Who do you go to to get all of your US political news?
by BoltBait | created - 07 Jun 2017 | updated - 08 Jun 2017 | Public
1. John Oliver
Writer | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
John Oliver was born on April 23, 1977 in Birmingham, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014), The Lion King (2019) and The Smurfs (2011). He has been married to Kate Norley since October 2011. They have two children.
Last Week Tonight
2. Stephen Colbert
Writer | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert (pronounced "cole-BEAR") was born on May 13, 1964 in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. He is the son of Lorna Elizabeth (Tuck) and James William Colbert, Jr., a doctor and medical school dean at Yale, Saint Louis University, and MUSC. He is the ...
3. Trevor Noah
Producer | The Daily Show
Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, television host, actor, and political commentator. He is the host of The Daily Show, an American satirical news program on Comedy Central.
Born in Johannesburg, Noah began his career in South Africa in 2002. He had several hosting roles with the South African...
4. Seth Meyers
Writer | Documentary Now!
Seth Meyers was born on December 28, 1973 in Bedford, New Hampshire, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Documentary Now! (2015), Saturday Night Live (1975) and New Year's Eve (2011). He has been married to Alexi Ashe Meyers since September 1, 2013. They have three children.
5. Peter Sagal
Actor | Inside Out
Peter Sagal is known for Inside Out (2015), Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004) and Savage (1996). He has been married to Mary Filler Sagal since June 2018. They have one child. He was previously married to Beth Albrecht.
Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! (The NPR News Quiz)
6. Samantha Bee
Producer | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Studied at George Brown Theatre School in Toronto. She waited tables for five years, did some theatre work and the odd commercial. Even kept her comedic bent alive in the Toronto sketch comedy group, the Atomic Fireballs, she formed with three other women.
Full Frontal
7. Colin Jost
Writer | Saturday Night Live
Colin Jost was born on June 29, 1982 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), Tom and Jerry (2021) and How to Be Single (2016). He has been married to Scarlett Johansson since October 2020. They have one child.
Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live with Colin Jost and Michael Che
8. Bill Maher
Producer | Politically Incorrect
Bill Maher was born William Maher in New York City, New York, and grew up in River Vale, New Jersey. His father, William Aloysius Maher Jr., who was of Irish Catholic descent, was a radio announcer and news editor. His mother, Julie (Berman), was a nurse, who was of Jewish descent. Maher was raised...
Real Time
9. W. Kamau Bell
Producer | United Shades of America
W. Kamau Bell was born on January 26, 1973 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for United Shades of America (2016), Sorry to Bother You (2018) and We Need to Talk About Cosby (2022). He has been married to Dr. Melissa Hudson Bell, Ph.D. since 2009. They have two ...
Politically Re-Active
10. Moshe Kasher
Actor | Zoolander 2
Moshe Kasher was born on July 6, 1979 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Zoolander 2 (2016), Another Period (2013) and Betty (2020). He has been married to Natasha Leggero since October 11, 2015. They have one child.
Problematic
11. Donald Trump
Producer | The Apprentice
Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946 at the Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens, New York City, New York. He is the son of Mary Trump (née Macleod) and Fred Trump, a real estate millionaire. His mother was a Scottish immigrant who initially worked as a maid. His father was born in New ...
Donald Trump's Twitter Feed
12. John Banner
Actor | Hogan's Heroes
John Banner, who achieved television immortality for his portrayal of the Luftwaffe POW camp guard Sergeant Schultz in the TV series Hogan's Heroes (1965), was born on Tuesday, January 28th, 1910 in Vienna., which in 1938 was then the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The 28-year-old Banner, ...
I prefer a Sgt. Shultzian view of U.S. political news: "I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing, knnnothing!"
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