The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

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Season 17 • 05/02/2012

Socially conservative groups react to the threat of Richard Grenell, Mitt Romney's gay spokesperson.

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00:31

Moment of Zen - Jimmy Kimmel at the White House Correspondents Dinner
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At the White House Correspondents Dinner, Jimmy Kimmel remembers an influential high school teacher.
04/30/2012
04:24

Back in Black - Artisanal Foods
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Lewis Black warns that, chances are, you're not eating what you think you're eating -- unless it's a hot dog, then you know you're eating pig snouts and anuses.
05/01/2012
00:13

Moment of Zen - Obama's bin Laden Victory Lap
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Suggesting President Obama's oversight, Fox News' Eric Bolling thanks the Navy SEALs, the CIA, and the Bush administration for the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
05/01/2012
07:36

David Barton
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In "The Jefferson Lies," evangelical author David Barton argues that Thomas Jefferson isn't the secularist that many historians make him out to be.
05/01/2012
04:30

Victory Lapse
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On the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death, Republicans are unaware that the frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex allows people the ability to store and recall past events.
05/01/2012
04:07

Victory Lapse - Politicizing Osama bin Laden's & Saddam Hussein's Deaths
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In a cacophony of galling forgetfulness, Republicans accuse President Obama of failing to share credit and thanks with all those involved in killing Osama bin Laden.
05/01/2012
01:08

Intro - Newt Gingrich Suspends His Campaign
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Former Republican presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich announces the suspension of his campaign, but not the suspension of his citizenship.
05/02/2012
07:10

Mormon, Mo' Problems
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Some Republican evangelicals worry about what a Romney presidency would mean for the spiritual health of the United States.
05/02/2012
00:17

Moment of Zen - Newt Gingrich Finally Concedes
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Shep Smith endures Newt Gingrich's protracted ending to his 2012 Republican presidential bid.
05/02/2012
07:52

Tom Coburn
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Senator Tom Coburn discusses his book "The Debt Bomb" and why the debt crisis is a symptom of government inefficiency and conservatives' tax paranoia.
05/02/2012
04:09

Queer Guy for the Straight Ire
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Richard Grenell, an openly gay spokesperson for the Mitt Romney campaign, steps down amid pressure from the Christian right.
05/02/2012
05:48

Peter Bergen
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"Man Hunt" author Peter Bergen shares insider details about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, and also confirms the late terrorist leader's love of reading.
05/03/2012
00:18

Moment of Zen - Michele Bachmann Endorses Mitt Romney
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Michele Bachmann reverses her opinion regarding Mitt Romney's chances against President Obama.
05/03/2012
02:59

Osama bin Writin'
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For a guy running the world's most feared terrorist network, Osama bin Laden had a lot of time to keep up his correspondence.
05/03/2012
02:41

Chensanity - Clinton Flies to the Rescue
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Following the diplomatic precedent Bill Clinton set for dissidents living in dictatorships, John Oliver demonstrates the best-case Clinton rescue scenario.
05/03/2012
06:00

Free at Last, Free to Blast
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Aasif Mandvi talks to Missouri State Representative Wanda Brown about her Second Amendment crusade to release gun owners from the shackles of persecution.
05/03/2012
02:46

Chensanity
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China's best known dissident escapes from house arrest, hides out at the U.S. Embassy, and asks Hillary Clinton to fly him to safety.
05/03/2012
02:11

International House of Pander-cakes
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Say what you will about Vladimir Putin's melodramatic governing style and repression of dissent, his reaction to being reelected is moving stuff.
05/07/2012
01:31

Intro - The Future Birthplace of Captain Kirk
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In Iowa they are so hard up for celebrities, there's actually a sign that says 'Home of the future birthplace of Captain Kirk.'
05/07/2012
03:12

Virginia's Enthusiastic Young Voters
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The youth vote helped push Obama over the top in 2008, but Al Madrigal finds an enthusiasm gap among young voters at Virginia Commonwealth University.
05/07/2012
00:40

Moment of Zen - Adam Yauch Tribute
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A tribute to the late Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys.
05/07/2012
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