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'Big balls' Musk fires back at Mike Myers and SNL for mockery in 'far-left propaganda' skit

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Saturday Night Live (SNL) opened its latest episode with a satirical sketch mocking the controversial Oval Office meeting between PresidentDonald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The meeting, which took place on Friday, was widely criticizedfor its chaotic and contentious tone, raising concerns about U.S. support for Ukraine against Russian aggression.

In the cold open, James Austin Johnson portrayed Trump, Bowen Yang played Vance, and Mikey Day took on the role of Zelensky. The sketch humorously exaggerated the real-life tension, with Trump and Vance berating Zelensky for his perceived lack of gratitude for U.S. aid.

The sketch also poked fun at Trump's disdain for Zelensky's casual attire, with Trump sarcastically thanking him for "dressing like casual Star Trek."

In a surprise cameo, Mike Myers appeared as Elon Musk, bursting into the Oval Office dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, wielding a chainsaw. The sketch also mocked the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) alleged budget cuts.

Following the broadcast, the real Elon Musk responded on X (formerly Twitter), dismissing the show as "far-left propaganda" and claiming that DOGE has advocated for hiring more air traffic controllers, not firing them, according to Newsweek.

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When Vice President Kamala Harris held a large campaign rally with her running mate, Tim Walz, at Philadelphia late Tuesday afternoon, August 6, the Minnesota governor was more than happy take credit for an insult that numerous Democrats are using to attack former President Donald Trump, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and other MAGA Republicans: "weird."

The "weird" insult originated with Walz. And Harris' running mate drew loud applause when he told the Philly crowd, "You know it, you feel it: These guys are creepy and, yes, just weird as hell."

In an op-ed published by MSNBC the following day, historian/author Ruth Ben-Ghiat lays out some reasons why the "weird" insult infuriates MAGA Republicans.

"For scholars of authoritarianism," Ben-Ghiat explains, "the success of 'weird' is no surprise. That's because humor has long been one of the most effective weapons of anti-authoritarian politics. Behind the facade of their omnipotence, most strongmen are brittle and insecure personalities. They don't mind being called evil, but being ridiculed is a different matter."

During its 49-year history, "Saturday Night Live" has lampooned one U.S. president after another. Most of them, from Gerald R. Ford to George H.W. Bush to Joe Biden, had a sense of humor about it. But Trump was seriously offended by Alec Baldwin's portrayal of him.

Ben-Ghiat, author of the book "Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present Reprint Edition," emphasizes that one thing authoritarians really can't stand is being mocked.

"Strongmen have their own sadistic sense of humor, which is amply displayed in the awful authoritarian spectacles staged by their governments," according to Ben-Ghiat. "The Nazis enjoyed making communists who entered Dachau concentration camp in 1933, like Hans Beimler, wear signs that said 'A hearty welcome!' But they cannot take a joke when they are the targets."

Ben-Ghiat continues, "That's why they have to surround themselves with sycophants and lackeys, and their enablers know their prestige must be policed. When a man brought his pet rabbit named Mussolini to a bar in fascist Italy, thinking others would enjoy seeing him order it around, he was quickly arrested and served a year in confinement."

*Ruth Ben-Ghiat's full op-ed for MSNBC is available at this link.

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Actor Woody Harrellson recently hosted Saturday Night Live for the fifth time, performing an anti-vax monologue that triggered awkward silences and a few disgruntled laughs in the audience — and an uproar on Twitter.

Harrellson started his six-minute spiel describing himself as a "redneck hippy" who identifies as "purple," politically — a "joke" that clearly fell flat, according to The Daily Beast.

The Daily Beast reports:

Harrelson began to tell a bizarre story about a script he read in 2019 after the last time he hosted the show, but continually interrupted himself to talk about his penchant for weed and the fact that he spent seven months without alcohol last year… 'and five glorious months.'

But the comedian's speech quickly went downhill.

"So the movie goes like this," Harrelson said. “The biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes. And people can only come out if they take the cartel's drugs and keep taking them over and over."

