July 12, 2017
Stephen Colbert probably drew good ratings for his Tuesday show, which featured Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, the latter making some very minor news by announcing on The Late Show that he is leaving the Republican Party to become an independent. But Colbert could not prevent the hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe from boring his audience silly with their smug pleasure at having been attacked via tweets by President Donald Trump.making some very minor news by announcing on The Late Show that he is leaving the Republican Party to become an independent.

Thanks for noting that, JSRG. I have edited the article.
The article excerpt for some reason repeats itself.