Daily Show Prep: Monday, August 17

by Casey | Aug 17, 2020 | Blog, Daily Show Prep

Hour 1

https://twitchy.com/jacobb-38/2020/08/16/it-is-nonsense-mark-meadows-shreds-the-dem-narrative-that-the-bad-orange-man-is-suddenly-destroying-the-usps/

President Trump has already offered $10 billion to fix Postal as part of a COVID relief package. Democrats have said no. They’re holding up a relief bill (including stimulus checks and small business relief) until they get more of their policy wishlist demands included.

— Mark Meadows (@MarkMeadows) August 16, 2020

10 Things To Know About Trump, U.S. Postal Service Conspiracy Theories Pushed By Democrats, Media

OBAMA IN 2009: ‘IT’S THE POST OFFICE THAT’S ALWAYS HAVING PROBLEMS’

Hey, Dems: Take a Look at What Happened to the USPS Under Obama

The Manufactured Hysteria Over Mail Delivery

The latest DUMB lib conspiracy theory? The Trump administration is locking up mailboxes in Burbank, Calif.

https://twitchy.com/sam-3930/2020/08/17/journalistic-malpractice-gary-he-debunks-panic-around-viral-mailboxes-pic-that-sparked-claims-trump-is-sabotaging-election/

https://twitchy.com/sarah-313035/2020/08/17/claire-mccaskill-caught-stealing-content-from-someone-else-in-order-to-falsely-prove-that-trumps-locking-up-mailboxes-in-dc-pic/

https://twitchy.com/sarah-313035/2020/08/17/not-sorry-claire-mccaskill-doubles-down-after-getting-busted-for-spreading-fake-news-pivots-to-rush-limbaugh/

Hour 2

US calls for shower rules to be eased after Trump hair complaints

Researchers one step closer to bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts

Pin Posts

They Caved: Project Veritas’ James O’Keefe Emerges Victorious in Second Amendment Fight with FBI

Hour 3

STUDY: 150 TIMES More Negative News on Trump than Biden

https://twitchy.com/sam-3930/2020/08/17/this-is-why-medias-ratings-are-in-the-toilet-media-research-center-study-shows-most-biased-unhinged-coverage-in-history/

https://twitchy.com/sam-3930/2020/08/17/delete-your-account-the-independent-trounced-for-claiming-melania-refused-to-hold-trumps-hand-in-clip-watch/

‘The death toll would be enormous’: Dr. Fauci warns against herd immunity

Pandemic analyst finds herd immunity could be slowing COVID spread — yet Dr. Fauci still warns against it

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/08/17/this-harvard-alums-thread-on-covid-herd-immunity-makes-experts-pushing-lockdowns-and-all-virtual-school-look-corrupt/

New Zealand baffled by new COVID-19 cases, eyes frozen-food packaging

https://twitchy.com/brads-313037/2020/08/16/your-wtf-protest-of-the-day-people-go-out-and-gather-to-oppose-having-to-go-out-and-gather-to-vote/