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If you can't beat 'em, join 'em Maybe not LOL Bringing about the end of an era “Is that Russia over there?” Stephen Colbert smiles while holding an Emmy Award trophy, wearing a tuxedo and glasses at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards. Volodymyr Zelensky, wearing a dark suit and white shirt, smiles and waves with his right hand raised against a dark, softly lit background.
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If you can't beat 'em, join 'em
Pres. Barack Obama appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2009....
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
Maybe not LOL
Benjamin Franklin's simple, biting call for unity—depicted in the divided snake—planted...
The Granger Collection, New York
Bringing about the end of an era
Thomas Nast's political cartoons in Harper's Weekly—including this one depicting...
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“Is that Russia over there?”
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin and Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton on Saturday Night...
© 2018 NBC
Conservative?
Comedian Stephen Colbert took home an Emmy for playing a conservative commentator...
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The comedian who would be president
Volodymyr Zelensky performs with his comedy troupe during a 2019 campaign rally.
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