Thom: How the 1% are rewiring brains & future generations.
SlateTV: America’s Worst President.
The 2016 Clown Parade:
- David Pakman: Rand Paul fails miserably at explaining the 1st amendment
- Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: Fighting in the Clown Car
- Nutburger Ted Cruz repeatedly say he wants to repeal something that’s not a federal law
- Pap: Scott Walker’s blueprint to destroy Wisconsin.
- “Gay friendly” Jeb Bush supports law allowing refusal of gays by businesses
- Richard Fowler: The right-wing Birfers (e.g. Donald Trump) goes after Ted Cruz.
- Maddow: Remembering Jeb Bush’s unconstitutional support of right-wing WACKOS in Florida
Russell Brand explains why FAUX News pundits “have to attack Bowe Bergdahl”.
Thom: The Good, the Bad, and the Very Very Cheimaphillicly Ugly.
Mental Floss: Thirty facts about chocoloate.
Thom: How much dark money is being funneled into our “democracy”?
SlateTV: The strange chemistry of the Crab Nebula.
A PSA from The Committee for Universal Accessibility and Lycantropic Concerns.
The Anti-Gay Agenda:
- If you’re anti-gay…Indiana wants you!
- PsychoSuperMom: Scary, Indiana
- Mike Pence inhaled
- Seth Meyers: Yes, No, or George
- Maddow: Indiana governor Pence flounders defending discrimination law
- David Letterman: Not the Indiana I remember as a kid
- NCAA floats idea of pulling out of Indiana.
- Young Turks: States and groups ban interactions with Indiana
- Lawrence O’Donnell: George Takei, “Indiana law effects all Americans”.
- SNL lays out some hard truths on Indiana’s bigotry law
- Sen. Al Franken tells David Letterman to run for Indiana Senate
- Conan speaks with Indiana’s “religious freedom czar”
- Gov. Daniel Malloy (D-CT) Nobody who defends Indiana Law is qualified to be President
- David Pakman: Pathetic anti-gay liar Mike Pence makes a fool of himself
- Matt Binder: No Pizza for your gay wedding in Walkerton, Indiana
- Maddow: Religious right puts GOP at odds with public opinion:
- Young Turks: Mike Pence clowns himself on national TV
- Michael Brooks: Indiana Gov.’s Big Fat Gay Wedding Problem
- Mark Fiore: Religious freedom and gay commerce
- Thom: Why Indiana’s Indiana’s “Stand Your Ground” Anti-Gay law is different from the federal and other state RFRA laws.
- Young Turks: Mike Pence signs changes to Indiana’s religious freedom law
- Maddow: Indiana an object lesson for wary Arkansas governor
- Arkansas Gov’s son asked him to veto “religious freedom” bill
- Alex Wagner: Dan Savage hits Tom Cotton for comments on gays with “bigot blender brain”.
- Young Turks: What changes were made to Indiana’s anti-gay law?
- Matt Binder: Ted Cruz’s father incites right wingers to ponder killing judges over same-sex marriage
- David Pakman: Virginia set to pass a “No Gays Allowed” law.
- Young Turks: Religious bigot against gays but adultery is a “different kind of sin”
- David Pakman: Arkansas Gov. won’t sign anti-gay bill…for now.
- Ann Telnaes: Mixing religion and politics will come back to haunt the G.O.P.
Mental Floss: Thirty one facts about pigs.
Greenman: Naomi Oreskes’ climate change elevator pitch.
David Pakman: Is MSNBC dying?
Netflix for kids.
David Pakman: This years, guns will kill more Americans than cars.
Farron Cousins: Has the tort reform fight been won?
SlateTV: Obama loves America.
Meet the Part African Black, Part Jewish, and Part Swiss and (Apparently) Offensive Comedian Who Will Replace Jon:
- Young Turks: Trevor Noah to replace Jon
- Sam Seder: The Daily Show has found its replacement for Jon
- Aasif Mandvi: On the new host….
- David Pakman: Controversial tweets from Trevor Noah.
- Young Turks: People are outraged by Trevor Noah jokes?!?
- WaPo: Meet Trevor Noah
- FAUX News comedian Chris Wallace also makes “fat women” jokes!
Thom: The Good, the Bad, and the Very Very Glottogonicly Ugly.
Matt Binder: Asshole ex-Governor John Sununu (R-NH) thinks Obama is only visiting Kenya to incite the Birfers.
Rubin Report: Republicans fear Obama more than Putin
White House: West Wing Week, 5th anniversary edition .
Sam Seder and Michael Brooks: Dick Cheney’s lies keep pouring in.
Thom and Pap: Our 2016 casino elections.
David Pakman: Deranged nutburger Rep. Louie Gohmert explodes, “You’re Playing God with the internet!”
Maddow chats with Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
CNN: Reid on leaving and going after the Koch brothers and Mitt Romney.
David Pakman: Indiana’s public health disaster follows from Planned Parenthood closure.
Iran:
- Thom: Why Republicans are sabotaging their own country on the Iran nuclear agreement
- Michael Brooks: Rep. Louie Gohmert is so ignorant on Iran…it even surprises FAUX News!
- Young Turks: We have a deal (to make a deal).
- Obama announces framework on Iran nuclear program
- Maddow: Iran nuclear deal hailed as groundbreaking:
- Young Turks: Republican FAUX News “expert” lies about future of Iran nuclear deal
- Lawrence O’Donnell: Obama picks up an odd ally…Bill-O-The-Clown!
Senator denies 280,000 people health care then calls advocate ‘asshole’ for asking him to give up his own health care.
Young Turks: In which Karl Rove is a dick to an Iraqi War veteran.
Sharpton: Fixing the criminal justice system.
Thom: Getting dark money out of politics.
The Barbara Mikulski tribute edition of Congressional hits and misses.
The best of CSPAN callers.
Seth Meyers finally puts the Elizabeth Warren Presidential run idea to rest..
David Pakman: Why won’t Republicans acknowledge Obama’s strong economy?
Menendez Indictment:
- Maddow: NJ Sen. Bob Menendez is indicted.
- Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: MenendezGhaaaaaziiiiii!!!1!11!!! Republicans invent some insane Obama/Iran/Menendez conspiracy theory.
White House: Obama signs memorandum of disapproval on anti-labor bill.
John Oliver: Red-tailed hawks:
Thom with Prof. Michael Mann: Has climate change affected the West Coast?
Mental Floss: Misconceptions about appliances.
David Pakman: Small government Republican would make church mandatory.
The Church of Scientology responds to Going Clear.
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.