#Last Week Tonight

[iluvjohnoliver]

Me when

Just spent my morning taking notes on how to establish a tax exempt church, through the proper government channels, in America.

All for a funny bit in my story.

It's shockingly easy to do so, in case you're wondering.

[slowlymellowcomputer]

[eggsaladstain]

given that trump is apparently nominating whoever he sees on tv to cabinet positions, it's truly a shame that last week tonight just wrapped up the season because if we had gotten another episode or two, john oliver could've brought back the catheter cowboy so trump could appoint him secretary of housing and urban development or some shit

[susiephone]

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, 11x14

[w0lp3rtinger]

"- I have a lot of problems with Biden. He is clearly the better of the two options, which I recognize is a very low bar. Being better than Trump cannot be the standard, because Donald Trump is the absence of a standard.

"But the truth is, even if Trump looses, that won't be the end of this. The people who cooked up Project 2025 will just move onto Project 2029 instead, because for them, this is so much more than just one election, or indeed, one candidate. Project 2025 is born from impulse as old as America. It's an impulse that says one class of Americans is entitled to lead, and the rest of us are lucky to be allowed to serve- that thinks there should be a limited government when it comes to rules they have to live by, but also a unitary executive to keep the rest of us in line. These are old, old ideas that have been shouted from podiums-... but have now been placed into a new handbook for an only too willing president to use on day one.

"And in a perfect world, I would love if we had an opposing party better able to articulate a strong defense of our country's ideals and that also consistently lived up to them. People are entitled to hope for more from the next four years than someone just not being Trump (and for at least two supreme court justices to die)-...

"And for anyone tempted to think, 'Well, we survived Trump's first term,' first, not everyone did, and it should hopefully be very clear by now a second Trump term really does promise to be far, far worse, because if Trump's first term was defined by chaos, his second could be defined by ruthless efficiency. That should be troubling to absolutely everyone because Project 2025 is a movement who's members joke about wanting a white homeland and insist women have to have more babies to uphold western society.-

"We need to be better than this."

-John Oliver, June 19th of 2024

[cryptidswitch]

So I have a deep appreciation for late night host John Oliver and all he does, but I have an even greater love for one of his running gags. In several of his episodes he flashes up a joke alternative title card for his show and I have been collecting screenshots of these cards. Here is my collection.

[stalebagels]

Edit: muted this monstrosity but if you're looking for the blank template it's on my blog and I'll tag this and it with "the stupid fucking shorts post" so you don't have to scroll through everything 💀😂 (I did not make the template btw, I don't know who the OP is but if you do please let me know)

[inky-quilled-dragon]

John’s going through it rn.

[simperius]

My favorite thing about John Oliver trending on Twitter for last night's episode is that all of the haters are saying some variation of "He's trying to bribe a member of the Supreme Court he should go to prison for this 😠😒"

You nailed it bud, that's the heart of the bit. They spent thirty whole minutes making that exact point. It SHOULD be illegal, and YET-

[chibilllama]

Project 2025

[lastweeksshirttonight]

welp

[eggsaladstain]

ilgar pashayev HAS the range

Source: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, April 7, 2024

[ankle-beez]

shoutout to john oliver for very clearing saying out loud on his hbo show that's also posted on his 10 million subscriber youtube channel that israel is very much committing genocide in palestine. he's always been very outspoken and educating on current issues in his show and this is another big step up on getting the general public who may not be up to date on this topic to pay more attention

[crowleyholmes]

Go watch John Oliver's Last Week Tonight on the UK Elections if you haven't yet because it's brilliant. I think he gets his point across quite effectively.

[torto-isemusings]

Just watched the newest Last Week Tonight, and...

"An accident?"

"A child?!"

"MEMORY!!!"

🎶Memory, all alone in the moonlight...🎶