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CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! are the only two late night comedy shows with original episodes this week. As such, both men were the only ones able to give their thoughts on the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. While both hosts acknowledged their eternal nemesis, President Donald Trump, should get credit for the deal, they ridiculed any idea of him winning a Nobel Peace Prize for it given his domestic agenda. Colbert was up first, and he declared, “But there is some good news out there, because today, thanks to Trump's newly brokered ceasefire in Gaza, all living Israeli hostages and almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have been released. Okay, it's important. Credit where credit is due: Donald Trump did something good. Are we still canceled? Are you sure? I tried. I tried. It's kind of surprising to see him do something good.”     Moving on to the Peace Prize, Colbert added, “Despite the deal, on Friday, in a truly foreseeable turn of events, Trump did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize.” A sarcastic Colbert followed up, “How dare you, Nobel Committee? The man is a paragon of peace. He walks in the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. After all, who can forget that Nelson Mandela famously declared upon leaving prison: ‘Fat, talentless Rosie O’Donnell should go back to Ireland.’” Colbert then started to switch to immigration, “After losing his campaign for the thing you don't campaign for, Trump said he didn't do the peace deal for the Nobel, and the White House communications director, Stephen Cheung, agreed, saying, ‘President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian.’” Taking things very literally, Colbert quipped, “No, he has the heart of a humanitarian. We removed that heart from one of the detainees in our ICE facilities. He keeps it in the Oval Office next to the Diet Coke button. In a little bowl.” Colbert then switched back to the Middle East with a clip of Trump on Air Force One contemplating the afterlife, “I don't think there's anything going to get me in heaven. Okay?” to which Colbert replied, “I agree with Donald Trump. Still canceled?” Over on ABC, Kimmel began: What a day for Donald Trump. You know what? He finally did something positive today, and I want to give him credit for it because I know he's not the type to take credit for himself. Trump was in Israel and Egypt today to celebrate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. All 20 Israeli hostages are back home after 738 days.  Almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been released. And while we're only in the first phase of what will undoubtedly be a long and tricky process, the fact is the bombing has stopped, the hostages have been released, and Trump deserves some of the praise for that.     Kimmel added, “I know it sounds crazy to say, but, ‘Good work on that one, President Trump.’ Now, maybe you cannot invade Portland. Just an idea. I mean, while you’re on a roll. Later, Kimmel repeated the evidence-free claim that, “I mentioned last week the Norwegian government. They have one, by the way, the Norwegian government. They were worried about Trump retaliating against them if he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize. And the woman who did win, Maria Corina Machado, was maybe a little nervous about it too, because she felt the need to call him about it.” After a clip of Trump, Kimmel turned to the government shutdown, “So, now Trump is focused on winning the prize next year. Which is fine. Let him keep trying to make peace. I'm fine with coming up with prizes and trophies to motivate him. Give him the Nobel to Reopen The Government And Leave Healthcare Alone Prize. “ There’s no evidence Norway is worried about Trump retaliating against them. The only “evidence” is a badly sourced Guardian article that led to similar articles that never quote any Norwegian officials, even anonymously. Here is a transcript for the October 13-taped shows: CBS The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 10/13/2025 11:39 PM ET STEPHEN COLBERT:  But there is some good news out there, because today, thanks to Trump's newly brokered ceasefire in Gaza, all living Israeli hostages and almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have been released. Okay, it's important. Credit where credit is due: Donald Trump did something good. Are we still canceled? Are you sure? I tried. I tried. It's kind of surprising to see him do something good. It reminds me of, you know, in Empire Strikes Back when Darth Vader revealed this shocking secret. DARTH VADER: Luke, I am an organ donor. LUKE SKYWALKER: Hooraaaaay! COLBERT: Despite the deal, on Friday, in a truly foreseeable turn of events, Trump did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize.  How dare you, Nobel Committee? The man is a paragon of peace. He walks in the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. After all, who can forget that Nelson Mandela famously declared upon leaving prison: "Fat, talentless Rosie O’Donnell should go back to Ireland."  Sounded better with the accent. After losing his campaign for the thing you don't campaign for, Trump said he didn't do the peace deal for the Nobel, and the White House communications director, Stephen Cheung, agreed, saying, "President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian."  No, he has the heart of a humanitarian. We removed that heart from one of the detainees in our ICE facilities. He keeps it in the Oval Office next to the Diet Coke button. In a little bowl. On his flight to Israel, Trump was asked by Fox News whether the ceasefire he brokered might help him in the afterlife. DONALD TRUMP: I don't think there's anything going to get me in heaven. Okay?  