Archives for May 2021

It looks like King County (among others) will kick down to phase 2 of the reopening plan. Restaurants have been flouting the 50% capacity rules, and we’re going in the wrong direction. Eventually, the vaccine use should catch up, but in the meantime, I don’t mind a bit of caution.

Trevor: 2020 Census results—Low population growth and a House seat shuffle

Stephen: Biden’s speech promises “Jobs, jobs, jobs”

Amber Ruffin: ♫ A White Guy Musical Recap of President Biden’s First 100 Days ♬

Now This: Biden’s first 100 days

Bill Maher: Crypto mania!

Race in America:

• Amber Ruffin: iPhone Black—The phone no one will mistake for a gun
• Legal Eagle: Chauvin and the Supreme Court
• Roy Wood, Jr.: The State of Black Shit 2021—Coronavirus, a Black bachelor & police brutality
• Amber Ruffin: Why the racist myth of “voter fraud” is dominating Republican politics
• Now This: Tim Scott claims America isn’t racist
• Al Franken: How crisis intervention training improves policing and saves lives
• The Daily Show: Bouncer kicks out Lindsey Graham for insane argument

Stephen: Tracking President Biden’s progress after 100 days in office

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Samantha Bee: President Biden needs to end Трамп-Era immigration policies, pt. 1

Samantha Bee: President Biden needs to end Трамп-Era immigration policies, pt. 2

Trevor: Biden’s big speech

Liars, Grifters, Seditionists, Child Traffickers and Other Republicans:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Is Tucker losing his mind? (The question begs to be asked) ♬
• The Late Show: Ted Cruz pranked in his sleep by kindly Granny
• Jordan Klepper: Facts are no match for Трамп supporters
• Seth Meyers: Ari Melber on Rudy Giuliani’s apartment raid and the Derek Chauvin trial
• Bill Maher and friends: “Giuliani time”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Biden puts Ted Cruz to sleep! ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп in good will hunting
• Legal Eagle: Giuliani raided!
• Trevor: FAUX News scandal alert! Biden’s red meat mandate & Kamala’s children’s book
• Act.tv: Rudy Giuliani’s laptop has been seized!!! 😂
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Biden’s Speech and Трамп’s silence ♬
• Parody Project: ♫ MY PILLOW (a Parody) ♬

• Stephen: Sen. Klobuchar is still angry with Senators Hawley and Cruz for supporting the insurrection
• Jimmy Kimmel: Rudy gets raided….
• The Daily Show: How you’d imagine Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson might laugh
• Seth Meyers: One of Трамп’s biggest scams, the Foxconn deal, falls apart
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Tucker Carlson is Losing His Marbles ♬
• Seth Meyers: GOP and FAUX News spread an insane new lie about Biden banning meat
• Jimmy Dore: Jeb Bush’s out of control jealousy of George Bush
• The Late Show: Explorers crash Rick Santorum’s whitewashing speech
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Rudy G. ♬
• Mark Fiore: The replacement Republican party
• Stephen: Sen. Sanders finds it “increasingly difficult” to work with Senators who supported the insurrection
• Trevor: Rick Santorum goes off on Native American culture
• Seth Meyers: FBI raids Rudy Giuliani’s home and office, seizes phones and computers
• Legal Eagle: Don’t defy the Judge, Nutburger!
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Cheeseburgers Aren’t Jeopardized ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Larry Kudlow fears plant-based beer ♬
• Act.tv: Трамп owes $$ to Albuquerque!
• The Remix Bros: ♫ That’s A Good Thing Not A Bad Thing ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп challenges Joe Biden to a train contest
• Robert Reich: How to stop Republicans from stealing elections
• Stephen: Cruz and Christie roundly mocked while Biden enjoys widespread approval of Congressional address
• The Daily Show: FAUX’s red meat panic
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп trashes the Oscars, Tucker Carlson cries “Child abuse!”
• The Late Show: Great moments in Joint Address history—George W. Bush’s “Axis of Evil”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kevin McCarthy, Republican hero, American zero ♬

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Daily Show: The ProbleMagic Kingdom!

Stephen: “If you have ideas, we want to hear them”—Sen. Sanders to GOP on climate change

Samantha Bee: Why Washington D. C. should be a state

Bill Maher: Old Malarkey

VICE News: Space Force is totally serious, stop laughing

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• Trevor: Keeping up with corona
• Stephen: Mask-holes like Tucker Carlson undermine efforts to end the pandemic
• The New York Times: How ICE’s mishandling of covid-19 fueled outbreaks around the country
• Trevor: The CDC’s new mask guidelines make no sense
• Vox: How rich countries are making the pandemic last longer
• The Late Show: Veuve Canard D’Epernay is your go-yo pandemic champagne
• Trevor: How the U.S. is incentivizing coronavirus vaccinations

The Late Show: ♫ Grandpa Joe Has A Biden Ticket ♬

Winlar: Five Little Monkeys

Bill Maher: Ben Sheehan on “court packing”

Vox: Why the US has two different highway fonts

The Daily Show: America’s foot problem

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.