May 6, 2020

The Daily Social Distancing Show: COVID-19 Mutates & Antibody Tests Fail

Projections of infections and deaths worsen as social distancing rules relax, a new more contagious coronavirus strain emerges, and antibody testing hits a snag.

May 5, 2020

Stephen Colbert: Guest Anderson Cooper

Anderson Cooper: My Son Is Entirely Wearing Benjamin Cohen's Hand-Me-Downs



The host of "Anderson Cooper 360" on CNN is leaning on his friend Andy Cohen for parenting advice and relying on Andy's son Benjamin for hand-me-down clothes.




Anderson Cooper: Trump Hijacked The Coronavirus Task Force Briefings



The host of "Anderson Cooper 360" wishes President Trump would allow the CDC or the NIH to host their own press briefings and speak unfiltered truth to the public.




Anderson Cooper Explains His Meme-Ready Reactions During Las Vegas Mayor Interview



The host of "Anderson Cooper 360" became an instant meme after he couldn't hide his dismay at the dubious coronavirus theories advanced on his show by Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman.

May 5, 2020

Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 5/4/20

Trump Recklessly Urges A "Return To Work" At Town Hall, Gambling With Lives To Boost His Re-Election



Ignoring his administration's own models showing the coronavirus crisis worsening in June, President Trump used his Lincoln Memorial Town Hall to encourage Americans to hit the beach and get back to work.




Mark Foster Performs "It's Ok To Be Human"



Foster The People founder Mark Foster, who plays every instrument he can get his hands on in this performance of his newest song, dedicates it to people serving on the front lines of the pandemic.




This Summer, Jerry Seinfeld Is "Murder Hornet"



You loved him in "Bee Movie," now get ready to enjoy legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld in his latest role in "Murder Hornet."

May 5, 2020

'The parallels between coronavirus and climate crisis are obvious'

Environmental journalist Emily Atkin hopes public pressure over the pandemic will be a model for forcing governments to act

“I’m sorry,” says Emily Atkin, not sounding very apologetic, “but if you still refuse to see parallels between climate change and coronavirus then honestly you’re just stupid.”

A few weeks ago, the 30-year-old journalist wasn’t feeling so confrontational. Less was known about the global pandemic; the data and scientific research showing how the two global crises are linked was not as clear is it is today. But the connections quickly became obvious to Atkin, founder of the climate newsletter and podcast Heated. “Both are global crises which threaten millions of lives with clear science on how to solve them which governments have been too slow to act on; the same people who promote climate denial are refusing to accept the science of coronavirus, too.

“Coronavirus makes climate change worse, and vice versa,” Atkin says from isolation in her apartment. “We can’t do our research on climate because of it, we’ve had to cancel the UN climate summit for international negotiations.” Meanwhile, Donald Trump has loosened existing emission regulations during the pandemic, yet studies are already finding that death rates are “significantly higher” in areas with worse air pollution levels. The destruction of biodiversity makes pandemics more likely. And just like with the impact of global heating, , the coronavirus is hitting black, brown and poor people the worst.

The two things are so connected, Atkin repeats, that it’s stupid to say they’re not.


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/04/parallels-climate-coronavirus-obvious-emily-atkin-pandemic



A boarded-up bar on the Upper East Side of New York City. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/Getty

May 5, 2020

Seth Meyers - Trump's Fox News Coronavirus Town Hall: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at President Trump participating in an unhinged town hall on Fox News as a damning new report details how he’s wasted time he could have been using to develop a strategy for safely reopening the economy


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May 5, 2020

The Daily Show - Trump & China: The On-Again, Off-Again Love Affair

Obsession. Lies. Betrayal. Trump and China: an on-again, off-again love story for the ages.

May 5, 2020

The Daily Show: Eight Questions for Governor Cuomo

Eight questions for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo

May 5, 2020

Tooning Out the News: Lincoln can't hold his tongue at Trump

At Trump's Town Hall at the Lincoln Memorial, Honest Abe cannot sit idly by as Trump talks about the poor treatment he's received as President.

May 5, 2020

The Daily Social Distancing Show: Kim Jong-un Is Alive, Amazon VP Resigns & Murder Hornets

China hid the severity of COVID-19 to buy time to hoard medical supplies, Mike Pompeo keeps entertaining corona conspiracies, Amazon’s VP resigns after protesting workers get fired, murder hornets hit North America, and Kim Jong-un reemerges.

May 5, 2020

The Daily Social Distancing Show: Trump Moves the Goalposts & States Reopen Amidst Chaos

Though America's coronavirus deaths keep climbing past his predictions of the total death toll, Trump keeps moving the goalposts and redefining what success would look like.