COLBERT: I agree with Donald Trump. Still canceled? *** ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live! 10/14/2025 12:03 AM ET JIMMY KIMMEL: What a day for Donald Trump. You know what? He finally did something positive today, and I want to give him credit for it because I know he's not the type to take credit for himself. Trump was in Israel and Egypt today to celebrate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. All 20 Israeli hostages are back home after 738 days.  Almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been released. And while we're only in the first phase of what will undoubtedly be a long and tricky process, the fact is the bombing has stopped, the hostages have been released, and Trump deserves some of the praise for that and so I know it sounds crazy to say, but, “Good work on that one, President Trump." Now, maybe you cannot invade Portland. Just an idea. I mean, while you’re on a roll. … I mentioned last week the Norwegian government. They have one, by the way, the Norwegian government. They were worried about Trump retaliating against them if he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize. And the woman who did win, Maria Corina Machado, was maybe a little nervous about it too, because she felt the need to call him about it. DONALD TRUMP: The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today—called me and said that I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it. A very nice thing to do. KIMMEL: Yeah, a nice thing for the person who got the Nobel Prize to do today. “I don't know why they gave this to me, it should have gone to you, Mr. President.” So, now Trump is focused on winning the prize next year. Which is fine. Let him keep trying to make peace. I'm fine with coming up with prizes and trophies to motivate him. Give him the Nobel to Reopen The Government And Leave Healthcare Alone Prize. 

“California authorities ignored an ICE detainer — now, six people are dead,” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported Tuesday after an illegal alien drove a van into a tree killing six passengers and injuring another. “Norberto Cerillo-Bialva should have never been in the U.S.,” ICE explained in a social media post: “He now faces murder charges. “Following his third drunk driving arrest last year, ICE issued a detainer to pick him up upon his release from jail. Unfortunately, the local police ignored the request.” “Cerillo-Bialva has been removed from the United States seven times—a felony—and maintains an extensive criminal history,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement, noting that the illegal alien has “an extensive criminal history,” including: Possession of cocaine. Three DUIs. Driving without a license. Violating a court ordered restraining order for domestic abuse. As a result of his state’s refusal to honor the ICE detainer, Democrat California Governor Gavin Newsom “has blood on his hands,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said: “Governor Newsom has blood on his hands. This serial criminal should have never been released by California authorities. “Sanctuary policies protect the WORST OF THE WORST criminal illegal aliens. ICE will do everything in our power to remove this serial drunk driver, abuser, and drug user from our country.” X

One of the ironies of the left is they boast about backing democracy and then support people who despise Western civilization in its entirety. Since 2016, George Soros’s Open Society Foundations (OSF), now run with his son Alexander, has poured over $80 million into groups tied to terrorism or extremist violence. Ryan Mauro of the Capital Research Center and Joseph Vazquez of MRC Business discuss the Soros family has supported a violent far-left fringe, including terrorists both foreign and domestic. Mauro found the Open Society Foundations have awarded at least $23,275,000 to seven groups that allegedly “directly assist domestic terrorism and criminality on U.S. soil”; at least $50.57 million across 41 groups that have allegedly endorsed terrorist attacks and/or are directly linked to foreign terrorist groups or their known front groups; and nearly $10 million to five nonprofits that allegedly qualify as associates of terrorist groups or pro-terrorist groups. One heavily Soros-funded group, Al-Haq, is a nongovernmental organization (NGO) based in the West Bank that has been long accused of ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which the European Union and the United States designate as a foreign terrorist organization. Then there's the domestic side. Since 2020, the Open Society Foundation has given $400,000 to the Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO), which boasts it “threw down with people in the streets” during the George Floyd riots in 2020, and its militant partner Ruckus Society, which trained activists in property destruction and sabotage. The report highlights the Sunrise Movement, which it says has received at least $2 million from Open Society, adding that it has “endorsed and solicited financial support” for Antifa-associated groups such as Stop Cop City/Defend the Atlanta Forest coalition. The coalition has been tied to arson and violence against law enforcement and utility workers, including an attack on the construction of a police training center by throwing Molotov cocktails, bricks and rocks, as well as setting construction equipment on fire.   The New York Times wrote a story complaining that Mauro's report was being used by the Justice Department to spur investigations into Soros backing disorder.  Watch the podcast below, or listen to the audio here. Like, share, and subscribe for the NewsBusters breakdown of media misbehavior.  

