Daily Show Prep - Monday February 11, 2019

• Trump's approval hits 52 percent
• Optimism in personal finances hits 16-year high
• Trump leaning toward declaring state of emergency
• Ca. guv calls troops back from border
• New flood of illegals from Central America
• Border Patrol catches another illegal alien rapist
• Trump taunts Amy Klobuchar for talking about global warming in a blizzard
• Hawaii records lowest elevation snow in history
• Students all about Green New Deal until they find out what it is
• Rob Lowe deletes Elizabeth Warren 'chief' tweet after complaints
• Weapons sold to Saudis end up in hands of terrorists
• House Dems call for Rep. Omar to apologize for anti-Semitic remarks
• She apologizes
• What did she actually say (or write)?
• Man not charged with killing pregnant girlfriend's baby under new NY law
• Dem congressman wrote for racist publication
• Joy Villa wears 'Build the Wall' dress to Grammys
• 33 TV shows slam Trump in a month
• Empire star's neighbors cast doubt on his attack story
• Nashville becomes first city in South to recognize GBLT businesses
• Va. lt. guv's employer puts him on leave pending sex assault investigation
• Va. Guv Northam doesn't know difference between a slave and an indentured servant
• Katy Perry's shoes pulled after blackface backlash
• One-third of Americans say it's OK to dress up as a black character for Halloween
• Never Trumper columnist comes around, endorses Trump for 2020
• Florida school hires armed ex-combat vets
• Mom arrested and jailed after calling dude in dress a man
• Idiots back up traffic on Nashville interstate doing donuts
• Dozens of 'endangered' polar bears invade Arctic village
• Guest: Hadley Manning from the Independent Women's Forum on the Warren-Cortez 'wealth taxes'

Daily Show Prep - Friday February 8, 2019

• Listen to Phil Valentine's new podcast
• Trump's approval hits 50 percent
• Congress close to border deal that Trump might take
• Bezos thinks 'government entity' was behind leaking of his nekked pictures
• Ronan Farrow says he received blackmail warnings from AMI
• Corsi sues Roger Stone, claims he tried to give him a heart attack
• Cost of Green New Deal would dwarf moon landing, highway system, and first New Deal
• Lindsey Graham calls for vote on Green New Deal, wants to get Dems on record
• Chicago plans to hand out $1,000 a month to struggling citizens
• Finland's basic income trial boosts happiness but not employment
• Rep. Chu says Pelosi should not be required to release her tax returns even though they both say Trump should
• American Indian congressman says Elizabeth Warren should be disbarred
• Second woman accuses Va. lt. guv of sexual assault
• NY Times buckles to pressure, changes headline of Dem pol from 'dark makeup' to 'blackface'
• Bingo brawl erupts at nursing home
• Scientists want to build a space station inside an asteroid
• 45 adapter shirt

Daily Show Prep - Thursday February 7, 2019

• New episode of Phil's new podcast is out! Listen to The PodGOATs.
• The Green New Deal is out and it's insane
• It also promises free education and a ban on meat
• And welfare for those unwilling to work
• Pelosi praises enthusiasm behind Green New Deal
• NBC meteorologist: Earth would be just fine without humans
• IL gun bill would require gun buyers to reveal their social media history
• Va. GOP lawmaker was editor of yearbook with blackface photos in it
• Late night comedians who wore blackface ignore Northam controversy
• Photo of Joy Behar in blackface surfaces
• Gucci pulls neck sweater after 'blackface' complaints
• Paper tries to pin racist yearbook photos on NC guv
• 'Men in Black' fans demand Liam Neeson be digitally removed from film
• Mass. pushes a NY-style abortion bill
• Border agents apprehend child molesters and MS-13 gang member where there was no barrier
• Illegals up to 5 times more likely to be in prison than citizens
• Woody Allen sues Amazon for $68 million
• Amazon founder says National Enquirer tried to extort him
• 6 foods that might help with depression
• Murder suspect: Scientology made me do it
• Man turned down for 'Assman' license plate, even though that's his name
• Frozen cat thawed out and lives