He continued, "I threw the script away. I mean, who was going to believe that crazy idea? Being forced to do drugs? I do that voluntarily all day long."

Variety reports:

In the past, 'Saturday Night Live' has been publicly COVID-conscious, choosing to film out the quarantined season from inside their cast member's homes.

Social media users were unamused.

Nick Brennan: "What on earth was this anti-vax nonsense?"

Ryan M. Spaeder: "I am shocked that Saturday Night Live did not cut out of this, let alone the fact that they tweeted it."

@FairyTaleMindy: "Who approved this?"

@Dan__Stevens: "Locked in your home until you take the cartels' drugs"

@antibrews: "My guy made the SNL crowd sound like a half-empty comedy club on open mic night."

Meanwhile, Twitter's billionaire owner Elon Musk – who has enabled conspiracy theories to propagate on the platform – appeared to appreciate Harrelson's perspective.

"Good one," he commented.

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This Michigan Republican and Giuliani 'star witness' promoted Trump’s voter fraud lies — now she’s running for office

Alex Henderson February 21, 2022

In December 2020, MAGA Republican Mellissa Carone was attorney Rudy Giuliani’s “star witness” at a Michigan State House Oversight Committee hearing — where she claimed, with zero proof, that Michigan had been stolen from then-President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Now, in the 2022 midterms, Carone is running for a seat in the Michigan State Legislature — and she is still promoting the Big Lie.

Journalist Brittany Gibson, in an article published by Politico on February 21, explains, “Carone is one of a large cohort of pro-Trump Republican conspiracy theorists and election deniers running for public office this fall in Michigan, where his baseless claims about a stolen election continue to roil the political landscape. Among those candidates, Carone might be the best known nationally.”

Giuliani was one of Trump’s top attorneys during and after the 2020 election — and the former New York City mayor claimed, in December 2020, that Carone’s testimony would prove that Trump really won Michigan. But she never offered any proof of her over-the-top claims, and election recounts left no doubt that Biden won the state fairly.

Gibson notes, “In an affidavit from November 10, 2020 — six days after the AP called Michigan for Joe Biden — she alleged that some ballots were counted 4 or 5 times; that more than 100,000 ballots were then ‘found’ after vans dropped off food for the poll workers; that poll workers were filling out ballots on behalf of voters — and that her managers, who were responsible for overseeing the voting site where she was present and submitting the data, were incompetent…. She snapped at lawmakers from both parties and went on a tangent about dead people voting.”

Carone’s unhinged testimony was famously mocked in a “Saturday Night Live” skit, with “SNL” star Cecily Strong playing Carone. Carone claimed that Dominion Voting Systems helped Biden steal the election from Trump in Michigan, and the company sent her a cease-and-desist order.

Some of Trump’s allies have endorsed Carone’s 2022 campaign for a Michigan State Legislature seat, including Giuliani and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. But Trump himself has yet to endorse her.

So far, no Democrat in Carone’s district has filed to run for that seat. And Mark Brewer, who formerly chaired the Michigan Democracy Party, believes that Carone has a good chance of winning.

“A lot of the Republican base here, particularly in Macomb County, believes Trump should have been elected, the election was stolen, there should be an audit — I mean, the whole story,” Brewer told Politico. “And that’ll be what Carone will play to. A lot of Republican primary voters believe in the Big Lie …. If she gets through a primary, she could win.”

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republicans rush to mock Alec Baldwin in wake of tragic film set accident

Brett Bachman Salon

October 24, 2021

Less than 24 hours after a tragic New Mexico film set accident involving Alec Baldwin claimed the life of a cinematographer and injured the movie's director, Republicans were already making light of the incident...

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in his 2006 book, “The Unusual Suspect,” Stephen Baldwin chronicles his faith journey. The Christian actor also thanks people who were part of that journey. One of them is “fellow soldier” Todd Hendricks.