Walk into any grocery store today and the message is clear before you reach the register. Prices are higher again. Carts hold less, bills grow larger, and paychecks no longer stretch as far as they once did. Government reports confirm what most families already see. Food costs have climbed more than twenty percent in recent […]

Police in Miami Gardens, Florida, told WTVJ-TV they got word of a possible home invasion in the 3000 block of Northwest 204th Terrace shortly before noon Monday.Police said three individuals — one armed with a rifle — entered the home, the station said.'I guess he was defending his daughter from the three people who went inside.'However, as one of the intruders opened a bedroom door, a victim opened fire, hitting one of the intruders in the arm, WTVJ reported.The two other intruders fled the scene, the station said, and Miami-Fire Rescue airlifted the wounded subject to Aventura Hospital.The wounded individual's condition is unknown, WTVJ noted, and no other injuries were reported.RELATED: Florida man sees back door of mom's home left open. So he goes inside, hears strange noises — and grabs a gun. A man who lives at the house told the station that he and others who were inside at the time of the home invasion are OK, but he didn’t want to comment further.A teenager who didn't want to be identified added to WTVJ that she watched from her bedroom window as three people ran inside the house — and when just two of them ran back out.“I saw them shooting toward the porch, then running to the car, then the father shot four times,” the teen told the station. “It was loud, it was right there, across the street, boom, boom, boom, boom.”The teen added to WTVJ that two men who were inside the house also ran outside: “He was standing outside of the house. He was defending the house. He said, 'That's my daughter; I have no money,' so I guess he was defending his daughter from the three people who went inside."A woman who lives down the street added to the station that after she heard gunshots, she saw a car speeding by and someone with a face covering: “I saw the car zooming, and the guy was running behind the car, and I thought he was running after the car because I saw him with a gun in his hand. I was shocked. I was surprised."WTVJ said the search for the two other subjects is ongoing.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

An anonymous whistleblower claimed that a Washington corrections department illegally hired unqualified immigrants as corrections officers.According to Fox News Digital, the individual wrote to the Criminal Justice Training Commission in August, stating that the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention violated a state statute that requires all peace officers and corrections officers to be United States citizens, lawful permanent residents, or recipients of deferred action for childhood arrivals. "It has come to my attention, that, over the past several years, the King County DAJD has knowingly hired individuals as corrections officers who do not meet these legal requirements," the letter to the commission read.The whistleblower claimed that in some instances, individuals with temporary work visas or expired work authorization were hired to guard detention centers. "This practice not only undermines the integrity of Washington's criminal justice system but also presents significant legal and security concerns," the whistleblower remarked, urging the commission to investigate the claims promptly. The number of unqualified hires could exceed 100, according to the whistleblower, SeattleRed's "The Jason Rantz Show" first reported.RELATED: How many immigrants have actually left the country? Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images“The scale of this problem cannot be overstated. It is estimated that well over 100 corrections officers currently employed by DAJD may fall into this questionable status,” the whistleblower reportedly stated. “Some estimates place the number closer to 130 officers.""If the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC) revokes their certifications, these individuals would be unable to continue serving as corrections officers," the statement continued. "The loss of this many staff would place the County’s jail system on the brink of collapse, with the very real possibility of forcing the closure of a jail due to unsafe staffing levels.”RELATED: The fraud crippling American trucking: 'Ghost' carriers and 'NO NAME GIVEN' driver's licenses issued to foreigners Photo by Linda Davidson/Washington Post/Getty ImagesThe WSCJTC “provides training and certification after agencies hire and verify that individuals meet all employment and eligibility requirements under state law,” the commission told Blaze News, noting that employers are responsible for determining employment eligibility. “WSCJTC is conducting an open investigation into King County’s hiring practices for individuals who do not meet state eligibility requirements. WSCJTC will initiate a decertification case against any individual who is not qualified for certification under state law,” the commission continued. “WSCJTC immediately expelled four King County corrections academy recruits after King County confirmed they did not meet eligibility requirements.