What Stephen Miller does in the shadows, a DailyShowography

I closed Lydic, Colbert, Meyers, and Kimmel take closer looks at the first American Pope for Flashback Friday with a program note for today: "Stay tuned for a non-retrospective entry tomorrow, maybe the one about Stephen Miller I mentioned in the footnote to 'SNL' mocks Trump's executive orders during his second first 100 days." Here's the footnote and its setup.

JD Vance...still isn't as creepy as Stephen Miller.*
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*The Daily Show has a video about Miller, which plays up how creepy he is, that I might share.

Given that Miller has said that the Administration is considering suspending habeas corpus, that video is even more timely than ever. Watch Stephen Miller: Sucking the Blood Out of American Democracy.

From the dark halls of Santa Monica to the caves of the Trump administration, Stephen Miller has been working in the shadows as the White House Chief of Staff. From influencing election denial to mass deportations, can Stephen Miller’s vampiric bite kill American democracy?

This is right up there with the three DailyShowographies I embedded in Dailyshowographies of Tim Walz and JD Vance plus 'The Daily Show's Emmy Awards in terms of story-telling through creative editing and voice-over. I fully expect at least one of the segments featuring Tim Walz, JD Vance, and Stephen Miller will earn a nomination for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming (Segment) in July. That's the good. The bad is that he's a threat to rule of law, which I think is even more fundamental than democracy in securing both liberty and security. In that way, he mirrors his boss, who has benefited from due process while denying it to others. The ugly, other than Miller himself, is that the corn pone part of corn pone fascist may not apply to him, although going to Duke University in North Carolina might qualify him, the fascist part certainly does.

That was the silly part of today's coverage. PBS NewsHour provides the serious part in Top Trump adviser suggests White House could suspend habeas corpus to deport migrants.

The Trump administration again escalated its fight with the judiciary. In stunning remarks, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said they are considering suspending habeas corpus for migrants contesting detentions. Miller’s comments come as judges across the country have blocked major parts of President Trump’s immigration agenda. Laura Barrón-López reports.

Yikes! Actually hearing Miller propose such an action, which requires approval from Congress, makes it even more chilling.

That's a wrap for today's post. Stay tuned for highlights of tonight's Saturday Night Live, which will both filter the week's news through comedy and celebrate Mother's Day.