This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
Phil Lipari
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Pharmacology researcher neurodegenerative disease and oncology background. Pro science. Film music lover. Science Fiction and anime fan. Progressive, anti-fascist.
“The real victims of this war on the press are members of the public, which are entitled to know about what their government is doing.”
“War on the Press”: Trump Bans CNN, MS NOW & Politico from White House over Critical Coverage
News organizations CNN, MS NOW and Politico are suing the Trump administration over the banning of their reporters from the White House on Friday. Their credentials were confiscated or deactivated whe...
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Two men deported from the United States to Equatorial Guinea were arrested by local police forces and transferred to a prison earlier this month for speaking out about the inhumane conditions endured by U.S. deportees at the hotel and threats by armed forces.
“Extraordinary Rendition All Over Again”: U.S. Deportees Sent to Equatorial Guinea Beaten, Imprisoned
Two men deported from the United States to Equatorial Guinea were arrested by local police forces and transferred to a prison earlier this month, in apparent retaliation for speaking out about conditi...
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The new one-woman show "America, Who Hurt You?" is about "restoring the history that has intentionally been erased.”
“America, Who Hurt You?”: Emmy-Winning Performer Sarah Jones on New NY Solo Show & Art as Resistance
Sarah Jones has been described as “a one-woman global village” for her remarkable one-person, multi-character shows. The Tony- and Obie Award-winning writer and performer is best known for her Broadwa...
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“ICE has been terrorizing our country for far too long,” said Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar, who represents the district where the shooting occurred. www.commondreams.org/news/ice-sho...
'This Violence Cannot Continue': ICE Shooting of Man in Austin Sparks Outrage | Common Dreams
"ICE has been terrorizing our country for far too long," said Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar, who represents the district where the shooting occurred.
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Tariffs are a tax on imported goods whose cost is passed down to people by higher prices on goods.
Rightardia@rightardia.bsky.social · 12h agoTB Times editorial cartoons
North Carolina Republicans tricked a man who thought he was in an ad against gun violence & instead used it to attack Governor Cooper who is running for the Senate. ncnewsline.com/2026/08/31/n...
NC father at center of US Senate ad says he was ‘swindled’ by GOP political operatives • NC Newsline
Ronald Hayes was cautious when he talked to a reporter this week about the political TV advertisement he appears in, talking about the death of his son Shemar, a college football player who was murder...
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Resist! www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Thousands join protest outside Kennedy Center, expressing concern that Trump might tear it down
Friday's event followed a tumultuous week in federal courts in Washington where filings and counter-filings flooded the courts as the administration continues pushing for the president’s vanity projec...
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How long can this insanity go on? The fact that people thought a reality TV star, con man & convicted felon would be good as a president shows you the power of both propaganda & those with an authoritarian mindset in the USA. Racism & sexism play a roll here as well. newrepublic.com/article/2156...
Why Trump May Not Serve Out His Presidency
He will only get crazier, and at some point Republicans will cut their losses.
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No word here on the US plan to dismantle the International Criminal Court, a Court approved by the Irish people who added it to the Constitution 25 yeas ago.
Taoiseach to focus on multilateralism in address to UN
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he will focus on asserting multilateralism in the context of conflict and war when he addresses the UN General Assembly later this week.
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Follow the money if one can. Member countries for Don the Con's “Board of Peace” are supposed to contribute $1 billion dollars but money isn't going to the World Bank but to some private account. Trump is head of the board for life. Is it all grift? www.npr.org/2026/06/01/n...
Funds for Trump's Board of Peace aren't in World Bank account. So where are they?
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Financial Times reporter Abigail Hauslohner about the funding of President Trump's Board of Peace to oversee Gaza's reconstruction.
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That threat is just another lie to add to the long list of lies.
So this week we've learned: 1) The AI goons CONFESSED they were committing the biggest theft in history. 2) The data centers really are sucking up all the energy during an energy shock. 3) AI almost caused a World War.
Simon McGarr@tupped.bsky.social · 2d agoOh, this is a useful set of statistics. You can use it to assess just what sort of numbers of JOBS the Government means when it says we need the data centres in Ireland for the JOBS. You’d create more employment running a small chain of centras.
sneak peek at next week's strange new worlds finale
Trump demolished the East Wing, wrecked the Reflecting Pool, and made The Arts of War statues look as if they belong outside a P. F. Chang’s. Congress has advertised that America at 250 cannot discipline an 80-year-old man-child, much less lead the world anymore. digbysblog.net/2026/09/18/t...
The Trump Trainwreck - Digby's Hullabaloo
Where the hell is Congress? One more time. Image via ChatGpt. Base photo 2013 byAnita Mishra via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). Has Donald Trump proposed painting over sculptures and portraits in t...
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I know we're not supposed to react to this nonsense but every once in a while I see it and I get a chill down my spine. The fact that this country is *paralyzed* by this bizarre freakshow every day shows that our decline is so precipitous that it's hard to imagine how we can pull out of it.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTrump claims Trumpapalooza had 4 times the audience of the NFL opener 😭😆
WASH POST: "More U.S. Troops Have Died Amid (Trump's Pointless) Iran War Than Pentagon Has Disclosed" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
