Tim Pawlenty’s courting of young voters with pop-culture references didn’t go unnoticed by one media icon: Stephen Colbert. At a gathering of Iowa college Republicans Saturday, Pawlenty said Barack Obama won’t keep the youth vote because “he duped the young people in this country.” Dropping references to Charlie More…
There’s going to be a rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. tomorrow and, for once, it won’t involve the tea parties. The Washington Post reports that more than 400 progressive groups, who’ve been planning the event for months, hope to draw tens of thousands of supporters to More…
Today’s Congressional hearing on migrant labor in agriculture wasn’t just about Stephen Colbert. There was also a pretty serious debate over what type of reform is needed to get legal workers — particularly unemployed American workers — into agricultural jobs. Republicans on the committee argued migrant farm workers More…
Stephen Colbert went off testimony — way off — today when he testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee’s immigration subcommittee. His written testimony was pretty straight-forward and serious, but he jumped back into character when he spoke. Still, he advocated for AgJOBS and worker visa reform: More…
Now that Senate Democrats have indicated that they will not vote on whether to extend the Bush tax cuts before midterm elections, the biggest news in Washington today might be that Stephen Colbert, of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” is going to testify today before the House Judiciary Committee’s More…
A roundup of the top immigration stories of the week:
- Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law had its first day in court Thursday, when a judge heard a challenge of the law from a Phoenix police officer but issued no ruling. District Court Judge Susan Bolton will hear More…
Last night, Orly Taitz told readers of her blog that she’d taped an interview on The Colbert Report and expected it to be edited to maker her look silly.
I don’t want my supporters to be disappointed, it is not a Walter Cronkite show- it is a comedy show,
Steve Benen gives us a peek into the tortured existence of Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.), the man who wrote legislation demanding proof of American citizenship from presidential candidates and was promptly mocked as a fool.
“I expected there would be some civil debate about it, but it wasn’t
I’m a little late to Stephen Colbert’s parody of Glenn Beck’s “2012 doomsday” show — something I’d thought was beyond parody. Colbert delivers the goods, as does Stephen Moore, who goes along with the joke by proposing free market solutions for every crisis. Video after the jump.
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