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Mandatory Minimums-Last Week Tonight (Original Post)
daleanime
Jul 2015
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passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)1. Wish I could rec this 1000 times
daleanime
(17,796 posts)2. He does nail it...
doesn't he?
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)3. He is our replacement for Jon
I just wish we weren't losing John. We need both of them.
Thespian2
(2,741 posts)4. K & R!!!
John Oliver stated the reality...now where are the politicians who can undo the harm caused by Raygun, Bush, and Clinton?...
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)5. tagging for later
don't want to wake anybody up listening to this....check later.
vkkv
(3,384 posts)6. Nice clip - too bad there was no mention of the evil, greedy, bastards at the
CORRECTIONAL PEACE OFFICERS' UNION
= PRISON GUARDS.
They lobbied for more mandatory minimums for more jobs and job promotions at the cost of all of our justice.
FUCK THEM.
tecelote
(5,122 posts)7. And private prisons in general.
The US has the largest prison population in the world. Larger than China or Russia.
Why? Profit.