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1 day ago

Ben Affleck Entering Flow State Won Late Night This Week

The folks at TDS realized that hysterical coverage of Mamdani from right-wing news outlets was going to be happening on the regular, so they wanted to be ready. And I'm sure the same team also made the supercut of ICE-agent bloopers on Wednesday night. Watching fascists eat it on Minnesota ice is so pleasurable, and that pleasure is compounded when it's edited well.
Television
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

Jimmy Kimmel Offers Trump His Emmy in Exchange for Pulling ICE from Minneapolis

Rarely does a president yank a Nobel Prize off of someone's neck, Kimmel said. He's back in the Oval Office sucking on it like a pacifier right now. He didn't even win. While condemning Trump's acceptance of the prize, Kimmel argued the moment revealed a deeper political truth about how the president operates. Trump loves awards, he noted. Giving him an award, it's the only way to get him to do anything.
US politics
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Ferraris for all and wine on tap: satirical candidate shakes up Portugal's presidential election

A satirical presidential candidate promising Ferraris highlights rising anti-elite sentiment and fragmentation in Portugal's election, with far-right Ventura leading and a runoff likely.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

What a Lovely Young Man!' Jimmy Kimmel Unearths Wild Video of Teenage Stephen Miller

Jimmy Kimmel showed high school footage mocking Stephen Miller’s entitled behavior, linking it to his current White House role and ongoing tensions with the Trump administration.
#comedy
Television
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Zorro is back but this time, he's a French communist who fights the rich

A French political comedy reimagines Zorro as an aging Los Angeles mayor confronting wealthy villains and contemporary populism.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Jon Stewart Mocks Nicolas Maduro for Being Reverse-ICEd' by the Trump Admin: He Was Imported!'

Nicolas Maduro was mocked as being reverse-ICEd and imported to a Brooklyn jail after U.S. forces raided Caracas, with critical commentary on U.S. handling.
#donald-trump
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

See You at Zero Bond!' Anderson Cooper Tries (And Fails) to Stop Andy Cohen's Wild Riff On Eric Adams

No, don't! Cooper said as Cohen started off. Watching the final moments of Mayor Adams' chaotic, horrible [term], Cohen slurred. Andy, Andy! We gotta cut you off, Novak said. Cohen pressed forward, saying sardonically it was great that the Adams got [his] pardons. He said Adams will now have plenty of time to party with democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani replacing him as NYC mayor on Wednesday.
New York City
California
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

Commentary: City Councilmember Rick Caruso, Stephen Miller grows hair and more 2026 predictions

Rick Caruso abandons higher-office bids, spends $538 million to defeat Traci Park, sides with progressives and solves homelessness, housing, and rush-hour transit.
US politics
fromInsideHook
3 weeks ago

"South Park" Alum Buys Website for the Renamed Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center board added Donald J. Trump's name alongside John F. Kennedy, and a satirist purchased matching domains to create parody websites.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

South Park Writer Saw Trump's Kennedy Center Name-Change Coming, So He Bought Multiple Web Domains to Troll Him

Screenshot via Comedy Central A prescient writer for the irreverent Comedy Central show South Park correctly predicted that President Donald Trump would slap his name on the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, so he bought up Trump-Kennedy Center web domains to troll the president. Writer Toby Morton bought the trumpkennedycenter.org and trumpkennedycenter.com domains back in August and is now plotting how best to parody Trump's vanity, according to The Washington Post.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

The Trump Administration's Guide to Christmas Giving

For Grandma: A tariff! Did they not want tariffs? That's what we got everyone. Sorry. For Uncle Greg: A TINY CAR!!! (We're making these now.) For Her: A photoshoot with Vanity Fair. Nothing says "glamour" like Vanity Fair. Usually. But sometimes the picture they take of you comes out looking like Dorian Gray's DMV photo-unflattering, but in a way that implies deep spiritual corruption. This gives a fun Russian-roulette aspect to the gift!
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fromwww.esquire.com
4 weeks ago

Introducing Trump Math, a New System the President Uses to Convince Us He Lowered Drug Costs

