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Ted Cruz has a f**ked up soup fetish: “What, are you taking a bath in it?”

"The Daily Show" lays out just how strange it is VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Apr 15, 2016 12:39 PM UTC 0
Elections daily show with trevor noah

Ted Cruz looks even creepier when he goes casual

"I am working very, very hard not to have to answer that question," he tells Jimmy Fallon VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Apr 15, 2016 12:33 PM UTC 0
Elections Elections 2016, Ted Cruz

Release your speeches, Hillary: This Goldman Sachs explainer lays out why the big banks always get away with it

Goldman gets to deduct the fine. The company's stock went up. It's business as usual for them, Meyers makes clear VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Apr 15, 2016 11:24 AM UTC 0
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“Incompetent” Donald Trump has only himself to blame: This is why he won’t be GOP nominee

"Trump's campaign has made some of the dumbest mistakes possible in its delegate recruitment efforts" VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Thursday, Apr 14, 2016 12:54 PM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Elections 2016

Trevor Noah lets Dennis Hastert, Catholic Church have it: “The wrestling coach installed a recliner in the boys’ shower?”

"You'd think something as awful as molesting children would have no statute of limitations" VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Thursday, Apr 14, 2016 12:38 PM UTC 0
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WATCH: Bernie Sanders unloads on Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in ringing defense of “New York values”

"I value a living wage for all Americans. I value a justice system that treats everyone fairly" VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Thursday, Apr 14, 2016 12:01 PM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Elections 2016

OK, so now we’re forced to ponder Ted Cruz’s sexual habits: College roommate on Cruz’s opposition to “genital stimulation” — “This would be a new belief of his”

If true, all these allegations of Ted Cruz's sex habits could ruin it for the rest of us

Brendan Gauthier Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 4:35 PM UTC 0
Elections Craig Mazin, Elections 2016

“Cover up right now”: North Carolina judge kicks breastfeeding mother from courtroom

The defendant plans to bring her 8-month-old son with her again when she appeals the ruling next week

Brendan Gauthier Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 3:40 PM UTC 0
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Trevor Noah got this one right: Watch his takedown of Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio’s cringeworthy and offensive “CP time” joke

"That's like if the governor of Michigan was going around Flint telling water jokes," Noah says VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 12:24 PM UTC 0
Elections Bill de Blasio

“I’m a famous plus-size model”: Amy Schumer jokes about her Glamour photo flap with Jimmy Fallon

"We don't need these labels ... It should just say what size you are," Schumer says VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 11:39 AM UTC 0
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“He should have been an adult and not a madman”: Larry Wilmore panel sets Bill Clinton straight

"Is Bill Clinton wrong?" Larry Wilmore asked his panel. "Or did he just handle it poorly?" VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Tuesday, Apr 12, 2016 1:55 PM UTC 0
Elections Bill Clinton, Elections 2016

Seth Meyers wishes Jackie Chan and Vladimir Putin appeared in “Rush Hour 4: Russian Hour” rather than the Panama Papers

Still don't understand the Panama Papers? Let Seth Meyers explain it to you VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Tuesday, Apr 12, 2016 1:37 PM UTC 0
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Please dump Trevor Noah now: This might be his laziest, most simplistic campaign media coverage yet

"The Daily Show" host has realized that campaign coverage is shallow. Give him a trophy VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Tuesday, Apr 12, 2016 1:30 PM UTC 0
Innovation daily show with trevor noah

The superdelegate sh*tshow: Watch Samantha Bee perfectly unravel the baffling and ridiculous system

"If they wanted, they could use a sorting hat to pick their nominees," Bee says VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Tuesday, Apr 12, 2016 1:28 PM UTC 0
Elections Elections 2016

“Hey holy sh*t hello, you are at McDonald’s”: This late-night milkshake run Twitter essay is amazing

