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Rhiannon12866
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April 18, 2019
Ahead of Thursday's release of the redacted Mueller report, 'The Hill to Die On' co-authors Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman say both parties have 'hitched all of their fortune' to the special counsel's findings.
Stephen Colbert - Politico's Anna Palmer & Jake Sherman: Both Parties Bet Big On Mueller's Report
Ahead of Thursday's release of the redacted Mueller report, 'The Hill to Die On' co-authors Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman say both parties have 'hitched all of their fortune' to the special counsel's findings.
April 18, 2019
New leaks about infamous leaker Julian Assange show he spent his days in the Ecuadorian embassy skateboarding, neglecting his cat, and smearing feces on the walls.
Donald Trump Calls Fox News 'We'
There's a chance you might be state propaganda when the President casually refers to your network as 'we.'
Stephen Miller's Even More Extreme Immigration Ideas
Now behind the wheel of the White House's immigration policy, Stephen Miller (Peter Grosz) unveils some of his latest, most extreme, absurd proposals yet.
Just One Question: 'Avengers: Endgame' Edition
Stephen assembles a superteam of Late Show staffers and let them ask questions of 'Avengers: Endgame' cast mates Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Brie Larson, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, and Don Cheadle.
The Mueller Report Audiobook
Listen to the official audiobook of the Mueller report, read by Leslie Brickhill and a very special guest.
Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 4/17/19
Julian Assange Is Not A Good RoommateNew leaks about infamous leaker Julian Assange show he spent his days in the Ecuadorian embassy skateboarding, neglecting his cat, and smearing feces on the walls.
Donald Trump Calls Fox News 'We'
There's a chance you might be state propaganda when the President casually refers to your network as 'we.'
Stephen Miller's Even More Extreme Immigration Ideas
Now behind the wheel of the White House's immigration policy, Stephen Miller (Peter Grosz) unveils some of his latest, most extreme, absurd proposals yet.
Just One Question: 'Avengers: Endgame' Edition
Stephen assembles a superteam of Late Show staffers and let them ask questions of 'Avengers: Endgame' cast mates Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Brie Larson, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, and Don Cheadle.
The Mueller Report Audiobook
Listen to the official audiobook of the Mueller report, read by Leslie Brickhill and a very special guest.
April 18, 2019
Facebook’s controversial factchecking program is partnering with the Daily Caller, a rightwing website that has pushed misinformation and is known for pro-Trump content.
The social network said Wednesday it had added CheckYourFact.com, which is part of the Daily Caller, as one of its US media partners in an initiative that has faced growing backlash from journalists and internal problems. The collaboration was first reported by Axios.
Factcheckers in the program are tasked with debunking potential false stories on Facebook to help stop their spread, but some journalists have said the effort hasn’t been effective, and one of its major American partners, Snopes.com, cut ties earlier this year.
The Daily Caller, co-founded by the far-right Fox News host Tucker Carlson, publishes conservative news stories and commentary and has faced repeated accusations of running false and offensive content. In January, the site was widely condemned for the way it reported on a fake nude photo of the congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and its coverage of immigration and the White House has typically aligned with Trump’s agenda.
Check Your Fact is billed as the “fact-check department” of the Daily Caller, and the site says it is “non-partisan” and “loyal to neither people nor parties”. It has dedicated reporters rating content as true and false and says it is a for-profit subsidiary of the Daily Caller Inc, of which Carlson is a majority owner.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/17/facebook-teams-with-rightwing-daily-caller-in-factchecking-program
The Fox News host Tucker Carlson founded the Daily Caller. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Facebook teams with rightwing Daily Caller in factchecking program
Site co-founded by Fox News host Tucker Carlson has promoted misinformation and is known for pro-Trump contentFacebook’s controversial factchecking program is partnering with the Daily Caller, a rightwing website that has pushed misinformation and is known for pro-Trump content.
The social network said Wednesday it had added CheckYourFact.com, which is part of the Daily Caller, as one of its US media partners in an initiative that has faced growing backlash from journalists and internal problems. The collaboration was first reported by Axios.
Factcheckers in the program are tasked with debunking potential false stories on Facebook to help stop their spread, but some journalists have said the effort hasn’t been effective, and one of its major American partners, Snopes.com, cut ties earlier this year.
The Daily Caller, co-founded by the far-right Fox News host Tucker Carlson, publishes conservative news stories and commentary and has faced repeated accusations of running false and offensive content. In January, the site was widely condemned for the way it reported on a fake nude photo of the congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and its coverage of immigration and the White House has typically aligned with Trump’s agenda.
