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longjumpingtote Mar 29, 2026 +731

This is like somebody waking up in 1949 and thinking, “maybe Mussolini wasn’t such a good progressive.“

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kayl_breinhar Mar 29, 2026 +114

Yet in MaherWorld: *"He still DID make the trains run on time, though."*

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bioshockd Mar 29, 2026 +61

I know you're just saying the old cliche, but I love pointing this out: they did not make the trains run on time. They made that claim in propaganda, but the fascists only updated the looks of the railways and lied about the train times to back up the propaganda. Not to mention that the entire industry collapsed because of the war

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kayl_breinhar Mar 29, 2026 +33

I know, but Maher is all about the "well, ya gotta hand it to 'em" thing. THAT'S what I was getting at.

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bioshockd Mar 29, 2026 +15

Oh I get what you're going for, but I like to repeat that shit whenever I can just in case someone who doesn't know reads it

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AntoniaFauci Mar 30, 2026 +1

Exactly. Maher’s ”research” clearly starts and ends with Fox News. He’s constantly spouting myths about how Republicans did this or that, or how they’re “better” at something that they clearly aren’t. You can tell he’s just absorbing their gaslight as fact.

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kayl_breinhar Mar 30, 2026 +1

I don't think he's absorbing the gaslighting, I think he'll just do/say anything to get \~both sides\~ to come on to his show so he can stir shit and make headlines. He smugged out about being \~the guy\~ who kept telling everyone Trump could win in 2015, and has progressed from being sued by him for implying his mother was an orangutan to now being the new "liberal whisperer" that Dennis Miller used to be, even though Dennis Miller always had a better vocabulary. I stopped watching Maher when he gave the guy who injected Charlie Sheen's blood the initial interview and gave credence to his idiocy and didn't even bother to challenge it. That was it for me.

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AntoniaFauci Mar 30, 2026 +1

He is though. I’m surrounded by MAGAs and recognize the myths he constantly repeats as facts. He’s getting them direct from the MAGA pipeline.

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beerandloathingpdx Mar 29, 2026 +23

More like one of those stories where you hear about a Japanese soldier discovered on some pacific island who still thinks the war is going on. It’s over folks. Billionaires won, doesn’t matter what your politics are. I’m glad bill Maher will have one less viewer OP

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BottAndPaid Mar 29, 2026 +13

Maher had a few jokes here and there but his atheist views are actually just a veil attempt to distract from his rabid islamaphobia. He is washed up corporate bro with more in common with actual conservatives (not maga conservatives) while pretending it's simply just common sense. No one needs Bill Maher and he should stop creeping on young girls while he's at it.

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McKoijion Mar 30, 2026 +1

“Why aren’t the National Socialists more socialist?”

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NovaHorizon Mar 30, 2026 +1

No worries, OP’s new favorite fresh progressive is going to be Tucker Carlson

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No-Contest58 Mar 30, 2026

smh fr Bill used to be cool but now he just sounds like a boring old dude

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oversoul00 Mar 29, 2026 +224

You have always hated him or you haven't been watching since 2000, which is it? Also, paragraphs please.

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StatusVoice2634 Mar 29, 2026 +43

Yeah I’m someone that is handing on by a thread, but Maher hasn’t been “progressive” for a decade. 2016-17 culture broke him. Especially getting suspended.

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bearfootin_9 Mar 30, 2026 +19

When did he do Politically Incorrect on ABC, 30 years ago? He wasn't progressive then. I don't understand why anyone ever thought he was progressive.

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44problems Mar 30, 2026 +13

He hated Bush and the war. But he was a very early "anti-cancel culture" and "anti-woke" and even "anti-DEI" guy before it had those names. Would often argue with feminists and other social justice progressives. Show was literally called Politically Incorrect.

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Smythe28 Mar 30, 2026 +1

Man, turns out Maher was an Overton indicator this whole time. Anything more progressive than Maher is what the right call “Woke”.

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StatusVoice2634 Mar 30, 2026 +9

Atheist and was against war

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Lebuhdez Mar 30, 2026 +4

Because he was against the Iraq war, that’s literally all.

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AntoniaFauci Mar 30, 2026 +1

I’d say 25 years ago.

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unidentifiedfish55 Mar 29, 2026 +15

I've only been watching him for 8 years or so, but I've never seen him claim to be "progressive". He's claimed many times to be "old school liberal" which is definitely not the same thing. His primary principal has always been keeping religion out of politics. People can disagree with what he says, and think that his "old school liberal" views don't go far enough... But he's always seemed to be pretty consistent and not hypocritical.

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nothatsmyarm Mar 30, 2026 +1

Yeah, I don’t agree with him on everything but I can’t really say his views have shifted all that much either way. The right of course has gone completely insane, but the left has also drifted from him.

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Needmyvape Mar 30, 2026

Being "an old school liberal" is just a way for old fucks to support conservative policies while still feeling superior to conservatives. Bill is weirded out by trans people. That is the main driving force behind his slide further and further to the right. There is no observation of the success of failure of past liberal policy. No realization that he was wrong. It's solely due to his inability to accept trans people as valid

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lemonylol Mar 30, 2026 +2

His views were never part of my interest in the show either, he's just the host.

