Daily Show Prep - Thursday January 31, 2019

• China agrees to buy 5 million tons of U.S. soybeans a day
• And NoKo has pledged to destroy all its nukes
• Surprise! Dems unveil plan with no border wall funding
• Trump says Republicans are wasting their time with electronic surveillance
• AZ considering porn tax to pay for border wall
• New evidence destroys Schiff's DJTJ Trump Tower theory
• San Fran restaurant bans MAGA hats
• All-time record lows broken in Midwest
• BernMe to propose massive estate tax on rich
• Liberals' wealth taxes won't even come close to funding their pet projects
• New Dem 2020 presidential candidate calls for $100 billion for reparations
• Empire actor refuses to turn over phone to investigators of 'hate crime'
• Pink Floyd's Roger Waters wants Maroon 5 to take a knee at halftime at Super Bowl
• People abandoning New York
• Lyft sues NY over new driver minimum pay law
• Maduro has 5 journalists arrested
• Mom surrenders twins to fire station under safe haven law

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday January 30, 2019

• Trump disputes intel chiefs on NoKo, Iran
• Fed chairman says case for raising interest rates has weakened
• House Dems offer bill to expand Social Security
• Belarusian model says she made up Trump-Russian collusion story to get out of jail
• Thousands in Minneapolis lose power in deadly cold
• In Chicago, train tracks are set on fire to keep trains moving
• Cold records shattered, temps lower that South Pole
• It's so cold boiling water turns instantly to snow
• Meanwhile, Dem senator and 8 AGs sue Chevron for contributing to climate change
• Dems fail to pass House resolution condemning shutdown
• 'Hate attack' against Empire actor may have been made up
• Mad Maxine blames Trump
• Former Starbucks CEO has spent months researching presidential bid
• Schultz: 'I'm a billionaire. I thought that was the American dream.'
• Believes Elizabeth Warren will take the country to socialism
• Mika's stupid question: How much does a box of Cheerios cost?
• Va.'s guv suggests infanticide is fine if the mother wants it
• Sen. Sasse tells him, 'Get the hell out of public office'
• Bishop: NY lawmakers celebrating full-term abortion is 'scene from Hell'
• NJ adding gender-neutral birth certificate option
• Apple to fix FaceTime bug that allows eavesdropping
• France will take back 130 ISIS fighters
• ISIS threatens Mariah Carey
• Lord of the Rings filmmaker to release Beatles doc with never-before-seen footage
• Astronomers confused by 'empty trash bag object' orbiting Earth
• You can bet if the longest field goal in the Super Bowl will be longer than Trump's approval
• FBI investigating secret tunnel that led to bank
• Guest: Former Sen. Jim DeMint, chairman of the Conservative Partnership Institute, talks about the wall, NAFTA, and the new NY abortion law

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday January 29, 2019

• Trump campaign says it will sue author of tell-all book
• Kellyanne Conway is a chronic leaker
• George Conway to Trump: 'Your stupidity knows no bounds'
• 3 more migrant caravans are on the way
• Hundreds of illegals cross in AZ
• FBI finds no motive for Vegas shooting
• Starbucks: GOP tax cuts 'accelerated' wage and benefit increases
• Israeli scientists think they've found cure for cancer
• Networks ignore Kamala Harris's call to eliminate insurance industry
• Loser Stacy Abrams to give Dem response to SOTU
• Dems want all presidential candidates to release 10 years of tax returns
• Antifa leader charged with making 'terroristic threats' and 'ethnic intimidation'
• TX town goes green, utility costs are through the roof
• Clemson not expanding drug probe after 4 players test positive for PEDs
• Watch scientists destroy the global warming argument
• 'Gosnell' director chimes in on NY abortion law
• Marijuana, mental illness, and violence
• Guest: Rabbi Jeffrey Katz on how Trump and Pelosi can compromise through his book 'The Secret Life'

