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Capitol Hill buzz: Jon Stewart lobbying for Sept. 11 responders

Published on September 16, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Associated Press

Comedian Jon Stewart turned serious Wednesday as he lobbied members of Congress to permanently extend a law providing medical monitoring and treatment for Sept. 11 first responders. Accompanied by several first responders, Stewart met with members of Congress and attended a Democratic caucus luncheon. “If you can’t get this done, maybe we should shut down,” Stewart told reporters outside the U.S. Senate, referring to the possibility of a government shutdown this fall. “This is about as unassailable a piece of…

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Trevor Noah set to replace Jon Stewart on ‘Daily Show’

Published on March 30, 2015 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Associated Press

Comedy Central has named Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian from South Africa, as Jon Stewart‘s replacement on “The Daily Show.” Noah, who was recently brought aboard as an on-air contributor, was chosen two months after Stewart unexpectedly announced he was leaving “The Daily Show” after 16 years as its host and principal voice. Noah replaces the New Jersey-born Stewart as a biracial comic with an international perspective. In the network’s one-hour late-night comedy block, Noah joins Larry Wilmore, an African-American…

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Former GOP Rep. Bob Inglis says conservatives need “breathing room” to come around on climate change

Published on March 27, 2015 in Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Bob Inglis believes that climate change is man made and very real, and he’s trying to persuade his fellow conservatives to believe that as well. Cynics might say he’s fighting a losing cause, but the former South Carolina Representative believes that there are free enterprise solutions to climate change, and is convinced that’s the elixir that will allow Republicans to support efforts to combat global warming. “That’s what I believe will move the needle here,” Inglis told this reporter on…

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Daily Show hilariously mocks Rick Scott’s ban on ‘global warming’

Published on March 26, 2015 in Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Jon Stewart and his comedy writing team over at “The Daily Show” has never lacked for content when it comes to mocking Florida, so it was a natural that the Comedy Central franchise would take note of the recent report that Rick Scott has banned the terms “climate change,” and “global warming,” from use by Department of Environmental Protection staffers. Stewart busted out a copy of “Roget’s Denial Thesaurus” to find some synonyms that Floridians working in state government can…

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