Trump Judge: Jail May Be Necessary | Students Should Be Allowed To Protest | Blankenship For Senate
The judge in Trump’s hush money trial threatened to jail the former president for violating his gag order, pro-Palestinian protests continue to ramp up on college campuses, and a Senate candidate from West Virginia is running some bizarre campaign ads.
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I have held Donald Trump in contempt for years. What took the court so long?
The World has...
Great joke structure. Though technically you have “held contempt for Trump”, rather than holding him in contempt
Trump's the most contemptible individual ever.
@@tylerkochman1007 Technically true, but as a quip it works better the other way.
Apparently they are courting him 😊😅🤷🏼🤣🤣🤣
Trump comparing protests to Charlottesville is like comparing apples to white supremacist oranges. One is a fruit, and the other is a stain on our nation's history.
Wow. Said perfectly.
Right. So there is absolutely no comparison between Charlottleville's racism and "jews will not replace us", and common chants in current protests, that call for violence against Israelis and Jews, and justify the atrocities conducted by Hamas, the mass mu"*rder and ra*e of innocent Israelis, grand majority of whom were peace supporters? No comparison at all? Trump is a danger to America and the free world. But have you ever considered that you are also trapped in a progressive bubble with no self critisism? That you are in your own mirror vision of Fox news? Can you really only see antisemitism and blind hate when it's from conservatives, but don't stop for one second to consider your own mob mentality?
Like you to your parents.
Not just any stains, but the kind that comes from the inner crevices of diapers.
Your mother birthed a stain on our history.
If you think Cohen deserved prison time, but that his then boss trump does NOT deserve prison time, it's time to start questioning your ability to be rational.
Ahhh but why do they think cohen deserved jail? Because he ratted. 😂 They don't care about the laws he broke. 😉
It's how Donnie had avoided criminal responsibility for all this time. It's the very mafia-like tactic of the boss putting as many "loyal" mobsters in front of him so they end up being the ones who get their hands dirty, and they're the ones who take the fall so the boss can remain free.
@@glennwelsh9784 Remember Al Capone...all the crimes everyone knew he was involved in..but how did the law finally break thru all his covers and proxies and shields? tax evasion. if you are going to live the life of an outlaw...you have to otherwise live within the law...or they will nail you hard.
Lets go brandon
“It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.” Joseph Heller, Catch-22, published in 1961 ... Perfect description of Trump and his MAGA movement.
Curious fact: I saved a quote years ago from a book published in 1922: “Anyone can 'outwit' a person who trusts them --- it doesn't take any brains to do that --- all one needs is no sense of honor.” ( Shirley Watkins, _Georgina Finds Herself_ )
A less-orange man would have been thrown in jail for a fraction of what Trump did. Two-tiered justice system at work.
Yyyyep. As long as you can pay your “fines” you’ll be just fine. Prison is for the poor and unconnected, according to America.
Minor detail of a fair trial and conviction being required.
Yup. I always say if there is a two tiered justice system then Trump has the platinum plan!
@@marcpeterson1092 And with money you can delay the trial and conviction until you are 6 feet under.
Yep yep. Contempt is a crime and one of his pre trial conditions for his other trails is that you cannot commit any crime or else you should be thrown in jail. Guess how likely it is they’ll enforce that on any tier of our corrupt “justice” system? Yep none and none.
Paying $130,000 to silence a porn star you _didn't_ have sex with, aka "The Shart of the Deal."
I've said it ever since I heard about the hush money, he paid her not to tell the public his nickname is Mr. ED.
She should have asked for more. If this keeps up he will end up paying more to the judge for violating his gag order.
😂😂😂🏌️♂️💨💩
Trump can pay the $9,000 fines as easy as farting.
The Art of the PLEA Deal lol...
Blankenship was jailed for the conspiring to violate federal mine safety; the worst mine explosion at Massey Upper Big Branch Mine, 29 workers died.
is that when he tried to hang himself?
Respect to Colbert for covering this. Everyone else is silent.
Jail? Jail may be necessary? No, PRISON is necessary.... long term, hard time, no coddling for the rest of his vile life.
You don't get prison for contempt.
That's right... Prison food, No KFC, Taco Bell, etc., No TV, No Internet and NO Anti-Social Media... And the best part... *Solitary Confinement!* It would be just him and Al Capone's ghost... And Capone's ghost would put a hit on him for being such an f'n whiner! *_:)_*
@@TimBear-px9gj Remember that stretch where he was constantly yammering about Capone?