Spoiler alert: there's no milkshake at the end of this amazing Twitter narrative

Brendan Gauthier Monday, Apr 11, 2016 3:54 PM UTC 0
Media McDonalds, Social Media, Twitter

John Oliver’s journey to the credit report hellscape: Shady companies have more control over your financial future than you realize

"You might be surprised at just how many aspects of your life your credit report can affect," Oliver said VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Monday, Apr 11, 2016 2:39 PM UTC 0
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Watch Al Sharpton skewer Trump in SNL cameo: The billionaire “has a negative approval rating of -1,048″ on the Black Approval Rating Scale

Al Sharpton went one-on-one with Kenan Thompson as ... Al Sharpton VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Sunday, Apr 10, 2016 12:55 PM UTC 0
Elections Al Sharpton, Elections 2016

“I love being back in the Fat Apple, my home state”: Watch Kate McKinnon hilariously mock Hillary Clinton’s New York cred on SNL

"I'm gonna take in that hot new Broadway show that's got all of NYC abuzz — 'Chicago.'" says "Hillary" VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Sunday, Apr 10, 2016 12:22 PM UTC 0
Elections Elections 2016, Hillary Clinton

“You’re going to lose this election”: Bill Maher draws out 3 plays for the Republicans — and none lead to the Oval Office

Between "a man with all the appeal of Jared from Subway" and "the zombie candidate," Maher told GOPers, "Just punt" VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Saturday, Apr 9, 2016 11:44 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Elections 2016

“There’s a reason his name rhymes with dump”: Labor secretary slaughters Donald Trump’s bogus unemployment statistics

Thomas Perez was entirely candid about Donald Trump and the GOP's "fact-free zone" when it comes to employment VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Saturday, Apr 9, 2016 11:32 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Elections 2016

“What they do is f*cking cheat”: Bill Maher rips Republicans for insidious voting laws targeting minorities

SCOTUS's decision to gut the Voting Rights Act, Maher said, enabled "cheating" GOPers to cast aside minority voters VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Saturday, Apr 9, 2016 11:20 AM UTC 0
Elections Elections 2016, Jim Crow

“Suicide vest included?”: Right-wing nutjobs go bonkers as “Sesame Street” unveils hijab-clad puppet, Zari

Once Breitbart reported the new Afghani puppet, it was only a matter of time before the right-wingers lost it

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Apr 8, 2016 7:13 PM UTC 0
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Patton Oswalt mercilessly skewers his own “Star Wars” obsession

In the new trailer for his upcoming "Talking for Clapping" special, he outlines a hilarious hypothetical plan VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Apr 8, 2016 6:35 PM UTC 0
Media Netflix, Patton Oswalt

Joyce Carol Oates defends “misunderstood” Calvin Trillin with equally bad verse

Trillin's New Yorker poem, "Have They Run Out of Provinces Yet?," is racist and bad, says everyone except Oates

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Apr 8, 2016 5:29 PM UTC 0
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“He was just a condescending, nasty brutish boor”: Former co-workers reveal Trump aide Corey Lewandowski’s “misogynistic streak”

One former employee at Americans for Prosperity said Lewandowski's misdemeanor battery charge "didn't surprise me"

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Apr 8, 2016 4:44 PM UTC 0
Elections Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump

Trevor Noah soils Ted Cruz, calls him “the plunger of the Republican party”

"No one wants to use the plunger, but they have to to get the turd out of the way" VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Apr 8, 2016 11:22 AM UTC 0
Elections daily show with trevor noah

Bernie Sanders to Seth Meyers: If Clinton campaign attacks, we will push back

Says Clinton campaign getting nervous, negative. "If people attack me and distort my record, we will respond" VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Apr 8, 2016 11:19 AM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Elections 2016

The GOP is just this screwed: Stephen Colbert explains the options beyond Donald Trump

Colbert: "Some names have already been floated — like Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney and Mitt Romney" VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Apr 8, 2016 11:00 AM UTC 0
Elections contested convention

