LGBTQ news and entertainment
Last night, The Late Show‘s Stephen Colbert did not miss his chance to riff on President Trump’s latest gaffe – the “incident” in Sweden that never happened.
“And just because this attack didn’t happen, folks, doesn’t mean we don’t stand in solidarity with all the people who did not suffer.”
Referencing Trump’s apparent news source for comment and his propensity for skipping intelligence briefings, Colbert said, “I guess Trump only accepts intelligence reports with the logo, ‘As Seen on TV.’”
Because we can’t be serious ALL the time.
Stephen Colbert of The Late Show offers HIS recap of the first presidential debate.
He pretty much gets it all in here: the “Trump sniffle,” the “women are pigs” thing, Trump’s favorite word, “no.”
From Entertainment Weekly:
During his monologue on Monday’s live edition of The Late Show, Colbert called out Trump’s sniffles, joking that Trump “sounded like he was fighting off a cold with cocaine.”
After playing a montage of Trump sniffling, Colbert added, “He sounded like the coked-up best man in the bathroom at a wedding. ‘You guys, I got it, I know how we can fix the entire economy. Let’s buy a boat.’”
Donald Trump recently told Bill O’Reilly on Fox News that he had spoken to a “top cop” in Chicago who said he could solve all crime if the police were allowed to get “tougher” with suspects.
The problem is no one knows who this “top cop” might be.
So, host Stephen Colbert went looking for this “top cop.”
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You see where this is going, right?
RawStory has the recap:
“All I know is this,” Trump claimed. “I went to a top police officer in Chicago, who is not the police chief, and I could see by the way he was dealing with his people, he was a rough, tough guy, they respected him greatly.”
“We here at the Late Show, we’ve done a little digging, and that cop is here tonight,” Colbert began before introducing “Officer Rod Johnson.”
Colbert asked ‘Officer Johnson” what specifically he told Trump.
“I told him there are some naughty people out there who need to be in cuffs,’ Johnson replied, before identifying himself as a “rough tough cop.”
Last night,an audience member asked this question during a Late Show Q&A that wasn’t broadcast.
Audience: “If you had Donald Trump on your show tonight, what would you ask him?”
Said Colbert: “Well we’re not broadcasting right now, so I’d say ‘What does Vladimir Putin’s di*k taste like?’”
I should underline that this was not broadcast on TV 🙂
And now @StephenAtHome with an important question for Donald Trump. #ColbertDNChttps://t.co/DdG7aYYQO0— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) July 27, 2016
Very clever lyrics.
Stephen Colbert kicks off a week of LIVE episodes of The Late Show in true Broadway fashion, complete with special reports from the floor of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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Stephen Colbert jumped the gun a bit here when he unexpectedly took to the stage at the Republican National Convention to gavel in the festivities.
From Raw Story:
The footage shows Colbert in his “Caesar Flickerman” regalia declaring from the stage that Trump “has formed an alliance with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence” before seemingly falling asleep at the mention of Pence’s name.
“Sorry, I blacked out there for a moment,” he says upon recovering, before proclaiming that “it is my honor to hereby launch and begin the 2016 Republican National Hungry For Power Games!”
At that point a security guard is seen hassling Colbert, who quickly protests, “I know I’m not supposed to be up here — honest, neither is Donald Trump.”
Radio show host/columnist Dan Savage explains to Stephen Colbert that while gay marriage is fully legal in the United States, we still have a long way to go (employment discrimination, transgender discrimination,
Savage also explains why “LGBT” keeps getting longer and longer – “LGBTQIA etc….”
Plus – comparing Trump to Hillary on gay issues, he tells us why we shouldn’t hate on politicians who finally come around to the right way of thinking.
“She wasn’t always good on gay marriage, but neither was Barack Obama…When you go to somebody, go to a politician, and you say, ‘Please change your mind,’ when they change their mind, you don’t then spend the rest of their lives going, ‘F*ck you for not changing your mind sooner!’ You say, ‘Welcome to the right side of this issue, we’re glad to have you.’”
I haven’t written yet about Ted Cruz’s rather gutsy move to announce a running-mate before he actually becomes the Republican presidential nominee.
Mainly because I didn’t really know what to make of it. Or what to make of Carly Fiorina’s rather creepy singing to Ted’s children at the announcement.
Stephen Colbert just about nails it though.
From Towleroad:
“I’m still reeling from the news out of the Ted Cruz campaign. First, that there is still a Ted Cruz campaign….second, that he named a running mate yesterday. That is bold.”
Colbert applauded Cruz’s “huevos rancheros” for choosing a running mate so early in the game, and then proceeded to liken it to the captain of the Titanic announcing a “vice captain” as the ship is going down.
But Colbert saved the most glee to mock Fiorina’s “lullaby” for Cruz’s children: “It’s like Disney gave the wicked stepmother her own song.”
In his first ever Late Show appearance, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan shows a lighthearted side as he allowed himself to be questioned over and over again by host Stephen Colbert about the prospects of his accepting the Republican presidential nomination at a contested convention this summer.
“Yes or no—would you accept the nomination?” Colbert asked Ryan, who was sitting behind a massive desk and in front of an American flag, in a satellite feed from Washington.
“No, Stephen,” Ryan replied. “I have said I do not want, nor would I accept, the Republican nomination.”
“Got it,” Colbert said. “So—you’re considering the nomination?”
“No, I’m not.”
“OK. I’ll give you some time to mull this one over.” Long pause as Colbert licked the tip of his pen and pretended to scribble something. “How about now?”
“Still no.”
“So that’s a maybe?”
“No, it’s a no.”
“Like a ‘no no’? Or a ‘No, I don’t want to be speaker of the House, but I’ll accept it if you give it to me’ no?
“It’s a no no.”
“And two no nos make a yes?”