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Welcome to "Last Week Tonight !"
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I'm John Oliver !
Thank you so much for joining us.
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And normally, this is where
we'd do a quick recap of the week.
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But, as you may have noticed,
we've been off air
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for the last five months
due to the writers' strike,
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which I'm very happy to say is over,
and even happier to say was successful.
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Instead of recapping the last week,
we're gonna start by recapping
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everything that's happened
in the last five months,
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which has been a lot.
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And we'll begin in the U.S. Senate
with this.
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{\an8}I got a new
strap-on harness today.
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{\an8}I can't wait to put it on you.
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It will fit
my favorite dildo perfectly.
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You're going to look so hot.
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I can't wait
to have your cock in my mouth.
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I'm going to give you
the blowjob of your life,
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then I want you inside of me.
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I know you may be wondering
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"What're they going to talk
about when they come back ?
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What is so important that it has
to be the first thing they bring up ?"
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It's this. Since the moment
the phrase "strap-on harness"
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careened out of Senator Foghorn
Leghorn's mouth, it was always this.
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And sure,
he stumbles on "strap-on",
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but he glides beautifully
through "favorite dildo",
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doesn't falter for a second
on "cock in my mouth",
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then sticks the landing
on "blowjob of your life"
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while punctuating it with
a perfect look down his glasses.
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It's a truly sublime 25 seconds,
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and if we didn't have so much
to catch up on tonight,
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I would play it on repeat
for the rest of this show.
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But a lot more has happened
in the world of politics.
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The Supreme Court
effectively banned affirmative action.
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Trump was indicted multiple times,
one of which gave us this mug shot,
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in which he looks like he's struggling
to find Waldo on a crowded ski slope.
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And Lauren Boebert was kicked out of
a musical for inappropriate behavior.
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While I would love
to joke about that,
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I don't want
to get bogged down in it.
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She was kicked out of the show,
that is probably punishment enough.
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So, instead,
we're going to move on to Italy,
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where economic problems
have put real pressure
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on Prime Minister Georgia Meloni's
upcoming budget,
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although, you know what ?
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Briefly, the inappropriate behavior
that Boebert engaged in
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apparently involved her
"being loud",
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and refusing to stop vaping
around a pregnant woman.
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Also, there was some fondling
and light over-the-pants hand stuff,
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which was caught on video.
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But again, I don't want
to get into that too much,
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because in Italy, markets are dubious
that Meloni will be able to...
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It was "Beetlejuice",
by the way.
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That was the musical
Lauren Boebert was watching.
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It was a touring production
of "Beetlejuice" the musical.
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I just need you to know that.
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I'm not saying it'd be appropriate
to engage in high school freshman-era
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hand stuff
during a production of any musical,
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but I just wanted
to be absolutely clear
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that this wasn't one of the more
explicitly sexual ones
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like "Spring Awakening"
or "Rocky Horror" or "Cats".
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This was "Beetlejuice", a show
that's quite loudly about death.
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If you're going to get your nipples
tweaked and your pipe squeaked,
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you save that shit for "Fiddler",
like a goddamn adult.
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But again, it's an old story,
it's been resolved...
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And it fundamentally doesn't matter.
What matters is, in Italy,
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economic growth rates
are causing some significant...
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Sorry, there is just one more
thing about Lauren Boebert.
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Reports say that after receiving
a warning at intermission,
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the final complaint
that led to her being kicked out
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came five minutes into act two.
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If you don't know the show,
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that puts us comfortably
into "That Beautiful Sound",
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a song where Beetlejuice and Lydia
gleefully torture a series of visitors,
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including a girl scout,
a pizza delivery person,
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and one of their neighbors.
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It's a song about how they like
the sound of tortured screams.
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Is it the least sexy
thing a person can sit through ?
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No. That would be this.
But it is up there !
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Anyway, as she was being escorted
out of the theater, she apparently said
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"Do you know who I am ?"
and "I will be contacting the mayor".
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Which are two just catastrophically
bad decisions.
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If you've been caught
for sexual activity
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during "Beetlejuice" the musical,
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you would hope no one knew
who you were
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and you definitely wouldn't want
to get on the phone with the mayor,
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to tell him what had happened.
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And the thing is, sadly, this incident
has now derailed me so much,
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I don't even have time to talk about
Italy's economic struggles anymore,
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so, much like Lauren Boebert
and the musical "Beetlejuice",
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you'll never get to know how
it all turns out.
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Instead, we need to catch up
on what happened in New Jersey,
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whose Democratic senator
Bob Menendez
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was indicted on corruption charges
for accepting bribes
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to aid local businessmen
and benefit the Egyptian government.
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While he has denied those charges,
some of the details look pretty bad.
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{\an8}The indictment alleges Menendez
and his wife received
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{\an8}nearly a half million dollars in cash
and $150,000 worth of gold bars.
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{\an8}Prosecutors also say
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{\an8}that the day after the two
returned from a trip to Egypt,
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{\an8}Menendez searched online, quote
"How much is one kilo of gold worth ?"
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Yeah. Not great, Bob !
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That is pretty incriminating.
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No one casually Googles
"How much is one kilo of gold worth ?"
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because they are bored.
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They Google "Do butterflies feel pain
when they fwap their wings ?"
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"How little love can a person live on ?"
and "What exactly is a Travis Kelce ?"
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"How much is one kilo of gold worth ?"
is an incriminating Google search.
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It's right up there with
"Can you snort Adderall ?"
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and "How to get bloodstains
out of your wife."
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And it's not just Menendez
who's been in legal jeopardy.