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OxbridgeDingoBaby Mar 29, 2026 +46

Exactly. Seems like a virtue signalling post for free karma on Listnook (as Maher is almost universally disliked here).

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Lebuhdez Mar 30, 2026 +1

Exactly

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Temporary-Article996 Mar 29, 2026 +81

He's never been a progressive - nor claimed to be. Liberals and Democrats are not Progressive nor Democratic Socialists. We happen to share a house when it comes to politics for convenience, nothing more - it's like the Regan coalition - Religious Zealots and "Business" republicans. Have to make the sausage somehow.

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Estproph Mar 29, 2026 +5

His standup talked about legalizing drugs, but that's as far as he went

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LJofthelaw Mar 30, 2026 +2

Liberal here (Social Liberal). We do NOT f****** claim that antivax bootlicking piece of shit.

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vibe4it Mar 29, 2026 +320

*Used to think he was was an outspoken progressive* This was never the case, so I’m not sure what you were watching. He’s always called himself a Libertarian. Which is just conservative with a little more cowardice.

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Ready-Arrival Mar 29, 2026 +139

Conservatives who like to smoke weed.

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centipededamascus Mar 29, 2026 +89

And who can tell you the age of consent in every state.

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sheslikebutter Mar 29, 2026 +18

And f*** people under the age of consent

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DiveCat Mar 29, 2026 +13

While arguing that it’s okay because it’s not pedophilia, it’s ephebophilia.

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ShawneeRonE Mar 29, 2026 +8

The green woman in Wicked?

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Levitlame Mar 29, 2026 +1

If I have to now know this then so does anyone else that shows up… Ephebophilia is a term used to describe a primary sexual attraction to mid-to-late adolescents, typically aged 15 to 19, who are in Tanner stages 4 to 5 of physical development. It is considered a form of chronophilia rather than a psychiatric disorder or diagnosis. It is distinct from pedophilia (pre-pubescent) and hebephilia (early puberty)

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Ready-Arrival Mar 29, 2026 +1

I was afraid to google it. Thanks (I guess)

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Kundrew1 Mar 29, 2026 +28

Hes supported a lot of positions those on the left support. He was certainly seen as a liberal in the 00s That said hes always been a pompous jack ass

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dingleberryboy20 Mar 29, 2026 +16

He's neoliberal in which he's socially liberal unless it personally affects his money and status.

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iamamuttonhead Mar 30, 2026 +6

Here in Vermont there are progressive libertarians. It sounds like an oxymoron but it's not. Vermonters want to help their neighbors and they are happy for the government to help them help their neighbors. They can't stand any regulation, though.

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vibe4it Mar 30, 2026 +1

*They can't stand any regulation, though.* That’s interesting. Even related to the environment?

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The_Nomadic_Nerd Mar 29, 2026 +62

He absolutely was. During the Bush admin he was one of the most critical voices on TV. During Obama he was criticizing Dems for not supporting Obama enough and running away like cowards. It was during Trump 1.0 that he had too much “let’s see the other side, I’m sure they’re good people.” Then Covid just scrambled his brain. He’s been lost for a while, but to say he was never progressive is flat out wrong.

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seestars9 Mar 29, 2026 +30

You mention his criticism of Bush's war, but that is standard no-war/isolationist libertarianism. Criticizing Dems for being insufficiently supportive of their President is fundamentally apolitical. It certainly doesn't mean he was liberal, much less *progressive*.

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longjumpingtote Mar 29, 2026 +43

He was never a progressive. I’m sorry. Lots of different kinds of people called out the war. There were conservative voices. There were progressive voices. There were liberal voices. There were religious voices. It doesn’t make him religious. The whole point of his first TV show was that progressives were just as stupid as conservatives. And as stupid as liberals, and as stupid as moderates. Although moderates got more of a pass. He has always been hostile to feminism and women’s issues even though he knew that wasn’t good for his brand. But it snuck out a lot. One of the most common and perhaps defining traits of a progressive is empathy. He gets an incredibly low score on the empathy scale. He gets an incredibly low score on the acceptance scale. He was clever ones, and since we went through the craziness of the 90s and the GOP then, and the craziness of the 2000s and the wars, there was a lot of stupidity on the right he could go after. But he got more angry and more persnickety as he got old.

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devilquak Mar 29, 2026 +14

He consistently takes the opposing position that will give him the most attention from whatever party isn’t currently in power. His only reliability is being argumentative. He doesn’t actually have anything he stands for.

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vibe4it Mar 29, 2026 +1

Sure. That’s why he had a whole show on ABC in the 90s called Politically Incorrect.

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lordhelmetann Mar 29, 2026 +24

Being “politically incorrect” used to be a very liberal thing in opposition to the religious right who complained about everything people did. The greatest magic trick ever done by the right-wing was making people believe that liberals are the oppressors now while they continue to stomp on everyone’s rights.