From my understanding, prison is for sentences of a year or more, jail is for shorter sentences.
Ppl like you make me sick. How can you wish that upon your ex president. Get a life
So he's mad that his attorney isn't helping him violate the gag order. That's some real Trumpian logic there.
DJT attorneys really just have 3 options: go to jail for him, get disbarred for him and at best get fired and not paid by him. If they tell you I fell off the bed and hung myself, I didn’t.
Judge, please show mr. Trump that agression in criminal court, can lead to jailtime.
Trump, the whirling drain that sucks in everything around and drags it down with him. Save yourself, T. Blanche.
He wants his lawyers to have an aggressive stance at all times. Just like him. That's not always helpful (vid. Judge Merchan saying to Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche :"You have lost all credibility.”) but Trump cannot understand that.
@@myriamickx7969Trump is a hypocrite since he has shown to be passive as a newborn kitten at times when he is in court because he knows if does something wrong a judge can have him contempt of court and send him to jail...sometimes his instincts give correct judgment when to shut his mouth but not often... only in courts😂😂😂😂
The "Jailhouse Rock" chord was subtle yet absolutely perfect.
PERFECT!!!!
The most 'honest' CEO in America........doesn't say much
It was a clip taken out of context. Rfk Jr. was saying even those who oppose Blankenship call him the most honest ceo in america. Then he used that as a pretext to ask him if it's possible to do mountaintop removal mining without violating the law. They were debating clean energy. The way colbert shows makes it seem like RFk Jr. is endorsing Blankenship.
Only a psychopath can brag about killing a puppy what a disgrace
Only a psychopath would vote for a psychopath
Huh? 😂
That is Donnie's possible veep
Growing up on a farm, we raised animals to provide food for our family. We never took pride in killing a chicken for dinner; it wasn't a matter of boasting. This woman seems to be trying to align herself with a certain group by boasting about her love for guns and her willingness to use them on animals that disappoint her.
@@rpdx3 Republican Kristi Noem just released her book and in it she tells a story about how she shot her puppy in the face because it was too happy and killed a bird after taking it on a pheasant hunt. After she got a taste for the thrill she dragged other animals she disliked to the gravel pit she shot her puppy in for the same, one was a goat she killed because "it smelled bad".
Is there a grand prize for being the weirdest person running for office in the USA? Dog killing has just been pushed into second place!!
One of them must be a squirrel fancier.
I can only assume it's a backwoods WV saying of some sort.
And it's not even close! That guy was jailed for a year for downplaying safety issues in his company's mines that lead to an explosion killing 29 miners!
But at least he didn’t fall off the bed and hang himself, can you say that?
🎵"If they tell you I fell off the bed and squished my cat, I did it!" 🎶 -- Kristi Noem
Don Blankenship is a terrible human being and should still be in jail. He served a one year sentence for the deaths of 29 people. He should serve 2 years in prison for every life most due to his gross negligence.
What's the story? And what creepy s*x thing is he up to that involves (not) falling off his bed with a n00se?
Those ghosts he killed must be the culprits why he always feel like he fell off bed and hung himself 😂🤔😂
Don Blankenship is a former coal CEO who was sentenced to a year in prison after violating safety standards at the WV mine were 29 men died in 2010. Super swell guy.
Trump is pissed because the judge permit him to do something he never really wanted to do.. -Attend Barron's graduation
Judge using reverse psychology on trump. lol
He was looking for an excuse to get out of court. Wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't show.
That was my exact thought. Hate to break it to Baron but he was just a talking point, I hope he doesn’t expect his father to go. If they tell you I fell off the bed and hung myself, I didn’t.
I suspect he’ll claim he was told Secret Service couldn’t make it work without too much disruption. And then play golf instead of using the opportunity for a campaign event …
@simonsancartier7417 He didn't attend the graduations of his other 4 kids and I bet he won't show up at this one.
Trump violated the gag order nine times! Anyone else would be in jail by now. Put him away already.
At this point we can only wait for one of the other 3 judges to revoke his pre-trial release since Contempt is a crime and committing a crime of any sort in any jurisdiction violates his bail conditions in all 3 cases.
We'd be thrown in jail the moment we showed the slightest bit of attitude in the courtroom.
one more and he gets a free 6 inch sub at subway
@@aircraftcarrierwo-class Won't happen -- they won't dare jail him for this sort of indirect-trigger mechanism. Anyone else they would of course...
@@time2fly2124 thankyou for the laugh. Really needed that!
