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Fox News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Democrats fawn over Stephen Colbert for holding 'truth to power' after CBS cancels show
Top Democrats fawned over late-night host Stephen Colbert after news broke that his long-running late-night program would be canceled in 2026. "Thank you Stephen Colbert for your willingness to speak truth to power. Staying far from timid. And never bending the knee to a wannabe king," House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote on X. CBS announced on Thursday that the network will cancel "The Late Show" in 2026, insisting it's a "financial decision" and has nothing to do with a looming ownership change. Gov. Tim Walz, former Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 running mate, also praised Colbert for telling "truth to power." Several Democrats posted photos alongside Colbert, either on the show or in public. "Stephen Colbert is the best in the business. He always told truth to power and pulled no punches. We need more of that, not less," Walz wrote. CBS said it was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night," adding, "It is not related in any way to the show's performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount." Failed Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams also applauded Colbert on social media, posting photos from her several appearances on the show. "If you refuse to see what is happening, the cancellation of the Colbert show should open your eyes. I want to explain to you what a censorship state looks like - where a corrupt government gives favors to media that suppresses criticism of the regime," Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called Colbert an "extraordinary talent," and argued the cancellation of his show was not a coincidence, because the liberal late-night host had slammed Paramount's decision to settle with Trump. "CBS's billionaire owners pay Trump $16 million to settle a bogus lawsuit while trying to sell the network to Skydance. Stephen Colbert, an extraordinary talent and the most popular late night host, slams the deal. Days later, he's fired. Do I think this is a coincidence? NO," the progressive senator wrote. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., both argued the public deserved to know if his show was canceled for "political reasons." "The Late Show," which Colbert took over from David Letterman in 2015, leaned into liberal politics in the Trump era and had become a major platform for Democratic politicians. Last month, Colbert welcomed New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani before the socialist hopeful clinched the Democratic nomination. Schiff, who was Colbert's Thursday night guest, reacted on X, "If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better."
Fox News
2 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Stacey Abrams doesn't rule out another run for office, says true Christians should espouse progressive views
Failed Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams isn't ruling out a third run for governor of the Peach State, and said in a Tuesday interview that true Christians should have left-leaning views. "I truly have not made any decisions and that is in part because there's an urgency to 2025 that we cannot ignore," Abrams told NPR, concerning whether she'll run again. "My focus right now is on how do we ensure that we have free and fair elections in 2026? There's a lot of hope being pinned on the '26 midterms." Abrams was the minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017, and lost the 2018 Georgia governor's race to current Gov. Brian Kemp. She also lost to him again in a 2022 rematch. She also told NPR that true Christians should be progressive, and that it was her responsibility to help immigrants and the dispossessed. "I watched my parents live those values that education matters, that faith matters, and that helping people matters," Abrams said. "And for me, those are the values that guide me, my faith first and foremost," she added. "I cannot call myself a Christian and not believe that it is my responsibility to help the stranger, to help immigrants, to help the dispossessed. I cannot say that my faith justifies the venom that has been turned against the LGBTQIA community, the way we have demonized the transgender community. I cannot be a woman of faith who has read the Bible and just conveniently pick the passages I like," Abrams continued. Abrams also decried President Donald Trump's decision to deploy the military in Los Angeles, calling it "a violation of every precept of democratic rule under a civilian leader that we have in this country." In June, Trump sent a battalion of 700 U.S. Marines as well as 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles to help quell riots protesting ICE immigration enforcement actions that resulted in violence, including the burning of the American flag and the assault on law enforcement officers. What Abrams found especially upsetting, though, was Trump's executive orders on DEI, including "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity," directing federal agencies to end all DEI practices and asking the private sector to "end illegal DEI discrimination and preferences." "For me, the most important piece, though, was the number of directives, the executive orders that came out at the very beginning against DEI," Abrams said. "And people dismissed it as, 'Oh, well, this is just stopping quotas,' or 'This was an HR thing,'" she added. "But no, he was intentionally setting up a system of belief that the protection of the vulnerable, that the corrective actions this nation has taken for 249 years, that those things were somehow inherently wrong." "And it was designed to allow for the later attacks that we have seen on all of these different communities. Because if you can demonize at the beginning, it becomes a lot easier to dehumanize when it matters," Abrams said.
5 days ago
- Politics
Stacey Abrams talks new book, state of the Democratic Party
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams joined ABC News Live to discuss the release of her new book, 'Coded Justice."
NBC News
14-07-2025
- Politics
- NBC News
Stacey Abrams on her new book and the ethical questions of AI
NBC News' Morgan Radford sits down with Stacey Abrams to discuss her new book, "Coded Justice," and its story about the ethical and legal questions about the development of artificial intelligence. The book's release comes amid real-world discussions about AI's impact, after Grok, social media platform X's artificial intelligence, issued an apology for antisemitic posts it had 14, 2025
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Spox Calls Stacey Abrams 'Stupid' For Sounding Alarm On Authoritarianism
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wasn't above petty insults while criticizing Democrat Stacey Abrams during a Tuesday TV appearance. Going off on the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate for sounding the alarm about America's descent into authoritarianism, Leavitt told Fox News host Jesse Watters, 'I can't believe I heard stupid Stacey Abrams say that deportations kill democracy.' 'News flash, Stacey: Wide-open borders kill democracy, and that's what the American people voted against,' Leavitt went on, later criticizing 'radical' Democratic leaders for pushing back against the dramatic immigration crackdown hitting communities across America. Leavitt appeared to be set off by Abrams' warning about President Donald Trump's totalitarian impulses during a Monday night appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Telling guest host Anthony Anderson why she believes America was already slipping towards autocracy, Abrams cited the president's sweeping expansion of executive power and his tendency to blame economic inequality, political tension and other challenges on immigrants and 'vulnerable' groups. Abrams added that the current surge in ICE raids and deportations are an example of the state working to 'encourage and incentivize private violence.' 'You send the U.S. Marines into spaces they should not be. You send the National Guard in,' she said. 'You kidnap people off of the streets and pretend that's normal, because that's how you quiet dissent, because you make everyone afraid that if they don't do what you want, they might be next.' After that, Abrams said the final step toward authoritarian rule would be 'easy,' telling Anderson, 'That's when you decide there won't be new elections because everyone is either afraid, poor, broken, or complicit.' Watch Abrams' comments right here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jimmy Kimmel Live (@jimmykimmellive) Fox News Reporter Confronts Karoline Leavitt Over Bondi's Epstein Contradiction Obama Says U.S. Moving 'Dangerously Close' To Autocracy Under Trump Brian Kemp Defeats Stacey Abrams In Georgia Governor's Race
