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"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart marveled at the one-week turnaround for Democrats as he celebrated the energetic arrival of Vice President Kamala Harris into the presidential race.

The overjoyed Stewart did his best Monday night to sing "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross, then used his typical cutting humor to jab media outlets, lawmakers and pundits who said President Joe Biden couldn't be replaced on the ticket to face former President Donald Trump.

After playing a montage of several prominent figures — including MSNBC host Joy Reid and Rep. Robert Garcia of California — insisting the vote would be between Biden and Trump, Stewart took a victory lap. ...

Jon Stewart returned to "The Daily Show" on Tuesday following day two of the Republican National Convention and blasted hypocritical — and "divisive" Republicans who've called for "unity" following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Launching the show, Stewart played a clip of Republicans blasting Democrats for "vitriol" and "hatred" and calling for turning the "temperature down."

That includes Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who called for turning this moment into a moment that "helps us down the path of healing and unity." ...

"The Daily Show" host Jordan Klepper pulled no punches against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his wife Tuesday night after she expressed disdain over seeing rainbow Pride flags during Pride Month, and even went so far as suggesting she should fly a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag in response — or design her own flag with the word "vergogna," Italian for "shame."

Klepper eased into his takedown of Martha-Ann Alito by pointing out, "This lady loves flags."

Indeed, Mrs. Alito threw her husband into national scandal by waving a "Stop the Steal" flag after Jan. 6, 2020, an upside-down American flag that flew at their Virginia home — a flag that often symbolizes distress — and an "Appeal to Heaven" flag at their New Jersey beach home. ...

On his show Thursday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart blasted the Obama administration for aggressively investigating whistle-blowers who talked to the press. He noted that while federal prosecutors had come down hard on hackers and "potheads," the Obama administration tip-toed around potentially criminal bankers who caused the financial collapse.

On his show Monday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart slammed the IRS for singling out tea party groups for extra scrutiny. He said the scandal essentially justified the views of anti-government "tin foil-behatted" conspiracy theorists. But Stewart eventually calmed himself down and restore his faith in the government -- only to learn of the Justice Department's "massive and unprecedented intrusion" of the Associated Press.

On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped major banks for wrongfully foreclosing on a stunning number of Americans. He noted that although the banks pulled trillions of dollars out of the economy, they had no fear of law enforcement. Their only punishment was paying a completely arbitrary $9 billion to settle a government lawsuit. Stewart remarked the $9 billion was big enough to sound significant, but small enough "to teach the banks no lesson whatsoever."