Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE

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holy SHIT John Oliver

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 16:50 UTC

🧵 INDIA just went through tumultuous elections, and the results are in. Narendra Modi is set to be India's prime minister for a third time, but will need the support of other parties in his coalition – meaning there is now a viable opposition to his increasingly nationalist and authoritarian rule 1/

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 18:20 UTC

and now, some cryptobro wisdom . . .

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 18:17 UTC

previous episodes - also censored in India – available here 🔽

INDIAN ELECTIONS (2014 – the very first episode!)
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJAc...

MODI (2020)
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVIX...

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 18:13 UTC

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INDIAN ELECTIONS – full episode

[ Notorious critic of rampant crime Bill Maher recommends VPN. Incredible. ]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDJW...
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 18:10 UTC

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INDIAN ELECTIONS

How Narendra Modi has impacted India so far, and what he might do next

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTwa...
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 18:06 UTC

Despite the promises of self-stylized free speech savior Elon Musk, twitter has become significantly MORE compliant with government orders for censorship and surveillance. Musk has systematically removed posts critical of the government and banned accounts of critical journalists in India. 15/

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 18:03 UTC

Naturally, the censorship had the opposite of the intended effect 🔥 14/

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 17:55 UTC

in 2020 LWT episode on Modi was blocked in India by Disney in 2024 LWT episode on Modi was blocked in India by JioCinema 13/

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 17:53 UTC

US government would never elevate and publicly admire any head of state that veers too close to socialism, but eagerly extends invitations to representatives of proto-fascist or full on fascist ethno-states to speak in Congress. 12/

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 17:48 UTC

John Oliver slams the world leaders for uncritically fawning over Modi and welcoming him like a superstar: “That is some weapons grade ass-kissing” 11/

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 17:47 UTC

Anti-Muslim hate speech and violence is on the rise. Police feel comfortable publicly kicking Muslims praying by the side of the road. A police officer killed three Muslims on a train, praising Modi while standing over their bodies. This is not a bug of Modi's leadership, it's a feature. 10/

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 17:37 UTC

Muslim owned buildings are being bulldozed in what Modi calls 'a crackdown on illegal construction and accused criminals'. It's happening so much now that 'bulldozer justice' has become a commonly used term & the bulldozer itself has become a Hindu nationalist symbol

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 17:25 UTC

not John Oliver siccing hindutva nationalist goons, who've been terrorizing Muslims for decades . . . on Bill Maher, the infamous islamophobe, who has been attacking Muslims for decades

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 17:19 UTC

Meanwhile in Germany, the far right AfD party drafted their own overtly fascist plan to deport 'unassimilated citizens' to 'a model state' in north Africa – a horrifying echo of the Nazis' initial plan to deport European Jews to Madagascar.

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 17:15 UTC

Meanwhile in the UK, the Tory party pushes for a gross violation of human rights on a massive scale, with their plan to deport migrants to Rwanda, no matter where they come from. Their grotesquely evil scheme would cost 1.8 million per single deported person.

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 17:11 UTC

Eerily similar to the Republican inflammatory rhetoric targeting immigrants, which the Democrats virtuously disavow yet eagerly translate into laws.

WATCH John Oliver expose the lies and Biden's true position on immigration - starting month two of his presidency
▶️▶️ twitter.com/KrallIan/sta...
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 16:57 UTC

Modi has referred to India's Muslim citizens as infiltrators, and his party has crafted hateful propaganda like this cartoon portraying Muslims as an egg insidiously planted into a nest, consuming all the resources upon hatching, while the other birds get nothing. 4/

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 16:56 UTC

Last year, a Peabody winning documentary While We Watched was released, which tracks the tragic fate of Indian media. John Oliver + Amy Goodman of Democracy Now interviewed legendary journalist Ravish Kumar, whose news channel NDTV has been censored, raided and as good as destroyed by Modi regime 3/

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 16:52 UTC

Modi has threatened democratic institutions, cracked down on political opposition and captured media to the extent that India now ranks 159 of 180 for press freedom. Economic gains have been widely unequal. In a nation of 1.4 billion, around 1 million people now control 80% of India's wealth. 2/

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 16:50 UTC

🧵 INDIA just went through tumultuous elections, and the results are in. Narendra Modi is set to be India's prime minister for a third time, but will need the support of other parties in his coalition – meaning there is now a viable opposition to his increasingly nationalist and authoritarian rule 1/

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 07, 2024 at 21:26 UTC

People are fighting exploitative practices of the Delivery Apps & pushing for labor protection laws in CA, WA, MA. In NY, thanks to the hard work of, among others, a collective of delivery workers Los Deliveristas Unidos, the city passed a law that guarantees a minimum pay rate for delivery workers.

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 07, 2024 at 21:37 UTC

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If you live in a country where HBO Max is not available, you can watch the FULL EPISODE here 🔽

(no one knows why but CEO of DoorDash keeps insisting that VPN is your friend)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOhH...

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 07, 2024 at 21:34 UTC

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Food Delivery industry badly needs guardrails, at the federal, state and city level. Through unionizing and civic activism, we can wrestle the power from corporations and force lawmakers to pass labor protections and anti-trust legislation!

WATCH Food Delivery Apps 🔽
y2u.be/aFsfJYWpqII

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 07, 2024 at 21:26 UTC

People are fighting exploitative practices of the Delivery Apps & pushing for labor protection laws in CA, WA, MA. In NY, thanks to the hard work of, among others, a collective of delivery workers Los Deliveristas Unidos, the city passed a law that guarantees a minimum pay rate for delivery workers.

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 07, 2024 at 21:22 UTC

But the consolidation era has very much begun: UberEats bought Postmates, DoorDash bought Caviar, GrubHub merged with Seamless. The consolidated companies have already started raising prices & breaking even or turning slight profit. None of this is good news for the restaurants, workers or consumers

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 07, 2024 at 21:20 UTC

Think how Uber/Lyft used to be cheaper than traditional taxis. Once they dismantled that model, they jacked their prices way up. We're just at the point in the cycle, where companies can lose a ton of money, keep prices low for consumers & offset that by squeezing restaurants + workers at the bottom

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 07, 2024 at 21:18 UTC

“The Delivery Apps are following the classic tech disruptor model of using Wall Street money to grow at all cost, corner a market, undercut their competitors and then buy them up, all with the ultimate goal of monopolizing the sector and then massively raising the prices.” 🧵

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 07, 2024 at 21:12 UTC

“At this point, you're probably thinking – these companies are driving restaurants & workers to ruin just to make massive profits. So you might be surprised to hear, none of them have really been profitable up to this moment” Where did the money go? Aggressive lobbying is just part of the answer 🧵

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 07, 2024 at 21:09 UTC

“Our workers value their time - as much or sometimes more than money. In fact, they are choosing these part-time gig opportunities so that they can save time for a project. Whether that's buying a gift for someone, or starting an orphanage.” Tony Xu, CEO of DoorDash 🧵

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver UPDATE @lastweektonight1.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 07, 2024 at 21:06 UTC

A supposedly heartwarming human interest story 🔻 Kevin was hit by a car while delivering for GrubHub, needed surgery & was told recovery would take months. But with hardly any savings, he had no choice but to get back to work - delivering food on a bike with a broken foot, carrying a walker 🧵

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