Danbury Mayor Names Sewage Plant After John Oliver Following ‘Last Week Tonight’s Story On Jury Selection In Connecticut

type” — comments that Carroll has contended in her lawsuit were defamatory.Roberta Kaplan, Carroll’s attorney, said in a statement that the Justice Department’s attempted intervention is “shocking” and offensive to her as a lawyer and citizen.Also Read: E Jean Carroll's Defamation Suit Against Trump Will Move Forward, Judge Rules“On the very day that he would have been required to appeal, Trump instead enlisted the U.S.

The war of words between Last Week Tonight host John Oliver and Danbury, Connecticut MayorMark Boughton may finally be coming to a close. On Saturday,Boughton saidhe would accept Oliver’s challenge to name the city’s sewage plant after the HBO host following Oliver's offer to donate $55,000 to local charities.

admitted he was just joking.Also Read: John Oliver Rips 'America's Most-Laminated Prince' Jared Kushner for 'Infuriating' Reaction to NBA Strike (Video)Oliver revisited the subject on the August 30 episode, first congratulating Danbury for a truly good insult, then mocking it for not following through. “You had the first good idea in your city’s history and you chickened out on the follow-through.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIn what could be the greatest — and most hilariously friendly — feud of 2020, John Oliver has been putting the city of Danbury, Connecticut on blast for the past couple of weeks on Last Week Tonight. During one episode while unpacking the racial disparities when it came to jury selection process in Connecticut, the host said “If you’re going to forget a town in Connecticut, why not forget Danbury? Because, and this is true, f*** Danbury!” There was really

Ted Johnson The Atlantic’s bombshell story that Donald Trump made disparaging comments about American soldiers triggered a day-long guessing game and debate over the piece’s anonymous sources.Trump himself joined in, telling reporters that “it could have been a guy like” his former chief of staff, John Kelly, even as the White House spent much of the day attacking The Atlantic and insisting that its story was false.

John Oliver on Sunday used the entirety ofLast Week Tonight to discuss the incendiary rhetoric from Donald Trump and others during the Republican National Convention, which the host tied to the deadly shooting during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last week.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterLast Week Tonight With John Oliver wasted no time in diving right into two major stories that happened last week: the RNC and the events of Kenosha, Wisconsin.First off, John Oliver pointed out the main theme of the RNC was “telling lies in front of flags” as it was four days of “full-throated denial of objective reality.”  RNC speakers painted a misleading portrait of Biden saying that he would be controlled by environmental extremists and that there

John Oliver, as the star insulted the town in a rant on his U.S. late-night show.Danbury’s Mayor Mark Boughton announced the dubious accolade in a video posted on his Facebook page on Sunday (August 23, 2020), responding to a bizarre rant Oliver embarked on about the town on his HBO show, Last Week Tonight.“We are going to rename it the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant,” the Republican mayor said of the City of Danbury Sewer Plant.

Local officials in Danbury, Connecticut have named a sewage plant after comedian John Oliver, as the star insulted the town in a rant on his U.S.

It was supposed to be the Democratic Convention – so why were so many “Never Trump” Republicans participating? That’s what comedian John Oliver wanted to know during Sunday’s edition of “Last Week Tonight.” The host questioned the Democratic National Committee’s strategy of inviting Republican critics of President Trump -- such as John Kasich, Meg Whitman and Colin Powell -- to address voters during the party’s four-night nominating event last week.

Comedian John Oliver has long used his “Last Week Tonight” platform to mock government agencies and public officials. Now the tables have turned.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIt’s become normal that John Oliver starts every episode of Last Week Tonight by saying “A lot happened this week” because it is wildly accurate. It seemed that this week he was speaking a mile-a-minute in order to try to fit in pertinent news at the top of the show.First on the list was the Democratic National Convention which many were calling an “unconventional” convention, thinking that they were the ones that coined that phrase.

John Oliver kicked off Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight by addressing last week's Democratic National Convention —or, what many in the media took to calling "an unconventional convention" due to its virtual nature and lack of attendees amid the coronavirus pandemic. "That's one of those things that sounds like it has gravity but actually means next to nothing, like 'it is what it is' or 'Quibi exclusive,'" Oliver quipped.

The town of Danbury, Connecticut has responded to John Oliver‘s dig on their town in a very savage way.

here.Also Read: John Oliver Slams Racial Bias in Juror Selection: 'So Flagrant Even Brett Kavanaugh Has a Problem With It' (Video)In the August episode of “Last Week,” Oliver brought up Danbury in a segment about how computer algorithms for juror lists and selection in several states – including Connecticut – disproportionately exclude people of color.“If you are going to forget a town in Connecticut, why not forget Danbury because, and this is true, f— Danbury!” Oliver said in the segment.