"Saturday Night Live" riffs on Trump's indictment in cold open

1 day, 19 hours ago

Stephen Colbert Gives Trump Supporters A Serious 'Reality' Check About Jan. 6

LOADING ERROR LOADING Stephen Colbert highlighted the upside-down reality Donald Trump has created for his supporters as the “Late Show” host reflected on the fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Colbert noted that Trump has whitewashed and recast the deadly attack on the U.S Capitol as a “day of love.” “Yes, on Jan. 6, love was in the …

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3 days, 1 hour ago

Trump makes shocking claim about Alvin Bragg ahead of hush money case sentencing, ‘Biden/Harris DOJ forced Bragg to…’

Hindustan Times

Ahead of a January 10 sentencing in Donald Trump’s New York hush money case, the president-elect made a shocking claim: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “never wanted to bring” the case against him. Donald Trump makes shocking claim about Alvin Bragg ahead of hush money case sentencing “D.A. The judge suggested Trump would instead receive an “unconditional discharge.” Trump claimed …

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4 days, 10 hours ago

MSNBC panel erupts into laughter reading Trump weekend rant about being ‘evilly’ treated by courts

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy MSNBC panel members burst into laughter while reading President-elect Donald …

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4 days, 15 hours ago

'Waaa, waaa': Trump ridiculed on MSNBC for self-pitying Saturday morning meltdown

Raw Story

A panel discussion on MSNBC's "The Weekend" was disrupted with laughter on Saturday morning after co-host Symone Sanders Townsend read a post that Donald Trump had just put up on Truth Social moaning about how he has been treated. In the midst of a discussion on a ruling from Judge Juan Merchan that Donald Trump will still have to sit …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Piers Morgan slams ‘disgusting’ SNL audience for cheering Luigi Mangione

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

'What the hell was that?' Trump pauses speech to investigate 'strange sound' on stage

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump paused a speech to MAGA followers after claiming to hear a "strange sound" on stage. "We had an open border," the president-elect opined. "They're gang members, they're drug dealers, they're drug addicts, people that were sick, people that were healthy and strong." "Every foreign gang member will be expelled, and I will immediately designate the cartels as …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Major reason ABC caved to $16M settlement with Trump... and it's all because of 'sloppy' George Stephanopoulos' phone

Daily Mail

ABC chose to settle with Donald Trump over George Stephanopoulos' on-air comments because they didn't want the star anchor, who is 'sloppy electronically,' to come under further scrutiny. ABC chose to settle with Donald Trump over George Stephanopoulos' on-air comments because they didn't want the star anchor, who is 'sloppy electronically,' to come under further scrutiny Stephanopoulos was the impetus …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

CNN discovers tape that catches top Trump nominee spouting wild Jan. 6 claims

Raw Story

CNN on Tuesday uncovered new audio of Trump Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth spouting baseless conspiracy theories about the January 6th riot at the United States Capitol building. The audio came from an interview that Hegseth gave with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the wake of the deadly riot in which he alternately downplayed the severity of the attack …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump is already delivering on his promise to go after the press

Politico

“It’s extremely troubling,” said David Schulz, who runs a media law clinic at Yale Law School. “Whether it’s criminally or civilly, we’ll figure that out.” Defamation cases: A potent weapon Among the arrows in Trump’s legal quiver is the defamation lawsuit — a type of civil claim in which publishers can be ordered to pay eye-popping sums if a court …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

The Only Way to Interpret ABC’s Trump Defamation Settlement

Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In March, Trump sued ABC, ABC News, and host George Stephanopoulos for comments he made during a March 10 interview with South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace in which Stephanopoulos said that Trump had been found “liable for rape.” The …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

"How many rapists are in my wallet?": Rock questions "worst president ever" Trump talk on "SNL"

Salon

Chris Rock pulled no punches in his return to "Saturday Night Live." Rock's wide-ranging monologue, the comic joked about Elon Musk, the shooting of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but he saved his best jabs for President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump. He started with talk of Trump's "good year," noting that Trump "survived an assassination attempt" and "won the …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump’s lawyers rebuff DA’s idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it ‘absurd’

Associated Press

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urged a judge again Friday to throw out his hush money conviction, balking at the prosecution’s suggestion of preserving the verdict by treating the case the way some courts do when a defendant dies. They called the idea “absurd.” The Manhattan district attorney’s office is asking Judge Juan M. Merchan to “pretend as …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Jan. 6 defendants struggle to parse Trump pardon comments that 'change every day': report

Raw Story

Donald Trump has pledged to pardon his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol, but lawyers representing some of those defendants say his transition team has offered more clarity than the president-elect's public statements. “The statements change every day," said one defense lawyer working on multiple Jan. 6 cases. The Jan. 6 pardon won't go through the traditional application process, …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump's 'fraught' day one plans could anger even MAGA supporters: conservative analyst