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bishop375 Mar 29, 2026 +8

No, not really. The left was far bigger about political correctness in an attempt to be more inclusive. The right railed against it in their typical “I’m going to try to offend everyone I can,” m.o. that pervades today. He called it Politically Incorrect because he was setting out to offend everyone equally. Classic libertarian maneuver.

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GoRangers5 Mar 29, 2026 +9

Beat me to it, I've been watching Real Time since 06 and Bill has never claimed to be a progressive.

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Significant_Sun_5225 Mar 29, 2026 +1

He literally has

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Estproph Mar 29, 2026 +1

He was literally lying

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amazn_azn Mar 29, 2026 +13

Maher is the perfect example of someone who thinks they're a liberal but in any other country would be considered a psycho conservative. Any liberal that is antivax, pro Zionism, and against grassroots progressive movements is really not a progressive. He's Joe Rogan for people who need a veneer of liberalism on top of their conservative values.

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ibuttergo Mar 29, 2026 +3

For awhile, he’s labeled himself as a centrist. But he leans more conservative than anything. All his complaining about building regulation in California and antivax nonsense…dude is garbage trying to stay relevant and make a buck.

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itdothstink Mar 30, 2026 +1

Where, outside of Northern or Western Europe, would he be a psycho conservative?

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ChitteringCathode Mar 29, 2026 +3

The only grace (and I mean **the only** grace) that I will extend to Maher is that he was better than 90% of Dem politicians following 9/11 wrt the Bush admin's actions overseas. That's pretty much it, and the bar was largely in Hell at that time.

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_Army9308 Mar 29, 2026 +2

No one watches these tv hosts anyways outside thier bubbles anyways

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FranksGun Mar 29, 2026 +8

I’ve never heard bill call himself a libertarian

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Stnmn Mar 29, 2026 +5

He called himself a Libertarian back in his "Politically Incorrect" days. The label has gained enough stigma for him to no longer use the label, and he's struggled to define his ideology ever since. He now adopts liberal framing when convenient but intentionally distances himself from the term liberal/progressive by saying things like "I still identify as a liberal at heart" or that he's "liberal but sane," while redefining terms and making exceptions. E.g. only identifying as a liberal by the definition of "someone who wants to change the status quo for the better," but being largely neutral to or antagonistic toward progressive liberal ideals that don't involve legalizing weed. I don't really like the guy, but I don't blame him for struggling to define himself in such a messy political landscape.

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quaglandx3 Mar 29, 2026 +1

He’s done it when trying to defend attacks from the right for being too lefty

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Vio_ Mar 29, 2026 +1

\*A conservative who loves weed and the entire political and cultural spectrum to fully revolve and cater to his own beliefs and biases.

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drainisbamaged Mar 29, 2026 +1

there was, for a time maybe gone now, where Libertarians had french-Liberals involved. The idea of 'liberty without government' angle. I'll admit I could've been naive, but from my POV that group got sideswiped by the 'compassionate conservatives' who would see massive growths of federal power under the guise of 'state rights' and 'well the guy's a farmer, he must get it!" approaches. That same group then fell inline with MAGA, because that group was never true to any ideals, it was true to anti-authoritarian authoritarianism. The folks who want to join the movement against The Power. So was Libertarian always MAGA-fascists? I don't think so, but I do think the american-based term has lost any credentials towards Liberty-libertarian at this point. Yes, I used to watch Bill Maher. I was on his 'side' when he got canned for his 9/11 comments. But I outgrew him some 20 years ago as he dove further into the rabbit hole of 'if I say the counter-point and giggle I'm being rebellious" schitck. It's a teenager's gimmick at best.

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captainhaddock Mar 30, 2026 +1

Libertarianism has been a pipeline to more progressive and socially conscious beliefs for some people (like me). Bill Maher expressed how a lot of us felt during the Bush era, but those of us who continued to grow and protest injustice left him behind.

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thejokerofunfic Mar 29, 2026 +24

Fam you living life operating on Internet Explorer? Maher has been like this for many many years by now.

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BrennusSokol Mar 29, 2026 +16

Say why you want about Maher but if we could bottle his smugness and use it as an energy source we could drop oil overnight. It is weirdly fascinating to watch someone so overconfident

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---reddacted--- Mar 29, 2026 +22

Always remember that Bill is an out of touch rich boomer

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SenorPinchy Mar 29, 2026 +4

I used to like how he would mash up guests together who had very disparate perspectives. Now, though, he's primarily an example of how to age without grace. Just every stereotype of falling out of touch and doubling down to infinite on your ever worsening views.

