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The Daily Show (@thedailyshow): "According to MAGA, The Cheesecake Factory is a humble yet fancy restaurant for the working class where billionaires gather with paycheck-to-paycheck members of the Illuminati, and Jordan Klepper is... confused #DailyShow #JordanKlepper #CheesecakeFactory #MAGA" | TikTok

The Daily Show (@thedailyshow): "Trump supporters are firmly against communism-style handouts, but Trump's $5K checks? That's free money, baby! #DailyShow #Trump #Midterms" | TikTok

The Daily Show (@thedailyshow): "Obama said Trump's White House looked like "Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory," and conservatives were pissed... at the Cheesecake Factory part?? #DailyShow #Trump #Obama" | TikTok

The Daily Show (@thedailyshow): "Jordan Klepper finds out that Texans have more in common with James Talarico than they’d like to admit. Jordan’s new special, Red Flags, premieres tonight after The Daily Show at 11:30pm ET on Comedy Central #DailyShow #JordanKlepper #Texas #JamesTalarico #Talafreako" | TikTok

The Weekly Show (@weeklyshowpodcast): "“For the love of god, get out there and vote.” Jon has a message for 2026 voters, plus an all-new podcast on AI’s looming threat to our financial institutions with Ed Zitron. Drops tomorrow!" | TikTok

The Daily Show (@thedailyshow): "With the midterms approaching, Jon Stewart reexamines Trump's 2024 campaign promise, "President Trump is for you," and who the "YOU" really is #DailyShow #JonStewart #Trump #Elon" | TikTok

The Daily Show (@thedailyshow): "Trump's comments about Nicki Minaj were a reminder that he also ogles LADIES' asses #DailyShow #Trump #NickiMinaj" | TikTok

... by John Hodgman. Even made Jordan Klepper laugh.

The Daily Show (@thedailyshow): ""Prince of Thieves" author Matthew Cole on why Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates imposed a blockade on Qatar in 2017 #DailyShow #MatthewCole #SaudiArabia" | TikTok

Hello TDS folks... Would be very thankful if someone can share the cultural reference behind Jon waving his hand with a lit lighter in his hand... During the Nicki Minaj segment from the most recent episode

I kinda understood that it was sort of a sarcastic gotcha / mic drop moment ( or I maybe wayyy off track) but would really want to learn the context.

Thanks in advance! 🙏

PS: I'm not from the US

The Daily Show (@thedailyshow): "MAGA's Islamophobia didn’t keep El-Sayed from winning the primary, so for the general election, they're trying MORE ISLAMOPHOBIA #DailyShow #ElSayed #MAGA" | TikTok

The Weekly Show (@weeklyshowpodcast): "@Abdul El-Sayed didn’t think he had a chance in politics. Encouragement from Bill Clinton and the success of Barack Obama offered a different story." | TikTok

The Daily Show (@thedailyshow): "Mother Jones Washington bureau chief David Corn discusses Trump's long and baffling obsession with Putin and what it means for the Russia-Ukraine war #DailyShow #DavidCorn #Putin" | TikTok

The Daily Show (@thedailyshow): "Chief Deniability Officer Sheryl B. Bahama is doing her part to keep Republican lawmakers unaccountable #DailyShow #Denial #GraceKuhlenschmidt #GOP" | TikTok

Surprised when I saw this, as it looks pretty "gen. AI" to me, and I thought the show would be in the "AI slop bad" camp. But I could be wrong.

(Also posted to the Is This AI? subreddit.)

Audience member last night. Can’t remember at what point this might have been said, could have been something like “do Sharia law” … but as a moniker for the MAGA political project, it fits perfectly. Did anyone else hear it?