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John Oliver (on right) gestures with his hands as he speaks. On left, a ProPublica headline from December 15, 2025 reads: “Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.” An article excerpt below says: "... turning rows red, yellow or green every few seconds, never asking a single question.”

1/ On yesterday’s @lastweektonight.com about USAID, John Oliver cited several of our investigations.

First up was our reporting about how DOGE operatives had arbitrarily cut aid programs, in some cases by literally clicking through a spreadsheet: propub.li/4cCsSKP

I've genuinely been surprised with how much the Enquirer's been continually covering this so far

“Some of our soldiers were killed and are walking around with no legs but that’s the sort of thing that happens in war even though we are not at war because we‘ve already won the war we‘ve been fighting for 47 years and we won’t stop fighting until we’ve won the war we’re not at. Also, Israel.”

I'm glad Congress isn't alive to see this.

LIVE Trump says Iran war will be over 'pretty quickly' but US hasn't 'won enough' yet, as Israel launches strikes on Tehran The US president says he is "more determined than ever to achieve ultimate victory", hours after telling CBS News the war is "very complete, pretty much".

Trump at his golf club having selfies taken.

Crude oil graph showing a 30% rise this month.

Soon as this genius thinks he's "won enough", world can go back to trying to recover from this crisis AND the last one, caused by his previous brilliant idea: tariffs.

Meanwhile, he's at his golf club taking selfies and Congress - only body with the power to stop this - continues to enable him.

I’m crying, how does a senator from NEW JERSEY do this

I'm not very religious at all, but I always look forward to getting my king cake and throwing it at Haman at the appropriate moment in the story.

Ok kids, everyone get ready for their purim cake with the baby Esther inside. 😂

Mardi Gras Purim could work actually.

This is better than any challah on Passover post. Amazing.

TBF, it's not easy for a senator from New Jersey to find Jews he could ask about this

“You got your peanut butter Hamantaschen in my chocolate Hubig’s Mardi Gras pie!”

“You got your chocolate Hubig’s Mardi Gras pie in my peanut butter Hamantaschen!”

Hamantaschen and... Hurricanes?

Big Freedia, Queen of Bounce, as Esther?

hear me out, king hamentaschen

I'm not Jewish but I recognize this is not correct.

but I also whoop laughed

and maybe some people DO dress as revellers for Purim?

*deeeeep inhale*

AAAAAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahhahjjahhahah

*heavy panting*

HAAAAAAA HAA HA Aahhhhhh

Aahhhh

*pause*

BAAAHHHHHHAhahahahahahaha

Drinking til I can’t tell the difference between “Blessed is Purim” and “Cursed is Mardi Gras”

(I’m kidding, I don’t hate Mardi Gras)

nope that’s it Mardi Gras is ours now

hell yeah happy paczki day to me, a jew

Famously, Esther outwitted Haman by tricking him into throwing a cheap plastic beaded necklace at her. Then she drank hurricanes until she couldn't distinguish Mordechai from Haman.

How is there a king cake baby in my hamentaschen?

Finishing your hamantaschen with powdered sugar just like they do down at that famous deli Cafe Du Monde.

"Buying leftover Mardi Gras decorations to supplement generic supplies we got from Party City" is actually extremely on point for how I remember Purim being observed in my corner of North Jersey

Mmm, hamantaschen king cake.

Cozying up to a bowl of Kreplach gumbo to celebrate.

This is a silly mistake but i have actually also been wondering, have purim and carnival influenced eachother over the centuries?

You know what? Both Mardi Gras and Purim are about dressing up and getting fucked up, so sure, why not?

don't forget to throw your beads at strangers for purim