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As we enter another month of the global pandemic in the United States, John Oliver is not mincing any words when it comes to the many people in this country and their blatant disregard of COVID-19.  As opposed to other countries, it seems like there is an unnecessary amount of people in the U.S. who are acting like…

Sean Hannity has responded to John Oliver’s charge that the Fox News host has been exaggerating the violence of Portland’s Black Lives Matter protests: Don’t be so serious. “His big problem is he's not funny,” Hannity says in a SiriusXM interview. On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, Oliver riffed on the Trump…

UPDATED with video: On Sunday night, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver addressed one area in the country that is experiencing a deadly and alarming spike in coronavirus: prisons and jails. Oliver shared stats from the New York Times that there have been 68,000 infected inmates and prison deaths linked to COVID-19 is…

On Sunday, John Oliver continued to report from his white void for the latest episode of Last Week Tonight which kicked off with addressing the strides and progress that have been made from the last few weeks of Black Lives Matter protests in response from the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and…

At the top of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver addressed the George Floyd protests and Donald Trump’s bible photo opp and the excessive force police officers use — specifically against the black community. That said, he spent the entire episode unpacking the problematic police system. Oliver points out that the violence…

On the latest episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver touched on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson going in and out of intensive care due to coronavirus and Bernie Sanders dropping out of the presidential race. However, the real story he wanted to unpack was how the coronavirus has impacted the unemployed and…

On Sunday night, John Oliver had a stripped-down version of Last Week Tonight. Like many talk shows, he has opted to not have a studio audience during the coronavirus pandemic. “This isn’t going to be our usual show,” he said on a stark white set, admitting that where they usually tape had confirmed cases of…

John Oliver had a lot to unpack Sunday night on Last Week Tonight and he started with the hottest topic that has been invading the world and headlines: coronavirus…or how Oliver puts it, “How the common cold describes itself on its resume.” Specifically, he wasted no time in dragging Donald Trump and his…

UPDATE, with video After skewering the clip of former presidential candidate Tom Steyer dancing with rapper Juvenile to his song “Back That Azz Up,” John Oliver did a deep dive into the coronavirus on Sunday night’s episode of Last Week Tonight and how the world — specifically Donald Trump — has been responding to a…

Before John Oliver dove into his thoughts about Mike Bloomberg’s presidential run and everything wrong with it on Last Week Tonight, he had to talk about Donald Trump and how he criticized Parasite’s win at the Academy Awards at one of his rallies. At one point in his rant, Trump said that he wants the days of Gone Wit…

UPDATED with video: John Oliver opened his seventh season of HBO’s Last Week Tonight by taking aim at the media hyping a potential rift between William Barr and Donald Trump, after the U.S. Attorney General complained last week about the president’s tweeting about Justice Department matters. Oliver even gave credit…

It’s an annual tradition, but late-night comedian John Oliver thinks it’s time to put SantaCon to rest. The HBO Last Week Tonight host’s show is on hiatus. But Oliver took time out this holiday season to dress down “manufactured” SantaCon events across the country that attract thousands of people dressed as Santa…