Daily Beast: John Oliver Slams Toyota Over ISIS Trucks: ‘Toyotas Are Being Used as Instruments of Death’
John Oliver does not suffer fools gladly. Whether it’s shady televangelists fleecing poor Bible-thumpin’ Americans for millions or the GOP for their reaction to the recent mass shooting at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College, the witty Brit has used his platform as host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight to skewer hypocrites of all types.
This week, the acclaimed satirist directed his ire at Toyota, the world’s No. 1 car manufacturer.
Yes, Toyota has become the preferred car manufacturer of the so-called Islamic State widely known as ISIS, with the terrorist organization’s propaganda videos boasting massive convoys of Toyota Hilux pickup trucks and Land Cruisers. And now, a U.S. Counterterrorism Unit has begun interrogating the Japanese automaker about how so many of its automobiles, both new and old, are making their way into the hands of ISIS.
The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.