This Week's Top Stories - Book Bans on the Rise, Tinder Blind Dates & Canada's Trucker Protest

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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News, Daily News, Comedy

4.2 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Conservatives in the U.S. rally to get books banned from school libraries, Tinder rolls out a feature for blind dates, Jordan Klepper investigates Canada's ongoing trucker protest and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:11.0	While Russia is threatening to violate Ukraine's sovereignty, they're already violating the rules
0:16.3	of the Olympics.
0:17.6	And it's causing a huge controversy in the world of figure skating.
0:22.1	With the world watching her every move, this morning, 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamela
0:27.1	Vallieva is set to take to the ice, despite testing positive for an illegal performance
0:32.0	enhancing substance before the games.
0:34.1	A positive drug test is going to be on the ice here in a few hours skating at the Olympic
0:38.4	Games.
0:39.4	I cannot believe I just said that sentence.
0:40.8	The IOC now saying that Vallieva claims there was a mix-up with her grandfather's heart
0:45.2	medication.
0:46.2	International court deciding she can still compete while they investigate further.
0:50.4	In response, the IOC saying, if Vallieva lands in the top three, there will be no medals
0:55.0	handed out until the investigation is complete.
0:57.6	I can't believe they caught someone cheating and they're still letting her compete while
1:01.9	they investigate more.
1:02.9	Like, guys, it almost feels like the investigation is not about whether she cheated or not.
1:06.8	It's almost like the real investigation here is, okay, let's see what these drugs can do.
1:11.0	Let it rip.
1:12.0	Come on, let's just see.
1:13.0	What we want to know, right?
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