{"id":19250,"date":"2026-02-01T16:19:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/?p=19250"},"modified":"2026-02-01T16:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:19:44","slug":"snl-weekend-update-goes-after-latest-epstein-files-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/?p=19250","title":{"rendered":"Colin Jost makes gasp-worthy Epstein joke on SNL Weekend Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SNL<\/em><\/a> <\/em>hasn’t hesitated to evoke Epstein, and last night’s Weekend Update was no different. <\/p>\n

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Anchor Colin Jost mentioned Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s comparison of ICE’s presence in the state to the Nazi occupation described in Holocaust victim Anne Frank’s diaries. “But remember, this administration has always ignored the stories told by young girls,” Jost said as the photo switched to one of Epstein. The audience oooh<\/em>ed so hard that Jost himself had a visual reaction.<\/p>\n

Weekend Update was full of other political references this week, including the killing of Alex Pretti<\/a> and the release of the Melania <\/em>documentary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘SNL’ Weekend Update anchor Colin Jost made a joke in the wake of the latest release of the Epstein files.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[79,2,12,78,72,5,4,3,76,17],"tags":[87,89,88],"class_list":["post-19250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ai","category-apple","category-artificial-intelligence","category-azure-openai-service","category-gaming","category-google","category-meta","category-microsoft","category-security","category-technology","tag-ai","tag-seo","tag-technology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t