Trump’s Second Term: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

[@Rockamock]

This seems like a good time to rewatch this video…

[@mariallopiz861]

🙋🏻

[@delta61]

Well it seems more dramatic than eight years ago. Not really, I guess... Four years 'til the next one 😅 But this means John will have to do another episode. Fun!

[@giuliabonadraws]

yep. Here with ya.

[@unchartedraider7547]

France here. We are watching with disapointement in our eyes.

[@b34k97]

Might as well have a good idea of what's ahead of us.

[@blaster915]

I hate how every time I come back to these videos months or years later, it's always John Oliver explaining how things are going to go bad and him basically spelling out almost exactly what ACTUALLY happened, under the guise of a maybe it won't with hope.

[@MaeveFirstborn]

His special on the likelihood of the Supreme Court getting filled after Ginsburg died is the best example of this

[@ariane9214]

He's Cassandra.

[@hellishrain1835]

It’s so sad. I turned 19 on the fourth and voted on the fifth. I had so much hope. I thought people would actually listen this time, but i was wrong.

[@evanhayden_art]

@@hellishrain1835 Thank you for voting. Even if it feels hopeless sometimes (often, even!), we all have to keep doing what we can to get better people into office.

[@PsychoJosh]

@@hellishrain1835 Don't get deluded by cults next time

[@MauriceBiermans]

Gleichschaltung in 1933 replaced competent employees with party loyal ones in Germany. There was no way back after that.

[@rahcollier7006]

Oh f#{《.

[@AlphaDogsSwag]

They've been doing that for years. The only difference is now they're coming out of the closet and admitting to it, in a roundabout way... But the whole legal system and all of their legal societies have been operating in complete corruption with one another, and the worst part is that most Americans don't know that. You have to actually be put into the system to find these facts out. I was pushed into the system, and what I saw blew me away, because it was exactly the opposite of all of the propaganda in the movies in television shows... And they were all in cahoots with each other... They were all one big club of corruption... They all take psychiatric test, a psychological profile, to get these jobs, and the system is only taken on people that share their same capacity for corruption. Those are just facts, whether people wish to deal with them or not. They're not beliefs they're not opinions, they're facts. It's been over for a long time. 95% of everything you think you know, is literally propaganda that you have been fed via your 'tell-lie Vision'. And I take no pleasure in knowing these facts, actually I look at leaving the country permanently because the writing's on the wall say is going to get real real bad

[@connyleicht6567]

Just listen to and read this very true comment! 👌👍

[@54032Zepol]

In 1933 AH wasn't voted into power he was appointed by the earlier regime.

[@AlphaDogsSwag]

@@54032Zepol In your world did the Jews declare economic war on Germany before Hitler took over and Do you know what happened to all of the German women at the end of the war?

[@parksnreqpark5562]

And here I find myself watching this video…. Guess I’ll learn what to prepare for

[@Jterrillion36]

Doesn’t it feel good knowing we are booting these leftist losers out of the government?

[@L-Ahrairah]

As someone in Louisiana, the idea of national hurricane tracking being disolved or hijacked is absolutely fucking horrifying

[@butterfish-g9f]

Louisiana, Texas and most of the east coast would be trashed from that idiotic move alone.

[@Bonafide188]

Maybe move? Climate projections for Louisiana are not favorable in the long term

[@conors4430]

You should read the book the fifth risk by Michael Lewis about the Obama Trump transition. There are several private weather companies that were opening lobbying the trump campaign to abolish any federal or state funding for anything related so they could dominated the market. Not only that but The current American weather surveillance is so good. It actually gives most countries plenty of information about that are local weather systems. That would all disappear. As with most idiots, they don’t want to know about anything that might upset their feelings unless it’s happening right in front of their face, and they are always surprised and annoyed that they never knew ahead of time.

[@HoV326]

​@Bonafide188 and then what? It doesn't solve the problem, it's just sweeping under the rug. It's important to track these kinds of things so people can be prepared. Moving doesn't solve the issue. It ignores it

[@catabat49654]

@@Bonafide188do you have “just move” money? And also, if they own a house, who would buy a house that’s right in hurricane hotspot area? It’s not as easy as “just move,” especially if their family has been there generations and they don’t have the resources to relocate

[@mikekimball1356]

There's a quote from south park that fits way too well, here: "Isn't that facism?" "No, cause we don't call it that!"

[@spinningtrain9091]

trump is litterally just cartman...

[@Misses-Hippy]

Rump has outdone Cartman for being selfish.

[@PuddingXXL]

​@@spinningtrain9091fr

[@alexhearn9270]

@@spinningtrain9091and Hitler

[@treborkroy5280]

"Fascism is politics I don't like" weirdos, vote TRUMP 2024

[@Whofan06]

I'm finding it harder and harder these days to tell myself everything is going to be okay.

[@cherachapin3826]

Just keep singing Bob Marley and every little thing is going to be alright...as long as you keep your eyes closed, ears covered and sing as loud as you possibly can

[@jennieb400]

Same here, eeghads I can't believe this is where we are....

[@sashadoom]

Edited for clarification: It appears that I should have elaborated on what I mean by "sh!t bird" (aside from the TPB reference): There are obviously glaring differences between "wings", except when it comes to the fate of humanity on a global, longer-term scale. Neither side has been willing or able to take the lead and make a genuine attempt to alter the trajectory of the sh!t-storm barreling full-speed ahead toward the collapse of civilization and all the f**kery that precedes it. I have no doubt which party would act more quickly and effectively (the one that isn't as anti-science) if/when forced to confront the threats to the fundamental goal of perpetuating the human species' existence, but it will be too little, too late; it's probably too late already. This trajectory, and the failure of both parties to publicly express concern or urgency, comprise the sh!t bird I speak of - the long-term consequences that neither side will touch with a 10-foot pole, most likely out of the fear that they'd get crucified for doing or saying anything that might negatively affect The Economy, which might piss off supporters and donors who rely upon Growth like oxygen. I know everyone doesn't agree that the situation merits an immediate concerted effort that would most likely include implementing some drastic measures; I feel that immediate and drastic actions are merited and necessary (though I don't know why I even care; I chose not to breed so I don't have that reason, and I've gotten to the acceptance stage which is much better for one's mental health; I guess that although I've basically given up after 30+ years, I still want there to be a future that's worth existing in). The indifference and refusal of both parties to address or acknowledge that infinite growth in a finite system is impossible are the primary source of my disdain. Ignoring the fact that the collapse of most earlier civilizations was due at least in part to exceeding a sustainable carrying capacity within their surroundings is also a source of frustration. The current imperative is to overfeed the consumption machine, and to disregard the non-sustainability of perpetual increases in population and per capita consumption that are a cornerstone of most economic systems that equate growth to progress. I am aware that population growth is predicted to fall below replacement level, but not before we reach an estimated 10 billion, expected to occur during the 2080's, a 25% increase over the current population of 8.1 billion within 60-ish years. I remain skeptical that a 25% increase in water usage, food production, power use, trash, housing, transportation, etc. can be supported. I have doubts that 8.1 billion humans can be supported for much longer. Let's Explore Bird Anatomy! Birds have external bilateral symmetry except for wing and tail feathers, and do not have internal symmetry, so birds are not homogeneous on the inside and the wings themselves typically have asymmetrical flight feathers. These biological characteristics serve as a metaphor for the inherent differences between parties, and the bird itself represents the combined collective indifference described in the preceding paragraphs. Final thought: It's interesting that although I was not clear in the original post below (which does merit criticism esp. when taken at face value & without context), a couple reactions were closer to what I'd expect from the right wing, and maybe the repliers do in fact identify with that wing, but for demonstration purposes, we'll assume they lean to the left. It just seems antithetical to the perception that the left wing is less dictatorship-friendly, and supporters are more likely to be tolerant and just not as big of assholes overall. I'm not butthurt ("So why are you replying, huh? You must care a lot, don't lie and say that you don't, or else!" lol), but good grief, they ain't the best choices for brand ambassadors. The winner is a tie between (1) condescending and vaguely threatening, a la "Do what I say or you'll be sorry. Also I stalked your channel so I could add a more personal touch", and (2) the timeless classic - "just shut up". More entries may be submitted, so it's still anyone's game. I'm so curious if/how those replies would differ if it wasn't obvious that I'm probably not a dude. It seems unlikely that a dude would be instructed to "Stop trying to be an edgelord, [username]...think of the bigger picture if you want to keep enjoying your [hobby or interest indicated on username's channel]!". Do guys speak to other guys with whom they disagree in a manner similar to how a parent would speak to a defiant child? *not trying to kink-shame anyone who's into 'daddy disciplines a naughty child' type of role-play (between consenting adults, of course). Again, sounds more like what one would expect from the sh!t bird's right flappy-flap appendage. OP (in response to the parent comment, "I'm finding it harder and harder these days to tell myself everything is going to be okay."): "It's not going to be OK regardless of which ideology "wins". Two wings of the same shit-bird." Well, that's the last time I attempt to make a short comment. Rather, I will accept and embrace my propensity for super long sh!t-comments such as the edited version of this one.

