The Threat From The Russians Is Real

Recent cyber hacks on the U.S. electoral system are only the latest revelations regarding Russian influence on the 2016 Election.
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[@dsho1199]

Drain the White House

[@jeffhowell5629]

Wait, who's willy nilly?

[@headcold7250]

Jeff Howell #nillyforprez

[@Datharass]

Swamp?

[@gunnar6674]

Trump's been swamping the drain.

[@daveskerritt185]

I don't even know why Trump is picking on swamps. They actually are good for the environment. Oh, that's Right, conservatives don't really care about the environment.

[@stephenburley4581]

I appreciate the research... Jeff Sessions is indeed a Capricorn.

[@GlaceonBM]

can i get five red gems from a capricorn

[@stephenburley4581]

Only if you're going to use them to pay for a house from a Gurdurr.

[@daveskerritt185]

Well, I'm a Libra, so I know it's hopeless for me. :)

[@maddefaderholm6427]

Because of the fucking difference in status. Why is Trump afraid to debate with Stephen Colbert? Why is Trump afraid to debate with me? Only thing that'd come out good is that Alex Jones will get popularity. That's all. Alex Jones should rather debate with folks like TYT. The guy thinks that government is turning frogs in to gay. Really? WTF!

[@MichaelAronson]

Conservatives in 2017: Stop this investigation, it's fake news, Conservatives in 2016: Appoint a special prosecutor to open her email case again!

[@MichaelAronson]

What's the fake part, racist who assumes a white guy is Chinese?

[@MichaelAronson]

What's the fake part, racist deflector?

[@MichaelAronson]

You apparently have no balls, and aren't good at trolling either.

[@mavendeo]

Rich even though he didn't earn it? White and blond? Childish mentality? By the gods, Trump is Richie Rich painted to look like a tangerine!

[@MichaelAronson]

Poor troll is getting upset.

[@hasch5756]

Italy, Iran, Chile, Guatemala, Iraq,... You see, it just comes around this time

[@pepps779]

It is a bit ironic that the US characterizes such election meddling as an attack, yet often take very different views of the US' history of meddling in foreign elections.

[@imjustsayin109]

Amen!

[@Dragonk116]

Tyler thats for other countries to be worried about their problems.... we worry about our own.

[@arisrayden]

good old american exceptionalism at it's finest. it's ok if we do it, we have moral superiority we have a responsibility to guide the world to salvation

[@DarkNight97754]

This whole, Russia thing, reminds me of one of those super villains in a Cartoon that has a complex plan to make his enemies turn on each other and be distracted from what he's doing so that he can surprise attack his enemies...basically we're fucked.

[@kamrankhandevil]

This isn't a cartoon.

[@EricLing64]

He doesn't need a distraction, he's pretty up front about invading Russia's neighbors to reconstitute the soviet union. He just doesn't want America and such to get in the way. Think they also tried to get into France's elections, makes me wonder if they were meddling with the UK as well. Though I have to wonder, what is his end game, assuming he does somehow reform the soviet union, they're still a second-world nation, the place is just short of a shithole, thus why they were trying to poison stray dogs before the winter olympics and shit, and still couldn't stop the dogs from getting into the event. They won't bring prosperity to Russia or anything, they'll just make the countries they invade equally shitty.

[@VulpesHilarianus]

I guess Lex Luthor becoming president wasn't so unbelievable after all. Every bit of evidence pointed to Luthor abusing power and bypassing laws to get there, and only the overly paranoid Justice League thought it was evil at work. Every bit of evidence pointed to Trump abusing power and bypassing laws to get there, and only the nostalgia blind conservatives thought it was the beginning of a renaissance. In both cases there were all the flags that things were going to go bad from the beginning, except one had more reasons than ego to do so. Truth truly is stranger than fiction. It's going to be difficult to write a story involving politics that actually surpasses this past year.

