Jon Stewart to Host Tonight’s ‘The Daily Show,’ Presumably to Address Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension

They didn’t flinch, they gleefully collaborated.

I fear one big problem with them flinching so quickly is that it gives the Trump cult plausible deniability to not blame the dictatorship for doing the things that they are doing.

I mean, the government did not censor Kimmel, it was a business decision made by a private entity. Right? RIGHT??

Hopefully more hosts follow and point out the major hypocrisy from MAGA.

That will do nothing. They enjoy their own hypocrisy. They don't care about consistency of principles and are quite happy to just want everything their way while no one else gets anything. They're quite happy to abuse language by saying whatever suits them in the moment. It drives their opponents crazy as they try to point out how inconsistent and irrational they're being. The fascists don't care, but they do love to see you get frustrated. It's just part of their sadistic fun: messing with people, playing with their prey until they are ready to exterminate them.

To complain that fascists are hypocritical or inconsistent is to miss the point of fascism, at least if your hope is to shock them into being more reasonable. I know this quote from Sartre is everywhere but he said it well:

Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

you know what the worst part about the creeping nature of murderous, paranoid fascism is? the hypocrisy!

It wasn't even a jab at the guy who was shot. It was a jab at dear leader.

I really want someone to chime in with the legal ramifications of ABC being a publicly broadcast station that licenses radio spectrum from the federal government.

Corrupt or not, the feds revoking a license is a lot more plausible than them somehow pulling a private cable station or streaming service out of people's homes.

He does! Retirement!

Jon Stewart 2028!!

Somebody had to say it then and somebody has to say it now.

Jon Stewart on deep-dish pizza.

Can someone please record it?

Studio execs will be sitting in the booth with a red button ready to shut it down.

It's tomato soup in a bread bowl with cheese. Delicious. Since the one of the first recorded uses of the word "pizza" is for a round bread flavored with rose water & sugar as the toppings, I think "tomato soup in a bread bowl with cheese" is close enough to qualify.

Bring together 2lbs flour, 2oz yeast starter, 4oz breadcrumb soaked in warm water, and enough salt. When the dough is made, let it rest, covered in a warm place to rise, as is done with bread. Then knead it again on the table for a half hour, adding in, little by little, 2lbs fresh (unsalted) butter. Knead until all of the butter has been worked into the dough and it has become soft, split the dough up into two or three pieces, and with each make the pizza in a tourte pan which has fresh butter in it. Bake it in an oven with melted butter on top. Make several holes on top with the tip of a knife so it will not puff up too much. When it is nearly done, sprinkle with sugar and rosewater. This pastry should be baked slowly and serve it hot.

Lol! Wut? Jon Stewart got Tucker Carlson cancelled back when he was still in his bow tie phase. And the reason he occasionally knocks the left, is because those "facts" he covers, indicate the left needs to occasionally reflect on some shit, too.

His coverage tends to I evolve facts which means it leans left

And there it is, the quiet part out loud. Apparently you lean left if you, ahh, tell the truth.

Yeah Jon Steward is as right as Dick Cheney, got it.

Oh, I’m gonna leave it.

he has. he said his reason is that he doesn't want to diminish the impact of the word.

He flat out chastised those doing so. I don't know if he's finally come around, but that seriously diminished him in my eyes forever more. When his country desperately needed a unified voice to react the infant stages of a fascist government, he chose to rebuke the criticisms and take the side of "wait until it's too late". Now that his buddies are feeling the heat, now he decides it's too much. Fuck that.

Fascism and democracy can coexist, at least temporarily. I agree we’re still a very flawed democracy… for now.

The US is considered a flawed democracy

It came out of retirement for the last election.

Rich people can fly anywhere on extremely short notice. It’s called NetJets

Well, there are checks being written behind closed doors and vast changes to financial balances

The checks are counterfeit and the balances have been tampered with

Talking about Constitutional Law in the modern day feels more and more like you're becoming a Sovereign Citizen. Waving around a piece of paper and screaming "You don't have the right to do that!" at a room full of men with tasers and guns and handcuffs.

You need to understand politics better at a fundamental level. Lawyers do not make winning modern politicians. Theater majors do. Charismatic business majors do.

Jon just happens to also know shit from decades of calling out corruption and pushing for change.

You guys need to stop electing celebrities ffs

You're not wrong, but I don't see a lot of better options on the table and the guy at the very least understands politics and seems to be resistant to being owned.

At least John has a history of fighting to make Congress do the right thing. He has far more relevant political experience than Trump.

Unfortunately, we have* a vibes based democracy.

(*Well, had, idk if a 2028 election would even exist)

Yeah I don't know the celebrity part is the biggest problem

Luigi Mangione.
(Even if he's guilty then he's still done less criminally evil shit when compared to the orange traitor)

Jon as president Colbert as vice president.

Jon has experience getting legislation passed. Colbert as well to a lesser extent. Jon has been asked before and mentioned this recently as well.

lol wut

His name is Robert Paulson.

Hi mad, dad is right up there ^

It's not normal for Jon to miss the Monday show, but it is normal for him to make up for it later in the week, the main exception being when he had covid and was out for a week or two.

If I knew what tvpass dot org was then I wouldn't have to pay for all of my live TV watching content.

The most disappointing thing to me about all this is that having a queer roommate is enough to prove that you're liberal from now on; I thought I would never see the old homophobic guilt-by-association reasoning expanded to anyone who was once close to a queer I thier lives.

If you didn't get it I'm not going to bother.