Jon Stewart joins Twitter GameStop Stock Wall Street

Well, would you look at that? All that was needed were a few Redditors that deliberately increased the price of GameStop shares, which caused several billion dollars in losses for hedge funds investing large sums of money in losing value, which led to trading programs as RobinHood tries to prevent citizens from participating in the free market to get Jon Stewart on Twitter. On Thursday, January 29, the former Daily show host fired his first ever tweet in support of the ragtag gang of Redditors who, through the power of collective action, caused a “meme stock” bubble that had yet to burst. “This is bullshit,” Stewart tweeted on his new account, named @jon_actual. ‘The Redittors are not cheating, they are joining a party that Wall Street insiders have been enjoying for years. Do not close them … maybe sue them for copyright infringement !! We learned nothing from 2008. Love StewBeef. StewBeef enters the gate warmly.

For a brief moment, it was unclear if this was the real Jon Stewart. Could Stewart really avoid joining Twitter throughout the Trump era, only to be lured by Stonks in less than 48 hours? Anyone who remembers Stewart’s feud with Jim Cramer of Mad Money over the 2008 financial crisis knows that issues surrounding Wall Street’s greed and corruption hit the comedian especially close to home. His old Comedy Central buddy Stephen Colbert lets the cat out of the bag that Stewart joined the social media platform and tweeted, “Well, one thing has changed since 2008 – a friend of mine joined Twitter.” Cryptic, but clear. Stewart was verified and a second tweet was issued, confirming his identity and promising to “use this program only in a sporadic and ineffective manner.” This is what we all said when we first joined Twitter a decade ago. In less than 24 hours, he has amassed more than 500,000 followers, so it sounds like StewBeef has had a pretty ineffective start.