Daily Show Prep - Monday January 28, 2019

• More global warming: Chicago braces for coldest weather ever
• People robbed of winter coats at gunpoint
• Minus 60 wind chill for Minneapolis
• Pelosi invites Trump to the House for the SOTU address
• Neither side believes Trump is going to get his wall from Congress
• Poll: Public sours on direction of nation
• Let's learn from the shutdown and slash government workers
• Brokaw apologizes for 'brown grandbabies' remark
• CBO: Trump's tariffs having little effect on GDP
• U.S. sues Chinese tech company
• AG says Mueller's work is 'close to being completed'
• Roger Stone says he's been treated worse than Osama bin Laden
• U.S. to seize Maduro wealth
• Kamala kick-off draws 20,000
• Willie Brown: Kamala Harris slept her way to the top
• Ex-Starbucks exec says he won't be spoiler in 2020 election
• March for Life apologizes to 'Standing There' for jumping to conclusion
• Video surfaces of a shirtless BernMe singing with Soviets in 1988
• Woman gets stuck in Manhattan elevator for 3 days
• 'Leaving Neverland' documents that Michael Jackson was a chi-mo

Daily Show Prep - Friday January 25, 2019

• Trump caves, reopens the government without a wall
• Lindsey Graham wants Trump to declare national emergency if no border wall after 3-week extension
• Congress's nonpartisan research arm says Trump can build the wall without state of emergency
• Ann Coulter: George H.W. Bush no longer 'biggest wimp to ever serve as president'
• People in Mexico hurl rocks at Border Patrol after apprehension of illegals
• Three Texas air traffic controllers quit
• Roger Stone arrested, says he's falsely accused
• What is Stone accused of doing?
• Soros says China's Xi is 'most dangerous enemy' of free societies
• Ca. sues one of its own cities over lack of affordable housing
• Global warming: Temps 40 degrees below normal blast Midwest, Northeast
• Unknown Dem already drops out of 2020 presidential race
• Transgender axe attacker splits man's face in half after bad Tinder date
• First Valentine's Day in 153 years without Sweethearts candy

Daily Show Prep - Thursday January 24, 2019

• Trump's plan to reopen the government fails in senate
• 100 illegals caught on camera climbing over border wall
• Unemployment claims fall to 49-year low
• Trump caves on SOTU
• Guest: Philip Klein from the Washington Examiner on Trump and the State of the Union address
• White House preparing draft proclamation for national emergency to fund border wall
• Mikey the Rat subpoenaed by Senate Intelligence Committee
• Davos' green credentials questioned over private jets
• Bipartisan House duo revive carbon tax bill
• Liz Warren to pitch 'wealth tax' on those at the tippy top
• Dem campaign workers demand living wage, medical insurance
• Bloomberg frets that Johns Hopkins doesn't have private, armed security
• Berkeley to charge fee for disposable cups
• NFL's first male cheerleaders make debut at Super Bowl

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday January 23, 2019

• Dems come back to Trump with more hi-tech surveillance, no wall
• Centrist Dems (if there is such a thing) urge Pelosi to give a little
• Some inside White House suggest green cards for DACAs
• Trump tries out 'Build a wall and crime will fall' slogan
• Giuliani continues to make a mess of things
• Trump tells Pelosi he's coming to the House for the SOTU
• Pelosi rejects his request
• Pope says fear of migrants can make people crazy
• Illegals at Sundance dare ICE to arrest them
• Trump recognizes Guaido over Maduro as leader of Venezuela
• Maduro breaks diplomatic ties with U.S., gives personnel 72 hours to leave the country
• Scary: 56 percent support Medicare for All
• Mikey the Rat postpones testimony, claims Trump and Giuliani are threatening his family
• Covington lawyer adds Rep. Omar to libel list
• BuzzFeed to cut staff by 15 percent
• South Bend's openly gay mayor launches exploratory committee for president
• Alleged victims tell story of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' director's sexual abuse
• Male nurse arrested for impregnating woman in vegetative state
• Man cites virginity as reason he was going to kill as many girls as he could
• Guv Cuomo signs bill legalizing late-term abortions
• Crazy CNN commentator says MAGA hat just as 'triggering' as Klan hood
• Libs say Trump is altering his Facebook photos
• L.A. may start charging drivers by the mile
• Apple predicts global warming will increase iPhone demand
• Top 10 longest commutes
• Medical alert dogs may be our best defense against serious disease
• Model waiting for gas in Mexico decides to strip to protest violence against women
• The deleted scene from Phil's movie that he was talking about

