Daily Show Prep - Tuesday October 31, 2017

• NYC gunman shoots pedestrians from truck
• Consumer confidence hits highest level since December 2000
• Home prices hit all-time high
• Coal production, profits way up under Trump
• Podesta Group threatens to sue Tucker Carlson for reporting they're being investigated
• Tony Podesta had Uranium One as a client
• Tax plan takes aim at state and local tax deduction
• 58 percent of Americans have views they're afraid to share
• Andy Dick fired from movie over sexual harassment claims
• Hollywood actors speak of 'rampant' problem of male abusers targeting men
• 'House of Cards' suspends production amid Spacey allegations
• UK police widen Weinstein probe
• Former country singer accuses Nashville PR head of sexual misconduct
• China seen poised for fresh South China Sea assertiveness
• Silence from dirt people as Trump punishes polluters
• South Africa wary of plague threat
• It's Halloween: Time to bring out the cultural appropriation stories
• Ancient ruins of city found in middle of Pacific
• Woman in blackface at Staples stuns customers, says she's a Sharpie
• Expert of the Day: Walker Wildmon from American Family Association says Target remains a scary place to shop

Daily Show Prep - Monday October 30, 2017

• Manafort charged with tax fraud
• Full text of the indictment
• Dems demand Congress protest Mueller from Trump
• Did Mueller's team violate Manafort's constitutional rights?
• 3rd Trump advisor pleads guilty to making false statements to FBI
• Was Don, Jr.'s meeting with Russian lawyer a Hillary set-up?
• Hillary's campaign manager's brother resigns from Podesta Group amid Mueller probe
• Washington Free Beacon was original funder of Trump dirt-gathering Fusion GPS
• Gowdy: Hillary potentially laundered money through law firm
• House considering 5-year phase-in for corporate tax cut
• China warns NoKo to stop tests
• NFL protests stretch into eighth week, Texans take beef with owner out on anthem
• Jesse Jackson: NFL owners have 'plantation mentality'
• ESPN could abandon Monday Night Football
• Corey Feldman says he's going to release 'every name I have knowledge of' in Hollywood
• Kevin Spacey accused of sexual assault against minor boy, Spacey now identifies as gay
• Social media turn on Spacey
• Netflix ending 'House of Cards'
• Va. church removes plaque commemorating George Washington
• White nationalists cancelled rally in TN over the weekend
• Flake considers independent senate run
• Expert of the Day: Andrew Egger from the Weekly Standard says George Papdopoulos may be a bigger problem for Trump than Manafort

Daily Show Prep - Friday October 27, 2017

• Top 20 percent pay 95 percent of income tax
• Third quarter GDP up 3.0 percent
• Panetta: Intelligence committee needs to investigate Hillary/DNC Trump dossier payment
• Nets ignore DOJ lifting gag on informant
• Gowdy: Trump DOJ 'will not give Congress access' to info on whether FBI relied on dossier
• Whitefish Energy under fire for Puerto Rican recovery contract
• Catalonia declares independence from Spain
• Everybody's dropping Mark Halperin
• Hungary orders spies to target Soros 'empire'
• Trump wants State to release all remaining Hillary e-mails
• JFK Files: British newspaper got anonymous call just before assassination
• JFK Files: CIA plotted to kill Castro
• Newsweek runs bigoted op/ed against Irish
• NFL popularity plummets
• ESPN bracing for more layoffs
• John Lewis wishes 'Madame President' Hillary a happy birthday
• Yale 'decolonizes' English department, won't study white authors
• Shocking photo shows Caribbean Sea choked by plastic waste
• HuffPo: Most men still don't see tampons as a basic right
• College costume crackdown ramps up as Halloween nears
• Expert of the Day: Dr. Merrill Matthews from Institute for Policy Innovation says Dems went digging for Russian dirt and struck dirt people

