Colbert Suggests a New Name for FEMA

“The Colbert Report” host, fresh off his career-making roast of President Bush, comes up with a way to save the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Posted on May 4, 2006

Jon Stewart Debriefs Madeleine Albright

“The Daily Show” host gets the skinny from the former secretary of state on Bush’s “consultation” with over a dozen former White House advisors. Scary part: Albright says Bush was exactly the way he sounds on TV.

Posted on May 4, 2006

A Tale of Two Bushes

Check out the gag routine that Bush and a presidential impersonator did during Sunday’s correspondents’ dinner. It’s funny, but a lot safer than the Stephen Colbert roast that followed it.

Posted on May 2, 2006

Colbert Does ‘60 Minutes’

Morley Safer profiles Stephen Colbert in the wake of his take-no-prisoners roast of President Bush. Watch for the bit about the origins of “truthiness.”

Posted on May 1, 2006 7 COMMENTS

Songs of Protest

The Nation magazine notes that just as Bob Dylan moved the Vietnam era, many modern-day acts are eloquently and forcefully calling for change in America.
An audio/video sampling of protest:

Posted on Apr 28, 2006 14 COMMENTS

Colbert Takes a Ride on a GOP Road

Georgia Republican Congressman Phil Gingrey seconds Colbert’s motion that homosexuals shouldn’t be allowed to “gay up” the highways.

Posted on Apr 28, 2006 2 COMMENTS

Schwarzenegger & Celebs: ‘Stop the Madness’ on Drugs

This 1985 anti-drug music video was the only such work to ever be sponsored by the White House. Featuring Ah-nold, Whitney Houston, David Hasselhoff and Nancy Reagan, it is a bygone, cheesy reminder of the nation’s fight against drugs.

Posted on Apr 28, 2006

Colbert to Kristol: ‘Which Dictator Do We Take Down Next?’

“The Colbert Report” host achieves what few traditional media interviewers can do: make neocon leader William Kristol stammer and sweat about his support for the Iraq invasion.

Posted on Apr 28, 2006 5 COMMENTS

Jon Stewart: ‘Holy Crap, We’re Going to War With Iran’

After Donald Rumsfeld dismissed reports of a possible strike on Iran by mockingly saying, “Henny penny the sky is falling...” Jon Stewart spanked the secretary of defense with a clip of him using the same phrase three years ago--to mock the idea that Iraq was descending into chaos.

Posted on Apr 21, 2006 8 COMMENTS

Nuclear Showdown in Nevada

The government will detonate a massive amount of conventional explosives to figure out the math on a tactical nuclear weapon--perhaps to be used on Iran, warns Air America host Randi Rhodes.

Posted on Apr 20, 2006 12 COMMENTS

‘I’m the Decider and I Decide What Is Best’

Watch the president utter the remark that became a classic the moment it left his lips.

Posted on Apr 19, 2006 13 COMMENTS

Jack In to ‘The Meatrix II’

The creators behind the critically acclaimed Matrix satire, “The Meatrix,” have produced an equally engaging sequel, which continues to shine a harsh light on the conditions endured by animals on industrial farms. Watch it.

Posted on Apr 14, 2006 1 COMMENT

Cheney Gets Booed at Baseball Game

The vice president draws hisses and jeers as he throws out the season-opening pitch at a Washington Nationals game.

Posted on Apr 12, 2006 8 COMMENTS

David Shuster Dissects the Spin on Leakgate

Watch for the classic video clips of Bush claiming that he didn’t know who was leaking sensitive information.

Posted on Apr 12, 2006 1 COMMENT

Chris Matthews to DeLay: ‘I Owe You’

That’s what the “Hardball” host tells the disgraced representative in a not-meant-for-airing exchange surfaced by the Huffington Post. Also see the sexist comment DeLay made about Hillary Clinton. (video)

Posted on Apr 5, 2006 9 COMMENTS

Stewart Lambastes Cheney’s Demands

Jon Stewart is at his inspired best riffing on Dick Cheney’s list of hospitality demands.

Posted on Mar 27, 2006 4 COMMENTS

Why We Fight

If you are troubled by the symbiotic relationship between military contractors and military planners--as Eisenhower was--don’t miss the acclaimed documentary, “Why We Fight.”
Check out:

Posted on Mar 23, 2006 5 COMMENTS

Kevin Phillips Warns of Religious Fanatics

Kevin Phillips, in-demand author of “American Theocracy,” says--dead seriously--that many Americans don’t worry about the economy because they’re waiting for the second coming of Christ. Watch it.

Posted on Mar 22, 2006 18 COMMENTS

Top Climate Scientist Ravages Bush on ‘60 Minutes’

NASA scientist James Hansen says that in three decades of government work, he has “never witnessed such restrictions on the ability of scientists to communicate with the public.”

Posted on Mar 21, 2006 5 COMMENTS

Stewart Jabs Bush Over Iran Bombs Claim

Jon Stewart lays it out in technicolor: Bush had no solid backing for his claim that Iran is providing the deadly Iraqi roadside bombs. (As Truthdig also pointed out two days ago.)

Posted on Mar 17, 2006 8 COMMENTS

Abu Ghraib Victim Exploiting His Own Torture?

NFL star Tiki Barber, a “Fox & Friends” guest host, asserted that an Abu Ghraib torture victim is “taking advantage” of his past by heading a prisoners’ rights group.

Posted on Mar 16, 2006

NYT’s John Burns on Civil War In Iraq

The N.Y. Times’ Baghdad bureau chief tells Bill Maher it appears “improbable” that the U.S. effort in Iraq will reach “a satisfactory conclusion.”

Posted on Mar 15, 2006 4 COMMENTS

Feingold Dresses Down CNN’s Soledad O’Brien

The Wisconsin senator says that the CNN host has been intimidated by the RNC into believing that there exists a serious legal debate over the legality of the president’s spying program.
DailyKos has more.

Posted on Mar 14, 2006 10 COMMENTS

Anatomy Lesson

Posted on Mar 13, 2006 5 COMMENTS

Watch Santorum Squirm

The Pennsylvania senator basically lies on camera when asked to explain why a lobbyist is running one of his charities.

Posted on Mar 12, 2006