Daily Show Prep - Friday December 22, 2017

• Trump signs tax cuts into law
• Marine general: There's a 'big-ass fight' on the horizon
• Navy grants fitness amnesty to 48,000 sailors who failed the test
• EPA officials leaving in droves
• Energy Star program officials learned of cuts to program from news reports
• New study: Cosmic rays impact climate more than models suggest
• Jorge Ramos says he's now having 'worst time' of his life in U.S.
• FBI 'reassigns' leaker James Baker
• Liberals scoff at $1,000 tax relief
• AP Poll: Sexual misconduct allegations top story of the year
• Top TV shows of 2017 according to the critics
• Rolling Stone's top 10 movies of the year
• The Conservative Book Club's top 7 movies of 2017
• Apple sued for slowing down older phones
• Priest accused of inappropriate behavior with a minor throws himself off skyscraper
• Rapper Coolio sends transgender porn star home after finding out her/his history
• Cops nab escaped inmate with skull tattoo
• 'I Am So Sick of White Guys' coloring book released

Daily Show Prep - Thursday December 21, 2017

• Trump and Republicans celebrate tax bill at White House
• HuffPo reporter demeans black senator as 'prop'
• Former Obama official jokes about the death of Pence, Ryan, and McConnell
• Joe Manchin struggles to explain opposition to tax bill
• Chuckie Schumer warns Republicans to expect a 'reckoning in November'
• The list of companies giving bonuses because of the tax bill grows
• House Republicans quietly investigating corruption at FBI, DOJ
• Rand Paul says it's time to investigate attempt to keep Trump from office
• Sessions orders investigation into Uranium One deal
• NY Times columnist says Trump is staging a coup
• Judge blocks Trump's attempt to roll back free birth control
• Judge dismisses suit against Trump for supposedly violating emoluments clause
• Report: U.S. is planning attack to take out NoKo's nukes
• Raul Castro stepping down as Cuba's president
• UN votes to declare U.S.'s recognition of Jerusalem 'null and void'
• Illinois lost 1 resident every 4.3 minutes in 2017
• Highest and lowest paying jobs of 2017
• Silicon Valley developing 'frankenmeat' to save us from 'global warming'
• Salvation Army bell ringer beaten after wishing man 'Merry Christmas'
• Mom loses custody of son who had 13 unneeded surgeries
• Pensacola spending a fortune protecting a mouse
• Study: Eating a salad a day keeps the brain 11 years younger
• Expert of the Day: Pete Sepp, president of National Taxpayers Union, on the GOP tax bill

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday December 20, 2017

• Trump calls tax bill 'historic victory for the American people'
• Trump says the tax bill essentially repeals Obamacare
• AT&T is giving $1,000 bonuses to 200,000 employees after tax bill passed
• Rosie O'Donnell tries to bribe senators to vote no on the tax bill
• Stephen Baldwin predicts his brother, Alec, will end up supporting Trump
• Home sales hit 11-year high
• Andrew McCabe's testimony at odds with prior witnesses
• NoKo testing Antrax warheads
• Russia secretly practicing full-scale invasion of Europe
• Hollywood producer accused of sexual misconduct by 8 former child actors
• Tom Hanks wouldn't screen 'The Post' at Trump's White House
• 'Chappaquiddick' coming to theaters
• George Soros accused of bankrolling campaign to amend Ireland's constitution
• Twitter says it can no longer champion free speech
• 8 in 10 Americans stressed out
• BSNBC tops CNN in full-year viewership for first time since 2012
• Doctors issue health warning for 'Christmas tree syndrome'
• Star Wars box office trouble
• 'Last Jedi' toy sales down sharply

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday December 19, 2017

• House passes the GOP tax plan
• Details of the tax plan
• Mueller's seizure of e-mails likely violated the law
• ISIS claims to have hacked U.S. Army, sending assassins to homes
• Saudi Arabia intercept Yemen rebel missile
• Sir Ian McKellen: Women who sleep with directors to get a role partly to blame
• Claim: 'Climate change' driving record snows
• DoD releases 2004 video of a UFO
• University teaches employees how to overcome 'discomfort' of being white
• 'Racist' trees separate golf course from black neighborhood
• Day care worker arrested for burning kids with hot glue gun
• John Legend to play Jesus in live Jesus Christ Superstar reboot
• Glow in the dark sharks discovered in Hawaii

