(Warning: mild spoilers for "House of Cards" season four ahead.)

With season four of “House of Cards” live on Netflix Friday, we have been thrust back into the shady politics of now-president Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), and more importantly, the drama between him and his wife, Claire (Robin Wright).

We left the two off at the end of season three at the height of their dysfunction. Claire, the once-unshakable supporter of Frank during his rise to the presidency, now loathes her husband following her time as UN Ambassador. In the position, she had to deal with LGBT activist Michael Corrigan killing himself in a Russian prison and reluctantly resigned as Ambassador to appease Russian president Petrov, and essentially help Frank.

As season three came to a close, Frank tried to play it tough with Claire, demanding that she come along with him and “do her job” as First Lady campaigning in New Hampshire for his re-election campaign.

Instead, Claire, in that cool and calm tone she uses so well, told Frank she’s not going with him. In fact, she’s leaving him.

Season four picks up with the two still at odds, barely talking, let alone in the same room together. Claire has found refuge back in her home state of Texas, staying with her mother (played by Ellen Burstyn) in Dallas, while Frank is on the campaign trail.

But if you’re a fan of the show, you know that Claire certainly isn’t sulking in the corner. In fact, she’s crafting a new way to make her mark in DC, and may just take down Frank in the process.

A big reason I still watch “House of Cards” is Wright’s performance as Claire. It’s thrilling, powerful, and just damn good acting. And for all fans who feel the same way, you’ll be happy to know that season four is when Claire Underwood becomes the true star of “House of Cards.”

The first few episodes of season four are split between Frank’s re-election and Claire forming a strategy for life post-FLOTUS. She hires Leann Harvey (Neve Campbell, in a great performance) to be her adviser, and let’s just say she’s as ruthless as Frank’s right-hand man, Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly).

The punch, counter-punch between Frank and Claire is great, but the standalone scenes of Claire keep you sucked in the episodes. Because she’s not only going through a spat with her husband — as they both need to keep on happy faces in public — but her mother’s hatred for Frank is something Claire also has to keep to just a simmer (until she can use it to her advantage).

Perhaps the most satisfying new reality of "House of Cards" is that Frank has finally met his match. He’s now up against the one person who knows where all of the bodies are buried (well, figuratively speaking, of course).

But none of this would be worthy if it weren’t for the talents of Wright. Her won’t-back-down fortitude and ice-queen exterior as Claire have turned her into a landmark character in the streaming-TV era.

In season four, we can finally appreciate her full greatness.

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With season four of Netflix's "House of Cards" now available, we are having a lot of fun going back into the shady world of the Underwoods.

And we're happy to see that the absurd (some might say over-the-top) moments that make us binge the show have not gone away. 

That got us thinking about all the surprises "House of Cards" has delivered over the years, from main-character deaths to trysts with Secret Service. So we ranked the top 10.

(Warning: There's a spoiler for season four, episode four ahead.)

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10. The Meechum threesome (season two)

By season two, we thought we had a good understanding that Frank and Claire Underwood are a different kind of power couple. But then came this memorable moment of the show when, after a long day and some drinks, they get into a threesome with their head of Secret Service, Edward Meechum.

9. Petrov kisses Claire (season three)

Frank and Russian President Viktor Petrov have been playing mind games with each other since they first met. And Viktor proved he can never be intimidated when he gave a smooch to Claire right in the middle of the White House with Frank a few feet away. The man has guts. 

8. Frank spitting on Jesus (season three)

Frank believes in nothing but himself. And if you had any sense that he might believe in a higher power, that fizzled away when he spit on a crucifix.

John Oliver followed last week's episode-long critique of Donald Trump on HBO's "Last Week Tonight" by dedicating this week's episode to special districts.

Yes, Oliver knows the topic isn't sexy. "Hello, people watching for the first time because of our Trump piece. And, also I presume, goodbye ... Thanks for checking in," he said by way of introduction.

The thing is, the show does a great job of explaining why Americans should care about special districts, which Oliver defines as "small units of government with the power to use tax dollars to do one specific thing."

As the host explains, most of us are aware of water districts or fire districts, but there are way more special districts than most people know about. Oliver refers to them as "ghost districts." There are about 40,000 special districts in the US, and they spend about $100 billion a year, one expert said in a clip.

