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Kimmel ridicules Mike Lindell's new social media site as a gathering place for 'paranoia and mustache wax'
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell announced that his four-year project to create his own social media site that combines YouTube and Twitter, the two places he's been throw off.
"That's right, come get lost in a world of paranoia and mustache wax," said Kimmel. "Why do I get the feeling Mike Lindell is going to be living in a motel soon?"
The so-called "Free Speech" site will ban swear words and anyone taking the Lord's name in vain.
"Great! That means kids can watch you have a full mental collapse too!" Kimmel celebrated. "Which C-word do you think he's talking about? Ciabatta? The pillow man has a lot going on. He's also launching what he believes will be 'a rival to Amazon' called 'My Store.' I spent the whole afternoon going through this, and there are some delightful items for sale at MyStore."
According to the late-night host, the site offers things like peanut brittle, "freedom flags," which he explained are 48 percent more patriotic than regular flags. And a children's book depicting former President Donald Trump as a Neanderthal beating up a dinosaur with a copy of the Constitution.
"And that's just the tip of the iceberg," Kimmel said. "There's a bunch of products that sound like we made them up. We didn't."
His favorite, however, was the $39.99 lifesize cardboard cutout of Lindell squeezing a pillow, "lurking menacingly in your home."
"Who would buy this? I mean, besides me? Who would buy this?" Kimmel asked.
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Greg Gutfeld's Fox News 'comedy' show mocked for being preempted after being on for 'half a Scaramucci'
Greg Gutfeld's new Fox News show was expanded briefly to weeknights but according to reporter Aaron Rupar, it disappeared Tuesday night. In Anthony Scaramucci time, that's just half a "Scaramucci," he remarked.
Only half a Scaramucci after its debut, Gutfeld! is abruptly preempted— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar)1618370057.0
The former White House communications director spent just 11 days on the job. Former President Donald Trump was so infamous for his hiring and firing that Scaramucci became a unit of measure by which employment under Trump was calculated.
Gutfeld was preempted by former Trumpster Larry Kudlow, who infamously screamed at Dr. Anthony Fauci for disagreeing hydroxychloroquine was a cure for COVID-19. Fauci ultimately was proved right, and Kudlow got a Fox News show.
The show from Gutfeld was an attempt to craft humor over liberal policies or progressive statements, but it has frequently fallen flat with the audience.
"As for those late-night shows we're supposed to compete against: Why bother? Who do they offend?" Gutfeld asked in the opening monologue of the first episode. Since then, reviews have come in from traditional media outlets questioning the hypocrisy at those it pokes fun.
It's unclear if Gutfeld's show is on an unexpected hiatus or if Kudlow had some breaking economic news that needed to be addressed at 11 p.m. EST on Tuesday night. Either way, Gutfeld was nowhere to be found.
Here are the biggest mistakes from Chauvin's lawyers today — other than paying expert $11,000 for testimony: experts
Barry Brodd, a former police officer and so-called "use-of-force expert," was paid $11,000 to say that Derek Chauvin's actions were "justified."
According to the New York Times and Washington Post, if Brodd seemed to be having a tough time saying the words "top" when asked about Derek Chauvin's positioning on George Floyd. As if it was a game of "charades," Brodd repeatedly didn't "understand" simple questions about where Chauvin was with respect to Floyd.
"Yeah, no," said trial attorney Katie Phang speaking to MSNBC's Joy Reid Tuesday evening. She went on to explain that Brodd was unlikable and that he and the defense ultimately failed during the proceedings. She went on to wonder why the defense team would use him when there are other more likable experts.
Brodd was called in as an expert witness in the Laquan McDonald trial as well, which Phang said he failed at too.
"What was really critical about this expert is that he was trying desperately to show in a very clinical way that use of force has to be done, you know, compliant with police procedures, et cetera," she went on. "The problem is the defense must assume that the jury is not paying attention because we heard from the actual guy, Lt. Johnny Mercil, who said that technique that Derek Chauvin used is not taught by the Minnesota PD. So, we already have the person who is actually in charge of everything, including the chief of police saying we don't condone this. We don't authorize this and the other critical mistake made by the defense was through this guy, Barry Brodd."
She went on to say that a "golden rule" of trials is never to ask the members of the jury to put themselves in the shoes of the defendant.
"That's a mistrial so what's critically wrong with this argument they're doing? If you ask the jurors any of these 12 jurors to put themselves in the shoes of Derek Chauvin, none are ever going to say what that cop did was reasonable, objectively, subjectively wasn't reasonable so that was a major mistake because none of those jurors will say that 9:29 on somebody without a pulse as something they would ever do as a reasonable officer. That was a critical problem," she said.
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