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Jean Raspail’s "The Camp of the Saints" is one of those books you can’t mention at a dinner party without setting off a minor war. It’s been denounced, suppressed, and maligned as a hateful screed. And yet half a century after its publication, the book still pops like a gunshot. Why? Because it asks the question that polite society has done its best to avoid: What happens when a civilization loses the will to guard its own front door?The novel is a fable, a satire, and a warning all at once. The plot is blunt: A massive flotilla of migrants sails toward France from India, while Europe’s leaders wring their hands, draft statements, and find ways not to act. The cast is drawn as caricatures — professors, journalists, bureaucrats, priests — each one a stand-in for the institutions that once anchored Europe but now serve as props for its decline. Raspail spares no one.The poor on the ships are less his subject than the powerful on shore, who offer nothing but dithering and moral preening while their house is overrun. The book is brutal, unsubtle, and deliberately offensive. But it is also piercing, because it forces the West to confront its soft underbelly: its allergy to boundaries, its addiction to slogans, and its inability to say “no.”If we want to preserve a middle class, we must demand that corporations train and hire our own graduates before importing replacements from abroad.And it is why, surprisingly enough, it has something to say about our current debates over H-1B visas and high-tech immigration. Raspail describes hordes of the destitute; the H-1B program is designed for highly skilled engineers, scientists, and doctors. But dig deeper than the press releases, and you find the same theme: institutions playing make-believe, telling one story to the public while the true story unfolds in reality.When the H-1B program was created, the pitch was simple. America, the world’s technological powerhouse, occasionally needs access to rare and exceptional skill sets. If a rocket company needs an aeronautical genius from Stuttgart, or a cancer lab needs a researcher from Mumbai, the law allows a narrow pipeline. The point was never to replace American workers but to supplement them, filling critical gaps while American talent pipelines caught up.The reality, though, is something far different. Today, the H-1B program is dominated not by Nobel-caliber minds but by giant outsourcing firms and labor brokers who game the lottery system. They flood the application pool with tens of thousands of petitions, scoop up a massive share of the slots, and then rent those workers back to American companies at cut-rate wages. The result is not a pipeline for the “best and brightest,” but a labor arbitrage racket that undercuts American graduates while enriching a handful of consulting firms.Even the most prestigious American firms have been caught using the H-1B program to displace their own workers, sometimes requiring those workers to train their replacements before letting them go. It’s the sort of ritual humiliation that would have made Raspail nod grimly: a civilization too weak to defend its own workers in its own labor market.RELATED: Jean Raspail’s notorious — and prophetic — novel returns to America Photo by Pascal Parrot/Sygma/Getty ImagesInstead of nuclear physicists and neurosurgeons, we see armies of mid-level coders and IT staff — exactly the sort of roles American universities and trade schools could produce en masse if companies invested in them. Instead, corporations cut costs by importing cheaper labor, then spin it as a story of global competitiveness. The rhetoric is lofty; the practice is tawdry.Here is where Raspail’s cold mirror matters. In his novel, Europe’s leaders never call things by their proper names. They drown reality in euphemism. The same is true today. Politicians and CEOs alike sell H-1B as a meritocratic jewel box, while insiders know it has become a vehicle for mass importation of mid-tier labor at discount prices. The tech lobby, one of the most powerful in Washington, spends lavishly to ensure that every attempt at reform is softened, delayed, or gutted. And so the system persists: a Potemkin policy that serves shareholders at the expense of citizens.A visa program that actually admitted only the truly exceptional — the researcher on the cusp of curing a disease, the engineer pioneering a new material — would be defensible. A program that functions as a corporate back door for cheap labor is not.Raspail also reminds us that admission is not an end, but a beginning. Those who come on visas should be expected to adopt the language, the civics, and the loyalty that make one a part of the American project. This is not cruelty; it is hospitality with standards. But when the bulk of visas are funneled through outsourcing firms, newcomers are less citizens-in-waiting than contract labor in transit, beholden not to America but to their sponsoring firm. That is not how you build a nation. That is how you hollow one out.The truth is that the H-1B program, as currently run, is less a gate than a hollow archway — grand in appearance, flimsy in substance. It is sold as a crown jewel of American competitiveness, but in practice, it erodes wages, weakens training incentives, and mocks the idea of meritocracy. It is the sort of policy that Raspail would have recognized immediately: a symbol of a civilization that cannot even defend its own professionals in its own industries.The armada in "The Camp of the Saints" is fiction, exaggerated and harsh. But the deeper theme — the failure of nerve, the surrender of sovereignty, the refusal to tell the truth about what is happening at the gates — is all too real. Today, it is not fleets of the poor but paper armies of visa applications, filed by corporate giants and labor brokers, that wash up at our shores. And our leaders, much like Raspail’s, prefer to hide behind euphemisms rather than face what they’ve allowed.Literature earns its keep when it clarifies the stakes. "The Camp of the Saints" does not flatter; it does not console. It strips away illusions and forces us to see how quickly a civilization can collapse when it forgets to defend itself. Our immigration debate, particularly around H-1B visas, is in desperate need of that same clarity. If we want genuine excellence, we must close the scam pipelines and admit only those whose skills are verifiably rare and indispensable. If we want to preserve a middle class, we must demand that corporations train and hire our own graduates before importing replacements from abroad. Raspail’s novel insists on candor. It shows what happens when a nation replaces hard choices with soft lies.

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