[@TheLirJEt86]

And a movie called civil war came out. Shit is crazy. I’m concerned all the way around. People that I knew were left leaning are now right leaning and all cause they don’t like a few things about the left that most left people know their should be limits to. Just brainwashed by the media by the small stuff and missing all the big stuff

[@jgstylz]

@@sashadoomyou haven’t been paying attention

[@alienlordgamin5339]

Rewatching this after today’s results; it’s going to be a painful 4 years

[@503leafy]

John Oliver is probably gonna age 20 years in those 4 years.

[@ChessieChess]

@@503leafyI can’t wait to see his next installment

[@sidneyblondell]

@@alienlordgamin5339 Are you certain about this “4 years” thing? Xi Pingpong (please don’t comment on whether that is his name as I couldn’t care less) abolished their constitutional term limit and has ruled China ever since and will do so until maggots feast on his decrepit dictatorial flesh… Sadly, I see the same future for the USA (here’s hoping I am wrong-there’s a first time for everything).

[@NihilsticFeeling]

That's cute thinking it will end in 4 years...

[@nuqmanmursyid569]

If Project 2025 gets underway in earnest, which it will, it won't be four years this time. Get ready to live in a dictatorship then, the same way the so-called "third-world countries" are governed. The third-world country is coming right to your doorstep this time.

[@vidazsolt9685]

Choosing your people based on loyalty and not merit is the entrance for incompetent decision making and dictatorship. It makes ordinary people miserable. We, here on the other side of the world, were spending most of the 20th century with such leaderships. Trust me, it sucks. I'm hungarian, I know what I'm talking about. We still have this kind of leadership now.

[@ShermThursby]

Hi, the majority of us believe you. However, the US is ruled by a minority thanks to the obsolete electoral college.

[@jamesmyers8619]

I think it was Charlie Kirk who said: "If I see a maga hat government employee, I'm going to be like 'boy I hope he's qualified'" or something like that.😂

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

If ONLY his political constituents had some curiosity about other countries... 😕 They don't feel curiosity about much because they are convinced their ideas are common sense 😕

[@conors4430]

I give it 10 years before the Americans are watering Their crops with Gatorade and Idiocracy is completely fulfilled as a prophecy.

[@everythingisawesome76]

You're misinformed. The liberal media here runs everything. They are the loyal state propaganda.

[@leoyoman]

Man, the US is really driving into the grand canyon. Dismantling division of power has always gone horrible.

[@elizabethkoenig3157]

Conservatives lack the ability to think about the consequences of their actions.

[@skillethead15]

They are trying to get rid of the checks and balances so they can do what ever they want. And there are way too many people who support what they are trying to do. If Trump wins, we are well on our way to an authoritarian nightmare.

[@everythingisawesome76]

The leftist media machine has always tried to divide us. Turn it off.

[@BlokHeadAnim]

Ohhh but it'll get rid of bureaucracy! /s

[@AventuroPlays]

Yeah, we Germans sure have some experience in that regard…

[@sebastianfletcher-taylor1024]

25 years ago as a kid I was fascinated pondering the different ways future history could unfold. This timeline is not one I anticipated.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Not even Dr. Strange could have predicted this. But if Chump returns, you can bet your last Vibranium slug that Mike Judge's "Idiocracy" will become a reality.

[@gabrielavidal7785]

Terrorism from within. Neither I imagined it

[@undergroundman1993]

The “boring candidates are literally clones of each other” scenario predicted by Futurama actually seems preferable to what we have

[@cody7889]

It's not though? It's the same thing repeated over and over again. Humans actually aren't that complex or profound. Will happen now, it will get better, it will happen again, it will get better. Nothing really changes - we are all here for a short amount of time and humans are very forgetful.

[@pinklefoo]

People who couldn't predict this aren't paying attention. It means you're buying whatever BS your political party is selling. Dems could win in a blowout but would rather gamble with us and our children's lives in order to keep their lobbyists happy. You can whine all about Republicans but they don't decide how dems run their campaigns and party. Everyone in dem leadership will be fine if biden loses. Their kids will still have healthcare and great educational opportunities. The legality of abortion never stopped a wealthy person from getting one before. We are the ones that pay. Republicans aren't bowing out. They aren't going away. So this idea that we can't hold dems accountable because Republicans exist is ridiculous. Not only that, but studies show that vote shaming is incredibly ineffective. Republicans aren't standing in our way. It's democrats and their bootlickers. Dems would trade happily trade 10 progressive votes for just one of those sweet, sweet moderate votes because they won't rock the donor boat. We suffer the consequences.

[@Yeard491]

It's neat how this was more of a forecast than a warning

[@tymera]

🫂 You are not alone, not anymore.

[@roguem5]

"And once you see it, you can't unsee it." - Famous last words, John. Never _ever_ underestimate the American citizen's ability to willfully ignore the evidence directly in front of them that there is a problem.

[@HoV326]

That's how we got here in the first place

[@Makrel94]

Americans like their bullshit right out front, so they can get a long good whiff of it… - George Carlin

[@Makrel94]

Americans like their BS right up front, where they can get a good long whiff of it.. - George Carlin.

[@ZumaZoom07]

The evidence shows democrats are bought out and push war efforts. Trump may be bought out but he has done less harm than the entirety of the Democratic and Republican party

[@watamatafoyu]

Regardless of that, they're so overworked and stressed that they don't have much time and energy to fight bad policy anyway.

[@laalaa99stl]

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." -Maya Angelou

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

Maya Angelou- never has there been a more overrated poet

[@3bugsinatrenchcoat]

​@@DSPHistoricalSociety robert frost

[@pepperpie9481]

​@@DSPHistoricalSocietyGood thing she was more known for her novels then

[@RHCole]

​@Jlk6532Why are you so desperate to downplay the accomplishments of black women?

[@arronsmith4958]

OH! Let's play... are you a RA CIST or are you a MISOGYNISTIC BIGOT? (....it's both...)

[@JP-JustSayin]

The logic they use to justify disbanding NOAA is on the level of banning smoke alarms to reduce 911 calls.

[@dielaughing73]

Well we are talking about an (ex) President who opposed COVID testing because it would hurt "his numbers"

[@TampaDave]

@@dielaughing73An ex who was elected by Putin's flying monkeys.

[@JaneKaplun-js4lp]

Watch John deep dive the “Weather” in one of his early episodes for more on the NOAA plan.

[@dilmeral]

Or not testing people for Covid to make numbers lower 😂😂😂😂

[@TampaDave]

@@dilmeral ...to make HIS numbers lower.

[@bigbrutus2525]

"We need to be better than this. We need to be better than all of this." We weren't.

[@donnaflores2166]

Please don’t say “WE” it was “THEM “ MAGA 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Volvagia1927]

Well, let's at least hope MILF Manor doesn't get a season three. That WAS part of that final statement.

[@Rowsy91]

The better option won. Dems need to regroup and find a message voters can support

[@raineob4996]

Fun fact about that dating app: it’s apparently a complete flop because it’s 99% dudes. Who would’ve thought women wouldn’t sign up for that thing?

[@redstone0234]

I know bots for Peach and cloth-less images

[@codycallihan4427]

Tinder is 80% dudes. Grinder is over 90% dudes. Women aren't using any dating apps. They are using OnlyFans and aren't interested in traditional dating.

[@dianeneill499]

None of them would be dominatrix! Or action heroes.

[@RendaJane]

I would have thought women would be throwing themselves at them. They would be able to stay pregnant for over 20 years, and they wouldn’t have to have to go to work/have a job! They could just stay at home and have coitus regularly even when they were faking being too tired from their 16 children. Doesn’t get any better than that! Where do we sign up?

[@stevejeffery3112]

The odds are good, but the goods are creeps.

[@ZenArt2010]

I’m sorry, do people realize all schools already have a vaccine mandate? I couldn’t even start college until I had updated my vaccines. Do we really want returned outbreaks of polio, rubella, measles, mumps, meningitis etc…?? Military has mandated vaccines, as do medical workers.

[@ilenastarbreeze4978]

The answer is sadly yes they do

[@hanifarroisimukhlis5989]

Nevermind vaccine mandates often comes at state level too. So much for "states right"

[@idontwantahandlethough]

@@chaiti1985 your parents probably did it for you. And maybe it varies for college? I don't remember doing so either, but then again maybe my Dad did it since he had those records at the time. (disregarding college, I can tell you for grade school and high school there are absolutely vaccine requirements. Even most private schools have them)

[@LDIndustries]

@@chaiti1985If you went to a public school, yes your parents actually did.

[@nicholasgallanis7539]

It's like using the term "pro-life" to get millions on board with removing their own access to reproductive healthcare. Saying they plan to defund schools with mandatory vaccines is how they plan on getting voters to have their own kid's public schools shut down. Sure the kids won't be required to get a vaccine but now the parents will be required to pay tuition to a for-profit entity on top of their high property taxes. Anything to "own the libs"

[@JK-ct7cs]

This world is absolutely insane right now. It really seems like history doesn't teach. I'm really sorry about the the situation in the US. I don't understand how this is not just an episode of black mirror, but it just isn't. I'm from Germany and the situation here and in Europe is also very concerning, but the in the US it's on another level. What have we come to?

