Kosta, Colbert, and Kimmel mock Trump for blaming crash on DEI and his Cabinet picks

I'm returning to topical posts today with the late-night talk-show hosts ridiculing the horse loose in the hospital's response to the first fatal commercial airline crash in the U.S. for 12 years (16 years for a fatal crash involving a U.S. carrier), beginning with Trump Blames D.C. Plane Crash on DEI and Dwarfism | The Daily Show.

Michael Kosta on the tragic Washington D.C. plane crash and Trump's baseless blame of DEI for the catastrophe. Plus, the Best F**kin' News team breaks down which of Trump's nominees was least qualified at their Senate hearings.

Paraphrasing what I wrote in Pete Davidson hosts as 'Saturday Night Live' returns, the crash is not funny, but the reactions to it can be, and Hoover Cleveland's qualifies as worthy of mockery and scorn. It also came right on schedule, as I posted the following on Bluesky yesterday.

Mrs. Betty Bowers missed "National Disability Employment Awareness Month" in her post, but I caught it. I wasn't watching C-SPAN at the time, but I posted that within minutes of Hoover Cleveland making his ableist remarks, so I'm not surprised — appalled, but not surprised.

I'm repeating what I wrote in Randy Rainbow sings 'I Think I'm Gonna Hate It Here' for Hoover Cleveland's remaining terrible nominees.

Seriously, that supposed ideological diversity probably comes from former Democrats Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr., who I called cases of failing upwards. I thought I was done with both of them when they dropped out of the 2020 and 2024 Presidential contests, respectively. Instead, I could be writing about them for the next four years. Ugh. At least my readers and I have Randy and others to keep us sane. May they be like Ben Carson AKA Doctor Pyramid, about whom I ended up writing "At least you were too boring to write about for the past four [years]" after Carson's service as HUD Secretary. May we be so lucky with Gabbard and RFK Jr.

May we be even luckier and have them not be confirmed. The same is true of Kash Patel, who I've only written about once before.

I also think that the announcement of Kash Patel's nomination for a position that isn't open yet — Christopher Wray's term doesn't expire for another three years — and Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter are more closely connected than he lets on. Patel might just have gone after Hunter even after he had gone to prison just to please convicted criminal Donald Trump.

Marcy "Emptywheel" Wheeler has more to say about him in A Summary of Kash Patel’s Disqualifications to Lead FBI. Only the best people.

Follow over the jump for reactions to Hoover Cleveland blaming the crash on DEI, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, and Barack Obama and unqualified Cabinet nominees from Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel plus a bonus closer look from Seth Meyers.

My wife said while we were talking about limiting our news intake to stay sane that she was limiting her news diet to Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and The Daily Show on TV and The Borowitz Report online. I agreed and added that we could only deal with the news if it can be made funny. Colbert demonstrated why in You're Not Crazy, Trump Is | Noem Glams Up For Bronx Raid | ICE Is Detaining American Citizens.

Trump's MAGA goons want you to believe that what's going on is normal, but it's not. For example, our new head of Homeland Security cares more about her hair and makeup than protecting American citizens from being taken away by ICE agents.

Thanks, Stephen, for the reassurance. Also, just like it's time for a Kash Patel label, it's time for a Kristi Noem label.

I continue the scorn and mockery with Jimmy Kimmel's monologue, Trump Blames DEI for Tragic Plane Crash, Kookie Kash Patel & Jimmy Chats with RFK Jr. JUNIOR.

Our thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones on the horrible plane crash in Washington DC, Trump gave a 40 minute press conference where he blamed DEI, Meta settled with Trump out of court over his suspended Facebook account and they agreed to pay him $25 million, it was a three ring circus in the Senate today as three of Trump’s most mind-numbing nominees including Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard put on a show for Congress, and since you can’t get a straight answer out of RFK Jr., Jimmy chats with RFK Jr. JUNIOR.

Watching MiniMe RFK Jr. JUNIOR in a CVS reminds me that I have a couple of videos about the drugstore chain to use next month and I posted Vox asks 'Should fluoride be in our water?' I didn't think I would link to it so soon.

I close with Trump Faces Backlash After Disastrous Funding Freeze; Bernie Rips RFK Jr.: A Closer Look.

Seth takes a closer look at Trump frantically backpedaling from a federal funding freeze that unleashed chaos and caused a furious backlash as his nominee for health secretary, RFK Jr., was grilled by the Senate.

Thanks, Seth, for reminding us that there are a lot more things going on besides attacks on diversity and unqualified Cabinet picks.

That concludes January's blogging. Stay tuned for February.