Senators Slow Approval Of Biden's Rescue Plan And Show Their Hands Ahead Of Impeachment Trial

[@brendancolliander4438]

I'm so glad Stephen Colbert is so much happier now, you can feel the vibe

[@randomrangoon5476]

Definitely visibly happy and even tone of his voice. You can hear the happiness

[@craighajwan4598]

Yes he must have seething having the guy (Trump), who the media hated being as successful as he was pre covid, and winning the 2016 election even though these talk show hosts said it wasn’t possible must have sucked. Now things can go back to normal. No more “mean words” on twitter from the mean orange man, and more wars in the Middle East. Colbert must be happy 👍

[@ameliakittie6009]

Brendan, you are so right. As soon as I turned on this show today his happiness was visible. So nice to see.

[@BasedRedemption]

@@craighajwan4598 Triggered much?

[@mylesstephens7791]

@@craighajwan4598 jeez stop being triggered

[@dianefrancis1296]

The heavy wheezing behind the camera is the chef's kiss to this show.

[@breakfast-burrito]

This is absolutely one of the funniest episodes because it feels so natural. Like an old fireside chat.

[@nikolaipersad4098]

THIS!!

[@jill6106]

Exactly what I've been thinking! 😂😂 Wish we knew who it was.

[@realistool78]

Florida sees dramatic flue

[@requiemforameme1]

Kinda reminds me of Brad Leone and Vinny Bo Binny in pre-woke Bon Appetit. 🥲

[@FoXfiVe]

The guy holding his laughter behind the camera is better than any laugh track.

[@melanatedqueen]

I love him. I always wish to see his face

[@AJ-fe8om]

I think the guy behind the camera wrote the jokes.

[@kissofshadows21]

Agreed!

[@Heartwing13]

Mic him up! Mic him up! Mic him up!

[@brandielee7971]

Agreed

[@BetterLifeAhead35]

The sound of someone trying and failing to hold back laughter is so much better than a laughing audience

[@TheNinnyfee]

Imagine a violent offender arguing that he shouldn't be sentenced because he is a FORMER violent offender as he isn't offending right now.

[@krejados1]

Worse: that defense flies and the offender goes free.

[@thatswhatisaid8908]

And, then imagine we say "ok, fair enough" and in FOUR YEARS back he trots and does the same thing again, only this time he succeeds! Imagine the hand-wringing and the wails of "but i thought he'd learned his lesson! "

[@MrGgabber]

Imagine someone says "March peacefully", then a couple dozen LARPers cause some trouble and a bunch of morons blame the guy who told thousands of people to be peaceful.

[@tundevirag755]

@@MrGgabber Imagine someone says "be there, will be wild!", "If you don't fight like hell, you won't have a country anymore" and "we won this election and they stole it from us", and then trying to deflect 100% of the responsibility because he might have also said things that were less inflammatory. I don't think Trump will be convicted, but he is responsible here if not guilty. But the whole protest would not have happened if he hadn't told his voters for 2 months that secretly, he is the real president. You just want to believe him innocent, because you don't like the other party and whatever they do is a witch hunt to you.

[@joels5150]

@@MrGgabber Imagine if that same guy spent the previous 5 years openly advocating for and encouraging violence against his political opponents and the media 🤔. Imagine if he spent more than two months lying about election fraud and telling people if the other side won they wouldn’t have a country anymore. You don’t have to imagine any of it. It all happened and was recorded live for posterity.

[@sophiabrooks7330]

You look so much happier now Stephen and I’m right along with you.

[@handyvickers]

Yeah, along with 7,5 billion others on this planet (minus around 70 million)...

[@Leonaza7]

This is just the beginning folks. It's like any bad employee that was fired, you find out just how bad they were and it takes months to clean up their failures. 🤨

[@jeffreym68]

I see we worked at the same company at some point!

[@DSAK55]

years

[@QuantumPineapple]

Trump is gone yet youre still talking about him TDS much?

[@annihilator45]

@@QuantumPineapple troll go away!

[@mrswampgass2186]

@@QuantumPineapple with available health care we can now afford to treat the trauma he gave us.

[@ziziroberts8041]

All of sudden, their line is, He's not president anymore. That's ridiculous.

[@Bill_Garthright]

Yup. And there's no legal justification for it, either. Politicians have been impeached after leaving office before. Of course, that might have been back when Republicans _cared_ about the rule of law.

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

@@Bill_Garthright Republicans ony care when a it happens to a Democrat. And not because they care about the subject, but because they care about beating the Democrats

[@evatripp7788]

It's especially ridiculous & slimily deceptive because moscow mitch is the one who said there wasn't time to convict t... before he left office insinuating that there could be a trial after he left office but now it's " but he's not in office anymore!" repugs are cowardly greedy lowlife scum with no real moral courage unless they can find or make up something to accuse their political opponents of. No accountability of the party of " personal responsibility" by the party of " personal responsibility"!!!

[@elincarlsson6388]

Suddenly. Not "all of a sudden." 😘😘😘😘😘

[@MaeljinRajah]

@@elincarlsson6388 either or work really. suddenly, all of a sudden, I decided to smoke a joint, again, for instance.

[@Rebius]

it's like "you can't arrest me, I stopped stealing half an hour ago, therefore I'm no longer a criminal."

[@mollyprysunka4828]

Is it not GTA rules?

[@petekatmangold5460]

Like Obammma.

[@lorettanericcio-bohlman567]

I love how Republicans just scream out “Obama” or “Hillary” periodically

[@riomochaccino2108]

A single person behind the scenes wheeze-laughing is so much funnier to me than hearing all the laughter from a full audience for some reason.

[@resourceress7]

Yes but only if they're wearing two layers of mask!

[@LassieGal]

I know. I really enjoy this format.

