You put them all together on stage, you’re just tempting fate.  We need a Designated Survivor situation.

I don’t think this is all a matter of some gentlemanly agreements. That’s all the more reason for Democrats and liberals to focus, rather than getting up in arms about the fact that a comedian told a joke about the Wachowskis.  Because there are voters who voted for Trump, then voted for Biden, and might vote for…

As I note in a response comment, that 70 percent number only works if you consider people who believe first trimester abortions alone should be legal. When you look at abortions in the second trimester and beyond, it’s closer to 70 percent opposed. In any event, my point is there are a lot of people who believe these…

About 70 percent of the country thinks abortion should be legal in the first trimester. If you think that position, all by itself, qualifies one as being pro-choice, then OK. But support for legal abortion drops to 37% for the second trimester and 22% for the third.

I don’t think Deadspin is allowed to cover the Chiefs anymore since Carron Phillips shit the bed, so they also may not be able to tell you if Travis Kelce is allowed to score a touchdown under the rules of football.

Exactly. With Apple products, there’s a definite sense that the company has decided there is a right way to use their products, and that it is constantly annoyed that customers refuse to comply.

A majority of Americans think trans athletes should only compete on the teams matching the gender they were assigned at birth. Pluralities believe that it should be illegal for medical professionals to help people under 18 gender transition, that trans individuals should be required to use the bathroom of their…

It would be great if we lived in a world where Haley, Chappelle, and Gillis were “far-right,” as you say. A lot more elections would go the way I want. But it’s just nonsense.

I think one thing that’s happened is that our culture has fragmented, and it’s harder to say who counts as famous anymore. I’ve never heard of Gillis, for what it’s worth. He seems to host a very successful comedy podcast that I’ve never heard of. But it’s not clear, based on his resume, that he’s less famous that,…

Paul Westerberg knows what he did.

Jacob Elordi is a celebrity right now. If you think he should have to consent anytime he’s filmed in a public place, it is hard to see how that wouldn’t also apply to Trump, who right now is a private citizen/famous person.

Do you think if Biden (or Harris) volunteered to host, SNL would say no?

That’s a fair question, but I think it kind of misunderstands how SNL thinks of these things. I get the sense the show at this point depends a lot on creating buzzworthy moments. That’s particularly important as the show heads into an election season, since the show has sometimes managed to really make itself part of…

Maybe. I also think, however, that liberals have gotten more assertive about the idea that people should not appeal in these things if they have views liberals consider noxious.

Donald Trump is not a government official. As of today, at least, he’s a private citizen.  Should it be illegal to film him without consent?

Yeah, I’m not convinced it’s a good look for a couple of billionaires — one of one of whom has won dozens of Grammys, one of whom was winning a Grammy at that very moment -- to complaint about not winning awards.

I assume in both cases, it’s the My Husband Has Inserted Himself Where He Doesn’t Belong gaze.

Geena Davis, catching a stray.

I think Murphy would be a perfectly reasonable choice. The downside with him is that he did not join the cast until the show had been going for a number of years, so he doesn’t really represent the full span of the 50th anniversary.  Also, he seems

Weird to assert that Timberlake “insisted” that Spears get an abortion. Spears herself does not indicate that Timberlake coerced her or insisted on anything, but only that he expressed his own confidence in his view that the two of them were not ready to be parents.