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Jon Stewart Tackles Trump Inauguration, Technocrat Convention: “Give Me The Lex Luthor”
While some might say Donald Trump's inauguration marked a somber day in U.S. history, 'The Daily Show's Jon Stewart had dick jokes aplenty.
The comedian and political host incised the D.C. affair with one-liners aimed at those in attendance (from their fashion choices to their general decision to show up at all), X owner Elon Musk’s odd/potentially terrifying salute and outgoing POTUS Joe Biden’s down-to-the-wire blanket pardon. But perhaps the look of the evening was technocracy, as Stewart commented on the presence of billionaire CEOs Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Tim Cook (Apple), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Shou Zi Chew (TikTok), Sundar Pichai (Google) and Musk (Tesla) in seats that would have ordinarily gone to Democratic and Republican governors. The ultimate takeaway of the day for Stewart was: “man who tried to overthrow the government has been peacefully handed the reigns of power and the outgoing president has started a new tradition of blanket pardoning everyone in his orbit — the two men creating a magnificent snake-sucking-its-own-dick cycle of no accountability.”
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