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The ridiculous reason why we still vote on Tuesdays

You can blame the farmers for this one.

On Nov 7, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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John Oliver’s breakdown of the U.S. opioid epidemic should be required viewing

More than 2.6 million are addicted to opioids in the U.S.

On Oct 24, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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John Oliver takes Gary Johnson and Jill Stein seriously as presidential candidates

'Just dismissing third-party candidates as spoilers shuts down debate.'

On Oct 17, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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John Oliver destroys Donald Trump with a mountain of raisins

‘He is epically compromised to an almost unprecedented degree.’

On Sep 26, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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John Oliver goes off on the ‘don’t wear white after Labor Day’ rule

'We should be using more holidays as arbitrary points to stop doing things.'

On Sep 5, 2016 by April Siese

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John Oliver gets bleak about the future of newspapers

‘We are either going to have to pay for journalism or we are all going to pay for it.’

On Aug 8, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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John Oliver dissected the DNC and hit Donald Trump

He called Trump a 'self-serving half-man' who thinks sacrifice is the same as success.

On Aug 1, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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John Oliver tried to make sense of the RNC

'The economy is about numbers, feelings are supposed to be irrelevant.'

On Jul 25, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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John Oliver rips into the NRA after Orlando shooting

'It doesn’t take much to outnumber the NRA.'

On Jun 20, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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John Oliver on the Orlando shooting: ‘This just hurts’

It's a pain that's all too familiar to him.

On Jun 13, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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John Oliver explains why presidential primaries are ‘an erratic clusterf**k’

'This is a system which clearly needs wholesale reform.'

On May 23, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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John Oliver reveals a deadly problem with 911 emergency calls

Some 911 dispatchers won't be able to locate you.

On May 16, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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John Oliver warns you to be careful what you read about scientific studies

‘There’s no Nobel Prize for fact-checking.’

On May 9, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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Lin-Manuel Miranda explains why you should support bailing out debt-stricken Puerto Rico

'Help Puerto Rico, it's just 100 miles across!'

On Apr 25, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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Josh Gondelman on Twitter pep talks and honest comedy

'Honest doesn’t necessarily mean unfiltered.'

On Mar 29, 2016 by Alicia Eler