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sjgreybar Mar 30, 2026 +1

... and those people run the country

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braumbles Mar 29, 2026 +23

I gave up when he was platforming so many far right people almost every week. I remember there was two week period where he had like Jordan Peterson, Milo whatever, and then some anti vaxx conspiracy theorist, and an anti trans bigot. It became a bit much. I'm fine with giving someone a platform if you challenge them, but he refused. He sat there as Milo just churned out bigoted remark after bigoted remark, calling trans people child rapists and shit and just nodding. Then he allows notorious liars and peddlers of bullshit on, like Rick Santorum, or Kelly Anne, or whomever else, who are known liars and propagandists. I understand you want to have a show where all views are okay, but once the truth starts getting pushed to the side for entertainment or appeasement purposes, what even is the point? Then of course there's the whole woke tirade, where instead of educating himself about what woke even is, he just started parroting DeSantis or Trump talking points about what he believes Woke is. So if he didn't like a concept or idea, he'd just call it woke. Feeding the homeless? Woke. Being against gun violence? Woke. Universal Healthcare? Woke. Not liking a rapist? Woke. Being anti Kanye. Woke. It's as if once he hit 65, he just became a typical Fox News Republican spouting the same bullshit talking points. For someone who was consistently right about Bush 2, him cuddling up to Trump has certainly been a depressing final arc to his career.

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ItchyGoiter Mar 29, 2026 +10

It was COVID. He REALLY did not like the mask mandates and other public safety measures.

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chicagoliz Mar 29, 2026 +11

Also, he'll take some of the most controversial talking points and positions that some left wing or progressive activists take and claim that the Democrats are embracing them or pushing for them. Some of the more extreme examples are not being espoused by any Dem politicians but by writers/columnists and other people with platforms or who are protesting, etc. Then he claims all the Dems hold this position and that's why no one votes for them. And yes, the whole mischaracterization of woke drives me nuts.

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MrFiendish Mar 29, 2026 +5

He had Steve Bannon sitting next to Neil Degrasse Tyson a long time ago, before Trump. Maher gave that dickweed a platform, and out him next to legitimately engaging guest like NDT.

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Latter-Possibility Mar 29, 2026 +15

Maher is the quintessential old as dirt, out of touch , rich Boomer a****** in America who’s entitled and selfish. And he should remove himself from the game but clings to whatever relevance he still has.

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drewbopalous Mar 29, 2026 +11

He's always been insufferable. Even when he claimed to be progressive. Nothing about him has ever seemed genuine.

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theaverageaidan Mar 29, 2026 +2

Hes the prototypical end-stage 90s liberal: basically centrist or center-right that liked weed and didnt believe in god.

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dope_sheet Mar 29, 2026 +10

The Kennedy Center announced on March 26, 2026, that comedian and HBO host Bill Maher will receive the 27th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. That's the biggest joke of them all.

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scarves_and_miracles Mar 29, 2026 +4

Is that true? What a step down after Conan ...

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klingma Mar 29, 2026 +6

Cool, you could have just stopped watching him without making such a self-important and attention-seeking post.

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scruffles360 Mar 29, 2026 +20

I wouldn't know he was still alive except HBO keeps trying to push it on me after the John Oliver credits. You don't actually have to watch what they recommend, you know.. you can just watch something else.

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Ready-Arrival Mar 29, 2026 +6

They finally stopped that and now it's the Amber Ruffin/Roy Wood Jr. news show. Much better.

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GoRangers5 Mar 29, 2026 +6

To be fair, they push John Oliver after Bill Maher credits as well.

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Aliensinmypants Mar 29, 2026 +5

I wish there was a "Not interested" or block feature on hbo. They constantly try to autoplay maher and sometimes I'm doing something else so now he's on my continue watching too and they push it harder

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Gorskon Mar 29, 2026 +4

Yup. HBO annoys the hell out of me automatically starting an episode of Maher's show as the credits to Oliver's far superior show roll.

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stonewallace17 Mar 29, 2026 +1

That always annoyed the hell out of me, Maher is closer to Fox f****** News than Last Week Tonight, why would I ever want to watch that garbage immediately after an episode of LWT? Sesame Street would be a closer recommendation.

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FrankieFiveAngels Mar 29, 2026 +3

This sounds like it was written by Bill Maher.

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bobbydville Mar 29, 2026 +24

Nobody watches Bill Maher anymore.

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Jacoprod Mar 29, 2026 +15

I would say the ratings indicate otherwise. There was a time when John Oliver surged ahead of Real Time, but when you cater to only half of the political spectrum, it’s only a matter of time until that trope gets old. Maher is still brutal to Trump, but he isn’t afraid to call out things that the average American might find hypocritical or downright bizarre. No matter which side does it. Yes, he’s arrogant and grumpy and a bit of a curmudgeon, but because most people who don’t subscribe to a particular ideology might admit, we enjoy a good laugh. Even if it is at the expense of our own “side”. Whatever side that may be. If you can’t acknowledge and mock the follies of your own party, then you simply aren’t being objective.

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Maximilian_Xavier Mar 29, 2026 +4

I was about to contradict you, but looked it up. You are 100% correct. I didn't realize how far he had fallen. His ratings are sad now.

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OxbridgeDingoBaby Mar 29, 2026 +7

> The show's 2025 ratings peaked at 755,000 households on March 1st, while experiencing a low of 395,000 viewers for an episode on June 7th, according to USTVDB data. Seems to be doing alright for a Friday evening/night show.