Seven years later, Baldwin made Hendricks one of the principals of his new nonprofit, Friends of Stephen Baldwin Ministry. Hendricks, a Pennsylvania real-estate developer, has also been active with The Family.

In fact, all three principals listed in the 2013 formation of Friends of Stephen Baldwin Ministry have ties to The Family. And after Baldwin met MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, one of those principals would join Lindell’s philanthropic efforts.

See main story: How Mike Lindell Found Jesus Christ…and Donald Trump]

As TYT reported, multiple people associated with The Family, including a Family board member, played pivotal roles in Lindell’s transformation from an apolitical, casual Christian to the conservative theocrat convinced he is now doing God’s will by crusading to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Baldwin’s ties to The Family, however, extend beyond the Lindell connections.

Another principal at Baldwin’s ministry was Wilfred Job, pastor at a Texas church that served a large Filipino-American constituency, who worked with Hendricks on Family activities. Along with Hendricks, Job invited 29 people to the 2016 National Prayer Breakfast (NPB).

It was Hendricks who invited Baldwin and his wife to that year’s breakfast -- along with his daughter, Hailey, and Justin Bieber, who apparently had other plans, as they are listed as not attending. (Baldwin’s first National Prayer Breakfast was 2015, but it’s not clear whether he was invited by Hendricks or someone else.)

But if Hendricks was Baldwin’s fellow soldier, Job was Baldwin’s fellow traveler.

In 2014, Job appeared in Poland media accounts of a visit there by Baldwin. Job is named as a “special guest” at a Christian fundraiser Baldwin attended there.

The same year, Miami’s then-Mayor Tomás Regalado honored Baldwin along with “Rev. Wilfred Job.” The two were recognized for their “humanitarian aid for the persecuted.” (A LinkedIn posting by a would-be screenwriter pitching a script to Baldwin refers to Wilfred Job as Baldwin’s “assistant.”)

Baldwin also traveled to Job. In 2013, Job hosted Baldwin at his church in Texas, along with Filipino actor Hayden Kho. (Kho, an evangelical Christian, was invited by Hendricks to the 2016 prayer breakfast).

Baldwin’s connection to the Philippines goes back. He’s a big fan of boxer Manny Pacquiao, another prayer breakfast alum, who even spoke at the 2015 breakfast. (Pacquiao is an opponent of same-sex marriage, but has said he is sorry for calling people in same-sex relationships “worse than animals.”)

Baldwin had met Pacquiao as early as 2013, when he visited the boxer in Macau after a bout. In 2016, Baldwin and Lindell flew to Las Vegas, where they had ringside seats for Pacquiao’s unanimous-decision victory over Jessie Vargas.

Baldwin also met Pres. Rodrigo Duterte -- another Hendricks invitee to the 2016 NPB. After Duterte’s presidential election that year, Human Rights Watch found that Duterte unleashed a “human rights crisis” that “deepened” in 2018. It was during a 2018 trip to the Philippines that Baldwin visited Duterte, telling a TV interviewer he was “very impressed” and calling Duterte a “loving, concerned family man.”

Baldwin had met Kho, the Filipino actor, through an evangelical author and speaker named Ravi Zacharias, founder of an international ministry. Baldwin includes Zacharias in his book’s acknowledgments along with Hendricks -- who invited other Filipino followers of Zacharias besides Kho. A Zacharias staffer was also invited to both the 2016 and 2018 NPBs, as a media guest).

Before his death last year, Zacharias preached against homosexuality. His memorial service was attended by VP Mike Pence and evangelical NFL star Tim Tebow.

(Earlier this year, a law firm hired by Zacharias’ ministry confirmed sexual assault allegations made against him following his death. The report concluded that people around him enabled the abuse and that Zacharias used “humanitarian” funds to support four massage therapists. The report’s authors said they had “little insight into whether Mr. Zacharias engaged in inappropriate massage behavior when in Asia.”)

