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'The Daily Show' skewers Ben Carson and 'bullsh*t' flowing in Republican debate

Daily Show host Trevor Noah enlisted the aid of analyst Desi Lydic on Wednesday to pick apart some of the rhetoric from Republican candidates Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, and Donald Trump, after noting that many analysts said Tuesday's GOP debate had more substance.

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Ana Kasparian hammers Republicans: You use veterans to excuse wars then deny them healthcare

Young Turks host Ana Kasparian slammed Republicans on Wednesday -- Veteran's Day -- for dismissing any question about US military actions like the Iraq War by accusing critics of "not respecting the troops."

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Ben Carson: We can stop illegal immigration by 'teaching the Ag business' to South America

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson proposed sending U.S. companies to Central and South America to teach them "the Ag business" while making "big profits" as a way to stop illegal immigration.

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Fox News hosts lose their minds over complaints of 'hurtful speech' at Mizzou

The hosts of Fox News' Outnumbered reacted with indignation on Wednesday after students at the University of Missouri were asked to report "hateful or hurtful speech."

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Michigan book fair rejects ban on gay character: 'If you're not fine with it don't buy the book'

A Michigan school district said this week that it would not ban a book with a gay character after another school district in the state removed it from book fair shelves.

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Trevor Noah launches hysterical White House petition to ‘FreeJeb’: ‘He needs to be set free’

Daily Show host Trevor Noah took pity on former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) on Tuesday, describing him as the Republican Party's own "Blackfish."

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Detroit Fox reporter to fast food worker: 'Paramedics don't even make $15 and they save lives'

A reporter with Fox 2 WJBK in Detroit asked a fast food worker on Tuesday why she deserved to make $15 when paramedics were paid under that amount.

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Texas troopers caught skewing racial profiling data by labeling Hispanics and blacks as white

A recent investigation revealed that racial profiling data gathered by the Texas Department of Public Safety could not be trusted because some troopers had been labeling minority drivers as white.

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Vermont cops used anti-Klan ordinance to unmask 'Anonymous' protesters

Police in Burlington, Vermont detained two men last week during an anti-Ku Klux Klan protest on grounds that they were violating a 50-year-old ban on masks, hoods or any other clothing designed to conceal the wearer's identity.

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Trevor Noah destroys Carson's claim that media is treating him worse than Obama

Daily Show host Trevor Noah accepted Ben Carson's challenge on Monday and sunk the Republican presidential candidate's claim that then-Sen. Barack Obama's first presidential campaign was treated with kid gloves by the press.

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Sen. Tom Cotton: Social Security benefits cause people to ‘spiral downward’ into heroin addiction

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) suggested on Monday that population decline and drug abuse in poor areas could be the result of too many people on Social Security disability.

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'Confederate Veterans Lives Matter' group files 'discrimination' complaint after city rejects parade float

An Oklahoma group that calls itself "Confederate Veterans Lives Matter" has said that it will file a discrimination complaint against the city of Tulsa after application to participate in the Veteran's Day parade was rejected.

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11-year-old girl shames 'One Million Moms' for attack on her gay dads: 'This is none of your business'

A Maryland family with two gay dads and four adopted black children is firing back after the conservative group One Million Moms condemned the "sinful nature" of the fathers.

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