[@neptunianmoon6285]

For me too, it's more genuine.

[@RmcBlueSky]

You missed the live audience, don't you?

[@Inamichan]

I agree. I prefer no audience now. Stephen is so much funnier too 😂

[@ElmerFuddGun]

Congrats from Canada... so glad you kicked out the previous tenant that kept yelling at the neighbours when it was actually him running the lawn mower over the dog shit.

[@lonewolfgamingplus379]

Why thank you, we'll try to turn down the stereo and clean up the mess, get back to work.

[@dw999]

@EFG: Sorry about that previous tenant -- kinda disturbing that he slipped thru the screening process. We're beefing it up. ..... We love ya, Canada! (I'd love to move there -- Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal -- but I'm too old to get work / too broke to be an attractive candidate for immigration.)

[@ElmerFuddGun]

​@@lonewolfgamingplus379 - No need to worry about the stereo. It was more of the smell of that shit flying around... I almost got hit!

[@ElmerFuddGun]

@@dw999 - Toronto? LOL... OK, if you want, I guess. Watch out for the mayor though!

[@samiam619]

@@dw999 The problem was that there WAS NO SCREENING PROCESS! The MSM totally fell down on the job. I didn’t like or trust tRump since “The Donald” days. But others should have done their homework and shed some light on this foul Con-man.

[@mariag.8242]

“It’s not Monopoly money”. No, they already gave the big monopolies a big pile of cash

[@eIonmusk542]

Yeah it’s the Monopoly’s money

[@veronicasmemories]

oof

[@SalahEddineH]

@@eIonmusk542 That was good. I liked that.

[@bethanygee6939]

Nice

[@rasmie8858]

GOP 2016: You can't impeach him, he's the president GOP 2021: You can't impeach him, he's not the president

[@lorettanericcio-bohlman567]

Sounds like the Supreme Court. These people are full of crap

[@nonyabizness.original]

~and~, GOP nov 5th 2020- present day: trump won and so actually IS the real president. so to their logic, we CAN impeach him. and convict. and remove. and most importantly, FOREVER BAN HIM.

[@GamerBruh13]

You need actual evidence to impeach. No evidence first time and no evidence this time. Democrats are just scared of Trump as he will show people how really corrupt they are.

[@jessprice6468]

The Senate won't have the trial lol. Just going to be like last time that witch Pelosi tried. She hates not getting her way. Simple as that.

[@whoimia5208]

@@GamerBruh13 Thanx for telling the TRUTH! It is so hard to get people to see these things. They are all scared because he exposed them for what they are, it’s just sad for our country that some people can’t see through the BS!

[@bogdan78pop]

So in the process of robbing a bank , i am a felon.......but after i exit with the money from the bank...i am just a regular Joe with a bag full of money, so nothing can be done against me ..!!!!

[@randomrangoon5476]

Apparently that's how it works. At least according to these salty republicans that failed at the attempt to toss out millions of votes.

[@cronykil74]

Getaway drivers are now out of a job 😂

[@MrChadsimoneaux]

Right but that only applies to rich and or "important" people.

[@OneSkyWarrior]

@@cronykil74 No. But they should be. We need to insist on the purge.

[@SolarFlareAnimatics]

"This will all be edited out right?" Crew: Yesn't

[@QemeH]

The Jeffrey Dahmer analogy is *SO* fitting - because while he is "full" now, he can and WILL eat again if you don't convict him.

[@nikolaipersad4098]

THIS!!!!

[@shirleyandrews1152]

Soooo scary but so true 😲

[@brianhelgerson87]

You mean Trump "cooked the books" on his Covid plan? Doesn't he have a history of that, and isn't it his standard business practice?

[@suzannegiannini85]

He didn't just cook the books on covid. The whole trump program for addressing covid that the Republicans kept waving around was just a stack of blank pages. It seems like just about everything with him was a con.

[@MugenKitsune]

The really sad thing is is that apparently before Obama left they had a book with a plan on how to handle pandemics. Naturally it is now nowhere to be found. This info was from one of Obama’s speeches for Biden before the election started you can find somewhere on KZbin.

[@Mel-pb5xw]

@@MugenKitsune not just a book/ plan, but also an entire pandemic task force that Trump swiftly dismantled b/c, gee, why would that ever be needed (other than, you know, science). It’s truly atrocious.😡

[@handyvickers]

Yup, Brian, not only that - he managed to lose everything his father had built, then went on to bankrupt several other businesses. His only "success" was as a reality "star", masquerading as a successful businessman... Shameful!

[@MinnesotaOtter]

After Colbert goes back to being live, can we get a compilation of the cameraman and his wheezing laugh?

[@AskMia411]

Also his wife giggling and him smiling when she does. Wholesome

[@EH23831]

Yeah! He sounds like Mutley!

[@buffstraw2969]

If it was up to me, I'd have him stick with this format. Much funnier and more intimate (in a non-sexual way).

[@yenh1144]

@@buffstraw2969 you’re a freak if you had a need to say “non sexual way” lol

[@yenh1144]

As an asthmatic, his laugh is concerning lol

[@zsciaeount]

Colbert’s monologue has become required viewing. And I gotta say, I really dig the more informal tone of these at-home broadcasts, so much so that I hope he’ll stay at home even after the pandemic ends. His humor really shines when he’s just trying to crack up his wife and the camera guys. Is anyone from CBS listening? Keep the audience out of the studio. Colbert is great at getting laughs and applause, but his humor is sharper and more biting when he’s just doing it for himself. And it’s a pure joy to watch!

[@jphb7730]

You’re joking right? This guy has the personality of a dead moth

[@davidb6576]

@@jphb7730 And that's why you're here, isn't it? Because you love dead moths.

