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“This whole situation is red meat for their base. They use events like this to feed into this fantasy they’ve co-created with their supporters, and defusing the situation would require stepping out of that alternate reality,” said disinformation expert Orr Bueno.
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Watch highlights from the twentieth (and final) episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Natasha Lyonne, with Japanese Breakfast as the musical guest, including the farewell appearances by four departing cast members.
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Watch highlights from the nineteenth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Selena Gomez, with Post Malone as the musical guest.
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Watch highlights from the eighteenth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Benedict Cumberbatch, with Arcade Fire as the musical guest, including the Roe v. Wade cold open.
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“Libs of TikTok has become an agenda-setter in right-wing online discourse, and the content it surfaces shows a direct correlation with the recent push in legislation and rhetoric directly targeting the LGBTQ+ community,” The Washington Post reports.
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Watch highlights from the seventeenth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Lizzo (who also performed as the musical guest), including the Easter Wishes cold open.
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Watch highlights from the sixteenth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Jake Gyllenhaal, with Camila Cabello as the musical guest, including the KBJ cold open.
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Watch highlights from the fourteenth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Jerrod Carmichael, with Gunna as the musical guest, including the Fox & Friends cold open.
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Watch highlights from the fourteenth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Oscar Isaac, with Charli XCX as the musical guest, including the Fox Ukraine Cold Open spoofing Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham.
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Watch highlights from the thirteen episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by John Mulaney, with LCD Soundsystem as the musical guest, including the cold open featuring the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka.
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Watch highlights from the twelfth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Willem Dafoe, with Katy Perry as the musical guest, including the Russian disinformation cold open.
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Watch highlights from the eleventh episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by SNL alum Will Forte, with Måneskin as the musical guest, including the cold open mocking Fox’s Laura Ingraham, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, and Candace Owens.
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Watch highlights from the tenth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Ariana DeBose, with Bleachers as the musical guest.
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Watch highlights from the eighth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Billie Eilish, who also performed as the musical guest, including the cold open with Kate McKinnon.
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“The media’s fixation with false equivalency between the two political parties and fear of criticism from the right has led to distorted coverage and misleading characterizations of the assault on democracy,” Jennifer Rubin writes.
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Watch highlights from the seventh episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Simu Liu, with Saweetie as the musical guest, including the Jeanine Pirro spoof cold open.
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Watch highlights from the sixth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Jonathan Majors, with Taylor Swift as the musical guest, including the Ted Cruz Sesame Street cold open.
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Watch highlights from the fifth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Kieran Culkin, with Ed Sheeran as the musical guest, including the Weekend Update segment on reproductive rights.
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Watch highlights from the fourth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Jason Sudeikis, with Brandi Carlile as the musical guest, including the return of What Up With That.
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Watch highlights from the third episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Rami Malek, with Young Thug as the musical guest, including the cold open skewering the NFL.
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Watch highlights from the second episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Kim Kardashian West with Halsey as the musical guest.
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