[@forrelle0725]

That’s because they are watering down history and not teaching everything. They are trying to strip parts of history from the curriculum and it’s very damaging.

[@kot-duott]

History only teaches those who've lived it. It needs a repeat lesson every new generation.

[@aj1218]

Turn off the TV it is never as bad as the talking heads say

[@kvaka009]

​@@aj1218 until it is worse

[@gjesy69]

This is literally a propaganda show supporting globalist agendas, wake up

[@mathematicalfelony]

Coming back to this video to remember exactly how fucked we are

[@503leafy]

On the plus side John Oliver's next video should be great.

[@katesweeney9101]

​@@503leafy - And likely depressing

[@TheHolyRoller-b2z]

I found it hard to laugh at the humor in the wake of the election. But thankfully, John Oliver gets out the info that we really need to know. But it makes me wonder -- what will happen to shows like this? John Oliver might be happy to continue if they threaten him, but the more likely scenario is that they will threaten his family...the people in his life he loves. That seems to be the Hungarian model of overthrowing a country without firing a shot. Or they would just sue the show to death with baseless lawsuits in order to financially break it, or financially break Oliver, or both. It's not necessarily ruining your life with threats of death, but rather just ruining your life. It's unprecedented evil. And I fear it's going to get very very dark.

[@GigachudBDE]

Project 2025 is legitimately some of the most sinister stuff we’ve seen and they’re not even being subtle about it anymore.

[@SiRenfield]

When I heard he was talking about it I was like “FINALLY!!!” like it’s mind boggling that the mainstream media isn’t covering it more, especially Project 2025 alone is the reason why I am having none of that “both parties are the same” BS Update: Wow like the positive engagement with this one. I will take the moment to address the “WELL boTh PArties aRE The SAme ActUAlly”. I didn’t mean that in the sense of a liberal that thinks democrats are necessarily good (the way they’ve been handling Gaza is one good indicator), I meant that a leftist that views voting as damage control. And for the MFers that are insisting that liberals are fascists who secretly want their own Project 2025…okay, kindly prove it!

[@madhatter2695]

It is satire come alive

[@octavianjoseph8633]

​@@madhatter2695 .... Unfortunately.

[@gw6667]

​@@madhatter2695English much?

[@CorinnaD]

@marion882troll ??seems you post this link quite a lot.

[@qualifiedarmchaircritic]

I work at a university. My professor and boss values loyalty over competency. Everyone who still works there is miserable, the department is falling apart. Y'all want that to happen to an entire country? Ffs

[@embalancer6146]

its how the military has worked for years

[@Alan-cp1sb]

@@embalancer6146 The military is sworn to uphold the Constitution; the MAGAts want to shit on the Constitution. Slightly different things, there.

[@Grateful999]

I left a job I loved because of the same damn thing. It was a disaster.

[@alannabaker8293]

Russia does

[@embalancer6146]

@alannabaker8293 and how is that working out for them. Yes the government will function but it's capabilities will be severely crippled

[@BottoBobbs]

The clip at 4:10 is genuinely terrifying. Just ignore your politics and imagine someone giving a speech like this about any group of people with supporters holding signs saying "Peace Through Strength" in the background.

[@ADKaizenProductions]

Like some V for Vendetta shit.

[@cd2290]

Scary similar to things said by some very dangerous individuals in history. The ones involved in major wars.

[@amityislandchum]

You don't have to imagine it.. He's literally quoting Hitler.

[@cable7152]

How about the Klan Wizard King and his dating conversation starters.

[@NiarahHawthorne]

@@ADKaizenProductions Almost like V for Vendetta was about... fascism.

[@Kate-n2310]

Well…we’re all back here after the results huh? I am terrified & appalled.

[@probablyilliterate]

​@MaiaFia you have a Spanish username. If that's you in the photo, and this implies you're a latin woman for Trump? I feel sorry for you because he'll thank you for your vote and then betray you in the same breath. His core supporters and officials in his incoming administration hate you for existing. Why do you celebrate the pain of others when you yourself will certainly suffer sooner than later?

[@davechongle]

@MaiaFiacongratz, the physical representation of "go back to your country or speak english" is now president, specifically your country's leader and most powerful person AND you are his target. but youre celebrating? i sincerely hope you and yours will not suffer from this, but when you do, remember you wanted this.

[@davidjohn8743]

​@@davechonglesure did and we GOT IT. Pity though, the cackler had some good energy early on ha ha ha

[@tylermykal1952]

Enjoy your fascist. You have no clue what you just did. I hope you truly enjoy your own stupidity.

[@Kate-n2310]

@@tylermykal1952 me????

[@Wraith983]

As a government employee, I find this terrifying. We're already in a staffing crisis because they arent backfilling jobs. There's barely any continuity. And then project 2025 hits? All federal services could crumble and fall apart.

[@JohnDoe-jh5yr]

That is literally their goal. That's what "dismantling the administrative state" means.

[@jrhunt414]

Biden vax and mask mandates are the only reason govt is short staffed. You can’t tell everyone they will be fired on Christmas and expect them to ever work for you again.

[@elwhiteboy6865]

It's been happening. Government services have always been shit. Now it's shit along with people unwilling to work and leadership that is pathetic and in the unions pockets.

[@AlphaDogsSwag]

A staffing crisis, and I can't find a job? it's amazing to me how nothing makes sense anymore and nothing is logically meeting up... It's as if there's some sort of conspiracy where natural logic is being intentionally disturbed... With the capacity that Americans have in comparison to two generations ago we should be 50 times farther ahead than what my grandparents people were, however we are 50 times farther behind... That doesn't happen by accident... That has been designed and the sooner Americans wake up and smell the coffee, there may be hope that they can realign, to move forward down a better path

[@Wraith983]

@@AlphaDogsSwag I'm air traffic, we have 8k controllers and we're trying to hire for 15k. Usajobs is a great resource. Most of us are on 6 day work weeks and 10hr days for overtime because of the staffing shortages.

[@tuckerbowen4626]

Remember how we all used to call it "unrealistic" when movie villains told everyone their plan ahead of time? Edit: I KNOW HITLER DID THAT, TOO. DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT EVERYONE STILL SAYS IT.

[@SantinoDeluxe]

good times...

[@chizobamokeke9461]

For real!

[@Staci1994]

Movie villains were never this evil

[@reincarN8ed]

You sly dog! You caught me monologuing!

[@Wildfire201X_LIVE]

I guess it checks out if the villain has to work with an incompetent henchman

[@LokiTorvalds968]

The only negative thing i have to say about John Oliver is that he compared trump to Megatron. Megatron didn't deserve that sir.

[@ALTDOK667]

...Magatron.

[@PupcakesDogCare]

😅

[@Bloodlyshiva]

'Peace through conquest' is the basis of his ideology, when they've given him one. I think it's valid. Though top be fair, he's also turned his back on that.

[@Grizabeebles]

Anyone else excited for "Transformers One" coming out later this year? I want to see if they can pull off Megatron being a blue-collar mining bot turned charismatic revolutionary leader whose turn to evil and eventual robo-stalin comes from the fact that on his planet "the divine right of kings" is an objectively real thing.

[@Game_Hero]

IDK, he kinda abused Starscream a lot

[@051adam]

Really appreciate all the hard as hell frikkin work Mr. Oliver and his team put into the 2024 election decision... Absolutely great job! Thank you for providing more honesty through satire than most "news" outlets could ever dream of... and you do this so well, that few could ever watch your segments and say "that's a lie"! You all deserve proper recognition on a national scale by the next administration (in my opinion)!

[@eragon4249]

30 years of Fox News is what ruined the Republican Party. Thr war on Xmas, Muslims building Mosques, Obama put us in the 08 recession etc etc. All this and more fried the brains of so many in this country turning them bitter and hateful, xenophobic and bigoted.

[@Jojafox]

The "radical left" "inventing" trans people "just a few years ago" is an insult to the legacy of Magnus Hirschfeld - whose Berlin Institute for Sexology was sacked and its publications publically burned by the Nazis in 1933, partially because of the pioneer research the Institute had done in the fields of trans identities and trans rights. As a German, I take great offense at this.

[@asishreddy7729]

The fuck you on?😂

[@AludraEltaninAltair]

And intersex people have been a biological reality of humanity since long before anyone started recording history. It's always, always, always been more than just female or male.

[@jamesestelle7260]

Trump is saying never in history has there been a push to allow children to not only want to be transgender, but get surgery/hormone blockers as well. I grew up in the 90's and as a teen there were a few gay kids, but no one was "transgender" that term wasn't introduced UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO. So while, yes transgender people existed, the term was never used and kids weren't pushed to become transgender. Social media has made this a trend to be transgender, and some parents are pushing it for the publicity. Deny it all you want, but before TikTok 1 in a 10 million were transgender, now it's 1 in a million.