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Pillow baron Mike Lindell
continues to face lawsuits
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stemming from the false claims
he promoted about voting machines,
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and a few weeks ago, a deposition
from one of those cases came out,
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featuring this spectacular moment,
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as he discussed what sort of customer
service calls his company gets.
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Okay. And I'm not asking
about the lumpy pillow calls.
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No, they're not lumpy pillows,
that's not what they call on, okay ?
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When you say "lumpy pillows",
now you're an asshole, you got that ?
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You're an asshole,
is what you are.
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No, he's an asshole.
He's an ambulance-chasing asshole.
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That's what you are.
Lumpy pillows, kiss my ass.
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My favorite thing
about Mike Lindell
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is that he's the rare example of how
recovering from a crack addiction
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can actively make you worse.
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Although, for the record, Mike,
if they are not lumpy pillows,
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how do you explain this Amazon
listing for your product,
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featuring a very real exchange
in which one customer asks
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"Should it be this lumpy and flat ?
I just got it",
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and another replies
"Mine was-slash-is lumpy ?"
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Or this review titled
"It is a bag o' lumps".
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Or this one titled "Lumpy",
with the body text, "Lumpy".
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We also missed a bunch
of international news,
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like the coronation of King Charles,
the world's oldest boy,
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during which he said "I come
not to be served, but to serve."
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Although he clearly didn't mean
that in the sense of serving looks,
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given that this is his official
coronation portrait,
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in which he seems to be aiming
for "successful pimp"
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but ends up looking
like someone wearing
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a set of tacky drapes
over a Lakers jersey.
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Also, Turkey had an election,
which Erdogan narrowly won.
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For about a day and a half,
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it seemed like there genuinely
might be a coup in Russia,
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which ended with its leader,
Yevgeny Prigozhin,
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accepting a weird deal brokered
by the Belarussian president,
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and then dying in the most
predictable plane crash of all time.
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And on top of all of that,
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China was shaken to its absolute
core by this controversy.
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It's bizarre video of a species
known as a sun bear
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that's leading everyone to ask,
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"Is that really a bear,
or just a guy in a bear suit ?"
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The creature, named Angela,
stands upright just like a human,
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and are those wrinkles ?
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It sure gives the impression that it's
a dude in an ill-fitting bear costume.
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And just look
at the way she waves.
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Chinese zoo authorities
are settling the mystery,
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{\an8}declaring
"Angela is definitely not a human".
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Everyone ! Leave Angela alone !
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Stop talking about her awkward
wave and wrinkly bottom.
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And I'll tell you why
I'm so personally invested in this.
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Some of us never get to see
our exact body type on screen,
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and finally I get
why representation matters.
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And speaking of representations
of me specifically,
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back in June, after Reddit
announced a new policy
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to charge third-party apps
for accessing its data,
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many of its members
engaged in a striking protest.
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Some of the biggest forums
on Reddit
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are being flooded with photos
of comedian John Oliver.
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This is all taking place
over a protest
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{\an8}to changes on how
the website is being run.
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{\an8}Two of the most popular
so-called subreddits
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{\an8}have decided to post nothing
but photos of Oliver.
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It's true. For weeks, images of me
were used as a form of protest
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on some of the most popular
subreddits.
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And to their credit,
they used some pretty good ones,
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like this one of me as a Muppet,
this one of me as a blobfish,
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this one of me appearing
in a piece of toast,
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and my personal favorite,
this one labeled "John Oliver Wick",
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which is a good way of showing you
exactly what it would look like
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if Professor Snape
ever committed armed robbery.
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It was a pretty inspiring act
of malicious compliance,
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but just watch
as trying to explain it
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seemed to break the brains
of that local news team.
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{\an8}Are they for John Oliver ?
Or against him ?
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{\an8}I think this is
just part of their protest.
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We're going to put up
something that's boring,
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that nobody's going
to care about.
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Is that right ?
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This says moderators
of a certain subreddit
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say that they're only allowing users
to post pictures of John Oliver,
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quote "looking sexy".
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Any picture of the comedian was allowed
because John Oliver is always sexy.
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So, you're saying boring,
according to the Reddit users,
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they're doing it
'cause he's "sexy".
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I don't know !
This is according to this article.
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Okay, putting my feelings aside,
which they certainly did there,
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why does it seem like everyone on
that show is completely unprepared ?
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This guy is confused
by the story entirely,
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and she's Googling it
live on air.
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It looks like they're hosting
an improv show
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where the audience gave them the
words "Reddit", "sexy", "John Oliver",
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and they had to build a scene
around that.
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You know what other major
pop-culture news we missed ?
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Barbenheimer ! It was one of the
biggest movie events of the summer,
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alongside "Sound of Freedom",
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the feel-good child sex trafficking hit
that we'd all been waiting for.
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Although I would argue,
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if you're looking for the single
best movie of the summer,
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it has got to be "Cop Slide".
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It almost hurts to watch.
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{\an8}A police officer is taking a break,
heading down a popular slide.
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It's like he's shot
out of a cannon.
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He hits the ground hard.
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Yeah, he does hit the ground hard.
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And it's absolutely incredible.
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From the sound of him
thundering down the slide,
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to all his cop toys flying
all over the place.
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It is cinema at its finest.
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It's not the first, and it won't be
the last time that I say this,
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but I wish cops turned
on their body cams more.
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Because I'd love to have seen
that from inside the slide, as well.
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"Cop Slide"
took the internet by storm,
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inspiring memes and remixes,
my favorite of which was this.
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The pain still grows.
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It's no stranger to you and me.
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I can feel it
coming in the air tonight.
