Inaugural Balls | Does Jack Smith's Report Matter? | Dems Grill Hegseth | Pay To Pee At Starbucks

[@WilliesGarden]

Sickening Our Government says "Nobody is Above the Law" out one side of their face. And "Sitting Presidents Are Above the Law" out the other at the same time.

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

Or their criminal kids

[@zogar8526]

Like I kind of get the idea. You don't want a president thinking they may get tried for a crime for just doing their duties as president. Lots of things presidents are supposed to do can be seen as crimes, including much of our military actions. But at the same time, you can't let them think crimes completely unrelated to their job can go unpunished. Of course there is a Grey area where what is a duty? And it also opens up things like sending assassin's. So I get the idea, but in practice it doesn't work and should be thrown out.

[@smellywaffels1967]

More to do with his race than him being President imo. Obama would’ve gotten locked up if he did the same.

[@MaijaKarklins]

And yet, how many other countries operate under such a MEMO? Yes, I get it. Some people would consider arming and funding genocide a war crime. So, maybe don't fund and enable genocide.

[@OlEgSaS32]

at the very least we should demand there be a statute put in that if someone is under legal litigation for serious crimes and they've already been indicted, they be forbidden from holding office or running for office until a trial clears them of all charges

[@thomasferris-l4j]

The Village People should make sure they get paid first! Or they’ll never get it at all.

[@hansmeier-72]

they wont!!!!! but lol...............

[@swirlingdervish-lp4ey]

Village person --- there is only one left.

[@chrisrj9871]

I'm hoping they don't. Maybe they'll change their minds.

[@Shinycelebi]

​@swirlingdervish-lp4ey Yup and he sold his soul for the almighty dollar instead of what's right. What a shame.

[@jorgemora9538]

@@swirlingdervish-lp4eyreally?

[@Tilten]

The fence is to keep people in.

[@Dbb277-2]

😂

[@eatdirtcrow]

It's the closest we'll ever get to seeing him in a cage.

[@TimmyTheTinman]

Not like anybody’s going to his inauguration anyway

[@sparklesandsmog]

@@TimmyTheTinman all those maggots, er MAGAS will be there dressed in their Donny Merch

[@ETophales]

@@TimmyTheTinman Paying the homeless worked in Greenland.

[@RenataCantore]

Use the fence to Keep him Out. 🇺🇸

[@1977minicooper1380]

Table for one Mr. Hegseth. Nailed it!!! Who wrote that? That was awesome. Spilled some coffee watching it this morning.

[@kooale]

"A felon, a rapist, a philanderer, a liar, a golf cheat..yes...Trump" That writer did.

[@stephenmcfarland2298]

Pete Hegseth's Mom: “I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth.”

[@jeffreybaer6386]

I guarantee you she's on a MAGA hit list. I'll be shocked if she survives January.

[@Henry-i5h]

Not only he was talking about him but she describe Republicans perfectly

[@davidmcc6666]

Trump has bigly respect for this POS.

[@patsquach4080]

He’s not qualified to be her son …

[@melted_cheetah]

Yeah but she walked those comments back on Fox “news” didn’t she?

[@thisbushnell2012]

Mother knows him best.

[@sophiasometimes9818]

These people don’t take women very seriously 😒

[@russellhammond371]

The irony of a guy like Hegseth talking about meritocracy, being the LEAST QUALIFIED pick for Secretary of Defense in American history.

[@docbaker3333]

Though when he Says meritocracy what he really means is, "No girls, Blacks, gays or scary asian men in our Army because it's a white boy's only club."

[@YoutubeAccount-u9z]

He literally hit a guy with an axe he’d thrown 😂

[@Richard-q2u]

He's the real DEI hire.

[@jeffreybaer6386]

The dude was, quite literally, one of the WORST members of our military in American history. OF COURSE Trump wants him to lead us into WW3. He thinks he can profit from 3 billion deaths.

[@docbaker3333]

@@Richard-q2u Dickishness, Ego, Incompotence.

[@rosemarywatkins4121]

We need Stephen to get through the next four years. Keep doing what you do so well.

[@MLBrooks-g3u]

I keep remembering how proud I was of my country when Obama was inaugurated. Well, those days are gone.

[@stephensowell9578]

Thank you for that thought; I almost forgot.

[@Tony-xj8lp]

I remember being deployed in Afghanistan celebrating with the local nationals

[@mteresa-p7f]

Not gone forever , I know this sounds naive , but I’ve got to believe

[@peggypolo3643]

ditto!

[@RedemptionSong-q8f]

Who who who who Jackie poo it looks like Trump disagrees with you you're never going to get your way because Trump says the draft will include ladies.

YMCA, Yes Money Changes Attitude.

[@tselengbotlhole750]

Nice one 🤣

[@jandrews6254]

Must be hard up

[@juliairwin4481]

Good one!

[@SilverAuntie]

Good Lord! How old are these guys now? If it's the original guys, they should call themselves the Village Geriatrics!

[@nulnoh219]

You cannot tell me a song that BEGINS with YOUNG MAN.... And solicit said young man to come into the YMCA cuz it's got all sorts of fun is not gay.