Should have been in jail a long time ago. No way anyone else would be walking free for storing classified documents in a bathroom, and that is just one (and not even the worst) of his crimes.
I know, it's not like he kept it in an unlocked garage on the floor, without Secret Service protection and no onsite skif or anything🤔
@@user-hq7sc2wk1i Then throw him in jail as well. Your argument does not excuse Trump.
Why is he not in jail then? Because he is so smart? Is it because people don't watch his every move 247? Maybe because he is so well liked? Or maybe juuuust maybe you watch msnsbc and cnn?
@@j.7701 or maybe, just maybe, justice isn't blind in the "land of the free"? He showed classified docs to people without authorization, he set a crowd on the capitol, he paid a porn star hush money to influence an election, he undervalued his properties to commit tax fraud, he overvalued his assets to get bank loans, ... these are all facts, not matters of opinion. For any one of these facts he should be in jail.
@@j.7701 Or maybe, just maybe, because in the "land of the free" it turns out justice is not blind. Trump showed classified documents to people without clearance, he paid a porn star hush money to influence the result of the election, he undervalued his assets to commit tax fraud, he overvalued his assets to get bank loans, he instigated a crowd to attack the capitol, ... the list goes on. These are facts, not matters of opinion. Any one of these crimes deserves a prison sentence. And I am not American, I get my news from CNN, BBC, different non-English European left-, center and right-winged news outlets. Where do you get your news from? Fox, who claim they are an entertainment network, not a news network? Or facebook? Or breitbart? Give me a brake, little onion.
'Students Should Be Allowed To Protest' Thank you, Mr Colbert!
By chanting death to Israel and handing out flyers? Blocking Jewish students from going to class? You lefties just don’t get it.
A zillion likes
No... No to terrorists...foreign or domestic.
@@meziahdanieljolley8842if your govt is aiding genocide, what would you suggest someone do who doesn't support those acts? thoughts and prayers? "the hypocrisy was the worst part!" ffs, these protesters are protected by the first amendment. we just want to stop the sanctioned murdering of a people group, and you're equating those who object to genocide...with terrorists?? if I was supplying weapons to somebody who was actively murdering your loved ones (and obv you didn't approve of said murder), then you would be, by your own words, a terrorist. wtf, dude
Just don't misgender! That's hate speech.
Boy, Blankenship is gonna have to be EXTRA careful not to fall off the bed and hang himself for the next few months! That would be so embarrassing!
Do you think it was an inadvertent Jeffrey Epstein reference? And Why?
@@fijimermaidfadeto8 Have you ever met a crazy conspiracy nut who DIDN'T think they were going to get offed the moment they tell anyone anything???
Colbert forgot to mention that Don Blankenship is a convicted criminal and responsible for the deaths of 29 miners at Upper Big Branch mine. He should be spending the rest of his life in prison.
A Q-anon reference I believe. That powerfull people like the Clintons killed Epstein to shut him up.
@@fijimermaidfadeto8That's my thought. Probably a misguided attempt to appeal to the Qanon qaucus. Seems a little dated at this point. When was that, twenty years ago, right...?
Colbert is the only thing that gets me through this country's messed up politics
Jail IS Necessary & prison is long overdue
To quote former United States President Theodore Roosevelt: "No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right, not asked as a favor." "The judges who administer justice in our countries must be seen as ethical and subject to meaningful correction when it is necessary. Nothing less than the rule of law is at stake."
The justices don’t want to impose the rules and laws that applies to the rest of us. When we have a system where “precedent” is more important than justice WE have a problem. Judge Merchan must make a new precedent. Put Trump in jail. I am not even saying for days. But he can start with hours. Let’s start with four and keep increasing the time accordingly. But at least APPEAR to be doing something which is better than doing nothing. 9K in fines is pocket change for Trump.
@@garaf1246 I agree that something more visible would send a message. The problem is preserving the integrity of the court and building a case that is unimpeachable on appeal.
> nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it. Oops, the SovCits are not going to like that part...
@@garaf1246 THE JUDGE SHOULD START WITH DAYS THEN GO TO WEEKS !!!!!
@@rcpmac PUTTING A DEFENDENT IN JAIL FOR JURY INTEMIDATION IS NOT AN APPEALABLY THING !! most people are not able to come up with bail !!!!!
Why bother with the fine?? He won't pay. Just put him in a cell already.