Check Your Fact is billed as the “fact-check department” of the Daily Caller, and the site says it is “non-partisan” and “loyal to neither people nor parties”. It has dedicated reporters rating content as true and false and says it is a for-profit subsidiary of the Daily Caller Inc, of which Carlson is a majority owner.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/17/facebook-teams-with-rightwing-daily-caller-in-factchecking-program
The Fox News host Tucker Carlson founded the Daily Caller. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
April 18, 2019
Seth takes a closer look at soaring corporate profits and CEO pay despite President Trump’s promise to be a champion of the working class.
Seth Meyers - Democrats Take on Corporate Profits and CEO Pay: A Closer Look
Seth takes a closer look at soaring corporate profits and CEO pay despite President Trump’s promise to be a champion of the working class.
April 18, 2019
Seth Announces a Special Episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers
Seth Meyers teases a 90-Minute episode of Late Night featuring a brand-new Closer Look, interviews with Amy Sedaris and Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and the return of Game of Jones with Leslie Jones.
Fred Judges a Book by Its Cover: Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
Fred Armisen guesses the plot of Elizabeth Letts' Finding Dorothy using only the book's cover.
Amber Says What: Beyoncé's Coachella Documentary, Lil Nas X's Old Town Road
Late Night writer Amber Ruffin recaps what's happening in pop culture news.
Seth Meyers - President Trump Reportedly Refers to Ivanka as "Baby" in Official Meetings - 4/16/19
Seth Announces a Special Episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers
Seth Meyers teases a 90-Minute episode of Late Night featuring a brand-new Closer Look, interviews with Amy Sedaris and Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and the return of Game of Jones with Leslie Jones.
Fred Judges a Book by Its Cover: Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
Fred Armisen guesses the plot of Elizabeth Letts' Finding Dorothy using only the book's cover.
Amber Says What: Beyoncé's Coachella Documentary, Lil Nas X's Old Town Road
Late Night writer Amber Ruffin recaps what's happening in pop culture news.
April 17, 2019
As heartbroken Parisians looked up helplessly as Notre Dame Cathedral burned, President Trump proposed a bold solution via Twitter: water!
Fox News Can't Contain Bernie Sanders
There was a Sanders expressing views on Fox News and, for once, it wasn't the Sarah Huckabee one.
Late Show's Street Show: London Edition
Stephen takes The Late Show's Street Show to London to see how everyday Brits are feeling about Brexit.
Meanwhile... Do Cats Know Their Names?
Meanwhile... researchers have concluded whether cats are aware of their given names.
Trump's Solution For Everything: Rebrand!
If at first you don't succeed, REBRAND!
Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 4/16/19
Trump's Bad Advice For The Notre Dame CathedralAs heartbroken Parisians looked up helplessly as Notre Dame Cathedral burned, President Trump proposed a bold solution via Twitter: water!
Fox News Can't Contain Bernie Sanders
There was a Sanders expressing views on Fox News and, for once, it wasn't the Sarah Huckabee one.
Late Show's Street Show: London Edition
Stephen takes The Late Show's Street Show to London to see how everyday Brits are feeling about Brexit.
Meanwhile... Do Cats Know Their Names?
Meanwhile... researchers have concluded whether cats are aware of their given names.
Trump's Solution For Everything: Rebrand!
If at first you don't succeed, REBRAND!
April 17, 2019
As the Trump administration proposes to rollback regulations on offshore drilling, let’s take a look at why these safety measures were put in place to begin with.
Nine years ago, on April 20th, 2010, the Gulf of Mexico faced the most devastating environmental disaster in United States history. The BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 people. An estimated 210 million gallons of oil and 1.8 million gallons of chemical dispersants seeped into the deep ocean, polluting the coast and the seafloor.
It wasn’t until five years later, in July of 2015, that BP finally agreed to pay a $20 billion settlement over 15 years.
The journey to that settlement was a hard one and often discouraging. Ocean Conservancy tracked and publicized the impacts of the oil on the Gulf and its wildlife, while BP spread lies that their oil disaster was “good for the Gulf.”
When the settlement was announced and BP was finally held accountable for its actions, our celebration was mixed with horror as we read the damage assessment—a full report on the extent of the oil impacts. Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, marine mammals and birds died, along with trillions of larval fish. An area 20 times the size of Manhattan is still polluted and buried on the Gulf seafloor.
Much more: https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2019/04/15/remembering-9th-anniversary-deepwater-horizon-oil-disaster/
© GREEN FIRE PRODUCTIONS
© BLAIR WITHERINGTON/FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Remembering the 9th Anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster
The Gulf of Mexico is more than oil and gasAs the Trump administration proposes to rollback regulations on offshore drilling, let’s take a look at why these safety measures were put in place to begin with.