[@dragonsteve69]

A law must bind both beggar and king, or it is no law at all.

[@n9mone]

by that logic law does not exist

[@Jaguarsstinkatfootball]

@@n9monenot for the kings

[@TimothyLau55]

King owns the people while lowly president serve the people.

[@EattheApple666]

Countdown to Idiocracy.

[@shethingsd]

Idiocracy 2

[@Templar462]

Idiocracy was about eugenics.

[@-oiiio-3993]

It's got electrolytes.

[@butIforgotmypen...]

Welcome to Costco, I love you

[@shethingsd]

@@Templar462 that was the basis for the failed experiment. The reality is what's been happening for years with the negative correlation between educational attainment and birth rate. This means that people with higher educational attainment tend to have fewer children. So all your easily fooled people with little critical thinking skills breed the most children and have a bigger and bigger voting pool to end up with this mess. They either drop out and have tons of babies or home school/religious school and have tons of babies.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

The Senators could have simply asked Hegseth why he's not in the National Guard anymore, and to show the members of the hearing his white power chest and arm tattoos that ARE that reason he was sent home. But instead they spent the whole time sharing drinking problem stories.

[@glentorn5362]

Treason has consequences. Precedent demands accountability. No one is above the law.

[@dorothywiseman3492]

Not true anymore.

[@goodtohaveinajam8148]

30 miles of fencing, around the least watched inauguration in the history of mankind. So few people, King Con may have to inaugurate himself.

[@michaelgillespie1206]

It's probably there to keep people from leaving.

[@joancooney7724]

😂

[@pkp6791]

There are still plenty of losers who support this orange menace.

[@justjane2070]

Maybe they will hire the homeless as they did in Greenland !

[@mauracassidy1762]

KING CON ‼ 😡 🦍 👍 🤣

[@ricdark]

Just like in 1930's Germany, everyone is complying in advance

[@mho...]

yep, as german..... history repeats itself, just this time in english & *they learned nothing* from our past -.-

[@DuchessofEarlGrey]

@@mho... What was that saying? We have learned from history that we do not learn from history.

[@AlbertFrederickLarun]

You know nothing about that period in history.

[@mho...]

@ how do you know, what we dont know about knowing things?!

[@user-ft7fq4ou4v]

​@@AlbertFrederickLarunextremely similar campaign messages and premises, Munich putsch/J6 parallels, orchestrator of each was put on trial but faced minimal consequences, and got re-elected. History is repeating itself almost verbatim.

[@FilmArtPhoto]

What an INSULT to our Military to even consider this unqualified loser for Defense Secretary!

[@thomasbraeking6225]

The entire cast of iDJiT's Idiots is an insult to the world.

[@greendragon4058]

It's an insult to everyone especially women who have fought and served and died during the service. I served on the front line as Recon a woman in military from 78 to 85 then got recalled back operation Kuwaiti freedom if I had watched that whole thing every TV in my house would have been broken

[@kassistwisted]

So much of what Trump has done or said is an insult to our Military. And yet, they overwhelmingly voted for him. I do not understand.

[@grimmertwin2148]

Yeah makes you wonder why humiliated, embarrassed and ashamed vets don't protest against Trump during the inauguration?

[@TheReasonableLiberal-hn2rs]

@@greendragon4058 Right on!

[@richards3648]

Just to be clear the counter argument to "he drinks on the job and cheated on his wife" from the party of family values is "we all do it."

[@elibnem4126]

Yep,they literally stated it.

[@cannibalbananas]

Welp at least they're finally being honest.

[@jeswilde6188]

As dark as things are..Thank you Colbert for keeping the light on

[@laryjohnson5736]

Don't worry the light will come on as brandon leaves the white house.

[@ClownWorldMedia]

you fool

[@laryjohnson5736]

@ Yes jessy is a fool.

[@ekdaufin1485]

Sad, evil, not “dark” please.

[@tselengbotlhole750]

Please America, boycott the inauguration

[@Cypresssina]

I'll be wearing black.

[@tyson3577]

As if a boycott of the inauguration would change anything. Watch, cry and weep. We will all pay. It's too late. He's the loser president of this loser country.

[@bkzone8]

I would end up being sick and I can't afford that.

[@Tina-qp7py]

​@@tyson3577You're right, it is too late. And he's not leaving in 2028.

[@yuwannakno-w4m]

Celebrate Dr. Rev Martin Luther King 👑and his teachings of non-violent resistances, no war, good jobs for everyone with fair wages, and equal rights for everyone. 👭🏽🧑‍🤝‍🧑👬🏽🧑‍🤝‍🧑👫🏿🧑‍🤝‍🧑👭🏿WE HAVE TO DO MORE THAN BOYCOTT !! 📖📘 Teach - !!! 📢Resist ! Persist ! 📣 Insist ! 🎤 Do not Enlist in the Army ! 🪖

[@kimhurst4664]

“As off anything mattered anymore” How out of the ballpark. Dead on. Yet I found myself laughing while I cried.