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mike10dude Mar 30, 2026 +3

that is also just live viewers on cable tv it is getting harder to get those people his show also now gets put on cnn the following night no idea what those numbers are but they are supposed to be very happy with them

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xc2215x Mar 29, 2026 +18

He has been terrible through all of the 2020s. Was good before then.

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TMMC39 Mar 29, 2026 +15

I've always found him smug and unfunny, going back to Politically Incorrect. But i like the panel format with comedians and a mix of other viewpoints. If he had any values he's lost them. More likely his worst tendencies have just become more prominent.

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GregoPDX Mar 29, 2026 +7

As someone who has watched off and on for decades, he has gotten worse in the last couple years. He constantly has right wingers on who have said some terrible stuff, and doesn’t call them out on it. He softballs these guys so they continue to come on the show. For example, he’s been very vocal about anti-Israel sentiment on campuses but then has Marjorie Taylor Greene on, who spread antisemitism on X, and doesn’t call her out on it. His Covid takes are bad, his Iran war take is bad, a lot of his Trump takes are bad. But there’s people in here saying he’s a conservative who smokes pot have a bad take as well.

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damham Mar 29, 2026 +3

Perhaps "good" is too strong here. He was okay.

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BLOOOR Mar 30, 2026 +2

> Was good before then. Watch an old episode of [Politically Incorrect](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCT9htzhpGM&list=PLl3GGFxiXcN0H_YxOl3L1GIqNqv-XWm92&index=21). He *only* complains about how bad things are today. His entire M.O. has *always* been the kids are wrong. He doesn't even tell jokes.

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LegitimateMoney00 Mar 29, 2026 +34

Bill Maher has literally always had the same views. He’s a classical liberal. He hasn’t changed, it’s the parties that have shifted. Also Maher’s show serves an important purpose (even tho Listnook is constantly crying about him) of bringing on people from both sides to have open discussion on several issues. His show is one of the only ones that still does that.

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PlasmaWhore Mar 30, 2026 +4

Listnook thinks if you don't agree with all of someone's views there's no point to listening to them. I agree with Bill Maher on many big topics, but also thinks he's a d*****, and vehemently disagree about many things. Doesn't mean there's nothing to learn from watching his show. I dont know of many others with the high profile guests who he gets in to debate one another. I can't stand how f****** smug he is and the way he smacks his lips while talking and being extra smug. I still listen to the show every week though.

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Claydavies Mar 29, 2026 +4

I agree. Bill Maher and various other celebrities who can be considered liberal/classical liberal have the same views now as they had back then. Its the Overton window that has changed so much in such a short time that people now view what was considered the liberal viewpoint just a few years ago as far right. *"I used to listen to Maher but he changed"* No... You changed.

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ryhaltswhiskey Mar 29, 2026

90s Maher would have respected science on the covid vaccine. 2020s Maher is like yeah but maybe these skeptics have a point. He's gotten stupider.

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jared_kushner_420 Mar 30, 2026 +1

> Its the Overton window that has changed so much in such a short time that people now view what was considered the liberal viewpoint just a few years ago as far right. This is so utterly wrong. Idk how you can possibly think this. He was always a centrist at best. He has 0 actual left-leaning values. > No... You changed. Yea many people realized liberalism in the US is basically controlled opposition and gets nothing done. No distribution of wealth, no regulation, no healthcare reform, no education funding. You guys think Gavin Newsom is a radical leftist.

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chicagoliz Mar 29, 2026 -9

The problem is that "both sides" doesn't really exist now -- it's people who are calling for an authoritarian Christian nationalist kleptocracy versus people who don't want that. That is not an equivalent "both sides." One side is clearly anathema to anyone who cares about the ideals this country should live up to.

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LegitimateMoney00 Mar 29, 2026 +8

Both sides will always exist. Differing viewpoints will always exist. What you said makes zero sense in regard to open panel discussion as seen on his show.

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ibuttergo Mar 29, 2026 +1

I dunno if it’s much a discussion anymore. He doesn’t criticize or push back on certain topics much. The Elon interview alone. Oof.

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Caraxus Mar 29, 2026 -2

"I'd be a house n******!" -Bill Maher, unironically

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Such-Neck-1889 Mar 29, 2026 +3

Maher’s been slagging any Generation later than X for sometime now and routinely kicking around even the most moderate Democrats. Couple that with a serious pot habit that seems to regularly mess up his ability to think and form coherent sentences and you have a recipe for cancellation due to loss of viewership. Bill’s been complacent about the quality of his show for awhile now and should have the good sense to retire.

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Slutty_Sam Mar 29, 2026 +9

This has been true for a solid decade at least but ngl regardless of when the more people realize he’s a total hack the better to me.

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hithere297 Mar 29, 2026 +2

This post is like that meme where Internet Explorer tells you breaking news from twenty years ago

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dBlock845 Mar 29, 2026 +2

Idk how you made it this long...

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americandolphinn Mar 29, 2026 +5

You only figured this out now?

