In a passioned plea to France, John Oliver used his Last Week Tonight pulpit to warn France not to follow in the USA and UK’s footsteps and not to f*** up. Referencing America’s controversial POTUS and Brexit, Oliver laid out his argument for France. He ended the segment speaking solely in French with sub-titles, asking
On last night’s HBO’s Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver saved his main argument for the practice of gerrymandering. He explained the mechanics of how politicians carve up voting districts within states for the most optimal voter results to benefit whichever party draws up the lines. Crazy right? Oliver noted during his presentation that British lawmakers
John Oliver covered all the high “low” notes of Trump’s past week in office on Last Week Tonight — including his draconian “skinny budget” proposals. The show saw Oliver dissect what was an eyebrow-raising week for the former reality TV star and real estate mogul, who he described as “consistently monstrous”. It included insulting the British Intelligence
John Oliver did a line by line taking down on Last Week Tonight of the replacement bill the GOP has drafted to replace Obamacare. And he said the American Health Care Act (AHCA) will hurt the very people who came out in droves voting for Donald Trump. The show saw Oliver analyze the major points of
The Dalai Lama mocked China’s demonization of him on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — by mimicking devil horns and joking that he was a demon. The Dalai Lama, described by “a cross between a pope and a president”, was interviewed by Oliver in Dharamsala, India, where he has lived in exile since 1959. In the set-up prior
John Oliver yesterday tackled the subject of Obamacare on Last Week Tonight — saying the GOP’s solutions put forward to replace it were flawed. Opening the segment, he joked that The Affordable Care Act was “also known as Obamacare, or in emails from your uncle as ‘FWD: FWD: FWD: The Communist takeover of American values!!!’.” He