[@meredithmcneilage]

Exactly how it feels. Any mad man can do anything now. And get away with it. These people have no idea what they’ve done to the future

[@kimweaver1252]

I don't think Hegseth could even pass a security check for even a low level security clearance. He is a ludicrous choice. He is going to manage the largest organization in the world, which consumes the most fossil fuel, has the most force available, has the greatest effect on world geopolitical events? What management credentials does he have? Oh, two veterans' organizations which ended up firing him for incompetence and mismanagement? That's it. This is not just stupid, it's insane. Truly insane. If you wanted to destroy the combat effectiveness of the US military, you couldn't make a better choice. T-Rump is definitely a Russian and/or a Chinese agent, not just an asset, an AGENT.

[@cristianreyes8012]

[@jpdemer5]

Trump hires incompetent suckups on purpose, to make sure that only he calls the shots.

[@verahawley9625]

I have a feeling, something major is going to happen and he is going to fuck up and do something really stupid, and he will not last in this position. I just pray it's nothing lethal. I am now very worried about the women in the military. Hopefully the character and integrity of the officers that are in charge now will stand strong.

[@gedotbard]

@ kimweaver1252 Your conclusion is right on target. Why the FBI didn't pick and highlight this national security threat is another question.

[@FallenPhoenix86]

Agent Orange*

[@naomibee8881]

Media blackout on Inauguration. We’ll be in America celebrating MLK Jr Day! 🎉 Down with the bloody orange king!

[@donmcallister3745]

Boycott the inauguration… Celebrate MLK Day as an honor and protest…!!! Resist 🇺🇸

[@rebeccacamacho-sobczak4282]

GREAT idea.

[@gus.smedstad]

1998: Republicans demand Bill Clinton resign for having an affair. 2025: Republicans berate Democrats for bringing up Hegseth's affairs.

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

I did not have sex with that ballot box.

[@swirlingdervish-lp4ey]

Once a hypocrite always a hypocrite.

[@Moluccan56]

@@jeffreyjeziorski1480that 17 year old jail bait ballot box.

[@chrisrj9871]

Republicans and hypocrisy, always a beloved pair.

[@Bigfoot-px9gj]

Well, just be thankful Newt Gingrich isn't Speaker of the Dog House anymore.

[@Sweetanita8]

If anything a president should be held to a higher standard.

[@ericwilliams1659]

Hey, now. That is dangerous thinking.

[@nauxsi]

Future presidents will all be daytime tv show hosts.

[@MLBrooks-g3u]

That ship has sailed, even before the immunity ruling.

[@DukeFame88]

Not in America...the system is rigged for a billionaire felon/rapist.

[@garymelrose9727]

@@ericwilliams1659 - any thinking is dangerous to MAGA.

[@mv80401]

Hey folks, attend the MLK Parades all over the country instead as a protest, we're having a Marade in this spirit in Denver!

[@dd1984mm]

Yes! Celebrate Dr. King! 😁

[@alysiareid6659]

Here in Oregon too❤

[@disc0pat1]

GREAT idea!

[@Stew-s5e]

Trump will just say they are there for him and his minions will just believe him and fox will push whatever narrative he wants.( and maybe other networks now as well )

[@pika23]

My town would have a friggin klan parade before ever thinking of MLK. Yay me. 😢 Very sad. This county I live in is so racist and stereotypically prejudiced in their thinking.

[@embroiledalive5232]

When Trump is sworn in, they should exchange the Bible for the Smith Report.

[@TheShmoo123]

What will the village people do when they don’t get paid!

[@jeffjohnson7683]

I hope they all line up and"have their way"with Trump!😂

[@pamelabennett1492]

😂😂😂

[@cocoadragon8554]

why they will all have to sleep at the Y.M.C.A!!

[@reneelyndamartinez1362]

You, Seth, Jimmy Kimmel and Independent Media are the ONLY WAY I can ingest the news. Thank you, Stephen. We love you 💙💙💙

[@yuwannakno-w4m]

Nah !! Colbert ONLY Fan ! ( ok , ok, JON Stewart ONLY too ) 😁

[@InCameraK]

The fact you think comedy is news is what is wrong with america

[@Taphfy]

Amen ✡️✝️🐾🐾💯

[@lord2800]

@@InCameraK No, the fact that comedy is more news than actual news station's news is what's wrong with America.

[@VP_A-Team]

@@lord2800 And where does Colbert['s writers] et al. [i.e. other Late Night shows] ultimately get their material? *THE 'NEWS' !!!!!!!!* So the coyote thing is *THE 'NEWS'* to you???? It's humor, ffs!!! A Late Night show monologue is merely a comedic warm-up for the [live and tv] audience before the real show... mostly interviews of figures in the arts and entertainment industry... as has been done since the late 60's... it's not "the news"... ... the American Idiocracy has fully taken hold...

[@dawngerken6613]

Do not watch the Inauguration. Boycott it.

[@mv80401]

Attend the MLK Parades all over the country instead as a protest, I will (despite arctic cold appro

[@tselengbotlhole750]

I would say even not to attend

[@yuwannakno-w4m]

@@mv80401 💖💯🙋🏽🌍 🎉CELEBRATE DR. REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING on Jan 20th🎉 🌍🙏🏽👑🌠 WITH LOVE💜

[@davidsalls7173]

Keep your TV ON! Tune it to a channel that doesn't have the clown show. If enough people do this, it will effect the ratings, and he is all about the ratings.