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Come on ! Eat your heart out
"Miami Vice",
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that is now the all-time
greatest use of that song.
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The video went so viral,
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"Boston Cop Slide"
is now listed on Google Maps.
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Because it's in Boston, it's of course
down the street from a Dunkin',
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and across the plaza
from another Dunkin',
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which is next
to another Dunkin',
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which is across the street
from another fucking Dunkin'.
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There are four Dunkins within
a one-block radius of Cop Slide.
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And if you expand it a few blocks,
there are 13 of them.
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Boston, you truly
are a self-parody.
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The point is,
we missed so many stories.
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I haven't even brought up
the Titan submersible !
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Yeah, we missed that, too !
That was a weird few days, wasn't it ?
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Also, there was a batshit raid
on a newspaper in Kansas,
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wildfires in Maui, and a spectacular
brawl at a dock in Montgomery
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where some drunken white assholes
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got their asses and a folding chair
handed to them.
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We missed so much
it would take a whole new version
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of Billy Joel's "We Didn't
Start the Fire" to cover it.
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Which reminds of something else
we missed,
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Fallout Boy released a new version
of "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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that absolutely nobody asked for,
covering the last 34 years.
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And if you're wondering, "Hold on,
2001 was in the last 34 years,
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they didn't bring up that thing,
did they ?"
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The answer is, yes,
they very much did.
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Mars Rover, "Avatar",
self-driving electric cars,
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S-S-R-Is,
Prince and the Queen die,
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World Trade, second plane,
what else do I have to say ?
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What else do you have to say ?
Nothing, Fallout Boy !
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No one's making you do this !
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Honestly, I don't know who should be
more pissed off about that verse,
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Prince, James Cameron,
or the first plane.
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And for what it's worth
"We Didn't Start the Fire"
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is the last song anyone should cover
from Billy Joel's discography.
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Even in its original form,
it is the musical equivalent of a child
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telling you everything he learned
about at school that day.
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Slow down but also,
I don't care.
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And before any Billy Joel fans
start getting angry with me,
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the man himself
thinks the song is terrible.
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Here he is shit-talking it
in front of his own audience !
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It's the same thing
verse after verse.
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Just the words change.
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One of the worst melodies
I ever wrote.
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Exactly.
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I didn't think I'd ever say this
sentence out loud and mean it,
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but listen to Billy Joel, Fallout Boy,
he's got a very good point !
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I'd have loved to have covered
these stories when they happened.
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I wish so much I could have told you
these jokes at the time.
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But I couldn't, because our writers,
the people who wrote those jokes,
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were forced to strike for a fair
contract for the last five months.
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And it was an immensely
difficult time not just for them,
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but everyone else working
on this show, and many others,
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who could no longer do their jobs.
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And to be clear, this strike
happened for good reasons,
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our industry has seen its workers
severely squeezed in recent years.
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You've probably seen stories
about writers and actors,
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whose work
you may even recognize,
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routinely not making enough
to qualify for health insurance,
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or afford basic needs.
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The Writers' Guild went on strike,
and thankfully won,
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but it took a lot of sacrifices
from a lot of people to achieve that.
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And while I'm happy
that they eventually got a fair deal
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and immensely proud
of what our union accomplished,
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I'm also furious
that it took the studios 148 days
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to achieve a deal that they
could've offered on day fucking one.
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But hopefully,
this may encourage others,
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from auto workers to Starbucks
baristas to healthcare providers,
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whether they are in unions
or would like to be,
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to find power in each other.
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And within our particular industry,
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I really hope the actors' union
and IATSE, which represents crews,
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will be able to take
what the writers achieved
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and leverage it to win fair contracts
for themselves, too.
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Because it takes many people,
working really hard,
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to make film and TV,
all of whom deserve a piece of the pie.
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And for the actors, in particular,
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they cannot come back to work
soon enough.
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Especially because we've now
all seen what happens
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when non-professionals
are trusted with the written word.
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I can't wait
to have your cock in my mouth.
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I'm going to give you
the blowjob of your life,
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then I want you inside of me.
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Exactly. And now, this !
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And Now:
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Local News Is Very Excited
About What Week It Is.
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The National Park Service has
announced the return of Fat Bear Week.
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Yeah, that's a real thing.
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{\an8}It is back, everybody. The contest
for the fattest bear is here.
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{\an8}It is actually
a contest for chubby chunkers
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{\an8}hoping to advance
to the main Fat Bear Week.
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Which one's the fattest bear
out there ?
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- Chubby.
- Who's been eating the most fishies ?
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- Fat Bear Week.
- Okay.
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{\an8}- Look at that guy !
- Look at those big chunky bears.
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{\an8}Those are some big chunky bears.
Look at 'em.
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{\an8}They ate 20 boxes of donut holes
and six packages of donuts.
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{\an8}They're getting ready
for Fat Bear Week.
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I wonder how the Bears
feel about being called fat.
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{\an8}I have a history of picking the bear
that usually wins.
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We've got a tradition here.
We like to pick.
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Pick one out.
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Police in Michigan
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{\an8}helped save an eight-year old boy
after he was electrocuted.
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Moving on. Our main story tonight
concerns healthcare.
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The thing that "E.R."
was originally about,
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before, in later seasons, it really
became more about scenes like this.
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Obviously, a lot going on there.
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Not least of which, if you're not
familiar with the "E.R."-niverse,
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this guy was already living
with one arm,
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because he'd lost the other,
and this is true,
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in a different
helicopter accident.
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And you know what they say:
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hit me with a helicopter once,
shame on you.
