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Friday Nite Videos | August 8, 2025

Trump Boosts Tariffs and Stephen's Ratings. Kronos Quartet + Allison Russell | A Hard Rain. Texas Town Emptied by ICE Raids. Join Ice | Jesse Welles. Is Information a Fundamental Force of Our Universe?

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Trump Boosts Tariffs and Stephen's Ratings | Stephen Colbert

Also, JD Vance is a spoiled baby emperor.

Kronos Quartet + Allison Russell | A Hard Rain

Kronos Quartet, with singer-songwriter Allison Russell, perform a new version of Dylan's Hard Rain at the Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War

We Went to a Texas Town Emptied by ICE Raids

Residents say it's a ghost town and the local economy is hurting. Why? ICE raids on shops and factories have left workers too scared to go outside.

Join Ice | Jesse Welles

Biting satire to minimalist guitar

Is Information a Fundamental Force of Our Universe?

Researchers put forward a bold new law of nature — one that could explain how everything in the universe evolves, from atoms, minerals and stars to living cells, ecosystems and even human civilization

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