Daily Show Prep - Thursday April 30, 2020

• Trump says he's seen 'convincing evidence' the virus came from a lab
• Administration draws up plan to punish China
• Michigan House won't extend state of emergency, votes to sue governor instead
• People are sick of being shamed for going outside
• Elon Musk calls stay-at-home orders 'fascist'
• Ca. guv closes Orange County beaches over lack of social distancing
• Anti-lockdown protesters demand entry into Michigan state house
• Bloomberg News: Lockdown critics may have some valid points
• WHO says we should brace for second and third waves
• UK doctors warn of 'unreliable' ventilators from China that can kill
• States ranked by deaths per 100,000
• Reminder: States that never locked down
• Two-thirds of Americans believe voting by mail will lead to voter fraud
• Speculation swirls that Trump may pardon Flynn
• FBI wanted to drop the case until Strzok intervened
• More evidence point to perjury trap
• Trump says Flynn is 'essentially exonerated'
• BSNBC host's coverage of Biden sex scandal prompts #FireChrisHayes
• One out of seven BernMe voters plan to shun Biden
• Pelosi: 'I myself cannot understand' why illegals aren't getting stimulus checks
• Trump blisters Brian Williams, Don Lemon, and Morning Ho in late-night tweet
• Wells Fargo says it will no longer accept applications for home equity loans
• Frontline worker accused of stealing ring, credit card from deceased COVID-19 victim
• GBLT-owned restaurant uses drag queens to bring food to cars
• Trump drawdown in Afghanistan ahead of schedule
• County in Washington state providing free beer, cigs, and pot for quarantinees
• Republicans to introduce legislation to ban government employees from using Huawei
• TN man charged with manslaughter for killing home invader
• Meat may improve mental health, one in three vegetarians is depressed
• Why Trump's UFO comments are interesting
• Teacher alleges principal bullied him, violated his rights over MAGA hat
• Long Island landlord busted in sex for rent scheme amid coronavirus
• Wondering where your stimulus check is? Check here.

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday April 29, 2020

• Unsealed FBI notes appear to show plot to entrap Gen. Flynn
• FDA to issue emergency authorization for Remdesivir
• French coronavirus expert says second wave is a 'fantasy'
• WHO lauds Sweden as a model for countries going forward
• Fauci backed Wuhan lab with millions of taxpayer dollars
• Pompeo calls on China to world access to Wuhan lab
• DA in Coffee County says no prosecutions for violating Gov. Lee's orders
• SD citizens throw governor a parade because she didn't shut the state down
• Federal appeals court says Kansas can't require voters to provide proof of citizenship
• McConnell says infrastructure will not be a part of new coronavirus bill
• Former Trump chief economist says shutdown has cost average household $8,000
• Shutdowns could leave half the world's workforce unemployed, UN says
• Warren, AOC want business to stop growing during pandemic
• Drexel professor says Trump is a plague
• Two more idiots drink disinfectant
• Woman whose husband died from ingesting fish tank cleaner investigated for murder
• Gov. Cuomo sued for not having sign language interpreter at press conferences
• Poll: Young voters more likely to support Big Oil bailout than older voters
• Steele reveals he believes Hillary, Susan Rice knew about his dossier
• Justin Amash announces exploratory committee for presidential run
• The Tara Reade hypocrisy
• KY guv apologizes to Tupac Shakur
• Harrison Ford crossed runway where another plane was landing

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday April 28, 2020

• The paranoid style in COVID-19 America
• House cancels plans to come back to work next week
• TX AG: Houses of worship protected by 1st Amendment, people can worship in person
• Lawyer says closing churches is unconstitutional
• Mayor Cooper proposes property tax increase expected
• Flashback: Metro got hosed on computer system
• Gov. Lee to allow gyms to open on Friday
• TN to begin antibody testing
• NY cancels Democrat primary
• Biden peddles fake news about Trump and Bank of China
• Uber cutting 20 percent of workforce
• Attorney calls all shutdowns unconstitutional
• YouTube removes video of potential COVID-19 treatment
• Cher pushes conspiracy theory that Trump wants to shut down PO so people can't vote by mail
• Teacher who said she'd bribe infected people to cough on Trump resigns
• Howard Stern says Trump supporters should 'take disinfectant and drop dead'
• TN Dems call for vote by mail
• NoKo's Kim Dun Gone problem

