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Jan 12, 2025 | 
msnbc.com | Jacques Berlinerblau
In his new comedy special, “Is Anyone Else Seeing This?” which premiered Friday night on Max, comedian Bill Maher trundled though the issues that obsess him: Donald Trump, wokeness and liberals, trans people and drag queens, freedom of speech and “cancel culture,” religion, those with larger body sizes and kids these days.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | Jacques Berlinerblau
3 hours agoIslamabad (AFP) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders on Sunday not to "legitimise" the Afghan Taliban government and to "show true leadership" by opposing their curbs on women and girls' education. "Do not legitimise them," she said at a summit on girls' education in …
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
compactmag.com | Jacques Berlinerblau
A federal judge last week granted a preliminary injunction against a new California law prohibiting the use of AI-generated deepfakes in political advertisements. This bill and two others like it have incurred the wrath of some on the right, including that of the Babylon Bee, the conservative satirical magazine.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
msn.com | Jacques Berlinerblau
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
msnbc.com | Jacques Berlinerblau
“When you’re a public figure,” sighed Ellen DeGeneres in “For Your Approval,” her new Netflix special, “you’re open to everyone’s interpretation.” The comedian was reflecting on the radical and somewhat savage reinterpretation of her image after allegations of “racism, fear, and intimidation” on the set of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” were published by BuzzFeed in 2020. She went from being beloved (or is that pronounced belove-ED?
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
compactmag.com | Jacques Berlinerblau
As the fall 2024 college semester begins, let us not forget how the spring 2024 semester ended. To refresh your memory, protests about the war in Gaza convulsed campuses across the country. There was cancellation of in-person classes, cancellation of graduation exercises, complaints of anti-Semitism, complaints of Islamophobia, faculty rage, sporadic violence, police intervention, cantankerous exchanges with elected officials, and gunplay. And that was just at Columbia University.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
msn.com | Jacques Berlinerblau
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
msnbc.com | Jacques Berlinerblau
Jon Stewart, who hosted “The Daily Show’s” wrap-up of the Democratic National Convention, had his work cut out for him Thursday night. To start, he had to follow the strong comedic acts that preceded him. “I guess Donald Trump will finally know,” quipped a repentant D.L. Hughley during his address, “what it’s like when you get left for a younger woman.” That was pretty good! Not necessarily a “third-degree Ginsburn,” but a burn nonetheless.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Jacques Berlinerblau
Rambling Trump Gets Cut Off by Fox News as He Rants About Harris' DNC SpeechDonald Trump had a lot of things he wanted to get off his chest on Thursday night (August 22) following Vice President Kamala Harris‘ speech at the …
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
msnbc.com | Jacques Berlinerblau
Joe Rogan, the podcast superstar who’s come under fire at times for slinging racial slurs and spreading conspiracy theories, performed a live one-hour Netflix comedy special Saturday night. Looking like a jacked-up Uncle Fester of The Adams Family, the insanely popular Rogan delivered exactly the comedic content that his many fans (and critics) assumed he would. Let’s put it this way: Little that transpired in “Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats” pushed artistic boundaries.
