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The Daily Show’s official synopsis presents Jon Stewart adopting exaggerated obedience to Trump while discussing free speech after Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension. [The Daily Show]
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The Daily Show published this official upload on 2025-09-18. [The Daily Show]
The Daily Show’s official synopsis presents Jon Stewart adopting exaggerated obedience to Trump while discussing free speech after Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension. [The Daily Show]
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This is a comedy publication record. Satire and impersonation are explicitly attributed to the performers. The comedy does not independently prove its underlying political allegations, establish motives or diagnose health. [The Daily Show]
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- Official comedy upload metadata and synopsis · The Daily ShowJon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Era | The Daily Show
Official YouTube upload _GXNJ3V9lzg: title; channel/author; first description paragraph; playerMicroformatRenderer.publishDate (2025-09-18T22:02:19-05:00).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GXNJ3V9lzg
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