Daily Show Prep - Monday April 27, 2020

• TN restaurants open today
• Steeplechase canceled
• Poll: Majority say it's time to reopen
• Trump encourages guvs to reopen schools
• Italy sees lowest jump in daily numbers
• Adam Schiff with the Dem talking point du jour
• Pelosi says a minimum guaranteed income may now be 'worthy of our attention'
• New Zealand's prime minister says country has defeated the virus, plans to reopen
• WHO chief berates world for 'not listening carefully' to agency's warning
• Mayo Clinic to furlough or reduce pay of 30,000 employees
• Most hospitals are empty
• VA's top health official warns lockdown could be a 'two-year affair'
• NYC tailor defies lockdown order
• Deranged teacher screams at kids in park 'I hope you die a long, painful death'
• Ca. doctors urge quick lift of lockdown
• Flashback: 2017-18 flu killed 80,000
• PA forced to remove hundreds of coronavirus deaths from count
• NR: Social distancing isn't a religion
• AG Barr orders legal action against governors who went too far
• Wake County, NC bans curbside communion while allowing curbside takeout
• IL reports uptick in calls to poison control center
• We apparently have dumba$$es in Nashville too
• 96 percent of inmates at four prison systems test positive, but have no symptoms
• TX Dem mad that illegals aren't getting a stimulus check
• Miami goes 7 weeks without a murder
• Gov. Whitmer says she's sought Biden's counsel on coronavirus
• Driver in crash may have passed out from wearing N95 mask too long
• Gen. Flynn was framed by corrupt agents, lawyer says
• Roger Stone says FBI recommended no jail time if he turned on Trump
• New evidence supports credibility of Biden's accuser
• Two more people come forward to corroborate claim
• Navy releases footage of UFOs
• Could Kim So Hot be next leader of NoKo?
• Microsoft takes a stand on two spaces between sentences
• Fox News severs ties with Diamond & Silk
• God Fearing Gun Owners, as heard on Phil's show
• Guest: Jerome Corsi, Ph.D. launches TeleMD to get hydroxychloroquine

Daily Show Prep - Friday April 24, 2020

• Gov. Lee announces guidelines for reopening TN
• No, Trump didn't propose injecting people with disinfectant
• Chris Cuomo's wife takes bleach baths
• Killing viruses with UV light is a real thing
• Did WHO leak misleading info to undermine a promising coronavirus drug?
• BSNBC's Nicolle Wallace: Coronavirus 'silver lining' is it damages Trump
• Half the voters believe the media are teaming up with Dems to get rid of Trump
• China rejects calls for probes into origin of coronavirus
• China shuts down over 18,000 social media accounts for spreading 'fake news'
• Meghan McCain refuses to host 'The View' with Elisabeth Hasselbeck because she asked people to pray about the pandemic
• Minorities overwhelmingly support an immigration ban to fight coronavirus
• One million respirators Canada got from China are unfit to fight coronavirus
• Walmart in CO shuts down after 3 deaths
• Illinois state lawmaker files suit over governor's authority to issue stay-at-home orders 
• New court documents include exculpatory evidence for Gen. Flynn
• Adam Schiff blocking release of key witness transcripts in Russia probe
• Media Matters founder accused of illegally profiting from a non-profit
• Biden predicts Trump will try to postpone election
• NBC host and Pelosi push same rumor
• Mother of Biden's accuser called into Larry King in 1993
• MI guv lifts some restrictions, extends stay at home
• Mexican drug smugglers feel pain of pandemic lockdown
• Navy recommends reinstating captain who was relieved of his duty for COVID-19 e-mail
• Japanese mayor says only men should be allowed to grocery shop because women take too long
• Armed men held woman captive to steal her stimulus check
• Older brother of Cowboys QB Dak Prescott dead at 31