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump's plan to pardon the Jan. 6 rioters might enrage Trump's political opponents — as well as Trump's own supporters, who were led to believe he would go further than what he appears to be planning, a conservative analyst told CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday. In his TIME Magazine interview this week, Trump suggested he would pardon most …

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4 weeks ago

'How does that end?' MSNBC host warns threats could blow up in Trump's face

Raw Story

During an MSNBC panel discussion on Donald Trump's latest assertion in an NBC interview that his political enemies should be prosecuted, "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough suggested it could blow up in his face if it came to fruition. With co-host Jonathan Lemire saying Trump has already given a prosecution go-ahead for FBI director nominee Kash Patel and Pan Bondi, …

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Donald Trump vows to pardon January 6 Capitol attack defendants on day one

Hindustan Times

President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview that aired on Sunday that he would act on his first day in office to pardon rioters involved in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, further building expectations for a broad granting of clemency. "I'm going to be acting very quickly, first day," Trump said on NBC News' "Meet the Press with Kristen …

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1 month ago

Watch: MSNBC guest launches expletive-laced attack on Trump's new Hegseth defense

Raw Story

After watching a "Meet the Press" clip of Donald Trump defending his pick to be secretary of defense, a former Republican member of the House didn't mince any words lashing out at the president-elect for lying to America on MSNBC early Saturday morning. Appearing on "The Weekend," ex-Rep. Joe Walsh sat and watched Trump say of embattled ex-Fox News personality …

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1 month ago

Stephen Colbert Cooks Pete Hegseth Over His ‘Tiny’ Approach To ‘Damage Control’

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING The “Late Show” host turned to a clip of Donald Trump’s embattled defense secretary pick, in an interview with Megyn Kelly, claiming that he’s dealing with the “classic art of the smear.” Hegseth said, “Take whatever tiny kernels of truth — and there are tiny, tiny ones in there — and blow them up.” Colbert swiftly used …

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1 month ago

Charlamagne Tha God presses 'The View' hosts on 'honestly' covering Trump

Raw Story

The Breakfast Club host Charlamagne the God confronted hosts of "The View" on Wednesday over what he believes is a failure to report "honestly" on President-Elect Donald Trump, according to The Daily Beast. Speaking to the panel, Charlamagne noted, "It’s not even just cable news," who doesn't report "honestly" on the MAGA leader. I’m making a legal note as an …

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1 month, 1 week ago

'Literally holding our breath': Jan 6 rioters suffer 'anxiety' as Trump silent on promise

Raw Story

Scores of participants in the January 6, 2021 siege on the U.S. Capitol are hoping that President-elect Donald Trump will follow through on his campaign promise to pardon them. "Hopefully some kind of messaging comes soon.” Previously, Trump was assumed to pardon the nearly 1,500 total defendants that Attorney General Merrick Garland's Department of Justice prosecuted since the attack. But …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Seth Meyers jokes it ‘really is Thanksgiving’ for Republicans as Trumpworld goes from ‘lovefest’ to ‘knife fight’

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Seth Meyers gave Republicans a special Thanksgiving roasting on Thursday …

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1 month, 1 week ago

MSNBC host names three good things about Pete Hegseth before going on blistering attack: ‘Here's the thing’

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy MSNBC host Jen Psaki took the opportunity this week to …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Lawyer up guys’: MAGA lawyer threatens Trump's prosecutors — with a specific statute

Raw Story

Right-wing lawyer Mike Davis upped his rhetoric against prosecutors who brought criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, even going as far as to suggest which charge he thinks Jack Smith and other prosecutors could face. Declaring that people who engaged in the filing of criminal charges against Trump “must face consequences,” Davis said a criminal probe under 18 …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Won't break the law': 'Morning Joe' panelist doubts Trump loyalists will follow commands

Raw Story

Donald Trump's latest attorney general nominee has called for the prosecution of law enforcement officials who charged the former president with crimes, but panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" said their actions had already passed legal scrutiny. Pam Bondi told Fox News last year, after Trump's indictment in Georgia, that "the prosecutors will be prosecuted" and "the investigators will be investigated." …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

"I persevered": Trump celebrates case dismissals, calling them "political hijacking"

Salon

Following the announcement on Monday afternoon that the judge overseeing Donald Trump's election interference case has ruled in favor of dismissal, shortly after special counsel Jack Smith filed a motion to drop the case, along with his classified documents case, Trump took to Truth Social to celebrate. Referring to both cases as "a political hijacking," Trump wrote, "These cases, like …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s trials started with a bang. SCOTUS made sure they ended with a whimper.

