August 07, 2015 Archive August 2015

Wait, what?! Nazi-themed romance novel about a "blond and blue-eyed Jewess" finding Christianity gets nominated for major industry award

David Hyde Pierce was the best surprise of “Wet Hot American Summer”

The GOP's mind-blowing gun-control hypocrisy: Americans have the right to bear arms — except at our debates!

Carly Fiorina nails Donald Trump in undercard debate: No one knows the principles with which he will govern

GOP undercard debate: Rick Santorum justifies breaking up immigrant families by citing "the compassion in our laws"

GOP undercard debate: Rick Santorum says same-sex marriage is no more "settled law" than Dred Scott and Congress can kill it

"I don’t like it when people say God never gives you more than you can handle": Small-town obit writer Heather Lende knows better

You'll never be able to un-see this Rick Santorum GIF

"That’s the message, that black is bad and white is right": Luther Campbell on racism, the police, bringing politics back to hip hop and how Al Gore and Bill Clinton ruined the music industry

Fox News is half-right about Jon Stewart: How the brilliant satirist of the Bush years has been undone by his BFF in the White House

The greatest sh*t-show on Earth: The 2015 Republican presidential debates

GOP undercard debate: Carly Fiorina and Bobby Jindal declared to have won the battle nobody bothered to witness

GOP undercard debate: Rick Perry denies criticizing "Ronald Raven" for his immigration policy

Rosie O'Donnell strikes back at Donald Trump after tasteless GOP debate joke

GOP debate: Chris Christie and Rand Paul get into a shouting match over surveillance

Something incredible happened when Megyn Kelly asked John Kasich if he'd accept his hypothetical gay daughter

"America is losing this debate": Twitter relentlessly mocks the GOP clown show in Cleveland

GOP debate: Donald Trump attacks Megyn Kelly for question about his history of sexist comments

GOP debate: Marco Rubio claims it's in the Constitution that abortion should be illegal even in cases of rape and incest

GOP debate: Rand Paul slams Donald Trump for refusing to pledge not to run as an independent

Celebrities and politicians salute Jon Stewart on Twitter: "Now the only comic relief left on TV is Fox News"

Donald Trump defends remarks about Mexican government sending drug-smuggling rapists across the border

Jon Stewart's epic "Daily Show" correspondent send-off: Colbert, Carell and Helms stopped in — and even Wyatt Cenac came by to make up

Jon Stewart's last "Daily Show" segment ever was absolutely perfect

Bland talking points, missed opportunities, and Donald Trump: What we learned from the first GOP debate

Stephen Colbert brought Jon Stewart to tears with this incredible "Daily Show" tribute

4 ways women are taught to hate their vaginas

America is a neoliberal horror movie: Why "They Live" is the perfect film for our depraved times

Hillary sucks up to the middle class: What her TPP flip-flop is really about

There is no such thing as an "unbiased" history class: The right-wing backlash against AP U.S. history masks a deeper problem with how and what we teach

Thank you, Jon Stewart: You had a big stage in a broken world — and you used it to say something important

"#BimboBackfire": Megyn Kelly's Facebook gets overrun by Trump supporters

In the religion of calling bullsh*t, Jon Stewart was both preacher and disciple: "If you smell something, say something"

Donald Trump declared himself winner of the GOP debate (just in case no one else did)

10 ways Bernie Sanders would make the economy work for everyone

Paul Krugman: Donald Trump's "know-nothingism" makes one pine for a "return to normal GOP hypocrisy"

Jon Stewart's parting message on "The Daily Show" is totally perfect: "Bullsh*t is everywhere"

Donald Trump: "Bimbo" Megyn Kelly behaved "unprofessionally" and "very badly personally" during GOP debate

Patton Oswalt's live-tweeting of the GOP debate is the best thing that happened last night

Kim, Kanye and Hillary Clinton snap a selfie: Ultimate #squadgoals or sign of the apocalypse?

Stop glorifying breastfeeding: Mothers don't need fairytale fantasies — we need information and support

Jon Stewart’s worst enemies take their “Daily Show” parting shots: “Good riddance, smartass”

The paranoid style of Ted Cruz: Tea Party favorite keeps McCarthyism alive in GOP debate

Fear & loathing at the GOP debates: Behold the the autocratic, xenophobic, war-hungry spectacle of the modern Republican Party

Stephen Colbert has announced his first ever "Late Show" guest

"All Lives Matter" has always been a lie: The brutality of Hiroshima and Nagasaki echoes in Ferguson and Iraq today

Donald Trump, clown prince of slime: Why are we still pretending this sexist joker is a serious candidate?

"Fantastic Four is an unmitigated garbage fire,” and 15 other terrible reviews director Josh Trank is not responsible for

Michigan Tea Partiers tried to plant "male on male paid for sex" scandal in order to "inoculate the herd" against news of their affair

Last night's debate sent Fox News' ratings through the roof

What we learned from conservatives' reaction to the GOP debate

Jon Stewart and Wyatt Cenac's "Daily Show" reunion was painfully awkward and totally worth it

They're all Todd Akin now: How the Planned Parenthood sting backfired on Republicans

#BeyBeAHERO: Twitter calls on Beyoncé to help defeat anti-LGBT discrimination in her hometown

Fox News tries to expel Donald Trump -- but last night's debate didn't finish him

Fox News' Todd Starnes condemns his employer for its shamefully liberal handling of GOP debate

Twitter won the GOP debate: A fitting tribute to Jon Stewart, who made citizen-satirists of us all

The big loser in last night's GOP debates: Our warming planet

Judge refuses to throw out fired professor Steven Salaita's case against University of Illinois-UC

Fox News' vicious Republican power grab: Why Megyn Kelly vs. Donald Trump was just the beginning

Rubbernecking the "True Detective" wreck: Can HBO salvage the season in Sunday's finale?

Valerie Plame: "Trump camp asked me to support The Donald as a way of getting back at Karl Rove"

Your "sincerely held religious beliefs" don't matter: County clerks must uphold the law and issue same-sex marriage licenses

Jeb Bush goes full Donald Trump on Obamacare: He's just as nonsensical as the GOP's carnival barker

Watch "Broad City's" Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer in the best "Lip Sync Battle" yet

Requiem for a club: What we lose when intimate music venues close