As CBS’s The Late Show prepares to wind down operations in less than three weeks, host Stephen Colbert traveled to Chicago for a lengthy interview with former President Barack Obama to hype the opening of his presidential library and museum. Amid a flurry of other softballs, Colbert would suggest that in contrast to President Trump, Obama was a pillar of executive restraint, and recall the old liberal idea that the worst thing Obama ever did was tear a tan suit. One softball Colbert lobbed was, “Fifty to 100 years from now, when somebody comes to this center, what do you want them to take away from the experience? What do you want them to learn about you and the legacy of your administration?”   Stephen Colbert devoted most of Tuesday's show to an interview with former President Barack Obama where he asked such questions as "50 to 100 years from now, when somebody comes to this center, what do you want them to take away from the experience? What do you want them to learn… pic.twitter.com/SAogMclvRZ — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) May 6, 2026   Obama gave a generic-sounding response of, “I want them to put my presidency in context, right? I assume in my eulogy somewhere it will be mentioned that he was the first African American president. But what I want people to understand is that there was this extraordinary journey this country took to get to that point, and I was an episode in that… And if I do that, then 50 years from now when people come, presumably they'll still be inspired by that story. Not mine alone, but ours.” Colbert then moved on, “There's often a conversation about the restriction or the need to restrict certain executive powers. I might have asked you this when you were running for president back in the day. Like, is there any power that President Bush has taken that you would say, ‘No, I don't want that power,' because it keeps accumulating. Now that you're no longer in office, what powers do you believe the president should not have?” The man who was always bragging about his pen and phone and threatening, “If Congress doesn’t act, I will,” replied, “There are a couple that I followed even though they were law. And I want us — we're going to have to do some work to return to this basic norm, and we probably now have to codify it. The White House shouldn't be able to direct the attorney general to go around prosecuting whoever the president wants prosecuted.”   Next, Colbert acts as if Obama was a great pillar of executive restraint, "I might have asked you this when you are running for president back in the day. Like, is there any power that President Bush has taken that you would say, “No, I don't want that power” because it keeps… pic.twitter.com/p3Vmhb7k2X — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) May 6, 2026   He also claimed, “The idea is that the attorney general is the people's lawyer. It's not the president's consigliere.” What about a wingman? Again, any reference to the IRS and Tea Party was conveniently ignored as Obama rolled on, “There's a bunch of stuff that, you know, we can overcome. We can't overcome the politicization of the criminal justice system. The awesome power of the state. You can't have a situation where whoever is in charge starts using that to go after their political enemies or reward their friends, right?... I would consult with Eric Holder, with my attorney general, all the time, around broad policy issues, but that's different than who do you charge, what case do you bring?” When current Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth talks about woke-ism in the military, the Obama era stands out. Nevertheless, Obama added, “The second thing is the military. Don't politicize our military. As president, you are commander-in-chief. You are responsible for directing our military. But there had been a whole series of norms that were in place to ensure that you weren't trying to make that military loyal to you as opposed to the constitution and the people of the United States. We're going to have to find mechanisms to restore that.” Later, the duo went on a tour of the museum, and Colbert sarcastically wondered, “Is there a wing dedicated to greatest blunders? Is the tan suit here? I’m asking if the tan suit is here.”   Later, Obama gives a tour of the museum, which leads Colbert to wonder "Is there wing dedicated to greatest blunders? Is the tan suit here?" pic.twitter.com/1ifpC7HBrE — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) May 6, 2026   After Obama declared that “I own that suit proudly,” Colbert pulled out a photo and wondered, “We have this if you want to put it on display someplace. A shattered nation looked up and saw that. When you look back at the tan suit, what occurs to you?” Obama simply wondered, “Why?” The real “why?” is why do Colbert and media types insist that the tan suit was the most controversial thing Obama ever did? Here is a transcript for the May 5 show: CBS The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 5/5/2026 11:55 PM ET STEPHEN COLBERT: Fifty to 100 years from now, when somebody comes to this center, what do you want them to take away from the experience? What do you want them to learn about you and the legacy of your administration? BARACK OBAMA: Well, look. I want them to put my presidency in context, right? I assume in my eulogy somewhere it will be mentioned that he was the first African American president. COLBERT: I will say something about that. OBAMA: But what I want people to understand is that there was this extraordinary journey this country took to get to that point, and I was an episode in that. And it's the struggle between the idea that “we the people” includes everybody, that it's not just some. It's not just some select few. So, what I want people to do when they come to this museum is to say, “This is part of that American story, that better story.” The one that has inspired not just generations, but also the world, and the Obama presidency was a part of that story. It was one small chapter. And if I do that, then 50 years from now when people come, presumably they'll still be inspired by that story. Not mine alone, but ours. COLBERT: Yes, the good future isn't one where they say "Oh, we totally know what he means." OBAMA: Yes. COLBERT: The bad future is “What's he talking about?” There's often a conversation about the restriction or the need to restrict certain executive powers. OBAMA: Yes. COLBERT: I might have asked you this when you were running for president back in the day. Like, is there any power that President Bush has taken that you would say, “No, I don't want that power,” because it keeps accumulating.  