[@chrissiek8706]

@@jphb7730 uuuuuh, salty hatewatchers 😁 cry somr more, please.

[@PhilBoswell]

Isn't he actually in a mock-up of his home they built in a corner of the studio? I might be confused but I don't think they've been filming at his home for a while.

[@chrissiek8706]

@@PhilBoswell no, it's a mockup of his office, that's actually in some upper floor in the building next to theater, but this one is in bigger space for filming crew.

[@JaapvanderVelde]

Angus King: "This isn't Monopoly money." The American people: "No, it isn't - it's the money *we* gave you to fix the country, now do your damn job."

[@richardgreen3081]

If I did a “crime” and went somewhere to hide for ten days, even though, I wasn’t arrested at the time of the “crime” they can later come to me when they have evidence and arrest and charge me for that “crime”, no matter what job title I hold, and just because he was the WH resident, he shouldn’t be given any exceptions!

[@MonkeyJedi99]

(Unless you are a cop, then the union will protect you for all but the most sever violations)

[@xenoborg007]

"Impeachment in the United States is the process by which a legislature (usually in the form of the lower house) brings charges against a civil officer of government for crimes alleged to have been committed". You can't impeach someone who is no longer a member of government, you can try and charge them for the supposed crimes that they committed to bring about the impeachment or you can try and impeach them if they do run and win office again. Impeachment != Criminal charge. And I'm English, so I really don't give a crap for or against Trump.

[@asatowne5234]

@@xenoborg007 I hate to be a stickler but there's nothing in your quote that says the charges have to be filed while said official is still the official. You can charge someone for Murder when they were an accountant and they can't say "But I'm retired now" and the case is dropped. Also, he's being impeached, so chances are people who get paid a lot to know how the law works have probably done more research than what can just be looked up on Google. And I'm American, so I really don't give a crap for or against Brexit. Cheers.

[@xenoborg007]

@@asatowne5234 Again Reread, these dumb analogies people keep using are moot, being charged for an actual crime and being impeached are two entirely different things. Impeach is to remove you from office while you are STILL IN OFFICE it's not to charge you with a crime, impeachment is brought about usually because of a crime. THEN if successful or not (impeachment) you can still be actually charged with said crime. No one's saying the accountant can't be charged for murder, but you can't remove the accountant from his job when he has already left said job. The only reason these people are even bothering is because they want to ban Trump from ever becoming president again, impeachments take quite a while to do, they can't be done in the single week left in office. So once again Impeachment charges are not the same as actual criminal charges, one is basically to get you fired from your job, why they use the word charge who knows.

[@xenoborg007]

@@asatowne5234 They were going to impeach Nixon, but he resigned from office so there was zero point, because he was no longer president, and subsequently I think he had all the criminal charges dropped later on. He could have still been criminally charged for the actual crimes, but he couldn't get impeached because he didn't have the job to get impeached from any more.

[@AtheistEdge]

Mitt's taking the bold stance that "trying to murder us is bad."

[@diyagore1784]

Truly, an act of courage. He should receive a medal.

[@lindaleelaw5277]

The Moron um Mormon way......

[@davidhollenshead4892]

Senator Romney takes his Oath to Protect Our Constitutional Democracy very seriously, as all of our Elected Officials should... [ And yes, he knows that one of Trump's MAGA Morons might shoot him for it...]

[@Me-ou5tc]

@darknightoftroymy thoughts EXACTLY about Romney

[@tracebrady7987]

Turns out the Mormons are real patriots.

[@matthewpool6508]

It's really nice to see Fauci smiling like that. If he's hopeful, I'm hopeful.

[@breakfast-burrito]

This is the best episodes I’ve seen. It felt so natural, relatable, and human.

[@elijahrileyjr2577]

The board games listed by title, compiled together, as a brilliant prop for a roast is SUPERIOR and Classic. Thanks

[@tjsleiman]

It was brilliant indeed!🤭

[@alch3myau]

Lock him up. Revoke his ex-presidential pay outs.

[@nekonatauzanto1758]

Yeah, you betta not hold your breath because it ain't gonna happen anytime soon.

[@tuyenle8107]

Trump 4ever 😍

[@wiseapple]

@@tuyenle8107 Trump locked up 4ever 😍

[@KitC916]

COME ON SDNY!!

[@jasonolson3133]

@@tuyenle8107 lock you up too

[@mphoramathe1801]

Just say what you mean Rubio, "Accountability is stupid, cause i don't wanna get in trouble"

[@SP-cd3wo]

I worry when he jokes sarcastically “why hasn’t he (Biden) fixed everything!” Extremist are too far gone to realize this is clearly sarcasm...

[@revangerang]

Same here. Jokes are how flat earthers got started too 💀

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

Yes.they are too frick8n dumb

[@justinhamm3440]

You wanna know a secret? Trump supporters aren't extremists, they're your fellow Americans. Keep that in mind going forward.

[@SP-cd3wo]

@@justinhamm3440 they can be both :)

[@revangerang]

@@justinhamm3440 Trump supporters can’t get much more to the extreme right of the spectrum than they already are. They’re extremists. For your frame of reference, Joe Biden is also to the *right* of center.

[@vpsjdon]

"All this will be edited out, obviously?" Crew: Yeah yeah suresuresuresure

[@iitstre_4550]

“Write that down, write that down” 😂

[@davidlundquist1979]

"We'll fix it in post." "Brendan, you always say that, and we NEVER fix it in post." "Yeah, I'm not entirely sure what 'post' means, to be honest..."

[@kharnac3973]

Silly spurt

[@dweeebles]

Colbert looks like a brand new man since Biden won.

[@MDonovan]

Dr Fauci too !

[@billmurray7473]

In another 5 years, Stephen Colbert will look ALMOST EXACTLY like Larry King.

