SCOTUS Torches Trump's Tariffs, Iran War Looms & MAGA Co-opts Team USA Hockey Win

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Team USA sweeps Canada for gold in Olympic hockey, Jon Stewart navigates how MAGA interprets this win as proof of America's democratic superiority, and Desi Lydic homes in on the U.S. Olympic team's secret weapon: superior political systems. Plus, Jon explains how the Supreme Court took a wrecking ball to Trump’s tariff strategy and examines why the U.S. is on the brink of war with Iran. A. Mechele Dickerson, University of Texas law professor and author of "The Middle-Class New Deal: Restoring Upward Mobility and the American Dream," joins Jon to discuss how the government created the middle class they’ve now abandoned, how mortgage interest deductions, HOA exclusions, and school hours hinder the middle class, and how to restore the tentpoles of pension jobs and home ownership that fuel the middle-class American dream. For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men at Mengotomars.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:23.1	This is The Daily Show with your host, John Stewart.
0:27.3	Thank you.
0:40.3	Oh, my! Hello! Hello!
0:41.3	I'm John Stewart. We have got a phenomenal show for a night.
0:57.2	Author, Professor, Michelle Dickerson, is going to be our guest tonight. Very delighted to have her on a show.
1:06.9	But first, let me give it up for the staff and crew who were able to make it in here tonight.
1:14.6	To put on a program and, and I'm not going to forget you guys, and our audience.
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1:55.9	Why not go out in this
1:57.4	hip-breaking weather?
2:01.1	You know, I don't know if you guys in the audience noticed, but snowy outside.
2:08.8	Bad out there.
2:09.7	I mean, this blizzard made it nearly impossible for even weather people to take selfies.
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