Jon Stewart on the LA ICE Protests and Trump's Escalating Response | Stephen A. Smith

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🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Jon Stewart examines chaos in the MAGA-verse, as escalating ICE raids in Los Angeles erupt in protests, Stephen Miller hunts for nonviolent immigrants, Elon plays the Epstein card on Trump, and the Trump-Elon alpha male war reveals itself as a sensitive baby feud. Stephen A. Smith, bestselling author & host of “The Stephen A. Smith Show,” sits down with Jon to discuss why he would rather be a hellraiser than an elected official, how politicians have divided and contributed to the demise of this country, and why the messenger matters in politics. Smith, who recently signed a 5-year contract with ESPN and a multi-year deal with SiriusXM, also discussed a comment he made about Jalen Brunson that Stewart considers “an impeachable offense,” their ride-or-die love of the Knicks, and the reason the Buffalo Bills may be at fault for Trump’s presidency. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:18.0	This is The Daily Show with your host, John Doer. Hey! Oh! Yeah!
0:40.3	That's what I'm talking about!
0:47.3	Welcome to the Daily Show!
0:49.3	My name is John Stewart.
0:53.3	We got, I'm going to tell you something, their enthusiasm is not for naught.
0:56.3	We have a great show for you tonight.
0:57.9	Stephen A. Smith is going to be joining me later.
1:01.2	Going to get a full time of one down.
1:02.9	But first, I want to talk about this very briefly.
1:04.9	I was in Los Angeles over the weekend getting a BBL from a celebrity doctor.
1:16.4	And quick question,
1:18.4	for those of you who live in that area,
1:21.1	is your city ever not on fire?
1:24.8	Whether you win a basketball championship,
1:26.9	a World Series championship, whether you have an
1:28.7	exploding pinata gender reveal gone wrong, congratulations, it's a boy and an evacuation,
1:33.7	or you're just protesting the Trump administration's expanded deportation raids.
1:38.0	L.A. continues to be our most flammable city.
1:45.0	This weekend's combustion was the very predictable result
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