While Paramount insists the decision to obliterate a television institution was purely “financial” — despite the show leading its time slot — everyone knows what this is. It’s silencing one of Trump’s most prominent, and funny, critics. Aaron Hagey-MacKay writes. Aaron is a Canadian satirist as a longtime writer for The Beaverton and host of The Goose Media on YouTube. Published July 21, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/07/21/Colbert-Cancelled-Fascists-Hate-Comedy/