&#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; took a bite out of President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden&#8217;s</a> recent claim that his uncle Ambrose Finnegan — &#8220;Uncle Bosie&#8221; — might have been eaten by cannibals after his plane went down during World War II.
Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kjp-defends-bidens-dubious-cannibals-story-it-was-a-really-proud-moment-for-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the story</a> during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania last week, saying that &#8220;Uncle Bosie&#8221; had been a part of the Army Air Corps in the Pacific when he was &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-claim-that-his-uncle-was-eaten-by-cannibals-might-actually-be-his-most-plausible-tall-tale-yet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot down</a>&#8221; over Papua New Guinea.
&#8220;He flew those single-engine planes as reconnaissance over war zones, and he got shot down in New Guinea. They never found the body because there used to be, there were a lot of cannibals, for real, in that part of New Guinea,&#8221; Biden said at the time.
Both the <a href="https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000001nzWi4EAE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency</a> and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape tell different stories, however. According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Finnegan&#8217;s plane was not shot down at all, but suffered an engine failure and had to ditch over the water. Marape issued a statement after Biden&#8217;s comments went viral, saying, &#8220;President Biden’s remarks may have been a slip of the tongue; however, my country does not deserve to be labeled as such. World War II was not the doing of my people; however, they were needlessly dragged into a conflict that was not their doing.&#8221;
&#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; gave Biden&#8217;s story a comedic makeover on Tuesday, courtesy of Jordan Klepper and Ronny Chieng.
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Daily Show hosts Jordan Klepper and Ronny Chieng mock Biden saying his uncle was eaten by “cannibals.”
“You’re going to lose the election.”
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&mdash; Julianna Frieman (@JuliannaFrieman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuliannaFrieman/status/1783127134929567876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The segment began with Chieng noting that the Manhattan hush-money trial of former President Donald Trump left the campaign trail wide open for Biden — and then they cut to Biden&#8217;s story about &#8220;Uncle Bosie.&#8221;
&#8220;You’re going to lose the election,&#8221; Chieng responded afterward.
&#8220;Look, at some point, we all get to an age when we confuse our own life story with the plot of &#8216;Indiana Jones,'&#8221; Klepper argued.
&#8220;Even if this story was true, Americans are in no position to criticize how anyone else eats, okay? These cannibals eat people … yeah, well, you know what? We eat Subway sandwiches to lose weight,&#8221; Chieng riffed.
&#8220;Would a cannibal even eat people out of a wreckage?&#8221; Klepper wondered. &#8220;I mean, that’s like their version of eating roadkill &#8230; Biden apologized to the Papua New Guinea prime minister by inviting him to a dinner with Pete Buttigieg, who will be served over rice with balsamic reductions.&#8221;

President Biden Signs Foreign Aid Package

‘The Daily Show’ Takes A Bite Out Of Biden’s ‘Uncle Bosie’ Story: ‘Would A Cannibal Even Eat People Out Of A Wreck?’

'The Daily Show' Takes A Bite Out Of Biden's 'Uncle Bosie' Story: 'Would A Cannibal Even Eat People Out Of A Wreck?'

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Joe Biden

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New Guinea

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U.S.

World War II

&#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; senior correspondent Desi Lydic mocked Jesus in her defense of the White House&#8217;s decision to move forward with recognizing the &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-honors-trans-day-of-visibility-on-easter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transgender Day of Visibility</a>&#8221; despite the fact that it coincided with Easter Sunday.
Lydic appeared to be arguing that because Christians believe in a triune God — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — they were essentially worshipping a being that embraced multiple identities and that was the same as embracing radical gender ideology.
Grabien founder Tom Elliott shared several clips on the subject, beginning with an MSNBC panel discussion claiming that &#8220;the Jesus [Christians] celebrate today would have been inclusive of the transgender community.&#8221;
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Comedy Central&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/DesiLydic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DesiLydic</a>: &quot;By total coincidence, Trans Visibility Day happened to fall on Easter this year. Which seemed like, I don’t know, a good fit to me. I mean, Jesus did identify as the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit. Live your truth, queen!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/PER4YlN1cb">pic.twitter.com/PER4YlN1cb</a>
&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1775849064518537706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Elliott followed with a clip of Lydic addressing the topic: &#8220;By total coincidence, Trans Visibility Day happened to fall on Easter this year. Which seemed like, I don’t know, a good fit to me. I mean, Jesus did identify as the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit. Live your truth, queen!&#8221;
&#8220;Now, you wouldn&#8217;t think that Easter falling on a holiday that&#8217;s been March 31st for 15 years would be that big of a deal,&#8221; Lydic continued. &#8220;But conservatives processed this like a child meeting the Easter Bunny: by losing their f**king minds.&#8221;
A number of conservatives did criticize Biden for going ahead with Trans Visibility Day despite the fact that it fell on what is arguably the holiest day in the Christian calendar — particularly when he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-blasted-for-proclaiming-trans-people-made-in-the-image-of-god-on-easter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went out of his way</a> to post several times on X in support of the trans community while his administration only mentioned the Easter holiday in passing.
&#8220;Today, on Transgender Day of Visibility, I have a simple message to all trans Americans: I see you. You are made in the image of God, and you&#8217;re worthy of respect and dignity,&#8221; one such post read.
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Today, on Transgender Day of Visibility, I have a simple message to all trans Americans:
I see you.
You are made in the image of God, and you&#39;re worthy of respect and dignity. <a href="https://t.co/ihvsJrXEyd">pic.twitter.com/ihvsJrXEyd</a>
&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1774511985700352189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Correctly saying trans people are made in the image of God while simultaneously celebrating these same people for altering God&#8217;s perfect &amp; intentional creation is 100% blasphemous. On EASTER nonetheless &#8230; &#8216;Be not deceived; God is not mocked,'&#8221; Riley Gaines posted in response.
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Correctly saying trans people are made in the image of God while simultaneously celebrating these same people for altering God&#39;s perfect &amp; intentional creation is 100% blasphemous. 
On EASTER nonetheless&#8230;
&quot;Be not deceived; God is not mocked&quot; <a href="https://t.co/2UaW63Sh3x">https://t.co/2UaW63Sh3x</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1774643561885003954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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74th Primetime Emmys – Arrivals

