The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Shutstorm 2013: America Sits on Its Balls

Season 19 • 10/02/2013

Congressional Republicans feel the effects of their government shutdown.

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March of Dumbs - Government Shutdown

The government shutdown curtails inessential programs like the FDA and supplemental nutrition for women, infants and children.
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Moment of Zen - The Low Cost of Government Shutdown

Stuart Varney reassures his viewers about the cost of a government shutdown.
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Obamacare Begins

Jason Jones compares the boring substance of Obamacare supporters with the punchy spunk of its conservative opponents.
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David Mitchell

David Mitchell explains how he came to translate a book written by Naoki Higashida, a 13-year-old autistic youth.
10/01/2013
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March of Dumbs

Congressional Republicans save America from the most insidious law ever created by man.
10/01/2013
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Back in Black - Barilla Pasta

Pasta giant Barilla won't portray a gay family for its commercials, but Lewis Black isn't buying the whole family values argument.
10/02/2013
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Moment of Zen - Purgatory with Gretchen Carlson

The Daily Show helps Gretchen Carlson name a cozy chair on the set of her show, "The Real Story."
10/02/2013
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Sandra Bullock

"Gravity" star Sandra Bullock talks flying and George Clooney's unusual role as a charismatic, rough-and-tumble ladies man.
10/02/2013
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Shutstorm 2013: America Sits on Its Balls - Republican Shutdown

John Oliver explains the electorally invincible strategy behind unpopular Congressional actions.
10/02/2013
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Shutstorm 2013: America Sits on Its Balls

Congressional Republican fart-knockers complain about the shutdown they themselves caused.
10/02/2013
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Shutstorm 2013: America Sits on Its Balls - Bias on Bulls**t Mountain

Could there be a higher octane fuel for the Fox News false outrage exploitation engine than wheelchair-bound World War II veterans?
10/03/2013
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Shutstorm 2013: America Sits on Its Balls - Smokey the Bear

Federal employee and American icon Smokey the Bear weathers the government shutdown.
10/03/2013
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Moment of Zen - Michele Bachmann & The World War II Memorial

"The Reason I Jump" goes to number one and Michele Bachmann engages in the political theater of decrying political theater.
10/03/2013
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Representative Scott Rigell: Republican Traitor

One Republican congressman voted against shutting down the government, so Samantha Bee finds out what's wrong with him.
10/03/2013
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Kerry Washington

"Scandal" star Kerry Washington wishes people in Washington D.C. would identify quite so strongly with people on her show.
10/03/2013
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Kathleen Sebelius Pt. 2

Kathleen Sebelius explains why the United States ended up with a market-based health care system.
10/07/2013
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Shutstorm 2013: America Sits on Its Balls - Web Site Down - Team Nihilism vs. Team Incompetence

Jason Jones lays out Team Nihilism's two-step health care plan, and Team Incompetence's Samantha Bee experiences technical difficulties.
10/07/2013
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Shutstorm 2013: America Sits on Its Balls - Web Site Down

Americans will camp out all night to be the first people to buy a phone or see a movie about shirtless werewolves, but prove less patient when it comes to health care.
10/07/2013
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Shutstorm 2013: America Sits on Its Balls - Web Site Down - Scare Tactics

Democrats warn against breaching America's debt ceiling, but Republican lawmakers aren't buying into the liberal demagoguery.
10/07/2013
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Moment of Zen - Shutdown - What's Up

Fox News reports on the government shutdown.
10/07/2013
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