Jeff Sessions Alter Ego

Late Show’s Alter Egos V: As the weather turns chilly outside, things heat up at the Ed Sullivan Theater where Stephen Colbert bravely pulls back the curtain on some of the most notorious names in the news.


How he’d giggled with glee when procured,
saw his Faustian future assured
as long as he’d do
what his Don told him to,
the Confederate House Elf endured.

© 2017 Susan Eckenrode


 

“an island in the Pacific”

“President Trump previously called a federal judge in California a so-called judge. Now U.S. Attorney General Sessions appears to dismiss a federal judge in Hawaii as just a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific. Our Constitution created a separation of powers in the United States for a reason. Our federal courts, established under article III of the Constitution, are co-equal partners with Congress and the President. It is disappointing AG Sessions does not acknowledge that.” -Hawaii’s Attorney General, Doug Chin

 

Hawaii Tells Jeff Sessions: ‘Have Some Respect’
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Jeff Sessions, in terms unspecific,
Mocks “an island in the Pacific.”
He should search his own soul,
And his dubious role
As a toady to one so horrific.

© 2017 Colleen Anderson