November 14, 2017

The Daily Show: How the Right Politicized Roy Moore's Sexual Misconduct

The conservative media rushes to defend Roy Moore after the Alabama Senate candidate is accused of having sexual relationships with teenage girls.

November 14, 2017

Seth Meyers - Allegations Mount Against Roy Moore; Trump Cozies Up to Putin: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at how President Trump sparked a political firestorm with his comments on Russia’s election meddling, as his party deals with allegations that their Senate candidate in Alabama sexually assaulted underage girls.

November 13, 2017

Iran-Iraq earthquake: Deadly tremor hits border region

Source: BBC

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has shaken the northern border region between Iran and Iraq, killing at least 335 people and injuring thousands more.

One Iranian aid agency said 70,000 people needed shelter after the quake, one of the largest this year.

The majority of those who died were in Iran's western Kermanshah province. Nearly 4,000 were said to be injured.

Seven people died in Iraq, where people fled into the streets in the capital, Baghdad.

Mosques in the city have been broadcasting prayers through loudspeakers.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41963373#

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November 13, 2017

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: The Trump Presidency (HBO)

One year after the presidential election, John Oliver discusses what we've learned so far and enlists our catheter cowboy to teach Donald Trump what he hasn't.

November 13, 2017

The Trump Administration Wants to Sell a Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to Big Oil

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says Alaska is “open for business.”

What happens in the Arctic doesn’t just stay up north. It affects the world, as that region is the integrator of our planet’s climate systems, atmospheric and oceanic. At the moment, the northernmost places on Earth are warming at more than twice the global average, a phenomenon whose impact is already being felt planetwide. Welcome to the world of climate breakdown—and to the world of Donald Trump.

The set of climate feedbacks contributing to further warming in the Arctic are about to be aided and abetted by President Trump, his Interior Department, and a Republican-controlled Congress. The impact of their decisions will be experienced around the world. While the United States is still recovering from the deaths, suffering, and devastation caused by extreme hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, as well as historically deadly wildfires across the West, Trump’s Department of the Interior is preparing a five-year strategic plan that never once mentions climate change or climate science. It does, however, plan to open previously protected public lands of all sorts to the increased exploitation of fossil fuels—and Arctic Alaska is anything but exempt.

“Alaska [is] open for business,” Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told a cheering crowd at an Alaska Oil and Gas Association conference in Anchorage earlier this year. The secretary was visiting as part of a presidential mandate to “prepare our country to be energy dominant”—even though the United States has been the largest global producer of oil and gas since 2012 and, in this era, has often been referred to as “Saudi America.” What that energy-dominance slogan signals is nothing short of the beginning of a war against environmental conservation, justice, and the planet as a welcoming habitat for all life.

“The only path for energy dominance is a path through the great state of Alaska,” Zinke assured the Anchorage audience. What he evidently wants to do is sell off the most ecologically and culturally significant places in the state to Big Oil. On the sacrifice block is a long endangered stretch of public land, Area 1002, or the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a biological nursery of global significance and a place sacred to the indigenous Gwich’in Nation. Like her father, also a Republican senator from Alaska, Lisa Murkowski is championing the task of opening the refuge to drilling by abusing the filibuster-proof budget process rather than debating this controversial issue as stand-alone legislation in Congress.


More: https://www.thenation.com/article/the-trump-administration-wants-to-sell-a-wildlife-refuge-in-alaska-to-big-oil/



Caribou graze on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (US Fish and Wildlife Service / CC BY 2.0)

November 11, 2017

Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 11/10/17

Trump's Ménage À Terrible Phone Call With France



Some interesting details were leaked about a phone call between newly-elected President Trump and then-French President François Hollande.



Facebook Is Asking You To Send Nudes, Literally



To get ahead of your ex posting 'revenge porn,' Facebook is asking you to submit more than a profile picture.



God Forgives Those On Their Phones At Church



After Pope Francis voiced his displeasure with his congregations spending services on their cellphones, Stephen turns to God for a reaction to distracted churchgoers.



