Mastodawn

> The autocrats’ anxiety is entirely justified. Comedy is their kryptonite. They rule by intimidation, and when we laugh at them, their power to scare us evaporates. As Mark Twain wrote in The Mysterious Stranger, “Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.”

Which brings me to Stephen Colbert, who hosts his final “Late Show” tonight. ...

I seriously doubt tonight’s farewell episode is the last we’ll hear from the indefatigably creative Colbert, who will likely move to a new platform where he’ll enjoy more freedom and financial success than he had at CBS.

-- Andy Borowitz, May 21, 2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/borowitzreport/p/trump-will-lose-his-war-on-laughter-ad2

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Trump Will Lose His War on Laughter

It's going about as swimmingly as the one with Iran.

The Borowitz Report

Nate Cochrane Jul 18, 2025

Paramount owns Channel 10 in Australia. #auspol #MediaMatters #BigFatBribe #ParamountMerger #Emmies #Skydance www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Stephen Colbert's late night s...

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been cancelled by CBS and will wrap up in May 2026

CBS has announced The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end after the upcoming broadcast season, while a Democratic senator ponders whether political interference is at play.

ABC News

Bean 🇺🇸🇻🇪Jul 18, 2025

Fuck everything.

https://apnews.com/article/stephen-colbert-late-show-cbs-end-8bad9f16f076df62c0ffc50e9c8adbab

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Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' has been canceled by CBS

CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution and removing from air one of President Donald Trump's most prominent late-night critics. The announcement came three days after Colbert spoke out against Paramount Global settling with Trump over a “60 Minutes” story, against the backdrop of a pending corporate merger. Network executives praised Colbert in a statement that noted the cancellation was “purely a financial decision” and “not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.” David Letterman began hosting “The Late Show” in 1993 and Colbert took over in 2015.

AP News