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Hit me with a helicopter twice,
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you must be in some late-stage
post-Clooney "E.R." seasons.
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Specifically, tonight's story
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is about the healthcare currently
offered in jails and prisons.
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That's right,
after five long months,
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we're welcoming you back
with a story about prisoner healthcare,
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because deep down,
this is who we are.
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And I know that, for some,
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the very concept of incarcerated
people getting medical care
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is somehow offensive, as you can tell
from the fact that, for years,
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the subject's been framed
on TV like this.
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Spokane County taxpayers
are paying the bill
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{\an8}for alleged killers, rapists,
and child molesters
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{\an8}to see doctors,
dentists, and specialists.
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{\an8}Have you ever seen
a meth user's teeth ?
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{\an8}It's called meth mouth,
and it is awful !
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{\an8}KOAT anchor Todd Kurtz
shows you how all of that decay
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{\an8}is costing you money as jails and
prisons are forced to fix those teeth.
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{\an8}There is a place where we are
all guaranteed healthcare by law,
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{\an8}it's called jail.
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{\an8}And criminals know
their way around the system
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{\an8}and look for chances to get treatment
on the taxpayer's dime.
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It is just wild to point out
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that the only place Americans
are guaranteed healthcare is jail
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and somehow make it seem
like the problem is prisoners
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and not our deeply broken system.
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"Yeah, apparently the only place
you can get free dental is jail,
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are you thinking
what I'm thinking ?
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Exactly, fuck that guy
and his teeth !"
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Putting aside that not everyone
who's incarcerated is even guilty,
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it's worth pointing out
that according to a recent study,
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100% of prisoners
are actually people,
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I mean like,
human beings people,
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like the kind that you are.
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They have hopes and souls
and farts and brains.
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And if that isn't enough, you should
know the Constitution requires
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that we provide adequate healthcare
to anyone behind bars.
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In 1976, the Supreme Court ruled that
denying medical treatment to prisoners
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"constitutes cruel
and unusual punishment"
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in violation
of the Eighth Amendment.
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Yet despite all of that, the quality
of care prisoners receive is abysmal.
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Investigations in state after state
have found it to be woefully deficient.
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A lawsuit against Arizona a while back
made some horrifying allegations.
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{\an8}It alleges
that prisoners are at, quote,
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{\an8} "substantial risk of pain, amputation,
disfigurement, and death."
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{\an8}It cites examples of prisoners
being told to pray to be cured
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{\an8}or drink energy shakes
to treat cancer symptoms.
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Okay, that is both terrible advice
and also, not even close to being true.
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If energy drinks could treat cancer
symptoms, you'd have heard about it.
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Red Bull would mention it
in all of their ads,
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instead of their current
marketing copy, which is,
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"Red Bull: There's nothing
we can do about the taste,
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but let's be honest,
you're 22 and hungover
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and just need something to get you
through your shift at Red Lobster
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and you're still a few years away
from having cocaine money,
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so just shut up
and put this poison in you."
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The consequences of poor care
are only going to get more dire,
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given our rapidly aging
prison population.
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From 1999 to 2015, the number
of people 55 or older in prison
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increased by 264%.
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And why are we confining
so many elderly people in prisons,
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when we should clearly be putting
them where they belong,
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on "The Golden Bachelor",
taking full advantage of menopause
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and fucking raw.
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I presume that's what happening
on that show.
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So, given all of this, tonight,
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let's take a look at prison healthcare,
who provides it,
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why it's so bad, and how we can
improve it going forward.
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And let's start
with the fact that, at one point,
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states themselves provided medical
care for their jails and prisons.
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Some still do, in fact,
and in most places,
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it's generally been pretty bad.
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That "treat cancer
with prayer and energy drinks" story
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is from when Arizona
ran its own prison healthcare.
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But increasingly,
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states have started contracting care
out to private companies.
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As of 2018,
more than half of all U.S. states
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hire private companies to provide
at least some of their prison healthcare.
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And when it comes to our largest jails,
that number is more than 60%,
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all of which explains why this is
now a roughly $4 billion industry.
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And the sell companies
make is that they can tailor care
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to the particular needs
of the incarcerated
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a population that can have
high rates of substance abuse
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and mental illness, both of which
do pose special challenges.
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Just listen to this promo
for Advanced Correctional Healthcare,
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which serves facilities in 21 states,
as it makes a very big promise.
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{\an8}The purpose of Advanced
Correctional Healthcare
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{\an8}is to solve problems
for our patients and clients
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{\an8}and make their lives easier.
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Our data indicates your detainees
will be healthier in your jail
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than they are when they go
to their own doctors.
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That definitely doesn't immediately
seem like bullshit, does it,
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from the fact
that she's citing "our data"
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to the fact that, when you're Googling
for "best doctors near me",
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the top result is very rarely
"Have you tried your local jail ?"
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And unsurprisingly,
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the rosy picture that promo paints
doesn't remotely live up to reality.
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Take this story from a Wisconsin jail
that used that company's services.
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Six months ago,
39-year-old Dante Wilson
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was in a Wisconsin jail
for a child support violation.
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He complained of chest pains.
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The jail nurse concluded he had
heartburn and gave him two Tums.
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Less than an hour later,
Wilson asked for help, again.
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"Relax", was the nurse's advice.
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Soon after,
Wilson died of a heart attack.
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The nurse told a detective
weeks later.
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Shit happens.
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The nurse was fired.
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Good ! She should've been !
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Because that is the single worst thing
you can possibly say
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in response to someone dying of a
heart attack because you screwed up.
