Starting with Matt Lauer, she brutally attacks the way that the media have failed in their duty to inform the public.

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Seth Meyers has caught up with John Oliver and Samantha Bee is finding humor in politics, and actually informing viewers of issues while entertaining them. They each have their distinctive styles. Bee is the most biting and sarcastic, Oliver provides the most depth, and Meyers is the most genial but they all are worth watching.
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He looks at the charges and countercharges that are being made against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

He also provides more clips of Trump’s speech while commenting on each point.

Jimmy Kimmel explains what it is all about.

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog attended the Republican National Convention and spoke to media and delegates in his own inimitable style.

Triumph is funny. I find it interesting psychologically that when a puppet says something it is funnier than if the comedian operating the puppet (Robert Smigel) were to have said the same things himself. Perhaps the fun is in having people look at and respond to the puppet when the actual person speaking is right there next to it.
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Seth Meyers says that the campaign of Donald Trump has settled into a pattern.

On his show Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver said Donald Trump risks facing humiliating defeat in his campaign for a job that he would be bad at and that he should seek a face-saving way out. He says that his campaign made four good points and now the best thing he could do is drop out of the race, and he gives suggestions for how to do so in a memorable way.
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