Democracy Under Threat | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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Published 2024-06-06
Fact Check: Jane Mayer mentions that Jon said the FEC is about as useless as male nipples. It was, in fact, Jordan Klepper who said this.
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On Mondays, Jon Stewart hosts The Daily Show, but on Thursdays he hosts The Weekly Show — A podcast featuring in- depth conversations with special guests that explores the biggest threats to our democracy. Also hear from producers and friends of the show who discuss the latest headlines, what’s on their minds, and more!
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All Comments (21)
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The world is a better place with Jon.
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43 years old French Canadian listener here. The province of Québec is providing their citizens with nationalized electricity, daycare and healthcares. I lost my job 2 years ago and my government is currently giving me $100 a week to complete a college degree in electrical engineering (in a public institution with yearly tuition fees of $250). Social democracy works! Tax money can benefit the people. Thanks for your show Jon!
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Having lived in a state (Alabama) that was very proud of the fact that they had very low taxes, the results were horrible roads, atrocious schools, lack of public facilities in general. Now that I have returned to suburban Chicago, I can easily see where the money goes. A wonderful swimming facility that I can access daily for about 16.00/ month, a beautiful library , very good schools, roads regularly maintained, the list goes on, and while our tax rate is somewhat high, we get some bang for our buck.
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I have a feeling these podcast conversations are going to lead to real legislative change. Thank you so much yet again, Jon!
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Wow what a concept, people having civilized intelligent discussion and coming up with real ideas to make change. Nice to hear something positive .
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With so many worthless podcasts out there it’s about time Jon starts blessing us with a thoughtful and intelligent one. We need as much Jon Stewart as we can get.
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Supreme court 2010 - "money is free speech and therefore can not be limited". But, huge donations aren't an amount of speech, it's the volume at which that speech is vocalized. More money, LOUDER speech... to the point of drowning out all other voices.
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Dark Money by Jane Mayer is a masterpiece of journalism and that is how I learned years ago about what is really going on.
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The ethics situation with the Supreme Court is absolutely fucking INSANE. Your mailman isn't allowed to accept a $20 gift card to Starbucks as a thank you. But Fuck-all's McWearsARobe can go on free million dollar vacations & have RVs just given to them, or hell, had a fucking house GIFTED to them....
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Jon is such a bright spot in these dark times.
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In my county they break down how the property taxes are used on the billing invoice so I have no doubt they can expand on the transparency. I hope it happens.
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I absolutely love that Jon and his team started this show. I don't know how many of his Daily show fans will have the attention span to listen to an hour long broadcast but for those of us that want to see the intellect behind the comedy we'll be delighted to tune in each week
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Want an end to corruption in politics? 1. Fund campaigns publicly through taxes. Each candidate gets te same amount, and it's not a lot because in the Information Age, you don't need a lot. 2. Lobbyists can't give a politician ANYTHING - not a candy bar and not a luxury vacation. That would eliminate the need to call donors because there would BE no donors. Lawmakers could spend their time making laws.
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I love the idea Jane said, being able to lookup where taxpayer dollars are going.
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This was a powerful show and conversation of facts and ideas. As a citizen of USA and voter, I believe it has called me to figure out how to help with these issues and ideas. Thank you Jon Stewart and guests for your insight and creating this podcast.
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Visiting a small village in France years ago, the friends whom we visited showed us the local tax bill. It included a complete itemized break down of expenditures. Brilliant!
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Corporate profit taking is off the rails. This is not inflation.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jon, for making this podcast. America desperately needs you! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
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I love John's "Holy shit" moment with Jane's idea of having a way to find out where your individual taxes are going. I agree that it is an absolutely brilliant idea!
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Jon's point at about the hour mark about the DOD's budget and constant failing audits is so important. How is this allowed to go on? Keep speaking truth to power Jon, your voice is sorely needed in the discourse.
