Sunday, October 7 – Most of the “quick
recap from the week,” naturally, was on Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Lowlights included Trump talking about what a
“scary time” it is for men and Mitch McConnell deriding the Democrats’
attempted “obstruction” of the confirmation, which John juxtaposed with a clip
of him crowing about how one of his “proudest” moments was blocking Merrick
Garland’s nomination. The main story was
on Brazil’s elections. Every time a
would-be world leader is referred to as “the Trump of _________,” I feel a
little more nauseated; I wasn’t very familiar with Jair Bolsonaro, but John did
a good job acquainting me with his terribleness, from his plan to reduce crime
by arming more Brazilians to telling a female colleague (on camera!) that she
wasn’t “worth” raping to espousing disturbing views about LGTBQ folks. Why do we see this same story echoing in so
many countries?
Tuesday, October 9 – Opening blurbs on
climate change (I loved the joke about Marvel having a better long-term plan
than planet Earth,) the Banksy painting that got shredded at auction (just so
you know, Trevor is totally not Banksy,) and Melania Trump in Africa (fun bit
with Trevor imagining her picking up the accent.) Next up was Kavanaugh’s confirmation and the subsequent
victory lap from the GOP. Trump
apologizing for Kavanaugh on TV for his “pain and suffering” and declaring that
the FBI investigation “proved him innocent” was obscene. Good story on celebrity political endorsements, touching on Kanye West as the official “rapper of the alt-right”
and Taylor Swift speaking about her views on social media. The guest, writer Mark Leibovitch, discussed
his new book on the NFL; the clash he described between mostly-Black players
and mostly-white fans/owners was interesting.
Wednesday, October 10 – Good bit on how
hurricanes need scarier names to make people take them seriously, and I loved
the joke that teenagers trick-or-treating without costumes is really just a “soft
robbery.” After a quick blurb on a woman
and her “emotional-support squirrel” getting kicked off a plane, we looked at
Nikki Haley’s exit as UN ambassador, from Trump grossly saying she made the
position more “glamorous” to a montage of how Haley fit Trump’s vision of an
ideal UN ambassador, picking fights with other countries and essentially vowing
to take names and hold grudes. Next up
was the Georgia governor race, with Roy reporting on Stacey Abrams’s
chances. I’d seen incumbent Nathan Deal’s
ads about driving a pickup in case he needs to round up “criminal illegals”
before, and they’re still awful. John Cena was the guest, pumping up the crowd before talking about his foray into
writing a children’s book.
Thursday, October 11 – We opened on Kanye West’s bizarre sit-down at the Oval Office, saying among other things that Hillary
Clinton didn’t make him feel like “a guy who could play catch with his son”(?) We also had amusing bits on a solar-powered
drug tunnel across the border and Melania Trump declaring herself “the most
bullied person in the world.” New
correspondent Jaboukie was great in his first piece, schooling “vintage
millennial” Trevor on why young people aren’t excited to vote. Good story on fearmongering about “leftist mobs” (i.e. protesters) endangering senators; I loved how Trevor pointed out
that, by getting up in arms over the “when they go low, we kick ‘em” comment, Fox
News is just admitting that they’re going low.
I liked the interview with Nicole Chung; I’ve recently read a couple
articles about her memoir on her transracial adoption, and I think she has a
lot of excellent stuff to say.
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