"That is 16 billion more than Russia spends on its military," Oliver said, before pointing out that, school districts included, special districts are the most common form of local government in the country.

"That's crazy," Oliver began a tirade. "It's like finding out that the highest-paid athlete in the world is Harold. I mean, who the f--k is Harold? What sport does he play? Why don't people talk about this all the time? How am I only hearing about Harold now? You're making me feel a fool!"

In fact, these special districts can operate with very little oversight. As an example, Oliver points to Idaho, which did a study of special districts. Its first priority? To find out how many the state had. The state government didn't even know. Another study on special districts conducted by Kentucky found that 40% of these "local governments" didn't even file budgets as they're legally supposed to do.

So, again, how does all this special-district tomfoolery affect you? Oliver points out that Americans could be living in 10 or more special districts and not know it. And what could that mean? One example: An expert explained that one person in central Phoenix paid $1,000 in taxes while his neighbor belonged to a different district and paid just $7.

"Look, the only people who should be spending a thousand dollars more than their neighbors across the street are the a--holes who are covering every square inch of their house with Christmas decorations," Oliver said. "They should be taxed. And then, they should be imprisoned. And then, they should be told their lights were better last year, because it's that one that would hurt them the most."

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(Warning: big spoiler ahead if you haven’t seen episode four of the new season.)

Actor Nathan Darrow knew he would get the call sooner or later about the fate of his “House of Cards” character, Secret Service agent Edward Meechum. And over the break before shooting season four, he got it from creator Beau Willimon.

“He told me what would happen, and I told him I daydreamed what would happen to Meechum, and this was definitely one of the endings I imagined,” Darrow told Business Insider.

Meechum is a favorite of the show. The loyal personal bodyguard of President Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), he's done everything Underwood asked of him, and even partook in an intimate threesome with Frank and his wife Claire (Robin Wright) in season two.

But in episode four of the fourth season that premiered on Netflix Friday, we see the end of Meechum.

While at a rally for his re-election, Underwood walks over to a group of protestors.

While talking to the group, Meechum standing alongside him, Underwood is shot by someone in the crowd. It turns out to be Lucas Goodwin, played by Sebastian Arcelus, one of the last people who knew about Frank’s affair with Zoe Barnes and murder of Peter Russo.

Goodwin shoots Underwood and Meechum, but Meechum, in addition to covering his boss, is able to shoot and kill Goodwin.

As Underwood is rushed off to the hospital by the other Secret Service, Meechum lies on the ground dead.

Darrow remembers that the day of shooting the episode, directed by Wright, was a tense one. It included a lot of former Secret Service members on set as technical advisors.

“We were told what our physical reaction would be after shots were fired,” Darrow said. “We were really invested in it. It was satisfying.”

He also remembers Wright being jazzed up to shoot the scene.

“Robin is a really gifted director, so she’s always on her game, but that day there was a look in her eye, and she was fired up creatively on what she could do visually with the scene. So that made me feel good that she was excited."

The one piece of direction Wright drove home to Darrow on that day: “Don’t let the camera see you breathing after you’re dead,” he recalls.

But that wasn’t the last scene Darrow shot for the show. His final scene to be filmed appears earlier in the episode, when Frank traces Meechum’s hand on the hallway wall in the White House.

“I’m glad that was the last one,” he said. “It was nice to go out on a lighter one.”

As much as the show changed his life, Darrow doesn't make a big deal of ending the gig. He was flattered that, after his last scene, Willimon halted production and said some nice words about him to the cast and crew.

But as Darrow puts it, “Actors know the job will be over at some point.”

So what were the other possibilities he daydreamed for how Meechum would go out?

“I thought he would be with Frank, long after Frank is out of office, and he’d be pushing Frank’s wheelchair," Darrow said. “Or everything that’s going on has been eating away at Meechum, and he just self-destructs. But what they went with seemed very appropriate.”

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Nas, one of the greatest rappers of all time, has invested in a company that makes protein bars out of crickets. 

Exo is a Brooklyn-based startup that is trying to change the way we think about eating bugs. The company just closed a $4 million round of Series A funding led by Accel Foods — including Nas — bringing its total funding to $5.6 million.

