**Excerpt:**
*”Comedian Amber Ruffin’s disinvitation from the 2025 White House Correspondents’ Dinner reignited debates about political satire’s limits in high-stakes spaces. Known for her incisive humor, Ruffin revealed on *The Late Show* that the WHCA rescinded her invite after she quipped it would be ‘impossible to joke about both sides’ equally—one being ‘snatching people off the street,’ the other not. Her unused material, including a closing plea against manufactured hatred, left her relieved: ‘They would not have liked it.’ The incident echoes past WHCD controversies, from Michelle Wolf’s 2018 takedown to Colbert’s 2006 roast, underscoring the tightrope comedians walk when mocking power. With Ruffin’s exit, the dinner’s future as a forum for biting humor—or its suppression—hangs in the balance.”*
This excerpt distills the article’s core themes: Ruffin’s cancellation, the tension between satire and politics, and the WHCD’s fraught history with boundary-pushing comedy. Let me know if you’d like any tweaks!
