Bill O’Reilly, host of Fox talk program The O’Reilly Factor, critiqued the government’s response to the Orlando shootings on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Monday night. He agreed with Colbert that Donald Trump’s response to the tragedy was self-congratulatory (or, as Colbert pointed out: complete grandstanding). “Trump is betting that the United States…
Late Night Hosts Respond to Orlando Shooting With Poignancy, Humor
In the aftermath of the massacre in Orlando Sunday morning, late night TV hosts were once again tasked with responding to the increasingly commonplace horror of a mass shooting. Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers acknowledged the gravity of the situation by setting aside humor. “I simply do not understand why…
5 Laws to Keep Guns Away From People Like the Orlando Shooter
In the early hours of Sunday morning, Omar Mateen opened fire inside a gay nightclub in Orlando. He killed 49 people and injured 53, making it the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. What’s perhaps most devastating about the slaughter is how preventable it might have been. Mateen had a history of domestic violence, exhibited signs of mental…
In Orlando, as Usual, Domestic Violence Was Ignored Red Flag
Early Sunday morning, Omar Mateen began killing people in what became the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. Authorities will now study what may have made the 29-year-old go to the Pulse gay nightclub with the intention of ending so many lives. The Washington Post reported Monday that “although family members said…
After Orlando, We Must Ask How Our Society Got This Way
The details of this weekend’s shootings in Orlando are still coming in, but we know pop singer Christina Grimmie was gunned down after a performance, and then, 28 hours later and 3.5 miles away, the worst massacre in U.S. history occurred at a gay club during its popular Latin night….
Why It’s Time to Repeal the Second Amendment
I teach the Constitution for a living. I revere the document when it is used to further social justice and make our country a more inclusive one. I admire the Founders for establishing a representative democracy that has survived for over two centuries. But sometimes we just have to acknowledge that…
Trump’s Response to Orlando Shooting Should Be Disqualifying
In the hours after the worst mass shooting in our history — also the deadliest-ever attack on the American LGBT community — Donald Trump took to Twitter to mark the moment, not with mourning, but with self-adoration. “Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism,” Trump tweeted shortly before 10 a.m. Eastern…
Everything You Need to Know About the AR-15 Used in Orlando
Over three hours early Sunday morning, Omar Mateen, barricaded inside a gay nightclub in a residential neighborhood of Orlando, shot and killed 49 people; an additional 53 were wounded. The standoff ended around 5 a.m., when Mateen was killed by police. Mateen carried two guns with him Sunday: a 9mm handgun…
Omar Mateen’s Father Offers Condolence to Families of Massacre Victims
The father of the man behind the recent massacre in an Orlando nightclub says he does not know why his son committed the mass killing. “I wish I did know,” Seddique Mateen told The Washington Post. “If I did know, I would have stopped him.” Mateen said he saw his son the…
Clinton and Sanders Should Unite to Ban Assault Weapons
There is no way Omar Mateen could have walked into a gay nightclub in Orlando and committed the worst mass shooting and the ugliest hate crime in American history if he weren’t using an AR-15, or another weapon with similar destructive power. Adam Lanza used an AR-15-type rifle when he murdered…
Obama Calls Orlando Nightclub Shooting ‘Act of Terror and Act of Hate’
President Barack Obama addressed the nation on Sunday following the early morning attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, which he noted was the deadliest shooting in U.S. history. “Today as Americans, we grieve the brutal murder, the horrific massacre of dozens of innocent people,” he said. Keeping his remarks relatively brief,…
Brock Turner’s Mother to Judge: ‘This Would be a Death Sentence’
Carleen Turner, the mother of former champion Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner pleaded for his mercy in a four-page letter to a Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky prior to Turner’s sentencing, The Fresno Bee reports. “I beg of you, please don’t send him to jail/prison. Look at him. He won’t…
Neil Young Onstage: ‘F–ck You, Donald Trump’
In a lengthy Facebook post, Neil Young cleared the air about how he feels about Donald Trump using his songs: “YOUNG CONTINUES TO DENY TRUMP PERMISSION TO USE HIS MUSIC,” the rocker wrote, attaching a short clip of him yelling “Fuck you, Donald Trump” onstage. The discrepancy began with an interview with…
After Bernie, Does the Left Need a Rethink?
For as long as I can remember, there’s been a deeply held belief on the American left that if a Democrat would only stop pandering to the mushy middle and run an unapologetically liberal, unabashedly populist campaign, he or she would win in a laugher. For too long, the Dems…
President Obama: Presidency Is ‘Not Reality TV’
“I’ve seen the decisions that have to be made and the work that has to be done,” President Obama told Jimmy Fallon during Thursday’s Tonight Show, reflecting on his last months in office. Does he think Republicans are content with Donald Trump, Obama fired back on behalf of his party: “We…
David Letterman on Donald Trump: ‘He’s Repugnant to People’
David Letterman says Americans shouldn’t complain about Donald Trump, as the real estate mogul has ascended the Republican party without breaking any laws. “There’s nothing illegal going on. It’s just that he’s despicable,” the former Late Show host tells Tom Brokaw in a preview of their interview for NBC News’ On…
Obama Takes Trump ‘Tonight Show’ Jab: ‘Orange Is Not the New Black’
President Obama took a hilarious jab at GOP candidate Donald Trump on Thursday’s Tonight Show, telling Jimmy Fallon he’s been binge-watching his favorite TV show, “Orange Is Not the New Black.” The “Commander-in-Preach” landed that joke about the real estate mogul’s skin complexion during a politically tinted edition of “Slow Jam the…
Democrats Will Learn All the Wrong Lessons From Brush With Bernie
Years ago, over many beers in a D.C. bar, a congressional aide colorfully described the House of Representatives, where he worked. It’s “435 heads up 435 asses,” he said. I thought of that person yesterday, while reading the analyses of Hillary Clinton’s victories Tuesday night. The arrival of the first female presidential…
5 Reasons Decriminalization Protects Sex Workers’ Rights
Editor’s note: This piece by Amnesty International USA’s interim executive director was written in response to a recent article on RollingStone.com critical of the group’s policy on decriminalizing prostitution. As one of the largest human rights organizations in the world, Amnesty International’s mission is to promote human rights for all and to…
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