Black Lives Matter protesters heckle Bill Clinton — and his terrible response was cringeworthy: “You are defending the people who killed the lives you say matter”

Clinton was visibly irritated by BLM protesters who criticized his 1994 Crime Bill that led to prison overcrowding VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Thursday, Apr 7, 2016 9:05 PM UTC 0
Elections Bill Clinton

A “top” smackdown from “Top Chef” Padma Lakshmi: Says Donald Trump is “insane” and “a racist buffoon”

The "Top Chef" host and Indian-American "bleeding heart liberal" had some choice words for the nativist frontrunner

Brendan Gauthier Thursday, Apr 7, 2016 8:37 PM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Elections 2016

“How many Mary Sues do you people want?”: Dude-bros react in the worst way possible to female-led “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”

While most fans began counting down the days 'til December, a small minority of male fanboys tweeted their hurt

Brendan Gauthier Thursday, Apr 7, 2016 7:34 PM UTC 0
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They’re acting like Republicans now! Hillary Clinton jabs Bernie Sanders over his NYC subway gaffe

Hillary mocks Bernie for thinking NYC subways use tokens, but then struggles to get through turnstile herself

Brendan Gauthier Thursday, Apr 7, 2016 5:24 PM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Elections 2016

Seth Meyers is having none of the GOP’s bullsh*t: “Our voting process has become just as dysfunctional as our political system”

Fast on his way to becoming as necessary as John Oliver, Meyers brings his A-game on voting rights VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Thursday, Apr 7, 2016 5:09 PM UTC 0
Elections Elections 2016

“Talking out of his ass”: Stephen Colbert loses patience with Donald Trump’s ignorance

Colbert also takes down Cruz's Wisconsin win. "Even if you voted for Ted Cruz, you're still pretty upset about it" VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Thursday, Apr 7, 2016 4:42 PM UTC 0
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“Religious freedom? This is just discrimination”: Outraged Trevor Noah unloads on North Carolina and Mississippi

Noah gets it right: "It's like creating a law to kill all kittens, then calling it the Bird Protection Act" VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Thursday, Apr 7, 2016 11:29 AM UTC 0
Working Ahead daily show with trevor noah

Islamophobia on Fox News: Delusional “Fox and Friends” pundit Bo Dietl equates Muslim communities with “motorcycle gangs up in the Bronx”

Dietl called it "baloney" for critics to say that his push for targeted surveillance is dangerously Islamophobic VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Wednesday, Apr 6, 2016 8:35 PM UTC 0
Social bo dietl, fox and friends

LAPD launches felony probe into Charlie Sheen’s alleged $20K hit on ex-fiancee Scottine Ross, report says

In alleged audio tape, a man believed to be Sheen threatens "to spend 20 grand to have (Ross's) head kicked in"

Brendan Gauthier Wednesday, Apr 6, 2016 7:08 PM UTC 0
Media Charlie Sheen, LAPD

“Insidious disease that’s happening every single day”: Brewery owner’s must-read Facebook post against the sexism suffered by women in service industry

Jordan Gleason, of Indiana, penned post after banning 60-year-old man harassing his workers

Brendan Gauthier Wednesday, Apr 6, 2016 5:40 PM UTC 0
Social Black Acre Brewing Company

Trevor Noah to Donald Trump: “You’re like a guy masturbating on the subway”

"Daily Show" equates Trump to a subway perv telling people, "Get over it — you all do this at home" VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Wednesday, Apr 6, 2016 11:45 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Elections 2016

Larry Wilmore goes there: “Why are they still calling him ‘comedian Bill Cosby?’ Isn’t he better known now as a ‘rapist’?”

Wilmore: "Cappuccinos, depositions, large cash settlements. I see those things in a museum, I'll think of The Cos" VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Wednesday, Apr 6, 2016 11:31 AM UTC 0
Social bill cosby, Editor's Picks

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