OBAMA: Yeah. COLBERT: Now that you're no longer in office, what powers do you believe the president should not have? OBAMA: Well, there are a couple that I followed even though they were law. And I want us — we're going to have to do some work to return to this basic norm, and we probably now have to codify it. The White House shouldn't be able to direct the attorney general to go around prosecuting whoever the president wants prosecuted. COLBERT: Right, because technically it’s under the executive branch. OBAMA: Technically— COLBERT: The norm is that it's independent. Mr. Obama: The idea is that the attorney general is the people's lawyer. It's not the president's consigliere. Stephen: Right, even when it's Bobby Kennedy. OBAMA: --Bobby Kennedy. And so, two of the core principles of a democracy and we can survive a lot. Bad policy, funky elections. There's a bunch of stuff that, you know, we can overcome. We can't overcome the politicization of the criminal justice system. The awesome power of the state. You can't have a situation where whoever is in charge starts using that to go after their political enemies or reward their friends, right? So another power maybe I would say, although this is in the constitution, it's harder to change, but maybe don't pardon people who have given you a bunch of campaign contributions. Or invested in your businesses. So, restoring some sense of the Justice Department being independent in making judgments about specific cases and prosecutions. I would consult with Eric Holder, with my attorney general, all the time, around broad policy issues, but that's different than who do you charge, what case do you bring? The second thing is the military. Don't politicize our military. As president, you are commander-in-chief. You are responsible for directing our military. But there had been a whole series of norms that were in place to ensure that you weren't trying to make that military loyal to you as opposed to the constitution and the people of the United States. We're going to have to find mechanisms to restore that. And then, you know, a good policy that I'd like to see followed is that the president of the United States shouldn't have a bunch of side hustles that various companies and foreign entities can invest in. … COLBERT: Is there a wing dedicated to greatest blunders? Is the tan suit here? I’m asking if the tan suit is here. OBAMA: Listen, I own that tan suit proudly, brother. COLBERT: We have this, if you want to put it on display someplace. OBAMA: I mean, I look great. COLBERT: A shattered nation looked up and saw that. OBAMA: Yeah. Yeah. COLBERT: When you look back at the tan suit, what occurs to you? OBAMA: Why?

MRC Watchdogs churn out breaking news on a daily basis. Don't miss Today's Highlights, where you can keep up with the top MRC content, whether it's the latest study on media bias, a glaring omission from the elitist media, or how the Big Tech companies are serving up the same leftist spin as the media.  Top Stories: ‘No, We Haven’t’ Forgotten the SAVE America Act, Republicans Promise Voters Blame Media for Inspiring Assassination Attempt  Nets Reluctant to Cite Biden Blocked JetBlue Merger as Spirit Shuts Down   ‘No, We Haven’t’ Forgotten the SAVE America Act, Republicans Promise Republicans say they remain committed to passing the SAVE America Act despite it being stalled in the Senate by Democratic opposition and the filibuster. Lawmakers including Mike Lee and Tim Burchett are publicly emphasizing that the bill remains a top priority and must not be abandoned. Supporters argue the legislation is essential for election integrity by requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. Advocates, including Donald Trump, claim passing the measure would prevent fraud and energize voters, while failure to pass it would have major political consequences.   Voters Blame Media for Inspiring Assassination Attempt  Six in ten voters think it’s likely that negative news media coverage of President Donald Trump inspired the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 25, a new national Rasmussen survey finds. Of U.S. likely voters polled April 27-29 following the attack, 60% think it’s at least “somewhat likely” that hostile media inspired the armed shooter’s attack – including 41% who call it “very likely.” In contrast, just 13% consider it “not at all likely.” “How likely is it that negative news media coverage of Trump inspired this assassination attempt?” Very Likely: 41% Somewhat Likely: 19% Not Very Likely: 16% Not at All Likely: 13% Not Sure: 11% Fully 55% of Democrat voters say it’s likely that hostile media inspired the attack, with far more saying it’s “very likely” (28%) than calling it “somewhat” (17%) so. More than three-fourths (79%) of Republican voters say media instigated the assassination attempt, including 58% who think it’s very likely media are to blame. Meanwhile, 59% of “other” voters attribute the attack to the influence of the media. Hispanics are the most likely to say that the assassination attempt was inspired by negative media coverage of Trump, as 76% say it’s at least somewhat likely – and more than half (52%) think it’s “very likely.” Six in ten of both Whites and Blacks consider it at least somewhat likely.   Nets Reluctant to Cite Biden Blocked JetBlue Merger as Spirit Shuts Down ABC, CBS, and NBC covered the shutdown of Spirit Airlines but were slow or reluctant to highlight that the Biden administration blocked the JetBlue merger that could have affected the airline’s fate. When the merger was mentioned, it was often downplayed or framed as a minor detail rather than a central factor in Spirit’s collapse. Network coverage instead emphasized other explanations such as rising fuel costs and broader economic pressures while minimizing regulatory decisions. The result was incomplete reporting that left viewers without full context about the role of federal policy in the airline’s shutdown and the loss of thousands of jobs.