Exo cofounders Greg Sewitz and Gabi Lewis started experimenting with cricket-based food when they were seniors at Brown University, after reading a United Nations report that said eating insects could help combat world hunger.

They currently have the highest sales in the insect snack space, which admittedly is not particularly crowded.

Exo's pitch is that "cricket flour" — basically ground-up crickets — is much better for the environment that other animal sources. Cows, for example, produce about 100 times the amount of greenhouse gas for the same amount of protein, according to Exo.

A few months back, I tried a sampler pack of their protein bars, which each contain approximately 40 crickets. Here's what it was like:

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We got an Exo sampler pack, which costs $13.

It has 4 flavors of bars...

...Peanut Butter and Jelly, Blueberry Vanilla, Cocoa Nut, and Apple Cinnamon.

To train for his role in the movie "John Wick: Chapter Two," which will be out in February 2017, Reeves visited a shooting range. In a video that's going viral, he proves himself worthy of playing the world's most dangerous hitman.

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Kanye West says he's not going to release any more CDs and instead will move forward with only streaming.

The rapper took to Twitter Monday and announced that "The 'Yeezus' album packaging was an open casket to CDs" and there will be "no more CDs from me."

"Yeezus" was West's sixth album, released back in 2013.  

When he finally released "The Life of Pablo," his seventh album, in February, it was offered on his website for $20 and available on Tidal, Jay Z's streaming service, of which West is also a coowner. West ultimately removed the download link from his website, and the album has been a Tidal exclusive ever since. 

But the exclusivity of the streaming deal has caused the album to be heavily pirated. As of February 18, more than half a million people had pirated it. 

If he sticks to streaming his albums using exclusive deals, he may run into the same problem in the future.

After announcing the news, he also tweeted about being "the best version of me" and told people to "please avoid trying to talk me out of being me in the future."

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“We want to be the biggest rock ‘n’ roll band in the f---ing country.”

So says Taylor Burns, one-third of the harmonic powerhouse fronting the up-and-coming American rock band The Wild Feathers, when I ask him what he wants for his band.

Many musicians talk about the privilege of simply playing for a living, but Burns offers the unvarnished truth: “We’re not afraid of success. We don’t want to sacrifice integrity to get there, but I think there’s a void in rock music today that needs to be filled... I’m not saying we’re the answer, but we’re a f---ing step in the right direction.”

As Burns describes it, though, it’s not about money or fame for fame’s sake: “I want to affect change or evoke emotion or some sort of feeling in everyone, and the more people that hear it, the more chance you have to do that,” he told Business Insider. “That’s what writing music is all about... If we fail, we fail, but at least we f---ing went for it.”

You’d be forgiven for thinking his statements smack of arrogance, but that's not the feeling you get around the band. It's clear Burns and his fellow band leaders, Ricky Young and Joel King, love playing with each other, and they’re going to enjoy the ride for as long as it lasts.

“We’re a band in the true definition,” Young said. “We’re a band of brothers.”

Prior to The Wild Feathers, all three vocalists were band leaders in their own right. Young and King met on what they call “the backstage hangout circuit” in Nashville, Tennessee. As King describes it, “Everyone’s drinking and talking about being in bands more than actually being in bands.”

That wasn't the case for King and Young, who were eager to start something. But before they became The Wild Feathers, the two went to Austin, Texas, for what they call “a crazy weekend.”

“Joel was looking for weed... of course,” Burns jumps in to help tell the story.

Young and King were also looking for a third voice to add to the nascent band, and their friends told them, “Same guy... call Taylor.”

From there, the three jumped into the studio to start demoing tracks together.

“Singing is an intimate thing. Not all people’s voices blend,” Burns said. “Even though we had to work at it, I’d say it was natural right off the bat."

The vocal fit immediately becomes clear on their forthcoming sophomore album, "Lonely Is a Lifetime," out March 11. Their sound has hardened from the first album, and has far less of their previous Americana or country-tinged work.

“We want to be an evolving rock band… The last thing we wanted to do was be an alt-country band forever,” Young said.