Daily Show Prep - Thursday April 23, 2020

• House passes senate bill to replenish PPP
• Unemployment claims top 26 million
• TN unemployment claims trending downward
• Mayor Cooper unveils four-phase plan to reopen Nashville
• Most of TN will reopen on Monday, restaurants at lower capacity
• SCOTUS upholds Trump's immigration restrictions
• House lawmakers scramble back to Washington
• Russian microbiologist says China altered coronavirus to enable it to infect humans
• Australia says all WHO members should back coronavirus inquiry
• Chinese communist police raid 'illegal' church services over Zoom
• WHO's Tedros was leader of Ethiopian terrorist group
• Flashback: Virology Journal said chloroquine was 'potent inhibitor' of coronavirus
• Ca. to reexamine deaths back to 2019
• Coronavirus kills up to twice as many men as women
• Michigan Dems plan to censure lawmaker who credited Trump for her COVID-19 recovery
• Cuomo's nursing home policy proves tragic
• Disney World, Disneyland may stay closed for remainder of year
• Elizabeth Warren's oldest brother dies of coronavirus
• New study suggests 13 percent of New Yorkers have contracted coronavirus
• Feeling the heat, Ruth's Chris returns $20 million in small business loans
• John Durham expands investigative team
• Trump's border wall cam debuts
• Revolutionary Guard commander vows to destroy any American warship that threatens Iran
• U.S., Chinese warships enter South China Sea as tensions rise
• U.S. considering sharing less intelligence with countries that criminalize homosexuality
• Bin Laden wanted to kill Obama because he thought Biden was totally unprepared to be president

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday April 22, 2020

• Iran says it launched its first military satellite into orbit
• Trump instructs Navy to destroy any Iranian gunboats that harass American ships
• Six southern states coordinate re-opening of their economies
• NY issues do-not-resuscitate orders for cardiac patients
• Chinese agents spread coronavirus misinformation through text messages
• Sen. Cotton: Evidence points to Wuhan lab
• Pompeo: China has not shared sample of virus with the world
• YouTube CEO: We'll remove any content that goes against WHO recommendations
• Idaho mom arrested for using closed playground
• Missouri sues China
• Voters are opposed to giving cash payments to illegals
• Cuomo: 'It's not our job' to provide PPE to nursing homes
• AOC: People are dying from pre-existing racism
• She urges people not to go back to work
• Dow gains over 400 points
• Louisiana man angry over stimulus check sets fire to mama's shed
• Dem state rep who endorsed Trump steps down from seat: I'm leaving the plantation
• Michigan guv awards, then rescinds, coronavirus consulting contract to Dem firm
• Man who couldn't get dentist appointment pulls his own tooth with pliers and whiskey
• Guest: George Papadopoulos talks about his book, Deep State Target

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday April 21, 2020

• White House and Congress agree on deal to resupply PPP
• Senate passes the bill
• McCarthy: Pelosi owns new unemployment numbers
• Trump temporarily halts immigration
• Dems go nuts 
• Coronavirus isn't slowing building the wall
• CNN fakes Chris Cuomo's exit from quarantine
• Chinese ambassador says China's not to blame, to say so is racist
• TN House Dem caucus says state is reopening too soon
• Here's why the panic pushers stopped talking about Sweden
• De Blasio can't believe released criminals are committing new crimes
• OMG! Andrew Cuomo's daughter spotted outside without her face properly covered
• NBA will begin withholding 25 percent of players' salaries
• Oil prices continue to plunge
• FDA authorizes first at-home sample collection for coronavirus
• New York's snitch hotline overloaded with prank callers
• Unmarried Indonesian couple found in hotel caned in private because of coronavirus
• Kim Jong Un reportedly in grave danger after surgery
• Tom Brady seen training in closed Tampa park
• Mainstream media ignore bombshell story that Steele dossier was Russian disinformation
• 7 devastating revelations about Crossfire Hurricane
• DC police actively investigating sexual assault claim against Biden
• New Michael Moore-backed film trashes renewable energy
• Woman's breast implant deflects bullet, saves her life

