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  1. last night on late night
    SNL Says Bye to Season 44 With Alec Baldwin, Robert De Niro, and QueenDon’t stop the Trump administration, they’re having such a good time.
    By Bethy Squires
  2. party report
    SNL Alum Taran Killam Imagines What Would Happen If Trump Returned to Host“Brutally unfunny.”
    By Taylor Ferber
  3. year in culture 2018
    Book Publishing’s No Good, Very Good Year of TrumpIn 2018, publishers cried about the president all the way to the bank.
    By Lila Shapiro
  4. last night on late night
    Saudi Arabia Might Be Trump’s Best and Only FriendThanks to, ya know, all the money.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  5. politics
    BMI Informs Trump Campaign They Can No Longer Play Rihanna’s MusicThe organization reportedly removed the singer’s work from the Trump campaign’s blanket music license.
    By Halle Kiefer
  6. trump
    Alec Baldwin Says ‘Black People Love Me’ Since Playing TrumpHe also reflects on #MeToo.
    By Megh Wright
  7. trump
    Family Guy Will Have Trump Prey on Meg and We’re Already So Tired“We’re just playing to what Trump has already confessed to, say, on a bus.”
    By Megh Wright
  8. #metoo
    In Defense of Al Franken, Chelsea Handler Points Out She’s Groped Many People“That’s not rape.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  9. a long talk
    MSNBC’s Ari Melber Wants to Bring Hip-hop to Cable NewsThe host of The Beat explains why “culture is everywhere” in the Trump era — especially the nightly news.
    By Josef Adalian
  10. close reads
    Mission: Impossible — Fallout Is the Perfect Movie for Our Summer of UnrealityIn pop culture and politics, the line between truth and fiction has blurred almost beyond recognition.
    By Jen Chaney
  11. sunday funday
    CBS Evening News Anchor Jeff Glor Bags Two Surprise Sit-Downs With TrumpFormer CNN host Piers Morgan also scored an interview.
    By Trupti Rami
  12. What Does Russia Look Like, Now?Putin, as bad as he is, is well within the mainstream of Russian politics. Whereas Trump is a radical fringe figure.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  13. last night on late night
    Samantha Bee: Trump ‘Fixed’ Child-Separation Policy ‘With the Next Worst Thing’“Who knew conservatives were so sensitive about the C-word? I should make a note of that.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  14. books
    Fire and Fury Publisher on Trump Memo: ‘How Do You Say ‘F You’ to the President’“I knew people would see it.”
    By BORIS KACHKA
  15. You Better Believe Omarosa Will Be Serving Trump Tea at the Big Brother HouseShe says she was “haunted” by his tweets.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  16. last night on late night
    Late Night Skewers Trump’s State of the Union: ‘I Have to Say, He Did All White’Samantha Bee, Trevor Noah, and Seth Meyers had responses to the speech.
    By Jackson McHenry
  17. my next guest needs no introduction
    David Letterman and Barack Obama Avoid Talking About Trump on New Netflix SeriesBoth make occasional reference to the country’s current fraught political climate, but neither mentions the current president directly.
    By Jackson McHenry
  18. Eminem Is Taking On Donald Trump, But Does It Matter?Maybe he could make a difference.
    By Frank Guan
  19. Will & Grace’s Best Trump Joke Is Its SettingSitcom sets are a crucial, meaningful element of the genre.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  20. Trump’s ‘Sweet Valley High’ Spec Novel Notes, by Kit Lively Donna is a smart, beautiful, popular girl. Really, really big boobs, maybe? But they let her be head cheerleader anyway, because she can do […]
    By Brian Boone
  21. timelines
    A History of Donald Trump’s Obsession With TV Ratings He’s been creating alternative ratings facts for years.
    By Josef Adalian
  22. We’re Approaching a Major Turning Point in Trump-Era Pop CultureTrump parallels in movies and TV will soon be intentional instead of just coincidental.
    By Mark Harris
  23. last night on late night
    Samantha Bee Gives the Scoop on the Men Behind Trump’s Voter Fraud CommissionMeet the men leading Trump’s crusade for voter “integrity.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  24. A Horrifying Parody Series That May Be TrueToday, Splitsider has the dubious honor of premiering the third and most recent episode of Modern Aliens: A Documentary Periodical, written and […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  25. Clay Aiken: Trump Didn’t Actually Decide Who Got Fired From Celebrity Apprentice“It was very much, ‘I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV.’”