The liberals at Mediaite.com gushed over the latest anti-conservative comedy from NBC: “Kash Patel Gets Absolutely Smoked in Punishing SNL Sendup By Aziz Ansari: ‘I’m the First Indian Person to Suck at Their Job!’” After another vomitous episode of Colin Jost badly attempting to turn Pete Hegseth into a villainous-jock character from “Revenge of the Nerds,” this “cold open” skit on Saturday Night Live turned to Indian-American comedian Aziz Ansari punishing his fellow Indian-American as a dolt. “You guys should not be reporting the lies and the gossip, you should be reporting on the historic nature of my appointment,” Ansari’s Patel said. “I’m a trailblazer. I’m the first Indian person to suck at their job! Everyone says Indian people are smart, hard-working, incredibly intelligent. I’ve proved without a shadow of a doubt that we can be just as incapable and incompetent as the whites!” 'Saturday Night Live' skits on Kamala Harris treated her like a minority superhero, and now Fake Kash Patel is a dolt: "I’m the first Indian person to suck at their job! Everyone says Indian people are smart, hard-working, incredibly intelligent. I’ve proved without a shadow of a… pic.twitter.com/OcDrC6BqQ5 — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) May 6, 2026 This is liberal humor in a nutshell – mocking the white people (how progressive) and any minority who doesn’t stick like glue to the Left. Being on the Left automatically makes you competent and racially sensitive. SNL added the indecency of making fun of the Correspondents Dinner shooting just a week after it happened. Ansari’s Patel boasted: “After the attempted assassination of President Trump – another one – we’ve conducted an investigation that could not have been more thorough. We’ve dotted every T and bulged every eye!” When a fake reporter asked fake Patel if Trump was mad at him, he replied: “Everybody loves me. Even the correspondents' dinner shooter said, ‘Kill everyone but Mr. Patel.’ You get a shout-out like that in a psycho's manifesto, you must be doing something right!” There's nothing funny about shooting up a media dinner. But taste is not their strong suit. The Patel mockery also proves that the Left seeks to punish Trump for appointing minorities. The list of Indian-Americans appointed by Trump includes Jay Bhattacharya as director of the National Institutes of Health, Harmeet Dhillon heading up the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department, Sriram Krishnan as Senior White House Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence, and Vivek Ramaswamy as an original co-chair of the DOGE team. In addition, Vice President J.D. Vance’s wife Usha Vance made history as the first Indian-American Second Lady. Remember how much the liberals adored “historic” Kamala Harris for being the first African American-slash-Indian American vice president? On SNL, the Kamala Harris impression was an ongoing valentine. Maya Rudolph proclaimed Harris was like a superhero in 2021: “There’ve been times when you’re asked to play up someone’s flaws or characteristics that are annoying or frustrating or embarrassing. This one feels like a superhero cape I get to don.” Mocking Patel’s alleged “flaws and characteristics” is all Ansari did. The Atlantic uncorked a nasty hit piece suggesting Patel is a raging alcoholic on the job, and Patel sued them for defamation. This only made him bigger grist for NBC “comedy.” “Let me be clear, this FBI director has never been drunk or hungover on the job,” Ansari’s Patel said. “This FBI director never filled a 40-ounce travel mug with ice cold gin and a swirl of dry vermouth and six lemon peels and called it a Kashtini." Ansari should imagine what this would be like with the shoe on the other foot, like when a woman accused him of a very sexually aggressive first date in a 2018 article. How many jokes could you make out of that? But SNL doesn’t do that to their Democrat friends.