[@ZYX261]

​@davidsalls7173 I have already decided that my parrot wins the TV selection that entire day. He loves Disney Jr. Edited to add: Hoping for freezing rain for D.C. on the 20th.

[@veronicacarmody115]

If someone would have told me twenty years ago that we would have a felon as a President. I would have been shell-shocked. But here we are!

[@nauxsi]

USA needed to be humbled. We believed our own hype and then a sitting president allowed and funded a genocide to happen to please his party donors. Were rock bottom. No better than any other country.

[@ldark1773]

Or a president who cusses on natl. TV at will? And who attacks females whenever?

[@ThatOpalGuy]

Most were unindicted, anyway.

[@skippykaufman4436]

@@ldark1773Pres. Bone Spurs calls people with nicknames a ten year old uses.

[@ricknoyb1613]

It's like The Joker is running Gotham and bringing in his super villian buddies to fill the administration. It's that insane.

[@JohnSmith-vs9rs]

So sick of hearing that they can't prosecut a sitting president is why the DOJ stopped in November... In November he was NOT A SITTING president yet. Nor in December, and the first 19 days in January. Yea I get it, not enough time, too hard, trump's threats or revenge ... Not just Justice, but the CONSTITUTION ITSELF SAYS HE CAN NOT BE PRESIDENT! But what the hell. What's the worse that can happen? Right?.... ☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@laranadesign4764]

This is how money corrupts. There's too much to go around for loyalty. They had more than enough time. They dragged feet and threw hands up as soon as they could. It's so obvious now.

[@lindabruce4899]

They seem to have accomplished accountability in South Korea….

[@lindastruckus776]

We all have a front-row seat

[@johnshite4656]

It only matters to historians 50 years from now, when all of this is being deconstructed to analyze what really happened. Then they'll find Jack Smith's reports in a dusty corner of a basement somewhere and someone will go, "OOooooooohhhhhhhh!!! It all makes sense now!!!"

[@MaggieLarocque]

How will that make sense? If I found such a thing I would say"Where they a nation of no-minds?"

[@chrisjames3087]

Alcoholism by itself should disqualify Hegseth, then there's all the other stuff. He's a ludicrous choice.

[@hint1k]

What do you expect in a country ruled by all people? I say only smart people should be allowed to vote. A voter has to pass an IQ test (at least 80 points) and answer to most basic questions about fact checking. That would disqualify all stupid people. Probably like 50% of Trump supporters.

[@Sweetanita8]

@@chrisjames3087 I guess these clown car picks are intended to make trump feel less like the bumbling fool that he is by comparison. If it worked he'd still only be fooling himself.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

ACTIVE alcoholism, I agree. If he was a recovering alcoholic, it would not be a bar, and that recovery would be praise-worthy. But any alcoholic who promised "If you _____ I will quit drinking" will not quit drinking.

[@mho...]

meh, fits godking trumps minion list!

[@nunyabiz1780]

i like how even the opposition to pete is highly controlled. pete said the 2020 election was rigged on air and crickets out of these these losers cuz they know its true and are too afraid of the issue to discuss it.

[@MizuMing]

Boycott the inauguration. 🤷

[@yuwannakno-w4m]

Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King With Love and Service to Community 💜💙💚💛🧡❤🤎🖤🤍

[@Bigfoot-px9gj]

Boycott Trump's Presidency.

[@Dave1Claudius]

Who Cares

[@jameslanclos568]

Inaugural Ball Sack

[@polcommwatcher]

YES!

[@PeggyColeman-PeggybyDesign]

Visited in June 2024 and your show was the highlight of my trip. Dream come true! You help me laugh through this insanity! Thank you.

[@janetlabadie7234]

It's hard to believe how far the U.S. has fallen in the eyes of the world. Just plain sad. Thanks Bert

[@Bbenton1959]

I hope Jack goes back to The Hague where he can prosecute Bibi and Trump in the future.

[@Mainbusfail]

I live in broken arrow oklahoma. A mile away from Mark's plumbing business. And I'll tell you this pos and the way he runs his business and acted out in the house of Representatives. Has little regard to anything but his own ego and self interests.

[@yuwannakno-w4m]

Thanks for your input here. You should think about running for office . Take care.

[@MaggieLarocque]

@@yuwannakno-w4m Why? Because they dislike the person you dislike? Maybe ask for qualifications. Is "no need to have any qualifications" how you folks got into the pickle you are currently in?

[@yuwannakno-w4m]

@@MaggieLarocque No, cause they have the sense to see that, the way one acts and interacts in real day to day life is how one should QUALIFY ! And that's back to YOU and your folks, Maggie La croque !

[@daveking-sandbox9263]

Pete Hegseth's - Brett Kavanaugh moment! They must've studied together.

[@BognaZone]

Or maybe they partied together...cause you KNOW they never studied

[@lhoward9593]

They both like beer - a lot!