    By Hunter Harris
  26. FAQs About the New Health Care Law’s “Tremendous Vampire Bats” Mandate, by […] Will the “tremendous vampire bats” mandate affect me and my family? Perhaps. President Trump’s replacement health care law requires every […]
    By Brian Boone
  27. protests
    Protesters Interrupt Shakespeare in the Park’s Trump-Like Julius Caesar AgainThe production closed Sunday night.
    By Jackson McHenry
  28. last night on late night
    Seth Meyers Proves That Reporters Saying ‘Hookers’ Was a Comey-Hearing HighlightIt looks like Wolf Blitzer had a lot of fun saying “hookers.”
    By Tim McGovern
  29. Alec Baldwin Impersonates His Latest Trump Target: Rex TillersonFrom a staged reading of Trump’s cabinet hearings, All the President’s Men?
    By Jackson McHenry
  30. white house correspondents’ dinner
    The Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj Will Host the White House Correspondents’ DinnerThe event is scheduled for April 29, and Trump is not planning to attend.
    By Jackson McHenry
  31. passionate pleas
    Read Julie Andrews’s Passionate Plea to President Trump to Keep Funding the ArtsA spoonful of compassion makes this crappy world make sense.
    By Kaitlin Fontana
  32. live streams
    Shia LaBeouf’s Anti-Trump Livestream Shut Down Over Safety ConcernsHE WILL NOT DIVIDE US has met its end.
    By Jackson McHenry
  33. the daily show
    The Daily Show’s Head Writer on How Trump Has Changed the Way They Work“It’s refreshing to be hit with a firehose constantly. It’ll be very energizing until we all have heart attacks in a few weeks.”
    By Jen Chaney
  34. House of Cards Creator Calls for Trump’s Impeachment“When in the course of American history it becomes necessary for the people to save our Nation from a Tyrant.”
    By Emma Barrie
  35. The Age of Message Comedy Lots of comedians I follow on Twitter haven’t joked in months, and it’s not because they don’t funny ideas. It’s because of articles like […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  36. schwarzenegger v. trump
    Schwarzenegger Criticizes Trump’s Muslim Ban“It’s crazy and makes us look stupid.”
    By Emma Barrie
  37. bad timing
    Trump Hosts Finding Dory ScreeningIt’s that really sad movie about a lost fish trying to reunite with her parents.
    By Emma Barrie
  38. hollywood signs
    Trump Thinks Journalists Should Act Like Publicists and GhostwritersAnd journalists who sully his reputation are failing at their jobs.
    By Mark Harris
  39. celebrity impersonators
    Alec Baldwin to Host SNL for 17th Time Alternative fact: Alec Baldwin has never hosted SNL.
    By Emma Barrie
  40. the eminem show
    Revisiting Eminem’s ‘White America,’ 15 Years LaterThe first verse is a perfect fit for the movement Trump has set in motion.
    By Frank Guan
  41. protest songs
    Prepare for 1,000 Days of Protest SongsA new song will be added each weekday for the next four years.
    By Jackson McHerny
  42. Comedians as Activists in the Era of Trump In his 2012 book, Tortured Artists, Christopher Zara examines the mental anguish that has plagued some of the most revered artists in […]
    By Michael Stahl
  43. may god be with us all
    The Purge Already Used Trump’s 2020 SloganRead into this what you will.
    By Emma Barrie
  44. Van Jones and Ava DuVernay Talk Politics“I’m challenged by the idea that we are not holding people accountable for their votes.”
    By Emma Barrie
  45. Steve Harvey Met With Donald Trump to Talk About … Housing Issues?Two TV hosts, one mission.
    By Emma Barrie
  46. chat room
    Kenya Barris on Creating Black-ish’s Election Episode in Record Time“We’re used to things not going our way.”
    By E. Alex Jung
  47. party chats
    Viola Davis Won’t Dignify a Trump Question By Talking About Him“I will, believe it or not, remove Trump from the equation, because it’s bigger than him.”
    By E. Alex Jung
  48. Finding Energy in Despair with the National ‘What a Joke’ Fest In those first few days after the election, it felt like everything everybody said pretty much just boiled down to “What do we do?” Comics […]
    By Philip Stamato
  49. How Comedy Dealt With the Shit Sandwich That Was 2016 Comedy is tragedy plus time. But in this abattoir of a year, there hasn’t been enough time between tragedies for the dang formula to work. […]
    By Bethy Squires
  50. apocalyptic scenarios
    Michael Moore: ‘Trump Is Gonna Get Us Killed’“Don’t forget that date and his hubris as we bury the dead next year.”
    By E. Alex Jung
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