Daily Show Prep - Thursday October 26, 2017

• House passes budget paving way for tax reform
• Corker: Feud with Trump will 'absolutely not' affect his vote on tax reform
• Senators rally behind Trump after mini-revolt
• Social Security spending tops $1 trillion for first time
• Trump's econ advisor raises prospect of gas tax increase
• ISIS may be planning attack on Caribbean tourists
• Justice Department frees up Uranium One informant to Congress
• Hillary mum on Fusion GPS scandal
• NY Post: Why doesn't Hillary's dossier trick count as treason?
• Clapper: 'It doesn't matter who paid for' Trump dossier
• Five women accuse journalist Mark Halperin of sexual harassment
• Former colleague says Halperin harassment 'open secret' for years
• Halperin out at BSNBC
• Ashley Judd made brilliant deal with Harvey Weinstein
• Hollywood's sexual harassers, rapists, and molesters…so far
• Another woman claims big George Bush groped her
• Ellen slammed for Happy Birthday tweet to Katy Perry
• Vegas security guard left country days after massacre
• Vegas shooter's brother arrested on child porn charges
• Kaepernick to meet with NFL team owners
• Two Ga. teens charged in plot to attack high school
• John Kelly said between zero and one refugees should be admitted to U.S.
• NYC mayoral candidate once tried to hijack an airplane
• Depression tied to shorter life
• Absent-minded shopper takes wrong cart with baby in it
• Police refuse to give gender of suspects in transgender brawl in fear of getting it wrong
• Expert of the Day: Richard Manning from Americans for Limited Government on Hillary's troubles

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday October 25, 2017

• Russia blows up in Hillary's face
• Hillary's lawyer lied for a year
• After Trump dossier revelation, FBI is next
• Journalists circle the wagons around the Clintons
• Democrats distance themselves
• Elijah Cummings says emerging Dem scandals are a 'distraction'
• Ca. federal judge refuses to force Trump administration to pay Obamacare subsidies
• Paul RINO tells conservatives DACA will be part of spending bill
• One Republican still open to reducing how much you can contribute to 401(k)
• Las Vegas shooter's laptop hard drive is missing
• New home sales at 10-year high
• O'Reilly may end up at Sinclair
• TV star accuses George H.W. Bush of sexual assault…from his wheelchair
• 65 percent of baby foods test positive for arsenic
• NAAPC issues American Airlines advisory for black passengers
• Record high level of support for legalizing pot
• Couple's grisly Halloween gag prompts visit from cops
• New England revolts against Daylight Savings Time
• Student disciplined for kicking chair out from under student who wouldn't stand for pledge
• Expert of the Day: Eddie Scarry from the Washington Examiner says the media are turning John Kelly into a racist

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday October 24, 2017

• Clinton campaign, DNC paid for Trump dossier
• Now Democrats have a Russia problem
• House Republicans investigating Uranium One
• Russian spy tried to infiltrate Hillary's circle
• Trump and Corker go at each other
• Sarah Sanders: Trump will hit back when attacked
• Jeff Flake won't seek re-election
• Dems start lining up activist psychologists to take Trump down
• They call Trump nuts but Don Lemon cries on air
• They call Trump nuts but liberals plan to 'scream helplessly to the sky' on election anniversary
• Protester throws Russian flags at Trump as he meets with Senate Republicans
• Border wall prototypes quietly move forward
• Black man arrested for racist graffiti that sparked protests on campus
• Saudi Arabia will return to moderate, open Islam
• British government wants U.N. treaty changed to include 'pregnant men'
• EPA chief ends 'sue and settle' which cost taxpayers billions
• 1.5 million fewer Americans on food stamps under Trump
• Former Weinstein assistant breaks NDA, spills the beans
• Director Tobak's list of accusers grows by another 200
• Yet another Hollywood director on the hot seat for groping
• Kid Rock not running for senate
• Kaepernick lands million-dollar book deal
• GAO releases study on economic, social impact of climate change
• Meanwhile, Bill Nye admits he's a failure in stopping climate change
• Feminist professor: Traditional science is racist
• Mexican drug cartel attaches bomb to drone
• Netflix producer unloads on Sean Penn about El Chapo
• Mexican soap star slaps reporter on red carpet
• Alcohol improves ability to speak foreign language
• 'Precious' star: 'Older white men are a problem'
• Expert of the Day: With all the #MeToo there are actually #FalselyAccused. Attorney Michelle Owens talks about the problem

