Sunday, March 19 – I love John’s
gobsmacked frustration at Trump refusing to shake Angela Merkel’s hand. So petty, so bizarre. More on the wire-tapping claims, including
Trump blaming a British agency and arguing that he was just repeating what a
conspiracy-touting “legal mind” said on Fox.
Good main story on the proposed federal budget. John looked at the inhumane list of programs
whose funding Trump wants to reduce or eliminate, mostly in the name of added
defense spending (his answer to “coal miners and single moms shouldn’t have to
pay for PBS” was impeccable,) but he focused more on its haphazard insanity and
how cutting from programs that make up .2% of the budget is less business savvy
and more dick move. Finally, in search
of a happy story, John gave us Bolivia’s “traffic zebra” mascots who promote
road safety, his joy at their existence, and a traffic zebra in front of a
green screen, whereby to improve any video.
Monday, March 20 – Some good jokes on
North Korea’s latest missile launch test, which is a strange sentence to
write. We got updated predictions on
“who’s the real president,” with Fox News claiming the top slot this time. The evidence for this is depressingly
convincing, and the clip of Trump telling the press ask Fox about the whole
wire-tapping thing (since he was just repeating what they said) was the perfect cap.
I loved Trevor’s impression:
“Talk to Fox, don’t ask me – I just work here.” The show also covered the hearing with FBI Director Comey, specifically the part where a congressman asked him to comment on
Trump’s (fallacious) livetweeting of the hearing. Remind me again what world we’re living
in? I enjoyed the guest, Egyptian
political satirist Bassem Youssef. The
montage he shared of Egyptians fawning over Trump was crazy, and I was
interested in his experience doing satire during a revolution.
Tuesday, March 21 – We opened on
Republicans who dragged Obama for golfing now insisting that Trump’s golf
weekends are all about political work on behalf of the American people. The montage of campaign Trump waxing about
how he’ll probably never see a golf course again because he’ll be working so
hard was great. Trevor then hit a whirlwind of headlines that scarcely have time to get any focus due to nonstop
news: a TSA electronics ban from certain
Middle East countries, Neil Gorsuch’s hearing, Tomi Lahren’s not-a-suspension
from The Blaze, and Ivanka Trump security clearance despite not having an
actual government job. Jordan did yet
another Trump rally field piece, trying to work out why a president is
campaigning barely two months into his presidency (the supporters he
interviewed were not a fount of knowledge.)
Journalist Dahlia Lithwick was the guest, talking Neil Gorsuch and
(more) partisan hypocrisy.
Wednesday, March 22 – Amusing opening
blurb on a South African soccer player who mistakenly thanked both his wife and
his girlfriend in an interview – whoops!
Glad the show touched on the African summit, wherein every African participant
had their visa denied by the US. Trevor’s
“business as usual” assessment of Africa’s relations with the West felt very
apt. The clips of Republican Senators
palling around with Neil Gorsuch at his confirmation hearing was gross. The other points of the story felt kind of
slapdash, but that part definitely hit home for me. Roy and Hasan gave a “Third Month Mania”
update, highlighting a few of the Trump tweets in the “Sad 16” bracket. And while CHIPS
doesn’t tempt me in the slightest, the interview with Michael Peña was
great. I loved his anecdote about
learning to ride a motorcycle for the film, and his remarks about immigration
and his family were heartfelt and on point.
Thursday, March 23 – Another lightning round of headlines. I loved Trevor’s
observation that he feels drunk after reading extended Trump quotes (re: his TIME interview,) and he touched on the
possibility of Gorsuch’s confirmation being filibustered and Paul Manafort’s
Russian ties. He slowed down for the
(non-)vote on the healthcare bill, again taking the GOP to task for not having
its ducks in a row after seven years of gnashing its teeth over the Affordable
Care Act. I like that Trevor keeps
coming back to this point. There’s
plenty to examine overall, but it’s also worth noting how shoddy it is just
from that professional standpoint. Ronny
had a hilarious desk piece on an Australian guy who jumped into crocodile-infested
waters to impress a woman – his disdain for the guy’s stupidity was beautiful. Swedish musician Zara Larsson was the
guest. I didn’t go in expecting a
conversation about condoms, but it turned out to be pretty amusing.
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