Daily Show Prep - Monday April 20, 2020

• TN's Safer at Home order expires April 30
• Ga. to reopen some businesses
• 90 workers test positive at TN Tyson Foods plant
• Stay-at-home protests gain steam
• Facebook takes down posts promoting protests
• Trump announces three more states will open May 1
• Gives governors list of testing places after several didn't understand capacity
• Asymptomatic cases more prevalent than first thought
• Oil prices turn negative
• AOC celebrates
• Bipartisan group of senators want funding for local media
• Sen. Scott: Millions wasted on PPP
• Some governments handing out aid based on sex, race
• Sen. Blackburn introduces the Stop COVID Act to make China pay
• Rep. Omar introduces bill to cancel rent, mortgage during pandemic
• Sen. Coons proposes $3.6 billion for vote-by-mail
• NY Times columnist tries to blame virus on Fox News
• South Koreans return to work
• Senators propose $500 billion state bailout
• Harvard gets $9 million in aid while sitting on $40 billion endowment
• Hedge funds getting coronavirus aid
• Oil prices crater
• Neiman Marcus to file for bankruptcy
• Trump says he'll end funding to Wuhan lab
• Nearly 70 percent believe fake news out of China made the pandemic worse
• Is Sweden's strategy working?
• Biden pressured to move left on climate change to get BernMe supporters
• Russians buzz Navy jets in Mediterranean
• Ca. mayor who compared Trump supporters to KKK dies in plane crash
• Rep. Nunes wants to know what info CIA gave FBI in 2016
• New declassified evidence casts doubt on Obama intel assessment about Russia's election intentions
• Deadliest shooting in Canadian history leaves 16 dead

Daily Show Prep - Friday April 17, 2020

• China raises death toll in Wuhan by 50 percent
• WHO says China revised numbers to 'leave no case undocumented'
• Sen. Kennedy: 'It's bone-deep, down-to-the-marrow stupid' to keep economy closed
• Trump tweets support to frustrated citizens in 3 states
• COVID-19 cases may be up to 85 times more than reported
• Wisconsin governor extends stay-at-home order until May 26
• Michigan guv considers extending shutdown because of protesters
• Romney only Republican not on task force to re-open the country
• More Dem senators break ranks with Schumer, urge passing additional PPP money
• Nashville Mayor: Feds aren't coming to our rescue, 20 percent tax hike possible
• Ag Department announces $19 billion in aid to farmers
• Lady Gaga calls WHO's Dr. Tedros a 'superstar'
• BSNBC host suggests Biden form a 'shadow government'
• Not everyone with coronavirus has a fever
• FBI says foreign state hackers broke into our coronavirus research
• UK moves to drop Huawei as 5G vendor
• Pelosi's pricey fridge becomes symbol of disconnect
• NYC nurse attacked by 15 thugs
• Vatican thanks China but not Taiwan for donated medical supplies
• Muslims ignore social distancing
• Stephanopoulos neighbor blasts him for not social distancing
• Local governments ban reusable bags, keep tax on plastic bags
• NPR warns of cost-cutting because of coronavirus
• Walmart hiring 50,000 more people
• Spike in speeding during pandemic
• U.S. airlines are sitting on $10 billion owed to customers for canceled flights
• Congressman Omar continues to pay large campaign funds to her husband's firm
• Land O'Lakes to replace iconic Indian butter maiden on packaging
• Watch Jay Sekulow and John Schneider performing 'Trump Card'

Daily Show Prep - Thursday April 16, 2020

• Trump unveils reopening plan
• NY extends shutdown to May 15
• Sens. Blackburn and Alexander on task force to re-open economy
• Wuhan lab documentary as heard on The Phil Valentine Show
• Sources believe virus originated in Wuhan lab
• U.S. investigating Wuhan lab
• Flashback: Vox called it a conspiracy theory
• Facebook flagging any talk of Wuhan lab with 'false' warning
• Kyrsten Sinema breaks rank with Schumer on replenishing small business fund
• Chance of getting coronavirus outside is near zero
• Gov. Newsom created a $125 million fund for illegals
• Omar: Coronavirus shines a light on 'systemic racism'
• Pelosi: Trump responsible for bad economy
• Trump slams Pelosi
• Nearly half say media using coronavirus to hurt Trump
• Elon Musk shreds CNN over ventilator delivery
• Man who hoarded $10,000 in hand sanitizer and toilet paper tries to get a refund
• Trump threatens to shut down Congress to get his nominees approved to fight coronavirus
• Federal government paid $175 billion in error last year
• GOP senate chairmen demand all documents on 'Crossfire Hurricane' from FBI
• Hunter Biden still listed as board member of Chinese company he vowed to resign from
• Retirement funds for federal, military retirees may soon be investing in Chinese defense firms
• Brian Dennehy dead at 81, not COVID related

