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What’s Up With This Absurd Commercial for a Donald Trump Teddy Bear
What’s Up With This Absurd Commercial for a Donald Trump Teddy Bear

In addition to being the unofficial press shop of Donald Trump’s White House, Fox News is happy to advertise pro-Trump merchandise of sub-Spencer Gifts quality, such as the baffling Trumpy Bear. For the uninitiated, the Trumpy Bear is … Read More

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Viggo Mortensen Apologies for Using N-word
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Viggo Mortensen Apologizes for Using N-Word While Promoting Film About Interracial Friendship [UPDATE]

Actor Viggo Mortensen has apologized for using the n-word during a Q & A promoting his new film Green Book, a movie set in the…
Maggie Serota / November 9, 2018
Culture
Trump Forgot Who 'Celebrity Apprentice Star' Lil Jon Was When Asked
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Donald Trump on Celebrity Apprentice Contestant Lil Jon: “I Don’t Know Who Little John Is”

President Trump baffled reporters when he claimed not to know who Celebrity Apprentice contestant Lil Jon was when asked about the Atlanta rapper during today's…
Maggie Serota / November 7, 2018
Culture
Trump Tells Black Reporter Her Question Is "Racist"
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Here’s Donald Trump Calling a Black Reporter’s Question About White Supremacy “Racist”

After delivering a reasonably subdued post-mortem address following Tuesday night's midterm elections, President Trump's afternoon press conference careened off the rails while taking questions from reporters. One of the…
Maggie Serota / November 7, 2018
Culture
Beyonce Endorses Beto O'Rourke Over Ted Cruz
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Beyoncé Endorses Beto

Houston's hometown hero Beyoncé Knowles endorsed Democratic Texas Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke in a series of Instagram posts published on Tuesday. Bey shared several photos of herself with her…
Maggie Serota / November 6, 2018
Culture
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Roasts Ted Cruz for 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'
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Watch Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Roast Ted Cruz to His Face

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert sent the only political correspondent brave enough to ask the tough questions down to Texas to cover the…
Maggie Serota / November 6, 2018
Culture
Jimmy Buffett Endorses Democrats in Midterms, Causing Back;ash Among Fans
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Jimmy Buffett Ruffles Parrothead Feathers by Playing Rally For Florida Democrats

On Saturday, singer-songwriter, real estate mogul, and vape enthusiast Jimmy Buffett played a West Palm Beach rally for Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum and Senate…
Maggie Serota / November 5, 2018
Culture
Fox News and NBC Deem Trump's Ad Too Racist After Airing It
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NBC, Fox News, Facebook Pull Trump’s Racist Anti-Immigration Ad

Both NBC and Fox News announced Monday that they will cease airing the Trump campaign's racist anti-immigration midterms ad, CNN reports. NBC was the first…
Maggie Serota / November 5, 2018
Culture
True Detective Season 3 Trailer Released
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The Trailer for the New True Detective Season Looks Promising

The trailer for True Detective season three dropped on Friday, and it looks like the next installment might be just the palette cleanser to get…
Maggie Serota / November 2, 2018
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Steve King Berates Reporter for Asking About Pittsburgh Shooter's Anti-Semitism
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Steve King Did Nazi This Question Coming

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) unloaded on an attendee of an Iowa town hall on Thursday when the embattled congressman was asked to comment on the…
Maggie Serota / November 1, 2018
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Taylor Swift Says She Voted Early in Tennessee
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Taylor Swift Voted for a Democrat

Taylor Swift has apparently made good on her carefully worded promise to vote for Tennessee Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen. On Tuesday, Swift posted a photo…
Maggie Serota / October 30, 2018
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Louis C.K. Performs Scheduled Set at the Comedy Cellar
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Louis C.K. Claims His Sexual Misconduct Cost Him $35 Million “in an Hour”

Louis C.K. performed two sets at the famed West Village club the Comedy Cellar on Monday night, the New York Times reports. Unlike C.K.'s two…
Maggie Serota / October 30, 2018
Culture
Trump: The Democratic Party, Which Is Called the Democratic Party, Be Called the "Democratic Party"
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Donald Trump Thinks That the Democratic Party, Which Is Called the Democratic Party, Should Be Called the “Democratic Party”

On Friday, Donald Trump addressed the nation at a White House event ostensibly scheduled as a Young Black Leadership summit, but which ended up functioning…
Maggie Serota / October 26, 2018
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Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who Is America? Donated $200 to Roy Moore’s Anti-Marriage Equality Group

Among the right-wing boobs skewered on Sacha Baron Cohen's occasionally funny Showtime series Who Is America? was accused child molester and failed Senate candidate Roy Moore. Cohen, playing…
Tosten Burks / October 23, 2018
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Richard Spencer's Wife Nina Kroupiianova Accuses Him of Physical, Verbal Abuse
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Richard Spencer’s Estranged Wife Accuses Him of Physical, Emotional Abuse in Divorce Filing

Avowed white supremacist Richard Spencer is accused of horrific instances of domestic abuse by his estranged wife Nina Kroupiianova in divorce filings obtained by BuzzFeed. According to the…
Maggie Serota / October 23, 2018
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'Halloween' 2018 Review
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Halloween Is the First Worthy Successor to John Carpenter’s Original

If Rob Zombie’s clunky 2007 remake was any indication, it would seem that anyone attempting to revive Halloween for the 21st century is setting themselves…
Maggie Serota / October 19, 2018
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