Daily Show Prep - Monday October 23, 2017

• GOP caving to $1 million tax bracket
• Bat in the Hat demands apology from Gen. Kelly for 'character assassination'
• Fewer hold mix of conservative and liberal views
• FBI unravels plot to bomb South Florida mall
• Bowe Bergdahl sentencing delayed
• Tom Cotton: 'You can't give any credibility' to Trump dossier
• Threats against EPA chief increase
• Matt Damon admits he knew about Weinstein
• Country music singer slams industry for Weinstein-like behavior
• Several NFL stadiums almost empty
• Jerry Jones: NFL 'suffering' because of protests
• Jesse Jackson compares NFL players to slaves
• Wall Street befuddled by NFL ratings drop
• The DNC's money problems
• Former NPR CEO opens up about liberal bias
• 50 kids per week referred to UK sex change clinics
• White middle schoolers held black students down, simulated sex
• School principal apologizes for Trump tombstone at Halloween party
• Parents upset over Trump scarecrow
• Environmental disaster film Geostorm set to lose upwards of $100 million
• Men taking classes to unlearn 'toxic' masculinity
• Parents fight to name baby 'Jihad'
• Expert of the Day: Ryan Pickrell, Asia/China reporter from the Daily Caller on the relationship between China and NoKo

Daily Show Prep - Friday October 20, 2017

• Bill Clinton sought State Department's permission to meet with Russian nuke official
• Rand Paul 'all in' for tax cuts
• There might be a fourth tax bracket
• Sen. Graham after meeting with Mad Dog: The war is moving to Africa
• Harvey Weinstein belligerent at sex rehab
• Gold Star widow releases Trump call from April
• Frederica Wilson is nuts! Accuses Gen. Kelly of racist slur against her
• But Kelly was wrong when he said she bragged about getting funding for the FBI building
• Now the Bat in the Hat says the White House is 'full of white supremacists'
• She laughs and says she's a 'rock star'
• NY writer says Kelly honoring fallen soldiers is a totalitarian tradition
• China's 30-year plan to rule the world
• Thursday Night Football down again
• Local NFL ratings also in free fall
• White nationalist Richard Spencer accuses protesters of stifling free speech
• Docs, cops among 277 busted in human trafficking sting
• Update: Transgender convicted of sexually assaulting 10-year-old girl
• Singer/songwriter Regie Hamm's new 'One Silent Night' project
• Expert of the Day: Chris Chmielenski from NumbersUSA talks about trading DACA for enforcement

Daily Show Prep - Thursday October 19, 2017

• ISIS fanatics are planning another 9/11
• Trump: Clinton uranium scandal biggest story 'fake media' won't cover
• W. goes after Trump
• Meanwhile, jobless claims lowest since 1973
• Juanita Broaddrick to Monica Lewinsky: 'Your silence was deafening'
• Dem congresswoman says women have responsibility to prevent sexual assault
• John Kelly was 'stunned' by congresswoman's account of Trump call
• 'Fight for $15' strategist suspended for sexual harassment
• NoKo warns of 'unimaginable' strike on U.S.
• Obama back on campaign trail as Trump goes after his legacy
• States cracking down on fake service dogs
• Big Soft Drink sued for deceptive advertising
• Senators introduce compromise to fight wildfires
• Drunk United Airlines passenger peed on seatmate mid-flight
• Students at Cambridge U. given 'trigger warnings' for Shakespeare plays
• U. of Wisconsin students protest Lincoln statue with 'die-in'
• Brown U. scraps tampon supplier over name complaint
• School cancels Halloween parade because it's 'not inclusive'
• Transgender on trial for sexually assaulting 10-year-old in bathroom
• Playboy features first transgender 'Playmate'
• Video shows restaurant furniture moving on its own
• Slideshow: Odds you hitting a deer, by state
• Wanna see Uranus with the naked eye?
• Expert of the Day: Paul Ketchel from MDsave.com on the short-term fix to Obamacare