[@Lia-zw1ls7tz7o]

As a German trans woman, I also take offense to this and Trumps claim is also insulting to trans people themselves! Also, I fear for the lives of trans people if Trump wins and this project is implemented! And I also fear for pregnant people’s lives and their autonomy as well as for the lives of people of color and other marginalized groups.

[@tekbarrier]

Nevermind the fact that the very concept of being non-binary goes back literally thousands of years

[@leerubin4303]

It's amazing how a comedian actually gives us the real news. SCARY news, but real. THANKS John and CO.

[@tinkbell274]

Agreed, but sad because regardless of what maga & faux news try to say, mainstream media is owned by right wing billionaires who only care about their money and power. Pretty much like tRump but his money is smoke and mirrors, maga sheep donations, fraud, and grift.

[@danmurphy257]

I learn from the comedians, and laugh at the politicians. Something is wrong

[@jeremycheely6585]

@@danmurphy257 agree. I'm sure this person couldn't tell you what voting even means.

[@wmpx34]

@@jeremycheely6585doesn’t mean much within our plutocracy.

[@IDoThings490]

Yeah, the last wise people of the modern day all seem to be comedians

[@ImperfectXIII]

Never felt such a powerful combination of "urge to laugh" and "urge to vomit".

[@fluffbrain9832]

same reaction

[@anthonystach6434]

Same!

[@molybdaenmornell123hopp5]

Also an urge to vote for Biden as the only person with a realistic chance of stopping this happening by being elected. No-one else will has been near Trump's numbers for the past few years and it isn't changing. Trump hopes Democrats will vote for a third party because that wins him the election.

[@4emcarthur]

AMEN. Welcome to the world of a comedian who was even rejected by the British. That is very bad.

[@Misses-Hippy]

I just vomit now - funny bone broken by impending Holocaust.

[@chariotdrvr14]

People are quick to forget when Elon fired that 90% of staff, it immediately started falling apart. Remember when Elon begged some of them to return and then demanded that they work days so long that they had to sleep in the building. And to cap it all off, he failed to pay the rent and didn't buy toilet for the staff in that building. I would hate to envision a US government like that.

[@IdonttrustyouIreallyreallydont]

but hey, i can say the n word and cyberbully politicians so it's not all bad.

[@dans8857]

Right, then he hired back only what is necessary and it's working just fine. Incredible efficiency, exactly what should happen in government

[@chariotdrvr14]

@@dans8857 LOL! Geezus what childish retort, but no less than I'd expect from a bot account....and dismissive of the many functions and Twitter policies that went very blatantly and widely reported going wrong. It works now. If it had worked so well then he wouldn't have insisted that they virtually live at the place. Not to mention policies that Elon went back and forth on. He's impulsive, petty and childish. He's not a business or science "genius" by any stretch of the imagination. A fact reflected by the business devaluation of X and Tesla. But by all means promote these delusional fantasies...if that helps his sycophants sleep or orgasm at night...then have at it, trollbot.

[@chariotdrvr14]

@@dans8857 Nice delusional 'alternative facts' there, troll bot account!

[@dans8857]

@@chariotdrvr14 lol dismissing the truth doesn't mean it didn't happen

[@tommccutchan3508]

It is so demoralizing that “not enabling a totalitarian dictatorship” is not a bipartisan position.

[@matrixinterface]

Liberals are 100% fine with a totalitarian dictatorship. So long as it's their dictator.

[@erikbrock5444]

At this point I think it's fair to say that enabling totalitarian dictatorship IS the bipartisan position. Taylor-Green writes "say hi to mommy and daddy in H377, little Rasid" on a missile, Dark Brandon mails it to Benny, and Based Comrade Stein gets assaulted by a brick in a police uniform for standing with her fellow Americans in protest of what Benny does with it.

[@vkurtisw]

They say the same thing. The bullshit just preys upon their sensitivities. They only see the good of their side and the bad of ours

[@gericla]

I think not creating a totalitarian dictatorship HAS BECOME a bipartisan issue. We must pray that the Republican ranks that see it this way swell in number. From the great number of KZbin Short Videos I've seen of lifelong Republicans who voted Trump earlier who now declare against him, the vast majority of these are down with the urgency of voting Biden, save Paul Ryan. Hopefully by November even Paul will come around. Of course, simply not voting for Trump without voting for Biden is not the more effective course of action. Side note to Oliver and Co, pretty sure when Kissinger and Nixon met over Detente with the CCP leadership in the 1970s, they gushed over a perceived outcome of the Cultural Revolution that they really admired--the gutting of Chinese Civil Service (the nation from which Civil Service was first originated and practiced). Rumor has it they told their counterparts they aspired to follow suit. Had Nixon survived Watergate, there very well may have been a Project 1977 back in the day. Look it up?

[@ballparkjebusite]

@@vkurtiswlazy thinking. Do better

[@hannahschneyder6651]

German here. It's obvious what they want, and what they are. Don't go down that path, please.

[@Nunavit]

Jew here, I completely agree 🙏🙏🙏

[@tau4333]

I guess in November democracy dies slowly in the US. I hope that people in the EU will stand together, but I fear this disease of populist far-right pseudo-conservatism will split the EU into many impotent small countries. Exactly what Russia, China and the US of Trumpistan wants.

[@Matthias-sl6jr]

Most Europeaπ socialist/democracy closer to πazi Germaπ¥,socialism was western European way of defending against easternbloc communism,BerπieSaπders is closer equivalent to πaziGermaπ¥ ironically hes ✓ew¥$hTrump makes me think more eastern bloc communist like Ni¢olae ¢eaușes©u.Why he gets along so well with K|m.

[@sicfrynut]

it's the old story of the wealthy don't want to share.

[@DonBelial]

German here. Looking forward to Trump 2.0 😊

[@majl7917]

America is like the Titanic. Too big to turn, too slow to react, in denial about sinking, and there aren't enough life boats for everyone.

[@REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI]

And the only difference is one hit the iceberg and sunk and the other one is about to hit the iceberg, but we may be able to turn the ship slightly to the left to avoid it.

[@davidsmith-uw2ci]

Great analogy

[@margaretmcglynn5077]

​@@REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI The ship has been listing right since the 60s. Hard left. Stat.

[@ScramJett]

And the only solution we ever seem to get is “which way should we arrange the deck chairs?”

[@AdrianColley]

Nearly half the passengers are cheering the iceberg, because they believe it's only the other half who will suffer.

[@byrons6123]

I watched this before the election and rewatched it minutes ago. It's so frustrating to see that most of the voters in this country decided to hop onto the Titanic again despite the advance warnings. What an excruciating 4 years this will be.

[@cyberen]

Yeah it's everyone else that's stupid, not you.

[@TOSkwar22]

If you're looking at this and getting scared, then do a few things to make it less likely any of this comes to pass. Check your voter registration, make sure you're registered. Look into methods to get politically active in your community. Textbank, phonebank, canvas if you can, work with local, state, and national political campaigns to get out the vote and make sure none of this horrific stuff is ever allowed to happen.

[@naciremasti]

And don't vote Democrat.

[@asishreddy7729]

Not at all, I’m actually loving what trump says, I’m grateful to John for showing me what I needed to like Trump more and more.

[@Halvblodsprinsen100]

As a non american that is still worried about Drumpf becoming president again, what can i do?

[@naciremasti]

@@Halvblodsprinsen100 nothing. Your opinion doesn't matter.

[@benhoskins4719]

​@@naciremastiIf you're voting for Trump, you'll be irrelevant soon enough.

[@ChoppedCheeese]

This is what decades of gutting the department of education has gotten us 🤦‍♂️

[@mapples007]

It was an smart plan. Keep the masses idiots and they are easy to control. Perfect example is MTG in congress.🤡

[@dilmeral]

Absolutely Very targeted aim by republicans

[@mtn1793]

Yes but more like what 50 years of right wing media looks like. Massive misinformation and miseducation.

[@jamesjarvis2373]

They've been after public education at it at all levels of government for decades, ever since desegregation.

[@lovinlife9648]

I believe that is the plan.

[@drewbehringer]

This is terrifying, and I hate that it's essentially being screamed into a vacuum.

[@andreah6379]

Dumpty & his mafia know that our media in US is owned by virtually all reichwing billionaires and greedy reichwing-leaning uber rich. Leftwing thought the mere announcement of this vile nightmarish plan would be heard by all Americans but that's exactly why Dumpty can brag about it while all FOX, OAN, RAV, Newsmax watchers can deny it til the cows come home.

[@Donny_Double_Dip]

And people were terrified of Biden. And of Trump the first time. We basically got out of wars and the economy has been fine besides effects from the pandemic. Don’t be too worried.

[@timothy199662002]

its all brain washing BS.

[@Cooz-h1l]

@@Donny_Double_Dip the economy is not fine. Gas is through the roof, groceries are out of control, there’s no livable wage especially minimum wage and most companies won’t pay anyone a decent amount. You need to open your eyes

[@Donny_Double_Dip]

@@Cooz-h1l well if that’s what you’re struggling with then you shouldn’t want Biden. For as annoying as Trump was, things were affordable and the economy was great prior to COVID. Biden swung way too far the other way to make sure he was different than Trump.

