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The Guardian
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Jeff Daniels chastises Trump voters: ‘I hope you're losing tons of money'
The actor Jeff Daniels has said he hopes those who voted for Donald Trump's second term in the White House lose money as a consequence. Speaking to MSNBC's The Best People With Nicolle Wallace podcast, Daniels addressed the president's supporters, saying: 'I hope you're losing tons of money, those of you who thought this would be OK. My question is, 'What are you guys going to do about it?'' Daniels continued by saying he believed Trump's slate of tariffs would cost him supporters. ''Wait a minute, the grocery bill is what? $180 more? I can't get that car that we have to have unless I pay another $8,000. What? Who do I blame for that? Who do I see about that?' One person. 'At the end of the day it would be about just the price of eggs, did it go up or down, because that's what he told me he was going to lower the price of eggs or my grocery bill,' Daniels continued, before describing the president as a 'snake-oil salesman.' Daniels said he had been surprised by the pace of change since Trump took office again in January. 'We've lost decency, we've lost civility, we've lost respect for the rule of law – lost it,' he said. 'We have normalised verbal abuse on the internet. We've normalised bullying; much as the woke generation tried to, you know, change that, it's back … 'I mean, nobody has great things to say about politicians. They never have. Go back to Mark Twain. But ideally, we're supposed to elect the best of us. Not the worst of us. He's everything that's wrong with not just America but with being a human being.' Daniels's most recent projects were TV series American Rust and A Man in Full. He rose to fame with roles in Ragtime, Terms of Endearment and Heartburn, before finding international acclaim in The Purple Rose of Cairo in 1985. Other films include Something Wild, The Squid and the Whale, Speed, Dumb and Dumber and Steve Jobs. He plays Ronald Reagan opposite Jared Harris as Mikhail Gorbachev in a forthcoming take on the 1986 Reykjavik Summit.
9 hours ago
- Politics
Epstein's estate has his 50th birthday book, victims' lawyer says
A prominent lawyer who has represented hundreds of Jeffrey Epstein's victims is calling on Congress to subpoena the disgraced financier's estate for a copy of an alleged birthday book that the Wall Street Journal reported contains a "bawdy" letter from Donald Trump. Attorney Brad Edwards claimed in an interview on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" on Wednesday that some of his clients were involved in assembling the book and could attest to its authenticity. "If anyone cares for a solution as opposed to perpetuating scandal, there is an obvious and easy way to obtain the book at the center of the latest controversy. It's Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday book, and like all other similar possessions, the estate is obviously in possession of it," Edwards said in a statement to ABC News. "Ask or subpoena the estate or their lawyers, and everyone will then have the book and can move on, which is best for the victims." According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Trump allegedly sent Epstein a letter in 2003 for his 50th birthday, which was included in a book made for Epstein that contained letters from numerous Epstein associates. Trump has denied the existence of the letter and filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal. ABC News has not been able to confirm the existence of the letter. "We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit," a spokesperson for Wall Street Journal owner Dow Jones said in a statement. An attorney for the Epstein estate, when asked about Edward's remarks, said they "will comply with all lawful process." The representative did not respond to questions about whether the estate has the book or if it contains a letter from Trump. Edwards argued that releasing the book would resolve any questions about the letters included in it while respecting the victims of Epstein, the wealthy financier and convicted sex offender who died by suicide in jail in 2019. "The existence of the book is an absolute fact. Now, who wrote letters? What's in the book? You're going to have to get the book to figure it out," Edwards said on MSNBC. "But this isn't something that needs to be a mystery forever and drag the victims into all kinds of anxiety for nothing." Neither the White House or the Justice Department immediately responded to a request for comment from ABC News.
