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Elon Musk launched a baseless Twitter attack on George Soros, a frequent target for antisemitic conspiracy theories, accusing the financier of hating humanity days after Soros disclosed having sold off a modest stake in Tesla. The CEO of the American Jewish Committee Ted Deutch and CNN’s media analyst Sara Fischer join Jake Tapper to discuss.
In an interview on CNBC following Tesla’s shareholder meeting, outgoing Twitter CEO Elon Musk said he “didn’t care” if his controversial tweets drew the ire of Tesla customers or Twitter advertisers.
Desi Lydic tackles the day’s headlines, including Fox News’s shocking firing of Tucker Carlson, Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s “Real Women” koozies, Don Lemon’s CNN termination, Elon Musk’s latest Twitter fiasco, and Bed Bath & Beyond’s bankruptcy. #DailyShow #Comedy #DesiLydic
We celebrate the high holy day known as 4/20, a reporter named Charlie Langton of Fox 2 News in Detroit filed his bong-hitting report from the parking lot of the Detroit “Herbal” Center, SpaceX went ahead with a rocket launch and it ended with a big explosion they called “rapid unscheduled disassembly,” today was also the great de-checkening on Twitter where everyone that didn’t sign up for Twitter Blue had their checkmark removed, Mike Lindell is getting sued by Dominion Voting Systems for $1.3 billion and an arbitration panel today ruled that Mike has to pay $5 million to the winner of the of “Prove Mike Wrong Challenge,” Trump has been busy posting videos about what a good time he had getting arrested, he has been going particularly hard on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is going after “the woke,” George Santos has a new scandal brewing in regards to donating his salary, and in honor of 4/20 Day we go out onto Hollywood Blvd. for a round of “Who’s High?”
Jimmy addresses Trump holding his first official campaign rally in Texas and Elon Musk valuing Twitter at less than half of what he paid for it.
Elon Musk spent decades building something big: himself. Musk managed to sell the world on a persona: the visionary genius billionaire working his hardest to save the the world. And it’s worked: the myth of Elon Musk has made him a lot of money.
Friday on the NewsHour, CIA Director Bill Burns discusses the ongoing war in Ukraine and the intelligence challenges posed by China. Ahead of the January 6 committee’s final report, the Secret Service comes under scrutiny for not doing more to prevent the Capitol attack. Plus, David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart weigh in on contentious congressional budget negotiations.
Secret Service swept our building for former First Lady Michelle Obama’s visit, CBS aired the national tree lighting special, the official White House holiday ornament is for sale, Jimmy goes through the various gingerbread houses that have been built at the White House over the years, Trump is still upset that got called out for having dinner with Kanye and his white supremacist friend, the World’s Greatest Boss Elon Musk announced that Twitter will soon increase the character limit to 4,000, his trolling continued over the weekend when he posted that his pronouns are “Prosecute and Fauci,” a young guy came up to Jimmy over the weekend and asked why he didn’t have love for Elon, Marjorie Taylor Greene gave quite the acceptance speech at the Young Republican Club Gala in New York, Tucker Carlson tackled the topic of dildos and butt plugs being on sale at CVS, Jimmy sent his Christmas card over the weekend and noticed a big mistake on the front of it, and with so little time before Christmas, Guillermo and Jimmy sat down with kids to help Santa figure out who is naughty, and who is nice.
Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You is number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart again, President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act protecting same-sex and interracial marriage, we are learning more about what happened leading up to the attack on our Capitol on January 6th, Mark Meadows reportedly texted with 34 Republican lawmakers exchanging ideas and suggestions for how they might be able to overturn the election, Elon Musk is no longer the richest man in the world, Kanye West is still spinning out , and with four days left until Hanukkah we get our annual visit from the Chanucorn.
Jimmy talks about Trump planning to announce his re-election campaign for 2024 and the midterm elections kicking off.
After exclusive CNN reporting that SpaceX will no longer fund critical satellite services in Ukraine, Elon Musk says his company will “just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.”
Hurricane Ian recovery efforts criticized as uneven; Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago documents battle; U.S. and allies respond to North Korea’s missile test over Japan; and more in tonight’s broadcast.