What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring the drug down to $13 right? If you're looking at it from $13 it's down seven times Lutnick attempted to explain in a rambling response.It's 700 percent higher [than] before, it's down 700 percent now, right? So $13 would have to go up 700 percent to get back to the old one, Lutnick continued. So it all depends on when you look at it. You could say it's down 87 percent or you could say it would have to go up 700 percent to be the same one. So it just depends on what you look at it, he repeated.
US politics
Humor
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Holiday Movies We're Going to Skip

Irreverent holiday-themed satire blends political figures, sexual humor, pop-culture mashups, and religious references to create dark, shock-value comedy.
SF politics
fromMission Local
1 month ago

Getting baked at City Hall: Annual S.F. bakeoff marks end of Myrna Melgar's dessert dynasty

San Francisco politicians and staff competed in a politically themed City Hall bakeoff judged by reporters and bakery professionals.
#saturday-night-live
fromPoynter
3 months ago
Television

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

fromPoynter
3 months ago
Television

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

fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Trump's $1M Gold Card: Never Mind Your Poor and Tired!'

During his opening monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live! the host branded the scheme the Get Into America Express Card, mocking its explicit transactional logic and its break from decades of immigration rhetoric. This is a card that will allow wealthy foreigners to live here, Kimmel said. For a million bucks, you get legal visitor status. You get a pathway to citizenship and a presidential pardon for one major crime of your choosing.
US politics
#south-park
Humor
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Instagram's Favorite New Yorker Cartoons in 2025

Instagram likes reveal users' political anxieties, satirical coping, and comfort-seeking through lighthearted content while reflecting personal and communal emotional states.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Welcome to the Liz Truss chatshow, but beware: viewers may end up in survivor's therapy

We happy few. We unlucky few. In years to come when we are all still recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder, we will be able to say we were there. That we have seen things that cannot be unseen. The eight thousand of us who, through a mixture of curiosity and comedy, chose to watch Liz Truss commit a drive by on herself.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Sean Combs: The Reckoning to It Was Just an Accident: the week in rave reviews

Netflix Sean Combs. Photograph: Paras Griffin/Getty Images Summed up in a sentence An utterly damning docuseries about the musician which has so rattled his lawyers they are demanding that Netflix remove it. What our reviewer said It does such a thorough job of laying out and backing up so many horrific allegations that his way back to stardom is surely blocked for ever. Stuart Heritage Read the full review Further reading A lot of bad things happened': the most shocking moments from the Diddy docuseries Pick of the rest
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Prince Harry Teases US Voters for Electing a King' Forcing Colbert to Calm Booing Crowd

Prince Harry mocked Americans for electing a "king" during a Late Show skit, prompting audience boos and a back-and-forth with Stephen Colbert.
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Newsom trolls Trump with fake medical report saying he's "healthiest human currently alive" - LGBTQ Nation

"the healthiest human currently alive or recorded in medical history."
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Stephen Colbert Offers His Own Prescription' for Trump After MRI Reveal

Stephen Colbert has panned claims by President Donald Trump's physician that men in his age group benefit from MRI scans as scrutiny around the president's health intensifies, with the Late Show host prescribing his own medicine for the commander-in-chief: Retiring!
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Bill Maher Trashes Trump Over Epstein Files And Muslim Week At The White House'

Bill Maher sharply criticized President Trump’s handling of sexual abuse scandals, cozy relations with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and public attacks on journalists.
#late-night-tv
fromPortland Mercury
2 months ago

POP QUIZ PDX: Sex, Drugs, and Jazzercise!

WHAT UP, SMARTY BUTT? It's time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week's edition of POP QUIZ PDX -our weekly, local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And this week we'll be testing your knowledge on last week's big events, including public aerobics, Trump's continuing humiliation at the hands of Portland, and everyone's fave subject... DRUGS! 🥳 But first! How did you do on our last quiz?
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Keir clubs himself with the lead pipe in a Downing Street game of No Cluedo | John Crace

Keir Starmer is the focal point of chaotic Westminster infighting, with colleagues blaming his chief of staff while Starmer appears amnesiac and disengaged.
Music
fromKqed
2 months ago

There's a New Generation of Folk Protest Singers on TikTok

Three plainspoken protest musicians use short online songs to critique institutions, voice pro-working-class, anti-violence views, and resist simple partisan labeling.
fromIndieWire
2 months ago