[@legion999]

wayne porter ...and the super villain in this case is Putin

[@zaydawood5354]

wayne porter not everything is Hollywood but omg you so right. I watch international news from other countries and with all the internal drama you guys have no clue what's happening in the world. you guys are really being blinded and its so sad to see America tearing itself apart from the inside. while Russia laughs and there are Americans talking about Hillary's emails its simply boggles my mind.

[@jazzeeeecrock]

Thankful to be Canadian! 🇨🇦🤘

[@hhiippiittyy]

jazzeeeecrock Eh-men.

[@courtneyf2850]

jazzeeeecrock I wish I could be.

[@s.bakyhnh1756]

"BUT HER EMAILS!"

[@sierragoldrush7479]

Vexed Just like the voter registration rolls. Podesta's emails. Just like The Office of Personnel Management that contains the security clearances and fingerprints for 4+ million government employees. Just like the health records of all UCLA patients, staff, and students. Just like the Iranian centrifuge controllers. Just like 80 million Anthem Blue Cross members. Just like the Panama Papers. C'mon man.

[@mamamimi1392]

The emails were realeased by who? A de facto Russian agent. And, why were emails not released from the other side? The de facto Russian agent.

[@saeedvazirian]

Dude, I know you hate Trump, so do I. But Putin is not the answer to all your problems. Grow the fuck up.

[@frisksten]

what about the leaks from the Trump admin?

[@benjaminraskin8509]

***** people who work at the white house n in the government who aren't insane

[@PlaneetRuk]

everybody, watch the Netflix documentary 'Get me Roger Stone'. really good story about the sleezball that got Trump elected.

[@SirNeutral]

Okay.

[@alexc5967]

#impeachtrumpandcabinet

[@JCTiggs1]

Jeff Sessions is a creepy little weasel!

[@JorisGriffioen]

Hey now, weasels did nothing to deserve that.

[@stevie68a]

Great work, Stephen! Humor and truth, together.

[@vazak11]

Great coverage!

[@rax816]

Jefferson Bogroll Sasquatch.

[@maalmi]

can we just get rid of the electoral college and be done with the problem?

[@imjustsayin109]

As soon as we figure out who benefits most from that archaic structure, we could and should start working on it. Any guesses?

[@sharkbaitj]

"Never have so many looked so stupid because of so few"...LOVE!

[@88888888888888888443]

"I was standing over there with the legs" 😂😂😂😂😂 brilliant

[@Strausburg]

As a voter from Illinois, I think Это ужасно

[@bbgum1877]

Lock.....anybody at this stage,up!

[@killercaos123]

"Putin in a pants suit." loved it. lol

[@benfoster6456]

ludicrous speed! go!

[@jeniferdivine]

Putin in a pantsuit that made my afternoon

[@karlliebknecht4889]

No, it's not.

[@dannyhughes6306]

How about Ted Hughes's "The Lyin Man" Or "Jeff Sessions and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Attorney General!"

[@JustAnotherDayToday]

"You have dishonored me and family Mr. Burr. Pistols at 10 paces at dawn... sir." --Jeff Sessions. 😂

[@Buenomars]

The Sessions family.... The Sessionses? Sounds a little difficult to pronounce.

[@saschahoupt6177]

But where is the monologue?

[@theartist124]

The lights aren't even on in the Sessions home!

[@peanutbutterwaltz]

He said Putin in a pantsuit 😹 Fart jokes regarding people who resemble what a stale fart materialized, could potentially look like, rules!

[@alaindeloor2965]

Un-Covfee-believable

[@arbbeqa145]

2:22 anyone thought he was gonna say "nobody...nobody does it better"

[@lachlanwong4257]

Very Verry Quiet! hahaha!

[@chetkayeable]

Putin made hillary not campaign in wisconsin, that's some Jedi mind trick.

[@rose_5585]

It's way too easy to make that change

[@evgeniantonov1035]

Lies on top of lies. Under big layer of lies.