[@Vagajammer]

@@billmurray7473 Hope not, since Larry King died of Covid over the weekend

[@RabblesTheBinx]

I feel like everybody I know has aged a decade or two from stress in the last four years.

[@ramonareinhold8424]

So does everybody other sane person on this planet...

[@MrGHenchel]

Rudy won’t be able to fart himself out of this one.

[@civil_fellow2985]

What about drowning the court in hair dye? I feel like everything wants to leave his body right now.

[@kristinbagani2811]

No, but he’ll definitely be doing a lot of sweating...sweating off his temporary hair dye.

[@chrissiebawn9357]

He already did. Fart anyway

[@37Dionysos]

Will never forgive Colbert for making me see Rudy in a carwash speedo. This is beyond the pale!

[@tomokilabruce4853]

Haha!.. watch out @Graeme Hanchel🤣..The dude is old enough to say a curse on your young life

[@bizzmoneyb]

gotta love how when it comes to war, military defense spending, bailing out bank and corporations, the price tag is irrelevant to Republicans.. but when it comes to helping people with vaccines, feeding their kids and keeping their homes, THAT is the time to get 'conservative" with spending.

[@adampkalb]

If only we knew how to teach them why the price tag on their own self-interests and bailing out people who are already rich is just as important as helping people with vaccines and feeding kids. If they can bailout the rich minority, they have no excuse to not bail out the poor majority when they can do it with just as much money divided between everyone. January 22, 2022, 3:17pm

[@esshor.]

They DESPISE the poor and poverty. It sickens them. It’s a horrifically evil opinion but they’re privileged sheltered entitled wealthy children. That opinion for them is inevitable

[@zesty9815]

6:14 _“Parallel Data Streams”_ sounds like a polite term for _“Alternative Facts”._

[@iamV10010]

This is the scariest part for me. Was the former president using it as an excuse to push his own agenda or did he truly believe that alternative data set? Did T**** think it was real? Because if the latter is true.. I think that night be even note terrifying considering there were several people allegedly calling him and putting false information in his hands knowing he would absorb it.

[@renagonpoi5747]

And "alternative facts" sounds like a polite term for "misinformation".

[@cucuhangtuah1]

Or a very nerdy way of saying piss fetish

[@wendydabee]

@@renagonpoi5747 'IS'. 'Alternative facts' IS a misleading term for lies/misinformation.

[@Psiberzerker]

That's exactly what it is. It gives you a choice which "truth" you want to believe.

[@TommyCrosby]

So, if you're going to quit or retire from your job, just do a crime at your job before leaving and no one will ever pursue you since you are no longer working at that workplace anymore 🤔

[@moonrazk]

It follows that we should only arrest people if they're caught on the act.

[@DaveGIS123]

Trump won't kill anyone anymore. Those deaths are all in the past now. Let it go. He's learned his lesson. btw, I'm being sarcastic.

[@IDKAWD]

Wish I knew that before I quit my last job :(

[@paulcoy9060]

A plan so cunning, you could put a tail on it and call it a fox.

[@kathleenmitchell1582]

@@DaveGIS123 You sound like stupid Susan Collins. Letting him get away with it will only embolden him, his family and others like him.

[@rga196]

The chaotic energy of quarantine Steven Colbert is precious.

[@revangerang]

“As you may recall from memories that you’ve repressed” ...Ouch.

[@kaylizzie7890]

Steven: “I have a feeling I just did something very expensive” Camera Man: *Wheeze*

[@Red_Vega]

He’s so freaking annoying. It’s chuckle worthy at best, it’s not hilarious

[@crepperwlp]

@@Red_Vega Thanks comedy cop. How expensive is the ticket for laughing at something that wasn't funny enough for you?

[@hamishmccracken9881]

Up ppf

[@sebastianolmsted2867]

@@Red_Vega Someone had a bad day

[@shadowbrisbane]

@@Red_Vega jeez killjoy who pissed in your cheerios?

[@Ruliuaneth21]

I love the laughing in the background so much

[@SoraCyn]

New York needs to remove Rudi’s bar license.

[@Najolve]

They should also stop him from practicing law there too, someone that inebriated shouldn't be representing anyone in a courtroom.

[@toscatattertail9813]

@@the6ix665 When a person who is studying to be a lawyer the last thing they have to do is take the Bar exam, It's an extremely difficult test to make sure the person is familliar with all aspects of the american constitution and it's laws and those of the state they will be working in. They have to pass it before they can begin being a lawyer. If a lawyer says/does things themselves that are illegal, unethical, and criminal they can be DisBared by the Bar Association of their state, an action that revokes the license so they can't be a lawyer anymore.

[@user-ky2qk3kv8z]

"we already have a flaming fire in this country, and this is just throwing gasoline on it" but you started the fire.

[@caydenlewis9120]

“We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning since the worlds been turning, we didn’t start the fire, no we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it.”

[@user-ky2qk3kv8z]

@@caydenlewis9120 ?

[@poromakkara6097]

@@user-ky2qk3kv8z It's a Billy Joel song "We didn't start the fire".

[@wmluna381]

@@poromakkara6097 😂

[@truecaliber1995]

Billy Joel would like a word with you.

[@trevorhensley3185]

Stephen can be so pure and childlike. I love it!

[@Leonaza7]

We need to set a precedence to show that this is not going to be tolerated in the future. No accountability means we set ourselves up for future domestic terrorism.

[@isaiahsspontaneouscontent9111]

What the fuck do you know about terrorism? 😂 Have you heard or read up on the recent event that happened to 70 famers in africa? 😂 Boko Haram soldiers massacred 70 famers which if compared to the domestic terrorism you fear here 😂 is laughable.