Slate

About the Show The Law According to Trump is an extensive exploration of Donald Trump's tumultuous relationship with the courts and legal system, focusing on Trump's use of lawyers and lawsuits to enhance his brand, wealth, and power. In 2024, attention has rightly been on several blockbuster federal cases involving former President Trump, all the way up to and including …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Wall Street Journal scolds Trump: Quit chasing 'MAGA Twitter insurgents'

Raw Story

Donald Trump received a slap on the wrist Friday from the Wall Street Journal in the form of a snarky editorial video that lists multiple lessons they urge the president-elect to learn. Ominous music pulses underneath a dire video editorial that warns Trump he needs to change his ways after initially selecting former Rep. Matt Gaetz as his attorney general …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Nightmare scenario': Hush Money judge stuns with latest Trump trial ruling

Raw Story

The decision to stay sentencing in president-elect Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial has spurred cries of justice denied on the left — and cheers of celebration on the MAGA right. Trump was found guilty in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump's lawyers 'show boldness' in demanding New York guilty verdict be thrown out

Raw Story

Donald Trump's lawyers submitted a filing on Wednesday demanding that the guilty verdict in the New York "hush money" trial be vacated because it would eventually be dismissed anyway. "Immediate dismissal of this case is mandated by the federal Constitution, the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, and the interests of justice, in order to facilitate the orderly transition of executive …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Nastiness of Trump's 'bottomless well of zingers' is biggest threat to democracy: analysis

Raw Story

Donald Trump views himself as a comedian first and a leader second, argued Alexander Karin for Salon — and the problem is that Trump's sense of humor is getting darker and more twisted as time wears on. This comes after a campaign that ended in controversy over a right-wing comedian's attack on Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage" …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

SNL brutally roasts Trump's ‘most epic’ cabinet picks as Alec Baldwin plays RFK Jr

Hindustan Times

This week's Saturday Night Live cold open featured a brutal mockery of Donald Trump's cabinet picks. Comedians Dana Carvey and James Austin Johnson reprised their roles as the president and the former president, respectively, while Alec Baldwin made a surprise appearance, impersonating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump, Dana Carvey as Joe Biden, and Alec Baldwin …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

'Really serious stuff': Ex-prosecutor outlines how to fight potential DOJ corruption

Raw Story

After years of baselessly claiming the Justice Department was out to get him for political reasons, incoming President Donald Trump appears set to take a firm hand with the department and make it do precisely that to his political foes, former federal prosecutor Harry Litman warned Monday on MSNBC's "The Beat." "So Harry, what is the legal recourse for people …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Elon Musk tears into Dana Carvey over SNL impersonation of him: ‘They are so mad that…’

Hindustan Times

Billionaire Elon Musk clapped back at Dana Carvey for impersonating him on Saturday Night Live's first episode after Donald Trump won the US presidential election against Vice President Kamala Harris. Blasting Carvey's performance, Musk stated in another X post, “Dana Carvey just sounds like Dana Carvey.” Responding to the clip in which Carvey replicated Musk's body movements while on the …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Elon Musk tears into Dana Carvey over SNL impersonation of him: ‘They are so mad that…’

Hindustan Times

Billionaire Elon Musk clapped back at Dana Carvey for impersonating him on Saturday Night Live's first episode after Donald Trump won the US presidential election against Vice President Kamala Harris. Blasting Carvey's performance, Musk stated in another X post, “Dana Carvey just sounds like Dana Carvey.” Responding to the clip in which Carvey replicated Musk's body movements while on the …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

SNL tries to 'Musk' its way into Trump’s good graces, begging not to be his ‘political enemies’

Hindustan Times

SNL's recent cold open started off sounding like a heartfelt apology letter to President-elect Donald Trump, begging not to be listed among his “political enemies.” Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang, and Colin Jost took a surprisingly supportive turn, claiming they’ve always had Trump’s back—despite their past mockery. Thompson described Trump as a figure who "called for vengeance against his political enemies," …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

"Hail Trump": "Saturday Night Live" cast and Dana Carvey as Elon Musk pledge allegiance to the king

Salon

"We have been with you all along!" Now that Donald Trump has been elected the 47th president and is out for revenge against his enemies, the "Saturday Night Live" cast would like to reassure him they're on his side. In fact, "Every single person on this stage voted for you," Marcello Hernández says in Saturday night's cold open. In an …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

'Saturday Night Live' cast jokingly ask Trump to keep them off his 'enemies list'

NPR

'Saturday Night Live' cast jokingly ask Trump to keep them off his 'enemies list' toggle caption YouTube The cast of Saturday Night Live sarcastically pledged their allegiance to President-elect Donald Trump and jokingly touted their support for him and his billionaire backer Elon Musk in their first episode since Trump's re-election this past week. During the show's cold open, cast …

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2 months ago

Raging Trump demands investigation over 'probably illegal rumors' about his upcoming plans