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

"I am Elmer G. Fudd, millionaire;I own a mansion and a yacht." - EG Fudd and also: EG Fudd in a bunny jumper: "I may be kway-zee, but I'm not goin' to Alcatwaz." (cue bunny hop music). 👯💃

[@GentlemanNietzsche]

Stephen get your graphics team to put together a compilation of Jeff Sessions' head imposed on various cartoon bodies (esp. Keebler). I will pay good money for this.

[@beatleplayer1011]

Huh, so we went back in time with this Attorney General in multiple ways...

[@brandonbeard4019]

Ooh lawdy, lawdy, them Russians are out to get us!!

[@ZAKITASHI]

So, could someone explain what do the people who believe in Russian hacking expect the U.S. to do about it?

[@patsin6873]

Why is there no info from other intel organisations ... like NSA etc. - At least you could easily find out who is calling who, as these info will be saved in any case

[@marshacreary2442]

"Not Curious Jeff"

[@NeonsStyleHD]

Stephen Corbert has the best comments lol

[@real_corn_man]

He recused himself man. If he knew more than the newspapers he'd be in violation of his recusal.

[@a79z15]

There needs to be a Re-Election

[@ForAnAngel]

Remember when over 100,000 voter registrations suddenly and mysteriously disappeared in New York during the primary and no one could figure out how that happened?

[@Zoharargov]

When you need to say something is "real", it means it ain't real.

[@CharlotteFairchild]

Not curious Jeff is a great joke. Thanks! I am so sorry about this Russian mess.

[@rasmie8858]

Only if the committee was filled with competent people like Senator King and Senator Harris, we would know a lot more...

[@novai6554]

Voter security needs to step their shit up

[@mikestone6078]

Imagine - just for a moment - it wasn't Russia at all, but 4chan ... Just for a moment ...

[@johnyliltoe]

I had a putin in my pant suit before. That NEVER gets out.

[@pelvis_assley]

Isn't that funny how Stevie is turning simple letters typed in garbage media into legit evidence?

[@seekingtruthfulness]

you are one crazy guy Colbert hahahahahahahohohohohha

[@fdfischer]

Are we just enduring this cause republicans don't like to see the letter D in the White House and rather see an R that they think is republician but as time goes on starts to be short for Russia instead?

[@normal6483]

No one was blaming it on Russia at the time, but I actually remember a lot of reports during the primary that people who were registered were no longer registered. I suppose hindsight is 20/20.

[@belias360]

At least he threw the "But What About Her Emails?!" Bernie bros and Trumpanzees a bone with his last jab, lol

[@brandonbeard4019]

But her emails....

[@ToddSmith1]

everyone deserves a second chant

[@milmet3553]

I'm from Illinois😳

[@mykeprior3436]

Dramatic attack? Jesus. It's like everyone forgets about the times real people die.

[@MrJhuang999]

Dump admin plays hide and seek with citizens, Russia plays capture the US flag, world watches in disbelief and laughs

[@alexocasio-gomez5267]

RUSSIA haxxored Steve Scales's hip!

[@cctomcat321]

last time I was this early I had to cry myself to sleep while feeling like less of a man... 😢

[@waterandafter]

Sure, King can get a straight "no" from the elf, but when a woman tries to get a straight answer, she's told STFU

[@Chunkboi]

waterandafter hey now, that's just wrong! Sessions is an imp, not an elf.

[@battyroy3894]

It's a Bloomberg article. None of those things happened. Think for yourself.

[@SamiaKaram]

He left his lips over the White House

[@keanurowe2556]

Ummm wasn't Romney saying this 4 years ago?

[@kimyrrah2416]

I live in Asheville N.C. and it only took me 10 min. to vote early and I did not have show my ID. DID NOT VOTE FOR trump!

[@juanvga]

That Russia thing is makings US a joke

[@demxxxxx]

What the Hell is voting doing online?

[@blueberrywa6107]

Jeff sessions need investigate.

