On Jan. 11, 1999, Jon Stewart made his first look because the host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.”
The Every day Present coincided with the rise of Every day Kos and the web progressive blogosphere, and Stewart was the right messenger for lefties uninterested in the standard media’s incapacity to name out the hen hawk lies from the likes of George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, et al.
The Every day Kos group and employees have lined Stewart’s takes through the years. Notably, Sean Wang, recognized by the moniker BruinKid, regularly posted transcripts from “The Daily Show.” Wang handed away in 2018, however his tales stay on in our reminiscences and on-line.
Listed here are some highlights of Stewart bringing righteous aid by way of humor to tens of millions of individuals through the years.
Tea Social gathering rebranding
It began with pushing out former Republican chief John Boehner, and as Stewart identified, it later got here for his successor Paul Ryan. In fact, the Tea Social gathering faction that grabbed some energy and a focus did completely nothing for the People who voted for it, leaving the GOP open to the brand new MAGA rebranding we’re all struggling underneath now.
Barack Obama’s presidency
President Barack Obama’s time in workplace was met by essentially the most egregiously racist—and regularly superficial—assaults from right-wing media. The worst of all of it was the abject hypocrisy proven by conservatives whining about how anti-American Obama and others have been, which led Stewart to letting them have it.
Proper-wing assaults
Stewart would regularly obtain backlash from right-wing pundits, however he would by no means draw back from responding. That’s precisely what occurred when Fox Information’ Sean Hannity tried to defend the racist anti-patriot Cliven Bundy from Stewart’s well-earned ire.
Benghazi
‘Member that? The hand-wringing and money wasted by Republicans going after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was exhausting, and Stewart certainly didn’t maintain again in his good takedown of right-wing outrage.
Struggle in Iraq
As Republican leaders appear to worsen and worse, it’s typically tough to keep in mind that the GOP has at all times been stuffed with horrible, deceitful, and incompetent leaders. That’s why Stewart’s 2014 rundown of the misguided Iraq warfare lies was a welcome reminder to the tens of millions of us who bear in mind what introduced us to Every day Kos within the first place.
Regulation enforcement
When Stewart went after U.S. legislation enforcement for the social injustices inflicted upon individuals of coloration, he addressed a earlier mistake he made. In doing so, he known as out the racist discourse amplified by media like Fox Information.
2024 election
After leaving the Every day Present for a couple of years, Stewart returned for the 2024 election cycle, and he didn’t miss a beat. Whereas Trump attended his prison trials in March 2024, Stewart broke down the entire methods wherein Trump is a fraud.
Trump’s second victory
After Trump gained the 2024 election, Stewart laid out a imaginative and prescient of a Democratic Social gathering that has realized from its errors and is keen to withstand the GOP’s fascism.
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