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	Erin Andrews Makes First TV Appearance Since Winning $55 Million Lawsuit by Christopher White Fox Sports reporter Erin Andrews sat down with Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday night in her first television interview/appearance since winning a $55 million verdict in her civil lawsuit over the nude videos of her taken by a peeping Tom at a Nashville hotel in 2008. Read More »

	Former Jeb Flack Says Hillary Clinton Will 'Schlong' Donald Trump by Tommy Christopher There's a mental picture you can't un-see. Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: Governor Rick Snyder Testifies Before Congress on the Flint Water Crisis by Mediaite TV After initially declining to testify, Gov. Rick Snyder is appearing before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is at a hearing today for how his administration handled the Flint water crisis. Read More »

	Elizabeth Warren Manages to Dodge Every Single Question in CBS Interview by Alex Griswold This might be a new record; Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren somehow managed to dodge every single question in a five-minute interview with CBS This Morning Thursday. Read More »

	Things You Find at Goodwill: Ratty Clothes, Used Shoes, $4.99 Purple Heart From WWII by J.D. Durkin This was definitely not one of the items mentioned in that way-too-catchy thrift shop/Goodwill song a few years ago. Read More »

	Jimmy Kimmel Proves That People Have No Idea Who Just Got Nominated to the Supreme Court by J.D. Durkin L. Ron Hubbard is not the name of the Circuit Judge who was just tapped by President Barack Obama to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, but as Jimmy Kimmel proved Wednesday night, many people really can't tell the difference anyway. Read More »

	The Daily Show Dives Into How Trump Campaign’s Now 'Making Jews Uncomfortable' by Josh Feldman The Daily Show tonight got around to examining the recent ways the Donald Trump campaign has been, um, "making Jews uncomfortable." Read More »

	Harry Reid: 'No Question in My Mind' GOP Caves on SCOTUS by Josh Feldman Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is either trolling or he seriously thinks his Republican colleagues will cave on their opposition to taking a vote on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee. Read More »

	Cooper Presses Fiorina on Blaming Media for Trump: He Responded to Us, You Didn’t by Josh Feldman On CNN tonight, Carly Fiorina told Anderson Cooper that the media is certainly to blame for the rise of Donald Trump. Cooper took some issue with that. Read More »

	Cruz to Megyn: Trump Must Find You 'Terrifying' to Skip Another Debate by Josh Feldman Ted Cruz very eagerly mocked Donald Trump on Fox News tonight for avoiding the now-cancelled debate previously scheduled on Fox for next Monday. Read More »

	Jorge Ramos Confronts O’Reilly: You and Hannity Let Trump ‘Get Away With Anything’ by Josh Feldman There has been some frustration in political circles about the media––especially the conservative media––not being tough enough on Donald Trump. Tonight, during an appearance with Bill O'Reilly, Jorge Ramos called out the host for not being tough on Trump at all. Read More »

	O'Reilly Brings On Trump to Give Him Advice: Don't Get 'Baited' by 'Radical Left' by Josh Feldman Bill O'Reilly didn't really confront Donald Trump tonight so much as repeatedly give him advice on how to act more statesmanlike and not let himself get "baited" by his angry critics. Read More »

	Fox’s Van Susteren Scolds Republicans for Playing ‘Political Games’ on SCOTUS by Josh Feldman Fox News' Greta Van Susteren scolded Senate Republicans tonight for playing "political games" in refusing to even vote on President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court. Read More »

	Carson Backtracks: Trump and I 'Did Not Discuss Any Quid Pro Quo' for My Endorsement by Josh Feldman Earlier this week, Ben Carson revealed, after his endorsement of Donald Trump, that he was offered a job in the Trump administration. Now he's sort of backtracking what he meant there... Read More »

	WH Spokesperson Backpedals on Whether Clinton is Target of Email Investigation by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	Krauthammer: Kasich Whines About Not Getting Time at Debates and Then Pulls Out of One? by Josh Feldman John Kasich has complained in the past about not getting enough time to speak at the debates, which is why Fox's Charles Krauthammer found it odd he skipped out on the now-cancelled Fox News debate. Read More »

	Gutfeld: Trump’s Supporters Won’t Riot Because ‘Law-Abiding People Abide by Laws’ by Lindsey Ellefson Today on The Five, Greg Gutfeld responded to Donald Trump's ominous revelation that he believes if he doesn't get the GOP nomination at the upcoming convention, there will be major rioting. Read More »

	CNN's Zucker Defends Trump Coverage: We Haven't 'Given Too Much Attention to Him' by Josh Feldman Do you feel like cable news––and CNN in particular––has given way too much coverage to Donald Trump in the past few months? CNN President Jeff Zucker disagrees. Read More »

	Police Union: University Put Cops in Danger ‘At Every Single Turn’ During Trump Rally by Lindsey Ellefson All of this comes after the police announced that contrary to what Trump has said, they never advised him to cancel his event at all. Read More »

	‘Party Whore’: The Wire Creator David Simon Unloads on GOP's SCOTUS ‘Shtbaggery’ by Josh Feldman* David Simon, celebrated auteur of The Wire and other acclaimed HBO series, let loose on Senator Orrin Hatch in a passionate, fiery rant about Republican obstructionism on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee. Read More »

	‘The Biden Rule’: How the Vice President Set the Stage for the Current Supreme Court Blockade by Ronn Blitzer Read More »

