Sunday, March 3 – We started with the
Michael Cohen hearing, including Rep. Mark Meadows invoking the “black friend”
defense and most GOP representatives seeming disinterested in whether or not
the president committed the crimes Cohen accused him of. We also had a piece on suspicions that Trump
greased the wheels on Jared Kushner’s security clearance, featuring the return
of Kushner’s awesome Gilbert Gottfried voice
I laughed so hard at the And
Now This, a montage of a local news anchor with a “beat poetry” style of
delivery – hilarious. I appreciated the main story on automation,
which looked at how not-straightforward the issue is. Yes, automation replaces jobs, but not to the
apocalyptic extent people worry about.
Yes, automation also creates jobs, but the old workers who got forced
out can’t necessarily slip easily into new positions. Also, it included a terrific epic run of “countries
misnamed by Trump” jokes.
Sunday, March 3 – Strong episode. Hasan focused on several cabinet members – “putting
aside Voldemort to talk about the Death Eaters” – and looked at ways they’ve
undermined civil rights. I already knew many
of the examples of “undoing shit,” like reversing Obama-era protections from
discrimination, and “doing awful shit,” like using “religious freedom” to
justify refusing healthcare to LGBTQ people, but some were new to me, especially
in the category of “not doing shit.” The
fact that Jeff Sessions investigated zero
violation-of-voting-rights claims while he was AG (“this is America – racism is
as much a part of voting as stickers”), and Ben Carson has only investigated
housing discrimination once as HUD
secretary, is shameful. Betsy DeVos
using school shootings to make it easier
for schools to disproportionately discipline Black and brown kids (while
ignoring guns altogether) was also vile.
Monday, March 4 – Clip shows this
week. Tonight’s was all about the
shutdown, lots of snippets of stories.
We covered the buildup, the ongoing effects (including Michael’s field
piece with furloughed workers,) Trump walking out of negotiations (“bye-bye!”),
his primetime address, stuff on the wall itself (including the “steel slats”
prototype getting sawed clean through,) the whole back-and-forth over the State
of the Union, and the shutdown’s conclusion.
Some good pieces to revisit, even though they were pretty recent. I loved the bit on the national parks – “Americans
are pooping on the ground? Who’s the
shithole country now?” – along with Chuck Schumer smirking at the camera “like
an Office character” and Trump as an
immigration weatherman. And that montage
of Trump failing to explain how he’s going to make Mexico pay for the wall was
just as epic the second time.
Tuesday, March 5 – Kind of a
hodgepodge. The theme was “this is U.S.,”
a lot of human-interest pieces from the opening blurbs. We revisited a gender-reveal party
accidentally starting a forest fire, people over 12 banned from
trick-or-treating (loved the in-costume mugshots,) a bus driver letting the
kids drive, a mother naming her kid “Abcde,” a man campaigning to change the
Holland Tunnel’s Christmas decorations, legalized nunchucks in New York,
slavery still being in some state constitutions, and Chicago Bears fans trying
to kick a 43-yard field goal. I especially
liked the stories on cookies purportedly tainted with “grandma ashes” (and
Trevor’s admission that he still would’ve eaten them,) an “emotional support
alligator” at an assisted-living home (“White people are having a great time in
America,”) and a Confederate statue being vandalized with googly eyes – ha! The one longer piece was Desi’s field report
on “Florida Man.”
Wednesday, March 6 – Round three
revisiting the Russia investigation. We
had clips on developments from Mueller – the leaked interview questions,
Michael Cohen flipping/pleading guilty, and Roger Stone’s arrest. A couple clips from Trump’s lawyers,
including the argument that nothing a
president does can be considered obstruction of justice and Rudy Giuliani
finding “even tighter corners” to back himself into. We also had the FBI investigation on Trump as
a possible Russian agent, bolstered by stories on Trump constantly talking
about Russia (a.k.a. “bringing up Keisha”) at the G7, siding with Putin over
his own intelligence agencies, and going to extreme lengths to keep the content
of his one-on-one with Putin secret. I
still love Trevor’s impression of Trump as the worst spy ever. “THANK YOU for meeting me UNDER THIS BRIDGE
to exchange these TOP-SECRET DOCUMENTS!”
Love it!
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