[@ClauTo-oh5qu]

Both- DUI/DEI. Disgusting.

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Want to be above the law, become the law. It’s America.

[@hugoo1549]

Hegseth is unqualified and unfit period end of story!

[@being2107]

So is insurrectionist Trump.

[@CubsFan2023]

His refusal to answer if he would ignore orders from Trump that violate the Constitution is, by inference, in and of itself an answer that he would follow them.

[@Moluccan56]

Bloody scary.

[@dayegilharno4988]

Yeah but... Look how confident he is in knowing that he will be confirmed nevertheless, and how smart he looks in a kinda '50s way - That's gotta count for something, or...? Man, this is what upside down "class consciousness" looks like, and this is just the beginning :(

[@judithsaunders3634]

But, but but…. He can do 5 sets of 47 pushups and has 3 Christo-nationalist tattoos. Doesn’t that count for something besides being a wack job?

[@jillfromatlanta427]

When he gets to the part about swearing to "support, protect and defend the Constitution" I think everyone present should scream "LIAR!!!!!!!". He has nothing but contempt for that document.

[@Bigfoot-px9gj]

I think even the MAGATs know every word he says is a lie. Nothing new there.

[@jenswetter251]

I vote for "scream in shocked disbelief" - after all, that was not what Magat's have been promised 😤

[@MaggieLarocque]

Everyone there should turn their back on him as soon as he starts to be sworn in. That would blow his tiny little mind.

[@OlEgSaS32]

@@MaggieLarocque sadly anyone who would attend that inauguration in person isnt a critic of his, instead he is their perfect golden glowing messiah, so thats not going to happen

[@vivianjones9749]

Or Felon, Felon, Felon

[@titusrider7948]

I hope most of America realizes how dangerously sad "What if anything mattered anymore" 😯

[@jgwood10]

Well then take it upon yourself to do something that matters in your life and help others. That’s all we can do.

[@cass_p]

The best description I've heard of our current moment in time is "listening to the last few clicks as we approach the top of the apocalypse roller coaster"

[@Snafuski]

I have long banned starbucks from my list of venues... The coffee is piss poor at outrageous prices.

[@MaggieLarocque]

So nothing at all to do with anything but your personal taste in coffee? I see. So, irrelevant herein bur your chance to seem like you are doing something noble? I see.

[@Snafuski]

@@MaggieLarocque No, not noble, just pointing out that Starbucks sells overpriced coffee, and these chains are killing smaller businesses that do a lot better coffee, are less anonymous, and don't cheat customers. You sound really frustrated, is anything wrong? Did my comment destroy the illusion of your ultimate coolness? Or did you have a bad night with your boyfriend? BTW: Where I live, I can go to any "tea room" and ask to use the john politely, they will let me. It's time to resist the corporate machines that are taking over our inner cities... I don't mind doing it alone, but it helps if people do it together.

[@oongabragettey]

Yes! That’s the crazy part! The coffee isn’t even that nice!😂

[@Snafuski]

@@oongabragettey There's a fascinating aspect to this whole debate, especially the people who feel they have to let out their frustrations at me.... Starbucks is the application of the culture industry norms to a chain. Starbucks, like McDonalds and other such venues, are chains, in other words: standardized. And when you attack them, people who go there feel personally attacked. It's a bizarre phenomenon... Movie stars are in the same category... It's quite amazing how easily people get sucked into the maw of the culture industry... Starbucks, like Amazon etc.. ruin the businesses of small, independent coffee shops. Once the company has enough money, it can impose itself wherever it goes, offering McJobs in addition to bad coffee.

[@tamsinlewis5161]

If you don't support the inauguration, don't watch...not watching is a form of protest.

[@mv80401]

Attend the MLK Parades all over the country instead as a protest, I will!

[@tjCAUk]

Celebrate Martin Luther King Day on Monday, Jan 20th, not the temporary resident of white house. Fdjt

[@jandrews6254]

Not watching, not participating, is an effective way of protesting and irritating the heck out of his imperial majesty who has a fixation on the size of his…..crowds

[@ely4935]

I don’t have one iota of intention of watching it anywhere ever

[@greendragon4058]

How I got my Netflix set to watching some real presidents like Independence Day😂😂

[@stephanieadams3747]

"Give me a joke?". Who the hell says that? Nobody.

[@intomnia3313]

Great statesmen are known for their eloquence

[@thomasbraeking6225]

Mullin isn't the sharpest tool in the pencil box. Or the brightest crayon in the shed.

[@musicinggp]

That dismissed his argument in its entirety!

[@swirlingdervish-lp4ey]

A total moron and hypocrite

[@Moluccan56]

His brain done broke.

[@Matt_with_2Ts]

I'm turning off the tv at noon on the 19th, and for 36 hours, I am going to paint, watch a STAR WARS marathon, take a pottery class, put together a Lego set, volunteer at an animal shelter, build sandcastles at the beach...... Do anything but partake in any social media engagement. No FB. No X. No Amazon shopping. No You Tube feeds. No media. No news.... Consider it camping for your minds. 36 hours. I'll catch up on his whining on the 21st, but I refuse to be any part of the grand algorithm's agenda to coddle a baby man.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

Why are you even on Facebook and Twitter?