Raw Story

Donald Trump reverted back to form on Friday morning, just days after he won re-election, by running to his Truth Social platform and raging about rumors about that very same platform. Now that he will assume the bully pulpit the White House will afford him in January, there is a growing belief he won't need his Truth Social platform going …

2 months ago

'Most concrete scary sign': Ex-prosecutor panics over potential AG's 'dead bodies' tweet

Raw Story

Violent rhetoric from a right-wing lawyer who could be the nation's next attorney general represents the most terrifying sign that President-elect Donald Trump's administration could deliver a fatal blow to democracy, a former federal prosecutor said Thursday. Former U.S. Attorney Harry Litman told MSNBC host Ana Cabrera he was deeply concerned by Mike Davis' X comments suggesting he wanted to …

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2 months ago

Late-Night hosts react to Donald Trump's re-election: ‘More than half of this country voted for the criminal…’

Hindustan Times

For their part, the comedians expressed how shocked they were by former President Donald Trump’s victory in their quieter monologues at the beginning of the shows. “We chose the criminal.” Alluding Trump’s controversial past, he added, “More than half of this country voted for the criminal who is planning to pardon himself for his crimes. The Late-Night host did, however, …

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2 months ago

Trump promised to get revenge. Here are his targets.

Politico

Cheney angered Trump while serving as vice chair of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Last year, Trump reposted a social media message from conservative talk show host Mark Levin saying Smith “must go to prison.” In August, Trump reposted a message calling “Jackal Smith … a career criminal” and saying he …

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2 months ago

YIKES! Seth Meyers Drops Ultimate Trump Takedown On Election Eve

Huff Post

“Couldn’t figure out how to close an umbrella, cosplayed as a sanitation worker, even though he almost fell while getting into the truck and pretended to work at McDonald’s, even though he couldn’t remember what the fryer was called. Tried to rip healthcare away from over 20 million Americans, but reassured everyone by saying he had concepts of a plan, …

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2 months ago

Trump fans furious after noticing Kamala Harris’s SNL skit is identical to a 2015 Jimmy Fallon sketch

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SNL’s Kamala Harris skit has Trump fans furious. It’s easy to see why.

Slate

If the crowd that erupted in applause when Kamala Harris showed up on Saturday Night Live this weekend was surprised by her appearance, they might have been the only ones. But the jabs at Harris have been affectionate or toothless or both, either poking fun at her linguistic tics or halfheartedly recycling right-wing attack lines, while the portrayal of Trump …

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2 months ago

'Sunday morning sucked': Advisers say 'angry' Trump 'rattled' by bad news

Raw Story

Donald Trump woke up in a foul mood Sunday morning and his campaign staff watched in horror as he took out his frustrations in an off-message speech in Pennsylvania, according to a report. The 78-year-old former president was stewing over a poll released Saturday afternoon showing Kamala Harris with a three-point lead in Iowa, before the vice president made a …

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2 months ago

Harris joins final "Saturday Night Live" cold open before Election Day

Salon

The campaign season sketches on "Saturday Night Live" have leaned heavily on guest stars and they saved their biggest name for the last cold open before Election Day. After sign-offs from Bowen Yang's JD Vance, Andy Samberg's Doug Emhoff, Dana Carvey's Joe Biden and Jim Gaffigan's Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris joined her "SNL" doppelganger Maya Rudolph for a …

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The Law According to Trump

Slate

About the Show The Law According to Trump is an extensive exploration of Donald Trump’s tumultuous relationship with the courts and legal system, focusing on Trump’s use of lawyers and lawsuits to enhance his brand, wealth, and power. In 2024, attention has rightly been on several blockbuster federal cases involving former President Trump, all the way up to and including …

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2 months, 1 week ago

A Russian Disinfo Campaign Is Using Comment Sections to Seed Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theories

Wired

“Video has come out from Bucks County, Pennsylvania showing a ballot counter destroying ballots for Donald Trump and keeping Kamala Harris's ballots for counting,” an account called “Dan from Ohio” wrote in the comment section of the far-right website Gateway Pundit. He is in fact one of hundreds of inauthentic accounts posting in the unmoderated spaces of right-wing news site …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Jimmy Kimmel's 19 minute anti-Trump rant backfires with viewers

Daily Mail

Jimmy Kimmel's attempt to sway Republicans with a 19 minute anti-Trump monologue has backfired with viewers. The comedian used clips from the former president's speeches, interviews and rallies to try and illustrate several aspects he believes make Trump unfit to lead. The comedian used clips from the former president's speeches, interviews and rallies to try and illustrate several aspects he …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Jimmy Kimmel's Scathing Monologue for Republicans: 'Yes I am Biased'

Hindustan Times

Jimmy Kimmel delivers a scathing 19-minute monologue against Donald Trump on his late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kimmel attacks Trump's policies and character, calling him biased and hypocritical. He also urges Republicans to vote for someone who focuses on real issues instead of fearmongering.

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