New York Post
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Stephen Colbert's ‘Late Show' was haven for left-wing politicians and journalists
'The Late Show' wasn't just a platform for Democrats under Stephen Colbert's tenure, it was also one for left-wing journalists and hosts. Fox News Digital has counted at least 200 episodes of 'The Late Show' that featured members of the liberal media. The far-left politics of 'The Late Show' have been facing scrutiny after CBS announced last week that it was pulling the plug on Colbert's program, which will officially wrap up in May 2026. According to IMDB search results, CNN anchor and '60 Minutes' correspondent Anderson Cooper holds the record with 20 formal guest appearances on 'The Late Show.' Cooper showed his support for Colbert on Monday in a cameo appearance as part of an audience gag mocking CBS parent company Paramount and President Donald Trump. Other journalists and hosts who were top 'Late Show' guests included CNN anchor Jake Tapper, with 12 appearances, the 'Pod Save America' Obama bros with 11, MSNBC's Chris Hayes with 10 and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and 'The View' co-host Whoopi Goldberg with eight apiece, per IMDB. Colbert frequently rolled out the red carpet for his CBS colleagues in the news division for cross-promotion. John Dickerson has tallied 19 appearances, Gayle King notched 14, Norah O'Donnell has six, and Margaret Brennan has three. 3 Fox News Digital reports that 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' featured left-wing journalists as formal guests for at least 200 episodes. Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Several times, the CBS hosts made joint appearances, like King with her 'CBS Morning' colleagues. Similarly, John Heilemann and Alex Wagner, prominent MSNBC analysts, both made at least ten appearances, thanks in part to their stints hosting the political docuseries 'The Circus' that aired on Showtime, a sister network under the Paramount umbrella. The late-night CBS host welcomed liberal journalists from rival broadcast networks like ABC's George Stephanopoulos and Jonathan Karl as well as NBC's Savannah Guthrie, Craig Melvin and Jacob Soboroff. Hosts on CNN and MSNBC, which both leaned into anti-Trump politics throughout Colbert's run, were regulars at the Ed Sullivan Theater. 3 CBS announced last week that 'The Late Show' will end in May 2026. CBS via Getty Images 'Morning Joe' co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have made four joint appearances, as did Joy Reid before her firing from MSNBC earlier this year. Nicolle Wallace, Jen Psaki and Lawrence O'Donnell of MSNBC and Christiane Amanpour of CNN International have each made three appearances. Other CNN and MSNBC stars, past and present, who've joined Colbert over the years include Brian Stelter, Jim Acosta, Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo, Katy Tur, Ari Melber, Kaitlan Collins, Abby Philip, Laura Coates, Van Jones, Donny Deutsch, Audie Cornish, Jim Sciutto and Chris Matthews. Other notable media figures that have also made 'Late Show' appearances over the years include Katie Couric, Bob Costa, Ana Navarro, Maggie Haberman, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Wesley Lowery, Scott Pelley, Lesley Stahl, Ezra Klein, Susan Glasser, April Ryan, Jorge Ramos, John Avlon, Margaret Hoover, Ronan Farrow, Michael Wolff, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. 3 IMDB shows that CNN anchor and '60 Minutes' correspondent Anderson Cooper has the most formal guest appearances on the show during Colbert's tenure as host, making a total of 20 appearances. CBS via Getty Images Liberals have been outraged over Colbert's shocking cancellation. Many of them, including Jon Stewart, believe the move was meant to kowtow to Trump and not because of the show's finances as CBS claimed. But Colbert's show was reportedly losing CBS $40 million a year and that it had been running on a whopping $100 million budget per season. While the liberal late-night hosts are struggling, Fox News Channel's 'Gutfeld!' averaged 3.1 million viewers through July 20, compared to 1.9 million for CBS' outgoing 'Late Show.' During that same time period, ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' averaged 1.5 million, NBC's 'The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon' averaged 1.1 million, and NBC's 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' managed 751,000. When it comes to the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54, 'Gutfeld!' averaged 398,000 of the viewers most coveted by advertisers, compared to 288,000 for Colbert.
Newsweek
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Newsweek
Epstein Birthday Book Could Be Released 'Immediately'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A book containing birthday messages from associates of Jeffrey Epstein could be obtained by lawmakers with little delay, an attorney for several of his victims has said. Bradley Edwards told MSNBC on Wednesday a commemorative book to mark the disgraced financier's 50th birthday in 2003 was in the possession of Epstein's estate, and that the law firms holding it would comply with a congressional subpoena to obtain it. President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal last week after the newspaper reported that a sexually suggestive note in the birthday book featured Trump's signature. Trump has strenuously denied the report, and on Thursday his attorney's team referred Newsweek to a July 18 Truth Social post in which the president denounced it as "false, malicious, defamatory, FAKE NEWS." The Department of Justice said it had no comment on the issue, while attorneys for the Journal's publisher Dow Jones and the Florida-based law firm Troutman Pepper Locke, which has been managing Epstein's estate, have been emailed for comment. Why It Matters The reporting of the birthday book complicated the president's efforts to distance himself from Epstein. The convicted child sex offender died in jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in 2019, but his relationships with powerful individuals continue to generate legal and political fallout. Access to the book and what it contains would be a major development in Trump's lawsuit against the Journal. It could also provide information about who Epstein's associates were - though any involvement would not be evidence of wrongdoing. What To Know Edwards told MSNBC that the book made for Epstein's birthday was currently held by his estate. "Congress could issue a subpoena to their attorneys at Patterson or at Troutman — those are the two law firms," he said. "I know those attorneys, they would turn the book over immediately. Nobody would have to guess, there wouldn't need to be a lawsuit." Now-President Donald Trump and his future wife Melania, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. Now-President Donald Trump and his future wife Melania, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, has previously represented Epstein's estate. Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, told MSNBC that the revelation by Edwards was a "bombshell." "We can easily move forward on this subpoena of that birthday book, which could really advance this case," Khanna said. Epstein and Trump, who have been photographed together, fell out in 2004, according to the president. Epstein was arrested in July 2006 after a grand jury indicted him on a single count of soliciting prostitution. In 2008, he avoided more severe federal charges by pleading guilty to state charges of procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution and solicitation of prostitution. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison and served 13 months. He was again arrested in July 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges, and was found dead in his cell at a federal jail in New York City about a month later. What People Are Saying President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on July 18: "We have just filed a POWERHOUSE Lawsuit against everyone involved in publishing the false, malicious, defamatory, FAKE NEWS 'article' in the useless 'rag' that is, The Wall Street Journal." Representative Ro Khanna told MSNBC: "That's a hard thing to do, to get the Department of Justice to cooperate in releasing [the Epstein] files. What's not hard to do is to subpoena private attorneys and a private estate and to get compliance." What Happens Next Khanna said he intended to invite Edwards to meet with the House Oversight Committee, with plans to move forward with a subpoena to obtain the book from Epstein's estate.