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday January 22, 2019

• SCOTUS allows Trump to temporarily ban transgenders in the military
• Immigration lawyer surprised Dems rejected Trump's DACA compromise
• SCOTUS refuses to take up DACA
• Dem congressman says give Trump his wall
• Trump weighing his options on SOTU address
• He's preparing 2 SOTU speeches
• McConnell blocks bill to reopen DHS
• Has scheduled competing bills for Thursday
• Ocasio-Cortez: The world is ending in 12 years
• Says it's 'immoral' that our system allows billionaires to exist
• And 74 percent of Dems would vote for her for president
• AZ rep wants to fund wall with porn tax
• Murders in Mexico set record
• Lawyer offers to represent 'Covington Kids' for free after media butchering
• SNL writer offers oral sex to anyone who punches kid in face
• School closes over security concerns
• KY lawmakers support the students
• Trump says students have become 'symbols of fake news'
• Kirsten Powers says one Covington kid made racial slur with his finger
• Catholic priest piles on calling March for Life 'repulsive' and 'futile'
• Washington Post makes correction, only that the Indian guy didn't serve in Vietnam
• Complete guide to how BuzzFeed and other outlets tried to ruin the Covington Kids' lives
• CNBC's tepid chronicling of Trump's accomplishments: "The economy is good—but"
• Climate change candidate to touch down in NH amid two feet of snow
• Lawsuit filed to challenge bad call in Saints/Rams game
• Fox News' Bret Baier and family involved in car accident, released from hospital
• U. of Notre Dame covers Columbus murals
• Guest: Eddie Scarry from the Washington Examiner just got back from the border and he's writing about it

Daily Show Prep - Friday January 18, 2019

• Largest single group of illegals ever tunnels under border wall
• BuzzFeed claims Trump instructed Cohen to lie about Moscow tower project
• Mueller's team disputes BuzzFeed report
• Cohen arrives home with arm in a sling
• Trump teases 'major announcement' about shutdown on Saturday
• Trump meets with NoKo envoy at White House
• Non-citizen votes 3 times, only gets $100 fine
• Rep. Omar says she's 'pretty sure' Lindsey Graham is compromised
• Ca. braces for 100 inches of snow
• Homeless camp waste leads to toxic discharge
• TN lawmaker proposes keeping Daylight Savings Time year round
• Mom sees ghost of her son on security camera
• London Telegraph writer washes her hair in her own urine
• Wife burns husband alive after he refuses to give her his phone password
• Quadriplegic fulfills lifelong dream of making gay porn movie
• Guest: Phelim McAleer, producer of Gosnell, tells us the DVD sales on Amazon hit #1