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday October 18, 2017

• Senate Judiciary opens probe Obama-era Russian nuclear bribery case
• More on the Uranium One scandal
• Guest: News Networks censor coverage of Uranium One scandal
• Samantha Power says others made unmasking requests in her name
• Comey drafted statement ending Hillary probe months before interviewing her
• Trump feuds with congresswoman over call to fallen soldier's widow
• Trump warns McCain: 'Be careful because at some point I fight back'
• With fall of Raqqa, ISIS no longer a terror state
• LAPD launching drones
• Actress says Hollywood has no moral authority
• Joe Messina: Hooray for Hollywood-Celebrating sexual deviants for decades
• Federal spending up 7 fold since 1941
• Oprah says she's not running in 2020
• LeBron wear 'Equality' shoes at first NBA game
• Russian trolls try to sow fear among blacks with self-defense classes
• Hate crime attack against disabled man on bus
• Roy Moore and Doug Jones tied in Alabama senate race
• Smart people more at risk for mental illness

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday October 17, 2017

• ISIS capital falls
• Weinstein criminal probes growing
• Weinstein scandal could change Hollywood, but don't hold your breath
• Reese Witherspoon says she was sexually assaulted by director at 16
• Unnamed Oscar-winning actor accused of assault
• OMG! Jennifer Lawrence told to lose 15 pounds to get a part
• Another judge blocks Trump's travel ban
• Jaguars apologize to military for kneeling for anthem
• Rand Paul opposes Republican budget
• Expert of the Day: Sarah Westwood from the Washington Examiner about Trump and McConnell coming together, for now

Daily Show Prep - Friday October 6, 2017

• Trump rolls back Obamacare contraception mandate
• Explosive possessed by Vegas shooter may have been used in NYC bombing
• He may have been planning future attacks
• Girlfriend: He would lie in bed moaning, screaming
• Sheryl Crow says it's 'infringing' on the rights of everyone if anyone owns semi-auto guns
• NoKo to test missile capable of hitting West coast
• Trump talks about 'calm before the storm'
• U.S. lost 33,000 jobs in September
• Labor force participation rate hits Trump-era high
• Americans pouring back into the workforce
• Study: Obama had 740 percent more positive media coverage than Trump
• Warning signs emerge in GOP's tax reform push
• Four Catholic high school players who planned to take a knee got benched
• Hurricane Harvey: Weinstein accused of abusing women for decades
• Weinstein gave heavily to Hillary, now focuses on NRA
• He says it's a 'right wing conspiracy out to get me'
• Hollywood's loud silence
• California can now jail you for using the wrong pronoun
• Awkward: Pelosi struggles to speak
• Antifa planning Deface Columbus Day
• The truth about Christopher Columbus
• Berkeley students try to shut down exams over impact on mental health
• Football's decline has some high schools disbanding teams
• Outrage over Dr. Seuss after WW2 portrayals of Japanese
• And this is what has them all upset
• Wyoming high school quiz gives kids 'shooting at Trump' option
• Expert of the Day: Best-selling author Brad Meltzer on the latest installment in his children's book series and a hint about his next thriller

Daily Show Prep - Thursday October 5, 2017

• Police believe the Vegas killer may have not acted alone
• A different picture of Steve Paddock emerges
• Unarmed security guard may have saved lives by drawing fire from Paddock
• Why did it take 72 minutes for SWAT to bust into the room?
• Paddock booked a room overlooking Lollapalooza two months ago
• Ryan is open to action on 'bump stocks'
• And the NRA agrees
• Nancy Sinatra calls for the mass murder of NRA members
• Antifa site: Actions like Vegas shooting 'will only escalate' because of 'white supremacy'
• Shooting victim refuses to stay seated when president comes calling
• Trump plans to 'decertify' Iran deal next week
• California is now officially a sanctuary state
• Study: September Trump TV coverage 92 percent negative
• 3 Russians named in 'Trump dossier' sue Fusion GPS for libel
• CIA: Kim Jong Un is not crazy
• NoKo says U.S. killed Otto Warmbier
• Idiot San Juan mayor wears 'Nasty' t-shirt for interview
• IRS targeted pro-border security groups
• Europe could see rupture beyond Spain
• Rubio asks Army to remove officer who posted pro-communist messages
• Leading Democrat calls for Pelosi to step down
• Rep. Blackburn announces run for Corker's senate seat in TN
• Cam Newton causes stir with comment to female reporter
• One of Newton's sponsors bails
• Gen. John Kelly's great comeback for why he doesn't wear an American flag lapel pin
• Neighbors in Switzerland thought man was flying ISIS flag, it was a Jack Daniel's flag
• Man pleads guilty to stealing FEMA funds meant for flood victims
• Police fear spike in 'Knockout Game'
• Study: Smoking pot makes people more violent
• Watching sports puts as much strain on the heart as going for a run
• Redskins player flips off KC fan
• Expert of the Day: Tom Rogan of the Washington Examiner on a declassified CIA report that explains why NoKo's missile threat is so urgent