‘Live Your Truth, Queen!’: ‘The Daily Show’ Mocks Jesus In Defense Of ‘Trans Day Of Visibility’

'Live Your Truth, Queen!': 'The Daily Show' Mocks Jesus In Defense Of 'Trans Day Of Visibility'

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Jesus Christ

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Jon Stewart didn&#8217;t hold back when he said he decided to come back to Comedy Central&#8217;s &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; as host after a nearly nine-year hiatus.
During Stewart&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/CBSMornings/status/1757052774036967799?s=20">CBS Mornings</a>&#8221; appearance on Monday, he said returning to the show would give him a &#8220;place to unload thoughts as we get into this election season.&#8221; He will host on Monday nights through the 2024 presidential election, beginning February 12.
The move comes after Apple TV+ and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jon-stewarts-latest-talk-show-comes-to-an-end-following-creative-differences-report">Stewart</a> decided to part ways after two seasons of &#8220;The Problem With Jon Stewart&#8221; over creative differences, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jon-stewart-daily-show-return-apple-exit-interview-1235822509/">The Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.
&#8220;I thought I was going to do it over at — they call it Apple TV+,” Stewart said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a television enclave, very small. It&#8217;s like living in Malibu. They decided, they felt that they didn&#8217;t want me to say things that might get me in trouble.&#8221;
Stewart admitted he&#8217;s unsure if his return could influence the election and joked, &#8220;Who better to comment on this election than someone who truly understands two aging men past their prime?&#8221;
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Starting tonight, <a href="https://twitter.com/jonstewart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jonstewart</a> is back at <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheDailyShow</a> anchor desk on Mondays through the 2024 election cycle.
He shares why he’s taking on a second term: “Who better to comment on this election than someone who truly understands two aging men past their prime?” <a href="https://t.co/WSOBtSmrdj">pic.twitter.com/WSOBtSmrdj</a>
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSMornings/status/1757052774036967799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;&#8230;but I&#8217;m hoping to have a catharsis and a way to comment on things and a way to express them that hopefully people will enjoy,&#8221; Stewart said. &#8220;But as far as influence, and you guys know this from doing this, just about everything I had wanted to happen over the 16 years that I was at &#8216;The Daily Show&#8217; did not happen, if you were hoping for influence.&#8221;
 &#8220;And I think I&#8217;ve learned that post-&#8216;Daily Show&#8217; … I don&#8217;t really view it as I really want to have an influence on this issue, this election,’ things like that,&#8221; he added.
Speaking ahead of his official return, Stewart spoke with &#8220;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5P3vtCr3uFrN3297jMwKAR?si=11b225ca3fa2466a">The Daily Show&#8217;s Ears Edition podcast&#8221;</a> about his comeback, THR noted.
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&#8220;If you want to be present in this world, you have to be present in this conversation and you have to be as relentless and as tenacious as the counter-narrative that&#8217;s being formed,&#8221; Stewart said.
&#8220;So much of the information that we see now is weaponized … and it keeps taking exponential leaps,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the election. It&#8217;s AI. It&#8217;s the way that we&#8217;ve militarized all our conflicts.&#8221;
&#8220;It all ties together to one larger idea, which is the form of government we love so much is an analog — I don&#8217;t want to say dinosaur — but it is analog and the world now moves at an increasingly infinite digital pace and reconciling those two things, I think, is the challenge of the moment for people,&#8221; Stewart continued.
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Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart Says ‘Daily Show’ Return Provides A ‘Place To Unload Thoughts’ During Election Cycle