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kylejaysfan Mar 29, 2026 +4

I gave up when he kept mentioned how he went to the White House to visit trump

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chicagoliz Mar 29, 2026 +5

And then smugly derided anyone who objected to this. He acts like Trump is not dangerous. He acts like Trump has a political philosophy and is competently weighing options. He acts like Trump is not cognitively impaired. The refusal to acknowledge the realities is what makes this dismaying. Trump cannot be reasoned with. He's not making decisions with solid information and in the best interests of the country. He's not even capable of doing so.

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kylejaysfan Mar 29, 2026 +1

It’s just a constant I’m edgy I’m in the middle the left and right don’t like me. Ya no shit welcome to most of the country

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chicagoliz Mar 29, 2026 +6

I just hate the condescending criticism that people won't just sit down and listen to the 'other side' and that you're not always right, and you have to listen to other viewpoints. Like - no. I don't have to listen to people who feel women should not be allowed to vote, who want to break the government so badly that it cannot perform even basic functions, who want to have a kleptocracy where the leaders get billions of dollars for doling out favors, and get rid of the rule of law so that criminals go free while innocent people are murdered by the government for protesting. There is not a morally equivalent 'other side."

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Capital_Activity_316 Mar 29, 2026 +3

Next tell us how SNL isn’t funny anymore

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JimboFett87 Mar 30, 2026 +3

Where have you been the last 10 years? At least.

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alg602 Mar 29, 2026 +2

I quit Maher during the first year or two of the Biden administration. He consistently made it sound like Biden was worse than Trump, and I couldn’t stomach that line BS. Biden had his own flaws but the equivalence narrative contributed to where we are today. Additionally, he might be the worst interviewer ever. He would have former Trump cabinet folks on the show, give them a platform to continue their lies, and would not challenge them at all. It was so pathetic.

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rektdat Mar 29, 2026 +2

May i recommend to you all the “I hate Bill Maher podcast”??

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Ok_Eagle_6239 Mar 29, 2026 +3

People on the left are shocked at how they lost to Donald Trump. Easiest candidate ever to beat. They blame the maga base, which is a small percentage of the voting block. What guys like Bill Maher do is point out why. Some people don't want to hear it. The Trump lesson for progressives is not to give up your fundamental hopes and aspirations. It's to say whatever you have to say to get elected. Then do what you want to do.

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Nexgod2 Mar 29, 2026 +3

A lot of people patting themselves on the back for hating him already probably don’t realize what an about face he truly has had over the last decade or so. He used to be a very liberal voice during the Bush years. Yeah, he has always been kinda smarmy, but he used to have some really great panels, with diverse guests and he would hold everyone mostly accountable. He was always ahead of the curve when it came to pot legalization. But then, as happens to everyone, he got older. Thing is, he doesn’t want to admit it. He does not want to admit age has changed him. That this new era has passed him by and shits on his old “heroes”. Like many who support Trump, despite Mahers liberal leanings, he misses the era where white men could get a pass for everything. He misses being a gatekeeper for liberals and free speech. So he takes it out on youth. He loves to rail against the new generation, having no children, and living in a giant compound away from society. He thinks if he dates girls in their 20s (old man yuck) he’s somehow hip and in the know. He’s lost his way considerably and I haven’t watched his show at least since his “dinner with hitler” and it was spotty before that. I was a habitual watcher for many many years,but he’s become a hack. Just another causality to his own ego. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

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wildfire393 Mar 29, 2026 +3

George Carlin has a bit about driving: You ever notice how everyone who drives slower than you is an a******, and everyone faster than you is insane? "Moderates" are a lot like that with politics. Everyone to the right of them is an a****** and everyone to the left is insane. We just don't hand most of them a talk show. I lost any shred of respect for Maher almost a decade ago. He had Bari Weiss on his show and immediately after greeting her he makes a joke about how he shouldn't be hugging her because of #MeToo and they laugh and chat about how the left is going too far in holding sexual assaulters accountable? Not the exact words, but it was straight up revolting. I've also seen him telling women to give up on the abortion fight to win elections, and "in return" he'd stop pushing for pot legalization, as if those things are remotely comparable.

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BP619 Mar 29, 2026 +2

Have I got a podcast for you folks... https://open.spotify.com/show/5Agu3HMAQAwIf5V3EhDXwN?si=DH_mqvcZQOaMjEneRhqMVQ

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Basis-Some Mar 29, 2026 +2

I’ve never understood why people like Maher. He’s always been a jerk hiding his actual IQ behind glasses and now cigar smoke.

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mangoserpent Mar 29, 2026 +2

He was boring 20 years ago and always creepy.

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heebs387 Mar 29, 2026 +2

I just think Bill is out of touch with most things these days. He's so mad about younger people and how they don't think like he does, it's rote.

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Shrimp1991 Mar 29, 2026 +2

I quit watching Bill a long time ago. I found him boring and pedantic.

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libra00 Mar 29, 2026 +2

Bill Maher has been a closet conservative for at least 20 years as far as I'm aware..

