Full video is out here: https://youtu.be/_GXNJ3V9lzg
Funniest thing i’ve seen all week
I hope he goes off on the Trump administration like they are a deep-dish pizza.
Hopefully more hosts follow and point out the major hypocrisy from MAGA. The fact that ABC/Disney flinched from such a small jab really shows how stupid this entire thing is.
They didn’t flinch, they gleefully collaborated.
Yes they should all have their heads shaven after we’ve ended the occupation.
What is that from?
Inglourious Basterds, a classic movie.
It wasn’t even a jab at the guy who was shot. It was a jab at dear leader.
I fear one big problem with them flinching so quickly is that it gives the Trump cult plausible deniability to not blame the dictatorship for doing the things that they are doing.
I mean, the government did not censor Kimmel, it was a business decision made by a private entity. Right? RIGHT??
Hopefully more hosts follow and point out the major hypocrisy from MAGA.
That will do nothing. They enjoy their own hypocrisy. They don’t care about consistency of principles and are quite happy to just want everything their way while no one else gets anything. They’re quite happy to abuse language by saying whatever suits them in the moment. It drives their opponents crazy as they try to point out how inconsistent and irrational they’re being. The fascists don’t care, but they do love to see you get frustrated. It’s just part of their sadistic fun: messing with people, playing with their prey until they are ready to exterminate them.
To complain that fascists are hypocritical or inconsistent is to miss the point of fascism, at least if your hope is to shock them into being more reasonable. I know this quote from Sartre is everywhere but he said it well:
Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.
Pointing out the hypocrisy is not supposed to suddenly convince the actual fascists that they’re wrong, it’s to convince the people they’ve duped into following them that they’re both wrong and evil.
I wish I had your faith that there is a large group of followers that don’t realize they are doing evil.
Nobody’s duped. They don’t believe it. They pretend to because doing so hurts you.
you know what the worst part about the creeping nature of murderous, paranoid fascism is? the hypocrisy!
I really want someone to chime in with the legal ramifications of ABC being a publicly broadcast station that licenses radio spectrum from the federal government.
Corrupt or not, the feds revoking a license is a lot more plausible than them somehow pulling a private cable station or streaming service out of people’s homes.
Same! If he does, I’m also hoping he has a backup plan!
He does! Retirement!
Jon Stewart 2028!!
Let’s just leave deep dish pizza out of this
Stewart is from Jersey, he knows deep dish is casserole.
Somebody had to say it then and somebody has to say it now.
Is this comment pro or anti deep-dish?
That’s how i know his show is fake news.
Can someone please record it?
Can someone please record it?
Studio execs will be sitting in the booth with a red button ready to shut it down.
I wouldn’t count on it. Stewart has done a LOT of tone policing of the left over the years and just a few days ago (?) criticized people for cheering over the death of a nazi.
Which lines up. Stewart has ALWAYS been a “both sides” kind of guy. His coverage tends to involve facts which means it leans left but there is a reason he had carlson and the like on his show back in the day. So his politics are very much going to disappoint. Just going to be a question of if his hatred of censoring comedians (no matter how shitty) takes precedence.
I think Oliver is more likely to go off on Saturday/Sunday. But you can bet that Business Daddy is talking to him constantly and he does have a whole team he needs to provide for so…
Lol! Wut? Jon Stewart got Tucker Carlson cancelled back when he was still in his bow tie phase. And the reason he occasionally knocks the left, is because those “facts” he covers, indicate the left needs to occasionally reflect on some shit, too.
Yeah. He got a lot of shit, upon his return, for criticizing the left’s unwillingness to even engage about conversation about Biden’s age.
Turns out he was right.
Which kind of sums up a lot of the pundits “on the left”. They are focused on being right, not on being a party (in large part because the Democrats have increasingly been “We are not republicans” for decades now but…).
I don’t think there is anyone who wasn’t concerned about Biden’s age. But we were past the point for a real primary and he was the candidate. So you support his senile ass. Because he is the candidate and we need to win. And when he finally got kicked out and it was Kamala’s turn? You support fucking Kamala. There is plenty of time to do after actions after we lose. NOBODY was going to win a presidential campaign in, what was it, like four months? But they sure as hell weren’t going to win if they were the third candidate in three weeks. You keep that kind of shit behind closed doors until we know one way or another.
Contrast that with the chuds where they all click their heels and start goose stepping once the primaries are over.
The “shit” isn’t about pointing out very real concerns. The “shit” is about doing the republican’s jobs for them.
His coverage tends to I evolve facts which means it leans left
And there it is, the quiet part out loud. Apparently you lean left if you, ahh, tell the truth.
Yeah Jon Steward is as right as Dick Cheney, got it.
Deep dish isn’t even pizza. It’s a trashcan lid filled with cheese and sauce.
is there a retired gifs com, because yeah. damn
It came out of retirement for the last election.
I hope he has Kimmel on as a guest.
e: his guest was even more relevant
Haha! Oh boy! I wonder what they’ll talk about?
Section 326 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 326, explicitly declared that nothing in the statute
shall be understood or construed to give the Commission the power of censorship over the [broadcast] communications or signals transmitted by any [broadcast] station, and no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech by means of [over-the-air] broadcast communication.
How cute, thinking the rules matter.
Talking about Constitutional Law in the modern day feels more and more like you’re becoming a Sovereign Citizen. Waving around a piece of paper and screaming “You don’t have the right to do that!” at a room full of men with tasers and guns and handcuffs.
here’s how i see them reacting: “look out! the constitution has a bomb!” bang bang
This is the best take yet.
Just another rule they break on a regular basis. It is 100% intentional
Nothing matters when there are no checks and balances.