Jon Stewart Says ‘Daily Show’ Return Provides A 'Place To Unload Thoughts' During Election Cycle

2024 Election

Entertainment

Comedian Jon Stewart plans to return to Comedy Central&#8217;s &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; for the 2024 election cycle, acting as executive producer and hosting the program himself on Monday evenings.
According to a <a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/jon-stewart-daily-show-return-monday-1235885955/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> posted Wednesday by entertainment site Variety, Paramount Global network has scrapped the search for a permanent host — more than a year after the last host, comedian Trevor Noah, announced his exit — and has instead opted to bring Stewart back. He will &#8220;run the show&#8221; in addition to hosting every Monday night beginning February 12, and according to reports, might remain in that role until 2025.
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&#8220;Jon Stewart is the voice of our generation, and we are honored to have him return to Comedy Central’s &#8216;The Daily Show&#8217; to help us all make sense of the insanity and division roiling the country as we enter the election season. In our age of staggering hypocrisy and performative politics, Jon is the perfect person to puncture the empty rhetoric and provide much-needed clarity with his brilliant wit,&#8221; Chris McCarthy, President/CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios, said in a statement.
Stewart added his own thoughts as well, posting on X, &#8220;Friends. After much reflection I have decided to enter the transfer portal for my last year of eligibility. Excited for the future! 5’7” ish, 165, 14.8 second 40. #Blessed #NILBABY #TDSnation #LFGM.&#8221;
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Friends. After much reflection I have decided to enter the transfer portal for my last year of eligibility. Excited for the future! 5’7” ish 165 14.8 second 40<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Blessed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Blessed</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NILBABY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NILBABY</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TDSnation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TDSnation</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFGM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LFGM</a>
&mdash; Jon Stewart (@jonstewart) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonstewart/status/1750199599703162955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Stewart left &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; in 2015 — after hosting the show for well over a decade — after which Noah took the helm until 2022. Since then, he has been involved in a number of other projects, including AppleTv&#8217;s &#8220;The Problem With Jon Stewart&#8221; and a stint as executive producer on &#8220;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.&#8221;
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According to Variety, the plan may be to mimic what MSNBC did with popular liberal host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rachel-maddow-taking-hiatus-from-her-msnbc-show">Rachel Maddow</a>, negotiating a deal to keep her hosting on Mondays while the network circulated other hosts throughout the rest of the week.

Jon Stewart Plans Return To ‘The Daily Show’ For 2024 Election Cycle

Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lindsey-graham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lindsey Graham</a> (R-SC) and former Senator Al Franken (D-MN) made a bet on the winner of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/search/news?refinementList%5Btaxonomies.post_tag%5D%5B0%5D=2024%20Election&amp;page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2024 Presidential election</a>.
The two former colleagues made the wager in an interview on &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sTZrgkQx4E" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Show</a>&#8221; Monday night. Toward the end of the segment, Graham and Franken sparred over former President Trump&#8217;s legacy and argued whether Trump could beat President Joe Biden in a rematch. Graham said Trump would have to work hard to win back many of his supporters, but bet $20 that he would win.
Graham began the exchange. “Here’s the question for you and maybe others: Trump is trying to come back,” he said. “I think he’s got a better than good chance of winning the primary and a 50/50 chance of being president again.&#8221; Franken put his head in his hand, while the audience jeered. &#8220;So you&#8217;ve got to ask yourself, how can that be?&#8221;
“Here&#8217;s what I know about this country, about this democracy, about our Constitution,&#8221; Franken interjected. &#8220;The number one tradition that’s meaningful in this country is the peaceful transition of power. &#8230; How then can you want a guy who allowed us to go through this violent insurrection?” he said, referring to the January 6 Capitol riot.
&#8220;Well let me just say this — the other side of the story is that when President Trump was president, on the things I care the most about — national security — I thought he did a damn good job,” said Graham, also lauding Trump for negotiating the Abraham Accords, taking out Iranian terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani, securing the southern border, and acheiving energy independence. &#8220;So I look at the policies of Trump, and I like the policies of Trump.&#8221;
But Graham said that both Trump and Biden would be challenged to prove that they deserve four more years in office. “At the end of the day, [Trump]&#8217;s got to prove to people — not me — that he’s able to lead us again. And that will be a challenge for him. And that will be a challenge for Biden to say ‘Give me four more years after the last four.’ We’ll see what happens.&#8221;
“Well, l think Biden wins that,” Franken replied.
“Let’s bet. Can we bet?” Graham responded.
&#8220;Yeah, how much?&#8221; Franken asked.
“Twenty bucks. To be paid here,” Graham said. He then shook Franken&#8217;s hand to seal the bet.
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Then on Tuesday morning, Graham knocked Trump for picking a fight with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and advised him to stop. “If you start this thing, you better be willing to take it,” Graham said in an interview on &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBsuNjq3_VI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox &amp; Friends</a>.&#8221;
“I don&#8217;t like it. Trump&#8217;s not into these &#8216;thou shalt nots.&#8217; That&#8217;s not his thing,&#8221; he said, referring to the phrase, &#8220;Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican,&#8221; the so-called &#8220;11th Commandment&#8221; used by Ronald Reagan during his 1966 campaign for California governor.
&#8220;The bottom line is, I think if I were Trump, which I am not, I would be running on four years of being a pretty effective president, &#8216;the best is yet to come,’” Graham added. &#8220;I would say, &#8216;DeSantis, I picked him out of a crowd. I knew he was talented early on. I&#8217;m the guy that saw the talent. He&#8217;s been a great governor, but I&#8217;m better able to be president the next four years.&#8217; But that ain&#8217;t gonna happen.”

