Donald Trump takes to Twitter to bitch about being a punchline for late night comedians, demands equal time.

Late Night host are dealing with the Democrats for their very "unfunny" & repetitive material, always anti-Trump! Should we get Equal Time?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2017

More and more people are suggesting that Republicans (and me) should be given Equal Time on T.V. when you look at the one-sided coverage?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2017

By the way the "more and more people" Trump is talking about are the voices in his head.

The same voices that told him that they were finding evidence that President Obama was not born in the United States.

As for equal time, this guy can get television coverage every single day if he wants, while late night comedians only get five nights a week. Or in some cases only one.

Besides that there is a comedy show for conservatives, it's called Fox News, though to be fair perhaps its really only laugh out loud funny to progressives.

One tonight show writer had his own message for Donald Trump. Shut up.

First Trump talks about limiting the 1st Amendment, and now he wants to silence late night comedians.

It's like the only voice he wants to be heard is his own.

Jimmy Kimmel goes on a one man crusade against the Graham-Cassidy Trumpcare bill.

Courtesy of Yahoo News:

Jimmy Kimmel slammed Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana on his show Tuesday night for proposing new health care legislation that Kimmel said fails the "Jimmy Kimmel test" that Cassidy himself had proposed in an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in May. 

Cassidy appeared on the program earlier this year after Kimmel made an emotional plea for health care legislation that would insure affordable health coverage for all, including people with pre-existing conditions and with no lifetime caps, in the wake of Kimmel's newborn son needing life-saving heart surgery. 

But Kimmel said Wednesday night the new legislation Cassidy and co-sponsor Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., have proposed in the Senate did not meet those requirements. 

"Not only did Bill Cassidy fail the Jimmy Kimmel test, he failed the Bill Cassidy test," Kimmel said. "He failed his own test."

Jimmy Kimmel reaches over two million viewers each night, so his advocacy to protect Obamacare should not be taken lightly.

The conservatives like to mock celebrities getting involved with politics, but they do that because they know it is effective.

Right now Jimmy Kimmel is risking his career to protect our access to health care, let's not let him fight that all by himself.

By the way Bill Cassidy responded to Jimmy Kimmel's allegations this morning.

.@BillCassidy responds to Kimmel: "I'm sorry he does not understand." With new bill "more people will have coverage" https://t.co/1wWZe843vC

— New Day (@NewDay) September 20, 2017

Yeah, that guy should never play poker, because the fact that he is lying is written all over his face. 

Stephen Colbert travels to Russia to spend the night in the presidential suite mentioned in the infamous "pee pee tape."

Courtesy of Slate: 

On Thursday, Colbert shared what he calls “the whole damn reason” he went to Russia in the first place: He wanted to find evidence that the Steele dossier, a series of leaked memos full of scandalous allegations about Trump’s campaign’s ties to Russia, was real. But Colbert wasn’t interested in the parts about financial ties and collusion—no, Colbert wanted to find the alleged compromising footage the Kremlin took of Trump watching Russian prostitutes urinate on the bed at the presidential suite at the Moscow Ritz-Carlton. In other words, he wanted to find “the pee pee tape.” 

With that noble mission in mind, Colbert set out through the streets of Moscow to ask bewildered interview subjects and pedestrians whether they have any leads on “the pee pee tape.” And when those questions yielded nothing, he did what any serious investigative journalist worth his salt would do: He rented the presidential suite for a night, bringing along surveillance expert Andrei Soldatov, to help him look for clues. He didn’t find any, but he definitely had a great time cracking urine puns and jumping on the bed. Maybe the real pee pee tape was the friends we made along the way.

Did you ever not realize how much you needed something, until you saw it?

Well that describes me and this bit.

I had no idea how much I would enjoy this until I was in fact enjoying it.

Now, now I can go back to covering the craziness surrounding Donald Trump with a smile on my face, a song in my heart, and absolutely no pee pee in my bed.

Good news, the FCC will NOT be taking any action against Stephen Colbert for suggesting that Trump's mouth was only good as Putin's c**k holster.

Courtesy of Variety:

The FCC will not take any action in response to complaints over a May 1 broadcast of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” in which the host quipped during his opening monologue that “the only thing [Trump’s] mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin’s c— holster.” 

The FCC received thousands of complaints following the broadcast. In response to an inquiry, an FCC spokesman provided a statement on the status of its review. 

“Consistent with standard operating procedure, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has reviewed the complaints and the material that was the subject of these complaints,” the FCC statement said. “The Bureau has concluded that there was nothing actionable under the FCC’s rules.”