Nine years ago, on April 20th, 2010, the Gulf of Mexico faced the most devastating environmental disaster in United States history. The BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 people. An estimated 210 million gallons of oil and 1.8 million gallons of chemical dispersants seeped into the deep ocean, polluting the coast and the seafloor.
It wasn’t until five years later, in July of 2015, that BP finally agreed to pay a $20 billion settlement over 15 years.
The journey to that settlement was a hard one and often discouraging. Ocean Conservancy tracked and publicized the impacts of the oil on the Gulf and its wildlife, while BP spread lies that their oil disaster was “good for the Gulf.”
When the settlement was announced and BP was finally held accountable for its actions, our celebration was mixed with horror as we read the damage assessment—a full report on the extent of the oil impacts. Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, marine mammals and birds died, along with trillions of larval fish. An area 20 times the size of Manhattan is still polluted and buried on the Gulf seafloor.
Much more: https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2019/04/15/remembering-9th-anniversary-deepwater-horizon-oil-disaster/
© GREEN FIRE PRODUCTIONS
© BLAIR WITHERINGTON/FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
April 17, 2019
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed into law a major overhaul of state oil and gas rules, turning the focus away from encouraging production and directing regulators to make public safety and the environment their top priority.
The law also gives local government significant new authority to restrict the location of wells, which could limit or prohibit drilling in some areas near homes and schools.
Today, with the signing of this bill, it is our hope that the oil and gas wars that have enveloped our state are over, and the winner is all of us, said Polis, a Democrat.
The state has struggled for years to balance the interests of the booming industry against growing concerns of people who live nearby drilling rigs, wells and tanks.
Colorado ranks fifth nationally in crude oil production and sixth in natural gas. The industry says it contributes 32 billion annually to the state economy, including taxes and 89,000 direct and indirect jobs.
But fast-growing communities north of Denver are spilling into the states most productive oil and gas area, the Wattenberg field, sparking complaints about noise and pollution and provoking fears about explosions.
Much more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/colorado-governor-signs-major-overhaul-oil-gas-rules-62444225
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, at podium, signs into law Senate Bill 19-181 at the State Capitol in Denver, Colo., Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Gov. Polis signed into law a major overhaul of state oil and gas rules, shifting the focus away from encouraging production and directing regulators to make public safety and the environment their top priority. (AP Photo/Dan Elliott)
Colorado governor signs major overhaul of oil and gas rules
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has signed into law a major overhaul of state oil and gas rules, turning the focus away from encouraging production and directing regulators to make public safety and the environment their top priorityColorado Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed into law a major overhaul of state oil and gas rules, turning the focus away from encouraging production and directing regulators to make public safety and the environment their top priority.
The law also gives local government significant new authority to restrict the location of wells, which could limit or prohibit drilling in some areas near homes and schools.
Today, with the signing of this bill, it is our hope that the oil and gas wars that have enveloped our state are over, and the winner is all of us, said Polis, a Democrat.
The state has struggled for years to balance the interests of the booming industry against growing concerns of people who live nearby drilling rigs, wells and tanks.
Colorado ranks fifth nationally in crude oil production and sixth in natural gas. The industry says it contributes 32 billion annually to the state economy, including taxes and 89,000 direct and indirect jobs.
But fast-growing communities north of Denver are spilling into the states most productive oil and gas area, the Wattenberg field, sparking complaints about noise and pollution and provoking fears about explosions.
Much more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/colorado-governor-signs-major-overhaul-oil-gas-rules-62444225
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, at podium, signs into law Senate Bill 19-181 at the State Capitol in Denver, Colo., Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Gov. Polis signed into law a major overhaul of state oil and gas rules, shifting the focus away from encouraging production and directing regulators to make public safety and the environment their top priority. (AP Photo/Dan Elliott)
April 17, 2019
Willie Geist talks about visiting Tracy Morgan, Donald Trump calling to gossip and his father’s journalistic history with Trump.
Seth Meyers: Donald Trump Used to Call Guest Willie Geist to Gossip
Willie Geist talks about visiting Tracy Morgan, Donald Trump calling to gossip and his father’s journalistic history with Trump.
April 17, 2019
Fred Judges a Book by Its Cover: The Promise of Elsewhere by Brad Leithauser
Fred Armisen guesses the plot of Brad Leithauser’s The Promise of Elsewhere using only the book's cover.
Seth Meyers - Pete Buttigieg Announces 2020 Presidential Run - Monologue - 4/15/19
Fred Judges a Book by Its Cover: The Promise of Elsewhere by Brad Leithauser
Fred Armisen guesses the plot of Brad Leithauser’s The Promise of Elsewhere using only the book's cover.
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