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Lindsey Graham, Al Franken Bet On The Winner Of The 2024 Presidential Election

Lindsey Graham, Al Franken Bet $20 On The Winner Of The 2024 Presidential Election

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/meghan-mccain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meghan McCain</a> said <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/trevor-noah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trevor Noah</a> is another &#8220;bootlicking comedian&#8221; who is &#8220;too scared to be funny&#8221; in response to his announcement about leaving &#8220;The Daily Show,&#8221; which she said was &#8220;a long time coming.&#8221;
The former co-host of &#8220;The View&#8221; wrote an op-ed for the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11267365/Trevor-Noah-ruining-Daily-MEGHAN-MCCAIN.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail</a> Friday, titled &#8220;I loved The Daily Show and Trevor Noah ruined it — the best comedy punches up at the powerful but today&#8217;s late-night hosts are too scared to be funny.&#8221;
In the piece, McCain shared that after Noah took over for late-night host Jon Stewart in 2015, the comedy show has &#8220;slogged into mediocrity and quite frankly, boredom&#8221; as she talked about the host being more interested in his “‘cool kid&#8217; clout in the media.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meghan-mccain-says-one-reason-she-left-the-view-is-because-she-didnt-feel-supported-after-having-a-baby" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The former Fox News host said</a> &#8220;comedy is supposed to be … punching up and speaking truth to power,&#8221; but &#8220;instead, Noah and his ilk were content to go along with the in-crowd. Too bad for them that audience is pretty small.&#8221;
&#8220;Gone are the days of Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, who were apolitical and watched by more than 10 million on any given night,&#8221; Meghan shared. &#8220;Obviously, America&#8217;s media landscape and the TV business has changed since then. Even in his heyday, Stewart couldn&#8217;t reach those ratings-heights. But funny is still funny. And it&#8217;s something our late-night comedians have long forgotten.&#8221;
&#8220;Today&#8217;s bootlicking comedians are so afraid to make a joke at the expense of their political favorites and the result is that they just aren&#8217;t funny,&#8221; she added. &#8220;How is it that SNL is not mocking Joe Biden and Kamala Harris every single night?&#8221;
&#8220;Our aging president looks lost in public and even his allies admit it,&#8221; McCain continued. &#8220;Harris can&#8217;t get through a single public appearance without blurting out an incomprehensible word salad.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meghan-mccain-calls-joy-behar-pathetic-for-trolling-former-view-co-hosts-valentines-day-tweet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McCain</a> said we can &#8220;no longer laugh together&#8221; because of the polarization in America.
&#8220;If the elites that control comedy have decided that Democrats are off-limits because President Trump was so evil, then we are all screwed,&#8221; the former co-host added. &#8220;No one should be off limits. More often than not, late night comedy just feels like another news show on MSNBC.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t want any more lectures,&#8221; McCain continued. &#8220;I want to laugh. So how do you save &#8216;The Daily Show&#8217; and late-night TV for that matter? Hire a comedian who wants to be a barn burner, who isn&#8217;t beholden to an agenda, political party or ideology. Someone who wants to call out hypocrisy, corruption, the absolute absurdity of our current political climate and feckless politicians.&#8221;
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Meghan McCain Calls Trevor Noah Another ‘Bootlicking Comedian’ Who’s ‘Too Scared To Be Funny’