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday February 6, 2019

• Listen to Phil's new podcast, The PodGOATs
• Trump vows the U.S. will never be a socialist country
• 76 percent approve of speech
• Almost 60 percent of CNN viewers had a favorable response
• Schiff-less announces sweeping investigation into Trump's finances
• Pelosi calls Trump's request to end late-term abortion 'really quite a sad thing'
• Delays Cohen's testimony
• Mueller report expected within a month
• U.S. trade deficit narrows much more than expected
• Elizabeth Warren apologizes for calling herself a 'Native American' on her Texas bar card
• Covington teen's lawyer threatens to sue 54 news outlets
• Va.'s AG admits to wearing blackface back in the '80s
• Accuser of Va.'s lt. guv offers details of sexual assault
• Trump administration will roll back Obama-era restrictions on payday loans
• Binge watching elevates your risk of bowel cancer
• Woman arrested after barking at a police dog

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday February 5, 2019

• Listen to Phil's new podcast, The PodGOATs
• Trump's approval is 2 points higher than Obama's at same time in presidency
• Boy who got bullied for being named Trump will be guest of First Lady
• Mad Maxine begs Americans to turn off SOTU
• Trump: 'We will build a human wall if necessary'
• Met with contractors day before SOTU about the wall
• Cases of mystery diseases increasing in Ca.
• Last gasp for BuzzFeed: Secret files show Trump-Russia collusion
• Ted Cruz slams Cory Booger and Dems for 'hostility to religious faith'
• Pope acknowledges priests have sexually abused nuns
• 'Rain tax' likely to pass in NJ
• Government workers busted getting on cruise to sell drugs
• Book claims global population will start to decline in 30 years
• Pew: Actively religious more likely to be happy
• Genetically-modified mosquitoes: Playing God or a way to wipe out malaria?
• Harvard astronomer insists alien ship may be among us
• Man killed when vape pen explodes

Daily Show Prep - Monday February 4, 2019

• Check out Phil's new podcast with his son
• U.S. preps to start building part of the wall in TX
• Guest: Anna Giaritelli from the Washington Examiner on border residents fearing retaliation from drug cartels
• Majority of Americans support soaking the rich
• Va. Dems sour on blackface guv
• Guv wants to use facial recognition to prove he's not in the picture
• Mary Poppins is now racist
• NEA sponsors Black Lives Matter at School
• Big problem with Dems' gender wage gap bill
• Super Bowl ratings at 10-year low
• Vegans upset with Hyundai's ad
• ESPN anchor fired over leaks
• Methodists face vote on GBLT issues
• Expert says 5G broadband could cause cancer
• Hawaii considers ban on cigarette sales
• Celery juice the new health miracle?
• Man wants to sue parents for giving birth to him without his consent
• Woman charged with assault with a pork chop

Daily Show Prep - Friday February 1, 2019

• U.S. added 304,000 jobs in January, experts expected 170,000
• U.S. wages rose more than 3 percent for first time in a decade
• Trump has 'set the stage' to build the wall himself
• Says there's a 'good chance' he'll declare national emergency
• Pelosi could move to block emergency declaration, but Trump gets last word
• Meanwhile, typhus epidemic worsens in L.A.
• Trump takes on Russia, withdraws from nuke treaty
• Rep. Omar suggests taxing the rich at 90 percent
• Va. Dem introduced bill to save cankerworms on same day she introduced late-term abortion bill
• Va. guv who advocated killing babies had yearbook page featuring Klansman and blackface
• Guv admits he was in the photo, but won't say which one he was
• America is falling back in love with trucks and SUVs
• Killing Indians caused climate change, study says
• Farrakhan calls for separate black state, says it's 'what God wants'
• Cops: Empire actor arrived home with rope around his neck
• Cory Booger in for 2020
• AOC: I acknowledge my privilege in being born cisgendered
• Boy Scouts start accepting girls
• Belmont U speaker plays 'F**k Trump' song
• Snopes quits fact-checking partnership with Facebook
• 13-year-old arrested after telling Siri he wanted to shoot up the school
• Half-male, half-female cardinal spotted in Pa.
• Man suffers stroke that made him pleasure himself in front of relatives
• CNN tries to explain away the frigid weather as manmade climate change
• NJ man threw ice on floor then faked slip-and-fall for insurance money
• Guest: Luke Rosiak from the Daily Caller covered the Awan IT guys who worked for Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and now he's written a book about it