[@IgorVir2runner]

Крутое шоу!)))

[@sburtch111]

King: "Hey man, wassup with the Russian thing?" Beauregard : "BACK OFF BRO ALL I KNOW IS WHAT CNN SAYS" King: "I left the damn paper on your desk. It says everything. You didn't read that?" Beauregard: "Nah fam" Btw for a laugh, text a question to 402 521 1195.

[@lumpy0100]

Thanks The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.:)

[@Summerlove0763]

He looks just like, Elmer Fudd.. Damn

[@thetruthfulchannel6348]

Yes, Hillary Clinton was very much Putin in a pantsuit.

[@carlosvasquez7755]

Oh god it would be historical to see an impeachment of a president at my time and age, So exciting.

[@ajomagurd]

Ликующих на улицах людей, Победа победа!

[@Seanbrant23]

we are living in a topsy turvy world

[@johnyliltoe]

Putin in a Pant Suit 2020!

[@Christuserloeser]

They hacked your YT account and split the monologue.

[@noonetobetrifledwith]

but....the reason he doesn't know is because he step down from the investigation? trying to have a cake and eat it to?

[@Goodbrew84]

Didn't he recuse himself?

[@adamtzsch]

*drivers' licenses

[@eagle3676]

was that last bit a jab at Hillary Clinton and the crowd just didn't understand it so it laughed? if it was that made the joke that much more funny

[@emdub9679]

I like senator King, he looks like Bruce Forsyth.

[@cerboris521]

Since Sessions admitted constantly that he doesn't know anything he should be fired for being terrible at his job.

[@PeterChien138]

Stonewall sad son is a joke.

[@b6schilke996]

Sessions = Clueless

[@lostinbago]

Amazing that Russia could have got Drivers. lisc. data base on 13 million people when Illinois only has about 11 milliona and half of those are children or too old to drive.

[@AtlantikaSky]

lol i like how in the comment section everybody is an expert . Many even write long, detailed paragraphs. Nice 👌👌

[@michaelroberts5801]

waldo is found

[@m9cZOR]

lol what a clown hahah

[@calebdrew5684]

By "the Russians," Stephen means "the Russian Government." Just in case you thought lumberjacks in Minsk give two shits about your friggin election! :P

[@babadukk]

I feel like Stephen's low-key into astrology

[@silhouettesatsunset]

I didn't do anything if I did, I didn't do anything wrong

[@NeonsStyleHD]

This whole Trump thing is fucking hilarious. It's like the entire world is in a room with America in the middle, and everyone is pointing at America and laughing their arses off. lol

[@kerplunkitlastname1317]

Sturgeon girl sex party? Seriously there's something fishy here!

[@makinglifelessboring7130]

Now that we know that russia had a part in this what is the government supposed to do about it? I'm asking this as a legitimate question because I don't know

[@trippingpug5513]

I don't know what the real procedure is, since this is kind of unprecedented, but I'd guess another election.

[@1jimjon]

I Ullrich: No proof, only if you're an ostrich with it's head in the sand. You'd have to completely disregard the US security & intelligence services, what their heads have officially stated, & leaks.

[@TeddyKrimsony]

Seek friendlier ties to Russia and Putin's party and opposition to isolate the current Russian government without damaging Russia's economy so that the electorates will vote for a west-friendly president. USA just can't go to war with Russia because that will initiate WW3 which could possibly turn into a continental nuclear war. Imposing more sanctions will only make the Russian electorates hate the west even more and therefore elect another Putin.

[@TheArtkaw]

Theodoяe Kяap I distinctly recall the World War III fear mongering coming from Breitbart and Kremlin-sponsored news sites like Sputnik, etc.

[@makinglifelessboring7130]

I find it hard to make my own opinions because a lot of sides contradict each other. I do wish to see both sides of every argument but nowadays its more difficult to come to a conclusion because I'm never quite sure who to believe. I want to be informed even if I'm not old enough to do anything with this information.