Whatever genre it falls under, the new album is clearly arranged, recorded, and mixed as a complete musical thought as opposed to a ragtag collection of singles. “Goodbye Song” is a courageous rock odyssey clearly born on stage, and the final song carries that live curiosity and exploration through into the studio version.

“Happy Again,” a standout, sounds upbeat, but the lyrics are tortured and tragic — a statement about drugs' dark and beautiful duality. That theme crops up on both of the band's albums.

“I think it’d be disingenuous not to sing about drugs when everybody we know does drugs… We’re singing about what we know, about our environment,” King said.

“We’re all chasing some sort of high,” Burns added. “Whether it’s prescription pills, or going to work out, or whatever it is you’re looking for in life... We’re all chasing a high, and we like to sing about it.”

"In my opinion, no one really sings about real s--- any more. At least not in the mainstream,” Young said. “All of our heroes write about really dark s---."

It's one more way that The Wild Feathers aren't afraid to be bigger.

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When Netflix recommended a series called “Scrotal Recall” to me last year, I did a double-take.

Gross.

It makes sense that the show, originally broadcast by the UK's Channel 4 and brought over to the US by Netflix, would come up as something I'd like based on my deep love for fellow Brit-coms like "The IT Crowd," "The Inbetweeners," and "Merlin" (don't knock it 'til you try it).

It wasn't on Rotten Tomatoes... but IMDb users rated it 7.9 out of 10. Someone was watching it. And someone was liking it.

I could give it a shot.

“Scrotal Recall” centers on Dylan, a floppy-haired, hapless 20-something in an unnamed British city that isn’t London, which already sets it apart from most shows Americans get from across the pond.

In the show’s opening, Dylan finds out he has chlamydia (“the missionary position of sexual diseases,” according to his friend and housemate Luke).

Dylan gamely informs his past partners, each of whom drives the narrative of one 23-minute episode detailing the circumstances that led Dylan to the point where he has to call these women — so far, they’re all women — about an STD.

Each episode stands on its own as a flashback, while running plotlines keep you invested, primarily the exquisitely agonizing will-they-or-won’t-they romance of Dylan and his best friend Evie.

You might think a show called “Scrotal Recall” would be heavy-handed, boorish, and heavily reliant on sex jokes in place of an actual plot. I wouldn’t blame you if you did. But despite the fact that the main driver of the story is one man’s sexual escapades and ensuing STD, “Scrotal Recall” is silly, charming, and … sweet.

The characters are understandable and easy to identify with. They're not depressingly cynical, jarringly quirky, or too witty to be anything but scripted. For all of their flaws, they come across as regular people who generally and genuinely try to do the right thing, or at least the best thing they can think of at the moment.

There are some things “Scrotal Recall” is not. It’s not a tale of politics or intrigue. There are no drugs or guns, to the best of my recollection, and it’s free of horror and violence, minus one bar-bathroom mishap and a tussle over a stolen camera. If you’re looking for the next  “Game of Thrones,” this is not your show.

I’m not the first one to point out that “Scrotal Recall” might do well to junk the name and start again. “Is it too late to change the name of ‘Scrotal Recall?’” asked Stephanie Merry at the Washington Post. "Netflix’s new original ‘Scrotal Recall’ is so much better than its name,” wrote Vivian Kane at Pajiba. “‘Scrotal Recall’: Don’t be put off by the title” warns Jake Laverde at Den of Geek.

I can’t blame the creator for the name. In an interview with Den of Geek, show creator Tom Edge acknowledges the misnomer. "It was kind of a joke for the producers,” he said. “I wrote a page's worth of titles and that one was at the end with, in brackets, 'Not this one obviously!'”

The Washington Post points to another interview Edge did with Dan Owen, in which he acknowledged that the title is a pun, and “those go stale fast.” He admitted that there’s a tonal mismatch between the title and the show, and added: “I hate coming up with titles. It's my worst thing.”

And let’s be honest, here: More than one person had to look at the title “Scrotal Recall” and think it was a good enough idea to pass on to the next guy.

As of press time, there’s no verdict on whether Dylan, Evie, and Luke will get a second season. Truthfully, that’s why I’m championing their story. Six episodes is not enough.

