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HBO’s John Oliver began Sunday’s Last Week Tonight in a good mood as he celebrated various Democratic victories. However, this good mood didn’t last long, as he devoted most of his energy not to affordability or any of voters’ concerns, but to his demand to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whom he referred to as “this fucking asshole.”

MS NOW host and congressional correspondent Ali Vitali wandered outside the bubble on Friday to join HBO’s Real Time host Bill Maher and Free Press contributor Coleman Hughes in recapping Tuesday’s midterm election results, which included some discussion about the media’s role in election coverage. During the regular show, Vitali would defend media fearmongering about the administration…

HBO’s John Oliver used Sunday’s edition of Last Week Tonight to give viewers one last pep talk before the midterms that included assuring them that Democratic trickery in Alaska is nothing to be concerned about. Oliver also warned that Republicans are obsessed with “Islamophobia” and “transphobia” and that “the level of bigotry this year has been truly ugly.”

HBO’s Bill Maher tried to defend Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico's remarks about God being non-binary during Friday’s Real Time Overtime segment. Maher claimed that Talarico was simply referring to God in “a sort of, like, ethereal way,” but that is not what Talarico was doing.

HBO’s Bill Maher defended himself on Friday’s episode of Real Time from those who have attacked him and others for having a meeting with President Trump. Maher also triggered multiple liberal media outlets for his interview with former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt despite Maher using both instances to also list several things he still opposes Trump on.

From the “can’t take it but can sure dish it out” department comes the New York Times, which somehow felt a satirical article by a famously corrosive liberal comedian that gently mocked the hard-left Democratic Socialists of America merited a critical pile-on.The headline? “Larry David Mocks the D.S.A. Some Are Not Amused. "

For his main topic on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, HBO’s John Oliver relentlessly attacked UnitedHealthcare. Naturally, Oliver could not do so without talking about Luigi Mangione assassinating former CEO Brian Thompson, but Oliver also made sure that it is clear that he believes Mangione “is hot.”

HBO’s Bill Maher lambasted the media on Friday’s episode of Real Time for its increasingly politically correct approach to terrorism as he marked the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Additionally, Maher also called out what he labeled “the moral confusion” of the Democratic Party on the issue, especially as it relates to Gaza.

Michael Luciano at Mediaite is channeling Mehdi Hasan’s umbrage over Dana Bash being critical of pro-Hamas protesters and politicians. Justin Baragona at Hasan’s site Zeteo quotes from an anonymous “CNN insider” and “former CNN staffers” to condemn Bash as a “huge advocate for the state of Israel.”

The results of the Worst Media Quote of the Week are in and the winner is…Joe Scarborough! 

CNN anchor Dana Bash joined HBO host Bill Maher on Friday’s edition of Real Time to analyze the state of the midterms. At one point, Bash portrayed the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico as one between someone who has “ethical issues” and one who is a “Christian” who “wears his faith on his sleeve.”

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HBO’s John Oliver spent much of Sunday’s Last Week Tonight freaking out over the idea that a fetus is a person. Oliver never managed to debunk the idea, but he did launch several personal attacks against pro-lifers while also providing several supposed horror stories about the ramifications of fetal personhood, while omitting any useful context.

Jimmy Kimmel may be away from his ABC show for the summer, but he still managed to appear on Larry David’s HBO show Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness on Friday, where he tried to further the narrative that his September suspension was because President Trump can’t take a joke despite his suspension having nothing to do with Trump.