Will America’s Worst Wildfire Disaster Happen in New Jersey?
Every few days this spring, another small wildfire breaks out in the Pinelands, a 1.1-million-acre tract in southern New Jersey that spans seven counties and is home to some 500,000 people. So far this year, firefighters have doused the flames before they caused any significant, or at least widespread, damage….
Watch Colbert Mock ‘Bathroom Bill’ With Civil War Make-Out
Hours after North Carolina revealed the passing of the controversial HB2, also known as the “bathroom bill,” rock legends like Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen and Ringo Starr canceled their upcoming concerts in the state. Late Show host Stephen Colbert didn’t cancel his Tuesday night taping – instead, he proved his point by having Abraham Lincoln…
Watch Colbert Use Bernie’s Pointing Prowess for ‘Bubble Burst’ Game
Campaign finance – namely, the controversial Super PAC system – has proved a crucial element of Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid. During speeches, he’s railed against “millionaire and billionaire” funding by waving his fingers with unmatched ferocity – like the baton of a possessed maestro. Stephen Colbert’s Late Show staff were so inspired…
High Goods: 12 Key Celebrity Weed Ventures
Weed is officially big business. In the past, celebrities have lent their names to everything from indoor grills to fancy alcohol, but pot products are now a logical choice for famous folks eager to both show their support for and cash in on a rapidly mainstreaming American pastime. Here are…
Real-Life Gordon Gekko: Only Bernie Sanders Will Take on Wall Street
Asher Edelman is an old-school corporate raider. He’s probably best known as one of several individuals smushed together to form a composite of the archetypical Wall Street villain: Gordon “Greed Is Good” Gekko from Oliver Stone’s 1987 film Wall Street. Edelman also taught at Columbia Business School, where he was famously reprimanded…
Watch Stephen Colbert Dine With Hillary Clinton, Dash on Check
Hillary Clinton joined Stephen Colbert on The Late Show Monday for an interview at Carnegie Deli to discuss Bill Clinton’s veganism, being a subversive grandmother and the proper way to eat cheesecake. The mostly food-centric chat began with Clinton denying that her husband was a snobby vegan and a discussion about the significant…
Porn Is ‘Public Health Hazard,’ Says Utah Governor
Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert will sign a new resolution declaring pornography a “public health hazard,” CNN reports. The S.C.R. 9 resolution claims pornography leads to “a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms.” The new bill calls pornography an “epidemic” and calls for “education, prevention, research, and…
In Battle for New York, Occupy Wall Streeters Turn Out for Bernie
Four and half years ago, watching the Occupy Wall Street movement take off, Bernie Sanders hailed the “extremely important” work activists were doing in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park and across the country. “We have got to continue to focus on the greed of Wall Street, and we’ve got to bring about real…
How the Back-to-the-Land Movement Paved the Way for Bernie Sanders
When Bernie Sanders established a new campaign headquarters in Brooklyn a few weeks ago in anticipation of this week’s New York primary, his supporters celebrated it as a potentially triumphal homecoming for a native son. But Bernie is not a New Yorker anymore, he’s a Vermonter. And the story of how he…
Samantha Bee Tries to Find Optimism in Bernie Sanders’ Supporters
Samantha Bee sat down with a collection of Bernie Sanders supporters and tried to latch onto their optimism on Full Frontal Monday. Between rounds of word association — the word being “Hillary” — and breaking down the stereotypes of Bernie “Bros,” Bee tried to understand what keeps Sanders’ constituency so upbeat,…
Why Is the Obama Administration Trying to Keep 11,000 Documents Sealed?