ABC World News Tonight made sure to lead the newscast with an update on the situation in Iran. Suffice it to say, it is par for the course for the most Trump-deranged of the Big Three network evening newscasts, and its most Trump-deranged correspondent. Watch Mary Bruce at her Mary Bruciest as she uncritically parrots Iranian regime propaganda: Peak Mary Bruce: a little uncertainty on the ceasefire, and a little Iranian war propaganda. Par for the course for the most Trump-deranged evening newscast. pic.twitter.com/fbA0EAmFcv — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) May 6, 2026 MARY BRUCE: Tonight, even as Iran fires missiles and drones at American Navy ships and our ally, the United Arab Emirates, the Trump administration insists the cease fire is not over. Reporters pressing the president. REPORTER: They fired at U.S. ships several times in the last 24 hours. What do they need to do to violate the cease fire? DONALD TRUMP: Well, you'll find out, because I'll let you know. They know what to do, and they know what to do. And they know what not to do. More importantly, actually. BRUCE: But today, a top Iranian official insisting, quote, “we have not even begun yet”, adding, “we know full well that the continuation of the status quo is intolerable for America”. Here at home, the average price of a gallon of gas now topping $4.50, the highest it's been in four years. The price of beef soaring more than 15% over the past year. Now, the administration has launched a new effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic. But in the past 48 hours, only two commercial ships have crossed- more than 1500 stacked up outside. Iran has opened fire on some vessels and on American Navy ships, which fired back. The report opened with a David Muir Special: an overwrought introduction that could effectively serve as its own brief and that stomps all over the correspondent’s report. Mary Bruce then takes the baton and runs with it, delivering the type of adversarial report we often see during the heat of campaign season. Bruce opens her video package with an Oval Office exchange on what it might take to end the ceasefire. Bruce then segues into parroting the aforementioned Iranian propaganda, selecting one quote that is evocative of John Paul Jones’ “we have not yet begun to fight,” and another which is a taunt aimed at our domestic politics.  The video package concludes with parts of the exchange between Bruce and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Muir then picks back up and switches to the White House ballroom. Watching the report bolsters the uneasy sense that there may be those on the left who need Iran to win this conflict as a weird type of redistributive justice. This is the awful sense that pervades throughout this awful report. The midterm is six months out, but ABC is already in full campaign mode. Click “expand” to view the full transcript of the aforementioned report as aired on ABC World News Tonight on Tuesday, May 5th, 2026: DAVID MUIR: But we do begin with the war in Iran. Gas prices in the U.S. hitting a new high tonight. President Trump insisting the cease fire is holding, despite multiple Iranian attacks targeting the U.S. Navy and an oil facility in the UAE. The president was pressed today, if this isn't a violation, what would be? The president's response right here. Ten weeks into the war, more than 1500 ships remain stuck outside the Strait of Hormuz. Both the U.S. and Iran tonight claiming the Strait is under their control. And what Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared about the war late today. Mary Bruce then asking, what about the nuclear material? Mary, leading us off tonight. MARY BRUCE: Tonight, even as Iran fires missiles and drones at American Navy ships and our ally, the United Arab Emirates, the Trump administration insists the cease fire is not over. Reporters pressing the president. REPORTER: They fired at U.S. ships several times in the last 24 hours. What do they need to do to violate the cease fire? DONALD TRUMP: Well, you'll find out, because I'll let you know. They know what to do, and they know what to do. And they know what not to do. More importantly, actually. BRUCE: But today, a top Iranian official insisting, quote, “we have not even begun yet”, adding, “we know full well that the continuation of the status quo is intolerable for America”. Here at home, the average price of a gallon of gas now topping $4.50, the highest it's been in four years. The price of beef soaring more than 15% over the past year. Now, the administration has launched a new effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic. But in the past 48 hours, only two commercial ships have crossed- more than 1500 stacked up outside. Iran has opened fire on some vessels and on American Navy ships, which fired back. Tonight, Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasizing that doesn't mean the U.S. has resumed attacks on Iran. MARCO RUBIO: This is a defensive operation. And what that means is very simple. There's no shooting unless we're shot at first, okay? We're not attacking them. (VIDEO SWIPE) We are only responding if attacked first. This is a defensive operation. BRUCE: Rubio then taking it a step further, declaring that Operation Epic Fury itself is over. This, though President Trump's goal in starting the war to eliminate Iran's nuclear program remains out of reach.  Ten weeks in, are we any closer to getting rid of Iran's nuclear material? RUBIO: Yeah, but look, here's the way to think about Iran. (VIDEO SWIPE) So their ability to build a shield behind which they could hide their nuclear program was wiped out. That's a very substantial achievement. And that was the purpose of this operation from day one. BRUCE: Do you have to get their nuclear material, in order for this war to end? RUBIO: Well, that's one of the topics that needs to be discussed. I don't know about. I think you're linking it. The operation is over. Epic Fury- is the President notified Congress. We're done with that stage of it. MUIR: The secretary telling Mary the operation is over. Mary asking the questions there on Iran late today. And Mary, there's another breaking headline tonight. Republican lawmakers are now pushing a bill that would include $1 billion in taxpayer money for the president's new White House ballroom? BRUCE: And, David, this came as a surprise. Republicans are including $1 billion for the president's ballroom in a funding bill they're preparing to pass themselves. They claim it will only pay for security enhancements. The president, of course, has already torn down the entire East Wing to make way for the ballroom. And of course, he promised it would be paid for entirely by private donations. David. MUIR: All right. Mary Bruce leading us off tonight. Mary, thank you.  