Other acknowledgments in Baldwin’s book include James Dobson’s son, Ryan-- who once said “I don’t think gay marriage is good for America” -- and the Luis Palau Association. A major international evangelist, Palau was a same-sex marriage opponent who also had Family connections. In 2018, Palau was honored at a Portland Business Luncheons event moderated by the president of the Family’s board and her husband, a previous Family board member.

(The Luis Palau Association in 2014 reportedly said it no longer wanted to emphasize opposition to same-sex marriage. “We don’t want to be known for what we’re against,” said Palau’s son, who produced a 2004 Christian skateboarding movie with Baldwin.)

Five months after the 2016 prayer breakfast, Baldwin, Lindell, and Job teamed up to form a new nonprofit, the Giving Grace Church in Texas. (It was shut down two years later.)

Like many close to The Family, Baldwin incorporates his faith into his work, acting in and producing Christian movies. In 2017, Baldwin had plans to make a movie of Lindell’s life that, Baldwin promised, wouldn’t be “cheesy.” To date, no such movie exists.

Baldwin and Lindell, however, did work together on a movie that came out this year, “Church People.” A third person working on the movie was publicist A. Larry Ross, who also joined Baldwin and Lindell for dinner in Vegas after the Pacquiao fight.

Ross also represents Baldwin, and is a spokesperson for and board member of The Family.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Baldwin

stephen Andrew Baldwin (born May 12, 1966)^[1] is an American actor, producer, director, and political activist. He has appeared in the films Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Posse (1993), 8 Seconds (1994), Threesome (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Bio-Dome (1996) and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000). He also starred in the television series The Young Riders (1989–92) and as himself in the reality shows Celebrity Big Brother 7 (UK) and Celebrity Apprentice. In 2004, he directed Livin' It, a Christian-themed skateboarding DVD. He is the youngest of the four Baldwin Brothers.

Early life[

Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the youngest son of Carol Newcomb (née Martineau) and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr., a high school social studies teacher and football coach.^[2] Baldwin's elder brothers are actors Alec, Daniel and William, collectively known as the "Baldwin brothers". He was raised in the Catholic Christian faith.^[3] In high school, Baldwin participated on the varsity wrestling team, along with William.^[4] Baldwin has two sisters, Elizabeth Keuchler and Jane Sasso.^[5] Baldwin attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.^[6]

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Baldwin began acting on television and made his film debut in The Beast. He starred in the western television series The Young Riders and in Threesome (1994).^[7] Baldwin landed a breakthrough role in The Usual Suspects (1995) and played Barney Rubble in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000). He participated in Celebrity Mole Hawaii, the first celebrity edition of The Mole in 2002. ABC broadcast the program in early 2003. Later that year, he returned for Celebrity Mole Yucatán, which ABC aired in early 2004. In 2006, Baldwin played a villainous thug in the television film Jesse Stone: Night Passage. In August 2007, Baldwin returned to television, when CMT cast him in Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge, one of nine celebrities cast.^[8] In the first episode, Baldwin was injured in a bad fall from a wooden pontoon, breaking his shoulder blade and cracking a rib. Under doctor's orders, he left the show in the second episode. From January to March 2008, Baldwin appeared on Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice on NBC. He finished fifth out of the 14 celebrity contestants. He and Trace Adkins became friends while competing on the show. In October 2008, Baldwin appeared in Adkins's music video, "Muddy Water". In March 2013, Baldwin returned to compete in All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. He was a contestant on the 2009 NBC reality show, I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here!.^[9] Baldwin quit the show mid-season. On the second episode, he baptized The Hills actor Spencer Pratt. In 2019, Baldwin starred in a Filipino film, Kaibigan^[10]

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In 2006, Baldwin launched a campaign to prevent an adult bookstore from opening in Nyack.^[11] He has a tattoo on his left shoulder of the initials "HM" for Hannah Montana. He got the tattoo after making a pact with Miley Cyrus that he would be allowed to cameo on the show if he had the initials tattooed on him. He revealed the tattoo to Cyrus at a book signing in Nashville on November 10, 2008.^[12] He was never given the opportunity to appear on the show and has since said that he regrets getting the tattoo.^[13]Baldwin resides in the village of Nyack, New York, with his wife, the Brazilian graphic designer Kennya Baldwin (née Deodato), whom he met in 1987 and married in 1990. They have two daughters, Alaia and Hailey Baldwin; both are models. His father-in-law is Brazilian composer Eumir Deodato, and Canadian singer Justin Bieber is his son-in-law through marriage to his daughter Hailey.

