The Daily Show Correspondents Explain Negotiating with Congress

Here's something you might not know: The U.S. Congress was created with two specific purposes in mind. To give the president an excuse for not accomplishing anything, and as a job-creation measure for people who were otherwise unemployable.

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The Daily Show Correspondents Explain Life After the Presidency

There's this little-known clause in the Constitution states, "Being as the time that a President should leave the Office of Presidency at the time of the end of his term as President, that man should henceforth be marched off the nearest ye olde cliff available."

Very rarely is that clause adhered to. Unfortunately…

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The Daily Show Correspondents Explain the State of the Union Address

Did you know that the standard SOTU phrase, "The state of the union is strong," was written by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller? It's true.

Most people think it was Phil Spector, but Spector only produced it. Common misconception…

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The Daily Show Correspondents Explain the White House

Here's a true fact about the White House: It was originally painted brown and green. But then everybody was like, "Why do we call that 'the White House' when it's brown and green?" So they fixed the problem in the easiest way they could think of.

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The Daily Show Correspondents Explain Political Scandals

Political historians suspect that the first political scandal occurred roughly a week after the first primitive form of politics was established, when Argoo the Hunt Leader was caught shoulder-deep inside a mastodon's butt. This is totally true. Look it up.

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