Desi Lydic Might Be The Funniest Thing on TV
Also: Jon Stewart
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Desi Lydic was on fire this week. Her work on The Daily Show won her an Emmy last year, and honestly, I think we owe her another one. I’m sharing 3 of her segments this week. In this first one, she tackles Elon Musk's vague apology to Trump, RFK Jr. putting his conspiracy buddies in charge at the CDC, Tulsi Gabbard getting AI to do the FBI's homework, and Trump celebrating a deployment of the military on Angelenos with tickets to “Les Misérables”:
Here’s another clip where Desi covers Trump’s politicized Fort Bragg rally which screened soldiers for loyalty and waist size, Trump’s $45M military parade for his birthday, and Ronny Chieng drops in:
And one more, featuring Desi’s take on the latest updates from the L.A. ICE protests, including Trump's outsized military deployment to the city, which defies both California Governor Gavin Newsom and the... "P***y Comitatus Act". Enjoy:
Finally, a segment from Jon Stewart I enjoyed, where he examines chaos in the MAGA-verse as escalating ICE raids in Los Angeles erupt in protests, Stephen Miller hunts for nonviolent immigrants, Elon plays the Epstein card on Trump, and the Trump-Elon alpha male war reveals itself as a sensitive baby feud:
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- Geoff
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