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Stephen Colbert Honored with Robert F. Kennedy ‘Ripple of Hope’ Award for Social Justice Efforts

Posted by on September 25, 2025 at 2:24 pm. 0 Comments :

The eternal vigilance required to maintain America’s promise as a haven for free speech and a free press has been staggered by recent assaults delivered by Donald Trump and his censorious MAGA movement. The Constitution’s First Amendment protections are being actively challenged by the Trump regime’s seething animosity toward any criticism or expression of an opinion that is less than unflinchingly adoring of him.

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Case in point, Trump has been attacking late-night talk show hosts like Jimmy Kimmel, who was recently taken off the air by ABC/Disney at the behest of Trump in order to grease the wheels for their pending corporate business deals. And Stephen Colbert has had his program canceled by CBS, which is also seeking government favors from the Trump regime. What’s more, Trump has banished several news organizations from covering him, and is trying to turn the White House press corps into an Association of Slobbering Trump-Fluffers.

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After the news of Colbert’s cancelation, which is effective at the end of the current season in May of 2026, Colbert won this year’s Emmy for Best Talk Series. That’s gotta gnaw at Trump who has never won an Emmy, or any other notable award. And now it was just announced that Colbert is being honored with the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy “Ripple of Hope” Award. According to their website…

“The Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award honors exemplary leaders across government, business, advocacy, and entertainment who have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to social change and worked to protect and advance equity, justice, and human rights. […] This year’s laureates—Martin Cabrera, Jr., Stephen Colbert, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Stefano Lucchini, and Darren Walker—will be honored at the annual Ripple of Hope Gala on December 9 in New York City.”

This is just another thing that will drive Trump crazy(er). Not only is Colbert being recognized for his generous contributions to social justice, the honor is the name of the father of the utterly unqualified nutcase that Trump put in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services.

While Trump shamelessly begs for such honors for himself, that he doesn’t deserve, Colbert gets them unsolicited simply because he’s a good human being. Something Trump has never bothered to try or cared about. The announcement of the award for Colbert in USA Today gave some more details…

“Fresh off an Emmy win earlier this month, late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert is now being awarded for his social justice efforts.

“The nonprofit Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights on Sept. 24 named the 61-year-old comedian as one of the organization’s 2025 Ripple of Hope Award laureates. In its announcement, the center lauded ‘The Late Show’ host as ‘one of the most influential satirists of his generation,’ employing his signature wit ‘to challenge injustice.’

“‘Humor can be a catalyst for change. Stephen Colbert stands as a shining example of how speaking truth to power, boldly, wisely, and with heart, can ignite change and send ripples of hope far beyond the stage,’ RFK Human Rights President Kerry Kennedy said in the announcement.”

There is a a bittersweet irony in Colbert receiving this honor. In recent weeks another Kennedy, RFK Jr, has been besmirching the family name as a fully indoctrinated member of the Cult of Trump. And Trump has taken over the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., defiling its reputation and severely hampering its ability to function.

Trump suffers from an acute case of malignant narcissism. So it’s questionable if he even knows that he is despised by millions. But he surely knows that he has not received any recognition from reputable honors societies. Meanwhile, Colbert has three Peabody Awards, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, and the third highest honor within the Department of the Army, the Outstanding Civilian Service Award.

No matter how many fake awards that Trump creates, he will never match the legitimate honors that Colbert has received on his merit. And that’s likely one of the reasons Trump is so determined to bring Colbert down. It aint gonna work.

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Egomaniacal Trump Hires Himself to Host (and Disgrace) the Kennedy Center Honors

Posted by on August 13, 2025 at 11:22 am. 1 Comments :

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is an institution that was built to honor extraordinarily talented members of the entertainment industry. For half a century it has lived up to its reputation for excellence and pride in the creative pursuits that have defined American culture.

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For all of that time the Kennedy Center has avoided politics and the taint of partisanship. Until now. In February, just two weeks after his inauguration, Donald Trump announced that he was terminating much of the Center’s board and appointing “an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!” Because as president he didn’t have anything else to do.

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Now Trump is expanding his role at the Center by hiring himself to host the annual Kennedy Center Honors. It is a another job that any competent and rational president would never consider taking. But Trump’s massive yet fragile ego drives him to steal the spotlight at every opportunity. And since the ceremony is telecast on television, Trump could not contain himself.

In his announcement Trump pretended to have been recruited for the hosting duties against his will. Does anyone believe that? What he told the press was a jumble of ego stroking incoherence and fictional accounts of his having been persuaded to host. He said that…

“I’m delighted to be here as we officially announce the incredibly talented artists who will be celebrated later this year at the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors. It’s gonna be a big evening.

“I’ve been asked to host. I said ‘I’m the president of the United States. Are you fools asking me to do that?’ ‘Sir, you will get much higher ratings.’ I said ‘I don’t care. I’m president of the United States. I won’t do it.’ They said ‘Please?’ And then Susie Wiles said to me ‘Sir, why can’t you host?’ And I said ‘Okay Susie. I’ll do it.’

“That’s the power she’s got. Do you believe what I have to do? And I didn’t want to do it. They’re gonna say ‘He insisted.’ I did not insist. But I think it will be quite successful actually.”

Trump announces he's hosting the Kennedy Center Honors

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-08-13T15:39:27.933Z

Yeah. that all happened just like he said. The guy who disbanded the Center’s board and made himself chairman had to be convinced to be the host. And that’s not all. He had an even bigger role in the selection process. The honorees this year are George Strait, Michael Crawford, Gloria Gaynor, Kiss and Sylvester Stallone. And while there can be plausible arguments for these individuals, they were not selected for merit. When Trump was asked what percentage of the selection process he was involved in. He replied…

“I would say that I was about 98% involved. They all went through me. They came over Rick [Grennel] and Sergio [Gor] and everybody. I turned dowm plenty. They were too ‘woke.’ I had a couple of ‘wokesters.’

Trump says that all of the choices for Kennedy honorees "came through me" and adds that he turned down "some wokesters"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-08-13T16:16:51.144Z

For the record, in past years the selections were made by previous honorees and others in the entertainment field. But this year the decisions were up to the guy who hosted a reality TV game show and had a one-line cameo in “Home Alone 2.” So he chose a country singer, the star of his favorite Broadway musical, and a rock band whose lead singer is a longtime supporter. And by his own admission, Trump rejected people with whom he has political differences.

Remember, Trump has a hostile opinion of some of the most popular entertainers in the world, He famously declared that “I hate Taylor Swift.” He insulted Bruce Springsteen as “a dried up old prune.” He threatened to revoke Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship. He called Charlamagne Tha God “a racist sleazebag.” And he has relentlessly attacked Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon as having “no talent.” Meanwhile his own popularity is at record lows.

It’s a sad for the Kennedy Center. But an even sadder day for America as the Malignant-Narcissist-in-Chief once again places himself at the head of the line for recognition, even diverting attention from the honorees. And that obsession with diversion is also applicable to Trump’s efforts to deflect from his unsavory relationships with child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Unfortunately, we have not yet found an effective diversion from Trump.

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