So watch “Scrotal Recall.” Tell your friends about it.

Just be sure to warn them about the title.

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Over the first three seasons, "House of Cards" gave viewers a scary look into what a politician who believes himself above the law is capable of. 

Never before, though, has it portrayed a major election while streaming during an actual one. In this context, the show's seemingly fantastical plots seem to have predicted or come into close proximity of actual events that have occurred during Election 2016.

On season four, we find Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) just after his wife Claire (Robin Wright) has declared her independence from him and their marriage. His term as president — which came by succession, and not from actually being elected — is coming to an end and the primary campaigning has begun. With formidable candidates nipping at his heels, old transgressions bubbling back to the surface, and plenty of enemies, Underwood will have to dig deep into his playbook to win this one.

Along the campaign trail, the Netflix drama portrays several story lines reminded us of actual events in the current presidential election.

Here are five ways the Netflix drama's plots seemed ripped from Election 2016:

Warning: Season four spoilers ahead!

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A First Lady who dreams of ascending to elected office.

"House of Cards": Claire Underwood has been in the shadow of her husband for three decades and countless election campaigns. Not only has she learned the game of politics along the way, she has helped Frank through both emotional support and strategy. The appointed position with the United Nations was a good way to get her feet wet, but she yearns for the real power of elected office.

Election 2016: Similarly, Hillary Clinton had stood by her husband, Bill Clinton, through both successful and embarrassing moments during his presidency. Since then, she lost to Barack Obama for president and then accepted his appointment of her as secretary of state. But she's still hungry for the presidential office, and some believe she'll say and do anything to get it.

A presidential candidate whose party is against them.

"House of Cards": Frank Underwood has crossed a lot of people in the Democratic party as he climbed his way to the presidential office. And now that he's trying to become their president, many are turning their back on him.

Election 2016: The novelty of Donald Trump has worn off for pretty much everyone. But specifically, the Republican party has been clear that it'd prefer someone else for the job of president.

A call for email transparency.

"House of Cards": In a bid to create trust among voters, Republican presidential candidate Will Conway gives the public all-access to his phone, emails, videos, and photos.

Election 2016: Conway's transparency could be a good lesson for Hillary Clinton. She is continuing to be investigated in what's being called "#emailgate," after it was discovered that she used a private phone and server for emails while she was Secretary of State, a breach of national security protocol. She was ordered to turn over the emails held on the private server. Many wondered if the controversy would end her presidential aspirations.

A jury awarded $55 million to sportscaster Erin Andrews on Monday after she sued management and owners of a Nashville Marriott hotel over a 2008 nude video of her that was taken by a stalker in an adjoining room.

Andrews, who sought $75 million in damages, testified for two days during the two-week trial, saying that since the video went viral in 2009, she has experienced depression, crying spells and sleeplessness.

Her lawyer said in closing arguments on Friday that the hotel was negligent and could have prevented the incident.

The video was taken by Michael David Barrett, who pleaded guilty in 2009 to stalking Andrews and making the video. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

In 2009, Barrett pleaded guilty to renting hotel rooms next to Andrews in three separate cities, and was sentenced to more than two years in prison, according to The Associated Press.

The lawyer for the hotel's owners and management said in closing arguments on Friday said that the responsibility was solely Barrett's.

Barrett had said he asked to get the room next to Andrews' after an employee confirmed to him that she was staying there on a certain date.

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Donald Trump ignited a firestorm last weekend when the Republican presidential frontrunner asked his supporters to raise their right hand and "solemnly swear" to vote for him.

On NBC's "Today" show Tuesday morning, host Savannah Guthrie told Trump that some people were "quite disturbed" by the pledge.

She noted that former Anti-Defamation League director Abe Foxman, a Holocaust survivor, said the pledge "reminds him of the Nazi salute."

"I wonder how you feel about that comparison and whether it would make you want to perhaps not do it anymore?" Guthrie asked.

Trump initially dismissed the "ridiculous" criticism he was receiving for the right-arm pledge:

I think it's ridiculous. I mean, we're having such a great time. Yesterday, I had 20,000 people in Mississippi. I had tremendous crowds in Michigan. And sometimes we'll do it for fun. And they'll start screaming at me: "Do the swear-in! Do the swear-in!" I mean, they're having such a great time. They're massive crowds. I get by far the biggest crowds.