[@SarafinaSummers]

Wish I could but I don't have the resources. And if I were to just sit and pray etc I'd start spiralling fast and we don't need that.

[@eman1757]

You don’t want to witness a convicted felon taking office? Is going to be the most embarrassing thing of the new year.

[@tiredbird471]

​@@SarafinaSummersRead a book or listen to some audiobooks, those are accessible still.

[@Geblorg]

Why 36 hours. Best to make it all of 2025. I will focus on woodworking and outstanding craft projects. So far, I am mediocre. Might even get good at it. If I enjoy this enough, I may extend it to the next four years.

[@KylePirko]

I am still flabbergasted that the man in charge of your country is not legally allowed to own a firearm but you are giving him the nuclear football and codes. 😮😮😮What is actually wrong with you people. You are a disgrace.

[@lynemac2539]

Gee, thanks for accusing all of us. I blame the absurd homeschool fad.

[@karenvancamp5364]

And not 1 job should ask ANYONE for a background check

[@LazyIRanch]

@@lynemac2539 Facism occurs when a minority takes power, and DJT got less than 50% of the vote, and he got less than 30% of the possible votes, since more people chose apathy and didn't vote. The biggest "political" demographic in the USA is "I Don't Care". Yes, stop blaming those of us who chose Harris and Biden. We are the ones who deeply care about our country, so much so that we want ALL Americans to be safe and have everything they need to succeed, even the people who hate us for no good reason.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

who wants to bet trump will try to pardon himself and THE ENTIRE GOP will help him, praise him and call him a genius! it doesn't matter to the GOP that pardoning yourself is illegal. it doesn't matter to the GOP that their leader is a lying, raping, fascist, conman, traitor. trump's life-long corruption and disdain for laws - that's what they like about him. trump doesn't let a little thing like the law interfere with what he wants to do. HE JUST DOES IT ANYWAY! and no one stops him!

[@lynemac2539]

​@@LazyIRanch I am not a Chumpster.

[@betinababbles249]

The shoutout to Gabriel Garcia Marquez? Love it! 🇨🇴❤

[@kaeleastlord]

Watching Senators Kenny, Duckworth, Warren, and Slotkin (i voted for her) disembowel Hegseth was a little satisfying

[@Moluccan56]

Kaine, too.

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

But it achieved nothing

[@Opus313]

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick... Jack is tired of Donnie's schtick!

[@NewMessage]

There he is...

[@mv80401]

He wasn't quick. Meidas and Brian Teller Cohen and others had been warning all along about missed chances to act against Trump's legal whore Cannon.

[@timothym.orourke5283]

🏳️‍🌈Jack tried to be nimble. Jack tried to be quick. Too bad Merrick was neither.🏳️‍🌈

[@ginajones2328]

Excellent 🎉

[@martinconnors6200]

If it rhymes, it's prime

[@craigstahl1874]

Last week of the republic. Thanks, Merrick.

[@lhoward9593]

We're not dead yet!

[@sealyoness]

@@lhoward9593 NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN! (Sorry, channeling Galaxy Quest - but not wrong.)

[@MLBrooks-g3u]

Quit blaming Garland. Blame Trump and the deplorables who enable and follow him.

[@kooale]

@@MLBrooks-g3u Bull. Garland sucked. All the get go, tenacity & courage of a newborn rabbit.

[@threadbarerag336]

The good news is that in 2029 there will still be two years left on the Statue of Limitations.

[@MM-vv8mt]

Actually, Dumpy's dance isn't "Milk The Gorillas", it's "Jerk the Giraffes".

[@wendykleeb2071]

If we couldn't laugh, we'd cry.

[@emilyburton4095]

I've been crying plenty, and I'm not American.

[@KJ-eh5oo]

30 miles of fence, almost as much wall! Bet it wasn't made of U S. Steel.

[@StudioLB]

Colbert is a legend

[@Dave1Claudius]

if you like losers

[@StudioLB]

@Dave1Claudius Like your mom

[@gigatywing3483]

...of TDS

[@NicholasPellow]

@@Dave1Claudius your Mom likes Colbert - that's what she told me last night when her mouth wasn't full

[@nunyabiz1780]

And about Colbert's ties to Pedosta??????

[@chri5784]

Stephen's delivery on the jokes doesn't get enough praise. He is very good!

[@bubblesezblonde]

thanks for all you did Stephan & Crew. It is over. Anarchy reigns.

[@HorseMuse]

he is not sitting, yet! so off to prison!

[@swinginjoe8477]

Praise be to VP Harris, for a brief few months in 2024, she gave me hope

[@yuwannakno-w4m]

more than a few....

[@MLBrooks-g3u]

It was lovely, wasn't it?

[@barbaraschuld8206]

Yes it was. We may never feel it again unfortunately. 😞✌️💙​@@MLBrooks-g3u

[@tcg0985]

This!

[@boston_octopus_442]

I remember those halcyon days 🥳🤗😊😞

[@k9_siren360]

As someone born and raised in Chicagoland, of course we eat salad! We just put it all on our hot dogs.