Daily Show Prep - Monday December 18, 2017

• Economic optimism soars
• Tax Foundation scores the GOP tax plan
• Amtrak train derails, several fatalities
• Trey Gowdy hints McCabe may not be deputy director of FBI for long
• Trump upset about e-mails obtained by Mueller
• Obama let Hezbollah off the hook to get Iranian nuke deal
• NBC made sexual harassment payout for Chris Matthews
• Tavis Smiley defends himself against sexual harassment allegations
• Carolina Panthers owner to sell the team amid accusations of sexual misconduct
• Paranoia grips Capitol Hill as harassment scandal spreads
• Power blackout at Atlanta airport
• BuzzFeed editor: 'All I want for Christmas is full communism now'
• Grieving daughter will sprinkle mother's ashes on Christmas dinner
• Stop the annoying telemarketers by registering your phone number
• Expert of the Day: Peter Cover from Welfare Works says disability programs need a work requirement

Daily Show Prep - Friday December 8, 2017

• Trump's enhanced vetting having huge impact on refugee admissions
• Mueller's 'pit bull' attended Hillary's election night party
• Trump will undergo physical exam and release results
• Did CNN purposely botch story on Don, Jr. and Wikileaks?
• Another Dustin Hoffman accuser
• After losing his gig at Morgan Stanley, Harold Ford, Jr. suspended by 'Morning Ho'
• Congressman Franks resigns over talk of surrogacy
• Nevada congressman asked to resign over harassment
• Mika now unsure if we should believe all women, especially those who voted for Trump
• Jerusalem riots spread
• Roy Moore's accuser forged part of his signature on yearbook
• Cop acquitted for killing an unarmed man ordered to crawl down a hallway
• Teacher suspended after projecting 'I want to kill children' on wall
• Black sailor staged racist vandalism
• Silicon Valley tech companies hiring models to mingle with employees at Christmas parties

Daily Show Prep - Thursday December 7, 2017

• Franken resigns, slams Trump and Moore on the way out
• Don, Jr. mocks Franken, gets grief from Twitterworld
• Congressman Trent Franks expected to resign
• Deadly school shooting in New Mexico
• NoKo says war with U.S. is unavoidable
• FBI's pro-Hillary, anti-Trump bias in the spotlight
• Grassley demand FBI communications in probe of rogue agent
• FBI Director Wray testifies before a House committee
• CNN breathlessly reports of follow-up e-mails regarding Don, Jr. meeting at Trump Tower
• 5 richest counties are suburbs of D.C.
• 'Morning Ho' seizes on Trump's slur, questions his mental stability
• Meanwhile, another Morning Ho panelist sacked for sexual misconduct
• Muslims and U.N. outraged over Trump's recognition of Jerusalem
• Trump wasn't the first president to call for recognizing Jerusalem, he was just the first with the guts to do it
• State Department issues worldwide travel warning
• Riots erupt on West Bank
• Impeachment resolution against Trump fails in House big league
• Global warming? Snow expected in deep South
• Scientists caught tampering with sea level data
• EPA chief to hold debate on global warming early in 2018
• Student suspended for arguing some Muslims are terrorists
• John Lewis to skip Civil Rights museum opening because Trump's there
• Mayor arrested for using dead people's handicap placards
• Frat boys arrested for hazing, animal cruelty of a rat
• Expert of the Day: Jim Antle from the Washington Examiner on the 4 reasons Democrats finally abandoned Al Franken

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday December 6, 2017

• Role of Hillary operative inside the FBI was more involved than thought
• Mueller's hit squad covered for Hillary
• Retired CIA agent says McMaster approved NSA spying on Trump family
• Don, Jr. says he first communicated with Hope Hicks about Trump Tower meeting
• Dem sharks circle around Al Franken
• Weinstein and company being targeted in class action lawsuit
• Trump: Jerusalem is Israel's capital
• Pope condemns Trump's recognition of Jerusalem
• Tom Cotton: Iran threat made Trump's Jerusalem decision easier
• Obama compares Trump to Hitler
• Testing begins on border wall prototypes
• Time's Person of the Year: #MeToo
• Trump warns government shutdown could come Saturday
• Megyn Kelly says Trump's election 'a setback for women'
• 2017 record year for global food production
• Survey finds 40 percent of smartphone use is compulsive
• Mysterious condition called 'scromiting' hits weed users
• Study: Pollution cancels out benefits of exercise
• California wants to banish gas cars by 2040
• Man hiding from police falls through ceiling in front of them
• Guest: Mike Ciandella from MRC on networks ignoring anti-Trump agent in Hillary e-mail probe
• Expert of the Day: Dr. Herb London on the SCOTUS lets Trump travel ban take effect