It’s not quite the Panama papers, but one hell of a big pile of carefully guarded secrets may soon be made public. For years now, the federal government has been quietly fighting to keep a lid on an 11,000-document cache of government communications relating to financial policy. The sheer breadth of…
Jose Antonio Vargas on What’s at Stake for Undocumented Immigrants Like Him
Five years ago, Jose Antonio Vargas came out as an undocumented immigrant in one of the most public ways imaginable: via a lengthy, first-person cover story in The New York Times Magazine. Vargas, a journalist who shared a Pulitzer Prize for reporting at the Washington Post, related his memories of…
GOP ‘King of Dirty Tricks’ on RNC’s Plan to Stop Trump
Depending on whom you talk to, Roger Stone, the veteran GOP strategist and consigliere to a long line of Republicans, most recently Donald Trump, could be one of the sleaziest operatives in American politics, or the most effective. He has played a role in no fewer than nine presidential campaigns,…
Samantha Bee ‘Very Zen’ About Not Being Offered ‘Daily Show’ Host Gig
Samantha Bee is crushing late night on her TBS series Full Frontal, but the comedian can’t escape questions about The Daily Show – namely, if she feels resentment about not being offered the hosting spot after Jon Stewart’s August 2015 departure. “I am very zen about it,” Bee recently told Katie…
Why Is Bernie Sanders Going to the Vatican?
Rather than campaigning in New York in the final days before the state’s critical primary, Bernie Sanders jetted off to Rome Thursday night to attend an academic conference at the Vatican. The conference, weirdly enough, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of an economic encyclical penned by the anti-Communist Pope John Paul II…
Life in Europe After the ISIS Attacks
On March 22nd , the day of the Brussels attacks, I flew from Berlin to Basel by way of Frankfurt. Perhaps it was too soon after the killings at the Zavantem airport, but at Frankfurt there didn’t seem to be any dramatic shift in airport protocols, nor were the security lines…
Watch ‘Trump’ Grill Ted Cruz on Immigration, ‘New York Values’ on ‘Fallon’
Jimmy “Donald Trump” Fallon offered fellow GOP candidate Ted Cruz some valuable advice ahead of his Thursday Tonight Show appearance, staging a warm-up interview over the phone. Though fake-Trump interrupted Cruz’s “843rd” viewing of The Princess Bride, the rivals set aside competition to discuss issues like immigration, Cruz’s infamous “New York values”…
34 Testiest Moments From the Brooklyn Democratic Debate
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both came ready to brawl to Brooklyn’s Democratic debate, hosted by CNN and local station NY1 Thursday. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Dana Bash and NY1’s Errol Louis refereed the bout between the Brooklyn-born son of a Polish immigrant and the two-time junior senator from New York. Tensions…
Bernie Sanders’ Unusual Strategy to Win More Pledged Delegates
“We’re going to surprise them in Nevada,” Bernie Sanders told supporters in the days leading up the state’s February 20th caucuses. He had reason to be optimistic: Polls showed the Vermont senator locked in a dead heat with Hillary Clinton in the state that was supposed to be her “firewall” against…
How Wall Street Profits From Student Debt
As the presidential primaries rumble on, the candidates — especially Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton — have debated college affordability and Wall Street greed. Unfortunately, no one is confronting the links between the two. More than 40 million Americans have student debt, totaling at least $1.2 trillion. On average, borrowers out…
South Central Noir: How a Murder Convict Killed His Way Out of Prison
Reggie “Gumby” Cole committed his first murder in the C-yard of California’s Calipatria State Prison. He was a member of the 49 Deuce Crips, had a prison tattoo that read “Ghetto Star” on his shoulders, and another of “92 DEUCE” in block letters across his stomach. “Everybody knew that if…
Ice Cube: ‘Donald Trump is what Americans Love’
Ice Cube thinks Donald Trump’s popularity lies in the GOP presidential candidate seemingly living the “American Dream.” In a video interview with Bloomberg, who asked the rapper and actor what his point of view is on Donald Trump, Ice Cube said Trump’s appeal comes from those who crave the mogul’s status. “Donald Trump…
Why Thousands of Americans Are Lining Up to Get Arrested in D.C. This Week