[@Diphyidae]

Anyone else have on and off nausea and a headache for the last couple days or just me?

[@nishanacht]

'We need to be better than this. We need to be better than all of this'

[@tcherrington]

We need to vote Blue is what we need.

[@maryford650]

We are better than this

[@xenotiic8356]

@@tcherrington This goes beyond voting blue. After this election, a real alternative needs to be proposed. "Not Trump" is a failing message as the lower voter interest this time around is showing. Whether this means radical change in the Democratic Party, or a new party to arise, something has to give. If Project 2025 is killed, a Project 2029 will be in its place. A positive alternative must be born.

[@Alaryicjude]

I wish we were better than this but "if we learn one thing from history it's that we learn nothing from history."

[@kylemvanover]

Imagine if we could vote for someone other than these two. What if there were other options? What if the “media” covered other candidates and political parties. What if the political parties actually had meaningful primary elections to select the best candidates, instead of hand picking a candidate after a handful of states like Iowa and NewHampshire had voted?

[@VictorRing]

I've been avoiding watching this for three weeks, because I'm from Europe and being helpless against any of this makes me feel incredibly frustrated, but I figured it was time to find out the details, and oh boy was I right

[@bovinityleak2066]

I put off watching it too. Didnt think i could stomach hearing it but John Oliver gives you the spoon full of sugar that helps the medicine go down!

[@therealdasina]

Same.. it’s no comparison in how urgent and huge it is but we should also take a closer look at the EU government/commission. So much stuff going so wrong and it’s seems like it’s to boring (which feels more like the whole commission being very intransparent) for media channels to report on and for people to be interested in. But we really should take a bigger interest and try to make even a small impact where we can.. Sending hope and hugs🫂

[@norasalgado9739]

I have been avoiding this stuff for months. It looked pretty bleak until a few days ago but I have to keep reminding myself that democracies are continually being challenged from the inside and most survive. Most...

[@lsobbi]

I’ve also put off watching this…but it is because I do live in the USA and I see SO many people around me emphatically supporting Trump in an extremely brainwashed way, ready to vote against their own interests (and health and safety) again, and there is nothing I can do to stop it. It is especially frustrating as a Canadian who grew up with so many of benefits that they are fighting against, and knowing how much better their lives could be. But they just won’t listen or believe it. And then we get stuck with the consequences. Pray hard and send positive energy please!

[@Nancyr-x8o]

@@VictorRing the best breakdown of this is on youtube on i heart radio and dont worry Europe, with Kamala we’re going to win Bigly and she’ll make sure Ukraine gets support 👋😁😈👊👊🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️

[@pixelperfect1729]

27:58 "If Trump's first term was defined by chaos, his second could be defined by ruthless efficiency." That quote gives me chills.

[@edwardhyde4861]

it's ok, you have nothing to worry about - he couldnt even be efficient with a match & a striker

[@alexhanna2445]

@@edwardhyde4861 it's not him being efficient to worry about (because you're right he'd never be able to) - it's his entire army of conservatives at federal, state, and local levels with this playbook

[@bluemoyie8618]

"ruthless efficiency" .... doesn't everyone remember dictatorial, autocratic and repressive regimes from the past ?

[@Ominousheat]

Far-Right conservatism is constantly looking for a final solution.

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

I hope he’s wrong, for all our sakes.

[@bettygreenhansen]

Well…here we are. Good luck, America. We tried. 💙

[@jakobbauz]

Please do not sink into fascism, America. 🙏 It is in your hands. There is a clear right and a clear wrong here. Act on it. Please. Good luck, all the best (from Germany)

[@bjam89]

They already have sunk into it

[@jakobbauz]

@@bjam89 No, they have not. What an unreasonable thing to say! Fascism is a real thing, you know; and it is important to speak about it in an actually reasonable way.

[@bjam89]

@@jakobbauz i know it is a real thing, and they already have gotten far into it. For fecks sake they have Nazis doing parades, multiple ones. They have had a coup on their government buildings. They have passed laws. They have had book bans

[@annyjones7228]

​@@jakobbauzWell Trump kind of is a fascist or at least he really really really wants to be one.

[@hanifarroisimukhlis5989]

Reminder: Hitler's policies is inspired by american racism. So y'all be damn sure not to fall this time.

[@jamesdavid6451]

"A massive exodus of competence" pretty much sums it all up

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

This explains everything about the way humanity functions as a global whole. Egos, narcissism, popularity, power, wealth, and "image" are all that matter. Ethics? MEANINGLESS. Science and logic? Both are for pü§§1€$. Experience? It can be quipped away with a quippy quip. For, let us not forget the most astute Chump quote of all from early 2020 (regarding COVID-19)... *"It will go away like things go away."* --Ronald McChumperino

[@Keyboardscholar]

Not just in federal jobs but immigration system as well

[@Stadtpark90]

Prepare for 40 years in the desert, and some more dancing around the golden calf…

[@NiarahHawthorne]

@@Stadtpark90 I'm gonna be too busy dying in a prison camp for existing while trans, queer, leftist, disabled, etc. but I appreciate the thought.

[@meredithburton7918]

Massive exodus of competence already occurred in the Republican party.

[@Realidyne]

It's sadly getting harder and harder to laugh at what is at stake.

[@nancythecat1079]

Yes, I have been too frightened to laugh for some time now. Things are not okay.

[@FrankedlyDoodley]

it should have been impossible day 0 , but the fucken late night "comedy" circuits kept everyone docile

[@egg_timer]

Idiocracy is funny until it isn't.

[@brandex2011]

Yup! I can't do much more than 30 seconds now. Thank goodness for cat/red panda/giant panda/baby cow videos - and Tums.

[@ashley_biden]

Because his 1st term was such an apocalypse?

[@addisonoberg3588]

Good luck USA. Thoughts and prayers

[@donnaflores2166]

Thank you! ❤

[@racool911]

I saw a tiktok with some dude and his comments praising that Trump said he'll remove federal income tax and replace it with tariffs, because "that's how it was before 1860". Common sense is dead

[@jordanwhite352]

God, it seems like every couple of generations. There's a new group of political morons who have an absolute boner of removing the federal income tax and their solution is always to replace it with tariffs. It's like that one guy in the relationship always insisting on anal sex whenever he can.

[@vsznry]

in christians

[@JacquelineUnderwood]

@@vsznry maga peeps aren't only Christians, and not all christians are maga. Let's not make this what it isn't

[@uss_04]

And the savvy rich will find a way to avoid paying tariffs anyway

[@franktank1984]

the person who said that is definitely smarter than you.

[@Kfroguar]

Shout out to the one guy who got really excited about Megatron. A bright spot in a dark episode, truly.

[@8__vv__8]

🎉

[@richarddakazo2878]

It's also grimly funny to me that they claim they want to wipe out fascists when their whole plan is as fascist as it gets

[@dan_hitchman007]

It's called PROJECTION.

[@CrystalBearer20]

See, that's the neat part: It's not facism if you like what's happening

[@bobloblaw3585]

Sorry which politicians are in collusion with corporations? That's facism

[@aryaastark9201]

​@@bobloblaw3585No it's not dummy. 🙄🙄

[@JohnRider]

@@dan_hitchman007yes it is. And it’s been surprisingly effective for their propo team, considering it’s not really any more mature than playground taunts. 😢😢

[@Ram-xq7jf]

Great time for a refresher

[@reilen4359]

Thanks, John. I tell my wife when she gets anxious about where all this is going, that it's all going to be ok, but this is making it a lot harder to think that. Thanks for the wake up call, you are doing amazing work.

[@mysticgeneie4668]

He’s doing shit work and, yeah, hope wifey will live 😂

[@Apocalypse3434]

From the time I was a kid to well into my adulthood I couldn't grasp how a developed, industrialized, civilized country like Germany could allow someone like Hitler to come to power in the early 20th century. Because of the Trump movement starting around 2015 I can say I now understand.

[@ayamira8589]

German here, and I can only say: same. Although I had a great history teacher who really analysed with us kids how it all could happen, I never truly understood how the people could be so blind and cruel. Now that we see it happen again in real time, I guess the mystery is being solved: Because humanity is just like that. Most people cannot, or do not want to, deal with complex problems. They want easy solutions and if someone is promising them that just by virtue of their skin colour or faith or whatever other arbitrary reason they will be the absolute winners and more important than anyone else, they'll blindly follow that person/party. And if that person/party tells them that others are vermin and don't deserve to live, they will cheer them on. I always believed that knowing what happened under Hitler, what is happening everywhere around the world in dictatorships would make sure something like that would never happen again. Well, I was wrong. Those who lived through the terrors are mostly dead now, the knowledge of their pain is being actively forgotten and the terror is being embraced once more.

[@papito8273]

​@@ayamira8589we had a couple good years of humanism ,democracy and freedom. Now the stupid majority are right back to supporting these conservative authoritarian types in mass. It's really sad.

[@ashley_biden]

The same way millions of people elected a man who showered with his daughter, Ashley Biden.

