Kate Hawkesby

His phone message now runs, quote, Jake Lang's office, America's newest billionaire.

Only joking, he says, while the MyPillow guy, Mike Lindell, says his company lost $400 million due to what he views as government weaponization after the 2020 supposed election theft.

So this fund is supposed to be run by a five-person group chosen by Trump's former lawyer.

Meantime, Trump removed a Republican critic, Bill Cassidy, in their primary vote the other day.

Cassidy still has time to serve out in the Senate, and he now has posted about his opposition to the Trump fund.

If they draw enough support, the Dems could limit or even eliminate this fund.

We'll see.

There is also a backlash over $1 billion being sought for security for the Trump Golden Ballroom, which he said initially...

would not fall to taxpayers to fund, just like the Bill of the Wall.

Mexico would pay for it or whatever.

Trump managed to oust his Republican critic in Kentucky, Thomas Massey, who had been vocal in calling for release of all the Epstein files on pedophilia.

Now Massey also is serving out his time on Capitol Hill, and some Republicans are worried that this Trump victory in the political fight

against Massey could lead to a wider political war.

Some say that if Massey was to declare for another office, maybe even the presidency in 28, he could siphon away enough Republican votes to give more to the Democrats.

So, with politics, the game is never done.

One more time for Stephen Colbert tonight.

Yeah, final episode of his late-night comedy show.

That is a significant historical marker for American television, got to say.

Colby were taken over from David Letterman, whose rivalry with Jay Leno on NBC's Tonight Show was legendary.

That follows generations of late-night comedy, including Johnny Carson, Steve Allen, Jack Pard, Dick Cavett, Ed Sullivan, going all the way back.