[@rachelgallagher6214]

Watching a traitor sworn in under oath ,while lying through his face, just another day,so, no won't be watching .✌️💙 from Montana

[@katherinewong2901]

Thank God for Colbert.

[@nunyabiz1780]

Is your god Satan?

[@maurawhelan3530]

Sickening the way ppl pander to TFG. Now the village ppl who were never paid by TFG are performing for him? Let the hypocrisy begin.

[@lhoward9593]

Maybe they are being paid! 😮

[@swapshots4427]

And Carrie Underwood. Bye bye career.

[@MLBrooks-g3u]

The VP are down to one guy who is running out of money and long ago ran out of any kind of fame.

[@MaggieLarocque]

Will they perform the GAY ANTHEM?

[@catedney4165]

Impeach #45 ASAP & Remove from office this time. Contact Senators and Congress!

[@phriedokra6158]

47

[@Surelockohms]

Vance is just as bad... Democrats failed like they always do.

[@breal7277]

@@Surelockohms Yep! Total ineptitude.

[@nancymcmonarch]

He's been impeached twice. You really think the same Senate that's about to confirm Pete Hegseth would vote to convict Trump? Anyway, it's only four years. The world survived it once.

[@Ford_prefect_42]

​@@phriedokra6158felon 34*

[@robreuler144]

6 more days of freedom and democracy.

[@amberandrews6842]

Maybe a few days longer... Just ugh...

[@Godfree1212]

You are delusional. It never really has existed. Now back to your slave job.

[@marlonkchatful]

He said "Forest Preserve". 😄 Well done!! Your staff does their research, Steven

[@BonitaBrandt]

That poor coyote. He was starving and terrified. Not funny.

[@tliszt]

Does 'Jack Smith's Report Matter?' Of course, it does. And in fact, it matters so damn much and has for so long that where we are now and realizing that the report actually DOES NOT MATTER to many Americans is how and why I know we are likely done, over, kaput. Now that we've (re)elected such a lying, drifting, arrogant, ignorant CRIMINAL is clear. It is shameful and speaks volumes about the ignorance and bigotry that is 'Merika. A "nation of laws," my ass.

[@WyvernYT]

The cult decided not to believe it before it was written.

[@jenscrunchyvacs7837]

Table for 1👏👏👏🤣

[@DustyJones1997BGCL]

Stephen is on fire tonight 🔥🔥🔥

[@nunyabiz1780]

I can't believe he keeps coming into work. how many kids have had heart attacks because of his pharmaceutical advertisements?

[@duvessa2003]

I hope the village people got their pay upfront.

[@MaggieLarocque]

Do you care whether cretins who shill for. a rapist get paid for doing so? I hop they do NOT.

[@SylvanFosters]

5:47 Notice how Mullin compares Hegseth’s record to the record of current senators rather than to the current Secretary of Defense or previous Secretaries of Defense.

[@ChristophGlaser-r5q]

Peace from Austria! WE are also laughing yet terrified of ttump. If he stops helping Ukraine we will all (EU) have to pony up bc we will not leave our neighbors in the Lurch. So to those suffering bc of this election, ur not alone. Peace

[@PhilipX2030]

Luckily, Elon is in the wings and he has been supporting ukraine, so maybe this will rub off?

[@eileenhammer468]

@@PhilipX2030 no he hasn't been. he only supports himself

[@Tina-qp7py]

Trump will negotiate with Zelenskyy to give up territory to Putin. If he refuses then Trump will cut off funding through NATO. Putin has to agree to withdraw from the new border. Will he though?

[@karen-ec8yz]

Pray Ukraine continues to get some help because there are rumors that DJT is in someone’s pocket

[@RichardKatchuik]

Thank You Austria. Ukrainian/Canadian Never surrender

[@bentmelholtandersen7057]

I'm Danish and know that the American public is not especially well educated and informed, but that it is so bad, that over 50% of the American population so easily and openly falls into PR traps, shocks me. But what shocks me even more is that over 50% of the American population voted for a liar and convicted criminal to be their President, is downright repulsive. I have lost all my sympathy for the US

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

Why did you have any in the first place?

[@polcommwatcher]

No, not 50% of the POPULACE, NOT EVEN 50% OF THE VOTERS , because many people didn't vote at all, and some stupidly voted for 3rd party candidates without understanding that a vote for them ended up as a vote for Emperor CAPIGULA. But the traitors who did vote for him fell for obvious R-style propaganda and that we can't respect.

[@bentmelholtandersen7057]

@@lenawagenfuehr53 Because of many positive experiences during a trip to the US and Canada in the early '70s. Subsequently, for several years by participating in the largest 4th of July celebration outside the US (in Rebild hills in Denmark). In addition, I have relatives who have lived in the US for 4 generations - That's why.

[@shirleycrane9013]

More voted against him, just third party edged out Harris, Trump 49.6% of voters. Sadly 26.9% of eligible voters placed him in office.

[@MLBrooks-g3u]

@@bentmelholtandersen7057 Yes, we were never the shining city on the hill but we sure were better than what we are today.