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And while I'm sure
that she was upset at losing her job,
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if I may share
a quote that it seems
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there is simply no bad time for,
shit fucking happens.
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And at this point,
you will not be surprised to learn
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that in internal trainings,
Advanced Correctional Healthcare
454
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:42,995
seemed to spend
an unnerving amount of time
455
00:23:43,079 --> 00:23:47,200
teaching its employees what constitutes
the legal bare minimum of care.
456
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,035
That rough draft Jennifer Garner
wax figure
457
00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,755
once conducted
a video seminar for staff
458
00:23:52,839 --> 00:23:55,195
titled "A jail is not a health spa".
459
00:23:55,279 --> 00:23:57,116
And just watch her
explain the importance
460
00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,235
of avoiding
"deliberate indifference",
461
00:23:59,319 --> 00:24:02,019
basically, not blatantly
neglecting to treat prisoners,
462
00:24:02,039 --> 00:24:04,400
by using the weirdest
possible example.
463
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,920
{\an8}So, how do we define
"deliberate indifference" now ?
464
00:24:08,559 --> 00:24:11,596
{\an8}You must know of and disregard
465
00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,279
{\an8}an excessive risk
to inmate health or safety.
466
00:24:14,799 --> 00:24:17,275
{\an8}Something which
would cause the unnecessary
467
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,400
{\an8}and wanton or malicious
infliction of pain.
468
00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,636
{\an8}A few years back,
there was an NBA player
469
00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:28,076
{\an8}who was arrested for shooting
a gun into the air five times
470
00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:29,636
{\an8}outside of a strip club.
471
00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:31,480
{\an8}That is criminal recklessness.
472
00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,799
{\an8}That is consciously disregarding
a substantial risk of harm.
473
00:24:36,599 --> 00:24:38,599
{\an8}A stray bullet
could have hit a stripper.
474
00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,720
That is definitely an example.
475
00:24:43,559 --> 00:24:47,720
It only makes sense if she explains
every legal concept like that.
476
00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,356
Abduction ?
A stripper gets kidnapped.
477
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,440
Bankruptcy ?
A stripper stops stripping.
478
00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,475
Escrow ? A stripper buys a house
but enlists a third party
479
00:24:55,559 --> 00:24:58,359
to temporarily hold assets
until the deal is finalized.
480
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,160
You should know, that woman
was the company's senior counsel.
481
00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,515
And I'm happy to announce
that she is no longer in that role.
482
00:25:04,599 --> 00:25:08,559
But that's only because she's the
president of the whole company !
483
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:17,440
But the problem
isn't just with this one company.
484
00:25:18,039 --> 00:25:19,715
It's with the whole industry.
485
00:25:19,799 --> 00:25:21,116
A review of 500 jails
486
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,156
found those relying
on the five leading contractors
487
00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,076
had higher death rates
than facilities run by the government.
488
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,755
One of the key reasons companies
so often deliver substandard care
489
00:25:30,839 --> 00:25:34,519
is that they are incentivized to
due to how they are paid.
490
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,319
{\an8}It's basically
a fixed dollar amount contract.
491
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,920
{\an8}It's $16
and change per prisoner,
492
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,880
and the contract
assumes 34,000 prisoners.
493
00:25:46,279 --> 00:25:48,879
So it's basically,
this is how much we're giving you.
494
00:25:49,319 --> 00:25:52,759
And the more money you spend
on providing healthcare,
495
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:54,640
the less profit you make.
496
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,475
Right. And that is a pretty obvious
incentive to cut corners.
497
00:25:58,559 --> 00:26:01,356
If you give your babysitter $100
and say,
498
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,715
"Whatever you don't spend
on dinner you can keep,"
499
00:26:03,799 --> 00:26:06,596
don't be surprised if you come home
to a very happy babysitter
500
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,240
and a bunch of pissed-off kids
eating Top Ramen.
501
00:26:10,039 --> 00:26:13,515
And that profit motive has led
to some pretty outrageous policies.
502
00:26:13,599 --> 00:26:15,356
A recent court case
against Wexford,
503
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,955
one of the country's largest
prisoner healthcare providers,
504
00:26:18,039 --> 00:26:20,316
revealed that for years
it had had a de facto
505
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,275
"one good eye" policy,
506
00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,316
as when a 69-year-old prisoner
got cataracts in both eyes
507
00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:26,755
and wanted them fixed,
508
00:26:26,839 --> 00:26:29,435
the prison doctor told her
that she'd have to make a choice,
509
00:26:29,519 --> 00:26:32,920
"Which eye did she want fixed,
the right one or the left one ?"
510
00:26:33,519 --> 00:26:35,955
Which is clearly
an impossible question.
511
00:26:36,039 --> 00:26:39,475
It's like someone asking which
Property Brother you'd like to kill.
512
00:26:39,559 --> 00:26:42,396
The only acceptable response
to either question is,
513
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,519
"Both, why are you
making me choose ?"
514
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,396
But to show just how dangerous
these companies can be,
515
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,035
let's look at one state, Arizona.
516
00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:52,200
Back in 2009,
517
00:26:52,519 --> 00:26:56,519
it announced a plan to switch
from state care to private providers.
518
00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,275
And the initial pitch was that this
would be a cost-saving measure.
519
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:01,556
But as this woman explains,
520
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,940
something interesting
happened fairly early on.
521
00:27:04,319 --> 00:27:07,195
{\an8}They put out a request
for proposals, an RFP,
522
00:27:07,279 --> 00:27:08,515
{\an8}and nobody bid for it
523
00:27:08,599 --> 00:27:12,116
{\an8}because nobody could do it for less
than what the state was spending
524
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,356
because the state wasn't spending
very much as it is.