[@lukasjohansson2297]

LOL man you are so brainwashed it's crazy

[@lukasjohansson2297]

@@ayamira8589 how brainwashed can you possible be my god?

[@quinnmccoy3012]

This episode was a good reminder that my anxiety is actually completely justified

[@jeanneganrude8549]

Mine’s been on “overwhelmed” ever since I first heard of their creepy project. And after Roger Stone’s secrets for “controlling” the election was released I’m afraid to even check my BP. 😳

[@RPlavo]

Yes, Trump is leading in the polls

[@rtindal]

You and me both!!!

[@lajohnson1967]

@@RPlavo-No he’s not. Check the actual polls.

[@DoyleHargraves]

You better wake up. Biden has us on the very brink of ww3, and you are worried about Trump getting elected.....

[@justtheaverageone3840]

I pity the 47,5% that didn't vote for him but for everybody else, whatever happens in the next 4 years is exactly what the people voted for

[@mediocreman6323]

Here in Austria, in history class, we learn that nobody took Mein Kampf seriously either…

[@spongeintheshoe]

Except for the people who looked at it and said “Finally, a candidate who talks about the _real_ issues!”

[@luckycatOG]

Y'know... I just decided I'm finally going to force myself to read that book. Two immediate things cropped up. First: published in 1925. So 'Project 1925' if you will.... Secondly: the long title the book originally had translates to "Four and a half years of Struggle against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice". His publisher Max Amann suggested he shorten it to "My Struggle". But it really is a copy/paste of Trump banging on about his 'unfair trials' every time the justice system tries to stop him. I haven't even downloaded the book yet but the vibe that history is repeating itself is scaring the bejesus out of me.

[@genesises]

@@luckycatOG what the fuck man lol

[@dublindutch6346]

​@@spongeintheshoenot entirely, the book came a little later, during his house arrest. He still was in the minority, but that minority was extremely violent and vocal. The book dialled that to eleven, and well, we know the rest 😢

[@danielzak4405]

It pushes myself through most of Mein Kampf, but really y isn't worth it. Except for for the intro, most of it is pretty vague and incoherent, often circular. I was like 75% through when I realised I hadn't actually gained any insight into his ideology. ​@@luckycatOG

[@Jennyfeather_22]

John, please keep on reporting on Project 2025. Americans have NO idea what this will do to our lives.

[@briobarb8525]

AMEN!!!

[@mikegreenhalgh5839]

Was first published 5/6/92, ur worried NOW?

[@norasalgado9739]

@@mikegreenhalgh5839 Republicans weren't as crazy back then.

[@georgecortes853]

Published and acted upon are very different. They will push this agenda. And im a conservative saying this. 100 percent trump will pander to these dumb Christians.. man do i wish christopher hitchens was still alive​@mikegreenhalgh5839

[@Nancyr-x8o]

agreed but it needs to be on national television and broadcast to everyone

[@sameasme2]

America, this is not a drill.

[@Virtual_Citizens_Gaming]

Exactly, people are waking up that Biden is a joke, no matter what this shitty lefty shows try to say. This is not a drill.

[@paavobergmann4920]

General Quarters, General Quarters. All hands man your polling booths. The route of travel is forward and up to starboard, down and aft to port. Set material condition 'blue' throughout the election. Reason for General Quarters: Inbound hostile candidate. No, seriously, as a german, this is giving me nightmares. We dropped the ball big time in 1933, and my generation had a hard time wrapping our heads around the fact in school. Watching it unfold in the evening news is nothing short of terrifying.

[@Mcree114]

"But Gaza tho..." They retort while ignoring that many times more people will suffer greatly from a Trump 2nd term and Palestine even worse somehow.

[@piotrswat169]

LOL it wont be enough.Funny to watch the far left going crazy here.LOL

[@ArenaRat-xd8fu]

Exactly, trump 2024

[@SomewhatDapperExtraterrestrial]

We're so fucked

[@Squadron_Bodron]

This is karma for threatening to withdraw Arms from Israel. America shouldn’t have flirted with antisemitism.

[@uday143kiran]

Loyalty over talent?? Perfect recipe for a disaster

[@bretttheillustrator]

show me the talent in the biden admin as they screw up the entire country

[@firegal21]

race and sex over merit is a bigger disaster

[@Smedley1947]

Both the Chinese communists and the Nazis tried that. Worked okay for a while but•••••

[@martiwaterman1437]

@@firegal21What is the evidence for your assertion?

[@outmywritemind1739]

​@@firegal21true, however that's not happening in America, you're just a bigot

[@Xix1326]

Vance said it out loud in the part of the Cat Lady interview that the media is ignoring. He talked about how to have a "healthy RULING CLASS"!

[@harrylening7540]

Vote. Them. Out. Those. Republicans Till. Trump. And. These. White. Church. Nationalists . Project. 2025. Down

[@harrylening7540]

Boooooooo!!!!

[@tadam2397]

Correction, he or them, never tell or say complete sentence what they or he are going to due. Only working on it or this is on a later topic or soon to you'll know soon. Lmfao!

[@vitaledarimochi5652]

He's Thiel's puppy, which in his turn his even more extreme than Musk. Those guys are dangerous.

[@Marty-ek1pw]

trumps version of ruling class is all white supremecists. And the minorities are the slaves. Gee makes me want to brake the law become a repugnican and keep breaking the law. NOT!!!!!!

[@omgitzpaige2013]

i just don’t understand why they’re so dead set on making everyone miserable

[@sharon7382]

Power and money

[@erikfreeman2472]

only the bottom 99%.....

[@luckystrikeluke]

Glad the democrats didn’t make anyone miserable

[@Brother_Webb]

@luckystrikeluke oh please. democrats can't even put kids in cages. Trump 2024 amirite

[@09daniscool]

​@@luckystrikelukeyour perception of misery has been propagandized into your head. That's not the same as Republicans making actual material conditions that lead to measurable suffering.

[@michaellee4463]

Guys, I think we're cooked

[@veerrathore2686]

It's so over

[@michaellee4463]

@@veerrathore2686 It's so Joever

[@Pan-demic]

@@michaellee4463 Inflation right now, 2.4%, down from an insane high of 9% under Biden in 2022. (Close to 2% ideal and same as 2.5% annual average of u.s inflation rates from 1989 - 2019) All the while, real wages over the last four years have increased 26.3% in comparison to price increases of 21.4%! The private sector prime-age employment rate is essentially at an all-time high, at 69.5% “Most importantly, inflation-adjusted wage growth has been strongest for the lowest-income workers, whose real wages are 16 percent higher than they were before the pandemic.* Wage growth for low-income working Americans has been so much stronger than for other groups that it has led to a decline in wage inequality, undoing roughly one-third of its growth since 1980-right before Ronald Reagan became president.” Furthermore, GDP is 2.4% above pre-COVID-19 Projection and 1.6% above pre-Biden-Harris projection! Besting many of the predictions of economists! In 2015, the economic policy institute released a report saying that wages were stagnating, but thankfully they’re at a historical high! Wage Stagnation in Nine Charts, report • By Lawrence Mishel, Elise Gould, and Josh Bivens • January 6, 2015 Per 2020 - 2024 data from Americans’ Wages Are Higher Than They Have Ever Been, and Employment Is Near Its All-Time High, American Progress Dot org In conclusion, the economic incentives to support Trump are BS, and 23 Nobel prize-winning economists have said that Harris’ plan is basically infinitely better 23 Nobel Prize-winning economists call Harris’ economic plan ‘vastly superior’ to Trump’s, By Phil Mattingly, CNN, Oct 23, 2024

[@Glast04]

Man it’s not looking good. How are so many people so unaware 😭

[@shripadbhagwat6566]

​@@Glast04they are aware. They just dont care.

[@McMxxCiV]

I wish for once the show didn't end on something lightening the mood. For anybody who's studied how fascism and nazism rose to power in Europe, all alarm bells are ringing.

[@arjunarman5814]

Agreed, but because in the end this is entertainment they have to bring in a laugh. The piece wouldn't have shown up on many people's feeds if wasn't. It is a dire warning that SHOULD be serious but would not be watched unless it included MILFs. There isn't anything to laugh about anymore.

[@m6a6t6t2]

The Christian nationalism is oddly similar the 1930s germany

[@aedwardsss]

I’m glad the whole thing made me uncomfortable and a little disgusted.

[@G3r4pro]

When did we loose a world War? And become one race country😂 you guys are reaching

[@JJ-M]

@@G3r4pro You think Germany was ever a one race country? Or that they were strictly motivated by revenge for Versailles? Fuck me, the education system in this country is depressingly bad.

[@Muzikrazy213]

I read about this nightmare in a very thorough article over a year ago when they had a whole BOOTH at an Iowa State Fair. I've been telling everyone who will listen about it. I also know it's a lot so very glad John got to it to add some funnies to make it SLIGHTLY more palatable.

[@esterjoy7534]

Can you share the article please? This is mind blowing 🤯

[@johnhenninger1980]

a whole booth........................

[@josephweaver9873]

I'm sorry about your down syndrome

[@redefiningmyself8598]

​@@esterjoy7534 just look up Project 2025 and you will learn. There are informative videos as well.

