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fromAdvocate.com
1 week ago
US politics

New 'Late Night' host Trump kills it with jokes on ending seven wars and GOP shutdown, and his pal Vladimir

fromAdvocate.com
1 week ago
US politics

New 'Late Night' host Trump kills it with jokes on ending seven wars and GOP shutdown, and his pal Vladimir

US politics
fromAxios
1 day ago

Trump and MAGA embrace AI deepfake videos that blur fact and fiction

An AI-generated video of Trump dumping brown sludge on protesters was posted on social media, prompting condemnation and a debate over deepfakes, satire, and regulation.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

Mike Johnson Lauds Trump's Use of 'Satire' After Being Asked About Mega-Viral Poop Bomb Video

House Speaker Mike Johnson praised President Trump for using social media satire after Trump posted an AI video of himself dropping feces on protesters.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 days ago

We Interviewed an Anti-Trump Inflatable Frog. It Made Some Great Points.

Inflatable frog costumes and absurdist humor have become prominent, nonviolent protest tactics against Trump-era policies and authoritarian practices.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
2 days ago

Commentary: Dinosaurs, unicorns and 'raging grannies' - but no kings - in Sacramento

A chaotic protest at California's Capitol featured chants, street spillover, satirical performances by the Raging Grannies, QR-coded signs, and multigenerational participants criticizing President Trump.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

MSNBC Interviews a Unicorn at 'No Kings' Rally: Look 'Ridiculous' to Protest 'Ridiculous' Trump

Protesters wore whimsical animal costumes to draw attention to immigration enforcement and criticize President Trump's normalization of abuse of power.
fromLGBTQ Nation
4 days ago

Drag queen Trixie Mattel reads Eric Trump's book to kids & it's terrible - LGBTQ Nation

World-famous drag queen Trixie Mattel appeared on Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show to read a book to kids, as drag queens do. And the book she read was one "written" by Donald Trump's "least favorite son," Eric Trump. Trixie held up a copy of Eric Trump's Under Siege and told the kids: "Hey listen, we have to pay respect because this ghost writer worked really hard on this."
US politics
#south-park
#portland-protests
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
1 week ago

Sarah McBride, Ted Lieu troll Stephen Miller by looking for him behind a tiny Capitol door

Two Democratic lawmakers toured the empty Capitol during a government shutdown, mock-searching for absent House Republicans and highlighting a historic 30-inch Meigs miniature door.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The Twits review Americanised Roald Dahl is gruesome in all the wrong ways

The Netflix adaptation severely distorts The Twits, replacing Dahl's dark humour with clumsy politics and forced messages of empathy.
#saturday-night-live
fromPoynter
1 week ago
Television

Saturday Night ... Lite? Politics cast a dark shadow over the iconic show - Poynter

fromPoynter
1 week ago
Television

Saturday Night ... Lite? Politics cast a dark shadow over the iconic show - Poynter

fromVulture
1 week ago

Tina Fey's Got Another GOP Impression Up her Sleeve

Tina Fey's still got it. And by "it," we mean the SNL makeup department. This was uncanny. Fey stopped by Amy Poehler's ep of Saturday Night Live during the cold open to unveil another eerily accurate GOP political impression. This time, she was portraying DHS Director Kristi Noem. The sketch started with host Poehler playing an uncooperative Attorney General Pam Bondi appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Television
SF politics
fromMission Local
1 week ago

In City Hall, a spooky homage to S.F.'s undead political careers

Connie Chan's office displays Halloween-themed tombstones mocking recent former San Francisco supervisors with punny nicknames and spooky designs.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
1 week ago

Petey Hegseth wants men and warriors while the military is being run by boys with skateboards and apps

An immature, publicity-seeking leader, Petey Hegseth, is portrayed as running the U.S. military like a farcical, child-led Opposite Day.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Commentary: Who knew ICE could be so funny? Just check out videos of their fails

Failed ICE arrests are being mocked on social media, reframing deportation raids as comedic, fallible events that undermine fear-based enforcement.
fromMSNBC.com
1 week ago

AOC touches a nerve with her mockery of MAGA masculinity

For what it's worth, Ocasio-Cortez later recorded a video saying she carries no bias against short men - or "the short king community," as she put it - and that she was primarily referring to "how big or small someone is on the inside." But the fundamental point in the viral clip - that anti-authoritarian movements can benefit from making a mockery of that which seeks to be menacing - is a point that historians and experts on authoritarianism have also made.
US politics
Television
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Bad Bunny defies MAGA uproar in SNL appearance, gives America '4 months to learn' Spanish for his Super Bowl appearance | Fortune

Bad Bunny opened SNL's 51st season, joked about headlining the Super Bowl, and will perform a historic all-Spanish Super Bowl halftime show.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

'SNL' returns to a late-night world still finding its footing in Trump's 2nd term

Saturday Night Live returns with political satire intact while late-night hosts face heightened backlash, suspensions, and debates over free speech and network decisions.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

CNN's Van Jones Applauds As Bill Maher Trashes Kamala Harris For 2 Solid Minutes

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.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Bill Maher Ridicules Manly' Trump Administration In Blistering Rant On Bonkers Military Speech

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.
US politics
Television
fromConsequence
2 weeks ago

Colbert: "We Heard That JD Vance Loves a Good-Natured, Funny Meme"

Stephen Colbert created an AI-generated vulgar parody of Vice President JD Vance to retaliate against Trump's AI-generated racist meme posts.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Stephen Colbert Flips JD Vance's Trump Defense With X-Rated Sombrero-Sofa Meme

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.
US politics
Television
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

Kimmel and Colbert appear as guests on each other's shows

Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert swapped guest spots, mocked President Trump, and addressed Kimmel's temporary suspension after an ABC-criticized monologue.
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

This Isn't Your Typical Regina Hall

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.
Film
#late-night-television
fromwww.esquire.com
1 month ago
Television

How Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Late-Night Hosts Reacted to Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension: "Blatant Censorship"

fromwww.esquire.com
1 month ago
Television

How Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Late-Night Hosts Reacted to Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension: "Blatant Censorship"

Media industry
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

'The Onion' has launched a creative agency, and it's no joke. (We think)

As news worsens, The Onion leverages political dystopia to grow subscribers and revenue while expanding into advertising and branded content.
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

What, Exactly, Is One Battle After Another About? Seeing It Twice Provided Some Answers.