Chanting, “Money ain’t speech, corporations aren’t people!” and “We are the 99 percent!” around 425 protesters were arrested Monday in a mass sit-in on the steps of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., and more have returned to face arrest Tuesday. The demonstration, called Democracy Spring, is advocating a set of reforms the organizers…
Bono to U.S. Senate: Send Comedians to Fight Extremism
Bono suggested the United States deploy comedians Amy Schumer, Chris Rock and Sacha Baron Cohen to fight violent extremism during a Senate subcommittee hearing, Reuters reports. The hearing specifically dealt with the “causes and consequences of violent extremism and the role of foreign assistance.” The U2 frontman joined a panel of diplomats and aid…
Meet the Woman Who Yelled Florida’s GOP Governor Out of Starbucks
Cara Jennings was sitting in a Gainesville, Florida, Starbucks last week, doing some work for the Service Employees International Union, where she’s a contract recruiter, when she noticed Gov. Rick Scott and a gaggle of aides waiting in line for coffee. Their exchange began with Jennings — who served as city commissioner of…
Anti-Abortion Violence Spiked After Planned Parenthood ‘Sting’ Videos
The National Abortion Federation released a report last week documenting what should come as no surprise to anyone: that anti-abortion harassment, threats, intimidation and violence have spiked dramatically since July 2015 when the Center for Medical Progress began releasing deceptively edited videos aimed at discrediting Planned Parenthood’s fetal tissue donation practices. Despite…
Anita Hill on ‘Confirmation,’ Joe Biden’s Legacy and Bill Cosby
In 1991, 35-year-old Oklahoma State University law professor Anita Hill was called before Congress to testify about the behavior of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, her former boss at the Office for Civil Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Hill was subpoenaed by the Senate Judiciary Committee to share allegations that Thomas…
Watch Michael Stipe Stump for Bernie Sanders in Brooklyn
Michael Stipe once again found himself in front a microphone Sunday, this time as the introductory speaker at a Bernie Sanders rally in Coney Island, New York. With the Empire State’s crucial Democratic primary set for April 19th, the former R.E.M. singer, an avid supporter of the Vermont senator, delivered a passionate…
Bill Clinton’s Black Lives Matter Comments Were Revealingly Honest
When I was 9 years old, my sister and I snuck downstairs to watch TV after my parents fell asleep and, unbeknownst to us, witnessed an event that fundamentally changed American culture: Bill Clinton playing the saxophone on Arsenio Hall. To the I-don’t-remember-a-time-before-wifi generation, this event means little. But for those…
Clinton Campaign Promises to Declassify UFO Files
Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta doubled down Thursday on Clinton’s promise to declassify UFO-related files if she wins November’s election. “If she’s elected president, when she gets into office, she’ll ask for as many records as the United States federal government has to be declassified. I think that’s a commitment she…
Why the Banks Should Be Broken Up
Paul Krugman wrote an op-ed in the New York Times today called “Sanders Over the Edge.” He’s been doing a lot of shovel work for the Hillary Clinton campaign lately, which is his right of course. The piece eventually devolves into a criticism of the character of Bernie Sanders, but…
Watch Stephen Colbert Give Ted Cruz New Slogan: ‘Abandon All Hope’
Ted Cruz is gaining ground on Donald Trump in the delegate total, but as Stephen Colbert observed during Thursday’s Late Show, the GOP race is hurtling toward a contested convention. Many high-ranking Republicans have been reluctant to endorse Cruz: “Idaho Senator and inappropriately chipper funeral director Jim Risch” issued the most backhanded…
Mickey Rourke Rips Donald Trump: ‘He’s a Bully and a Bitch’
It’s official: No one hates Donald Trump more than Mickey Rourke. The boxer/actor/sentient pile of laundry has aired his grievances with Trump before. In July of 2015, Rourke made it clear he wasn’t siding with Trump by saying, “I’d rather stick a .38 up my ass and pull the trigger than…
America’s Bizarre, Brawl-Filled History of Contested Conventions
Every presidential election cycle, political pundits bay for a contested convention. For younger electoral observers, it’s partly the novelty of the idea; the last party conventions with any real drama took place in 1976 for the Republicans (Ronald Reagan v. Gerald Ford) and 1980 for the Democrats (Jimmy Carter v….