[@nothingleft08]

In the end it was never the robots we needed to worry about. It was other humans.

[@nevadataylor]

Not 'humans', but 'capitalists'.

[@commode7x]

@@nevadataylor They're neither human nor capitalist.

[@Tyler_Gomola]

At this point I think the robots are right.

[@williampatterson1795]

rightl the most brain dead STUPID humans we could possibly imagine in a horrible nightmare aka the orange tiny toadstool

[@sarahmeyers1773]

Yeah. I summit to the robots. Plug me in.

[@tinasuarez]

I just watched this 2 days after the election and that was a big mistake. It was like watching Contagion or Outbreak in March 2020. I am now legit terrified. 😳

[@waynemcintosh616]

I wasn't gonna watch this episode because I thought it would just depress me but you made it light-hearted and funny and I appreciate that very much thank you John

[@TheErikaShow]

Seriously….John Oliver has talked me down from the ledge many times!😂 I wish he could have taught me algebra🤓

[@lorn4867]

Well said. Oliver's joke "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?" was top-tier 🤌🏽 😂

[@JaNouWatIkVind]

Gosh I hope you still feel that way.

[@colintimp1372]

Eliminating a bureaucracy with a bureaucracy. Reminds me of Rick and Morty. "You're so afraid of the Government, you went and formed a stupid Government."

[@TheEviltaco666]

Sometimes R&M be cookin

[@Chemically_Induced]

you could have just referenced every communist country ever, rather than a Reddit tier Rick and Morty reference.

[@jordanmurray410]

Yeah that's Trump in a nutshell 😂

[@jlev1028]

​@@Chemically_InducedThat's all you rightwingers care about, huh? Whether something's "communist" or not?

[@TiredInTenn]

@@jlev1028 Don't be silly. Right wingers aren't educated enough to actually know what "communism" means.

[@bardylon]

Watching the US heading into the 2024 election is like watching a train heading full speed towards a giant derailment. It’s beyond belief that Trump could be leading at the polls. It’s as if half the country just wants to see the world burn. Unfortunately the outcome of US elections are felt around the globe.

[@ChrisFucsik]

So you’ll vote for Biden again??

[@YuryIlinsky]

Basically US has the same issue as Russia - you came to vote and have nobody to vote for.

[@RawDawgRandy]

No… it’s as if half the country is tired of putting out the world’s fires.

[@Frankoman64]

We have a lot of awful, awful people in this country that actively support trump BECAUSE of how shitty and evil he is. Its astonishing

[@FaeQueenCory]

⚪ people love ⚪ supremacy. It has always been so.

[@supernovatv9514]

God help us all

[@tymera]

🫂 You are not alone, not anymore.

[@jennifergibbs7481]

Thank you for covering this! The amount of people that don’t know is astounding

[@matthewm8021]

I doubt this will read the people who need to hear it. Even if it did, they wouldn’t listen anyway.

[@justpassingthrough...2492]

@@matthewm8021 Yes. They know JO is "left wing" -- or so they're told. Foxacholics treat it like the plague.

[@brdnrd]

The number of people who say "amount of people" is also astounding.

[@gorak9000]

This definitely needs wider coverage, vs the "what gaff did they make today" coverage that dominates everything. Smart people know the gaff factory is just a distraction from what's really going on behind the scenes, but until you see or hear about project 2025, you don't realize what's going on behind the scenes is so sinister and terrifying. After watching this episode, I'm more frightened than ever about november. Thanks John

[@hadara69]

Dude, I literally get called a troll or even "Conspiracy Theorist" for referencing it! It hasn't reached NEARLY enough people and that's gotta be by design, tbh....

[@jonescity]

Given the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential "immunity" this video was foreshadowing...

[@e-ben616]

I swear I came back to this after the SCOTUS ruling.

[@nutmegriot209]

shows how fast things can happen, especially when people aren’t paying attention

[@jonathanperez1212]

​@@nutmegriot209 Yup hence y we say go and vote

[@TheJacklikesvideos]

we really going to pretend the "radical" judges said anything our legal documents haven't always said? what do you even think their 'decision' was?

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Yep, and now there's the follow-up: _You don't have to vote, I've already got more votes than anybody months before the ballots open._ Sure, that doesn't look like dismanteling democracy *at all* .

[@sirdeadlock]

Remember: you're voting for the administration, not just the president.

[@asishreddy7729]

Is this what y’all are pushing now? TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 2024😂

[@tilltronje1623]

That makes it worse

[@johndawn6951]

​@@asishreddy7729 So you're just here to upset people?

[@tomholroyd7519]

I really wonder, if Trump had an accident and died, who would step up to take his place?

[@gefaehrlich]

Pushing ?! ​@@asishreddy7729

[@JorgeGeog]

I can't wait for a Stupid Watergate part III 😂

[@amityislandchum]

Kimberly Guilfoyle is a real-life version of how South Park draws female celebrities they don't like.

[@e.b.dixonjr.867]

You nailed it

[@Psychohistorian42]

We are so far past the ability to use satire anymore.

[@bkr1895]

She looks like their version of Caitlyn Jenner.

[@Hexanitrobenzene]

It's hard to find a more fake looking person...

[@buickryan88]

YOOOOO THATS what she looks like i couldnt put my finger on it, now i cant unsee that shit😂😂😂

[@frenchcookie42]

As a student of history, it's nearly always the second run up that actually kicks things off. It's very concerning.

[@horrorjunky4life50]

Isn't that how Hitler came into power?

[@sytherwusky]

@@horrorjunky4life50 yeah the nazis seduced the people at the time of having an dictator

[@Kaotiqua]

Vote Blue, across the board. Local State and Federal. Your Vote MATTERS. The polls are skewed to the right because nobody under 60 answers calls from unlisted numbers in the middle of a workday, and the media is using that to fuel scare-mongered ratings. There were enough to win in 2020, and there are ENOUGH OF US TO WIN in 2024.

[@TuxedoMasc]

​@@horrorjunky4life50 Why yes, it *is* how that happened.

[@watamatafoyu]

I mean, Germany became a fairly stable and compassionate country to its citizens after Hitler was ousted, so maybe all it'll take for the USA is a dictator and global warming chaos 🤔

[@ullrich]

With NOAA and the NWS, we have some of the best and most comprehensive weather forecasting and coverage in the world and every year it saves countless lives. The idea of politicizing that is terrifying, especially with the reality of climate change.

[@ButteredToits-]

not just politicizing it but also making it a pay service. start thinking of having national/local weather alerts paywalled. really dumb/scary stuff.

[@amelliamendel2227]

Meh, AI could do it

[@Raequorum]

​@@amelliamendel2227 AI as with a human needs access to the satellites these services have. So no a random AI cannot do it.

[@amelliamendel2227]

@@Raequorum twas a joke my man, have a good day

[@Raequorum]

@@amelliamendel2227 Sorryyy, tend to take things literally to my own detriment. You're good, sorry again. :(

[@wallacerose8663]

I'm scared for the world now more than ever. Climate change, the global economy, women's rights, immigrants to the US, and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are all likely to suffer from this calamitous election. As an Aussie, I worry deeply that our own far-right factions will feel empowered with our next federal election coming in 2025. One thing I have to say about Trump is that he got millions (if not tens of millions) of people interested in politics and voting who probably weren't before he came along. People who I think are largely unlikely to stay interested or involved in politics after he is gone. There's a distinct likelihood the next four years are going to be bad. If we can ride it out, I'm hopeful for what happens after.

[@vergeofnervousbreakdown2605]

My fellow Republicans, our grandfathers fought and died to end fascism. We can vote for a Democrat.

[@nonamebrojones5545]

@@shaunmalay4165 RFK Jr is seriously damaged goods. He's even more screwed up than Trump, by a mile!

[@joleneplourde9885]

@@shaunmalay4165then you get tRump if you vote for RFK dummy😮

[@annking1576]

@shaunmalay4165. Sorry, he doesn't stand a chance of winning.

[@susanhawkins5643]

@@shaunmalay4165RFK Jr. is so unhinged that his entire family has come out against him. You’re also effectively supporting Trump if you vote for him. Vote against authoritarianism and your loss of rights by voting for a man who believes in freedom and democracy: Biden.

[@kjh111059mckooster]

Very wise. It's not about party. When you get up to go to work, do you get dressed, eat breakfast, do your job, as a republican, or, democrat? Or, do you do all that as a human being? If you answered human being, then vote like one too.

[@OCGal78]

Thank you John Oliver! This needs to be shared far and wide.

[@trackdork444]

more people need to see this. Many aren't voting, they don't think it matters. But it will make a huge difference

[@JackieRamason]

I'm 15 minutes in and don't see anything alarming. What's a specific problem?

[@trysometruth]

@@JackieRamason If the idea of a Project with the goal of changing norms so that a huge swath of government department personnel that in previous administrations were expected to use their education and expertise to do the best for the American people becoming political hires, required to be dedicated to a new course of action: only do what's best for the president politically, or simply to bend to his whims _doesn't bother you,_ then I dunno, maybe go back to the beginning and watch the thing again.

