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Lefty Scum: Josie Long and the protest jokers serenading the Labour faithful

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Can funny songs change the world? Jonny & the Baptists and Grace Petrie join Josie Long for a spirited night of comedy that imagines nationalising the queen’s swans and banning Daily Mail readers from seeing their grandchildren

Prospects have changed dramatically for UK lefties over the last six months. As recently as spring, leftwing politics was strictly for masochists, as the Labour party – according to received wisdom – set its course for electoral oblivion. Now, it’s the government in waiting, even after losing that June election. “I know we lost,” says protest singer Grace Petrie on stage tonight. “But it was my favourite one we’ve lost.”

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Tim Heidecker’s Album of Trump Songs ‘Too Dumb for Suicide’ Is Out Next Week

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Tim Heidecker has compiled all of his Trump songs into one handy digital album you can own next week. Titled Too Dumb for Suicide: Tim Heidecker’s Trump Songs, the album will be available through Jagjaguwar/Rado Records on Election Day 2016’s one-year anniversary next Wednesday, November 8th, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated […]

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Amber Ruffin Responds to John Kelly’s Civil War Comments on ‘Late Night’

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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly made news this week for saying the Civil War happened because of “the lack of ability to compromise” and that Robert E. Lee was an “honorable man,” so during last night’s Late Night, Seth Meyers welcomed writer Amber Ruffin to respond. “‘Lack of compromise?’ That’s an awfully strange way to […]

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Seth Meyers Takes “A Closer Look” at the First Charges in Mueller’s Russia Investigation

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Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at yesterday’s news about Robert Mueller’s first charges in the Russia investigation and how Trump reacted to the indictments on Twitter. “He is so bad at this,” Meyers says. “It’s like getting pulled over and saying ‘I wasn’t speeding, officer, […]

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An Excerpt from ‘Paul Ryan Magazine’: Proust Questionnaire, by Anna Heyward

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What is your greatest fear? My greatest fear is of teens, and the possibility of a reckless, bullying majority that they represent. It is worst when they are polite; that’s when I am most likely to have something thrown at me. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? The worst things about me […]

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Seth Meyers Takes “A Closer Look” at Fox News’s Hillary Clinton-Obsessed Alternate Reality

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Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at how Trump has managed to turn even his condolence calls to Gold Star families into an opportunity to brag about himself, which is in turn an opportunity for Fox News to shower him with positive coverage on television like Lou […]

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Trump, Bannon, and Pence Encounter a Terrifying Monster in the Woods on ‘The President Show’

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Here’s a clip from last night’s Halloween-themed episode of The President Show, where Anthony Atamanuik’s Donald Trump and Peter Grosz’s Mike Pence head to a party with Republican donors but make an ill-fated stop at Donald J. Trump State Park along the way. What begins as general Blair Witch Project-style creepiness soon turns into an […]

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‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘South Park’ Are Haunted by Their Pasts in the Trump Era

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It’s been almost two years since Donald Trump hosted Saturday Night Live, but the shock of Lorne Michaels actually inviting him still hasn’t worn off. Yes, he had hosted in 2004 back when he seemed to be a mostly harmless reality TV blowhard, but this was after he called Mexicans rapists, made a horrific menstruation […]

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Watch Roy Wood Jr.’s Speech at the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association Dinner

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Last year, Hasan Minhaj gave an excellent speech at the annual Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association Dinner, and during last night’s ceremony another Daily Show correspondent got his turn. Despite semi-losing his voice prior to the ceremony, Roy Wood Jr. addressed the crowd of reporters and politicians with a speech centered around trust: “People, I’m […]

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Taran Killam Reflects on Donald Trump’s ‘SNL’ Hosting Stint on ‘Conan’

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Here’s a clip from last night’s Conan, where O’Brien chats with Taran Killam about some recent comments he made about working at Saturday Night Live when the show let Donald Trump host in 2015. “I think as time goes on and our current president kind of reveals his character or lack thereof, I personally have […]

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