godly message to Joe Biden from above.

Biden isn't going to listen to these people, either, but at least they were funny. So is Colbert's cold open, Play Mystery Candidate Today!

Try the unexpected new game where you must pick someone, anyone, to replace Joe Biden.

None of you are picking Kamala Harris, Night President? Shame on you!

I'm taking a break from working the eye over Project 2025 for the next two days as I celebrate three holidays, National Piña Colada Day, National Mojito Day, and World Population Day. I love holidays and keeping this blog's traditions. Besides, I can't be all DOOM all the time!