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qlurp Mar 29, 2026 +2

Bill Maher is a pathetic boot licker. Hope he somehow comes across these posts and realizes how truly despised he has become.

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Lebuhdez Mar 30, 2026 +2

He’s never been progressive, people just thought he was because he was against the Iraq war

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thearc_areunfriendly Mar 30, 2026 +2

Crazy idea here but don’t tune in? I’ve been watching Bill for a decade as well. Some nights it’s entertaining, some it’s inspiring and some it’s lame. Maybe you’ve grown apart from the evolution of Bill’s schtick 🤷 Remember, it’s not that serious.

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Equinoqs Mar 30, 2026 +2

Gave up on Maher over a decade ago, once it started becoming obvious that he wasn't too attached to the left.

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ChrisFromLongIsland Mar 29, 2026 +5

Maher is not a progressive. He is a liberal. He probably agrees with you on 80% of the issues. Though progressives like most people really just want an echo chamber and don't want to hear any other viewpoints. Maher brings on guests of all stripes. Many of them I disagree with but occasionally I learn something. I like hearing people I disagree with as it's always good to challenge your views. Based on many posts about Maher it seems most people would rather listen to MS Now so they csn agree with everything.

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myotheraccount2023 Mar 29, 2026 +2

His show is still on?

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BrunsonsBurner11 Mar 29, 2026 +2

I stopped watching him a few years ago. He became the old man yelling at the clouds

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calguy1955 Mar 29, 2026 +2

I never cared for his smugness.

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beantownregular Mar 29, 2026 +1

I mean yeah he sucks. He’s one of those classic older dudes who loved being the hero when he was seen as “logical and smart and able to take people down” and then got butt hurt when it was suggested that he might need to continue evolving his views if he wanted to stay relevant, so instead he became “anti woke.” People like him just always want to have the “edgy” take (that isn’t really that edgy” and it used to be “I’ll call anyone out” and now it’s “I’m not afraid to say the things you’re not supposed to say as a white man.” It’s tired, it’s not interesting, and it’s distracting from things that matter

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msurbrow Mar 29, 2026 +2

I can’t take him seriously because of his medical quackery

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H2Oloo-Sunset Mar 29, 2026 +3

I gave up a while ago. It often seemed to me that he liked to treat mainstream Republican policy as fringe and fringe Democratic policy as mainstream. How many times did he mention that one time he saw a millennial walking outside with a mask on as why the Democratic party is failing?

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HardcoreKaraoke Mar 29, 2026 +1

This has been Maher for years now. I'm surprised you still thought he was an outspoken "progressive." I remember thinking Maher was an outspoken progressive. He was a no-nonsense shit talking unapologetic liberal atheist. He was like the R rated version of Jon Stewart to me. I thought he was so cool. That was in the early 00s. Then I graduated high school and realized Maher was a total d*****. As a dumb kid I thought he was so smart and "brave" for being a vocal atheist. Then I grew up and saw through his bullshit. That was around 20 years ago. He has only gotten worse since then.

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Heybulldoug23 Mar 29, 2026 +3

Glad to see this post. I thought I was the only one.

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Bixby808 Mar 29, 2026 +2

He's a reactionary. Maher has no real ideological base; he's just a chittering contrarian.

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Phishhead69 Mar 29, 2026 +2

That’s just false

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piscian19 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Ive tried to watch his show a couple times because hed have someone interesting on, but Ive always found him incredibly insufferably smug and out of touch with the working class. His "panel" left right discussions reek of Crossfire before stewart took it apart. The mewling "haha were all friends here just some of us support genocide, thats ok" conversations make me barf.

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Rough-Practice4658 Mar 29, 2026 +1

I quite watching him a long time ago. He just goes whichever way the wind blows. He also has an incredibly bad habit of talking over his guests. Pet peeve of mine. If you’re going to interview someone, let them freaking talk.

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MainNormal5570 Mar 29, 2026 +1

I stopped watching about 4 years ago. Some good guests but not worth watching BM anymore for them.

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OppositeRun6503 Mar 29, 2026 +1

When we move next month I'm definitely going to be divorcing myself from HBO because their programming in general absolutely sucks!!! Get rid of the miniseries programming marathons and bring back actual movies once again and perhaps then I'll reconsider renewing my subscription.

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TheOtherUprising Mar 29, 2026 +1

Almost worse than the false equivalencies is that as he has gotten older he has become even more smug and arrogant. Even when you agree with him he is just so insufferable to listen to.

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twec21 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Internet explorer joke

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Long_Philosophy1798 Mar 29, 2026 +1

His voice is like nails on a chalkboard for me

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sjgreybar Mar 30, 2026 +1

once you see mental illness, you cant unsee it.

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cocksherpa2 Mar 30, 2026 +1

Pebkac

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One-Earth9294 Mar 30, 2026 +1

He's been on a doubling down death spiral ever since he got shit from people about his antivaxxer bullshit. It's been a long ride down but I stopped watching him entirely when he had Elon Musk on to suck his d***.

