On Monday, news broke that Goldman Sachs had invested $500 million into Facebook, valuing Mark Zuckerberg's social network at $50 billion. Tonight, Jon Stewart laid bare the real—and hypocritical—reason for the investment: an avoidance of government-regulated transparency. Uh-oh.

On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart opened with a segment about the 108th Congress. Specifically, Stewart lambasted curmudgeonly bigot John McCain for his increasingly angry, insane rhetoric. Then, Stewart fought with a puppet version of McCain. The entertaining bit, inside.

Yesterday, the Republican National Committee held a debate between its prospective future chairpersons. As we pointed out, things didn't go too well! Tonight, Jon Stewart took the plethora of schadenfreude-filled content form the debacle and had at it. Watch inside.

Tonight, The Daily Show returned from hiatus with an opening segment about President Obama's recent legislative victories under fire. During it, Jon Stewart compared Obama to Star Wars' Luke Skywalker, before many subsequent—and equally awesome—trilogy-related references. Watch inside.

Jon Stewart blasted Republicans on Monday for blocking legislation to provide health care benefits to 9/11 first responders (video). Tonight—his last show of the year—Stewart continued his criticism of Congress and the media for ignoring the issue.

During Paul Rudd's interview last night, Jon Stewart pulled out some vintage footage from the Daily Show vault from 1999. As the video shows, Paul was Jon's first test guest after Craig Kilborn left the show.

This month, the FBI issued a warning about how pedophiles could use the new "Video Girl" Barbie doll—the one with an embedded camera—to prey on children. Tonight, Jon Stewart mocked the media for giving predators ideas. Watch inside.

Tonight, Jon Stewart opened The Daily Show with another harsh—and funny—segment about President Obama. Stewart spouted off a laundry list of Obama's "mistakes," before zeroing in on his biggest one: letting Bill Clinton take over a press briefing.

Tonight, Jon Stewart opened with an impassioned rant against Republicans for blocking a Congressional bill that would've provided health care for 9/11 first responders. Stewart then implored the GOP to never again exploit the attacks for political gain. Watch inside.

Tonight, Jon Stewart tackled the increasingly prominent issue of, well, the fact that President Obama is pissed off. Obama's pissed off at Republicans, obviously, but—as Stewart pointed out—it seems he hates his own supporters now, too! Watch inside.

Tonight, Jon Stewart opened The Daily Show with a segment about the recent deal in Congress, aided by President Obama, that extended the Bush-era tax cuts. Specifically, Stewart mocked Democrats and Obama for their hyperbolic vilification of Republicans. Watch inside.

Yesterday, Democrat and Republican lawmakers—guided by President Obama—reached a deal that extended tax cuts for all Americans (including the rich). Congress also agreed to continue its spending. Tonight, Jon Stewart pointed out the inherent incongruence of this.

Tonight, Jon Stewart noted that the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma changed the name of its winter parade to include "Holiday" instead of "Christmas." Then, he played a disturbingly comical video of Fox News' Gretchen Carlson's outrage over the name change.

Today at Gawker.TV, James Franco weighs the pros and cons of his Oscar hosting duties, Lance Bass gabs with Andy Cohen about other famous TV gays, and Jon Stewart analyzes Sarah Palin's twitter account (and the media's obsession with it.)

After Sarah Palin was quoted as saying "I just tweet, that's the way I roll," Jon Stewart felt it necessary to devote a segment to the media's obsession with her twitter. Inside, Jon reads aloud selections from "America's Tweetheart."

Jon Stewart tread on familiar ground tonight, lambasting Senator John McCain for continuing his backpedaling and doublespeak on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Curiously, though, it was Joe Lieberman who got a tip of the hat. Watch inside.

It's no secret that Congress stalls its progress leading up to an election day. But what about the few post-election, lame duck weeks? Tonight, Jon Stewart considered that while sarcastically opining on ambitious Democrats and... (legislative) cockblock-obsessed Republicans. Watch inside.

Tonight, Jon Stewart opened with the second segment in as many days regarding WikiLeaks' latest data dump (watch the first here). During it, Stewart went after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his exaggerated martyrdom complex, exclaiming, "Stop the drama!"

Tonight, Jon Stewart opened The Daily Show with a bit about the latest WikiLeaks dump. After his sarcastic comments about the gossip-heavy nature of the leak, Stewart questioned the United States' curious relationship with questionably loyal Saudi Arabia. Watch inside.

Last week, the Daily Show mocked the town of Bayonne, New Jersey, in a spoof of Sarah Palin's Alaska. Jason Jones' Bayonne featured Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones taking in the city's Russian hookers and industrial wasteland. Bayonne is pissed.