Stephen Colbert kills The Late Show
He allowed his show to degenerate into a predictable regurgitation of stale leftist talking points
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Friday
Was Trump in Epstein’s birthday book?
The president doth protest too much, methinks
Thursday
RIP NPR, the broadcaster that thought emojis were racist
The Senate approved a rescissions package that would, once and for all, take NPR off the federal funding payroll
Will Trump bail out Texas Republicans?
The idea that Donald Trump will parachute Ken Paxton out of the primary race entirely by giving him a role in Washington is growing
Axing the Department of Education will improve education
Money and choices for students, not for Washington bureaucrats
It’s Kamala 2028!
Vice President Harris remains favorite to reprise her role as the party’s presidential nominee
Wednesday
The secret life of Agent Melania
The former Slovenian supermodel clearly has no great love for Vladimir Putin
Trayon White is DC’s Donald Trump
Despite being accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes, the DC councilman still won reelection
Trump should bring the Fed to heel
The ‘independent Fed’ is a myth
Gun-toting Newsom’s alpha male rebrand
What do young men like? Guns, sports, cursing, podcasts. Great – let’s make that the new Newsom
Tuesday
Prizes, bets and venture capital: how Democrats plan to win
This is even funnier because the Democratic party has the answer right in front of them
The real threat of AI is spiritual
We’re primed to think of any existential threat from computers as fiction
What happens when AI surpasses humans?
Old technology doesn’t disappear because it’s bad: it disappears because it’s outcompeted
The race to superintelligence
Whoever owns the winning model will wield unimaginable power
Should AI have rights?
Some scientists believe they might be creating life
How should AI be regulated?
The mistakes and successes of earlier tech revolutions should be pondered
The 2020s are too far-fetched for fiction
There are too many loose ends. Too many vanishing subplots
The internet is dying and so are we
If we aren’t dead inside already, tech is doing its best
What’s the matter with Chicago?
The city was always corrupt. Now it is broken
Where is Jared Kushner?
To call the shots in Trumpland, it helps to operate behind the scenes