Daily Show Prep - Thursday January 17, 2019

• Trump's popularity with Hispanics spikes 19 points in a month
• Trump cancels Pelosi's flight on international trip
• Read Trump's letter to Pelosi
• Trump cancels US delegation to Davos
• More than half of the Mexican border is uncovered
• State Dept. says it found money for diplomats to return to work
• Cohen says Trump got him to rig online polls
• Giuliani: I never said there was no collusion with Russia among campaign workers
• Key DOJ officials knew about Trump dossier earlier than claimed
• Dem lawmakers launch whisper campaign on Lindsey Graham's sexuality
• Finally! Louie Gohmert comes to Steve King's defense
• ADL demands Rashida 'Motherf**ker' Tlaib explain her relationship with anti-Jew activist
• 97-year-old Prince Philip flips his Range Rover, walks away unscathed
• Global warming: Blockbuster storm expected to drop 40 inches on east
• 'Climate change' might actually help some animals
• Models can't keep up with moving North Pole
• Gillette accused of sexism over 'pink tax'
• Man brings emotional support gator to assisted living home
• Dude dressed like a woman goes nuts on store clerk for calling him 'sir'
• Rain spotted on Saturn moon
• Google employees melt down over the word 'family'
• Testosterone supplements dangerous for men with high blood pressure, heart disease

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday January 16, 2019

• Pelosi tells Trump to delay State of the Union address or deliver it in writing
• She says it's a security risk because Secret Service is part of shutdown
• A map of walls around the world
• Inmates stage hunger strike over shutdown
• Senator worries shutdown could affect Super Bowl
• Border rancher: We've found prayer rugs out here
• 65 percent of Dems say open the borders to anyone who isn't a criminal or terrorist
• ISIS claims terror attack on Americans in Syria
• VT city votes to give non-citizens the right to vote
• Cardi B calls Trump supporters 'racist rednecks'
• Man arrested for plot to blow up White House
• More subpoenas from Mueller
• LA teachers surround cars, block parking lots
• GoFundMe effort raises $30,000 to buy tacos for teachers
• Beto wonders if the Constitution still works
• Dems put Ocasio-Cortez on financial services committee
• 59 percent of Americans agree with her 70 percent tax on the 'tippy top'
• PM May survives no-confidence vote
• Southern Poverty Law Center accused of labeling groups as 'hate groups' for money
• Conn. may require climate change education
• Key West moves to ban sunscreens
• 'Catch a Predator' host arrested
• Man who raped woman a week after non-profit bailed him out gets 18 years
• Congregation ousts pastor who put homosexuality is 'still a sin' on church sign
• Vet student pretended to save horses, sold them to slaughterhouse
• Man injects himself with own semen to treat back pain
• Man who claims he was abducted by aliens breaks 45-year silence
• ESPN host implies Trump is a racist for serving Clemson players fast food
• Man who sold kidney as a teen for iPhone now bedridden

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday January 15, 2019

• Pentagon extends mission to border
• Obama-appointed federal judge rejects Trump's census citizenship question
• Networks trashed Trump in 2018 90 percent of the time
• Dems refuse to meet with Trump about shutdown
• Judge refuses to get involved in government shutdown
• Rep. Steve King fights back, explains ambush by NY Times
• 'Motherf**ker' congresswoman pictured with activist who called Jews 'Zionist terrorists'
• Judge rules Susan Rice must answer questions about Hillary's server
• China warns U.S. Navy it will defend its right to Taiwan 'at any cost'
• Gillette facing backlash over 'toxic masculinity' ad
• Striking LA teachers post names of subs crossing picket line
• Union advocates for illegals then complains about overcrowded classrooms
• Google under fire for 'Pray away the gay' app
• CNN panel melts down over Trump's 'sexist' joke about salads
• El Chapo paid $100 million bride to ex-Mexican president
• 'Last Man Standing' big ratings winner for Fox
• Americans spend nearly half their waking hours looking at screens
• Man claims Chinese landing on moon was faked
• Apple releases $129 battery pack cases for new iPhone
• CNN analyst calls out Fox Radio host for 'white privilege' before he tells her he's black
• Don Cheadle slaps down Kathy Griffin in Twitter war over who hates Trump the most

