Rachel Maddow Comes Unglued About Trump Putting His Enemies In Prison
MS NOW star Rachel Maddow went on Jon Stewart's Daily Show to claim anti-Trump dissenters were going to be put in "mega-prisons" indefinitely without access to lawyers. Stewart – and everyone else who platforms Maddow – will not put any brakes on her wild-eyed political science fiction rants.
Stewart, Sanders Portray Their Socialist Agenda As Democracy Itself
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart teamed up with Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday’s episode of The Weekly Show podcast to advocate for a “Medicare for All” health system and claim such a system is necessary for democracy itself. Naturally, the duo also claimed that anybody who disagrees with them has no problem with people dying because they only care about money.
'WRONG'! PolitiFact Surprisingly Flags Jon Stewart on Schumer's Behalf
PolitiFact is NOT in the habit of calling out liberal comedians. So it was shocking to see that Jon Stewart drew a ‘Mostly False’ for attacking Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). They came rushing to Democrat leader’s defense against Stewart’s angry outburst on his Weekly Show podcast that chumer “fought tooth and nail against half of these f—— people.”
Kimmel Cheers Talarico Overcoming 'Exceptionally Vile Lying'
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel was still gloating at Democrats’ midterm election victories on his Monday show as he praised Sen.-elect James Talarico for overcoming Republicans’ “exceptionally vile lying” and took the time to renew his feud with Sen. Ted Cruz by calling him “ugly.” Meanwhile, over at Comedy Central, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and MS NOW’s Rachel Maddow gushed over the “exhilaration”…
Stewart: Dems Beat 'S***iness,' Schumer Must Go For Stevens Support
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart was in a good mood to begin Thursday’s episode of The Weekly Show podcast as he claimed Tuesday’s midterms were “an exciting repudiation of cruelty and shittiness.” However, by the time it came for the audience Q&A, Stewart and his producers demanded that the number one thing Democrats need to do is remove Sen. Chuck Schumer as majority leader, and their…
Stewart and Meyers Attack Stevens For Endorsing Rogers
Comedy Central’s Monday host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, and NBC’s Late Night host, Seth Meyers, both attacked Michigan Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens for endorsing Republican Mike Rogers in the state’s Senate race. In terms of the reasoning behind Stevens’s decision, Meyers completely omitted any talk about concerns over anti-Semitism, while Stewart tried to have it both ways.
Late Night Shows Target GOP Senate Candidates, Let Dems Go Unscathed
The 2026 field of Democratic Senate candidates offered up plenty of material for the late night comedy shows to work with, but, according to a new NewsBusters study, the four regular late night shows told only seven jokes about them during the fall campaign, but 45 about the Republicans (or 87 percent of Senate candidate jokes).
Stewart Claims GOP's Closing Argument Is 'Islamophobia'
Jon Stewart continued his efforts to drag Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed across the finish line on Monday’s edition of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. Echoing a recurring theme on the show, Stewart tried to pass off concerns about El-Sayed and his radical associations as “Islamophobia.”
Stewart Tells El-Sayed That Rogers 'Holds a Special Place Of Disdain'
On Wednesday, Comedy Central should have renamed itself Abdul El-Sayed Central. Before The Daily Show smeared El-Sayed critics as racist bigots, The Weekly Show podcast host Jon Stewart sat down with El-Sayed for a softball interview that included some cheap shots at El-Sayed’s opponent, Mike Rogers.
Stewart Blames Trump For French Riots
On Monday’s edition of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart tried to have it both ways. On one hand, Stewart mocked Vice President JD Vance for blaming immigration for the French riots because, according to him, rioting is just what French people do. On the other hand, however, Stewart tried to blame President Trump for the riots because of the Iran War’s effect on gas prices.
Stewart Claims Conservative Economics 'Treat Humans Like S***'
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart’s effort to drag America into socialism continued on Wednesday’s edition of The Weekly Show podcast when he and economist Kathryn Anne Edwards both claimed that conservative economics “treat people like shit.” Later, during the audience Q&A portion of the show, Stewart would also claim those policies are killing people.
Stewart Mourns Being Called a Socialist For Hyping Socialized Medicine
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart welcomed Iowa Democratic Senate Josh Turek to Wednesday’s episode of The Weekly Show podcast, where he lamented that people call him a socialist for wanting socialized health care. During their discussion Stewart and Turek would make several misleading claims about the nature of private health care in Iowa.
Fallon, Stewart Try To Paint Susan Collins As a Corrupt, Fake Moderate
Maine Senator Susan Collins may be the most liberal Republican in the Senate, but for NBC’s The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon and Comedy Central’s Monday host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, that is not enough. Whether it was Fallon last Wednesday or Stewart on Monday, both men tried to suggest Collins is actually that moderate as she runs for re-election. Fallon also went even further as he…
Jon Stewart Mocks Trump's UN Speech With Spanish PM
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez may not be very popular in Spain or Europe as a whole, but luckily for him, there’s always the American media for him to run to for his daily affirmations. While in town for the U.N. General Assembly, Sanchez sat down with Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show podcast host, Jon Stewart, on Wednesday to join him in mocking President Trump’s speech.
