When a company tells you they’re going “carbon-neutral,” with “carbon offsets,” it’s a signal they’re about to make the world worse. “We cannot offset our way out of climate change,” explains John Oliver.
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TV producer Dick Wolf created the Law & Order franchise in 1990 and, after more than 1,200 episodes, the show is still on the air today. The show’s depiction of the legal process is incredibly inaccurate, explains John Oliver. Just think: on Law & Order, the perpetrator is arrested in every case, and always gets a jury trial. Reality is very different. NYPD closes under a third of all cases (some say 5 percent), and 97 percent of all cases end with plea bargains, not jury trials.
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John Oliver puts British Cuisine on trial.
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Pharmaceutical Money, a video from John Oliver. Ask your doctor!
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Last week Trump son-in-law and Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner called the Trump Administration’s coronavirus response “a great success story.” John Oliver disagrees.
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“Jared Kushner: Trump Coronavirus Policy a ‘Great Success,’” NotionsCapital
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“Conspiracy Theories: Why More Educated People Don’t Believe Them,” Teodora Zareva, Big Think
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A while back, John Oliver explained how Big Pharma markets to doctors so they’ll prescribe brand name drugs to patients. As we face another year of corporate deregulation and health care uncertainty, it bears another look:
“It’s no wonder the NRA likes this solution — it involves buying hundreds of thousands of guns, and that’s their solution to everything.” — John Oliver
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President Trump plans to hire and train 5,000 more Border Patrol agents, 500 in the next year. There’s even a mobile app to recruit them. What could possibly go wrong? John Oliver explains.
More:
“Trump’s plan for Border Patrol, ICE hiring surges face timing, security obstacles,” Caroline Kelly Todd J. Gillman, Dallas Morning News
“The Border Patrol’s Corruption Problem,” Jeremy Raff, The Atlantic
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The Rule of Law: He who rules makes the law. Legislators often reshape voting districts to keep their parties in political power. John Oliver explains.
Related:
“Why the Supreme Court’s decision to review Wisconsin’s gerrymandering is such a big deal,” Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post
“Gerrymandering Case Echoes in Inkblot-Like Districts Across the U.S.,” Michael Cooper, New York Times
“Where Gerrymandering Is Containing City Power,” Brentin Mock, CityLab
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