Daily Show Prep - Monday January 14, 2019

• NY Times starts 'Trump worked for Russia' narrative, media run with story
• Former Trump lawyer accuses FBI of staging a coup
• Dems zero in on bogus Trump/Russia story
• Democrats want 'technological wall' that won't keep anyone out
• Activist jumps Pelosi's wall at her house with illegals, demands entry
• Anonymous Trump official hopes the shutdown weeds out the bad workers
• Left obsesses over '50s TV show of con man Trump and his wall
• Suspects in Long Island stabbing are believed to be MS-13
• Federal union: End the shutdown or federal workers will kill themselves
• Trump rejects Graham's call to reopen the government
• More fake new: No, Lindsey Graham didn't leave Fox News interview in a huff
• Complete bovine scatology: News source claims low-income renters face eviction because of shutdown
• Jim Cramer: Tech companies are behind Trump in trade war with China
• BernMe Sanders meets with former staffers harassed during presidential campaign
• Ocasio-Cortez, who's paid $174,000 per year, complains of trouble affording second apartment
• Dem congressman moves to censure Steve King over comments to NY Times
• GOP leaders remove King from all committees
• Police suspend Lars Larson for defending Portland police
• Coyote found hiding in bathroom at Music City Center
• PC police go nuts over announcer who jokes about snipping lacrosse player's hair
• Phil Valentine as the Mad Monk on WZTV

Daily Show Prep - Friday January 11, 2019

• Trump eyes disaster money to build wall
• Says he'll declare national emergency if Congress doesn't act
• San Diego TV station says CNN declined their 'local view' because of wall's effectiveness
• $20 million raised for wall on GoFundMe will be refunded
• Congress approves back pay for furloughed government workers
• Government workers just now missing their first paycheck
• BSNBC tries to scare people by saying health insurance will be lost
• Government workers will not have their health insurance interrupted
• Ten Republicans defect and vote with Dems to reopen government without wall funding
• Ted Cruz: Schumer-Pelosi response looked like a hostage video
• Turkey finishes a wall on their Syrian border
• Joe Lieberman hopes Ocasio-Cortez is not the future of Dem Party, she bites back
• Tulsi Gabbard is running for president
• Ginsburg to miss second week of SCOTUS arguments
• Guv DeSantis suspends Broward sheriff over Parkland
• Lawsuit reveals LA County has more registered voters than citizens
• The Rock's Snowflake smack-down
• Families of Sandy Hook victims win victory over Alex Jones
• Sen. Rick Scott got nearly half the Hispanic vote in last election
• Earth's magnetic pole is moving
• Report: Jeff Bezos sent photos of his winkie to lover
• His soon-to-be-ex could net $65 billion in divorce
• Ca. pot taxes lag as illegal market flourishes
• Costco is selling a 27-pound tub of mac & cheese that lasts 20 years

Daily Show Prep - Thursday January 10, 2019

• Trump heads to the border
• Record number of migrant families heading toward U.S.
• Pentagon preparing options to build border wall
• Flashback: A list of current national emergencies still in force
• Lindsey Graham now on board with the national emergency route
• Democrat files bill to stop Trump from declaring national emergency
• Prototype steel fence able to be sawed through
• Cher calls on Pelosi to give Trump his wall
• Jim Acosta accidentally proves Trump's point on the wall
• GOP bill would make drug cartels pay for the wall
• Things Dems have funded that cost more than the wall
• CNN's Navarro files nails, rolls eyes as guest talks about citizens murdered by illegals
• Fox affiliate fires employee for doctoring Trump video for broadcast
• Pompeo in Egypt: 'The age of self-inflicted American shame is over'
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's campaign fined for not providing proper workers' comp
• Rep. Steve King lumps 'white nationalist' and 'white supremacist' in with 'Western civilization'
• King responds to the backlash
• Frontier Airlines encourages tipping flight attendants
• APA: 'Traditional masculinity' is 'harmful'
• Beto videos teeth cleaning
• Language Warning: But this is hilarious. Vito's solution to the border problem.
• Guest: NY Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer on his new book The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday January 9, 2019

