For evidence that the U.S. is experiencing a scorcher of a summer, look no further than climatologists and your “historic case of swamp ass,” Stephen Colbert told viewers on Tuesday.The extreme heat has led to a drought that rivals those of the 1930s Dust Bowl. “For those who aren’t familiar, the Dust Bowl was like John Steinbeck’s ‘The Grapes of Wrath,’ only less dry and easier to get through,” Colbert said.
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