The Right Wing really went after Colbert hard on this one.

They even comically suggested that his remarks were homophobic.

Unfortunately for them after "teh gays" stopped laughing their asses off, they responded with  "No, not at all."

Personally I hope that every other late night comic sees this and is emboldened to make their own obscene, yet totally accurate, remarks about Donald Trump.

And if they want to see how that is done they simply have to watch the master at work.

God I love that clip.

FCC may go after Stephen Colbert for suggesting that Donald Trump's mouth was Putin's "c**k holster."

Courtesy of The Hill: 

Late night talk show host Stephen Colbert’s controversial joke about President Trump drew the attention of the Federal Communications Commission. The agency received “a number” of complaints about Colbert’s commentary earlier in the week, according to the FCC’s chief. 

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai promised to “take the appropriate action” following a comprehensive investigation of Colbert’s remarks. 

The FCC's response will depend on whether Colbert’s remarks are considered “obscene.” 

“We are going to take the facts that we find and we are going to apply the law as it’s been set out by the Supreme Court and other courts and we’ll take the appropriate action,” he told Talk Radio 1210 WPHT Thursday. 

“Traditionally, the agency has to decide, if it does find a violation, what the appropriate remedy should be,” he said. "A fine, of some sort, is typically what we do.”

Somehow I doubt that Colbert is going to sweat any FCC fine, since currently his show is enjoying its best ratings since it first went on the air: 

As conservative activists call on CBS to #FireColbert, the network reports that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has just scored its best overnight rating since the week the show premiere in September 2015. Thursday night's episode scored a 2.5 rating, far surpassing NBC's Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, which came in at 1.9. According to CBS, this number marked a 19% increase from the previous Thursday and a 32% bump from the same night last year. 

By the way if you are one of the few people who have not yet seen the bit that caused all of his hullabaloo, well here's your chance to join the club.

And you're welcome.

Stephen Colbert earns #FireColbert hashtag on Twitter after daring to mock Donald Trump.

🔥🔥🔥Genius! Thanks to #FireColbert it will be watched by many more 👍 pic.twitter.com/FxjcGHCO6F

— ⚓️Kevin Patrick (@vinkell) May 3, 2017

That brilliant bit of truth telling, did not go over well with the Trumpians.

#FireColbert
Sponsors@ProcterGamble 800-742-6253@Ford 800-392-3673@Pfizer 800-879-3477@Bayer 800-800-4793
Send an email AND make a call. pic.twitter.com/bwKiU6Ag6a

— Philip Schuyler (@FiveRights) May 3, 2017

There is a fine line between comedy and just plane insults..#FireColbert #stephencolbert

— Frederic Aboujaoude (@frederic_aj) May 3, 2017

Need to send a message to all sponsors to #FireColbert or lose business. That's the only way the left will listen. Follow the money.

— Lisa Benoist (@lisabenoist1959) May 3, 2017

However, as you might imagine, this has inspired those on the Left to openly mock the effort.

Now the little right wing mushrooms want to #FireColbert because he made fun of the Troll King. Waaaa! It'll go as well as #BoycottHamilton.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) May 3, 2017

#FireColbert is the new #BoycottRogueOne. I'm sure it will be equally successful.

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 3, 2017

#FireColbert WELL, HE JUST "SAYS IT LIKE IT IS"
Isn't that the platform that got President cheeto into office? #GiveColbertARaise

— Tif🕊️ (@PDXtif) May 3, 2017

I see #FireColbert is trending. I wonder if he'll suffer the same horrible fate that Starbucks and Hamilton suffered after their boycotts 😂

— Francis Maxwell (@francismmaxwell) May 3, 2017

Personally I think that any late night comedian who inspires this kind of anger from Trump supporters, is doing a hell of a job.

Just watch how quickly his ratings start going up. 

Ricky Gervais gives greatest answer ever concerning the existence of god.

Courtesy of Raw Story: 

“I know that you’re an atheist,” Colbert began during Wednesday’s episode of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. “Do you want to debate the existence of god?” 

After Gervais signaled he was up for the challenge, Colbert asked his fellow comedian, “Why is there something instead of nothing, why does the universe exist at all?” 

Gervais protested the premise of Colbert’s question, insisting the argument for religion isn’t over why the universe exists, but how. He explained that he’s “agnostic atheist,” meaning while he doesn’t know for sure whether there is a god, he doesn’t think anything outside “science and nature” created the universe. 

“Atheism isn’t a belief system,” Gervais said, arguing it is “only rejecting the claim there’s a god.” 