EXACTLY!!
what makes you think he will not pay? He'll pay 9.000 $, wich is peanuts to him, continue to violate the gag order until the judge FINALLY throws him jail and makes him a martyr. Being thrown in jail is a badge of honor for Reputincans. It means ( to them) the fought against an illegal government. Wacky, I know.
The good thing is that now IQ45 has effectively breached his release conditions in all his other trials there's at least 3 other judges who can now jail him. Time for one of them to step up. It would be priceless if loose Cannon was the one to do it.
The last thing the judicial wants to do, is to rock the boat. Don't expect them to clean up the mess created by politics.
To date has he paid anything. I'd have millions too if I didn't have to pay for anything.
Northwestern University became the first U.S. school to publicly announce a deal on Monday, which was followed by Brown University's announcement on Tuesday with student organizers to curb protest activity.
So, by being found in a Court of Law to have committed "Criminal Contempt", 9 times of his Gag Order in NYC: doesn't that violate the terms if his other bail provisions, of not committing anymore crimes - too? Lock him up, DC x2, and Florida!
Stop making sense. People don't like that anymore🙈
Apparently not. Thankfully these courts are under a microscope and can’t abuse their powers.
NYC, with one of the most liberal courts unbalanced in the dispensing of justice? Sounds like you are a person lacking a brain if you can't see the incompetency of those state government puppets.
Only a psychopath can brag about killing a puppy what a disgrace.🥴
Those republican vlues
"Jail may be necessary." To give us all some peace and quiet.
sadl, its not gonnna happen for some whos #abovethelaw
Yup.
Well I am not sure it would do much anyway he can still run for president in jail. Now imagine being Biden and LOSING to someone who is in jail lol
@@maekklynimagine anyone being ridiculous enough to vote for someone in jail.
@@Clemlove17 If the alternative is Biden then ya they would vote for him in jail...wouldn't be much choice right?
Really? Might be jailed next time he violates gag order? Come on, any other defendant would have already been locked up! LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP
unfortunately that's what Trump wants so he can cry persecution.
Liberial tears you cant stop thinkkn about dinad j. Trump
seeming like we are on the way to becoming a military state lol - I can’t believe they can just point snipers at students like that
Jail has been a necessary punishment for that man for a long, long time.
Prison would be much better.
For what crime?
@@Persondada go ahead and slink back under your rock if you have to ask LMAO
@@MilkieMouse what crime has he been convicted of? Answer; None. 😂 you don’t go to jail unless convicted.
@@Persondada well, fraud, for one. He also was found liable (not convicted, liable) for r*pe. So there's no question that he's a shyster and a pervert. But now he's sitting on his first criminal trial. Now we'll see what convictions he'll receive. I get the feeling, though, that one day all the things you and I know he did are gonna catch up with him regardless. Men like him always get what's coming to them. Always. :)
The truly egregious part of the Blankenship ads is that it's "hanged", not "hung". What a muppet.
"Hanged" refers to an execution whereas "hung" refers to an extrajudicial killing.
He's not a Plant, my family denies him!
There was no sniper at the Capitol Hill during the January 6th insurection but there are at Ohio State University for a peaceful protest... Let that sink in for a moment...
Does Putin pay you trolls in dollars or rubles?
@alexandradaniele I'm no fan of Putin. Please point out what is inaccurate in what I wrote about the snipers
I'm an IU grad (many years ago). The snipers on top of the Student Union broke my heart. That was unnecessary. The students have the right to protest.......but not on University property when they're told to disburse. Two wrongs don't make a right.
@irenedevins1629 You are putting on the same level students demonstrating peacefully on the University ground (where most of them are students) and the University using snipers to shoot them down, potentially killing them. What's wrong with you ?
@@alexandradaniele 🦜
Clearly hes not a plant....he looks like hes never been watered. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Some of these people don’t realize it’s a different era. The internet is here. They live in the past.
Steroid use may explain RFK jr.
‘I don’t know if it’s necessary for tRump but I need it.” We ALL need it.
If only those ads were the weirdest things about Don Blankenship, it'd be strange enough. Thirty seconds of web searching later and those commercials already seem like the most normal thing about him.
He's the same guy who came up with the nickname Cocaine Mitch for McConnell six years ago and McConnell has made it his own so well that people forget it was originally an insult.
The guy seems to have no interest in his own campaign. He sounds so bored that he could barely be bothered to speak in his own video. lol (He's an obvious republican/big money plant to be another Sinema or Joe Manchin.)
