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Jon Stewart obliterates Senate GOP’s opposition to U.N. arms treaty
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart blasted Senate Republicans for joining with North Korea, Iran and Syria to oppose the United Nation’s arms treaty. The treaty seeks to prevent countries from selling military weapons — including tanks, aircraft, artillery, missiles, warships, and small arms —…
Jon Stewart lampoons anti-sodomy, anti-abortion, anti-welfare Republicans
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Tuesday night ripped into Republican across the country amid a game show he dubbed, “Sodomy, zygotes, and welfare.” Stewart began by noting that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli had fought to revive the state’s anti-sodomy laws. The laws, rendered obsolete by the Supreme…
Jon Stewart: It takes a brain injury for Republicans to support marriage equality
On his show Monday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart lampooned the nation’s current debate over allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed. After taking some time to poke fun at some of the Obamas recent gaffes, Stewart turned his attention to same sex marriage. He noted Democrats frequently…
Jon Stewart to Sean Hannity: Your show is like the show of a guy who was hit as a child
On his show Thursday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart lampooned Fox News personalities who defend ex-Rutger’s coach Mike Rice. Rice was fired for physically and verbally abusing basketball players. Video obtained by ESPN showed the former coach hurling basketballs at his players’ heads, kicking them, and shouting homophobic…
Jon Stewart mocks conservatives’ obsession with ‘animal f*cking’
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart mocked the Republican Party’s attempt to rebrand itself as more tolerant and accepting. He observed that prominent conservative figures such as Dr. Ben Carson and Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) had recently compared same sex marriage to bestiality, causing him…
U.S. embassy in Cairo ignites diplomatic troubles by tweeting link to Jon Stewart
The US embassy in Cairo briefly froze its Twitter account Wednesday after coming under fire from Egyptian leaders for tweeting a link to a US comedy show mocking President Mohamed Morsi. The embassy, which is a vociferous user of Twitter, shut down the account and deleted the tweet, which had…
Jon Stewart mocks North Korea’s desire for a committed long-term adversary
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart mocked North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on Tuesday night, portraying his recent provocations as infantile and completely unintimidating. After learning North Korea apparently planned to blow up Austin, Stewart joked that Kim appeared to hoping to get the rest of Texas on its side.…
Jon Stewart obliterates Egypt’s president for arresting ‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’
On his show Monday night, The Daily Show host ruthlessly mocked Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi after prosecutors ordered the arrest of his kindred satirist, Bassem Youssef. Youssef, who like Stewart hosts a TV show that pokes fun at political figures, turned himself in on Sunday after being accused of insulting…
Jon Stewart rips apart Justice Scalia for questioning single sex families
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart took aim at the federal Defense of Marriage Act on his show Thursday night. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the law, which prohibits the federal government from recognizing same sex marriages, on Wednesday. During the arguments, conservative Justice Antonin Scalia remarked, “If…
Jon Stewart outraged U.S. has flying kill bots but can’t fix Veterans Affairs backlog
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart blasted President Barack Obama for failing to fix the growing backlog at the Department of Veterans Affairs while arguing the government could be a force for good. Though Democrats have argued many of the country’s woes are due to…
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