[@dw999]

Leonaza: Precedent, not precedence.

[@mathewserrano2262]

@@isaiahsspontaneouscontent9111 we aren’t living in Africa are we. Domestic terrorism takes different shapes and forms and NONE are ok. You got Trump so far down your throat you’re at the balls

[@tuyenle8107]

Trump 4ever 🥰😍

[@Charlie-wl2qt]

I have a feeling this impeachment is going to be a waste if time and taxpayer money.

[@xastielmuffinz3047]

You could somehow feel Stephen is genuinely happy, he's no longer bitter, sad, depressed, or angry as the last 4 years. His jokes returned, his cameramen laughed their asses off, and i can feel the energy again Colbert is back

[@nativesedibles2454]

Thank you and Thank you writers 💘 Every morning you all and a cup of coffee make it possible for me to head off to work.

[@blowc1612]

Damn Covid is kicking America’s butt that it can’t even be killed in a joke! The whole bit literally describe trumps reaction to Covid-19!

[@WelcomeApathy]

Difference is Stephen tried to do something.

[@stephaniesmith8686]

The way that joke failed made me laugh more than I would have if it went as planned. 😂

[@myth3516]

I love the show in this format!

[@paulinadeboer3604]

No one should ever see Guiliani like that, my eyes burn.

[@squadalawereoff1]

Idk, his cousin was certainly attracted to it

[@OP-1000]

squadalawereoff1 . Eww! Really?

[@Soy_Preinaugural]

Whoever’s handing Stephen all those board games is the secret hero of this monologue 😄

[@jacquieburcham1559]

That was genius! Also big trip down memory lane.

[@lisagulick4144]

They forgot one, though. Stephen could have added, "We're all just trying to 'Stay Alive.' "

[@IAmDox]

Jenga!

[@doctortow6244]

The best part of the quarantine Late Show is hearing Stephen's wife laugh in the background.

[@jimilee4660]

Reporter: Do you believe the President committed an impeachable offense? Anyone paying attention: Today?

[@loisfolk5492]

Yes he should be impeached

[@nigelfoggin4617]

@@loisfolk5492 keep watching the good bit is coming shortly!!! Little matter of what happened at the capital building,what the kraken is,what sedition and insurrection was really going on,???? There's a lot of people in custody,but I've only heard the media's version of events....guess we will here the truth backed with receipts at the impeachment trial.....it's seem to me this thing was more organised than just rogue trump supporters.....I heard there were bombs planted and all sorts.....,..

[@Danielson1818]

@@nigelfoggin4617 Nobody cares what you heard. My great aunt (In her 80's in a retirement home) heard that it was all ANTIFA, and not really Trump supporters. Obviously, that is stupid, and false. We need to stop talking about what we heard, because conspiracy theories is what was fueling the insurrection. Let the investigators do the work instead of stirring the pot. They already found some juicy shit, and they will find more, that can be proven.

[@christinebenson518]

@@nigelfoggin4617 There were bombs in front of the RNC and DNC buildings. The plan was to draw the police there, so they could storm the capital with far less police presence.

[@candypauker5236]

@@loisfolk5492 0

[@101bajan]

"all this is getting edited out obviously?" "obviously😂"

[@jaysiegel4742]

"Face the Brennan with Margaret Nation"... whaaaaa?

[@SNUPE_FOXX92]

@@jaysiegel4742 lol I heard that too

[@jaysiegel4742]

@@SNUPE_FOXX92 weird he didn't even acknowledge it...

[@jaysiegel4742]

( 6:05 )

[@alphajava761]

It's interesting watching people like Birx concluding things most of us realized immediately.

[@lydiaanderson582]

@Hello Alpha how are you doing?

[@tjworld6650]

Colbert steals the show again..😋😅

[@Leonaza7]

Could you imagine if Obama did ANYTHING like Trump did, The outrage would be deafening

[@barryirlandi4217]

lynching?

[@jenlisageib6087]

It’s awful. Obama’s gonna go down in history as the hero and T*ump will be remembered as a murderous villain- rightly so. Now if only we could get his brainwashed followers to see how awful him & his evil supporters are. I don’t know how we deprogram that many people...

[@jthawks4040]

If Obama did some of the things Trump did, right wing extremists would have also attempted an insurrection...noticing a pattern here?

[@microchrist6122]

Obviously, I mean he was a black man and this is Amerikkka.

[@creativemadness6758]

Obama had the audacity to wear a tan suit in the middle of summer and republikkk’s went nuts.

[@catlaw4466]

“Parallel Data Streams” = “Alternative Facts”.

[@lindabruce4899]

ie: LIES

[@avisrobinson452]

How about we just say 'lies'

[@EKDupre]

"Propaganda" is a researched term with utility. Lies is a term that fails a complete diagnosis. "Fake news" is an unfortunate term meant to spoken with smugness, and which seems to suggest that there even could be such a thing. So these are lies, but it is more useful to call it propaganda; and anybody using the term "fake news" is scientifically illiterate and cannot be considered a reliable source for anything. Precision of words is empowering.

[@shihtzusrule9115]

aka making stuff up again.

[@davidcopperfield-notthemag397]

So, if a criminal changes his job, is he no longer going to be arrested?

[@hawlitakerful]

Impeachment is not a criminal trial. It's a political process. And it is a bit of an open question while there are people who have been impeached after leaving office there are also some where the impeachment stopped because they were no longer in office. In general: That's more like if my employer sends me to a sexual harassment course for some misconduct but i leave the company before that. The person i did this to can still press civil and or criminal charges depending on the situation. So your question about not getting arrested misses the point a bit.

[@chocolateeclare2286]

@Quack quack Sadist

[@Justusson]

*Division according to the GOP:* “No please, mr policemen. Don’t hurt this family more than they already have been, by prosecuting the hit and run driver who killed their children when crossing the road. Now is not the time for further division”,..

