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John Oliver came in hot on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight recapping Donald Trump’s “busy” week which included the largest single-state ICE raid, retweeting conspiracy theories about the death of Jeffrey Epstein and his visit to the sites of last week’s mass shootings where there was footage of him at an El Paso bragging…

President Barack Obama has weighed in on the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio over the weekend, saying, “Until all of us stand up and insist on holding public officials accountable for changing our gun laws, these tragedies will keep happening.” He also called out “the racist language coming out of the mouths of our…

The National Rifle Association has ceased production of broadcasting arm NRATV and has severed business ties with the advertising firm – Ackerman McQueen- that operated the TV channel. News of the shut-down was broken last night by The New York Times with the publication of a memo written by NRA chief executive Wayne…

UPDATE, with video: “My next guest tonight has an F rating from the NRA,” Stephen Colbert beamed as he introduced New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to Late Show the evening after the latest mass shooting, this time in Thousand Oaks, CA. Colbert kicked off the interview Thursday noting how commonplace it has become in…

Tom Selleck, the star of CBS’ Blue Bloods, has resigned from his post on the board of directors at the NRA. His publicist confirmed the news to Reuters today. "Tom Selleck has stepped down from the board of the NRA due to his work schedule," Annett Wolf said in a statement. She added that he remains a member of the…

“I’m tech avail,” beamed Amy Poehler today if there’s a Parks and Recreation reteam in the works. In regards to a realistic timeline for a reunion, Poehler said “God, I have no idea. Everybody has my number…we all have a text chain and talk to each other almost everyday. So I think everybody would be excited to do…

Lt. Col. Oliver North is set to become the president of the gun lobby group. North, best known these days political commentator and host of the Fox News show War Stories With Oliver North,  will retire from his role at Fox News effective immediately, FNC reported. But North, who worked for President Ronald Reagan's…

Donald Trump showered love on Kanye West at the National Rifle Association’s annual get-together in Dallas. Bragging about just-released April stats showing 18-year low unemployment rates, and his recent poll numbers, Trump crowed, “And by the way, Kanye West must have some power, because I doubled my African American…

UPDATED with an interview with Alyssa Milano A new coalition of celebrities and activists, including actress Alyssa Milano and Parkland High School student advocate David Hogg, announced plans today to take on the National Rifle Association and the politicians who accept money from the powerful gun lobby. The NoRA…

Ahead of next week's March For Our Lives, Parkland student David Hogg wonders in an ad touting the event, “What if our politicians weren’t the bitch of the NRA?” The ad includes a clip of the White House meeting post-Parkland high school murder of 17 students and staff, in which President Donald Trump told some…

UPDATED with video: “The way I do my job I make myself aware of what happened today, what everybody is talking about and then I try to make some sense of it for you,” Stephen Colbert said at the end of a topsy-turvy day. “I make some jokes so we can all go to sleep.” But, Colbert said, he has no explanation for what…

World of Wonder, the production company behind RuPaul’s Drag Race and Million Dollar Listing, announced today that they are boycotting FedEx after they refused to cut ties with the National Rifle Association in the wake of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. In a statement provided…