HBO has resumed releasing to YouTube each episode of — or at least the main story of — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver right when it debuts. Last year, they were delaying them for a few days but Mr. Oliver reportedly objected…so here it is. This is his first show back after a hiatus and it's all, beginning to end, about what the Trump Administration is doing. I find myself torn between wanting to watch John Oliver (because I think he's hilarious and usually on-target) and not wanting to watch a lot about Trump (because he continually distracts me from problems I can actually do something about).
I elected to watch this and it's pretty solid and pretty aggravating and you can decide for yourself how much of your life you want to devote to thinking about the runaway incompetence, greed and cruelty now emanating from the White House…