Stewart Serves up Steaming Satire on Immigration

Staff / Truthdig Apr 3, 2006 When Sen. Bill Frist calls it "workable" to deport 11 million illegal immigrants, Stewart replies, "It's absolutely workable! Just think about Elian Gonzalez. How easy that was!" (video) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart Rips Bush’s Bolten Selection

Staff / Truthdig Mar 31, 2006 His take on Bush's appointment of Josh Bolten as chief of staff: "He just gave a promotion to the guy in charge of our $9-trillion debt. You know what? I really think if you walked into a cabinet meeting and started hurling your feces at the wall, Bush would name a state after you." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart Skewers Fox News on Tasteless Segment

Staff / Truthdig Mar 30, 2006 When Fox News decided to juxtapose busty bikini babes and news of a serial killer manhunt on the same screen, the savior from Comedy Central made wonderful mincemeat of the situation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stewart Lambastes Cheney’s Demands

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2006 Jon Stewart is at his inspired best riffing on Dick Cheney's list of hospitality demands. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Feingold Speaks Truth to Power, and Stewart

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2006 The Wisconsin senator whips Jon Stewart's audience into a frenzy with his insistence on holding Bush accountable for his spying program. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stewart Jabs Bush Over Iran Bombs Claim

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2006 Jon Stewart lays it out in technicolor: Bush had no solid backing for his claim that Iran is providing the deadly Iraqi roadside bombs. (As Truthdig also pointed out two days ago.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Colbert Gives Us the Word on the War

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2006 Stephen Colbert continues to gain ground on Jon Stewart with his blistering satires of U.S. policy. This time he riffs on a new name that the Pentagon is using for the war on terror. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oscars Postmortem

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Mar 6, 2006 And the award for "Best Proof That Hollywood Is Out of Touch": No one made a single reference to the troops fighting and dying in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pity the Fool

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Mar 1, 2006 Paul Provenza, director of the gleefully obscene "The Aristocrats," explains why Hollywood doesn't get the joke. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart Runs on CNN International

Blair Golson / Truthdig Feb 20, 2006 OK, all you expatriates probably already knew this, but Truthdig didn't: "The Daily Show" runs on CNN International outside the U.S. Think about that: Millions (perhaps billions) of foreigners get Jon Stewart's version of America on a relatively straight-news-oriented channel. Depending on how you feel about Stewart's sensibility, that's either wonderful or troubling. (This snippet of news comes near the end of a hilarious article about Stewart's upcoming gig at the Oscars.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart Roasts Cheney

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2006 "Don't let your kids go hunting with the vice president. I don't care what kind of lucrative contracts they're trying to land or energy regulations they're trying to get lifted. He'll shoot them in the face." | video Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sen. Leahy Smacks Gonzales Around in Video

Blair Golson / Truthdig Feb 10, 2006 Leahy, exasperated at Alberto Gonzales' refusal to answer questions about Bush's spying program, lets rip a Jon Stewart-quality zinger: "Of course, Mr. Attorney General, I forgot. You can't answer any questions that might be relevant to this." | video Dig deeper