There Are Too Many 'Bad' Movies



With all the recent movies that begin with 'bad' or 'bad' synonyms, Stephen debuts the 'bad' movie trailer to end them all. Featuring Keegan-Michael Key, Ellie Kemper, Jessica Williams, Andy Serkis, Chris O'Dowd, and Bob Odenkirk.



The Trump Postcards: Asia Edition



Donald Trump's trip to Asia has been something to write home about.



One Week Older, Trump Goes To Asia



The President goes overseas and Jon Stewart goes under desk.

November 11, 2017

Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 11/10/17

Monologue: Year of the Dog



Bill discusses the sexual harassment allegations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore and Trump's softening stance on China in his Real Time monologue.



Donna Brazile: Hacks



Former DNC Chair Donna Brazile joins Bill to discuss her new book, "Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House."



Sarah Silverman Loves America



Comedian and actress Sarah Silverman joins Bill to discuss her new show, "I Love You, America."



New Rule: Checking In On Jared



Bill takes a hard look at the accomplishments of Jared Kushner and the rest of President Trump's team.



Overtime - Gerrymandering, Conservative Comedians, Bobby Kennedy



Bill and his guests – Donna Brazile, Michael Moore, Chris Matthews, and Sarah Silverman – answer viewer questions after the show.

November 11, 2017

Seth Meyers: Trump's Chinese Press Conference, Opera Singer's Record-Breaking Note - Monologue 11/9

Seth Gives a Shout-Out to the Wounded Warrior Project



Seth gives a shout-out to 8G Band guest drummer Gunnery Sergeant Nathan Davilmar and to the Wounded Warrior Project.



Seth's Favorite Jokes of the Week: Election 2017 Results, Volunteer Santa Claus



Seth's favorite jokes from the week of November 6.

November 10, 2017

Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 11/9/17

President Xi Meets President 'Me'



Leader of a superpower seeking leader of a superpower. President Trump appears to have a bit of a man crush on China's President Xi.



One More Reason Not To Elect Roy Moore



Like President, like GOP Senate candidate for Alabama: Roy Moore is now under scrutiny for sexual misconduct.



Keith Urban Isn't The Only One With A 'Female' Song



Stephen sees Keith Urban's tribute to women titled 'Female,' and raises him one more song about women that also took a few minutes to write.



Stephen Colbert's Cyborgasm: Sex Robot Edition



This rendition of 'Cyborgasm' really earns the back half of the portmanteau.



We Annotated Trump's Victory Speech



You're welcome.



The Justice Department Can't Stand CNN



The United States Justice Department wants AT&T to sell CNN as part of its merger with Time Warner. Is it related to Trump's hatred for the 'Fake News' outlet?

November 10, 2017

Scientists decry Arctic oil expansion in letter to U.S. senators

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of 37 U.S.-based scientists whose research focuses on Arctic wildlife asked two U.S. senators in a letter on Thursday not to open the National Arctic Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration, according to a copy seen by Reuters.

The scientists, including several retired former officials from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, said in a letter to Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington that drilling for oil and gas in the refuge would be “incompatible with the purposes for which the refuge was established,” protecting fish and wildlife populations and the environments in which they live.

Murkowski, a Republican, introduced legislation on Wednesday that would create an oil and gas exploration program on the refuge’s coastal plain, letting prospectors build any roads and other infrastructure they deemed necessary inside the refuge to carry out their operations. Half of the available drilling royalties would go to the state of Alaska and half to the federal government. The program’s administrator would be required to hold at least two lease sales within 10 years after the bill became law.

The scientists said drilling on the coastal plain would be particularly harmful because it contains a “unique compression” of habitats supporting animals like polar bears, grizzly bears, wolverines, representing “the greatest wildlife diversity of any protected area above the Arctic Circle.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-arctic/scientists-decry-arctic-oil-expansion-in-letter-to-u-s-senators-idUSKBN1D92LV