Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Andrew Sanford | News | July 15, 2025
Big corporations are shaking in their boots now that a near-80-year-old man has regained the presidency and is throwing his weight around like he wants to be the last to do so. Frightening? Hell yes! However, only the slimiest little racist dweebs like what he's doing. Everyone else is sick of his sh**. Even his supporters are starting to question him now that he's refusing to release information about New York Financier Jeffrey Epstein. The people are ready to stand, but the folks in power are bending the knee.
We have already seen corporations like Apple and Amazon donating money to the President's inauguration. They're just bribing him out in the open, trying to avoid his wrath. And things have only gotten worse. The man sued Paramount over a 60 Minutes interview with his opponent, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and they settled for $16 million, even though they likely didn't have to. However, they have a merger that needs approval, so they greased those wheels.
Given the company's willingness to kiss the President's ass, people have wondered how much further they will go. So, rumors have begun to spread that the company will not renew Stephen Colbert's contract to be host of The Late Show after it ends in 2026. It's not like the late-night scene is bustling anyway, but the rumors have started because Colbert has no problems taking shots at the President, who, in turn, hates Colbert (and Jon Stewart, who also works for Paramount, but may have built a shield out of record-high ratings).
Unlike Paramount, Colbert isn't backing down in the face of slight pressure. The host kicked off the latest episode of his show by taking shots at Paramount capitulation. "As someone who has always been a proud employee of this network, I am offended, and I don't know if anything will ever repair my trust in this company," he joked. "But just taking a stab at it, I'd say $16 million would help." But it wasn't as simple as that, oh no. Colbert went in on his, as John Oliver would say, "Business Daddy."
"This settlement is for a nuisance lawsuit Trump filed, claiming that 60 Minutes deceptively edited their interview with then-candidate Kamala Harris last fall," Colbert explained. "Paramount knows they could have easily fought it because, in their own words, the lawsuit was 'completely without merit.' And keep in mind, Paramount produced Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. They know completely without merit." Yeah, that's the good stuff.
But it wasn't merely about taking shots at Paramount's abysmal franchise fare, nor was it all about jokes, though there were plenty. "Now, unlike the payoffs from ABC and Twitter, Paramount's settlement did not include an apology," Colbert noted. "That's good. Instead, the corporation released a statement where they said, 'You may take our money, but you will never take our dignity. You may, however, purchase our dignity for the low, low price of $16 million. We need the cash.'"
It's the next jab that cuts the deepest, however, as Colbert calls out Paramount's settlement for being exactly what it is. "Now, I believe this kind of complicated financial settlement with a sitting government official has a technical name in legal circles: It's big fat bribe, because this all comes as Paramount's owners are trying to get the Trump administration to approve the sale of our network to a new owner, Skydance." Hot damn! Call 'em like you see 'em, Stephen.
He even joked about the rumors of his departure, citing an article from Puck. "Some of the TV typers out there are blogging that once Skydance gets CBS, the new owner's desire to please Trump could put pressure on late-night host and frequent Trump critic Stephen Colbert." The former Daily Show correspondent then pointed to his new mustache. "But how are they going to put pressure on Stephen Colbert if they can't find him?" Stephen Colbert's brand of "f*** it mode" may be different than others, but if you're gonna go, go with a smile (and handsome new facial hair).