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday April 15, 2020

• WHO director again parrots Chinese communist propaganda
• Taiwan warned WHO about China in December
• China didn't warn the public for 6 key days
• U.S. intelligence investigating if virus came from Chinese lab
• DefSec Esper: Put more pressure on China over the virus
• U.S. jet flies near Taiwan as Chinese aircraft carrier strike group sailed past
• Protesters paralyze Michigan's capitol
• Ted Cruz: It's time for Texans to get back to work
• Trump lays groundwork for opening up the country
• Dems want $2,000 a month for qualified Americans until jobs are restored
• Tom Hanks' wife claims hydroxychloroquine gave her 'extreme side effects'
• Media turn to China for expertise on hydroxychloroquine
• NY sheriff wants to keep inmates locked up
• FL inmate freed from jail over coronavirus allegedly murdered someone next day
• Cuomo orders all New Yorkers to wear a mask
• To give away ventilators to other states
• Susan Rice blames Trump for coronavirus deaths
• Abbott Labs announces production of millions of antibody tests
• More Dems than Republicans favor mandatory blood test and electronic ankle bracelets
• Farmers continue to dump produce and milk
• Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter wants her mother to make more 'vagina eggs'
• AOC says Biden's sexual assault allegation 'legitimate to talk about'
• Cowboys QB says media reports are overblown about gathering at his house

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday April 14, 2020

• Trump halts payments to the WHO
• Liz Cheney refutes Trump's claim that he has absolute authority
• Who really has the power?
• AG Barr says governments may not impose special restrictions on religion
• Authorities investigate Amish wedding
• Trump says some states could reopen before May 1
• U.S. diplomats warned in 2018 of Wuhan bat lab virus danger
• 5 times Facebook didn't fake check coronavirus fake news
• Natives are getting restless: Protesters arrested in NC
• Justin Amash says he's looking 'closely' at running for president
• CNN's Cuomo: 'I don't like what I do professionally'
• FDA gives approval of first saliva test to detect coronavirus
• Scotland residents are being fined for leaving home to buy 'non-essential' items
• CIA warned its employees about taking hydroxychloroquine
• Gillibrand joins Dem chorus to give stimulus checks to illegals
• Poll: Majority of Dems want to bail out illegals
• Surgeon General shocked over reaction to 'Big Mama' comment
• Most Dems support WHO on coronavirus, most Republicans don't
• Bloomberg News killed a report on China's leaders
• McDonald's in China apologizes for ban on black folks
• Mayor of Auburn, Ca. resigns after insinuating all Trump supporters wear KKK masks
• 93-year-old gets massive Coors Light delivery after viral plea for more beer
• NY Times editor says story on Biden's alleged sexual assault changed because campaign complained

Daily Show Prep - Monday April 13, 2020

• Gov. Lee extends stay-at-home order in TN until April 30
• East Coast guvs unite to reopen
• TX guv to announce reopening plans
• The revolt begins in Michigan
• China tightens grip on coronavirus research
• 109 deaths in Tennessee
• George Stephanopoulos tests positive, no symptoms
• SD begins clinical trials for hydroxychloroquine
• Petition to recall Michigan governor gains traction
• Sen. Blackburn: China should forgive our debt
• FCC doing a 'top to bottom' review of every Chinese telecom doing business in U.S.
• Huawei has a new British problem
• 95 percent of ibuprofen comes from China
• Tlaib wants to hand out $2,000 debit cards, including to illegals
• Chris Wallace: Trump may be unbeatable
• NC woman says she never left her house for 3 weeks and still got COVID-19
• Racist attacks at Ca. university were faked

