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The Punanny State

Season 17 • 02/20/2012

Congress convenes a panel to settle the standoff between the Catholic Church and women.

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Arne Duncan
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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discusses the Obama administration's Race to the Top competition and its positive effect on underperforming schools.
02/16/2012
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Indecision 2012 - It's Still Only February Edition - Romney's and Santorum's Michigan Campaign Ads
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Mitt Romney's ad campaign aims to offset his "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" New York Times editorial, and Rick Santorum's ad poses entrapment.
02/16/2012
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Indecision 2012 - It's Still Only February Edition - Obama's Foo Fighters Fundraiser
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Occupy Wall Street protesters criticize Barack Obama for catering to the one percent with a Hollywood fundraiser.
02/16/2012
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Moment of Zen - Tribute to Gary Carter
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The Daily Show pays homage to the late Gary Carter with a look at his 1986 World Series-winning home run.
02/16/2012
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Indecision 2012 - It's Still Only February Edition - Glitz Happens
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The glitter bomb emerges as a form of protest more clever than a pie in the face but less clever than something actually clever.
02/16/2012
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Larry Wilmore's Lin-Grown Toenail
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Larry Wilmore believes that Jeremy Lin's rise to fame is a sign that Asian Americans are taking basketball away from African Americans.
02/16/2012
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Jon Stewart's Eye on the Ladies
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John Oliver, Jason Jones, Aasif Mandvi and Jessica Williams consider whether insurance plans provided by religious institutional employers should include contraception.
02/20/2012
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Alan Huffman & Michael Rejebian
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Authors Alan Huffman and Michael Rejebian reveal the details of working for Democratic Party candidates as political opposition researchers.
02/20/2012
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Lindecision 2012
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Aasif Mandvi reports on the Time Warner Cable MSG Network blackout preventing New York's Chinatown residents from watching Jeremy Lin play.
02/20/2012
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Moment of Zen - Mitt Romney on Michigan
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Mitt Romney lists the myriad reasons for which he loves Michigan.
02/20/2012
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The Punanny State
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Congress convenes an all-male contraception panel in an effort to find balance between religious liberty and the realities of the secular world.
02/20/2012
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Russ Feingold
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Former Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold stresses the need for America's leaders to understand foreign policy and focus on Al Qaeda's global threat.
02/21/2012
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Moment of Zen - Newt Gingrich's View on the Chevy Volt
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Newt Gingrich pooh-poohs the Chevy Volt with a false claim, and a Volt owner proves him wrong.
02/21/2012
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Chris Christie's Gay Marriage Bill Veto
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Chris Christie seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding of marriage equality.
02/21/2012
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Punanny State - Virginia's Transvaginal Ultrasound Bill
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A Virginia bill states that any woman seeking an abortion must first lie back in a chair with her feet in stirrups and a 10-inch ultrasound wand in her vagina.
02/21/2012
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Back in Black - Whitney Houston's Death
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Lewis Black examines the media's handling of Whitney Houston's death, from Nancy Grace's murder allegation to Eric Bolling's cautionary tale.
02/21/2012
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Indecision 2012 - President Evil 2
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Republican leaders believe that everything Barack Obama has done in his first term has been a canard so that he can do the opposite in his second term.
02/22/2012
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Indecision 2012 - President Evil
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Republicans claim that the 2012 election is all that stands between America and catastrophe -- same as they claimed in 2008.
02/22/2012
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Bruce Bartlett
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Economist Bruce Bartlett weighs in on Barack Obama's proposals for cutting America's corporate tax rate and examines Ronald Reagan's tax increases.
02/22/2012
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Moment of Zen - Rick Santorum's Fire
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Rick Santorum gives his supporters the opportunity to see what's burning inside him.
02/22/2012
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Hypochondriac Update
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The World Health Organization plans to publish research on how scientists mutated the avian flu virus into a highly contagious form.
02/22/2012
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