"In 2016, Blankenship supported conservative advocacy groups to remove Democrats from the legislature." I'm sure that will bring out the Democratic party faithful to support him.
Yep. He's a Republican through and through - coal baron in Virginia for over thirty years, anti-union, profits over safety and got literally dozens of men killed in his mines. When he was going to be prosecuted for it, he bought himself a Judge. Absolute sc*mbag.
He's joking, isn't he? I thought those ads were a skit! 🤯🤯
"If they tell you I fell off the bed and hung myself, they were trying to be diplomatic about my autoerotic asphyxiation."
My thought, too. La petit mort gone awry.
"If they tell you I fell off the bed and hung myself, I didn't".... Wtf??? 😂😂😂
Isn't he the guy who was responsible for the coal mine that 29 miners died in
Yes
and a bunch of other related crimes. he's also failed in his attempts to run as both a republican and an independent candidate.
@@felipeb.9321 Let's hope his fundraising gleans the same amount as Santos did, $00.00.
One of many atrocities this garbage person is responsible for.
@@sheilaboston7051 Unfortunately, MAGA donors are funding Blankenship’s campaign. He tried running as a republican, then as independent but lost to Manchin both times. I hope West Virginia voters are educating themselves and are NOT going to be fooled once again! GET THE CORPORATE BOOTS OFF YOUR NECK WEST VIRGINIA!! Zack Shrewsbury is a working class 32-year-old Marine Corps veteran and the BEST candidate to represent WV! It’s a shame Zack isn’t running as an independent, because it could help him appeal to both parties. Zack Shrewsbury stated: “We need leaders that are cut from the working-class cloth. We need representation that will go toe to toe with corporate parasites and their bought politicians. We need a leader who will not waver in the face of these powers that keep the boot on our neck,” as applause came from a group of supporters gathered behind him. WE NEED TO PROMOTE SHREWSBURY EVERYWHERE EVER SINGLE DAY TO EDUCATE WV VOTERS!
Armed officers called in to universities to quell protests brings back horrible memories of Kent State. Not again.
Yeah, I thought it was especially telling that when the media were discussing student protests with words like armed intervention and snipers, that state prominently mentioned was Ohio 😮
also like who tf cares about private property of a campus when theres literally murder being funded by the same university
1:40 Can we just appreciate the band for playing the first couple notes of "Jail House Rock" when Stephen said Trump may get jailtime? Clever, funny, perfectly timed, thank you Louis Cato and THE LATE SHOW band
Nobody does the blank stare better than Stephen Colbert. That was a devastating response to Blankenship's first ad. On another note, when is Melania going to visit the show to comment on her husband's impending jail time? Honestly, her visits to The Late Show were my favorite part of the whole 45th presidency.
Please everyone making comments work on a campaign to get the vote out. Down ballots are very important, too!
huh?
"If they tell you I spent one year in federal prison for being the CEO that downplayed saftery issues in my company's mines that lead to an explosion killing 29 miners....wait I did do that." "If they tell you Ive already failed trying run for Joe Machin's senate seat twice already, once as a Republican and again as an independent, wait.I did that one too...."
I thought his name was familiar!
Oh THAT’S who that is!
well spotted. Blankenship has been mentioned by both John Oliver and Trevor Noah in relation to his "dealings" (read: crimes) in the coal industry.
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🎶 If they tell you I fell off the bed and hung myself, I didn't.🎶 I am so stealing that!!
Uh, hasn’t sending armed forces against student protesters been shown to be a bad idea? Kent State, anyone?
Hasn't shouting death to Jews and terrorizing others illegally on private property been shown historically to cause a Holocaust?
Yep. They don’t learn.
I'm gonna speculate there are plenty of people who think it was a great idea, unfortunately.
My first thought exactly!
About time talk shows talked about the protests
Put Trump in jail. But leave him there.
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities, has the power to make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
Wise man. He knew history would keep repeating itself, and the sheep will always keep bending to the commands of the current devil.😵💫
The entire Trumputin CRIME FAMILY is absurd, (to say the least!) and their cult/party is an atrocity if ever there was one! 😂🤡😡
This gag order makes me "GAG!" He should be in "JAIL" now!!!
In fairness to Poopy Pants, being held accountable for a LIFETIME of criminal behavior must be exhausting.
i love it how easily u brushed aside the topic of crushing student protests
I remember Kent State.
Yep
Don Blankenship: Massey Energy, Big Branch Mine disaster of 2010. Twenty-nine out of thirty-one miners at the site were killed. Blankenship cut ventilation to the mine to increase profit.
