this is "the daily show" with your host, kal penn! ers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> kal: welcome to "the daily show!" i'm kal penn. i'm back again! [cheers and applause] and yo, what a day it's been for new york! the knicks and the giants won! and i only saw one dude masturbating on the subway! so we did it, new york! but we've got a great show for you tonight. so let's get into headlines! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] we begin with donald trump, former president and current courtroom sketch model. one of the most serious charges against him involves his attempt to steal the 2020 election, and with less than a year to go before he attempts to steal the next election, things in the case are starting to move quickly. >> happening now, breaking news. the united states supreme court just agreed to weigh in for the first time on donald trump's historic criminal prosecution. >> this afternoon, special counsel jack smith filed a brief urging the supreme court to rule on whether the former president is immune from federal prosecution for his actions while

this is "the daily show" with your host, kal penn! ers and applause] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> kal: welcome to "the daily show!" i'm kal penn. it feels good to be back behind the desk! [cheers and applause] thank you, thank you! thank you! you know what they say about sequels. they are always better. don't fact-check that. all right. we got a great show for you tonight. zoya akhtar will be here! [cheers and applause] let's get into the headlines! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ let's kick things off with the insane sports news from this weekend. the l.a. dodgers have signed superstar shohei ohtani to the biggest contract and all of sports history, $700 million. [cheers and applause] wow, right? that is $1 for every minute it takes to take watch one single baseball game. let me just say, it is so great that asian kids have another athlete to look up to. am i right? but let's acknowledge, it is also a lot of pressure. "dad, i got 100 of my chemistry test." "but only 80 on your fastball." go outside and practice!" but as crazy as this is, th

this is "the daily show" with your host, kal penn! ers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> kal: welcome to "the daily show!" i'm kal penn. and it's taylor swift's birthday! yeah! [cheers and applause] finally, a day where everyone can celebrate her. it's about time. we've got a great show for you tonight. so let's get into headlines! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] let's begin with the 2024 presidential race. a decision that will come down to how deeply americans hold the very democracy that sustains our society. and also, stuff like this: >> tonight, the former president, donald trump, fundraising off his mug shot again. he's now offering people the chance to buy this, quote, "historic gift" just in time for christmas. mug shot edition, that's what they call it, digital trading cards. and if you buy 47 of them, you will get a piece of the suit trump wore when his mug shot was taken. now, to do all of that, it will run you about $4,600. >> my last two trump digital trading card collections sold out in just hours, and now i'm back with my latest series call

this is "the daily show," with your host, kal penn! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> kal: welcome to "the daily show," i'm kal penn! is my last night as guest hosts and it's also the last "daily show" of the year, which means it's gift time! [cheers and applause] everyone look under your seats... you got the person behind you a view of your buttcrack, merry christmas pureed we've got a great show for you tonight, let's get into the headlines! [cheers and applause] we will kick things off with the big news out of washington, d.c., or house republicans just ended this year's session with a very special christmas gift for joe biden. >> this morning, house republicans are pushing ahead with an impeachment inquiry into president biden despite finding no evidence of wrongdoing in nearly a year of investigations. the inquiry is focused on allegations that the president abused his power to enrich his family and whether he made decisions while vice president to boost his son hunter's businesses. >> during a heated floor debate, democrats accused rep

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kal penn was filling in on the daily show. there is definitely there are definitely instances of as the white house says, they they are trying to go where the american people are meet, the people where they are. they sometimes try to meet them where they are by going too friendly interviewers or friendly friendly venues. i to run through some of the technology changes that have happened in our industry and and what that has meant for the relationship between the press and the presidency and how administrations have used innovations to try to go around us. we have radio and and we have television and then live tv and cable tv and then the internet, which just accelerated the the news cycle. and then you get social media, which both accelerates the news cycle and completely and fundamentally the relationship between the press and the president the way the white house communicates, its everybody thinks about trump and and twitter. but there plenty of examples the biden administration of them social media to try get past us. doug

kal penn was filling in on the daily show. there is definitely there are definitely instances of as the white house says, they they are trying to go where the american people are meet, the people where they are. they sometimes try to meet them where they are by going too friendly interviewers or friendly friendly venues. i to run through some of the technology changes that have happened in our industry and and what that has meant for the relationship between the press and the presidency and how administrations have used innovations to try to go around us. we have radio and and we have television and then live tv and cable tv and then the internet, which just accelerated the the news cycle. and then you get social media, which both accelerates the news cycle and completely and fundamentally the relationship between the press and the president the way the white house communicates, its everybody thinks about trump and and twitter. but there plenty of examples the biden administration of them social media to try get past us. doug

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