Jordan Klepper breaks down the headlines, including an AI summit in Washington that left us with exactly the same amount of federal AI regulation (read: none). Plus, former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith appears before the Senate to answer questions about his “misconduct,” and Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt falls on his proverbial ass on live TV when his ambush of Smith backfires spectacularly. By the way, did anyone see that Atlanta Hawks game? Neither did Jack Smith.As I wrote in the last closer look, Donald "Pervert Hoover" Trump is interested in three things, self-aggrandisement, self-enrichment, and revenge. Rebranding and empowering A.I. (no, it's not super intelligence; even the best computers have just enough capacity to rival a fly's brain) qualifies as the first two, while going after Jack Smith qualifies as the third. The former will likely succeed. The last failed spectacularly, at least on Tuesday, as Seth Meyers also documented in Sen. Eric Schmitt & GOP Humiliate Themselves at Train Wreck Jack Smith Hearing: A Closer Look.
Seth takes a closer look at Senate Republicans humiliating themselves in a train wreck hearing where they tried and failed to catch former special prosecutor Jack Smith in a gotcha moment.Trying to make the wheels of (in)justice grind Jack Smith failed, at least this time. Schmitt and the other Senate Republicans were too invested in their narrative to realize that the facts didn't support it. Also, Schmitt only talking about NBA and Men's NCAA games showed that they didn't even consider Women's NCAA. That makes them look sexist as well as stupid. Kudos to Senator and likely future Governor Amy Klobuchar for correcting the record.
Jimmy Kimmel covered both the failed ambush of Jack Smith and the A.I. summit in Trump Falls Asleep on Live TV, Tells the Truth for First Time & Our Favorite Foxtrotter Guillermo!
Aunt Chippy joins us in Brooklyn, the Yankees hosted the Red Sox for Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series, Trump told the truth today for the first time ever, had lunch with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and other A.I. leaders, Trump is still trying to blame everything on Joe Biden and can’t stop falling asleep, Republicans are investigating Jack Smith’s investigation, and we talk to Guillermo & his partner Witney on the set of Dancing with the Stars.Pervert Hoover falling asleep after calling Joe Biden "Sleepy" is not my first choice for "every accusation is a confession," but it sure works. And, yes, Senator Schmitt is a Schmitthead.
I could go on about MAHA, but it's time to wrap up. Stay tuned for a longer post tomorrow.