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John Oliver Calls Out the Hypocrisy of Turkey Pardoning

Last Week Tonight won’t be back until February, but this hiatus couldn’t stop John Oliver from taking on the weird—and, in many ways, hypocritical—tradition of the president’s annual turkey pardon.

What should Americans do instead? Oliver has offered a couple alternatives.

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