[@casbot71]

*Jack Smiths report really mattered* - _about 6 months ago._

[@bcb7443]

It would have been appropriate for Hegseth’s confirmation hearing to be a cocktail party! 🍺🍷🥃

[@ReistyPanda]

The reference to 100 Years of Solitude is why Colbert is my favorite

[@bonnyscott4220]

Call for a boycott on watching the inauguration. Make it the least watched in history

[@yuwannakno-w4m]

DO SOMETHING ! Celebrate Dr. Rev Martin Luther King 👑 by doing Community Service . Imagine how MAD the Orange Baby would be if news of people doing Good things for MLK DAY was on TV ! RIGHT ??

[@swapshots4427]

Oh, it will be. Poor little Donnie will be crying on a golden throne with the door closed.

[@tyson3577]

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN"T LAUGH BECAUSE I AM CRYING FOR THE AMERICA I ONCE LOVED. THIS ISN"T EFFING FUNNY. WE ARE ALL GOING TO PAY FOR THIS.

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

Humour is the only way I can cope

[@faustrocket565]

It is a sad time

[@Moluccan56]

Stay strong. Some things are going to crumble.

[@bscats1]

It’s laugh or cry.

[@evanhughes7609]

IT'S A GAY ANTHEM.

[@lorelle1500]

Yup. We knew that back in 1979!

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

Time to steal it and make it gayer

[@DARWINZOO]

​@@lorelle1500damn, wasn't it fun? ❤❤

[@irok1d]

YMCGay

[@chrisrj9871]

It's been a gay anthem for decades, why change it now?

[@jamesstuart3346]

I saw this on the Police BodyCam Channel: "Florida man runs for President and wins to escape jail"

[@VictoriaWilson]

I loved how he called it "men's football playoffs" LOL

[@patcomerford5596]

Do not consume Starbucks!👎👎👎

[@nitraM321]

shame on the village people !

[@ehuff8000]

And Carrie Underwood. Birds of the feather. Who you align yourself with matters.

[@joancooney7724]

Boycott Trumps inauguration

[@yuwannakno-w4m]

Celebrate Dr. Rev Martin Luther King 👑and his teachings of non-violent resistances, no war, good jobs for everyone with fair wages, and equal rights for everyone. 👭🏽🧑‍🤝‍🧑👬🏽🧑‍🤝‍🧑👫🏿🧑‍🤝‍🧑 👭🏿WE HAVE TO DO MORE THAN BOYCOTT !! 📖📘 Teach - !!! 📢 Resist ! Persist ! 📣 Insist ! Do not Enlist in the Army ! 🪖

[@Hippiechick11]

I picture trumps inauguration is 3 billionaires and Marjorie Taylor Green.

[@phriedokra6158]

Ivanka Trump got Chinese trademarks for voting machines in 2019...Elon Musk can control the internet with Starlink. They cheated.....Kamala folded....they should.jsbr left Biden in....he needs to Sue the Corporate Dems who.forced him.out

[@KJ-eh5oo]

And a Boebert train in the ladies' room.

[@jeffreybaer6386]

And the 20k people they purchased....

[@jandrews6254]

@@jeffreybaer6386well with a large proportion of people doing MLK Day instead and being anywhere other than the action at the Capitol, it’ll be a lean crowd

[@bethwaller1789]

Boycott the inauguration and wear black in mourning for our democracy.

[@yuwannakno-w4m]

IT's Martin Luther King Day- A National Day of Service - look up what you can DO for your community in the name of Dr. King. THAT WILL PISS OFF THE OTHER GUY--- whatever his name is. MLK DAY !!! 💛👑MLK DAY !!! 👑🎉

[@Stoicisbetter]

Voluntary social media blackout for the inauguration, many starting January 19 to January 26.

[@lj1597]

Thanks for all you do!

[@foots-z8r]

My flag will be upside down until Trump leaves office...🛐✝️✝️✝️💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🐾🐾👣

[@thomasbraeking6225]

I took mine in. The country it represents doesn't exist anymore.

[@Moluccan56]

Maybe just haul it in.

[@reallytho99]

Until the government does anything right. It needs reformed

[@ehuff8000]

Ours briefly came back out when Kamala and Coach gave us hope, and is going back in for the next 4 years. 😢

[@suewarren4486]

Some animals are more equal than other animals. Some animals never go to trial.

[@solvseus]

I understood that reference... 🥺

[@suewarren4486]

@solvseus what it lacks in originality it makes up in accuracy. And, yeah, that's a reference too.🐖

[@solvseus]

@@suewarren4486 Very accurate, hence the 🥺 I have a feeling I'll be using it a lot in the next few years...

[@rhymingoz]

Smith's report should fcking matter

[@dr.m.hfuhruhurr84]

Does! 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐆 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡'𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩'𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 Glenn Kirschner 856K subscribers 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZDSe4qBicd9oKs

[@Fourleggedfreak]

4:51 please don't forget Pete Hegseth also wrote a whole book about how women and POC should not be in the military, and he has big neo-Nazi tattoos all over his body

[@Maribel-q3y]

The jokes today were outstanding and Mr. Colbert deliver was magnificent!