Daily Show Prep - Friday December 14, 2018

• Does the government really shut down after December 21? No.
• Government collects record taxes, still runs $305 billion deficit
• CBO suggests a $1 trillion carbon tax to plug the deficit
• Half of America hasn't recovered from recession
• FBI's entrapment of General Flynn was despicable
• Mueller rebukes Flynn, says he 'chose' to lie
• FBI docs: 'Flynn was not lying or didn't think he was lying'
• Trump names Mick Mulvaney as acting chief of staff
• Papadopoulos to run for congress
• Kasich lashes out at congress over 7-year-old's death
• The REAL story about the 7-year-old who died at the border
• BuzzFeed open borders writer laments the fact that we have so many golf courses in the U.S.
• Illegal deported 6 times kills father of 7
• Elizabeth Warren admits 'I'm not a person of color'
• Jobless claims return to near record lows
• A year after the demise of net neutrality and the Internet is nearly 40 percent faster
• The slow death of Never Trump 'The Weekly Standard'
• Mika opens show apologizing for 'butt boy' comment to everyone but Pompeo
• Eastwood's 'Mule' gets rave reviews
• Facebook 'sorry' for exposing private photos of users
• Man moves into deployed service member's house, sells furniture to buy meth
• Expert of the Day: Eddie Scarry from the Washington Examiner says liberals condescend to San Fran Nan after her meeting with Trump