The checks are counterfeit and the balances have been tampered with
Well, there are checks being written behind closed doors and vast changes to financial balances
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Are you ready to call it fascism yet Jon?
Oh, I’m gonna leave it.
Genuinely asking, has he refrained from saying such? I swear I’ve heard him saying it prior to even this last election but I could be wrong
he has. he said his reason is that he doesn’t want to diminish the impact of the word.
Same reason people are shy to admit this is now a dictatorship.
Lame ass reason.
i both agree with you and with him. he also expressed that there’s plenty of other people calling this a turn to fascism and he doesn’t want to dismiss any of them because he thinks there wrong, but he also doesn’t want to give the fascists what they want by feeding hopelessness. like. it’s not the path i would take, but i don’t see it as a wrong path
He flat out chastised those doing so. I dunno if he’s finally come around, but that seriously diminished him in my eyes forever more. When his country desperately needed a unified voice to react the infant stages of a fascist government, he chose to rebuke the criticisms and take the side of “wait until it’s too late”. Now that his buddies are feeling the heat, now he decides it’s too much. Fuck that.
EU still considers it a democracy. Can’t claim “political persecution” yet, they’re not gonna take your political asylum application seriously.
The US is considered a flawed democracy
Eh, I’d say its a hybrid regime tbh.
Flawed democracy was trump term 1. (It was also flawed before, but less so compared to trump term 1)
After Jan 6, 2021, it was a very flawed democracy.
Now, its hybrid regime.
By 2028, its possible we spiral into a full authoritarian regime.
(Btw, your article is from 2024 before the election lol)
Fascism and democracy can coexist, at least temporarily. I agree we’re still a very flawed democracy… for now.
Fascism and democracy doesn’t exclude each other at all.
When Colbert was cancelled he did a great show. Even did a song and dance. It would be great if Kimmel is on tonight’s show with Stewart.
Logistically it would be hard to have Kimmel on The Daily Show this evening. Kimmel is in LA and Jon is in New York. Obviously a video call is possible. Obviously flights exist. It would be wild if it happened, but it’s not likely.
Rich people can fly anywhere on extremely short notice. It’s called NetJets
Also, they can fly commercial.
Sack. the. fuck. up. This ain’t the time to shrink. This is the time to fight.
Run for president Jon. Do it.
You guys need to stop electing celebrities ffs
You need to understand politics better at a fundamental level. Lawyers do not make winning modern politicians. Theater majors do. Charismatic business majors do.
Jon just happens to also know shit from decades of calling out corruption and pushing for change.
It’s not sustainable to just run politicians because their entertainment background makes them electable. Sometimes they need to make difficult decisions. It’s gotta stop some time
Maybe I would have supported Stewart running in 2024 against Trump, particularly with hindsight advantage. Fight fire with fire.
Of course I would also vote Stewart over any modern Republican, because those guys can do some damage
But with Trump not running in 2028, I don’t see a similar celebrity on the Republican ticket. I’m still dealing with a bad hangover from Kamala Harris 2024, but I would rather see her in office and making those tough decisions than Stewart, because she has the experience doing so.
with Trump not running in 2028
[Citation needed]
He’s already trampled several constitution articles and amendments, why do you think the 22nd would stop him? Literally who would enforce it?
Supreme Court: “We’ll address this after January 2029.”
Trying to keep some semblance of normalcy in the assumptions I make. Some people would find it laughable that an honest election would happen.
When was the last honest election?
When was Obama elected last?
Really it doesn’t matter who is president they well not know everything. A good leader would surround themselves with knowledgable people and take their advice.
We need President Camacho.
It has been this way since the pyramids and TV made it more intense.
Stewart Klepper 2028
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At least John has a history of fighting to make Congress do the right thing. He has far more relevant political experience than Trump.
You guys need to stop electing celebrities ffs
You’re not wrong, but I don’t see a lot of better options on the table and the guy at the very least understands politics and seems to be resistant to being owned.
Yeah I don’t know the celebrity part is the biggest problem
Unfortunately, we have* a vibes based democracy.
(*Well, had, idk if a 2028 election would even exist)
If we’re picking celebrities to run, I nominate Tom Morello.
Luigi Mangione.
(Even if he’s guilty then he’s still done less criminally evil shit when compared to the orange traitor)
Why not Kimmel or Colbert? They seem like they’ll be available.
Jon as president Colbert as vice president.
And John Oliver as Chief of Staff
And Nathan Fielder for our transportation secretary
Which Colbert, though? Colbert Report Colbert or Late Show Colbert?
Jon has experience getting legislation passed. Colbert as well to a lesser extent. Jon has been asked before and mentioned this recently as well.
Why? You faux commies would be all Genocide Jon because he hasn’t slammed Israel enough.
lol wut
Not you
I mean, probably me, actually.
You’re a faux commie? A parlor pink?
True comedy and spite would be to just recite Kimmel’s monologue verbatim
I am Jimmy Kimmel.
I am Guillermo
His name is Robert Paulson.
Meatloaf?
I am Spartacus.
I am dad
Hi dad
I’m mad as hell
Hi mad, dad is right up there ^
Paramount Skydance Corporation is about to be sued for a 1 billion dollars!
The article makes this sound like a bigger deal than it is. There was no Daily Show on Monday, and when Jon doesn’t do the Monday show it’s normal for him to do a show later in the week.
Yes, this is correct. They just took a month off, so they needed another day this week.
What a joke.
Are you sure? I don’t recall that really happening often.
It’s not normal for Jon to miss the Monday show, but it is normal for him to make up for it later in the week, the main exception being when he had covid and was out for a week or two.
