Jon Stewart and John Oliver’s claim that America has entered its “monarchy era” under President Donald Trump may not have been the craziest moment from Monday’s edition of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. Instead it might have been New Yorker editor David Remnick’s claim that the country is at risk of turning into Vladimir Putin’s Russia because of the relationship between Trump and his billionaire supporters.
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Remnick didn’t say that when the tech companies were closely aligned with Democrats, but there was more to his kooky interview. Earlier, Stewart asked, “Is there a break glass moment for you in this? You know, we talked about it earlier with the audience, about not overreacting to each individual outrage and moment, and is that frustrating? Do we keep ourselves on DEFCON, and I don't know which one is the worst—”
There are five DEFCON levels, and the closer to DEFCON 1 you get, the bigger the crisis. Remnick, however, did his best Michael Scott impression as he replied, “Nine, ten. I notice sometimes when I go out to dinner with this person or that person and meet friends, every once in a while, in fact, quite a lot, somebody will say to me, ‘You know what, I have signed off on the news. I'm not watching it. I can't take it. I have to, you know, protect myself. It’s too much.’”
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