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.
Film
#free-speech
fromIndependent
3 weeks ago
Miscellaneous

Donal Lynch: Can you really 'say whatever the f**k you like' in Ireland? Maybe we should ask Jimmy Kimmel to test Paddy Kielty's claim

fromIndependent
3 weeks ago
Miscellaneous

Donal Lynch: Can you really 'say whatever the f**k you like' in Ireland? Maybe we should ask Jimmy Kimmel to test Paddy Kielty's claim

Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
3 weeks ago

Fionnan Sheahan: Michael McDowell forgets his lectures on democracy in refusing to sign Maria Steen's presidential papers

Calls for broader political representation were ignored in the Áras election, leaving the Seanad's critics powerless.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 weeks ago

Jon Stewart Booed After Torturing Audience With Ted Cruz's Horrific Simpsons Impressions: The F***?!'

Jon Stewart mocked Sen. Ted Cruz's celebrity impressions on The Daily Show, provoking audience boos and scorn for Cruz's pop-culture impersonations.
Fashion & style
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
4 weeks ago

Prototypes Series09 S/S26 - In Loving Memory of British Culture - KALTBLUT Magazine

A fashion collection reclaimed and satirised far-right British subcultural uniforms, neutralising intimidation by queering, feminising, and theatricalising extremist signifiers into camp resistance.
fromConsequence
4 weeks ago

MAGA Is Mad at GWAR

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.
Music
Television
fromOpen Culture
4 weeks ago

When CBS Canceled The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour for Criticizing the American Establishment and the Vietnam War (1969)

Tom and Dick Smothers used a wholesome image to deliver satirical, politically charged antiwar and antiestablishment comedy on their 1967 TV show.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
4 weeks ago

Reading the New Pynchon Novel in a Pynchonesque America

Depression-era conspiracies resonate with contemporary American absurdities, merging talking dogs, billionaire-run power structures, and mass conspiracy movements.
#film-adaptation
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing

Public fear and self-censorship suppress dissent, normalize silence, erase historical memory, and enable corporate and political power to consolidate control.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Mika Brzezinski Torches FCC Chair With His Own Words Defending Satire' and Press Freedom

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.'
US politics
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Vuelta chaos shows selling sport as a tool for peace can create its own battlefield | Jonathan Liew

Pro-Palestine protests in Spain mobilised mass crowds that disrupted the Vuelta, curtailed the final stage, and provoked satire about labelling critics as "terrorists".
fromVulture
1 month ago

Gen V Season-Premiere Recap: Brave New World

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.
Television
Humor
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

White House Job Openings

A series of absurd, grotesque, and darkly comic job descriptions for presidential staff depicting surreal servitude, incompetence, and offensive duties.
fromVulture
1 month ago

Late-Night's Last Hope

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.
Television
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

MAGA Fans Blame South Park For Charlie Kirk's Murder: Blood on Their Hands'

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.
Television
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Jimmy Fallon Takes Brutal Digs At Trump Over Gross' New Epstein Bombshell

Jimmy Fallon mocked President Trump for denying he wrote and drew in Jeffrey Epstein's newly released birthday book, highlighting administration denials and the card's contents.
fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
1 month ago

Molotov in San Jose | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

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.
Music
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Slow Horses author Mick Herron: I love doing things that are against the rules'

An unkempt MI5 agent leads exiled misfit spies who, through dark comedy and political satire, outsmart elite operatives in high-stakes plots.
#gavin-newsom
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Maybe a New Melania Magazine Cover Will Give Trump What He's Been Seeking

"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!
US politics
Europe politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Homo Argentum,' the film Milei showed to his ministers as part of his anti-woke war

Homo Argentum satirizes Argentine progressives, reflecting societal polarization and garnering both support and criticism from political figures.
fromIndieWire
2 months ago

The Hosts of 'The Daily Show' on Creating the Best Political Satire in America

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.
Television
Left-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Animal Farm was my parents' teamwork': Orwell's son on 80 years of the satirical classic

Animal Farm was developed through collaboration between the author's parents during World War II under challenging circumstances.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Literally Every Republican': Liberals Dust Off Lisa Kudrow's Scathing GOP Spox Skit for Trump 2.0

Lisa Kudrow's parody of a Republican spokesperson sharply critiques the political strategies of Trump-aligned Republicans, drawing renewed attention and virality online.
fromConsequence
2 months ago

Kristi Noem Calls South Park's Depiction a "Lazy" Attack from Liberals

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."
US politics
fromFast Company
2 months ago

The Trump administration can't win its flame war with 'South Park'

The July 23 premiere of Season 27 skewered Trump's extractive legal battles with the media and other institutions, his long entanglement in the Jeffrey Epstein saga, and, well, his manhood.
US politics
fromJezebel
2 months ago

Meet the Woman Who Greeted JD Vance in Nantucket With a Giant Protest

"It was just kind of a day of good trouble on the island to make sure that JD Vance doesn't know a second of peace," Amanda McGonigle, the protest's organizer and creator of @catsonacouch, told Jezebel.
US politics
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