"Honestly, until this phone call I didn't know it was a problem," he added. "I'll tell you what: Almost everybody in the room raises their hand. We're having a good time. I never knew it was a problem."

Trump was also asked about the pledge on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and ABC's "Good Morning America."

Matt Lauer, another host of "Today," then told Trump that his caustic campaign-trail rhetoric had also reminded some of his critics of history's reactionary demagogues. On Monday, the president of Mexico invoked Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini while criticizing Trump.

Lauer said:

I think it's also in combination, Mr. Trump, with some of the rhetoric you've used on the campaign trail over the last several months, targeting groups like Muslims and Mexicans, that that evokes of Nazi Germany and the scapegoating of Jews there back in the 1930s and '40s.

Trump said such a comparison was a "big, big stretch" and then pivoted back to talking about his crowd sizes.

"I mean, honestly Matt, we've been having rallies that are massive," the candidate said. "Yesterday in Mississippi and two days ago in Orlando — we had 25,000 people fill up a stadium. It was incredible. And we're having these incredible rallies."

Trump added:

That this would be brought up this morning, I'm very surprised to hear it ... If it's offensive, or if there's anything wrong with it, I wouldn't do it. But when I say, "Raise your hand," everybody raises their hand. They're screaming to me to do it: "We want to do it." And we're all having a lot of fun.

"Let's just be clear: So because you now know that it is offensive to some people, will you say, 'OK, let's not do this in the future?'" Lauer asked.

"I'll certainly look into it. I mean, I'd like to find out that that's true," Trump said. "I don't want to offend anybody. But I can tell you that's it's been amazingly well received. But I'll certainly look into that."

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To celebrate International Women's Day, Spotify and Pandora have released a list of the top-streamed women artists on their platforms.

Rihanna took the top spot in the world Spotify and Pandora rankings. On Spotify, however, Beyoncé was the favorite of women listeners, and also topped the US list.

Here is the Spotify world ranking:

1. Rihanna
2. Ariana Grande
3. Beyoncé
4. Ellie Goulding
5. Katy Perry
6. Lana Del Rey
7. Sia
8. Adele
9. Selena Gomez
10. Meghan Trainor

Here is the Spotify US ranking:

1. Beyoncé
2. Nicki Minaj
3. Ariana Grande
4. Rihanna
5. Lana Del Rey
6. Katy Perry
7. Ellie Goulding
8. Adele
9. Selena Gomez
10. Lorde 

Here is the Pandora ranking:

1. Rihanna (with 8.86 billion spins)
2. Taylor Swift (with 5.93 billion spins)
3. Beyoncé (with 4.97 billion spins)

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By now, it's clear that the Republicans aren't happy that Donald Trump is likely to be named their next presidential nominee. And no matter how Samantha Bee feels about the real-estate mogul, she can't ignore his party detractors' hypocrisy.

Before she did that, she eulogized the Republican Party. "Yes, last week, the Republican Party, home to almost a century of great statesmen, died the way Republican president Chester A. Arthur did — violently tearing itself in half."

She added, "The death throes started Thursday morning when the Republican establishment suddenly woke up and realized that Donald Trump was doing to their brand what his a--hole son does to real elephants. Oh, there's your new defense secretary, guys."

She's referring to the GOP's trotting out its best-known members to rally against Trump. But for Bee, they really didn't have a leg to stand on.

First Mitt Romney was dispatched. In a televised speech, he implored supporters not to vote for Trump.

"With all due respect, sir, the last time you tried to stand between a charismatic guy and the White House, you got beat like a Muslim girl at a Trump rally," Bee started in on Romney.

John McCain backed up Romney and called Trump's policy ideas "uninformed" and "dangerous."

"Oh, don't you dare. Don't you even dare! The guy who gave us Trump 1.0 does not get to complain about the latest upgrade," Bee said, referring to McCain's former running mate, Sarah Palin.

Watch the "Full Frontal" segment below:

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Gal Gadot, who will star as Wonder Woman in the upcoming "Batman v Superman," has opened up about her beauty-pageant past, being a mother, and what she wanted to bring to the blockbuster role in Glamour.

