Like most reality TV shows, like most TV shows, like most storytelling, period, TLC’s My 600-lb Life depends on a certain predictable, unchanging format. But the specific way in which this one expresses its repetitiveness is uniquely depressing. The pattern approximately mirrors the tradition of celebrating Fat Tuesday just before Lent in cities like New […]
The House voted to cut billions of dollars for foreign aid and public broadcasting early Friday morning, a win for President Donald Trump as he is plagued by GOP divisions over the release of the files of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The White House’s $9 billion rescissions package cleared the chamber, 216-213. Two Republicans, Reps. Mike Turner (R-OH) and […]
In 2003, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland introduced the concept of fast zombies to popular culture with their apocalypse film 28 Days Later. In 2025, I have finally forgiven them for it. 28 Years Later comes 23 years after the release of 28 Days Later. If you’re confused by the titling format, just […]
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sent a letter to the White House concerning the $2.5 billion renovations to the bank’s headquarters after a top official said the building was undergoing an “ostentatious overhaul.” Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, posted a letter to social media last week that openly questioned Powell’s leadership […]
As CBS prepares to retire its The Late Show franchise, Fox News’s late-night television show Gutfeld! recorded dominating second-quarter ratings. On Thursday, CBS, whose parent company is Paramount Global, announced that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, citing a “challenging backdrop in late night” television. “We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will […]
One of the most popular political late-night shows on television, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, is being canceled by CBS. The show will end in May 2026 after more than 1,500 episodes in its second iteration. ‘THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT’ will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of […]
President Donald Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday to “produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony” relating to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The order comes after the Wall Street Journal published a story concerning a birthday letter Trump wrote to Epstein that said the pair have “certain things in common.” “Based on […]
President Donald Trump said he will sue the Wall Street Journal and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, for publishing a story about the president, who wrote a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, saying they have “certain things in common.” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that Murdoch said he would “take care” of the story, which described […]
Republicans are looking for ways to combat the rising anger over the release of the files of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein threatens to split the party. As things heat up in the debate on whether the Trump administration should release the full files of Epstein, Republicans are focusing their efforts on the House Oversight […]
A federal appeals court on Thursday tossed a free speech lawsuit filed by the NRA against a former New York official, ruling the official is immune from the claims filed against her. A three-judge panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that Maria Vullo, a former superintendent of New York‘s Department […]
