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“Well, guys, if you’re watching at home, I assume you’re still cleaning up from your big State of the Union party. What kind of wings do you want — right wing, left wing?” — JIMMY FALLON“Yeah, earlier tonight, President Biden delivered the annual State of the Union address, and Biden’s speech was historic. You can’t just go back to your old job like you never left — unless you’re Jon Stewart. You’re crushing it.” — STEPHEN COLBERT“Tonight, the room was filled with over 500 members of Congress, but Senator Mitch McConnell wasn’t there. Well, he attended, but he wasn’t there.” — JIMMY FALLON“Ahead of the president’s arrival there, members of the Supreme Court filed in.
Persons: JIMMY FALLON, Biden, , JIMMY FALLON “ Biden, , ’ ”, JIMMY FALLON “, George Santos, you’re Jon Stewart, Jon ! You’re, ” — STEPHEN COLBERT “, Mitch McConnell wasn’t, Clarence Thomas, ” — STEPHEN COLBERT Organizations: Union, State of, State Locations: State
“Kind of weird that SCOTUS feels the need to consider whether or not laws exist.” — STEPHEN COLBERT“This is what happens when we let an extra from ‘Home Alone 2’ pick three Supreme Court justices.” — JIMMY KIMMEL“And it gets worse — because the oral arguments are in April, but court watchers don’t expect a decision until June. All of the plotlines will come together at once for the thrilling conclusion of America.” — STEPHEN COLBERT“The Supreme Court gains all of its legitimacy and all of its power from public approval. They don’t have an army or a police force or, apparently, an H.R. department; they have to rely on moral authority. But they have abdicated that moral authority, which is why, tonight, using the power vested in me as a late-night host, I am hereby declaring the Supreme Court unconstitutional.” — STEPHEN COLBERT
Persons: SCOTUS, ” — STEPHEN COLBERT “, ” — JIMMY KIMMEL, ” — STEPHEN COLBERT Organizations: Supreme Court
Stephen Colbert Calls Out Mike Johnson’s First Fail
  + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
Because they’ve had plenty of time since Uvalde and Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Sandy Hook and the Pulse nightclub. If that seems like too hard of a job, you know who’s really got a hard job now? The people in Lewiston, Maine.” — STEPHEN COLBERT “And there are very few people like Mainers. I know Mainers. These are people whose idea of a beach is a collection of jagged rocks near freezing water.
Persons: Colbert, they’ve, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Sandy Hook, ” — STEPHEN COLBERT, Mike Johnson, , , “ We’re, ” — STEPHEN COLBERT “, They’ve, , — STEPHEN COLBERT “ Organizations: Congress Locations: Lewiston , Maine, Maine
Medicare may just be the budget buster that wasn’t. Somehow, after decades of nonstop growth, its spending per person has flattened over the past dozen years, saving taxpayers roughly $3.9 trillion since 2011, according to an Upshot analysis. But the reasons for the slowdown — and its duration — are not well understood. reduced the payments Medicare made to hospitals and to the insurance companies that administer private Medicare Advantage plans. Those changes alone are responsible for more than a trillion dollars in spending reductions, according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, or about a quarter of the savings attributable to the recent flat spending trend.
Persons: ” — Stephen Organizations: Affordable Care, Congressional, Office Locations: Columbus , Ohio
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