'The Running Man' Review: Edgar Wright Modernizes a Prescient Stephen King Story in a Furious Action Thriller About Totalitarian America

First published in 1982 but set in the year 2025 (ever heard of it?), Stephen King's " The Running Man " takes place in a then-future where the world's economy has collapsed, America has turned into a totalitarian hellhole, and the country's media apparatus has created a free spectacle that keeps people too furious with their fellow citizens to recognize the government as their common enemy. Bachman al-Gaib!
Film
#government-shutdown
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Sean Hannity Chases Away the Mamdani Blues' as He Leads Sinatra Sing-Along

Sean Hannity sang a rewritten 'New York, New York' at Fox Nation's Patriot Awards, mocking NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani and announcing his move to Florida.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Why doesn't Lammy just bring in a new policy of accidentally jailing people? | John Crace

Justice Secretary David Lammy was confined under strict observation inside the department amid prison release errors and political fallout following a disastrous public showing.
US politics
fromSFGATE
2 months ago

I have terrible, terrible news for red America

Progressive and 'woke' candidates won multiple high-profile races nationwide, and California approved a gerrymandering measure.
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Official White House website unveils "batsh*t insane" page mocking Democrats: "This is sickening" - LGBTQ Nation

The official White House website has unveiled a page called "mysafespace: a place for dems", whose sole purpose is to make fun of Democrats and blame them for the ongoing shutdown. The page is meant to mimic a MySpace blog, with an "About me" section describing Congressional Democrats as folks who "love DEI, transgender for everyone, and handing out taxpayer benefits to illegal immigrants."
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fromConsequence
2 months ago

Jon Stewart Points Out the Irony in Trump's Great Gatsby Party

President Trump hosted a Great Gatsby–themed Mar-a-Lago party the night 42 million Americans lost SNAP benefits, prompting accusations of extreme tone-deafness.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Seth Meyers Fires Back After Trump Fumes His Comedy Is PROBABLY ILLEGAL'

Seth Meyers used his NBC show to push back against President Donald Trump on Monday night, after the president claimed on Truth Social that Meyers' comedy was PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!! Trump attacked the host on Saturday, insisting the comedian may be the WORST to perform, live or otherwise, and complaining that Meyers' act is now 100% ANTI-TRUMP which he added was PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!
US politics
#george-santos
#snl
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

The Newfoundland Cartoonist Who Documents Provincial Politics with Sharp, Salt-Tinged Humour | The Walrus

I have fond memories of my father reading the Western Star daily newspaper after supper, and I particularly enjoyed the coloured comic strips in the Saturday-morning edition, the sweet smell of newsprint and ink coming from the pages.
Miscellaneous
US news
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

A frog, a lobster and a unicorn walked into a No Kings protest

No Kings protests used playful animal and mythical costumes to counter claims of hate, employ humor, and express concern about election fairness.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Jeff Daniels Sickened By Trump's Poop Bomb Video: 'Would Lincoln Have Done That?'

said he was disgusted by the lack of decency from the commander-in-chief and in particular, the clip he posted of himself flying a fighter jet and dropping feces on No Kings protestors, including left-wing influencer Harry Sisson. By the way, do we really have to treat people like that? You know, the meme that he had where he was flying with the crown and the, you know, spewing excrement all over the people down below Daniels said.
US politics
#ai-generated-video
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fromAxios
2 months 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
2 months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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
3 months 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."
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fromAxios
3 months ago

Unicorns and T. rexes troll Trump at Portland's ICE protests

Protesters use inflatable costumes to mock claims of a 'war-ravaged' Portland, reclaim its eccentric identity, and resist fear through absurdist tactics.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months 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.
fromVulture
3 months 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
fromMission Local
3 months ago

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

If you go up the Grand Staircase to the second floor of San Francisco City Hall and then make a right, you will find a graveyard outside the office of District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan. Each tombstone is marked with a Halloweeny riff on the name of a former district supervisor. Is it an homage? Is it a threat? "There's a lot of stuff going on, so it's nice to have a little levity," said Robyn Burke, one of Chan's legislative aides.
SF politics
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
3 months 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
3 months 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
3 months 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.
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Television
fromFortune
3 months 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.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months 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
3 months 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.
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Television
fromConsequence
3 months 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
3 months 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.
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