• Trump walks out of meeting with Pelosi and Schumer
• Trump goes to the people for the wall, Dems stoke fear
• Watch the full address here
• If talks fail, he may go national emergency route
• Dems predict GOP will cave
• 'Late Night' host mocks victims murdered by illegals
• Jerry Brown says officer's death has nothing to do with sanctuary cities
• Disease rampant as illegal surge continues
• CNN's Cuomo agrees with Sen. Manchin that a fence is needed on the border
• Facebook post on illegal aliens Phil was talking about
• Judge Nap: Manafort colluded with the Russians
• Is Manafort being tortured by Mueller
• Dems lay groundwork for single payer healthcare
• Trump formally nominates Andrew Wheeler to run the EPA
• Ginsburg misses another day
• Iran says it's holding Navy vet
• Pelosi blasts Trump for threatening to cut off FEMA money to Ca. over mismanagement of forests
• House Dems introduce bill requiring presidents to release their tax returns
• UNC professor blasts 'progressive police' culture on campus
• Starbucks installing needle disposal boxes
• Humane Society says retailers have been caught selling real fur as fake
• White House owes millions in unpaid water bills
• Country Song: Parked Out By the Lake by Dean Summerwind

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday January 8, 2019

• Trump takes border wall fight to the people
• Could he declare a national emergency?
• Turley: Congress gave presidents the authority to build a wall in 1976
• Top Republican says he's against a declaration of national emergency
• Ex-ICE chief: Pelosi's hate of Trump fueling wall opposition
• Mexico to regulate illegal border crossings on its southern border
• Students hate Trump's immigration quotes, don't realize they're from Dems
• Still no end in sight for best jobs market ever
• Russian honeypot from Trump Tower meeting charged in NY
• Manafort lied about sharing polling data with Russian
• NYC mayor guarantees healthcare for all
• Top 20 percent of households pay 88 percent of income taxes
• Most Dems identify as liberal for first time in Gallup poll
• Another black man has died at the home of Dem donor
• TN judge says black men doing 'more effective job' than Klan in killing black men
• 'Ginger preparations' underway to replace Ruth Vader Ginsburg
• Lib billionaire used fake Facebook pages to try and influence elections
• Dems push for 'Internet Bill of Rights'
• Amazon removes 'Islamophobic' products continues to sell 'F**k me Jesus'
• Kevin Spacey pulled over for speeding on the way home from court
• 'Digisexuals' turn to robots
• Anti-gay pastor resigns after hiring prostitutes
• Study: Positive thinking is key to healthy old age
• Paris's first naked restaurant closes due to lack of customers
• Prowler spends 3 hours licking doorbell at Ca. home
• Officials warn Alabamans not to eat chicken tenders that spilled onto highway
• Canadian woman dies after getting trapped in donation bin
• Dad awarded $1 million after falling in play tunnel
• College student claims rape by fraud
• Woman beats up elderly dad over blooming onion

Daily Show Prep - Monday January 7, 2019

• No breakthrough in shutdown talks
• IRS will issue tax refunds during shutdown
• TSA workers stage 'sick-out'
• Private companies step up for national parks during shutdown
• Trump to address the nation on border wall
• Networks not sure if they'll carry it
• NY Post: 'Just 6' immigrants on terror watch list stopped at border
• Ocasio-Cortez calls Trump a racist
• Whoopi tells Ocasio-Cortez to pump the brakes
• Former Canadian PM says Trump 'IS a motherf**ker'
• Joe Manchin apologizes on behalf of the Democrat Party
• DailyKos: Shut down talk radio
• TN's outgoing guv grants clemency to murderer
• Christian Bale credits Satan as inspiration for playing Cheney
• Ginsburg not well enough to sit for SCOTUS arguments
• Uber driver admits to murdering 6 strangers
• Kevin Spacey makes first court appearance
• New Ca. guv vows 'sanctuary to all who seek it'
• Study: Men face more discrimination than women
• Man denies ownership of syringes found in rectum during jail strip search
• Robber tries to rob woman, who turns out to be champion kick boxer
• NASA plans to smash spaceship into asteroid
• Robot on robot crime: Autonomous Tesla runs over robot
• NAAPC says earthquake signs are racist
• French author says women over 50 'too old' to love

