Friday, May 2, 2025

Colbert, Meyers, Kosta, and Kimmel take closer looks at Mike Waltz being fired on Flashback Friday

Happy Flashback Friday! I'm revisiting 'SNL' mocks the Signal group chat in its cold open and Weekend Update and LegalEagle contrasts 'Signal War Plans vs. Hillary's Emails' for Throwback Thursday today, beginning with Stephen Colbert's monologue, Trump Ousts Mike Waltz | Stockpiling Toilet Paper | Bondi's Fentanyl Formula | Gorilla vs. 100 Men.

President Trump ousted National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and gave the job to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, officials are hoarding supplies ahead of an expected spike in prices, someone needs to check Attorney General Pam Bondi's math, and Stephen weighs in on a question that is burning up the internet.
First, as I wrote in John Oliver examines RFK Jr. & HHS, "Hoover Cleveland will only do the right thing for the wrong reasons." Instead of firing Waltz for using Signal instead of government email, I'm sure he replaced him with Marco Rubio because he included Editor of the Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg and let the public know about the chat. Second, nominating Waltz to be Ambassador to the United Nations is a promotion, not a firing. I don't know if he'll be an improvement over Elise Stefanik. Probably not.

I'll get to Pam Bondi later. In the meantime, officials hoarding toilet paper is a bad sign of trouble ahead, even if China has very little to do with toilet paper. Also, I'm a biologist, so I'm supporting what the experts are saying about gorillas, as much fun as 100 men vs. a gorilla sounds.

I turn next to Seth Meyers in Trump Ousts Waltz After Signal Scandal, Says Kids Don’t Need Toys Affected by Tariffs: A Closer Look.

Seth takes a closer look at turmoil and confusion in Trump's White House after he announced he was moving his scandal-plagued national security adviser to a different job.
"Once a leaker, always a leaker, often a leaker." Yeah, Kegseth, you'd know.

Hoover Cleveland's callous remarks about Christmas presents is another bad economic sign. It's also enough to earn him the nickname "Donnie Two Dolls." Now I'm thinking of Sugar and Spice, Two-Face's girlfriends from Batman Forever.


That may not be as effective as comparing Hoover Cleveland to The Grinch or Marie Antoinette. I'm looking forward to the memes already.

I'm continuing with The Daily Show's Mike Waltz Leaves the Group Chat for a U.N. One & Trump’s Town Hall Gets Racist.

Michael Kosta continues TDS coverage of Trump’s 100th day in office with reports from NewsNation’s town hall, where the president racially slighted Stephen A. Smith, as well as details on Mike Waltz’s exit and subsequent United Nations promotion, and Pam Bondi’s ridiculous claims about fentanyl deaths.
Stupid racism from Hoover Cleveland at a town hall? I'll let Iago respond for me.


Speaking of stupid, Bondi's math on fentanyl rests on very shaky assumptions, and it just gets worse. That doesn't stop him from believing it. As I've said before, "the voices in his head are not reliable sources. Neither are the real people he listens to." That includes Bondi.

I close with Jimmy Kimmel's Trump Fires His First Cabinet Member, Gets Protested Across Country & Called a "Man of DEEP FAITH!"

Thousands of concerned citizens joined shoulders across America to protest our dear leader and his minions, employees at the FEC will soon be required to report their location every day, Trump headed to Mar-A-Lago today for another three day weekend, Elon is dialing back his DOGE duties to focus on his own disaster of a company, Don Jr is co-founding an exclusive members only club in Washington D.C., all of America’s most prominent religious figures were at the White House today for a “National Day of Prayer,” Dr. Phil claimed that Trump is a man of deep faith, NewsNation had a town hall where Trump talked about how much people who are “Black” love him, a deal was signed with Ukraine for rights to their rare earth minerals, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz is OUT, longtime anchor Steve Doocy made a major announcement this morning on Fox & Friends, and it’s time for our now-beloved tradition, the “Can You Believe What Month it Is” montage for May.
I'm glad to see Jimmy K. report on the May Day protests. All the other late-night hosts missed them in their monologues, but they're on the East Coast. Jimmy is southern California, so he has three more hours to catch up on the news.

Follow over the jump for a retrospective of last year's top posts about the 2024 election where Hoover Cleveland was the focus.


I shared Stewart, Meyers, and Colbert take closer looks at Trump 'working' at McDonald's from October 22, 2024 at the Citizen Connect/Coffee Party Facebook page, which contributed to the post earning 809 default and 831 raw page view to be first during October 2024. Page views trickled in until it ended the 2024-2025 blogging year with 886 raw page views to rank fifth among entries posted between March 21, 2024 and March 20, 2025 and seventh overall during the blogging year.


I shared Colbert, Meyers, Stewart, and Kimmel take more closer looks at Stormy Daniels testimony from May 10, 2024 at the Coffee Party USA/Citizen Connect Facebook page. That earned it 280 default and 310 raw page views during May 2024 to rank fourth overall for the month. It ended the blogging year with 485 raw page views to rank 20th among entries posted between March 21, 2024 and March 20, 2025 and 24th overall.


I shared Colbert, Meyers, and Kimmel return to take closer looks at the presidential campaigns from September 4, 2024 at the Citizen Connect Facebook page, then Steve in Manhattan included the link in Mike's Blog Roundup at Crooks and Liars. Both contributed to it earning 349 default and 375 raw page views during September 2024 for it to rank second among entries posted during the month and fourth overall. It gained page views to end the blogging year with 372 default and 411 raw page views to rank 15th by default page views, 33rd among entries posted during the blogging year and 37th overall.

I mentioned that "Slotkin has replaced Kyrsten Sinema as the most 'Establishment' Senator caucusing with Democrats. That deserves a post of its own" in Stewart, Meyers, Colbert, and Kimmel take closer looks at Trump's first 100 days for Wayback Wednesday. I might write that tomorrow. Stay tuned.

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