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Late-Night Hosts Roast Trump on Free Speech Hypocrisy

3/25/2025

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Late-night hosts took aim at the Trump administration, exposing its hypocrisy on free speech and a major security slip involving a group text to an Atlantic editor. Jon Stewart pointed out glaring contradictions in conservative rhetoric, while Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel delivered sharp jabs about Trump's sway over the Kennedy Center and the mishandling of sensitive information.

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Late-night hosts took aim at the Trump administration, exposing its hypocrisy on free speech and a major security slip involving a group text to an Atlantic editor. Jon Stewart pointed out glaring contradictions in conservative rhetoric, while Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel delivered sharp jabs about Trump's sway over the Kennedy Center and the mishandling of sensitive information.