Watch Colbert Create Fake Government Agencies for Trump to Shut Down
Stephen Colbert recapped Tuesday’s big Wisconsin primary on The Late Show Wednesday, homing in on Donald Trump’s latest controversial policy proposal: Eliminating nonexistent government agencies. During a Fox News interview Monday, Trump promised to shut down wasteful government agencies such as “the Department of Environmental,” noting, “the D.E.P is killing us environmentally, it’s just…
Watch Ellen DeGeneres Blast Mississippi’s ‘Religious Freedom’ Law
Ellen DeGeneres spoke out against Mississippi’s recently passed law that allows people to deny the LGBT community the right to adopt children, hold jobs or rent homes. She called the law “the very definition of discrimination.” DeGeneres mixed in humor while discussing the serious matter that is not only negatively affecting many…
Andrew W.K. on Getting His Party Party on the 2016 Ballot
Andrew W.K. knows his strengths. The “Party Hard” singer and proprietor of Santo’s Party House in New York City is the Michael Jordan of having a good time. In the past, he’s spread the party gospel both in his old Village Voice advice column, and on Twitter, where he deploys zen koans disguised as party tips on…
Azealia Banks: ‘American Racism’ to Blame for Sarah Palin, Donald Trump
Unperturbed by threats of legal action, Azealia Banks continued to take aim at Sarah Palin – as well as the issue of “American racism” at large – in a Tumblr post Wednesday. “Despite their best efforts to conceal the contempt and envy that the cracker has for Blacks and other people of color ……
College Kids Aren’t the Only Ones Demanding ‘Safe Spaces’
Donald Trump got creamed in the Wisconsin primary last night, but he’s still finding ways to dominate the news. His latest trick has been to transform himself into the modern-day bogey man or El Coco, the monster who comes in the night for your kids. Well, your college-age kids. Trump’s name is…
WTF Happened to Trump and Clinton in Wisconsin, Explained
Just when you thought all the drama had fizzed out of the 2016 contest, Wisconsin decided to give both races a good shake. Cheesehead voters swept Bernie Sanders to his sixth straight win over Hillary Clinton, and gave Ted Cruz the pleasure of trouncing Donald Trump. Throwing lifelines to the underdogs…
The War on Planned Parenthood
One frigid night this past February, I flew to Ohio to watch democracy in action. The next day, the Ohio state Legislature was voting on whether to defund Planned Parenthood, a fallout of the by then entirely discredited videos that purported to show that the organization sold fetal tissue for…
Sarah Palin Threatens to Sue Azealia Banks Over Twitter Tirade
Sarah Palin threatened to sue Azealia Banks over a series of graphic, since-deleted tweets the rapper sent out in response to what turned out to be a fake news story, People reports. The strange saga began with a post on the satirical news site, Newslo, which included fake Palin quotes such as “negroes loved…
Watch ‘Cartoon Trump’ Fail to Grasp How Numbers Work on ‘Colbert’
On the eve of the hotly contested Wisconsin primaries, Stephen Colbert welcomed back cartoon Donald Trump to The Late Show for a crash course on counting. As Colbert explained, Trump now trails Ted Cruz in most Wisconsin polls, and also boasts huge unfavorability ratings in the state as well as the rest of the…
Everlast Blasts Donald Trump for Using ‘Jump Around’ at Rallies
Rapper Everlast has threatened to hit Donald Trump with a cease and desist order for using “Jump Around,” his 1992 hit with House of Pain, at campaign rallies. In an interview with Billboard, the rapper — real name Erik Schrody — said someone on Twitter sent him a CNN clip featuring footage from a Trump…
Watch John Oliver Spotlight Ridiculous Congressional Fundraising
During the 2014 election cycle, candidates for the House and Senate raised a startling, combined $1.7 billion, which John Oliver said is “more than it costs to buy 242 million tubes of hemorrhoidal cooling gel and is somehow even more upsetting.” During Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, the host investigated the distressing…
Watch Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon Introduce Bernie Sanders at Wisconsin Rally
With Wisconsin citizens casting their votes in the Democratic primary this week, Bernie Sanders held a rally in Eau Claire Saturday where Bon Iver frontman and Wisconsin native Justin Vernon introduced the Vermont senator to the crowd of supporters. The singer’s remarks begin at the 5:30 mark of the above video. “With the…
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