Take a look at the Magnolia State’s proposed new flag, which doesn’t contain any Confederate symbolism, but does contain the words “In God We Trust”, in possible violation of the country’s historic separation of church and state.
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Larry Flynt on his final farewell to the Falwells
Writing for The Daily Beast, the publisher of Hustler assesses the downfall of Jerry Falwell, Jr. and explains why most right wing televangelists are scam artists who prey on the gullible.
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Chadwick Boseman represented the best of us. Here’s a sampling of tributes to his life and good works.
The gifted actor portrayed Jackie Robinson, T’Challa, James Brown, and Thurgood Marshall. More importantly, he was an exemplary and kind human who treated everyone with decency.
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1918 pandemic + COVID-19 reading list: Three books that are worth your time
Want to better understand the times we are living in? Here’s a collection of pandemic literature that is credible, trustworthy, and fascinating.
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SNL At Home returns with Brad Pitt as Dr. Anthony Fauci
Watch highlights from the seventeenth episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, sort of hosted by Brad Pitt, with Miley Cyrus as the musical guest.
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NBC debuts “SNL At Home”; Alec Baldwin calls into Weekend Update @ Home to impersonate Donald Trump
Watch highlights from the sixteenth episode of Saturday Night Live’s forty-fifth season, hosted by Tom Hanks, with Chris Martin as the musical guest.
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KCLS pivots to digital during coronavirus pandemic
If people haven’t tried our digital resources, now is the time… We have access to many newspapers across the country, you just need a library
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Rupert Murdoch put his son Lachlan in charge of Fox. It was a dangerous mistake.
“The most-watched news channel in America has become, since the fall of its powerful founder, Roger Ailes, much more like the Trump White House: a family business where it’s not entirely clear who is in charge… Since the powerful Mr. Ailes was ousted amid a sexual harassment scandal in 2016, the network seems more and more like an asylum in the firm control of its inmates.”
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“Today we are switching our coverage of Donald Trump to an emergency setting”
“Refusing to go with live coverage. Suspending normal relations with his White House. Always asking: is this something we should amplify? A focus on what he’s doing, not on what he’s saying. The truth sandwich when we feel we have to highlight his false claims. This is what you can expect now that our coverage has been switched to an emergency setting.”
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Elizabeth Warren and Kate McKinnon open SNL together, live from New York!
Saturday, March 7th, 2020: Elizabeth Warren and Kate McKinnon, together at last, live from New York. Watch them open SNL together.
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February 29th SNL cold open: The Democratic presidential candidates confront Mike Pence over the coronavirus response
Watch highlights from the fourteenth episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, hosted by John Mulaney, with David Byrne as the musical guest.
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Jimmy Kimmel Show asked Republicans to name a country — any country — on a world map. It didn’t go well.
Late night host Jimmy Kimmel revisited an old segment of his show to troll extremist Republican Senator Ted Cruz. Watch as a slew of self-identified Republicans fail to identify a single country on a blank map of the world.
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Frank Bruni: Ideas should matter more to journalists than the politics of personality and likability
“We journalists should never again write that someone is too old, too young, too polarizing, too petty, too cranky or too whatever to win an election. We should listen to what he or she is saying and then analyze, with an open mind, how it’s being heard.”
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SNL cold open spoofs eighth Democratic debate in New Hampshire
Watch highlights from the thirteenth episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, hosted by RuPaul, with Justin Bieber as the musical guest.
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SNL reimagines the Trump removal trial venue as a reality show courtroom
Watch highlights from the twelfth episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, hosted by JJ Watt, with Luke Combs as the musical guest.
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First SNL cold open of 2020 warms up by imagining Alan Dershowitz visiting Satan in hell
Watch highlights from the eleventh episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, hosted by Adam Driver, with Halsey as the musical guest.
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Eddie Murphy hosts SNL’s Christmas episode and brings back his classic characters
Remember Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood? Gumby? Buckwheat? Velvet Jones? Eddie Murphy brought all those classic characters back last night.
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SNL imagines what holiday dinner conversations might be like in three different states
Watch highlights from the ninth episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, hosted by Scarlett Johansson, with Niall Horan as the musical guest.
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SNL imagines a NATO cafeteria scene where Donald Trump is foiled from sitting at the cool kids’ table
Watch highlights from the eighth episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, hosted by Jennifer Lopez , with DaBaby as the musical guest.
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SNL spoofs November Democratic debate with massive cast of All-Stars
Watch highlights from the seventh episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, hosted by alum Will Ferrell, with King Princess as the musical guest.
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SNL tackles impeachment again, this time with Jon Hamm, in November 16th cold open
Cecily Strong’s Marie Yovanovitch impression was the highlight of the cold open, which also incorporated a surprise guest appearance by Jon Hamm as Ambassador Bill Taylor.
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