Darn, I THOUGHT that name sounded familiar... though it does put his falling off the bed and hanging himself in a new light.
Felons should not be allowed to run for office.
As terrible as BP promoting climate change and causing oil spills
Unfortunately, MAGA donors are funding Blankenship’s campaign. He tried running as a republican, then as an independent and lost to Manchin both times. I hope West Virginia voters are educating themselves and are NOT going to be fooled once again! GET THE CORPORATE BOOTS OFF YOUR NECK WEST VIRGINIA!! Zack Shrewsbury is a working class 32-year-old Marine Corps veteran and the BEST candidate to represent WV! It’s a shame Zack isn’t running as an independent, because it could help him appeal to both parties. Zack Shrewsbury stated: “We need leaders that are cut from the working-class cloth. We need representation that will go toe to toe with corporate parasites and their bought politicians. We need a leader who will not waver in the face of these powers that keep the boot on our neck,” as applause came from a group of supporters gathered behind him. Zack also supports use of Narcan, the opioid-overdose reversal medication, as well as childcare programs that help to lower poverty and reducing the role of incarceration in fighting the opioid epidemic ravaging West Virginia. “Everyone here just is thankful for the scraps or crumbs that we get from whoever we elect. And that’s who we keep electing - whoever can keep the little crumbs coming along. I’m trying to say there is a better way,” Shrewsbury said. WE NEED TO PROMOTE SHREWSBURY EVERYWHERE EVER SINGLE DAY TO EDUCATE WV VOTERS!
Unfortunately, repub billionaire donors are funding Blankenship’s campaign. He tried running as a republican, then as an independent and lost to Manchin both times. I hope West Virginia voters are educating themselves and are NOT going to be fooled once again! GET THE CORPORATE BOOTS OFF YOUR NECK WEST VIRGINIA!! Zack Shrewsbury is a working class 32-year-old Marine Corps veteran and the BEST candidate to represent WV! It’s a shame Zack isn’t running as an independent, because it could help him appeal to both parties. Zack Shrewsbury stated: “We need leaders that are cut from the working-class cloth. We need representation that will go toe to toe with corporate parasites and their bought politicians. We need a leader who will not waver in the face of these powers that keep the boot on our neck,” as applause came from a group of supporters gathered behind him. Zack also supports use of Narcan, the opioid-overdose reversal medication, as well as childcare programs that help to lower poverty and reducing the role of incarceration in fighting the opioid epidemic ravaging West Virginia. “Everyone here just is thankful for the scraps or crumbs that we get from whoever we elect. And that’s who we keep electing - whoever can keep the little crumbs coming along. I’m trying to say there is a better way,” Shrewsbury said. WE NEED TO PROMOTE SHREWSBURY EVERYWHERE EVER SINGLE DAY TO EDUCATE WV VOTERS!
Blankenship looks eerily like the MyPillow guy.
Just HOW BIG is Blankeships ego that he announces his candidacy out of the blue like that, and instantly believes he is THAT MUCH OF A THREAT to the current powers, that they will immediately wanna "take him out" and frame it as a sue aside?? 🤨🤨
These protests do remind me of ours wanting to bring our friends home from VietNam. I joined them after my friend came back angry because it was clear to him we were being lied to and that it was a civil war and the Vietnamese didn't want us there. We, too, often got bad misleading press and had agitators joining us to make us look terrible. Turned out we were right. And I think most of these students are, too.
I agree. Protesting against Israel and Netanyahu does NOT equal antisemitism. 😢
Difference is protesting the Vietnam War got US out of the war. Protesting the Isreal Gaza war is a pub crawl so the students can feel like they're accomplishing anything. Isreal doesn't care what students in America think, those students aren't their potential voters or soldiers.
Yeah it’s not antisemitism to protest Israel but a lot of these students who were arrested were preventing students from attending class and the library during FINALS SEASON (yah know it’s a school still and they are there to learn) and many of whom because they were Jewish. You can look at news reports to verify that as I did. That I will say is antisemitic.