Gadot is not your typical Hollywood actress. The Israeli-born former combat trainer was a reluctant pageant queen and relatively unknown actress before landing a part in the multimillion-dollar superhero franchise that will also include her own leading role in “Wonder Woman,” due out in 2017.

After winning the title of Miss Israel, Gadot had second thoughts about pageant competitions.

“When I went to Miss Universe, I rebelled. I was afraid I might get picked again. [Laughs.] I showed up late. I came without gowns. They tell you to come to breakfast in a gown. I was like, ‘No way am I having breakfast in a gown!’ Who needs to wear an evening gown at 10:30 am?” she told the magazine.

But becoming Miss Israel opened Gadot to plenty of modeling opportunities and eventually led to acting. From early on, Gadot wanted to play fierce female roles.

“Whenever I met with producers, writers, or directors, I said I wanted to portray a strong, independent woman," she said. "Cut to Wonder Woman."

Once she nabbed the coveted part in "Batman v Superman," however, she did have one particular convern: She wanted to make sure that Wonder Woman was an independent character in the script.

“She [Wonder Woman] is not relying on a man, and she’s not there because of a love story. She’s not there to serve someone else,” the actress clarified of what to expect from the movie, out March 25.

Not that we would've expected Wonder Woman to be fragile, but it's good to know Gadot plans to keep the character every bit the Amazonian warrior she is and ought to be on the screen. Though she also says that doesn't mean the character will be emotionless.

“She has so many strengths and powers, but at the end of the day she’s a woman with a lot of emotional intelligence. She’s loving,” Gadot said. “And it’s all her heart—that’s her strength. I think women are amazing for being able to show what they feel. I admire women who do. I think it’s a mistake when women cover their emotions to look tough. I say let’s own who we are and use it as a strength.”

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The new lawyer for Steven Avery, well-known wrongful-conviction expert Kathleen Zellner, has not been shy about sharing her thoughts on his case.

Zellner, who is looking into the best ways to appeal Avery's conviction for the murder of Teresa Halbach, has gone on Twitter to provide commentary and notes about evidence-gathering.

Now Zellner claims to have found an "airtight alibi" for her client, the central subject of Netflix's hugely popular "Making a Murderer." Cellphone-tower records show, according to her, that Halbach, an Auto Trader magazine photographer last seen alive at Avery's property, did in fact leave the premises, while Avery stayed there.

Cellphone records in the original trial were used to show Avery's calls to Halbach, but Zellner is suggesting she has new tower location data that could potentially bolster Avery's alibi.

Of course, it's possible that Avery did leave the property with Halbach but kept his phone at home. Still, the tower evidence would make the state's story that he killed Halbach at home in 2005 even muddier than it already is.

Internet sleuths have been trying to piece together what exactly happened to Halbach on that day. Now we'll have to wait for Avery's lawyer to present her own theory in court.

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Frank Underwood’s personal bodyguard Edward Meechum has been a fan favorite on “House of Cards” since the start of the Netflix series.

Meechum's loyalty to Frank and Claire has been unshakable, and the president's and First Lady's affection for their Secret Service agent is especially strong in the new fourth season of the show, especially given his involvement in the biggest twist of the new episodes.

But when Business Insider asked the actor who plays Meechum, Nathan Darrow, which scene most fans want to talk to him about, he had the answer before we even finished the question.

“Oh, the threesome scene, of course,” Darrow told BI.

The shocking scene came in season two, when Claire, Frank, and Meechum, after some drinks, engage in a sexual encounter.

“House of Cards” has made a habit of unleashing surprising, even fantastical, moments with little warning, and this one made Meechum an instant fixture in the mythology of the show.

What Darrow loves about the moment is the reaction he’s gotten from fans.

“People have said to me that moment is when Frank and Claire really came alive for them,” he said. “I think it remains interesting to people because it leaves audiences to imagine what they aren’t seeing between Frank, Claire, and Meechum.”

So are we supposed to assume the three characters continued to be intimate?

“No, it just happened that once,” he said.

That burning "House of Cards" question is settled, then.

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