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Comedian <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/trevor-noah/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trevor Noah</a> shocked his audience on Thursday with a pre-show video announcement declaring that his time at &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/trevor-noah-host-of-the-daily-show-drops-27-5-million-on-bel-air-mansion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Show</a>&#8221; had come to an end.
The late night show — which airs five nights a week on Comedy Central — shared a video preview of that evening&#8217;s monologue just an hour before the show was scheduled to air. In the monologue, Noah revealed that he was leaving the show after seven years.
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A special message from Trevor Noah <a href="https://t.co/lMM8ll51fu">pic.twitter.com/lMM8ll51fu</a>
&mdash; The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1575664029162475521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/this-would-have-never-happened-to-donald-trump-trevor-noah-slams-embarrassing-report-gulf-countries-wont-answer-joe-bidens-calls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noah</a> began by noting that he had been thinking a lot about the fact that he had been doing the show for seven years — and as he thought about his time doing the show, he had been flooded with &#8220;a feeling of gratitude.&#8221;
&#8220;The journey we have been on together has been wild,&#8221; he said, noting that it took a lot of producers and correspondents and moving parts to make the show come together successfully every night. &#8220;And I want to say thank you to the audience, for an amazing seven years, it&#8217;s been wild. It&#8217;s been truly wild.&#8221;
The audience exploded in applause and cheers then, and after a long pause, Noah continued. &#8220;I remember when we first started &#8230; so many people didn&#8217;t believe in us, it was a crazy bet to make, I mean, I still think it was a crazy choice &#8230; what a journey it&#8217;s been.&#8221;
&#8220;I just found myself filled with gratitude for the journey,&#8221; Noah added, listing off a number of events that had come about during his time behind the desk.
&#8220;I realized that after the seven years, my time is up,&#8221; Noah said then, prompting several audible gasps from the audience. &#8220;Yeah, but in the most beautiful way, honestly. I&#8217;ve loved hosting this show. It&#8217;s been one of my greatest challenges, it&#8217;s been one of my greatest joys, I&#8217;ve loved trying to figure out how to make people laugh even when the stories are particularly s***y on the worst days. You know, we’ve laughed together, we’ve cried together.”
&#8220;But after seven years, I feel like it&#8217;s time,&#8221; Noah said, going on to note that one of the things he had really missed was traveling to do stand-up — and he hoped to be able to get back to that.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve never been good at goodbyes,&#8221; he concluded, quickly reassuring the audience that he wasn&#8217;t going to drop off the face of the earth. &#8220;It&#8217;s not instant, I&#8217;m not disappearing, don&#8217;t worry. If I owe you money, I&#8217;ll still pay you.&#8221;

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Comedian and TV host Jon Stewart won the 2022 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Sunday.
Stewart, the 59-year-old stand-up comic who rose to national prominence as the host of &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; from 1999 to 2015, was the 23rd person to receive the <a href="https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/marktwain/">award</a>, which &#8220;recognizes individuals who have had an impact on American society in ways similar to the distinguished 19th-century novelist and essayist Samuel Clemens, best known as Mark Twain.&#8221; The award was presented to Stewart at a gala event in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, which will be broadcast on PBS stations in June.
Tributes to Stewart were given by several comedians and former prize winners, including former &#8220;Daily Show&#8221; correspondents Samantha Bee, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert and John Oliver, stand-up comedian and 2019 Mark Twain Prize winner Dave Chappelle, and rock star Bruce Springsteen, who also performed an acoustic version of his hit &#8220;Born to Run&#8221; at the ceremony. A number of other high-profile guests were also present, including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/bill-cosby-entertainment-arts-and-talk-shows-dave-chappelle-eb2362ca7076700492493462e78ab7ca">Associated Press</a> reported.
During his acceptance speech, Stewart joked that Hollywood and Washington, D.C., have a number of similarities. “Washington is for people who like the ego and arrogance of L.A. but who think that that city is too well-designed,” Stewart said, via the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jon-stewart-mark-twain-prize-2022-1235134621/">Hollywood Reporter</a>. He changed his tone later in the speech, saying that the future of comedy is uncertain. “There’s a lot of talk right now about what’s going to happen in comedy.&#8221; Stewart said. But the greatest threat to comedy was not &#8220;the fragility of audiences, it’s the leaders,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It’s not the Fresh Prince, it’s the crown prince.&#8221;
&#8220;Comedy is the bellwether, we’re the banana peel in the coal mine,&#8221; Stewart continued. “When a society feels under threat, comedians are who gets sent away first.” He then said that &#8220;Authoritarianism is the threat to art, theater, poetry. … What we have is fragile and precious, and the way to guard against it isn’t to change how audiences think, but to change how leaders lead.”
While Stewart celebrates his accolade after years of success, his latest project is reportedly not finding any. According to a report from Bloomberg, via The Daily Wire, Stewart&#8217;s new show, &#8220;The Problem with Jon Stewart,&#8221; has experienced a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jon-stewarts-new-apple-tv-show-rumored-to-be-a-huge-flop-report">serious decline</a> in viewership since its premiere in September and is trailing behind its competitors on broadcast and cable TV. The series premiere garnered 180,000 views in the first week, according to measurement firm Samba TV. That viewership number plummeted all the way down to 40,000 by the show&#8217;s fifth episode, which aired in March. By comparison, one episode of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” which also aired in March pulled in 844,000 viewers. Bloomberg gave several reasons for the show&#8217;s poor ratings: the changing nature of entertainment consumption in the age of streaming; the difficulty in making timely and topical jokes on a show that is recorded well in advance; and the sporadic schedule, in which the show premiered new episodes every two weeks at first, but then went on a four-month hiatus.
Apple also defended Stewart and his audience. “We are thrilled that ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’ has resonated with viewers all over the world,” head of unscripted shows and documentaries at Apple+ Molly Thompson said. “The series has sparked complex conversations about critical issues, and we’re proud to team with Jon for season two and beyond.”

