Jon Stewart launched a new week of The Daily Show Monday night with full coverage of the “mutual ball punch” that is the sequester, from President Obama‘s press conference sci-fi gaffe to the mainstream media fail that followed. Stewart lamented the fact that Congress couldn’t get their act together and come up with a way… Read more »
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Jon Stewart Decries ‘Ginned-Up’ Woodward Spat, Media’s Freakout Over Boehner Saying ‘Ass’
Tonight Jon Stewart took on the ginned-up feud between the White House and veteran journalist Bob Woodward. Stewart was incredibly let down by how boring and uncontroversial the actual feud was, though he perked up tearing into the media freaking out like little children over a member of Congress saying the word “ass.” Stewart was… Read more »
Rachel Maddow To Jon Stewart: Justice Scalia Is A ‘Troll Who Loves To Make People Mad’
Rachel Maddow sat down with Jon Stewart to talk about her experience sitting in the Supreme Court this week during hearings over the Voting Rights Act. Maddow shared details of what it’s like to be in the court to hear the arguments, telling Stewart that Justice Antonin Scalia loves to “troll” with his deliberately provocative… Read more »
Jon Stewart Helping Code Pink Demand Release Of Drone Memos: ‘I’d Do Anything For A Vagina’ (UPDATED: It’s A Fake)
UPDATE: Comedy Central has confirmed that “this letter was absolutely not written by Jon Stewart.” – Code Pink, the “women for peace” protest movement that has recently been campaigning against the Obama administration’s secret drones program, has an unlikely ally in The Daily Show host Jon Stewart. While Stewart’s show is strongly political, like his… Read more »