Billionaires Buying Late Night, Trump Targets Reporters, Concert Politics, and Quiet Deals in Washington

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Nick and Steve discuss the implications of billionaires in late-night TV, Trump's interactions with reporters, and the political landscape surrounding upcoming events.

On this episode of The Vocal Minority with Nick and Steve... The guys dive straight into the latest late-night shakeup as Byron Allen steps into Stephen Colbert’s former space raising serious questions about whether a billionaire can buy a time slot and what it means when the viewership isn't there. From there Nick and Steve jump into Kaitlan Collins and her appearance on Watch What Happens Live where she spoke candidly about Trump and almost on cue, he fired back the very next day in the Oval Office leading into a broader conversation about how he treats female reporters and why that pattern keeps repeating. The guys then turn to Trump’s upcoming concert tied to the America 250 celebration with Lee Greenwood and Christopher Macchio now attached as it begins to look less like a national milestone and more like a campaign style rally built around familiar names that feel stuck in another era. Nick and Steve also break down the declining impact of Trump’s political endorsements as more of his backed candidates struggle to win followed by a closer look at the corporations lining up behind his ballroom project, many of whom appear to benefit from government contracts and in some…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nick, Steve

Topics covered

• late-night television
• Trump and media
• political endorsements
• concert politics
• January 6 pardons
• missing scientists

Keywords

• Byron Allen
• Kaitlan Collins
• Donald Trump
• concert politics
• January 6
• political endorsements
• missing scientists

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