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Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show, recently shelled out a reported $27.5 million for a mansion in Los Angeles’ ritzy Bel-Air neighborhood.
<a href="https://people.com/home/trevor-noah-minka-kelly-are-making-plans-for-a-future-together-as-he-buys-27-5m-mansion-source/">According</a> to People magazine, Noah, 36, purchased the property to share with his 40-year-old girlfriend, actress Minka Kelly. An unnamed source close to the couple told the outlet they “are still really happy and in love” and “they’re making plans for a future together,” calling their bond “very stable.” The outlet reported it has verified that Noah and Kelly are an item even though the TV stars have not publicly confirmed their relationship status.
“They’ve been spending time between coasts over the last year and had been looking for a place in L.A. as a couple,” the source added.
TMZ concurs, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/14/trevor-noah-27-million-bel-air-mansion-minka-kelly/">reporting</a> that word on the street is “Trevor’s real estate transaction was made with their future in mind…and she might be moving her stuff in soon.”
The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2021-01-16/hot-property-trevor-noah-buys-mansion-bel-air">reports</a> that Noah had previously bought another mansion in Bel-Air in 2019 for $20.5 million, but sold it last summer for $21.7 million.
According to The Times, Noah acquired his new 11,000-square-foot home from renowned L.A. architect Mark Rios, who had initially built the residence for himself. Inspired by Japanese design, Rios said the walls are 18 inches thick to ensure peace and quiet.
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“The setting and the play of light Mark created is spectacular,” the listing agent <a href="https://robbreport.com/shelter/homes-for-sale/inside-the-stunning-japanese-inspired-bel-air-manse-that-star-architect-mark-rios-designed-for-himself-2940485/">said</a>, adding, “It’s a glorious terrace with stunning views of the LA Basin.”
As The Times reports:
<blockquote>From the street, the home appears as a series of cubes stacked together. Aerial photos from the back reveal that the estate sprawls across its hillside lot with a series of open spaces that adjoin or overlook a scenic backyard with a lawn and infinity-edge pool.
Stone, wood, bronze and glass combine in the common spaces including a spacious dining room and a lounge with custom wall coverings. Spread across three stories are six bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, an office, library, elevator, gym, spa, steam room and game room.
Up top, a movie theater leads to a rooftop terrace. A cabana with a bar and sun deck adjoins the pool out back.</blockquote>
Noah immigrated to the United States from South Africa. He is a bi-racial millennial who grew up under apartheid. His parents’ interracial relationship was deemed unlawful in his homeland until 1985, a year after Noah was born. In 2014, he became the Senior International Correspondent for “The Daily Show” and went on to succeed the popular Jon Stewart as host the following year. His contract with Comedy Central ends in 2022.
“The biggest difference in [being black in] the U.S. is learning how to navigate white spaces with a certain level of deftness about you,” he <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-trevor-noah-became-busiest-man-comedy-1219141">told</a> The Hollywood Reporter in 2019. “Where I’m from, you talk [back] to police. Here, I have to be afraid of them.”
Noah addressed racism in the U.S. last year after video of the final moments of George Floyd’s life went viral, sparking nationwide protests demanding an end to alleged racially biased policing.
“What’s really interesting about what’s happening in America right now is that a lot of people don’t seem to realize how dominoes connect – how one piece knocks another piece that knocks another piece, and in the end creates a giant wave,” Noah <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4amCfVbA_c&amp;feature=emb_title">said</a>.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-trevor-noah-rips-dems-defying-lockdown-orders-worse-than-anti-maskers">Related: WATCH: Trevor Noah Rips Dems Defying Lockdown Orders: ‘Worse Than Anti-Maskers’</a>

