Sunday, June 12 – First up was Comey’s
testimony. I enjoyed the montage of Fox
News folks unsure how to spin it in Trump’s favor, Trump’s baffling claim that
the testimony was full of lies and
completely vindicated him, and John’s endless supply of “tall Comey”
jokes. The main story was on the U.K.elections and the upcoming Brexit negotiations.
The bizarre analogies newscasters gave to describe the difference
between “hard” and “soft” Brexit were indeed bizarre, and John, naturally did a
much better job of laying out the importance of the difference and just how
difficult it’s gong to be to figure out everything that needs to be settled in
the next two years. He also had some
scathing remarks for Theresa May and delighted over the more offbeat elements
of the election, culminating in an appearance from oddball candidate “Lord
Buckethead” himself.
Monday, June 13 – After a quick update
on Saddam Hussein’s favorite diva (it was Mary J. Blige, by the way,) it was
straight into the aftermath of the Comey testimony. Trevor covered the lies/vindicated tweet as
well as Trump’s eager offer to testify himself.
The show also looked at the “top five” Republican defenses for Trump’s
behavior with Comey, which were staggering.
Awesome jokes here – I loved Trevor’s in-depth explanation of how you
know the phrase “I hope” is a threat, and his plan for undocumented immigrants
to use Paul Ryan’s “I’m new to this” excuse was great. Next was a piece on people in the Trump camp
being quick to brush off his tweets to the news media, the old “Twitter doesn’t count” routine. Roxane Gay was the
guest, and her discussion with Trevor – about her new memoir about her body/her
weight – was honest and unflinching.
Tuesday, June 14 – First up was the
hubbub over a production of Julius Caesar
with a Trump look-alike; good on Trevor for bringing up a past Obama-themed
production. The next story looked at a
few different things, contrasting news “theater” with other, less exciting news. There were the rumors (and that’s
all for now – rumors) of Trump wanting to fire Robert Mueller and Jeff
Sessions’s testimony before Congress, in which he hamfistedly wriggled out of
all manner of questions. But, Trevor
emphasized, while the media has been eating up these stories, there was little
mention of a vote to repeal the Dodd-Frank Act.
Roy reported on the latest news about the Russian hackers, unwittingly
suggesting that U.S. hackers need to step their game up. I really enjoyed the interview with Selenis Leyva from Orange is the New Black;
she had some nice stuff to share about the show and the work she’s done with
incarcerated women.
Wednesday, June 15 – The show opened,
naturally, with the shooting in Virginia.
Trevor applauded the bipartisan unity in Congress and shook his head at
Newt Gringrich’s tasteless response.
Good story on the sexual harassment issues at Uber, marked by a sexist
joke caught on tape during a meeting
about addressing the issue. Michelle
came on to dispel the idea that women talking/interrupting more than men,
despite the persistence of that myth.
Next, Trevor floated a few ideas for Fox News now that they’re dropping
the “Fair and Balanced” slogan (“4chan for Old People” was my favorite) before
moving onto Trump’s “birthday present” of being sued by 200 congressmen. I loved Trevor’s riff on the word “emoluments,”
as well as his comments on the emphatic wording about it in the Constitution. Fun, bonkers interview with rapper Vince Staples, who was all over the place with random facts/tidbits – very entertaining.
Thursday, June 16 – Trevor touched
briefly on the investigation into possible obstruction of justice before
turning to the Senate’s shadowy dealings re: the healthcare bill. I agree that not including any Democrats in
the committee for the bill and refusing to let them even see it but still saying they’re “including” Democrats
in the process is gangsta, and with Mitch McConnell, we got to play another
round of “watch how the politician completely reverses their stance when it’s
something their side is doing.” Hasan had a great segment on the
Authorization for Use of Military Force.
Very informative – I had a ballpark understanding of the law but didn’t
know all the specifics. I enjoyed the
Just Because interview with Whoopi Goldberg, although I could noticeably feel
the editing. I was especially interested
in her comments on The View and
people’s perceptions of relationships between women; wished we’d gotten more of
that.
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