[@kenbrown2808]

"we can't arrest him for drunk driving, because he's not driving, NOW."

[@Justusson]

@@kenbrown2808 “We can’t arrest the shooter because he’s not shooting,.. _Anymore!”_

[@Justusson]

@@kenbrown2808 // Right on,..

[@melissawelsh3289]

"I have a feeling that I just did something very expensive." 😂

[@sowhitney]

"this'll all be edited out obviously.." "obviously"

[@pete_lind]

Yeah , for sure , we edit out all takes that do not fail .

[@mcharrison23]

"Face the Brennan, with Margaret Nation."

[@solomonofbifrost6855]

The silly string can failing to fire is just such a beautiful metaphor for the U.S.'s Covid response.

[@epaminon6196]

'Not working on a vaccine distribution plan during a pandemic' should be an impeachable offense.

[@OneSkyWarrior]

What happened to half of those doses the US recieved before Biden took office?

[@jaleelhull941]

@@OneSkyWarrior yeah but they didn't have a distribution plan so wasn't effective

[@OneSkyWarrior]

@@jaleelhull941 True, but still doesn't answer what happened to half those doses the US recieved. Where did they go? Did trump hoard them? Sell them? What happened to them? It's the end of Jan. and our state has recieved a little over 50k doses. Wtf !

[@jaleelhull941]

@@OneSkyWarrior From what I heard off the news is that they were produced but he didn't have a distribution plan do they say at their location until some went bad, it doesn't account for all of them which now that you've said it makes the situation all the more curious

[@lexslate2476]

Romney has about 1/3 of a spine. He'll stand up for his principles if he thinks it won't hurt him electorally.

[@jcorbett9620]

True or not, that's still 1/3 more spine than the rest of the RNC!

[@lexslate2476]

@@jcorbett9620 There's a meme kicking around about how Romney went from worst of the Republican party to best of them, all without changing at all.

[@aisnota5192]

It's a sad day when the Mormons are being more rational than everyone else.

[@joycehartman9908]

Ewwww! My eyes... I could of gone my whole life without That Rudy carwash picture. Yuck.

[@realityjunky]

I cringe every time

[@Leonaza7]

It's sad that I don't find this shocking. So many people died completely preventable deaths due to his incompetence.

[@Vagajammer]

I hear the EX-President will be writing his memoirs, entitled _Mein Conf_

[@isaiahsspontaneouscontent9111]

😂😂 Biden is doing the same shit! 😂 And caused the jobs of the union workers who voted for him! 😂😂😂

[@SuperLeica1]

@@Vagajammer Writing more than one page???

[@Deathtizity]

@@isaiahsspontaneouscontent9111 you are such a bad troll....

[@nate-bc9zw]

I know right, nothing is shocking anymore, it’s kind of sad how desensitized we’ve become. I’m so tired of living through major historical events.

[@mefford67]

*I hate knowing that we’re all going to be discovering many, many dark deeds done by dirty, doofus, Donnie for a long to come.* 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

Yes, pee tapes should be the least of it. I dread to think there may be literal skeletons in his wardrobe.

[@lynxx7515]

Good job, Stephen. You really shine. Can't wait until you can have a live audience again.

[@stacyneuman8619]

I love how Dr Fauci finally feels free to do his job,the joy on his face gives me joy😊

[@kallofkthuluz5922]

Who are we kidding? The “law and order party” will not vote to convict Trump.

[@CoroBasso]

Probably true... The real test will be if they vote to bar him from holding office ever again.

[@jonathanaviles549]

@@CoroBasso Now that would be a juicy thing to hear post impeachment.

[@johnjacob3923]

Because he didn’t do anything...

[@evatripp7788]

Ron Downs, Can they bar t.. . from running ever again if they don't convict him? I thought they had to convict him & then they would have a vote on barring him from ever holding office again but I'm not really sure if that's correct.

[@CoroBasso]

@@evatripp7788HI Eva... To my understanding, the prohibition from future office is a different issue, and only requires a majority (51) of Senators to pass. The heavier lift is getting 17 Republicans to go in on impeachment - considering 45 of them have already said the whole process is a sham. I could be wrong about this, and I could look it up to recheck, but to be honest, at this point I feel too burned-out from all this to do the research again. :-/ Take care and stay safe.

[@chriswhiting2926]

Having the crew try to hold back their laughter is so much funnier than an audience

[@amandaadkins4082]

Thank you for making me smile when the idiocy of the leaders of this country have made me feel so hopeless.

[@cronykil74]

Police: "Step out of the vehicle." Car thief: *gets out* "Ha! Can't arrest me now, officer."

[@RandallHeath1121]

^^ bingo. Apparently the GOP senators are not able to grasp such a simple concept. What a bunch of chicken sh!ts, all terrified of Dump's followers and simultaneously lusting after their money and votes.

[@jeffreyestahl]

The thief would make the argument in court that the arrest was illegal because the officer had arrested him outside the vehicle.

[@Mustang7120]

He is no longer the car thief, he's a former car thief.

[@caseyjames5914]

Crybabies

[@RandallHeath1121]

@@Mustang7120 That makes no sense whatsoever. You commit a crime and leave the scene, and magically you're a former criminal? That bears zero resemblance to how criminal justice works.

[@demigod1013]

" So you just want to let Trump go scot free for insurrection bc he is no longer in power? " " That's like acquitting Jeffrey Dahmer bc he is full ! " 💀💀💀

[@TheLocomono9]

At least Dahmer doesn’t eat pizza with a fork

[@zesty9815]

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court threw out the emoluments-clause case against T****** as 'moot'. Nice! It's like if you rob a bank and make it home with the loot, you're home free; you're not robbing banks _now,_ so it's moot.