525
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:16,715
A couple years later,
the legislature came back and said
526
00:27:16,799 --> 00:27:18,796
"We're gonna amend
that prior law.
527
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,839
Remember where we said it has to be
less ? It's okay. It can cost more."
528
00:27:23,599 --> 00:27:24,960
It can now, can it ?
529
00:27:25,319 --> 00:27:28,319
So you demanded a competitive bid,
and when no one responded,
530
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:31,396
you just rolled over
and gave up absolutely everything.
531
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,755
It's a shrewd tactic from
the famous book on negotiating
532
00:27:33,839 --> 00:27:36,475
"This Is Where I'm Softest,
and Other Business Ideas"
533
00:27:36,559 --> 00:27:37,720
by a timid puppy.
534
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:40,636
But since then,
it has been a nightmare,
535
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,119
as Arizona
has cycled through contractors.
536
00:27:43,559 --> 00:27:46,396
They started with Wexford,
the "one good eye" people.
537
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,916
But as things didn't improve,
less than a year later,
538
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,955
they switched
to a company called Corizon.
539
00:27:51,039 --> 00:27:53,116
But heinous stories
started emerging
540
00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,076
about the care
that they were providing, too,
541
00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,836
including one that we've actually
shown you before on this show,
542
00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:59,995
about a woman
who gave birth behind bars,
543
00:28:00,079 --> 00:28:02,675
and whose C-section wound
hadn't fully healed.
544
00:28:02,759 --> 00:28:05,035
And I'll let her mother pick up
the story from there.
545
00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:06,836
{\an8}They decided she had been there
long enough
546
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,670
{\an8}that she could go back to her yard.
547
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,396
{\an8}But it was still open a little bit.
548
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,836
{\an8}And so they decided
that the best thing to do for this
549
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:17,920
{\an8}would be to pack it
with kitchen sugar.
550
00:28:18,519 --> 00:28:19,839
{\an8}- Sugar ?!
- Sugar.
551
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,636
{\an8}And we're talking sugar
that you get from...
552
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,880
{\an8}'Cause they donate it,
from McDonald's, from Burger King.
553
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:28,636
{\an8}They're standing there
554
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,240
{\an8}ripping open these little packs
of sugar and filling that wound.
555
00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:35,319
{\an8}Packing it in with what's left...
556
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,720
{\an8}- With sugar from a fast food.
- Yes.
557
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,515
Let me be clear: I'm not a doctor,
although if you put me in a lab coat
558
00:28:43,599 --> 00:28:46,156
I do think I could get away with it
for two to six weeks.
559
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,876
I have an accent and I know
how to say "subdural hematoma",
560
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,515
I'm basically
halfway there already.
561
00:28:50,599 --> 00:28:53,396
But if I had to pick
the worst possible thing
562
00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,515
for a person recovering
from the trauma of childbirth,
563
00:28:55,599 --> 00:28:59,640
it'd be injecting McDonald's sugar
straight into your bloodstream.
564
00:29:00,119 --> 00:29:02,419
And the state lawmaker
who spearheaded the move
565
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,796
to take Arizona's prison
healthcare private, John Kavanagh,
566
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,440
didn't display a great deal of empathy
when confronted with that story.
567
00:29:10,119 --> 00:29:11,356
{\an8}That sounds ridiculous.
568
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:15,916
{\an8}Prisoners have24/7 to think up
allegations and write letters.
569
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,556
{\an8}I'm not saying that some of them
can't have a basis in fact,
570
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,556
{\an8}but you got to take them
with a grain of salt,
571
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,340
{\an8}or in the case of the hospital,
maybe a grain of sugar.
572
00:29:24,559 --> 00:29:29,559
I get it, a joke ! Prison Gepetto here
is having some fun with words !
573
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,916
I'm sure that prisoner's sides
were splitting !
574
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,195
Less from laughter, though,
and more from the open wounds
575
00:29:34,279 --> 00:29:37,119
that, thanks to him,
she'd had filled with fucking sugar.
576
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:42,195
And that is just one of many stories
of Corizon providing abysmal care,
577
00:29:42,279 --> 00:29:44,356
seemingly in order to cut costs.
578
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,755
Not only were they repeatedly accused
of refusing to pay specialists,
579
00:29:47,839 --> 00:29:50,556
causing hospitals
to have to send emails like this one,
580
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,116
in which they literally
beg for payment.
581
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,636
But when a Corizon doctor was dealing
with a prisoner with multiple seizures,
582
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,836
and suggested sending him out
for an exam,
583
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:00,515
she was told that
that was not going to happen,
584
00:30:00,599 --> 00:30:04,559
but that they'd "order a helmet
for him to protect his head instead."
585
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,156
And while it is clearly
not the most important thing here,
586
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:11,116
we tracked that doctor down to ask
if they ever got that helmet for him,
587
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,515
and you'll never guess
what the answer was.
588
00:30:13,599 --> 00:30:16,839
Unless your guess is "no",
in which case, you're fucking right.
589
00:30:17,319 --> 00:30:19,916
And all of this
led to horrific consequences,
590
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,396
like this man, who had just ten months
left on his sentence for vehicle theft
591
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,156
when he complained of back pain.
592
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,755
Four months later,
he finally got x-rays done,
593
00:30:27,839 --> 00:30:31,759
which showed signs of cancer, but
even then, Corizon dragged its feet.
594
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,995
{\an8}They wouldn't do an MRI. They kept
denying an MRI, denying an MRI.