Are you thick or something? What exactly do you think "from the river to the sea" means? I mean, other than ethnic cleansing of the jews. If your press (BBC or CNN) had any integrity whatsoever, they would have told how bloodthirsty are the protesters at columbia university, how more than a hundred thousand Israelis are now homeless and whole cities now vacated. There are 133 kidnapped citizens in Gaza who are being tortured and raped, arabs among them. Not to mention that among the 1,400 murdered Israelis of 7/10 there were arabs, or are you okay with arabs murdering arabs. The double standarts of the west truly know no bounds. And no, I do not support Netanyahu, in fact I think he is scum and I feel horrible for the non-combatants dead Gazans
Honestly the comparison of the protests to Charlottesville are pretty damn on point - especially considering the nature of the slogans that are being chanted. (How many call for the destruction of Israel and Jews everywhere?) Not to mention, The Iranian Regime & Hamas have applauded the current protests.
That fell-off-the-bed guy sounds super depressed. Somebody should check on him.
Yeah, I heard he fell off the bed and hung himself! Can't remember who told me that
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Nah. He's fine.
so glad stephen is talking about the protests
There were a lot of people claiming that the police had the right to break up the assembly because it was private property, but is that how it works if it's a State public university?
These students pay 10s of thousands to live there, so it was a bullshit argument, anyway.
I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't just shut his eyes but sticks his fingers in his ears and goes "lalalalala" soon, because he must be mortified by the revelations coming out of the mouths of the prosecution's witnesses. I can't wait to see his reaction when Michael Cohen and Stormy take the stand!
Beer funnelling gets some people on the Supreme Court.
Good 1
Kavanaugh was an absolute disgrace at his hearing. ANother example that makes me wonder if this world is just a show put on by some jokester and not real at all. It would be an explanation.
I didn't expect a talk show to be courageous enough to cover the protests against the bloodbath in Gaza. Kudos!
Every Generation should question the one that came before it, and be better. On a lighter note, this is a cry for help from Blankenship.
A $9,000 fine for all the broken gag orders is an insult to all Americans who clung to the fiction that the system was still working and there was still some semblance of law and order. Openly pissing in our faces and telling us it's rain.
That’s what the law limits for contempt fine so the judge couldn’t do more
@@rcpmac That is the financial limit; the jail time limit is 30 days.
Actually the judge is holding another hearing about the gag order on Thursday for the other violations. 🙂
@@tamarabeinlich7353 Guarantee he'll say "Well, since those violations happened BEFORE I super-duper warned you, I guess its another trivial fine and now a DOUBLE SUPER DUPER warning about jail"
@@Toramt FYI the judge won't jail him before the jury decides which is smart but he can jail him after which won't influence the juries decision and give Trump a reason for appeal. Merchan is a very smart judge, he's playing chess while Trump is playing checkers. 🙂
I live in terror of falling off the bed and hanging myself. I'm grateful to Blankenship for raising public awareness of this debilitating condition, know as "Manchester Dangleophobia".
Do not sleep with a rope in your bed or run with scissors in your hand and you will be fine !!
@@jamesmorett6184didn't do Epstein much good!
I'm from west virginia and don blankenship is seriously dangerous. He served jail time.
I just love you and your writers. You bring the story to life! Hands up!
I get it now! The weird "if they tell you I fell off the bed [...]" sign-off is an appeal to conspiracy-minded folks, isn't it? "If something happened to me, it's because They killed me for being an inconvenient truth and tell you I did it myself."
^ Yup
The scary part is that it’s become clear that not nearly enough of the younger generations are willing to touch the corrupt cesspool of politics so all we’ll continue to get are these ancient, out of touch quacks with one foot in the grave who are just waiting to start pulling their gigantic government pensions to squirrel away overseas before they croak. Our 2070 president is gonna be a fucking tombstone wearing an “America is Great!” hat.
that or he's in trouble with the mob or something
Yeah, the same people who think the Clinton's wacked a guy in the 2016 election season for the emails thing
OH, LIKE "IF THEY SAY I KLLED MYSELF THEY ARE LYING" TYPE DEAL? That makes sense now .... except no because why in god's name did he choose to phrase it like that?! Now it just sounds like he once did fall off the bed and accidentally hang himself and wants to act like it didn't happen. I mean if someone is talking to you and they randomly say "by the way, I absolutely did not have sex with a pig", you'd think "I never even thought or heard that you did, but when you say it like THAT..."
Let's be honest. The vast majority of Americans don't get 9 warnings, breaks,chances from a State, Federal not local judge. Only the privilege.
Imagine Trump was black
The privileged...grammar matters
@@lenawagenfuehr53 U got the point.
lets be honest. when is the last time you have ever seen a judge gag order a defendant? Trump for the win in Nov.
@@lenawagenfuehr53 OK Mr. Perfect.
And now we cannot try and say to the world: "you are violating students' rights because they have the right to protest."
