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Despicable Memos

Season 18 • 02/21/2013

Aasif Mandvi obtains the White House's drone memos.

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Moment of Zen - Big Booty Freaks
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New Jersey Assemblyman Charles Mainor faces criticism over his Facebook account.
02/19/2013
05:39

Helaine Olen
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"Pound Foolish" author Helaine Olen describes the hucksterism at the heart of the personal finance empire.
02/20/2013
06:36

Hagel with a Smear - Country First
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Republican filibustering of Chuck Hagel's Secretary of Defense confirmation vote is tinged with a hint of junior high school-level pettiness.
02/20/2013
00:21

Moment of Zen - The Joe Biden Defense
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Vice President Joe Biden champions the double-barrel shotgun.
02/20/2013
04:36

The Last Amender
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148 years after the abolition of slavery, Mississippi ratifies the 13th Amendment.
02/20/2013
03:28

Hagel with a Smear
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Senate thespian Lindsey "Beauregard" Graham foils Chuck Hagel's Secretary of Defense confirmation.
02/20/2013
04:10

Doc Blockers
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Members of President Obama's own party threaten to hold up John Brennan's confirmation as CIA Director over drone legal issues.
02/21/2013
06:21

Steven Brill
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Court TV founder Steven Brill details the irrational market forces that drive the American health care industry.
02/21/2013
00:15

Moment of Zen - Seafood Surprise
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Steve Doocy reports on a seafood conspiracy.
02/21/2013
05:17

Tyranny & Texas
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Jessica Williams meets Texas residents tired of living under the jackboot of a democratically elected government.
02/21/2013
04:48

Despicable Memos
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Aasif Mandvi doesn't fear authorized domestic death drones because he definitely did not see the drone memos.
02/21/2013
04:02

Virginia Is Not for Lovers
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The lifting of a 136-year-old cohabitation law means unmarried men and women will once again terrorize Virginia with their private, behind-closed-doors relationships.
02/25/2013
04:28

The More You Molpus
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Former Mississippi Secretary of State Dick Molpus's only mistake was being named Dick Molpus.
02/25/2013
05:14

Sequester 2013 - Prelude to the Return of the Barter System
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In the face of the budget sequester and subsequent economic apocalypse, Samantha Bee checks items off her bucket list.
02/25/2013
00:12

Moment of Zen - The Sequester
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Megyn Kelly suspects that the sequester is as bad as it sounds.
02/25/2013
06:46

Donnie Wahlberg
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Donnie Wahlberg of "Blue Bloods" exonerates Bill Buckner and discusses his fascination with the law enforcement community.
02/25/2013
08:05

Lori Silverbush & Kristi Jacobson
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"A Place at the Table" directors Lori Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson debunk the notion of an American "moocher" class.
02/26/2013
03:21

Crazy Stupid Dov
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After years of loudly demanding apologies for anti-Semitism, Dov Hikind publicly apologizes for dressing inappropriately for a Jewish holiday.
02/26/2013
03:13

Crazy Stupid Dov - The War on Purim
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Following the Dov Hikind blackface controversy, Jessica Williams calls for a return to Purim's historical traditions.
02/26/2013
00:13

Moment of Zen - Dov Hikind's Response
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New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind responds to media inquiries.
02/26/2013
06:02

Me, the Press
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Former White House press secretaries find a new relationship with the press after a career of dissembling to the press.
02/26/2013
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