Daily Show Prep - Friday April 10, 2020

• Global death toll tops 100,000
• China failed to report nearly 3 million people
• No, COVID-19 is not the leading cause of death in the U.S.
• Referenced facts about coronavirus
• Certificates of immunity are being discussed
• Trump: Americans could go back to work without national testing
• Trump: Must save the airlines
• Republican pressure for Trump to reopen the economy grows
• Art Laffer 'willing to accept the higher risk' of dying to open up the country
• Trump's approval among blacks near 20 percent
• What is herd immunity?
• Europe could be close to herd immunity already
• Sweden's new infections drop by a quarter
• Jim Acosta mad about getting virus test before entering WH press room
• Former NFL player says hydroxychloroquine worked great on him
• Barr: What happened to Trump 'was one of the greatest travesties in American history'
• FBI's 'central evidence' to spy on Trump campaign came from Russian disinformation
• IRS to launch direct deposit next week for those who don't have bank info on file
• Sen. Graham calls for Trump to cut back on daily briefings
• KY governor to order quarantine for anyone attending mass gathering
• MS town's police force swarms 'drive-in church'
• UK cop tells man he can't even sit in his own front yard
• TN county mayor announces curfew
• Chicago mayor babbles out some myth that blacks can't get coronavirus
• Thousands of migrants turned away at border
• Fauci praises WHO chief
• NY Times takes the opportunity of a pandemic to bash America
• Congressman Jordan says stop Zooming committee meetings

Daily Show Prep - Thursday April 9, 2020

• Must-see doc on origins of coronavirus
• Bill Gates becomes mouthpiece for communist China
• Ted Cruz: 'Disgraceful' Chinese propaganda outlet allowed into the White House
• Japan paying companies to relocate from China as part of stimulus package
• Tennesseans may have to wait for juiced up unemployment checks
• NY now has more cases than any other country (except maybe China)
• Gov. Newsom considering stimulus checks for illegals
• MN doctor says death stats may be off
• UK PM out of intensive care
• Senate Dems block more small business loans
• Former NY Times reporter says the models are wrong and we should stop freaking out
• Has Sweden found the right solution?
• Our models are totally unreliable
• Virus kills more Americans because we're fat
• CT to stay closed until at least May 20
• Local government targeting MS drive-in church
• Rather: When Trump says voter fraud he means 'those kinds of people'
• CNN complains that Pence is blocking Birx, Fauci from appearing on their channel
• Majority agrees with Trump's use of 'Chinese virus'
• Woman arrested for licking grocery store items
• 'Lost' star says hydroxychloroquine was critical in his virus recovery
• Mainstream media tout drug to treat virus that hasn't been tested, but it wasn't Trump's idea so it's fine
• Walmart hires 100,000 to meet the surge
• Papadopoulos' denial two weeks before the election exonerated the Trump campaign
• Ga. bar takes down $3,700 from walls and ceilings to pay staff
• Former police officer arrested in park for throwing ball with daughter

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday April 8, 2020

• Is coronavirus the beginning of the end for communist China?
• Report says American companies are leaving China en masse
• The coronavirus facts China wants the world to forget
• The trail leading back to Wuhan lab
• NBC faces backlash for publishing Chinese propaganda
• Italy sees lowest rate of deaths
• Former CDC chief: NY should've acted sooner
• States with no stay-at-home orders improving too
• Obamacare architect wants country shut down for 18 months
• CDC weighs loosening guidelines for those who already had the virus
• Only Fox News would interview Dem lawmaker saved by hydroxychloroquine
• Trump does not own stake in hydroxychloroquine drugmaker
• Dow surges more than 700 points
• San Bernardino fining people $1,000 for not wearing face masks
• COVID-19 cluster the killed 3
• Obesity a major factor for those with coronavirus
• Kamala Harris: 'We don't want a drug pusher for president'
• BernMe drops out
• He wasted over $160 million
• Networks get top grade for virus coverage
• Singer John Prine dead at 73
• Linda Tripp, Clinton whistleblower, dead at 70
• Pope says virus could be nature's response to climate crisis
• Family violence erupts over toilet paper
• Shoppers are tossing gloves, face masks in parking lots
• Ca. nursing home evacuated after staff didn't show up for two days
• Amazon halting its third-party shipping service that competed with UPS, FedEx
• Alyssa Milano backtracks on #MeToo after Biden is accused