“You don’t believe in 2,999 gods,” Gervais added. “And I don’t believe in just one more.”

This has become my go to response to the question about god, except that I now say that there are actually over 100,000, and then suggest the insanity in simply accepting the existence of only one while rejecting so many thousands that don't meet your simple standards.

Which are typically that you have never heard of them, or that the argument for their existence has not been drummed into your head since birth.

Later in the conversation Gervais added his about science: 

"Science is constantly proved all the time. If we take something like any fiction, any holy book, and destroyed it, in a thousand years’ time that wouldn’t come back just as it was. Whereas if we took every science book and every fact and destroyed them all, in a thousand years they’d all be back, because all the same tests would be the same result.”

Yes, this....so much of this. 

President Obama reads mean tweets.

Okay, now that last one was funny.

Damn, am I going to miss this guy running my country.

By the way I hate to burst Doanld Trump's bubble but I am extremely confident that history will judge Barack Obama to be one of the very best Presidents this country has ever produced.

Here is a brief mental health break for today. Stephen Colbert helps President Obama with his resume.

The rest of the day is going to be chick full of upsetting news stories and of course tonight is the last debate between Hillary Clinton and that guy who already lost the election but doesn't know it, so I just felt that this would be a nice respite.

P.S. If that is not enough to engage your funny bone there is also the fact that Colbert is on the TV censor's shit list for drawing a Venn diagram for all of the Trump conspiracies.

Stephen Colbert brilliantly responds to Sarah Palin's Facebook post about her "rock running" injury.

Courtesy of Decider: 

“Governor Palin, I hope you rest up there heck what with the rock-running and the stone-skipping and the boulder-bingo. Remember my middle name is Tyrone with with the media coverup with the danger zone and everybody cutting footloose loosey-goosey good for the gander, good for the planner of the Down Dog wedding. Hey! The cookies are ready! Track Trig Trig Track Break your momma’s back – why? Because our veterans. Drill baby drill! Try our mozzarella sticks! Ask me about free shipping. God bless it. Just leave it alone, voices.”

Yep that sounds exactly like her.

However for my money nothing beats Stephen Colbert's response to Sarah Palin's bizarre take on Paul Revere's ride.

Late night punchline, just like I predicted back in 2009. 

Conan O'Brien breaks a longstanding rule to keep his opinions about guns in this country to himself, and he is not alone.

Now as gratifying as it is to see O'Brien breaking his silence and finally expressing the view shared by so many in this country, there is another who chimed in who came from a very surprising place.

Fox News.

Well she lost her job.

All kidding aside I think we are quite close to a breaking point where the NRA is going to lose their stranglehold on the Republican party and the conservative news outlets, and we will finally see common sense take hold which will hopefully translate into the passing of some very necessary gun laws.

I just cannot imagine how many more have to die before people say enough is enough, and finally force our politicians to do their damn jobs.

After all, they work for us not the fucking gun lobby.

President Obama slow jams the news on the Tonight Show and it is awesome! Update!

Damn he slammed Donald Trump, promoted Hillary Clinton, and defended TPP in one segment.

I know you all are tired of hearing me say how much I am going to miss this man, so I won't say it.

(But I AM gonna miss this man.)

Update: Oops I forgot to include this link to the Obama Diary, with many more You Tube videos of President Obama's appearance. 

President Obama on the Tonight Show expresses concern over the what has happened to the Republican party.

Courtesy of Time: 

President Obama told Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday that he’s “worried” about the future of the Republican Party in light of the rise of presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. President Obama sat down with Fallon on the set of the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon for an episode that will air in full Thursday. 

“The truth is actually I am worried about the Republican Party. And-and I know that sounds– you know– you know what it sounds like,” President Obama said in response to a question about whether he thinks Republicans are happy with their nominee. “You want the Republican nominee to be somebody who could do the job if they win. And you want folks who understand the issues. And where you can sit across the table from them and you have a principled argument. And ultimately can still move the country forward.”

First off let me say that I loved the President's first response to that question about the Republican's being happy with their candidate. Sounds like something I would say.

But secondly his real answer was perfect as well.

You know as a liberal I am always pushing for a liberal agenda and I get frustrated when it either gets blocked by the conservatives or watered down enough to be more palatable to both sides.

But to be honest I realize it is part of the process for folks in Washington with different ideologies and different agendas to work together to help represent ALL of the American people to the best of their abilities.

That is why I raged to hard against the take no prisoners approach of the Teabaggers and part of why I was never a Bernie Bros.

