Politics
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Seth Meyers Says Mike Johnson Is ‘Just as Crazy as Trump,’ They Just Have Different Styles: ‘Trump Is Jigsaw, Johnson Is Dexter’ (Video)
Johnson has “a normal, mild-mannered, moderate voice the Republicans think will make him easier to stomach,” the NBC host says
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Artforum Editor-in-Chief Fired Over Magazine’s Open Letter About Israel-Hamas Conflict
The publishers of the Penske-owned publication say the letter wasn’t “consistent” with editorial standards
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Stephen Colbert Reimagines New House Speaker Mike Johnson as a Right-Wing ‘Magic Mike’ (Video)
But “MAGA Mike,” because Johnson is a is a very enthusiastic Donald Trump supporter and 2020 election denier
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Megyn Kelly Says It’s ‘Pointless’ to Spend Time Debating Gun Reform After Maine Mass Shooting: ‘They’re Not Going Away’ (Video)
Instead, she advocates for “jail-like” mental health facilities “in which civil liberties are going to have to be bent a bit”
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‘The View’ Host Joy Behar Torches Mike Johnson’s ‘Mild-Mannered’ Vibe: ‘Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan Have the Decency to LOOK Evil’
“This guy is like a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” the ABC host seethes
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Jimmy Fallon Explains Who New House Speaker Mike Johnson Is: If ‘Nominees Were ‘Star Wars’ Characters, He’s Their Jar Jar’ (Video)
“Republicans said Mike Johnson is their first choice — after the first 10 choices lost,” the NBC host mocks
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‘Morning Joe’: John Kirby Says Biden Is ‘Grieving’ With Maine Shooting Victims: ‘Get These Weapons of War Off the Street’
“It just goes to speak to the effort that we need to apply, certainly in legislation, to get more done,” Kirby says
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Seth Meyers Thinks GOP Chose Unknown Speaker ‘Hoping to Bore Everyone Into Forgetting How Extreme He Is’ (Video)
“When you Google him, you’re going to need to put in more information than just the name,” the NBC host mocks
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Jimmy Kimmel Mocks GOP ‘Groveling’ for Trump: ‘He’s Not El Chapo, OK?’ (Video)
The ABC late night host also glees in the ex-president’s legal troubles in his Wednesday night monologue
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Stephen Colbert Has Existential Crisis Over ‘Another Boring White Guy With Glasses’ as House Speaker: ‘Am I Mike Johnson?’ (Video)
The CBS late night host jokes that Johnson has the support of all GOP factions including “horny Beetlejuice goblins”
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New House Speaker Mike Johnson Dubbed ‘Jim Jordan With a Jacket and a Smile’ by MSNBC
“He’s third in line for the presidency and he doesn’t believe the current president is legally elected,” correspondent Ali Vitali says
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Chris Christie Says Trump ‘Set Up the Circumstances’ for Ukraine Invasion: ‘Constant Coddling and Kissing of Vladimir Putin’ (Video)
The GOP field’s anti-Trump candidate also tells Piers Morgan the former president failed to give Ukraine “the weapons they needed”
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Stephen Colbert Torches GOP House Speaker Drama: ‘Inability to Do Even the Simplest Legislative Function’ (Video)
“Not so much a legislative body as a flaming bag of poop left on the Capitol’s doorstep,” the late night host quipped in Tuesday night’s opening monologue
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Nancy Pelosi Urges GOP to ‘Take Back Your Party’ From ‘Thug’ Donald Trump (Video)
“Who am I to be advocating for a strong Republican party, but it’s what our country needs” the former Democratic House Speaker tells MSNBC
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Mitt Romney’s Nastiest Slams of ‘Trump Republicans’ Highlighted by MSNBC: ‘No Warmth’ Ron DeSantis, ‘Scary’ Ted Cruz (Video)
“Something in him just snapped” after Jan. 6, the Utah senator’s biographer tells Alex Wagner