[@MrUrbanApollo]

Do you guys know how the constitution works? I’m literally studying law a private citizen isn’t subject to impeachment only a sitting President is trump is no longer a sitting President to the trial will not do anything. God do some fucking research seriously...

[@TheLocomono9]

@@MrUrbanApollo except the impeachment trial is to make sure he can’t hold public office. Also trump isn’t a private individual anymore, he’s a public name. Keep up the studies but you’re completely wrong in this case

[@demigod1013]

@@MrUrbanApollo No, by impeaching him now he will never be able to run again for office. That's what it's about. And this impeachment will be the least of his concerns - he will be facing many legal matters inc. tax evasion.

[@hollyyork1164]

They should have called it the "All-American Rescue Plan" or AARP. Given the average age in Congress, most of them would think they already signed up! 😂

[@kierkegaardrulez]

6:06 Did he just say “Face the Brennan with Margaret Nation”?

[@newyorkerjoe123]

' Nobody knows impeachment better than me.' - Donald Trump

[@stylis666]

' I got impeached TWICE! That never happened before. I even got impeached after I already left the office. That's how much they love me.' - D. Jackass T****** Disclaimer: this is obviously made up. The first three sentences are true; T****** is incapable of saying one true thing, let alone three in a row.

[@melodymarks4927]

i think you have become tougher and more willing to speak out. good for you!

[@gmaallie2938]

😄😂☺😝🤣😋😹

[@the6ix665]

@@stylis666 instead of t**** how about we just call him tiddies

[@catherinepraus8635]

No one ever thought about that but me 😑😅

[@Opus313]

"I have a feeling that I just did something very expensive." We've all been there...

[@aliciagreen5411]

"Oh my god-" 😂

[@vincentfrick6880]

I felt that the time I got hit by a car and did not see the license plate before thay drove off.

[@powellcooper5710]

I love the goalposts being shifted on the right. From "at least we don't riot," to "at least we don't break things," to "at least nobody died," to "it wasn't what it was." Lmfao

[@Montesama314]

Next is, "so we did it, who cares?"

[@KohBril]

"It's like acquitting Jeffrey Dahmer because he's full." 🤣

[@comradepickles7607]

"We already have a flaming fire in this country" So.. when did yall make america great?

[@truepeacenik]

I think it was a typo. They meant grate, in reference to delivery pizza.

[@preditora]

its only a great country if they have the power... now its a flaming fire... typical repubs, and 6 months ago i didnt even know what a republican was! they made Merica' weak n pathetic, but this Biden fellow, he seems to really want The United States Of America to thrive, and i truly hope he makes America at least decent again, i really do!

[@LilGamingYes]

To quote something I saw online: "I don udderstan dis but MAKE AMERICA GRATE AGEN!"

[@comradepickles7607]

@@LilGamingYes DEY TEWK ER JERBS!

[@GuukanKitsune]

@@comradepickles7607 DERGERJERBS

[@jaredrhaburn507]

Why would you put that image of Rudy. Sweet Jesus, there is not enough bleach

[@j.c.5749]

Hurry quick! Maybe this is a job for.... hydroxy chloroquine!

[@janniszimbalski6652]

You mean ANY image of Rudy?

[@jessaguilar4747]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Scarabswarm]

At least it's not the nightmare fuel of Rudy in drag.

[@lilliangarza4954]

My thoughts exactly. It physically rocked me backwards when I saw it... 🤮

[@Metalbass10000]

It's NOT Monopoly money, you're correct, Angus, it's OUR MONEY! That $1.9 Trillion is TAXPAYER MONEY! WE THE PEOPLE much prefer that if Congress is giving away ANOTHER TWO TRILLION DOLLARS, as they did in the Spring, those TAXPAYER dollars should be distributed in a way that benefits the AMERICAN PEOPLE, AMERICAN FAMILIES, TAXPAYERS, VOTERS, AND our ECONOMY, and NOT given away as CORPORATE SOCIALISM, as they DID DO last Spring.

[@dw999]

*Pls call Sen. Angus King (202-224-5344) -- usually a reasonable person -- and tell him NOT to raise specious objections to the price tag. Tell him to read Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman's NYT columns on how to fix what ails the US after 40 yrs of ruinous GOP economic policies. Tens of millions of us were destroyed by the inadequate govt response after the Great Recession -- that MUST NOT happen again.*

[@hovawartfreunde4599]

Can you repost that comment over at Fox comment section? It would blow their mind that they have sth in common with Democrats voters: we all want money for the people not big companies.

[@crafthalf5175]

I just tried to start my taxes and had to stop, I pay more than trump ever did, it just pisses me off!!

[@jeandupont8501]

@@dw999 You mean WWII ?

[@samiam619]

And NO money for Mega Churches to buy a new jet. In fact just tax them.

[@neighbsCS]

Give it up for Steven Colbert everybody, the best comedian to grace our political issues ever. I love this show and Colbert has never been more on his A game. This is what we were waiting for.

[@thisistheaccountname]

Someone I know just had someone at their job die from COVID-19. Stay safe and take care.

[@fungdark8270]

Ok, about 7 people at my job ah e gotten it and been fine. What’s your point? There’s literally almost nothing we can do.

[@softgoose7287]

@@fungdark8270 your anecdote means nothing. There are things we can and need to do

[@softgoose7287]

@@fungdark8270 show some empathy for someone else's experience

[@stargirlzx]

WHY cant Republicans EVER just answer the question that is put to them ?

