“Thank you, Boston. Thank you for, once again, in the face of gross inhumanity, solidifying and inspiring my belief in humanity and the people of this country,” Jon Stewart said last night on The Daily Show. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook
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Toomey: “Tragedy Has Struck at the Boston Marathon”
Before discussing gun control reform on the Senate floor two days ago, Pennsylvanian Republican Pat Toomey informed the chamber of the fatal explosions in Boston.
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Happy Jackie Robinson Day
Sixty-six years ago today-when Martin Luther King Jr. was only 18 and the Greensboro sit-ins were over a decade off-number 42 took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the Major League color line.
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Carville: Angry Liberals Make Obama Smile
“I think he likes that,” said the ragin’ cajun when asked whether President Obama is worried about progressive senators who criticized his new budget.
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French Grounds Crew Lose Jobs to Sheep
The Archives of Paris has employed four black sheep as permanent lawn mowers. They will be compensated in free food and water.
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Bill Clinton Joins Twitter
“So you do not presently tweet?” Stephen Colbert asked the 42nd president as he nodded in assent. “Sir, I’ve taken the liberty of opening you a Twitter account.”
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Chris Wallace Grills NRA Official On Gun Violence
“You would certainly agree that making schools safer is going to do nothing to protect the average citizen … or even the kids on the school bus going to school,” Fox News anchor Chris Wallace Sunday said to NRA School Shield Task Force director Asa Hutchinson.
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Tucker Carlson Versus Segregation
“This is the same rationale that propped up Jim Crow for 80 years,” Tucker Carlson said Saturday while critiquing a Phoenix, Arizona, initiative to hire minority lifeguards. “Right,” said guest Crystal Wright.
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Fox News Fears America’s “Wussification”
After the release of a video showing him verbally and physically abusing his players, Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice was fired two days ago-much to some conservative commentators’ chagrin. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook
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Taxes: The Final Frontier
“To boldly go where no government employee has gone before,” begins an IRS training video spoofing Star Trek; it’s about as dry as you’d expect.