Last Thursday on CNN's NewsNight with Abby Phillip, AdamMockler of Meidas Touch Network disrespected CNN commentator Scott Jennings into losing his cool, big time. It wasn't pretty, but despite his performance that night, Mockler was invited back on Monday night, and even though Jennings wasn't there, he managed to exhibit many of the same unfortunate qualities from last week. Phillip began by displaying  numbers from various polls showing lack of support for the war, and focused on a Marquette Law School Survey showing that 80% of those 18-29, say there was no sufficient reasons to go to war. She then turned to 23-year-old Mockler who was full of it -- talking points, that is. MOCKLER: For my entire life, the United States has been at war with some country in the Middle East, and young people have constantly been told that this will make us safer and make us better off. But when we look around at the world today, we are less safe and we are worse off.... And now Gen Z-ers are going to the same thing with Iran....This war is failing.... And I'm sorry, I'm not buying this trust the process line. I don't trust the same people who got us into the prior wars, amassed trillions of dollars in debts, and are not putting America first on the global stage. Phillip then seemed to endorse what she had just heard as she addressed Noah Rothman, Senior Writer at National Review. PHILLIP: Is it fair for young people to have that level of distrust of the people, to Adam's point, who maybe defended the last war and were wrong and are defending this war too? ROTHMAN: I don't think so. I think honestly, Adam, that's immensely ungrateful to American service personnel and the people who keep us safe every day. After 9/11 it was by no means guaranteed that there would be no mass casualty terrorist attack on American soil....  And after the attack on Iraq and the elimination of Saddam Hussein's regime, we took a terrorist supporting enterprise off the map. We don't talk about Iraq anymore as a threat to national security, because it isn't. Rothman continued to attempt to educate young Mockler, while also taking him to task. ROTHMAN: And those who would pretend as though Iran is not a national security threat, are just frankly dismissive of the extent to which American service personnel get up every day to stop these people from executing the attacks on American and their allies that they plan every single day.... And I just think it's just ungrateful. MOCKLER: I feel less safe due to the actions of our leaders. I'm incredibly grateful for our servicemen here.  Later in the segment, Rothman went back to his original response to Mockler. ROTHMAN: To clarify what I had said previously, is that it is, in my view, ungrateful to American service personnel to say that they have not kept us safe when we do not measure- MOCKLER: That's not what I said. ROTHMAN: Allow me to finish my statement. At this point, Phillip felt the need to speak up for her Gen Z guest. PHILLIP: But but he didn't say that. ROTHMAN: He's saying that we can measure nonevents, which is to suggest that the attacks that have not happened, which none of us are aware of, we're not we're not avoidable because he's talking about because of the nature of these conflicts. And the conflicts themselves are what inspires the attacks. PHILLIP:  But that's not really the argument that he's making. The argument that he's making is that is that the people who made the arguments to go into these conflicts in the first place misled, which is a fact. And and secondly, that the conflicts ended up lasting a very long time, costing a lot of American treasure, and those are also facts. He didn't say it's because they didn't keep us safe. That's not actually what he said. Rothman then shot back, "Well it is actually what he said." It seems pretty obvious that Phillip didn't believe that Mockler was capable of presenting his point of view without her stepping in to protect him. His lack of respect and decorum has also proven problematic, and if he were a young Conservative, his days on CNN would have already have been over.