If you demand ideological purity from all of your politicians you will never see one thing accomplished for ANYBODY.

Somehow or another that simple truth seems to be eluding many people these days.

Stephen Colbert takes on the Charlie Daniels NRA ad.

Not only was that hilarious but Colbert's Charlie Daniels impersonation was spot on.

Rachel Maddow offers advice to Hillary Clinton for how to defeat Donald Trump.

Courtesy of Salon: 

Donald Trump’s “policy is just like whatever’s floating in the air around him. It’s not been what he’s running on,” Maddow said. “He’s sort of running on who he is … He’s a big rich guy who doesn’t pay attention to what people want from him, and he’s willing to be politically incorrect and self-funding.” 

“If you don’t go at who he is,” she continued, “and you try to keep it based on his policies — which he doesn’t even understand let alone necessarily believe in — I think you kind of miss the point and you miss the chance to actually take him apart where it counts.”

I agree with this completely.

And it is not as if Trump is not offering up ammunition to use against him every day.

For instance:

In a phone call to NBC’s “Today” program Friday morning after this article appeared online, Trump denied that he was John Miller. “No, I don’t think it — I don’t know anything about it. You’re telling me about it for the first time and it doesn’t sound like my voice at all,” he said. “I have many, many people that are trying to imitate my voice and then you can imagine that, and this sounds like one of the scams, one of the many scams — doesn’t sound like me.” Later, he was more definitive: “It was not me on the phone. And it doesn’t sound like me on the phone, I will tell you that, and it was not me on the phone. And when was this? Twenty-five years ago?” 

Then, Friday afternoon, Washington Post reporters who were 44 minutes into a phone interview with Trump about his finances asked him a question about Miller: “Did you ever employ someone named John Miller as a spokesperson?”

The phone went silent, then dead. When the reporters called back and reached Trump’s secretary, she said, “I heard you got disconnected. He can’t take the call now. I don’t know what happened.”

This contest might literally come down to a question, not about who is more trustworthy, or experienced, but rather who is actually sane enough to do the job. 

I think Jimmy Kimmel's April Fool's day prank was the best one of all.

Courtesy of Raw Story:

“April Fools, America!” declares ‘Trump. “I’m not really running for president. It was a joke! You’re so stupid, it’s mind-boggling. It really is. Now go vote for my friend Hillary Clinton, and Make America Great Again.” 

“I can’t believe you bought these crappy hats.”

I think the reason that this works so well is that a lot of people have hoped all along that Trump would do exactly this. And who knows, he might.

I wonder if there are any Trump supporters who were fooled by this and really think Trump pulled a fast one?

After all these are not smart people.

Our moment of Zen. Elizabeth Warren's interview with Stephen Colbert.

I swear every time I see an interview with Elizabeth Warren I cannot help but wish SHE were one of our choices in this primary.

Because let me tell you that if she were in the race, it would change EVERYTHING!

And by the way, that's change I can believe in. 

Jimmy Kimmel "mansplains" to Hillary Clinton what she is doing wrong as a candidate.

I'm not going to lie partway through this I was becoming irritated on Hillary's behalf, even though I knew  she must have agreed to it beforehand.

Then when I got to the end I realized what they were doing and it was brilliant.

One thing that can be said about Hillary Clinton, she is certainly a good sport.

President Obama with Stephen Colbert last night.

I actually missed this last night, but now that I have seen it I am just all that more depressed that we will lose this wonderful President after this next year.

By the way was that not one of the lamest Superbowl games ever?

I literally turned it off with 3 minutes left of game play because I was bored and figured I had already seen all of the good commercials, which were also kind of lame.

Of all the people who are excited that Sarah Palin is back in the news, NONE are more excited than Stephen Colbert.

Courtesy of Salon: 

“God, I have missed you,” Stephen Colbert said to Sarah Palin on Wednesday night’s “Late Show.” “It’s like a magical eagle made a wish on a flag pin and it came to life. Which is great. For me.”

People always ask me "Why won't Sarah Palin just go away for good?"

And I think the best answer to that is the clip you just watched.

Because like her not, she IS a never ending fountain of comedic fodder for late night hosts, political pundits, and hard working dedicated bloggers.

Besides that for all intents and purposes Sarah Palin IS over.

Her book bombed, her cable shows are all preempted, her family is in ruins, and her career now consists of selling out completely in order to gobble up the scraps that Donald Trump tosses her direction.

That to me is finished.

P.S. If you liked Colbert's take on Palin's batshit crazy speech, you might get a kick out of what Trevor Noah did as well.