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Lee Camp (comedian)

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After graduating from UVA, Camp moved to New York City where he performed regularly at the Ha! Comedy Club. He went on to perform regularly at colleges and it was during this time that he started to include political material in his stand up act, which lead to performances at political events such as
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that the Russian government funds the network that ran his show. When asked about advertising, he said, "one of the reasons I'm at RT America is because there’s no advertising. If there were advertising, no channel really wants someone who goes after corporations as much as I do."
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His family lived in Bethesda until he was 8, when they moved to Richmond, Va., where they were members of Congregation Beth Ahabah. He says he knew he wanted to write jokes starting around the age of 12, but it wasn't until his early 20s that Camp began dabbling in political
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After RT America shut down in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Camp blamed the "U.S. government war machine" for the end of the network.
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For those comedy fans still in mourning for Bill Hicks 18 years on, you'll find plenty to enjoy in the work of DC-born stand-up Lee Camp.
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The 31-year-old is exactly what the US needs as the Tea Party's reborn reactionary gospel is preached far and wide.
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Bullet Points and Punch Lines: The Most Important Commentary Ever Written on the Epic American Tragicomedy
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2016 Politicon at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California.
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Neither Sophisticated Nor Intelligent: A College Humorist's Take on Life
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Neither Sophisticated Nor Intelligent: A College Humorist's Take on Life
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Camp is of Jewish heritage and has two brothers. His family lived in
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The BIGfib Book of Bollocks: The BIGfib.com Annual, the Best Of 2005
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The BIGfib Book of Bollocks: The BIGfib.com Annual, the Best Of 2005
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Camp was the host and head writer of the weekly comedy news show
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Lee Camp, 35, is the host and creator of "Redacted Tonight"...
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In 2017, Camp and his partner Eleanor Goldfield created the
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events. In the 2000s he also opened for such comedians as
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in Washington, D.C. His father was a military doctor.
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for several years on the Russian state-funded network
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American comedian, writer, and activist (born 1980)
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University of Virginia
political commentator
leecamp.net
RT America
Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022
MintPress News
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Bethesda, Maryland
Richmond, Virginia
University of Virginia
The Cavalier Daily
stand-up comedy
open-mic
Netroots Nation
Rock the Vote
Jimmy Fallon
Darrell Hammond
Kevin Nealon
Tracy Morgan
Lewis Black
Dick Gregory
The Cavalier Daily
The Onion
The Huffington Post
grassroots activism
RT America
The Washington Post Magazine
Stand Up! Records
Stand Up! Records

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