Stephen mentioned the Epstein Files, but you know what no one mentioned? The fifth anniversary of January 6th. I might do that tomorrow. Stay tuned.The Late Show with Stephen Colbert provided two clips to the cause, beginning with the cold open asking Celebrating January 6th?
Then come on into Pardon City!
Stephen continued with last night's monologue, Jan 6 Is A Permanent Stain On Trump's Legacy | The Pokémon President | Colbert Out-Rates The Don.
It's been five years since Donald Trump's failed coup at the U.S. Capitol, the assault on Venezuela might be just the beginning of the president's territorial aggression, and Stephen Colbert's audience size was three times bigger than Trump's when hosting The Kennedy Center Honors.Yesterday was Eric Trump's birthday? Now I can't forget it! Thanks, Stephen — not!
Returning to Venezuela, I wrote the following yesterday.
Is he that petty? Yes. Witness what he and the people around him are saying about the Nobel Peace Prize winner; she'd be invited to run the country if she had declined it and given it to Hoover Cleveland.As Stephen pointed out, sharing probably wouldn't be enough for Donald "Hoover Cleveland" Trump. Besides, even if María Corina Machado gave the medal to Hoover Cleveland and split the money, the Nobel Prize committee would never recognize it; Machado would be the official winner and Hoover Cleveland would not.
Even before Hoover Cleveland's maladministration has digested Venezuela, they are moving on to Greenland. I'm glad Stephen Colbert schooled Stephen Miller on the basis of Denmark's claim to Greenland. This is a profoundly stupid idea, and not just for the reasons I outlined five year's ago.
What TFG is alleged to have proposed would not have been possible in Pax Brittanica and would have been a stupid deal even if it were. First, Denmark was not one of the minor powers in the game (Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal were) and Greenland was not one of the available territories, so there would be nothing to swap for. Even if it had, I expect Greenland would have had an economic value of 1 or 2, while Puerto Rico, which is in the game, has a value of 5. This would have been a bad economic deal. Then again, if he actually did want to do this, it would have been for irrational reasons. That doesn't surprise me.Moving on to the low ratings for this year's Kennedy Center Honors, it's another example of what I repeated in Silly and serious closer looks at Trump taking over the Kennedy Center, "the surest way to get Americans to act is to mess with their entertainment. As I first wrote in 2011, 'America is quite clear about its screwed up priorities.'" In this case, the action was to boycott the Kennedy Center Honors and watch Stephen and Jimmy Kimmel, whose show also beat the Kennedy Center Honors in the ratings, instead.
Speaking of Jimmy K., it's time for his monologue, Trump Delivers Scatterbrained Speech to GOP, He Guns for Greenland & 5th Anniversary of Insurrection.
Today is the fifth anniversary of the events of January 6th when Donald Trump tried to overthrow the government in a pathetic and illegal attempt to stay in power, Speaker Mike Johnson refused to hang the official plaque to honor the law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol, Trump took the time to post his TikTok stats instead of wishing his son Eric a happy birthday, he spent 84 minutes delivering a pep talk to Republicans in the House which we whittled down for tonight’s edition of "Real Moments in Presidementia," Congress is back in session and looking to avoid another government shutdown, Trump continues to make it up as he goes along when it comes to Venezuela, sources close to the White House say that the reason Trump doesn’t support Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Machado is because she didn’t give him her Nobel Peace Price, his Legion of Dumb is gunning for Greenland again, Trump continues to claim he is in perfect health, the CDC is reducing the number of vaccines recommended for kids thanks to RFK Jr, and Trump has a brand new set of products right in time for the fifth anniversary of the Insurrection.The "Real Moments in Presidementia" reminded me that I think he sounds like Crazy Frog when he goes "bing, bing."
Jimmy K. mentioned the flu epidemic, which is happening while RFK Jr. and his CDC is recommending fewer childhood vaccinations. Covering that is now on my to-do list. In the meantime, I'm closing with Critics Choice's Jimmy Kimmel WINS Best Talk Show for "Jimmy Kimmel Live".
Congratulations to Jimmy, Guillermo, and the writers and crew of Jimmy Kimmel Live! This is now an awards show post, so here is the linkspam to the rest of the previous posts about the 2025 Critics Choice Awards.
- 'Severance,' 'The Diplomat,' and 'The Pitt' tie with four nominations at the Critics Choice Awards
- 'Nobody Wants This' leads comedy nominees at the Critics Choice Awards, but could lose to 'The Studio'
- 'Adolescence' leads TV nominees at the Critics Choice Awards
- Science fiction movie nominees at the Critics Choice Awards for Science Fiction Day
- Critics Choice and Golden Globes screenplay nominees for an early National Screenwriters Day
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