May 10, 2018

Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 5/9/18

Michael Cohen Has Been Selling Access To The President



Russian oligarchs, phone conglomerates, and pharmaceutical companies. Oh my!




Gina Haspel Says Waterboarding Is So 2002



Trump's nominee of CIA director doubts the president will ever ask her to use waterboarding techniques. Has she heard him talk on the subject?




Stephen Colbert's Midnight Confessions, Vol. XL



I know it's annoying for whoever's sitting behind me, but I always recline my seat all the way back when I'm driving.




Pennywise The Clown Loves Jeff Sessions' New Immigration Policy



Although it looks like the work of the monster from Stephen King's 'It,' Pennywise assures everyone updates to the US immigration policy were made by AG Jeff Sessions.

May 10, 2018

Rick Perry suggests using 'national security' to override opposition to pipelines

Energy secretary comes from a state very protective of its sovereignty.

With states standing in the way of new natural gas pipelines, Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Wednesday suggested elevating the role of national security when regulators consider whether to approve pipeline project applications.

Testifying on Capitol Hill, Perry expressed frustration with the failure of pipelines to get built due to opposition from state officials. Perry — Texas’ longest-serving governor — questioned the power that states hold over the construction of oil and natural gas pipelines. “Do states have the right to block a pipeline across their state that will have a national security implication or an economic implication on individuals?” Perry asked.

Perry told members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, that he believes a fight is brewing over “a state’s sovereign ability to make a decision versus the national security of this country.”

New York regulators, in particular, have most recently been taking a closer look at the environmental impact of natural gas pipelines that would travel through their state. Most states, in contrast, offer lax oversight of pipeline construction.

In 2016, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation denied a water quality certificate for the Constitution Pipeline. The natural gas pipeline’s developers appealed the decision all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. But late last month, the high court rejected Constitution Pipeline’s bid to challenge New York’s refusal to grant the permit.


Much more: https://thinkprogress.org/perry-cites-national-security-in-defense-of-pipelines-446a7fcf088b/



ENERGY SECRETARY RICK PERRY, TESTIFYING BEFORE A HOUSE COMMITTEE ON MAY 9, 2018, SUGGESTED NATIONAL SECURITY COULD TAKE PRECEDENT OVER STATES' ROLE IN PIPELINE REVIEW PROCESS. CREDIT: DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES

May 10, 2018

The Daily Show: Don Blankenship Takes on "Cocaine Mitch" McConnell

Republican Senate candidate Don Blankenship loses a closely watched primary race in West Virginia after running a bizarre, racially charged campaign.

May 10, 2018

Seth Meyers - Trump's Fixer, Michael Cohen, Had a Secret Slush Fund: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at how the story about Trump paying hush money to a porn star evolved into a scandal involving a Russian oligarch and influence peddling.




Jokes Seth Can't Tell with Michelle Wolf



There are some jokes that just sound wrong coming from Seth, so Michelle Wolf stops by to help him out.

May 10, 2018

Seth Meyers - Trump Pulls Out of the Iran Deal, the Met Gala - Monologue - 5/8/18

Hidden Credits: Jersey Shore: Family Reunion, Young Sheldon



Seth reveals hidden production credits from popular shows you might have missed.

May 9, 2018

Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 5/8/18

Trump Ignores U.S. Allies, Leaves The Iran Deal



Trump formally announced his decision to exit the Iran nuclear agreement, despite contrary advice from the United States' top allies.




Eric Schneiderman's #MeToo Hypocricy



New York AG Eric Schneiderman has been preparing a case against Harvey Weinstein. Now, according to allegations, the two might be linked in a less flattering way.




Colbert Named One Of Met Gala's 'Best Dressed Men'



Since the 2018 Met Gala's theme was 'the Catholic imagination,' Stephen confesses how he felt about everyone's outfits.




Iran's Response To Donald Trump



Iran's leader holds a press conference following President Trump's controversial decision to withdraw from the historic nuclear deal.

May 9, 2018

The Daily Show: Eric "Champion of Women" Schneiderman Falls to the Me Too Movement

After gaining a reputation as a tireless advocate for women's rights, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigns amid multiple allegations of violence against women.

May 9, 2018

Seth Meyers - Melania's "Be Best" Platform, Chipotle's Baby Shower - Monologue - 5/7/18

May 8, 2018

Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 5/7/18

Trump Says Giuliani Will 'Get His Facts Straight'



On Friday, the President told reporters that his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, would 'get his facts straight.' He was wrong.




Melania To Today's Youth: 'Be Best'



Melania Trump unveiled her hyperspecific mission as First Lady will be to improve 'the overall well-being of children.'




Everyone In China Is Getting A 'Social Credit Score'



Stephen explores the China's government-instituted plan to assign its citizens overall social credit grades, and gets one himself.




Rudy Giuliani Is Digging Himself Into A Hole



After a busy weekend of TV interviews, Trump's new lawyer finds himself about halfway through the Earth's mantle.

May 8, 2018

E.P.A. Emails Show an Effort to Shield Pruitt From Public Scrutiny

WASHINGTON — It was supposed to be a town hall meeting where Iowa ranchers could ask questions directly of Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. But when the agency learned that anyone would be free to ask anything, they decided to script the questions themselves.

“My sincere apologies,” an E.P.A. official wrote to the rancher who would be moderating the event. “We cannot do open q&a from the crowd.” She then proposed several simple questions for him to ask Mr. Pruitt, including: “What has it been like to work with President Trump?”

Details about the December event, and dozens of other official appearances from Mr. Pruitt’s scandal-plagued first year at the E.P.A., have until now been hidden from public view as a result of an extraordinary effort by Mr. Pruitt and his staff to maintain strict secrecy about the bulk of his daily schedule.

But a new cache of emails offer a detailed look inside the agency’s aggressive efforts to conceal his activities as a public servant. The more than 10,000 documents, made public as part of a Freedom of Information lawsuit by the Sierra Club, show that the agency’s close control of Mr. Pruitt’s events is driven more by a desire to avoid tough questions from the public than by concerns about security, contradicting Mr. Pruitt’s longstanding defense of his secretiveness.


Much more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/climate/epa-pruitt-emails-secrecy.html