Daily Show Prep - Friday January 4, 2019

• New congresswoman: We're going to impeach the motherf**ker
• Pelosi shrugs it off
• Trump says crazy congresswoman disrespected America
• Trump considers declaring national emergency to get the wall
• Dems pass funding bill without wall
• Senators now talk DACA as part of the wall deal
• Jobs up big league
• Hispanic unemployment hits record low
• Manufacturing posts biggest gain in 20 years
• Stock market surges more than 700 points
• Ocasio-Cortez: Take those at the 'tippy top' at 70 percent
• Mueller grand jury gets extension
• Dems introduce bill to kill electoral college
• They want to make DC the 51st state
• DHS releasing more than 2,000 illegals into the U.S.
• Poll: Immigration among top issues for 2019
• China enhancing its combat readiness
• Warren accuses Trey Gowdy of retiring for 'fat lobbyist paycheck'
• Depression in girls linked to higher use of social media
• Are we finally going to get the flying car?
• Skier sees afterlife after 'dying' for 20 minutes
• Astronaut accidentally dials 911 from space
• Man attacks McDonald's employee over plastic straw
• Man tried to kidnap woman, made mistake of following her into a karate studio
• Guest: Eddie Scarry from the Washington Examiner says the Dems are on the verge of chaos

Daily Show Prep - Thursday January 3, 2019

• Trump makes surprise visit to briefing room
• Reporters melt down because Trump doesn't take questions
• CBS actually reports on Dems who once supported a wall
• Pelosi says no to the wall, yes to funding overseas abortions
• Pelosi takes over
• Green energy, gun safety, healthcare will dominate agenda
• Pelosi: Constitution considers me Trump's equal
• Dem congressman tries to impeach Trump
• Another Dem congressman compares Trump to Hitler
• McConnell rejects Dem funding bill as 'total non-starter'
• Border wall GoFundMe nears $19 million
• Apple blames China for slowing sales
• State Dept. issues travel warning for China
• American formally charged with espionage in Russia
• Zuckerberg stops sale of his Facebook stock as value plummets
• 22,000 minors illegally crossed the border in December
• Ocasio-Cortez's radical green agenda: Job guarantee program, living wage
• Venezuela's lessons for American socialists
• Vehicle sales up in December
• Parkland shooting report backs arming teachers
• Lawsuit: Southern Poverty Law Center tried to destroy lawyer for 'thought crime'
• Michael Savage target of death threats at restaurant he frequents
• Conservatives suspended from Twitter, one for joke about Brussels sprouts
• Netflix pulls episode of Muslim-American comedian's show after Saudi Arabia complains
• Lesbian Batwoman is social justice warrior

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday January 2, 2019

• Romney slams Trump in new op-ed
• RNC chairman sides with Trump over Uncle Mitt
• Rand Paul slams Romney
• McConnell says it may take weeks to resolve partial government shutdown
• Trump suggests the Vatican wall proves a wall is moral
• Flashback: Latest figures show Mexicans sent over $26 billion back home in 2017
• Pelosi takes over
• Pelosi's daughter on Pelosi: 'She'll cut your head off and you won't even know you're bleeding'
• Nearly 400 migrants died crossing the border in 2018
• Middle Easterners are illegally entering the country with the help of Central Americans
• Ex-NY Times editor rips paper as 'unmistakably anti-Trump'
• China threatens military takeover of Taiwan
• CNN upset that marine captured in Russia called them fake news
• Cities fear 'Seattle-ization'
• NES asks Nashville council to allow them to steal your money without your permission
• Amazon warehouse employees push to unionize
• Hepatitis A outbreak at Outback Steakhouse
• Missing sauce sparks gunfire at Taco Bell
• Clever AI 'cheated,' hid data from creator