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Next Year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner Sounds Like a Damn Snooze
Next Year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner Sounds Like a Damn Snooze

The thin-skinned denizens of the Trump administration will have one less thing to be performatively aggrieved over as a historian, rather than a comedian, will be the featured speaker at the 2019 White House Correspondents’ Dinner in April. On Monday morning, the … Read More

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Trump: Elvis Has Left the House
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Donald Trump’s Ability to Remember the Famous Elvis Phrase Has Left the Building

While handing out Medals of Freedom at the White House on Friday (November 16), President Trump took a moment to veer off-script and recount a personal anecdote…
Maggie Serota / November 16, 2018
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Mark Zuckerberg Kanye West Facebook
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A Perfect Day for Mark Zuckerberg

Yesterday was another particularly wild day to be Mark Zuckerberg. After your company became the subject of a damning expose in the paper of record indicating…
Winston Cook-Wilson / November 15, 2018
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Trumpy Bear Commercial Airs on Fox News
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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,…
Maggie Serota / November 12, 2018
Culture
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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