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It appears that &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; hates Florida with such a degree of passion for voting Trump that the creators are now imagining the state’s destruction.
In a video posted on Tuesday during the election, &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; featured the famed Death Star &#8220;superlaser&#8221; blasting the state of Florida into thin air. &#8220;Do we have this technology yet?&#8221; said the post.
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Do we have this technology yet? <a href="https://t.co/jjqKemqFtO">pic.twitter.com/jjqKemqFtO</a>
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People on social media seemed to agree and cheered on the destruction of Florida.
&#8220;Pretty sure global warming will take care of it,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/aem7312/status/1323798995634921473?s=20">said one</a> user.
&#8220;Don&#8217;t need it. Just let hurricanes do their thing,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/mererow/status/1323799006863106048?s=20">said another</a> user.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve maintained for years that we are building the wall in the wrong place&#8230;.the northern Florida border would be better,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewKnoxHR/status/1323799468320256000?s=20">said another</a>.
&#8220;Something is truly wrong with the Latino/ Cuban Amer in FL. I don&#8217;t understand their logic. Someone please truly help me understand,&#8221; said another.
Following the election, actor John Leguizamo said the state of Florida is “dead to me.”
“Florida is dead to me! Let the lemmings drive their golf carts into the ocean!” he tweeted after Florida was called for President Trump.
Singer/actress Janelle Monáe also said in a now-deleted tweet posted on Wednesday that all people who voted for Trump should “burn.”
“F**k Donald Tromp [sic] and every American citizen, celebrity, white woman, black man, ETC who supported him burnnnnnnnnnn,” she tweeted.
As NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-cultivated-latino-vote-florida-it-paid-n1246226">reported</a>, President Trump was largely carried over the line in Florida by Cuban-Americans:
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From the time President Donald Trump took office, he focused on the Latino vote in Florida, and according to figures coming out of the state, it paid off on <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Election Day</a>, especially in Miami-Dade County, the most populous in the state.
Around 55 percent of <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/first-polls-set-close-soon-trump-biden-presidential-race-n1246071" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Florida’s Cuban-American vote went to Trump</a>, according to NBC News exit polls, while 30 percent of Puerto Ricans and 48 percent of “other Latinos” backed Trump. Trump won the coveted battleground state with its 29 electoral votes.
Trump drastically improved his support in Miami-Dade County, going from 333,999 votes in 2016 to at least 529,16 votes this year. Biden, however, wasn’t able to grow Democratic support in the county. Clinton got 624,146 votes there in 2016 and with 95 percent of the vote tallied, Biden had 613,086.
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&#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; has attacked Florida on other occasions. In 2013, after a jury acquitted George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin, Jon Oliver, who was guest-hosting for Jon Stewart at the time, declared it &#8220;<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2013/07/daily-show-has-new-motto-florida-worst-state/313297/">The Worst State</a>.&#8221;
&#8220;Wait: What? How could you possibly&#8230; You&#8217;ve got to be kid&#8230; There is no way&#8230; I can&#8217;t&#8230; Oh my god,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That feels about right. That feels, in your heart, about right.&#8221;
&#8220;That is what makes this so much worse,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;That we can get a verdict like this, [not] because the system has broken down, but because the system worked exactly as it&#8217;s designed. How does 2013 Florida have a law that seems cut and pasted from 1881 Tombstone?&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actress-janelle-monae-everyone-who-supported-trump-should-burn">Actress Janelle Monáe: Everyone Who Supported Trump Should ‘Burn’</a>

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Comedy Central&#8217;s &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; mocked Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Thursday for repeatedly using the same &#8220;joke&#8221; throughout her campaign for president.
Klobuchar revealed that she was officially launching a bid for the presidency in February while appearing in front of a snow-covered crowd in Boom Island Park, Minnesota. As she pledged to win back states that President Donald Trump won during the 2016 election, snow began piling up on both the Minnesota senator and the crowd below.
&#8220;Well, it happened again,&#8221; Trump replied at the time. &#8220;Amy Klobuchar announced that she is running for President, talking proudly of fighting global warming while standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures.&#8221;
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Well, it happened again. Amy Klobuchar announced that she is running for President, talking proudly of fighting global warming while standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures. Bad timing. By the end of her speech she looked like a Snowman(woman)!
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&#8220;Bad timing,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;By the end of her speech she looked like a Snowman(woman).&#8221;
&#8220;Science is on my side, [President Trump]. Looking forward to debating you about climate change (and many other issues),&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/amyklobuchar/status/1094744351803170816?s=20">Klobuchar responded</a>. &#8220;And I wonder how your hair would fare in a blizzard?&#8221;
However, despite receiving minimal laughs for the joke, the Democratic presidential hopeful has repeatedly referenced the tweet as an example of her humor during her time on the campaign trail.
The &#8220;Daily Show&#8221; compiled a montage of the numerous times that Klobuchar has echoed the joke.
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The three-term senator has a reputation of being particularly surly, especially in private. Only days prior to Klobuchar&#8217;s campaign launch, multiple reports surfaced alleging that she is verbally abusive to her congressional staffers and, furthermore, that she creates an office environment fueled by intimidation.
&#8220;But behind the doors of her Washington D.C., office, the Minnesota Democrat ran a workplace controlled by fear, anger, and shame, according to interviews with eight former staffers, one that many employees found intolerably cruel. She demeaned and berated her staff almost daily, subjecting them to bouts of explosive rage and regular humiliation within the office,&#8221; <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mollyhensleyclancy/amy-klobuchar-staff-2020-election">BuzzFeed News</a> reported in February.
One former staffer stated that Klobuchar would often yell and throw papers, and even recalled a time when another aide was hit with a binder during a fit of rage.
&#8220;I cried,&#8221; the staffer told BuzzFeed. &#8220;I cried, like, all the time.&#8221;
Another <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/us/politics/amy-klobuchar-staff.html">report emerged</a> weeks later detailing a story where a former staffer prepared a salad for the senator to eat during a flight in 2008. As the story goes, the staffer dropped the fork and was unable to find a new one prior to take off. Consequently, after Klobuchar castigated the staffer over the accident, she took out a comb from her bag and began to eat her salad with it. When she was finished, she demanded the staffer clean the comb.
She has denied the accuracy of the reports.
Klobuchar is currently considered to be a second- or third-tier candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. While she is one of only ten candidates to have qualified to participate in the upcoming Democratic National Committee (DNC) debate, <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html#polls">she is polling</a> with less than 1% national support, on average.

