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1 By Drew Grant 1/31 8:27am

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If only if the rest of government worked this way

Stephen Colbert Steals Back Super PAC from Jon Stewart, Raises Over One Million Dollars (Video)

Bad news first: Stephen Colbert has put an end to his bid for president of South Carolina by disbanding his exploratory committee, as he announced last night.

Good news: He can now regain power of his super PAC, after running through a messy gauntlet with its current gatekeeper (but in no way associate) Jon Stewart.

Even better-best news: According to an F.E.C. filing made at 12:01 this morning, the political action committee--which during the regime change two weeks ago renamed itself "The Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC" but has since returned to its "Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow"...though it's easier to just say Colbert's Super Pac--has raised $1,023,121.24. Read More

By Drew Grant 1/13 10:40am

Stephen Colbert

Colbert transfers his super PAC powers to Jon Stewart

Update: Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC Joke Seven Months in the Making Pays Off with Presidential Punchline (Video)

Update: Full video of the Colbert Super PAC transfer below.

Tonight, Stephen Colbert had some big news to share with America: since he was announced to be polling ahead of presidential candidate Jon Huntsman in South Carolina, he had decided to form an exploratory committee to become president of the United States...of South Carolina.

There was only one hitch.
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1 By Azi Paybarah 3/10/11 3:04pm

television

Colbert to Weiner: ‘You’re a Shonda to the Goyim’

Anthony Weiner takes his case against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas to The Colbert Report.

Later, when asked if he'll run for mayor, Weiner says, "perhaps." So coy that congressman.

By Daniel D'Addario 2/18/11 2:59pm

Huffingtonisms

Huffington Post Responds to Colbert by Repurposing Colbert’s Site

As a response to Stephen Colbert's joking on The Colbert Report about "The Colbuffington Re-Post"--a site, identical in all particulars but name to the Huffington Post, that he planned to sell for $316 million--the Huffington Post announced its own new initiative, The Huffbert Nation. As one might guess, the site, though Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 1/12/11 2:07pm

startup comedy

Jumo’s Chris Hughes Survives Colbert

Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and now founder of New York-based Jumo, braved The Colbert Report last night.

"My guest tonight is the co-founder of Facebook who founded Jumo.com. I can't wait until it starts invading my privacy too," Stephen Colbert said in his intro. And later, "So do you have a gazillion dollars, or Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 12/15/10 2:18pm

a'twitter

Stephen Colbert Is the Man With the Golden Tweet

Stephen Colbert beat out Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne, @alqaeda and @ShitMyDadSays for the most-retweeted tweet of the year:

In honor of oil-soaked birds, ‘tweets' are now ‘gurgles.' http://bit.ly/cIhZNf

The link goes to Comedy Central's "Address the Mess" series.

Colbert's tweet got over 44,000 retweets. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone presented the award to Colbert last night on The Read More

By Hunter Walker 11/09/10 7:14pm

Ratings

Conan O’Brien Leads Late Night Pack With TBS Premiere

Last night, Conan O'Brien returned to late night TV for the first time since his acrimonious departure from NBC in January. The debut episode of his new TBS show, "Conan," was a hit with higher ratings than Jay Leno's "Tonight Show," Dave Letterman's "Late Show," "The Daily Show," and "The Colbert Report."

Approximately Read More

By Nate Freeman 10/29/10 8:17pm

Restoring Sanity

Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity Set to Descend on Washington Tomorrow

Two months after Glenn Beck corralled thousands of people to the National Mall for his Restoring Honor rally, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are set to unleash their response to the gathered masses tomorrow. Pegged as the Rally to Restore Sanity, the event pushes Stewart out of the realm of satire, even if he insists it's Read More

By Nate Freeman 7:42pm

Restoring Sanity

News Outlets Follow NPR’s Lead: No Staffers at Stewart and Colbert Rallies

After a memo banning staffers from attending rallies — specifically the two high-profile ones to be orchestrated by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert later this month — made its way around the internet and collected backlash in its swath, NPR is trying to get other news outlets to join its side of the Read More

By Nate Freeman 10/13/10 5:53pm

Restoring Sanity

NPR Bans Staffers From Attending Stewart and Colbert Rallies

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are both planning rallies for Oct. 30, with the "Daily Show" host leading the Rally to Restore Sanity and the "Colbert Report" host offering the March to Keep Fear Alive. They may be all the way in Washington, D.C, but Arianna Huffington has been nice enough to charter a Read More

By Aaron Gell 9/24/10 3:53pm

Corny! Stephen Colbert’s Big Gay House Subcommittee Joke (Video)

That was awkward. When Stephen Colbert was invited to testify before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and Border Security, it was bound to be an interesting moment for C-SPAN viewers. And Colbert didn't disappoint, offering up a spirited in-character attack on undocumented workers that was actually a sly attempt to undermine opponents of Read More

By The Editors 9/08/10 5:52pm

Roundup

Look What the Web Dragged In: Manly Dancing and More Restoring Truthiness

Today in our brief survey of the small furry things the Web has left at our digital doorstep we examine what makes a sexy dancing man--and not. We'll also check in with the vast sea of supplicants pleading with Stephen Colbert to restore their faith in not taking things so seriously anymore, and see who Read More

By Steve Huff 9/02/10 8:21pm

Truthiness

‘Restoring Truthiness’: Will Stephen Colbert Respond to The Call?

As a response to Glenn Beck's recent "Restoring Honor" something-or-other held in Washington on August 28, a call has gone out to Comedy Central's leading exponent of all things truthy, Stephen Colbert, to hold a rally of his own. Colbert's show is in reruns at the moment, so he can't readily respond to Read More

By Zeke Turner 8/27/10 2:12pm

Blame Game

Is the New York Post to Blame for Taxi Cab Slashing?

After no fewer than three frontpages aimed at stirring up outrage over the "ground zero mosque," yesterday the New York Post called Michael Enright — the man who slashed taxi driver Ahmed H. Sharif with a Leatherman pocket knife — a "disgrace."

"I agree with the New York Post. We had some really great anti-Muslim Read More

By Dan Duray 7/12/10 8:29pm

Viral Comedy Central Show Leads to Ailing Rankings for Stewart and Colbert

In the wake of all this Jezebel hullabaloo comes some hard data about the state of The Daily Show: THR reports that Daniel Tosh, host of Tosh.0, has surpassed both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to become the most watched host on Comedy Central.

This may come as a surprise to Read More

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Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert Steals Back Super PAC from Jon Stewart, Raises Over One Million Dollars (Video)

Update: Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC Joke Seven Months in the Making Pays Off with Presidential Punchline (Video)

Colbert to Weiner: ‘You’re a Shonda to the Goyim’

Huffington Post Responds to Colbert by Repurposing Colbert’s Site

Jumo’s Chris Hughes Survives Colbert

Stephen Colbert Is the Man With the Golden Tweet

Conan O’Brien Leads Late Night Pack With TBS Premiere

Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity Set to Descend on Washington Tomorrow

News Outlets Follow NPR’s Lead: No Staffers at Stewart and Colbert Rallies

NPR Bans Staffers From Attending Stewart and Colbert Rallies

Corny! Stephen Colbert’s Big Gay House Subcommittee Joke (Video)

Look What the Web Dragged In: Manly Dancing and More Restoring Truthiness

‘Restoring Truthiness’: Will Stephen Colbert Respond to The Call?

Is the New York Post to Blame for Taxi Cab Slashing?

Viral Comedy Central Show Leads to Ailing Rankings for Stewart and Colbert

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