#political-satire

#political-satire

BILL MAHER: Kamala Harris's new memoir of the 24 election is called 107 Days, but it should have been called Everyone Sucks But Me. 107 Days is a victim's title because, get it, she only had 107 days to win. Yeah, and a billion and a half dollars and a built-in army of about 75 million people who'd vote for any human adjacent life form that wasn't Trump. But in 107 days nothing is ever Kamala's fault.

He said today, tweeted out that the Democrats are the party of hate, evil, and Satan. Good faith. Which is so ridiculous. If they ran Satan, they would have won Florida. I kid Florida, I love Florida. But now, Trump knows how to negotiate this. We're going to get over this. You know how you do it? You get everybody in a room, preferably a ballroom. And you say, nobody's leaving here until you check out these cherubs.

If that's how we're doing it, JD, then we here at The Late Show also enjoy humor, the host declared. He proceeded to roll a heavily censored AI animation of Vance humping a sofa while wearing a sombrero in callback to an internet hoax that falsely claimed Vance once wrote about such an encounter in his memoir. The rumor, long debunked, was recycled through online memes during the 2024 campaign.

Regina Hall's inherent Regina Hall-ness - her magnetic fusion of poise and charisma - never shows in One Battle After Another. Instead of that usual charm, Hall is sober-minded and serious. As Deandra, a guerilla involved with a revolutionary sect called the French 75, she's waging war against oppression, whether that's militarized police, migrant detention camps, Christmas-worshipping white nationalists, or fascism at large.

You could describe the nearly three hours of movie that follows in many ways; as a knockabout satire or a political broadside or, as Anderson put it after a screening this week, "an action comedy with a side of postpartum depression." But one way to think of it is as one man's epic journey to figure out just what the hell is going on.

This time, though, MAGA picked up on GWAR's antics and is crying foul. Both conservative-leaning websites Brietbart and New York Post have published articles on the band's performance at Riot Fest, while videos of GWAR circulated widely on X/Twitter throughout the weekend. "Listen I know they do this to every leader and even did Obama but after what happened with Charlie Kirk last week it's just retarded timing," one user complained.

He's long spoken out against government censorship and for the freedom of speech. In 2019. Carr posted on social media. Quote. Should the government censor speech it doesn't like? Of course not. The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in. The name of the public interest'.' In 2021, he wrote. Quote, A newsroom's decision about what stories to cover and how to frame them should be beyond the reach of any government official.'

has been an explicitly political show from the beginning, but recent seasons have leaned harder into real-world parallels, especially with Homelander's ascent to governing power in the season-four finale. It was a bit unsettling last year to witness the supe-supremacist speech where Homelander vowed to take revenge on America's "enemies" and ordered his puppet, incoming president Calhoun, to declare martial law.

Since debuting in 2014, Last Week Tonight has slowly refined its format so the heart of every episode is a long segment about a single topic, typically one that mainstream news outlets don't bother covering: carbon offsets, debt-purchasing companies, jury selection, payday loans, mandatory prison sentences. These segments then have afterlives as self-contained YouTube clips and summaries by news outlets all over the world. The Guardian even has a dedicated "John Oliver Recap" column.

Some MAGA commentators on social media are outright accusing the Comedy Central show, South Park, and its creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, of having blood on their hands over the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk. Kirk was shot in the neck while hosting one of his Prove Me Wrong events at a Utah university, where he debated with audience members on the day's hot topics. His death was announced by President Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon after Kirk was rushed to the hospital.

Smooth but provocative, harmonious but rebellious, alternative band Molotov has made waves since appearing on the Mexican music scene in the mid-90s. Founded by two friends, the group quickly added more and began developing a solid underground reputation. Once they signed with Universal Music Latin Entertainment, Molotov truly took Mexico by storm. Almost like a Latin answer to America's '90s rap-rock phenomenon, the group mixed genres and languages.

"There appeared to be a kind of vortex in the middle of the table in the meeting room; it sizzled and gave off sparks. Some paper clips flew into it and disappeared. "Her? Who?" "Melania Trump!" the voice yelled. "The future first lady!" "Future?" "First lady?" "There's no time to explain! Just put her on it! Put her on as many of them as you can! Trust us, you don't want to know what they'll do to get a cover!

For the past 25 years, the best political satire in America hasn't been found in newspapers, or in comedy clubs, or on movie screens or live theater stages.

Kristi Noem stated, "It's so lazy to just constantly make fun of women for how they look. It's only the liberals and the extremists who do that."

He knows New York is just a state of mind Like Coney island, come to think of it, where the wind howls like the laughter of children.

Rutte described Trump's influence as a father figure in U.S.-Europe relations, though he clarified he did not intend to call him "daddy" in a literal sense.