Robert Loerzel

Trump's cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid clear Congress The $9 billion package passed the House and Senate with only Republican votes through the rarely used "rescissions" process. Trump is now expected to sign it into law.

NEWS: Trump's cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid clear Congress

House gives final passage by a vote of 216-213.

The Senate passed it yesterday 51-48.

With Republican votes only. Democrats all voted NO.

This now goes to Trump for his signature.

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At least 105 members of the deployment sought counseling from behavioral health officers, and at least one company commander and one battalion commander who objected to the mission were reassigned to work unrelated to the mobilization, the Guard officers said. Some troops became so disgruntled that there were several reports of soldiers defecating in Humvees and showers at the Southern California base where the troops are stationed, prompting tightened bathroom security.

National Guard soldiers stationed in LA for Trump’s crackdown have been shitting in Humvees and showers to protest their deployment.

Mike Johnson says he hasn't seen the Wall Street Journal report about Trump's letter to Epstein, so he can't comment on it 🙃

Yes, the long calm was departing. A low advancing hum was soon heard

Trump Tells Bondi to Seek Release of Epstein Grand Jury Testimony The attorney general quickly signaled her intention to ask a court to release the papers.

Breaking News: President Trump said Pam Bondi could seek to release grand jury testimony from the Epstein case, falling short of critics’ demands for all files.

RELEASE THE PUBE-SIGNATURE!

A pickup truck has a sign over cab saying: “FRESH STEEL SERVED DAILY”

“FRESH STEEL SERVED DAILY” … seen this morning on South Ashland Avenue

Photo of Blood Incantation live on stage at Bohemian National Cemetery for The Empty Bottle’s phenomenal “Beyond the Gate” Series

Blood Incantation…IN A FUCKING CEMETERY!

God I love Chicago.

This is the best thing that has ever been posted on the internet.

Digable Planets perform on the stage at Millennium Park’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion.

I’m pretty sure Digable Planets saved their most popular song — "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" — for last, but ran out of time to play it before Millennium Park shut down the concert at 9 p.m. Dang. Otherwise, it was a good show.

CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.

America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.

Watch and share his message.

I don’t think it’s really tenable to have a situation where the president can sue someone as a supposedly private citizen but can’t be sued while in office.

They're going with "It's beyond belief that Donald Trump would talk weird"

Another way to look at this is that Stephen Colbert has 10 months without a single fuck to give. Tear them all apart until they throw you out of the building, man.

YouTube video by videoholic50s60s70s "CBS Late Movie" Intro from 1976 - taped from Dayton, Ohio!!

Your CBS late-night future
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Congrats to Stephen Colbert for never bending the knee.

The value of local archives - records of people living in that place over time - for understanding climate disasters.

“oral histories show Kerr County residents have warned one another, as well as newcomers and out-of-towners, about flooding for a long time.”

#Floods
#LocalHistory
#Archives

Here's Colbert on July 14 making fun of Paramount for paying Trump $16 million. It's hard not to see CBS canceling his show through this lens.

"I believe this kind of complicated financial settlement with a sitting government official has a technical name in legal circles. It's big fat bribe."

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IT WAS A JOKE TO THEM.

IT WAS A JOKE TO THE PEOPLE WHO ELICITED THE LETTERS.

IT WAS A JOKE TO THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE THE LETTERS.

IT WAS A JOKE TO THE PEOPLE WHO BOUND THE LETTERS IN FUCKING LEATHER.

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"The letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by the Journal, is bawdy—like others in the album. It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. A pair of small arcs denotes the woman’s breasts, and the future president’s signature is a squiggly “Donald” below her waist, mimicking pubic hair. The letter concludes: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.” In an interview with the Journal on Tuesday evening, Trump denied writing the letter or drawing the picture. “This is not me. This is a fake thing. It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story,” he said. “I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women,” he said. “It’s not my language. It’s not my words.” He told the Journal he was preparing to file a lawsuit if it published an article. “I’m gonna sue The Wall Street Journal just like I sued everyone else,” he said."

According to the Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump's birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein concludes: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”

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This is where I tell you that, just like Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert is a profoundly kind, generous and decent man. He has been that way to me and I've never heard a bad word about him, ever. He deserves better than this and I have no doubt -- like Conan -- he will get it.

CBS cancels the only CBS show I watch.

FOX NEWS MEDIA Colbert slams Paramount for settling with Trump, accuses his parent company of offering a 'big fat bribe' Paramount settled with Trump in his election interference lawsuit against the network in early July By Hanna Panreck • Fox News

= LateNighter Q / News CBS Cancels The Late Show With Stephen Colbert-Show to End in May 2026 By Jed Rosenzweig 4 MINUTES AGO

Fuck CBS cowardly cretins

Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled.

If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.

Stephen Colbert: "Next year will be our last season. The network will be ending the Late Show in May."

[boos]

"And yeah, I share your feelings."

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Boo!

We did it. We finally found the limits on executive power. 🤡

When I die I do not want a church service, memorial, burial, or even an obituary. But I do want a haunted ice cream truck procession.

One thing to keep in mind is that building in the Everglades was a deliberate choice. The administration wanted a punitive, dangerous camp. The shoddy, temporary facilities (at far above permanent-facility per-bed costs) exacerbate the conditions. Mosquitoes apparently have free rein. [2/17]