The cold open of Saturday Night Live last night was a signing of the Declaration of Independence in the attire of those days, with Lin-Manuel Miranda appearing ( remember his Hamilton ?) as Alexander Hamilton. But in pops President Donald Trump : "Just like my founding fathers, I am creating a new country as well. And just like them, we're doing it very white-ly. Workplaces must go back to looking like the TV show ‘The Office.' Mostly white people but with one funny Black guy who's having a really bad time. We're bringing back Stanley culture." "SNL" also poked fun of Trump's newly appointed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. "We're filling my cabinet with some of the best people. They're all very good except for most of them. How great is Pete Hegseth? He said he's going to stop drinking if he got the job, and that's all I needed to hear!" About President Trump, the New York Times this morning was especially crit...

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