595
00:30:36,079 --> 00:30:39,556
{\an8}In May, CT scans were ordered
to see if Vocke had cancer,
596
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:40,960
{\an8}but Corizon denied it.
597
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:45,720
{\an8}Finally, at the end of July 2013,
a CT scan was performed.
598
00:30:46,079 --> 00:30:47,880
{\an8}It confirmed Vocke had cancer.
599
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,160
{\an8}Medical records show there was
a lengthy delay in treating Vocke.
600
00:30:53,039 --> 00:30:56,799
{\an8}And it was kidney cancer that
could have been 95% survivable.
601
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,916
{\an8}And now they're saying
that I can't survive it whatsoever.
602
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,200
{\an8}Vocke was granted medical parole
so he can die surrounded by family.
603
00:31:05,039 --> 00:31:08,675
That is a tragedy.
Just ten months left on his sentence,
604
00:31:08,759 --> 00:31:11,596
showing clear signs of cancer,
and nothing was done.
605
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,400
And again,
he was in there for vehicle theft.
606
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:16,715
The punishment
for that is clearly not death,
607
00:31:16,799 --> 00:31:19,440
but under a system this cruel,
it can turn out to be.
608
00:31:19,839 --> 00:31:22,089
And this was all part
of a consistent pattern,
609
00:31:22,119 --> 00:31:25,869
the state's records showed that Corizon
had delayed delivery of medical care
610
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,759
16,000 times
in just one eight-month period.
611
00:31:30,359 --> 00:31:33,356
It got so bad,
Arizona was forced to pay fines
612
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,396
for the substandard care
prisoners received,
613
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,796
even as, mystifyingly,
it continued to pay
614
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:42,400
more than $2.5 million in performance
bonuses to Corizon's executives.
615
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,260
But eventually enough was enough,
and the state got rid of Corizon.
616
00:31:46,279 --> 00:31:48,955
The company
has since declared bankruptcy
617
00:31:49,039 --> 00:31:54,720
but rebranded as YesCare,
which is a bold name for a company.
618
00:31:55,359 --> 00:31:58,559
It's like Applebee's calling itself
Won't Make You Poop Weird !
619
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,680
To put it mildly,
your name is a little misleading.
620
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:06,116
Anyway, Arizona replaced Corizon
with a company called Centurion.
621
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,275
But the situation didn't improve,
in fact, last June,
622
00:32:09,359 --> 00:32:11,995
a judge ruled that for years,
across multiple providers,
623
00:32:12,079 --> 00:32:15,356
the state had shown "the most
callous and inhumane indifference",
624
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:19,119
saying, "no legitimate humane system
would operate in this manner."
625
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:20,675
Since that ruling,
626
00:32:20,759 --> 00:32:23,316
the state's contracted out
to yet another new provider,
627
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,475
this one called NaphCare,
which itself is fighting accusations
628
00:32:26,559 --> 00:32:29,916
of forcibly inducing pregnant prisoners
into labor against their will.
629
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,035
And that is the thing here, in so many
places, states end up just rotating
630
00:32:34,119 --> 00:32:36,519
among a small handful
of awful providers.
631
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:40,920
Prisons in Florida have gone from
Wexford, to Corizon, to Centurion.
632
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,480
Alabama went from Corizon
to Wexford, to YesCare,
633
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:48,279
which, you'll remember,
is basically just Corizon rebranded.
634
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,636
States choose healthcare providers
635
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,636
like old married couples
choose sexual positions:
636
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,475
by cycling through an extremely
limited number of options,
637
00:32:56,559 --> 00:32:59,599
none of which really get the job done
in a satisfying way.
638
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,116
And the options can be so limited
that, even when public officials
639
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,675
do try to do the right thing
and demand action,
640
00:33:06,759 --> 00:33:08,559
they can often
find themselves stuck.
641
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,235
Take what happened
in Forsyth County, North Carolina.
642
00:33:11,319 --> 00:33:14,369
It had a contract with a company
called Correct Care Solutions
643
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,195
to provide care in its jail.
644
00:33:16,279 --> 00:33:18,116
But after a series of calamities,
645
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,235
including two men dying
in the space of just 24 days,
646
00:33:21,319 --> 00:33:23,116
this county commissioner
decided to vote
647
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,119
against renewing their contract,
and did so like this.
648
00:33:26,839 --> 00:33:30,359
{\an8}I can't vote to support Correct Care
for any contract.
649
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:35,195
{\an8}I don't care about three million,
three years, or whatever.
650
00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:39,675
I wouldn't give Correct Care Solutions
$3,000 for three days
651
00:33:39,759 --> 00:33:42,200
if I had my way,
so, I can't support it.
652
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,076
That's a pretty strong no
from that man
653
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:49,876
and as justifiable as his reluctance
to renew Correct Care's contract was,
654
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,316
as the county's deputy sheriff
pointed out to him,
655
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:53,876
there was a bit of a problem.
656
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:57,556
The only thing I will say, sir,
is, with regard to this,
657
00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:01,759
{\an8}Correct Care
was the only vendor that bid.
658
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:04,916
It's true.
There was no other option !
659
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,235
So, the whole vote
was basically ceremonial.
660
00:34:07,319 --> 00:34:09,515
It'd be just as effective
to hold a vote on the question,
661
00:34:09,599 --> 00:34:13,196
"Should it be summer now ?"
Yes ? Yes ? Everyone votes yes ?
662
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,239
Bad news, everyone,
it still isn't !
663
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:19,035
And when you put all of this together,
it's hard to escape two conclusions:
664
00:34:19,119 --> 00:34:21,669
that all the options
currently on the table are bad.