[@bigcountryV]

Hell yea. We need trump man

[@jordanalexander5275]

Many aren't voting because we are upset with BOTH choices. It's almost like dems prefer trump.

[@josec439]

It really doesn’t matter, electoral votes matter

[@natechampchurch]

I wish this would have been required viewing for everyone before they went into a voting booth 😓

[@AliCatGtz]

Right??

[@davidjohn8743]

Wouldn't that be cruel and unusual punishment?

[@donnaturner4939]

I’ve only read the first 200 pages and am already horrified. Thank you for the rundown. The one about expanded military recruiting in high schools and all students being required to take the standard battery of tests for military entry bothered me. The talk about subjugation of women into household only rolls really ticked me off.

[@jcsv12345]

Handmaid's Tale

[@trevormiller1637]

You like this thing we got going on here in America? Freedom of speech and religion? Freedom to CHOOSE? Then get your ass to the voting booth.

[@carmen3091]

Trump 2024

[@jlingo6371]

@@trevormiller1637 I can’t tell if this is trolling. democrats hate free speech and they hate religion.

[@thomascolbert2687]

Joe Biden chose his SCOTUS nominee from a racially, biologically segregated list of people: No Whites, Browns, Natives, Asians allowed. And especially no men allowed. Add this to our racially segregated university dorms. Now, please talk to me about losing our freedoms.

[@razgriz2007]

​@@carmen3091lol, what? You a bot or something?

[@Ninetailsmaster16]

@@razgriz2007 worse. an attention seeker.

[@squid1712]

Reminder that Chernobyl became what it is through unchecked yes men and incompetence.

[@ecosta]

Now imagine that with the country with the largest nuclear energy farm and nuclear weapon stock

[@krugerfuchs]

Pripyat chernobyl is 10 miles away the plant was for the chernobyl region been to both

[@Reptex_cs]

Do you prefer a senile man carrying the button?

[@Resi1ience]

Ooooh boy. That puts into perspective how bad this is.

[@DaxCyro]

I would say this applied to most of Soviet. People would literally vanish (body and any evidence of their existance) purely on disagree with the wrong commanders.

[@dnr8993]

Here we gooooooo. Like a roller coaster without any restraints. Hold onto your butts!!!!

[@brlopwn]

I put off watching this because i knew it would be tough to watch. Thank you all for communicating this with the gravity it requires!

[@Gogoroth2]

I didn't watch it until December. It's a very tough watch

[@TheRealXatious]

Schedule F is quite literally a fascist policy 😭 it’s just ironic that is schedule “f”

[@vitaledarimochi5652]

And it's a fu****g suicide. I mean, you want to ban abortion and raise the birthrate? It's fascist but you at least have a point, there's a need for more births (which can be done through immigration btw). But schedule F has no point, they will condamn the land to inefficiency and slowly to it's total failure. Btw, awesome that this wants to be done by the same people who forgot to hire a staff for that. I mean, they already showed they're not capable, but still they want even more responsability. 😂

[@TampaDave]

"F America" is what it says to me.

[@kdavidsmith1]

"History doesn't repeat, but it Rhymes." A lot of this effort sounds very familiar, and thank you Jon for reminding everyone that it doesn't and won't end with TFG.

[@kurthill9070]

At the height of Rome, they had theatrical playwrights, gladiator matches, and the Republic. Nowadays, we have Hollywood, Superbowl, and the bipartisan governmental system. Nothing's changed!

[@gilescosgrove3933]

Well now seems as good as time as any to watch this

[@nienke7713]

They read/watched the handmaid's tale and thought "damn, that's a utopia we should strive for"

[@toritori5835]

The religious right sure does.

[@nienke7713]

​@@toritori5835that does seem to be the main crowd behind that project2025

[@drummertp12]

Reminds me of the "we finnaly build the torment nexus from the beloved dystopia novel 'don't build the torment nexus' " meme, just for republicans this time.

[@hanifarroisimukhlis5989]

And _c@ttlemaster_ too (ok that one, uhhh don't read it while working)

[@ilovemydog240]

They probably think that about Russia too.

[@cynthiaruffino5384]

Thank you John Oliver for spreading this message. We need to share this with everyone we know

[@josephweaver9873]

Hopefullly you only know 12 of your cats

[@HidinRebel]

@@josephweaver9873 More than likely ate the cats and then let the government controlled friends know.

[@MyTagYourIt]

@@josephweaver9873be nice

[@Jonnybravo589]

I’m independent and usually take JO’s takes with a grain of biased salt. But this does sound alarm bells off. I wouldn’t ever vote Trump and had no plans to vote Biden but now I am rethinking that. Can’t you liberals put out anyone else?

[@kathygann7632]

@@Jonnybravo589How about a black woman?

[@blackwolfe638]

It's not funny, it's a fucking nightmare.

[@mugogrog]

Just imagine watching it unfurl as a person whose life will be affected by it deeply, geopolitically, and being able to do absolutely nothing about it. At least as an American you can take action and more importantly, vote and make sure everyone you know does as well.

[@candiceleerobey8360]

@@mugogrogI’m doing what I can, recognizing the importance of this election worldwide, yet my husband and I are wondering what we do if he’s reelected. We’ve both been outspoken critics and the highest court in our country just granted him broad immunity from criminal prosecution yesterday.

[@mugogrog]

@@candiceleerobey8360 Yeah, I know, it's completely insane. You keep on being outspoken, keep with the facts and that's basicly what you can do.

[@nitaweitzel822]

Who is that chick with weird lips,?

[@Andrew-sj9tr]

You should learn about Hell if you wanna know what a real nightmare is

[@ebert8756]

Ugh i wish it was still hypothetical

[@changc.9741]

It’s not. I know you liked Biden and Harris supporting a genocide in Gaza but we should stop it

[@snarpking]

@@changc.9741 You do know Trump is even more in favor of that right?

[@Raddiebaddie]

Thank you for talking about this. The amount of people ive talked to in the last month who did not know about proj 2025 is terrifying. Spread the word people!

[@aztekempire]

more sources of what you claiming

[@tonideshon816]

Nobody I talk to has a clue! Dumb as shit and seem proud of it😡

[@bigdogtim7998]

Trump has never endorsed project 2025. John Oliver is a comedian who touts leftist ideology, and that is Not a Problem because he is so funny. But plz don’t take everything he says so seriously. 👍

[@blistabliss]

Even though he hasn’t endorsed the Koch brother project 2025 his own plans he has literally said himself are the same so… it’s absolutely real and to be taken seriously. As well as the fact that the people involved in project 2025 (the Koch brothers heritage foundation and all of his other biggest pacs and donors are the people who came up with it and he is therefore indebted to for billions of dollars. It’s called lobbying and trump is not immune to it he’s literally the biggest servant to lobbyists because he’s just gone into debt for almost a billion dollars.

[@angelantayhua3096]

@@bigdogtim7998we know Trump didn’t endorse it. And? Every single important right wing organization was a part of it and his key underlings endorsed it.

[@komogo1155]

This show normally scares the crap out of me and I love watching and learning. This time I’m just really freaking scared.

[@terryoquinn8199]

Just vote them out !

[@shwoopdi]

It's so much worse than you think. A half hour isn't enough time to cover it all.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Humanity is in *BIG*, big trouble. It's been this way for decades, but ever since 2016, the downhill slide's acceleration has tripled or quadrupled. By EOY 2026, there will be no going back. And when Puton, KJU, and XiXiPi execute the plan for 2049... it'll be totally, completely, irreversibly over.

[@brendasmart553]

Vote blue 💙 at every level on down the tickets, like it or not its our only hope. Also, dont let being scared stop you from learning, was in your own words btw. The document is available to read approx 1000 pages and sadly well thought out. Be informed not inflamed.

[@LittleHobbit13]

Yeah, one of the very few episodes where most of the jokes struggled to land with me because I was just pretty terrified thinking about Project 2025 potentially being reality. (The John Cake Bear ending picked me back up a little though, so funny.)

[@laalaa99stl]

Schedule F is truly a double whammy. It directly replaces competent people with the incompetent, and forces even the ones that can't be replaced to resign out of frustration.

[@karankapoor2701]

Just like DEI

[@Uruz2012]

So they're running the government like a business? All the big corporate places I've worked do exactly that.

[@sevenstargoal]

@@Uruz2012 The average business doesn't fully replace management every 3-4 years . Especially with people who don't work in the company and have to learn about everything.

[@StinklesAFI]

Its actual fascism. One guy who makes all the rules...or else.

[@rickyhits6547]

​@@karankapoor2701actually nothing like that.

[@siobanny]

John Oliver is the GOAT; his show beats out all the others by a mile. Thanks for the funny, intelligent and in-depth commentary despite the butt and duck jokes!

[@Pacman420]

Larry Wilmore and Wyatt Cenac (who were also Daily Show correspondents like John) had really good shows too, shame they are no longer on the air

[@android12921]

John has the uncanny skill to explain away complex topics without boring the audience. 🎉❤