	Outspoken Trump Supporter: 'Riots Aren't Necessarily a Bad Thing' by Josh Feldman Scottie Nell Hughes, an adamant Donald Trump supporter, defended the GOP frontrunner's comments (warnings?) about riots at the convention by saying that riots aren't necessarily that bad. Read More »

	Fox's Cavuto Refuses to Let Sen. Hatch Off the Hook for SCOTUS Obstruction by Sam Reisman Fox's Neil Cavuto appeared skeptical in his Wednesday interview with Sen. Orrin Hatch, in which he tenaciously probed the merits of Senate Republicans' seemingly intractable stance on confirming a Supreme Court Justice. Read More »

	Limbaugh: Maybe GOP Could Confirm Garland In Exchange for Hillary Indictment by Josh Feldman Rush Limbaugh proposed a compromise today: Senate Republicans confirm President Obama's Supreme Court pick, and the president makes sure Hillary Clinton gets indicted by the DOJ. Read More »

	Here's the Crazy (but Possible) Way Republicans Confirm Merrick Garland to SCOTUS by Sam Reisman While it might seem implausible, there is a potential scenario in which Republicans would be tripping over themselves trying to confirm Garland as quickly as possible. Read More »

	Carson on Trump's Past Nasty, False Attacks on Him: Eh, Whatever by Josh Feldman So remember how when Ben Carson was still in the race, Donald Trump engaged in a bunch of vicious attacks against him? Yeah, Carson doesn't seem to care now that he's thrown in with The Donald. Read More »

	Former Subway Spox Jared Fogle Got Jumped While In Prison for Child Porn and Sex Crimes by Lindsey Ellefson He suffered a bloody nose, a swollen face, and scratches on his neck after Nigg reportedly pushed him down and began punching him in the face. Read More »

	Nike Finally Got On That 'Self-Tying Shoes' Thing by Lindsey Ellefson The benefits of this shoe outweigh simple bragging rights (although that is definitely a hefty component in the decision to purchase self-lacing shoes, surely) and include a more customized fit and a more reliable fit for athletes, which is safe, convenient, and performance-enhancing. Read More »

	Cruz Attacks Rival on SCOTUS: Merrick Garland the Kind of Nominee Trump Would Like by Josh Feldman The Ted Cruz campaign's official statement on President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court targets not only the president, but Donald Trump. Read More »

	Male Fox Guest: Hillary Sounds 'Shrill,' 'Like a Cat Being Dragged Across a Blackboard' by Alex Griswold Talk radio show host Chris Plante said on Fox News that Hillary Clinton's voice was "shrill" and "annoying," but maintained that saying so didn't make him a sexist. Read More »

	Here Are the Six Words That Could Get Merrick Garland Confirmed to SCOTUS by Tommy Christopher Everyone seems to think they already know what's going to happen to President Obama's just-announced Supreme Court nominee, DC Circuit Court Chief Judge Merrick Garland. Read More »

	Pawn Stars Star Chumlee Was Arrested Because of His Vault of Weapons and Narcotics by Lindsey Ellefson He posted his $62,000 bail and is now awaiting his May 23 court hearing. Read More »

	Oh the Irony: GOP Leaders Ask Cruz to Apologize Before Receiving Their Support by Ken Meyer Ted Cruz is the only one left who can pose a real challenge to Donald Trump's Republican nomination, and now, figures from the political establishment are asking him to make nice with them before they coalesce around his campaign. Read More »

	Beck Shreds Kasich for Not Dropping Out: 'You Son of a Bitch, the Republic Is at Stake!' by Josh Feldman Glenn Beck is really hoping for a Donald Trump-Ted Cruz one-on-one fight to finally take down The Donald, so naturally he got pissed off that John Kasich isn't bowing out yet. Read More »

	Fox Legal Analyst Calls Himself ‘Constitutional Geek’, Proceeds to Misidentify Author of Constitution by J.D. Durkin There's nothing like a good ol' "Constitutional and Supreme Court geek" like Arthur Aidala to completely butcher the author of the Constitution. Read More »

	Donald Trump Appears to Have Heavily Plagiarized Ben Carson Op-Ed by Alex Griswold A Donald Trump op-ed touting his plan for American territories and commonwealths appears to have heavily plagiarized from a Ben Carson op-ed on the same topic, lifting entire paragraphs and making only cosmetic changes to others. Read More »

	Fox News, CNN Set Ratings Records with Mega Tuesday Coverage by Josh Feldman Both Fox News and CNN set ratings records last night for coverage of what networks have dubbed either Super Tuesday 2 or 3, or what we here at Mediaite have deemed Mega Tuesday. Read More »

	Prosecutors in Tamir Rice, Laquan McDonald Cases Lose Election Races by Josh Feldman The fatal shootings of Tamir Rice and Laquan McDonald were clearly on the minds of voters in Cleveland and Chicago last night, with the prosecutors in both those cases rejected in both of their primaries. Read More »

	Trump Fear of Fox Moderators' Approach Real Reasons For Ducking (Now-Cancelled) Debate by Joe Concha Donald Trump's decision to not participate in a Fox debate -- by his own admission -- may have cost him the state of Iowa. That debate has since been cancelled. Here's why the frontrunner's decision will only help make it feel like 1940 all over again... Read More »

	Trump Manager Lewandowski Went Ahead and Made Himself a Delegate in NH by Lindsey Ellefson Having Lewandowski there, in the thick of it and acting as a delegate and a manager, will surely only compound the drama. Read More »