In this edition of Stephen Colbert’s Space News, our host examines some of the most pressing issues facing Earthlings as we seek to spend more time off-planet.
Guillermo is at home with COVID, we had our first report of Monkeypox in California, Jimmy got a shoutout on “Family Feud” and has never been so insulted in his life, the last payphone in Manhattan was removed, the Secret Service reportedly spent almost two million dollars at various Trump properties throughout his presidency, a federal judge denied a request by one of the alleged rioters on January 6th to take a five-day vacation to Cabo, soon-to-be-former member of Congress Madison Cawthorn is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee over “financial improprietes” related to cryptocurrency he promoted, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is creating a special election police force, and MyPillow Mike Lindell (James Adomian) is still screaming about voting machines and has taken out ad time to endorse a candidate of his own.
In his speech against abortion, Montana Senator Steve Daines compares human fetuses to the eggs of sea turtles and eagles. Sandee Lovas breaks it down.