[@Timmy_T]

Republicans: "Because, this is America! Freedom of speech! We can say whatever we want to even if it's a lie! 1ST AMENDMENT, YALL!" ... Rest of the World: 😕

[@charruz]

BC R-trumpers are all malignant narcissists and this is part of how they shunt responsibility away from themselves

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

gaslighting is the answer for everything

[@stephaniev5898]

They have to pretend they care about the people who voted for them and not just lobbyists. They're very bad at it.

[@hawlitakerful]

That's a very common trait actoss all politicians. I remember a Pelosi interview with Wolf Blitzer about Covid relief bill.... He asked a rather important critical question her respone was more or less (paraphrasing of coirse) "I came here for an interview not for another discussion with a Trump supporter".... yeah she called Blitzer a Trump supporter and never answered the question.. Politicians do stuff like that all the time it's just getting rather blatant and outrageous the longer it goes on

[@Ice.M.]

The guy in the background laughing is hilarious 🤣😆😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤩🤩

[@PlumBerryCherries]

Is it me or was this episode like Extra Funny?!!!! LMAO Hard!!!! Thank you Colbert Writers and Stephen's Fantastic Delivery. Love this Show!!!!

[@scottrowe533]

"The former POTUS became the first president ever to be impeached twice. Those were the only two times he's ever won the popular vote." Hah! 😂

[@starrdust13]

The former President probably said, “We left a bigly supply of vaccines, the bigglest there ever was!”

[@aidankiriakou2064]

Adrienne Reice well he did leave the most death!! That's his claim to fame🐍

[@michaeleasterwood6558]

Didnt he refuse Phizers offer of 40 million?yes,yes he did

[@kittys.2870]

Sold out the backdoor like the National Pandemic Stockpile that dissapeared after Kushner said it belonged to them.

[@Shuizid]

Well he left the biggest covid-vaccine supply ever left for an incoming administration!!1!!1!!!11!

[@susiefairfield7218]

never want to hear the word "Bigly" again ⚰️💥

[@lovepaws9771]

Not surprised at all at the incompetence of trumps administration.

[@MrUrbanApollo]

You know Dr. Fauci disproved the head of the CDC on the whole COVID vaccine distribution was non existent. In fact in the last days of the trump administration they were distributing over 800,000 vaccines. Stephen knows fauci already said that was false yet he keeps pushing that lie. It’s crazy how biased Stephen is. Stephen went from hold liars accountable to just repeating what they say.

[@pandaritosama1574]

@@MrUrbanApollo yeah yeeah trumpster, go in the insane person corner there please

[@PCtransplant]

@@MrUrbanApollo You left out the word COORDINATED... vaccine distribution....thereby negating any point you tried to make. Calling Stephen a liar as you lie is just pathetic.

[@MrUrbanApollo]

@@PCtransplant not being able to do your own research or even watch the briefing that fauci gave himself shows how little you actually care about the country you just watch Stephen Colbert and think you’re filled in on the news. That’s fucking pathetic.

[@alisong14]

Thanks, Stephen, I laughed out loud---I needed that!!!

[@CountryMusicMann]

How the hell did you not use the board game Pandemic?!

[@drekelley2352]

I've got a feeling trump was thinking about golf during those covid briefing.

[@peterdonaldson8516]

No, he was thinking about cheating at golf...

[@Vretens]

He wasn’t thinking, he was just imagining it.

[@BigBoogookie]

When he was doing the board game bit, I was hoping he would say something like "Now McConnell can no longer... Blokus!"

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Just as long as the Republicans don't treat the relief package like some... Trivial Pursuit.

[@BigBoogookie]

@@davidanderson_surrey_bc Love it! "They're playing games with our... Life! And they might get us into another... War!"

[@sinuemondragon1346]

He forgot the THE SORRY game lol

[@wisetrollman]

Hopefully soon he won’t be able to do anything. 🤗🤭

[@g4cky]

There’s literally a game called Pandemic! It was right there! xD

[@suetupper9162]

When the side by side of Dr. Fauci was put on screen...I damned near died of laughter!...OMG...the best!

[@mad2barxhst]

Romney has balls unlike his GOP colleagues.

[@isaiahsspontaneouscontent9111]

The fuck? 😂 Not according to the LeBaron family 😂😂😂

[@dw999]

@Reynaldo: No, he doesn't. Pls do NOT fall for the recent beatification of Mitt Romney, who made his fortune by selling cos. for parts and destroying 10s of 1000s of jobs in the process, and who has the balls to have called 47% of Americans "takers" for not paying federal income tax -- while conveniently ignoring that 40 years of ruinous GOP econ. policies have made ppl so poor that they're below the threshold for paying federal taxes! Please read Robert Reich's 11-15-20 column in The Guardian: The GOP has sent $47 trillion of wealth upwards over the past 40 years, such that all Americans earning about $72K or less are earning only 60% of what they *would* be earning if the econ. policies of 1945-75 been kept in place. Romney is responsible for the decades of despair that radicalized a huge swathe of the population and made them vulnerable to the promises of conman djt. Fuck Romney!

[@DSAK55]

no he doesn't have balls, he has a few more neurons than most GOPers

[@equious8413]

Yeah.. I don't think he's brave by any means. I believe he's got a conscience, but little else removes him from the usual GOP rabble.

[@nate-bc9zw]

He and McCain were the last of the Republican Party.

[@selenan4140]

“I have a feeling I just did something very expensive” Me whenever I find myself at the check out isle about to pay.

[@author4croix82]

Lol 😆

[@clairejeanpaul-jupiter8985]

At least you can pay, the only thing I can do is read comments about people doing something expensive

[@hailyjohnson407]

Me getting gas after work today when my gas light came on and i filled all the way up 😂

[@dmello6068]

“I have a feeling I just did something expensive”

[@annnaylor5961]

Hello Steve and the team. Watching with, you from UK. Love to youball🌹💞❤️💐😁😁😁😁💋👀