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday December 5, 2017

• Report: Mueller subpoenas Trump's Deutsche Bank records
• White House: That report is 'completely false'
• Conyers resigns
• Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital
• Turkey's Erdogan says it's a red line for Muslims
• Arab lawmaker in Israel calls Trump a 'pyromaniac'
• Fired FBI agent was the one who changed Comey's wording about Hillary
• Left goes nuts over Roy Moore's spokesman, twists her words
• Doug Jones ad: 'Your vote is public record' and we'll know if 'you helped stop Roy Moore'
• Jeff Flake brags about donating to Doug Jones' campaign
• Doug Jones makes fun of Roy Moore in 'cowboy suit'
• McConnell: We would have no option but to swear in Roy Moore
• NAAPC: Trump should stay away from Civil Rights museum
• Wisconsin to begin drug-testing food stamp recipients
• Sweden tests migrants posing as children, many turn out to be adults
• Stunning: Top editor of National Enquirer accused of sexual misconduct
• DC has the highest percentage of heavy drinkers
• NJ considers criminalizing drunk drone flying
• Expert of the Day: Melissa Quinn on the Roy Moore race

Daily Show Prep - Monday December 4, 2017

• SCOTUS allows Trump's travel ban to go into effect
• Rep. Nunes threatens contempt after discovery of anti-Trump agent in FBI, Mueller team
• Agent was sending anti-Trump messages to an FBI lawyer with whom he was having an affair
• Same biased agent was involved with Hillary e-mail probe
• Trump's lawyer says he wrote Trump's tweet about Flynn's dismissal
• He says 'The President cannot obstruct justice'
• Dershowitz agrees
• ABC suspends Brian Ross after yet another fake news story
• Trump urges investors who lost money after fake story to sue the network
• Dow soars over tax bill passing Senate
• Here's what happens next with tax bill
• Manafort worked on secret op-ed with Russian while out on bail
• Mexican convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault had been deported 20 times
• ICE tracks illegal down after he was featured in the newspaper
• Congressman submits bill to imprison officials who shelter illegals
• SCOTUS to decide if baker has to bake cake for gay wedding
• NFL attendance crisis continues
• Almost 90 percent of NFL players did not participate in week 13
• Idiot LaVar Ball pulls his stealing son out of UCLA because he was suspended
• Tech giants give in to China's censorship
• FCC chairman shuts down nutty Hollywood conspiracy on net neutrality
• Trump tweets in support of Roy Moore
• Moore's wife said Trump called to offer full support
• Mitt: Moore would be 'a stain on the GOP'
• How Beyoncé and Jay-Z turned infidelity into gold
• Randy Quaid challenges Bernie Sanders for senate seat in reality TV stunt
• BSNBC host apologizes for past anti-gay articles
• Men falling ill with flu-like symptoms after sex
• Man finds all the employees at Waffle House asleep, cooks his own meal
• Expert of the Day: Sarah Westwood from the Washington Examiner on the Flynn plea overshadowing tax reform

Daily Show Prep - Friday December 1, 2017

• Flynn says Trump instructed him to contact the Russians
• Sources say Jared Kushner is the 'very senior member' mentioned
• Apparently happened during the transition, not during the campaign
• Judge Napolitano says Mueller could potentially indict Trump
• National Review: Why there's nothing to see here
• Unhinged 'Morning Ho' calls for cabinet-led coup against Trump
• Corker's a 'no' vote on the tax bill
• Jury finds Kate Steinle's killer not guilty
• DOJ files federal charges
• Hillary calls firing of Matt Lauer 'karma' for sexism in politics
• Geraldo apologizes to Bette Midler for book he wrote 27 years ago
• Former ESPN VP says 'women enable' sexual predators
• Texas Republican used $84k in taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment suit
• Minister prays for Prince George to be gay
• Doctors predicting 'flu-pocalypse' due to ineffective flu shots
• Trump allowing chocolate milk back in schools
• Mother gives birth to giant tumor
• Sphinx head discovered in California sand
• Guest: Luke Rosiak from the Daily Caller updates us on the Imran Awan/Debbie Wasserman Schultz case
• Expert of the Day: Dr. Harlan Ullman on his book, Anatomy of Failure: Why America Loses Every War It Starts