665
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,119
And that the reason
they are allowed to be so bad
666
00:34:24,159 --> 00:34:26,079
is because
of who this care is for.
667
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:30,475
I get that it can be difficult to care
about issues affecting prisoners.
668
00:34:30,559 --> 00:34:34,756
I also get that their healthcare may be
especially difficult to rally around,
669
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,796
as so many on the outside
don't have healthcare themselves.
670
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:39,035
I know all of this !
671
00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:41,719
But the fact remains:
prisoners are people.
672
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:46,079
100% of them are, in fact !
And there are some solutions here.
673
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,555
I would argue the bare minimum
we should do
674
00:34:48,639 --> 00:34:52,276
is to stop outsourcing prison
healthcare to private companies.
675
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:55,155
As the director of the National
Prison Project at the ACLU puts it
676
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,515
"Government-run prison healthcare
is often appallingly deficient,
677
00:34:58,599 --> 00:35:01,349
but at least when a government
is providing the service,
678
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,320
there is some measure
of oversight."
679
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,555
And it should say something
about how bad things are
680
00:35:06,639 --> 00:35:10,995
that what activists are pushing for
is the "appallingly deficient" option.
681
00:35:11,079 --> 00:35:15,115
Obviously, the problem is so much
bigger than shitty contractors.
682
00:35:15,199 --> 00:35:19,035
If the prisons are overwhelmed
with too many patients to take care of,
683
00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:21,716
maybe there should be
fewer people in there.
684
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:23,716
If it's that the prison population
is getting older
685
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:27,100
because of the incredibly long
sentences we've imposed upon people,
686
00:35:27,159 --> 00:35:29,320
maybe we should consider
releasing them.
687
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:31,876
If it's that too many of them
are dealing with addiction
688
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,716
and mental health problems,
maybe we should be examining
689
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,316
whether prison is the best place
to treat those conditions.
690
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:41,916
It is impossible to separate this issue
from the much larger conversations
691
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:45,276
about universal healthcare
and prison abolition.
692
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,515
Like so many stories that we cover,
693
00:35:47,599 --> 00:35:50,396
this one ends at the perpetual
elephants in the room:
694
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:54,836
the U.S. doesn't guarantee any of its
citizens the dignity of good healthcare
695
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:59,599
and it puts too many of its people in
cages where many will needlessly die.
696
00:36:00,159 --> 00:36:03,155
And you can take that with all
the grains of sugar in the world,
697
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:06,599
but it should still be absolutely
impossible for you to swallow.
698
00:36:07,079 --> 00:36:08,239
And now, this !
699
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:09,920
And Now:
700
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,199
Fall Is Here,
And So Is Something Else.
701
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,916
{\an8}A big milestone for one of the
country's favorite fall drinks,
702
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,679
{\an8}and help start a yearly trend.
703
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,280
{\an8}The Starbucks pumpkin spice latte
is now 20 years old.
704
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:24,440
It's back !
705
00:36:25,079 --> 00:36:28,920
20 years is but an instant in the
billion-year reign of the spice !
706
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:30,435
Speaking of delicious,
707
00:36:30,519 --> 00:36:34,019
{\an8}the love and appreciation for pumpkin
spice is now at an all-time high.
708
00:36:34,079 --> 00:36:36,635
{\an8}As we drink and eat everything
pumpkin spice,
709
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:39,559
{\an8}the question is being raised:
are Americans addicted ?
710
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:41,960
Yes ! We are addicted !
711
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:47,000
We are powerless worms sick with
desire for whimsical fall flavors !
712
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,435
{\an8}I had a pumpkin
spice latte yesterday.
713
00:36:49,519 --> 00:36:52,039
{\an8}- No, you didn't.
- I gave in. I had to.
714
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,199
You had to !
715
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:59,075
For we are mere puppets in thrall
to a proprietary blend of spices
716
00:36:59,159 --> 00:37:02,079
more powerful than
any decrepit human will.
717
00:37:02,639 --> 00:37:04,679
{\an8}- I had a PSL phase...
- Yeah ?
718
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,719
{\an8}- But then I PSL-ed out.
- Yeah.
719
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:11,515
{\an8}Maybe, like, one a season.
Not all the time.
720
00:37:11,599 --> 00:37:13,760
Yes ! All the time !
721
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:17,196
Witness each interminable
second grow tumescent
722
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,559
with the blood
of the pumpkin and despair.
723
00:37:20,039 --> 00:37:23,796
{\an8}35%, according to Morning Consult,
say they want pumpkin spice all year.
724
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:24,916
{\an8}That's not true.
725
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,760
It is true, Craig ! The thirst
for spice will not be denied !
726
00:37:29,199 --> 00:37:32,599
Even by the host of the nation's
second most popular morning show !
727
00:37:33,159 --> 00:37:36,035
{\an8}Despite the drink's massive
success following its release,
728
00:37:36,119 --> 00:37:39,555
{\an8}the company did consider
discontinuing the drink at one point
729
00:37:39,639 --> 00:37:42,159
{\an8}to keep things new, fresh,
and not repetitive.
730
00:37:42,519 --> 00:37:47,239
No ! The spice can never be stopped !
It shall echo into eternity !
731
00:37:47,679 --> 00:37:49,396
Spice ! Spice ! Spice !
732
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,079
Spice ! Spice ! Spice !
733
00:37:51,679 --> 00:37:53,920
Spice !
734
00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:01,196
That's our show, thanks so much for
watching, it is so, so good to be back.
735
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,239
We'll see you next week,
good night.
66904
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