In June 2009, Baldwin's foreclosed $515,000, 1.4-acre home in Rockland County, New York was publicly auctioned after he and his wife defaulted on more than $824,000 in mortgage payments.^[14] In July, Baldwin filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection claiming more than $2.3 million in debt. Court papers showed he owed $1.2 million on two mortgages on a New York property valued at only $1.1 million, more than $1 million in taxes and credit card debt.^[15]

Baldwin was the first person to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house on January 3, 2010. The theme for this series was "Hell", with a devil head on the front door. He frequently taunted the head by saying "you're a loser". During his stay in the house, he frequently read passages from the Bible to his fellow housemates.^[16] He failed to win many fans and was evicted on January 22, 2010, becoming the fourth housemate to be evicted. In a three-way vote—against Ivana Trump and Sisqó—he received 50% of the public vote.^[17] After his eviction, the website restorestephenbaldwin.org, unsolicited by him, began soliciting cash donations to improve Baldwin's career.^[18]

In December 2010, Baldwin filed a $3.8 million lawsuit against Kevin Costner over oil-separating technology that was used to help solve the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.^[19] In June 2012, a jury sided with Costner and awarded Baldwin no damages. In March 2013, Baldwin pleaded guilty to failing to file income taxes for the years 2008, 2009, and 2010. He stated that he never intended to avoid paying taxes and that he had received bad advice from lawyers and accountants. Baldwin agreed to pay $300,000 within a year, or he would be sentenced to five years' probation and have five years to pay the money.^[20][21]

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In late 2008, Baldwin formed a for-profit organization called Antioch Ministry, which exists "to facilitate the gifts and calling of Stephen Baldwin."^[25] In 2009, Baldwin and Southern launched a third ministry called Now More Than Ever, designed to reach enlisted men and women in the military around the world. In 2008, Baldwin teamed up with conservative talk-radio host Kevin McCullough to put together a Saturday radio show called Baldwin/McCullough Radio. As of April 18, 2009, the show aired on 213 stations and in more than 400 cities across the US and worldwide on Sirius 161 and XM 227.^[26] Baldwin appears weekly on the show from the broadcast studios in New York City and from various locations around the country when he is traveling for other business purposes.In September 2006, Baldwin released his book titled The Unusual Suspect, which details highlights from his personal life, career, days of drug abuse and his turn to becoming a born-again Evangelical after the September 11 attacks in 2001.^[22][23] In the same year, Baldwin, Mario D'Ortenzio and Bobby Brewer founded Breakthrough Ministry, which was designed to use extreme sports as a ministry via arena tours, called AsSalt Tours. The tours featured extreme sports celebrities, including Christian Hosoi. In 2007, Daniel Southern joined Baldwin as president of his ministry.^[24]

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Baldwin at the Iowa Straw Poll in support of Brownback, 2007

In 2007, Baldwin endorsed Sam Brownback for U.S. President.^[27] After Brownback ended his campaign, Baldwin switched his support to Mike Huckabee.^[28]

Baldwin was an outspoken advocate of the John McCain–Sarah Palin presidential ticket after Huckabee dropped out of the 2008 presidential election. The same year, Baldwin threatened to move to Canada if Barack Obama was elected and challenged the candidate to box for charity.^[29]

In June 2011, Baldwin mentioned the possibility of entering New York City's 2013 mayoral election as an opponent of his brother Alec, who had suggested that he may run himself.^[30]

Baldwin endorsed Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.^[31]

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