John Oliver, Last Week Tonight: Midterms and the $100 bill
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ran an episode titled "Midterm Elections & The $100 Bill" (S13 E28, 11/1/26) that devoted most of its runtime to the 2026 midterms and also included a separate segment on the $100 bill. Oliver spent roughly 40 minutes imploring viewers to get out and vote and framed the Republican Party as facing a crossroads, unpacking extremism and white supremacy within the party and naming figures such as Nick Fuentes. The episode assembled archival clips, including a 2016 clip of Donald Trump that multiple viewers said made him look and sound markedly different, and it showed material involving Carl Rove and a clip that included Lindsey Graham using the phrase "Hitler shit," as highlighted in coverage. Media outlets including The Guardian ran pieces on Oliver’s focus on extremism and bigotry among Republicans the week of the broadcast. The program’s midterms material was presented as a direct call to action for viewers ahead of the election and was posted online for wider viewing after the HBO broadcast.
