John Oliver dissected President Donald Trump‘s other favorite news outlet, OAN, on Last Week Tonight Sunday, describing the network as, “Fox News with even less shame and even fewer scruples.” The mutual affinity between Trump and OAN (which stands for One America News), is not new, but Oliver examined how …
Read More »John Oliver Robocalls FCC to Urge Crackdown on Robocalls
On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver demonstrated the skin-crawling annoyance of robocalls by targeting the exact agency that could stop them, the Federal Communications Commission, with a hilarious robocall of his own. But before that satisfying grand finale, the comedian explained the “clearly infuriating” phenomenon in the show’s main …
Read More »John Oliver: Is Mexico Electing Its Own Donald Trump?
In a detailed piece on the upcoming Mexican election,John Olivertalked about the real prospect of the country electing its own version of President Trump. It’s a contradictory image, the comedian said on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight.He dubbed Mexico “Number Seven on the list of things Donald Trump is frightened of, …
Read More »Watch John Oliver Answer Cardi B's Tax Rant About 'Motherf–king Money'
With Tax Day just ahead on April 17th, John Oliver focused the main segment of Sunday’s Last Week Tonight on that dreaded non-holiday – which he dubbed “the government’s GoFundMe page.” Many Americans feel perplexed and infuriated by the our tax system – including rapper Cardi B, who recently posted …
Read More »John Oliver Talks Inspiration Behind Mike Pence-Trolling Book on 'Ellen'
John Oliver discussed the personal and political motivations behind his new Mike Pence-trolling children’s book, A Day In the Life of Marlon Bundo, on Ellen Tuesday. The book came out of a segment on Oliver’s HBO show, Last Week Tonight, in which he detailed the Vice President’s lengthy history of …
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