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday October 4, 2017

• Vegas shooter was on anti-anxiety drug
• Police release bodycam video from Vegas
• Sheriff questions if Paddock was radicalized
• The girlfriend returns
• Optimism about economy hits all-time high
• T-Rex denies he ever considered resigning
• CIA official predicts NoKo provocation on Columbus Day
• City of Nashville recognizes Columbus Day as 'Indigenous Peoples' Day'
• TN man arrested on voter fraud charges
• Catalonia moves to declare independence from Spain
• Amazon ordered to pay nearly $300 million in back taxes
• Senate committee follows House in forcing autonomous cars on states
• Woman charged with beating boyfriend to death with frying pans
• Study: Vegetarians three times more likely to have kids who abuse alcohol, drugs
• FDA says bakery cannot list 'love' as ingredient on granola
• Forecast: Bitterly cold winter ahead
• Twitter goes nuts because a white QB was signed instead of Kaepernick
• Meditation may help prevent heart disease
• Surgeons remove 100 pieces of metal from man's stomach
• Update: Michigan woman jailed for not vaccinating her son
• Teller tells bank robber 'no'
• Guest: Vince Bertram on Trump's $200 million STEM education grant
• Expert of the Day: Richard Manning from Americans for Limited Government on how Trump will stop CNN's fake news

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday October 3, 2017

• Vegas shooter wired $100,000 to Philippines last week
• He lost a slip-and-fall lawsuit against a casino
• Spooky: Witness says woman warned people on front row they were all going to die
• Can a 'bump stock' make a semi-auto weapon into an automatic?
• Trump ahead of Reagan's record in cutting regulations
• China's secret military plan to invade Taiwan
• Another NFL sponsor pulls ads
• MNF ratings down
• Robots replace people at new Shake Shack
• Global warming? Record snows already in Montana
• Plastic flutes tainted with semen pose little health risk, officials say
• Ga. willing to create city called Amazon to lure HQ
• Expert of the Day: Melanie Morgan from MediaEqualizer.com on Trump and Puerto Rico and the Vegas shooting

Daily Show Prep - Monday October 2, 2017

• Who is Stephen Paddock?
• Killer's dad was a psychopath too
• ISIS claims responsibility, claim not corroborated
• Was it technically terrorism?
• Trump: 'Act of pure evil'
• Dems never let a crisis go to waste
• Hillary slams NRA: Imagine if the shooter had a silencer
• CBS employee who posted she had no sympathy for Vegas victims because they were likely Republicans gets canned
• Vegas survivor goes from agnostic to believer
• San Juan mayor on an island of her own
• Of course, she was a big Hillary supporter
• BernMe: 'We have a right' to suspect race is a factor in Trump's PR response
• Rohrabacher: Assange has 'absolute proof' of who gave him e-mails
• NFL protests continue
• Ratings down again
• National Review: Blame the NFL, not Trump
• U.S. manufacturing hits 13-year high
• John Kasich may leave the GOP
• Speculation that Justice Anthony Kennedy might retire
• Catalonian referendum tears Spain and EU apart
• IG investigates Interior secretary's use of private planes
• UK Independence Party leader says Islam is 'burying British culture'
• Conservative MP shows how to debate a protestors
• Plane's engine disintegrates on flight from Paris to L.A.
• Sex change regret: Gender reversal surgery on the rise
• More schools ditching BC and AD for PC
• Rich, extremely conservative men happiest in marriage
• Inability to smell peppermint linked to dementia