Daily Mail
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Scale of Stephen Colbert's liberal bias revealed
The true scale of Stephen Colbert's liberal bias has been exposed in the number of times he hosted fellow progressives on his show, including one guest who appeared more than 20 times. Notorious Donald Trump critic Anderson Cooper appeared 21 times on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ,' which was suddenly axed by CBS last week. The show, which he took over from David Letterman in 2015, will now end in May 2026, network executives and Paramount, its new parent company, announced. Colbert, 61, had previously hit out at Paramount Global for settling a defamation lawsuit with Donald Trump for $16 million, calling the decision a 'big fat bribe' during his opening monologue on his show. And now the curtains have been drawn back on just how many left-wing journalists, hosts and Trump-hating liberals have joined Colbert inside New York's Ed Sullivan Theater. At least 200 episodes of 'The Late Show' featured popular left-wing media stars, including Cooper, Rachel Maddow, Jake Tapper, Niccole Wallace, Joy Reid and George Stephanopoulos, among others, Fox News Digital tallied. Not only has Cooper been on Colbert's show nearly two dozen times from 2016 to 2025, but the journalist threw his support behind him on Monday during a cameo with other famed talk show hosts replicating the viral Coldplay concert moment. In the clip, a cartoon sketch of Trump was seen hugging a Paramount symbol, seemingly getting embarrassed when cameras panned to him just as former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and HR chief Kristin Cabot did. While Cooper appeared on the show numerous times, he is not the only one who has done so. Jake Tapper, who was recently been pushed into the spotlight over his new book revealing former President Joe Biden's 'decline,' joined Colbert 12 times on his show. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow appeared eight times, along with 'The View' co-host Whoopi Goldberg. Colbert also had several of his CBS colleagues join him on stage, including Gayle King with 14 appearances, John Dickerson with 19, Norah O'Donnell with six and Margaret Brennan with three. The talk show host also had on Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor, the former Obama staffers who started the 'Pod Saves America' political podcast. They joined him 11 times. Joy Reid, whose MSNBC show was canceled in February, appeared in four episodes of his show. MSNBC analysts John Heilemann and Alex Wagner were both on the show at least 10 times, some of which were occurred as they hosted the political docuseries 'The Circus.' The series aired on Showtime, the sister network of Paramount. Although he appeared to keep his CBS co-workers close, Colbert did not shy away from inviting rival liberal media stars from coming on his show. ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who put the network in the hot seat after saying the Trump was found 'liable for [sexual assault]', made it on two episodes. The network agreed to pay Trump $16 million after the president sued over Stephanopoulos's remark . Trump was not found liable of [sexual assault] in the case involving writer E. Jean Carroll. He was find liable of sexual abuse. NBC's Savannah Guthrie joined once along with Craig Melvin, the new Today Show anchor. Steven Zeitchik, senior editor of technology and politics at The Hollywood Reporter , argued in a new piece that Colbert's defiant stance against the Trump administration will sway the voting body at the Television Academy. Zeitchik speculated that the increased attention and Colbert's willingness to stand up to Trump could result in The Late Show finally snagging an 'sympathy' Emmy win . Colbert won an Emmy for his work on The Colbert Report, a satirical show that ran on Comedy Central from 2005 to 2014. After he replaced David Letterman on The Late Show, the program was nominated for the most Outstanding Talk Series at the Emmys from 2017 to 2022. Every year during that period, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver won the award. Oliver is arguably the most liberal of the late-night bunch and often spotlights politics on his show.