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Two professors have written a study purporting to show that &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; host Jon Stewart&#8217;s retirement hurt Hillary Clinton&#8217;s 2016 presidential campaign, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/05/04/now-hillary-clintons-loss-is-being-blamed-on-jon-stewart/">reported</a>.
&#8220;The transition at &#8216;The Daily Show&#8217; spurred a 1.1% increase in Trump&#8217;s county-level vote share,&#8221; researchers Ethan Porter of George Washington University and Thomas J. Wood of Ohio State University wrote.
Neither Porter nor Wood, who are each assistant professors at their respective universities, responded to a Daily Wire inquiry regarding their study.
As Kyle Smith wrote at The New York Post, &#8220;spurred&#8221; is a strong word to use when &#8220;coincided with&#8221; is more likely the case. If Stewart did have such an effect, which the authors note was &#8220;not large,&#8221; <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90342705/jon-stewart-and-stephen-colbert-may-have-helped-elect-donald-trump-research-says?partner=feedburner&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcoexist%2Ffeed+%28Co.Exist%29">according to Fast Company</a>, it could have cost Clinton the election because Trump only won Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin by 1% or less.
Smith points out that Stewart&#8217;s average audience for his most-watched episodes &#8220;was less than 3 million people &#8211; not even 1% of the population and not all of them of voting age?&#8221;
Further, Smith wrote, when Trevor Noah took over the show, ratings initially dipped just 30%, but then rose.
The researchers, according to Fast Company, suggest that it wasn&#8217;t Stewarts opinions and jokes &#8211; designed for a left-wing audience &#8211; that would have helped Clinton, &#8220;but rather his ability to get out the vote and help people realize how important it is to exercise that right.&#8221; The researchers wrote that Stewart&#8217;s retirement from &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; reduced voter mobilization.
Stewart&#8217;s last episode aired in August 2015 &#8211; as each political party was beginning debates and months before each party selected a candidate. In fact, Stewart&#8217;s last episode aired on August 6, 2015. You know what else aired on August 6, 2015? The first Republican primary debate.
It may be just as possible that Trump&#8217;s bump in &#8220;county-level vote share&#8221; was a result of voters seeing his debate performance and realizing he was in the race to win.
In another example of people holding &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; to perhaps too high a degree when it comes to elections, Michael Sainato wrote in <a href="https://observer.com/2016/05/hillary-clinton-wouldnt-be-winning-if-jon-stewart-was-still-on-air/">an op-ed</a> at The New York Observer (where I also have a byline) that Clinton would be losing if Stewart were still the host. Sainato wrote that the departures of Stephen Colbert from &#8220;The Colbert Report&#8221; and Stewart may have hurt Sen. Bernie Sanders&#8217; (I-VT) campaign because they likely would have given him more press coverage than the mainstream media.
&#8220;It&#8217;s impossible to quantify what their influence would have been on the race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, but their coverage has surely been missed in an election where the media has done a terrible job&#8212;giving Bernie Sanders&#8217; campaign little-to-no coverage while he makes history by breaking campaign contribution records and campaign rally attendances,&#8221; Sainato wrote.
This does not mean that Sainato is right and Porter and Wood are wrong, it just means that trying to find explanations for Clinton&#8217;s loss that don&#8217;t involve Clinton as a poor candidate leads to some wild conclusions.

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