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yron Allen's Comics Unleashed officially took over CBS's 11:35 p.m. late-night slot on Friday, May 22, under a new "time buy" deal with the network. Under the arrangement, Allen Media Group pays CBS for the time period, handles all production costs itself, and controls the advertising inventory. This means that CBS doesn't have to spend a dime.
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CBS announced the cancellation of The Late Show back in July 2025, citing financial reasons. The network said the program was hemorrhaging roughly $40 million a year. At the time, some on the left insisted that the move was political. In their minds, CBS, an anti-Trump network, was doing President Donald Trump a favor by getting rid of one of his critics.
But CBS (again) demolished that narrative.
"With this 'time buy' model, we have shifted an hour that was losing roughly $40 million annually to $15 million in profit — a $55 million swing," the spokesperson said, calling it "a new business and programming model for late night that proactively addresses a network daypart that was cost prohibitive to continue."
Justice Amy Coney Barrett was the target of a “swatting” incident – a false call reporting gunshots intended to provoke a response from law enforcement officials – on Wednesday night, according to a report on social media. Andrew Leyden, a freelance photographer who posts frequently on X as @PenguinSix, indicated on Thursday morning that police had responded to a call at Barrett’s home on Wednesday night, “but quickly realized it was a swatting call” and left “after meeting with her security detail.”
Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C., confirmed the incident in a statement to the National Review.
Leyden’s post on X included audio from the police department, which he said had been redacted under media guidelines intended to reduce copycat incidents. The audio noted that the address had “24-hour security coverage for a high-priority resident of the county.” An officer then reported that he had “made contact with security that’s on scene” at the house and the security detail hadn’t “heard anything.”
The justices have had around-the-clock security since at least 2022, when the leak of the court’s draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which would overturn the constitutional right to an abortion recognized in Roe v. Wade, led to protests outside several of the conservative justices’ homes, including Barrett’s. In June of that year, a California man was arrested and charged with attempting to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in Maryland.
Last year, Barrett’s sister, who lives in South Carolina, was the target of a bomb threat. As CNN reported, an email sent to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office indicated that a pipe bomb had been placed in her mailbox, but no bomb was found there.
They key element in the burden of proof would be proving that the non-profit [knew the recipient group planned to be violent or had a violent past. That is not trivial.
But TWO judges today!
aka the left's previous Hitlers.
The other day I saw a lefty claim that if a repub had to be in charge, he'd rather it be W. My first thought was... Since you called him Hitler, too, does that mean that you don't really have a problem with Hitler as long as it's the Hitler that you get to choose?
Embroiling the country in a war in the Middle East without consultation with the Congress deserves an explanation.
hamsterjill (17,805) Posts
Today, I'm feeling just a smidgeon of hope.
I'm very aware of the times before where Trump is concerned when I felt some hope, and those hopes were dashed the next day. So, I'm going to try to just enjoy the rest of today before that happens tomorrow. If it doesn't happen, then I'll be grateful.
Two things today: The judge ruling that the Trump name has to be taken off of the Kennedy Center, and the other judge reopening the IRS investigation.
Allow me this hope for the rest of today. Even if you disagree with me. Because I need some hope. We all do. If I'm being foolish, you can call me that tomorrow.
But TWO judges today! Happy Birthday, John F. Kennedy
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221268991
all charges will be adequately investigated,