If only he took Biden's advice from the predidential debate and just "Shut up, man!"
What a treat to start May,end April. Live long and prosper, Colbert and us all
Keeps getting better.
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My hand is open like Spoxks , live longer and prosper..........to you too! Peace!
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Mamma called the doctor and the doctor said, no more Don Blankenship jumping on the bed!
I thought Blankenship was the my pillow guy. May as well be...🙄
I about fell off the bed and hung myself laughing at this!!!!
We’re not better off under Biden! Are you that out of touch or a typical seal who claps at propaganda?
Stephen's eyebrows deserve an Emmy.
Blankenship... if they tell you he was asphyxiwanked in my hotel-room, yeah that's entirely accurate.
Turns out Bob Blankenship is one of the few CEOs to ever actually do jail time for workplace safety violations. Said violations caused one of his WV coal mines to explode.
A sly buffoon?? Or just another panderer to the morons in the voting pool? Allowing schools to become killing grounds sure puts out a fire for wanting to learn. Instead, the pandemic lockdown became the scapegoat for the declining public interest in education for more than a decade.
At least he didn't fall off the bed & hang himself 🙄
@@sherrinunya4079 😂
Students SHOULD protest -- they are the conscience of our society and will be tomorrow's citizens and leaders. NEVER AGAIN KENT STATE
Disrespect of the court always ends with jail time for contempt of court, why is he not in jail?
Seriously, Angels in America pts 1 and 2 are a couple of the most beautiful plays ever written.
Stephen's facial expression after that Don Blankenship vid = easily the funniest thing in this funny monologue. Well done, sir!
That should disqualify RFK Jr as well.
You are allowed to protest by the government. Neither nor any other private citizen or company has to allow it.
They need to stop fining him and put him behind bars. They are enabling him to keep doing what he is doing by just fining him. No consequences. Sickening.
_And_ undermining the public’s faith in the fairness of our legal justice system. How many times has a judge warned Trump that if he violates the gag order again he’ll be thrown in jail, only for him to violate it later that same day? Trump has made it abundantly clear that the only thing that will stop him from violating his gag order is *a literal gag,* and they’re saying jail MIGHT be necessary? It was necessary months ago!
@@anondecepticon Exactly!
@@anondecepticon amen...
Consequences for what? You have to be convicted. This is not Russia.
YES!
Blankenship, the answer to "What if Santos wasn't charismatic?"
I wonder if "fell off the bed & hung myself" is one of those colloquial, very localized sayings of the region... like, "You can't drain the swamp when you're up to your ass in alligators." I'd love to hear a Floridian candidate throw-down with that one😂😂😂😂😂😂
Two things are clear. 1) trump has no respect for a legal system that he has duped for 60 years and 'falling asleep' is his way of showing it. 2) he thinks he has nothing to fear and in the Kabuki theater of this and future trials (if any) he's probably right. He's just mad that they're wasting his time. This 'act' shows contempt for the proceedings and he should be jailed for it instead of having to have his 'friends' pay $9,000 for 9 contempt citations. I hear Riker's Island is lovely in the springtime.
Jail will most definitely be necessary.
Do y'all remember Kent State Massacreof May 4, 1970?!?! Yeah, they got shot down by the Ohio National Guard; AFTER, the students were breaking up, and leaving the area. The Republican Gov of Ohio sent them out at the request of the Kent State leadership.
The four killed were between 265 and 390 feet away.
They’re treating him like a baby where anyone else would’ve already been thrown in prison. Any “jail” time he serves will be at Mar A Lago with an ankle monitor…unless the monitor is uncomfortable then he can take it off but he can’t leave the premises! Unless he wants to, but he’ll be fined! Oooh he’ll be fined. Smdh.
if he tests the judge he'll end up at Rikers...
the theatre kids laughed at the "Angels in America" joke, I promise
I remember Kent State. I have never felt the same about my country. Please let none of this result in injury. Please.
Jail "May?" be a necessary punishment? May?!!! 2 days for each of the first five instances, then 4 days for each of the next 5, and then 8 days each thereafter. 70 days should get us to the end of the hearings.
If he keeps it up...and he will, it may take us to the end of the election! Live boldly Trump and...don't prosper! 😂
That part about Don Blankenship had me literally in tears of laughter
So with Don Blankenship talking about hanging himself, does he work for Boeing?
Jail is a necessary punishment. Lock him up!!
Nobody can hold space on camera like Stephen Colbert.