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AntoniaFauci Mar 30, 2026 +1

Zero respect for Maher’s slow march into ethical dementia, but I can admit his stand up specials are funny. Still, his descent as a human has been accelerating. He’s continuing to weirdly expose his own naivety at being manipulated by the narcissist Trump. He appears like he’s happily going to get played the same way again by accepting a Trump-Kennedy award. It’s fairly clear he spends his days inhaling Fox News because all of his critiques about “the left” are based on fake stories they push. Yes, Bill, “the libs” *would* be silly if that’s what they did or thought. But the things riling him up are hoaxes. He doesn’t fact check, and that’s his we’re here. He also self-brainwashes by picking terrible guests and assuming they are some true representation of left or right. This week he’s had the loudly underinformed blowhard Stephen A Smith who Maher bizarrely thinks is representative of Democrats. So much so, Maher is pushing a hoax that started and ended on Musk’s twitter that Stephen A Smith was a front runner for presidential nominee. He’s not, and never would be. Right wing hoax purveyors pushed it because he’d be easily beatable and makes Dems look dumb. And since right wing hoaxes are Maher’s daily bread, now we’re here. Smith confirmed he’s unelectable by showing he’s already fallen for the right wing sanewash hoax that bribe-loving thug Tom Homan is somehow a great ICE leader and reformer. He’s not. Smith also uttered their bizarre and false platitudes, but capped it all off with a profane rant about how strongly he believes in beating his children. He proved his literacy deficit by calling it “corporate” punishment. Worse, he justified if by claiming it’s basically the right and obligation to “ass whoop” their children. This is the kind of junk Maher will say defines the Democratic Party. No mention of No Kings. Just spreading of Fox News hoaxes about liberals and trans-women in sports. Maher closed out the episode hilighting his own extreme gullibility by showing he has fallen for all the UFO hoaxes that have recently been recycled.

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neverinallmylife Mar 30, 2026 +1

He’s not funny and his bootlicking is repulsive. Not sure how he still has a show.

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greaseapina Mar 30, 2026 +1

whaatta theee f***, you are still watching, I left long before pandemic.....

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Gorskon Mar 29, 2026 +1

Maher has been this way for a long time. He's also been an antivaxxer since at least 2005, which was the first time I noticed him parroting antivax conspiracy theories on his show. I stopped paying much attention to him a long time ago.

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BlahBlahBlahSmithee Mar 29, 2026

His being enamored with Israel and Bombi is worn out.

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sketchampm Mar 29, 2026 +1

[Big Joel’s “Bill Maher: An Autopsy”](https://youtu.be/8THCFfg2BY8?si=9ydcG2UJEyxnO6iM) Is probably the best breakdown of Bill Maher’s level up from “shitty arrogant prick” to “borderline MAGA”. It starts out with Maher laughing off Stan Lee’s death, then escalates into anti-woke diatribes, Islamophobia and transphobia. Guy f****** sucks.

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yuriAza Mar 29, 2026 +1

i mean the islamophobia isn't new, Maher was one of the original "we need to kill Muslims" crusaders in the Bush years

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sketchampm Mar 29, 2026 +1

Yeah I think people are just more aware of it, especially as we learn more about the history of Palestine and it’s easier to clock when people like him are lying about recorded history.

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kayl_breinhar Mar 29, 2026 +1

Maher is a more manipulatable Dennis Miller, which is why HBO continues to pay him and give him an outlet. And now that HBO's going to be owned by Citizen Kane's "mini-me," expect Oliver to be cancelled and Maher to be elevated.

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geewillykers Mar 29, 2026 -2

Bill can chop off his dong and shove it up his arse

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attrackip Mar 29, 2026 +2

No one is saying any of what you said. Not sure if you understand how the world works, but walking the line is only thing short of revolution that keeps the lights on. Clearly, change is needed, but you must have missed all the aspects of his rhetoric that maintain civility, keeping the door open to progress without a full on collapse. You're anger isn't going to win elections. Acting like a radical isn't going to shit unless you have leverage, last time I checked, you don't. Go ahead and tune out. Bill's been trying to lower the temperature for a while now, and while we could see the Dem's get real, it doesn't help anyone to throw a temper tantrum. Must not have been that dull if you shit the bed. You're just pissed that he isn't as outraged as you are, but you can't put any of it into meaningful words, that's on you.

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syynapt1k Mar 29, 2026 +1

I'm shocked there are people watching this show. I don't know who the audience would even be.

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sonofmalachysays Mar 29, 2026 -2

So the anti Muslim bigotry nevet bothered you? that's been consistent for his entire run.

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timthebass Mar 30, 2026 +1

Surprised nobody else mentioned this - he is grossly anti Muslim/ anti Arab. He’s not been on my radar for years, but that shit was the final straw many years ago

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AffectionateTank2813 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Sorry bud.happy that you can see it now, but Bill Maher hasn't had a non-shitlib since post 9/11. He's always been a smug equating between the left and right just for the sake of also smug "enlightened centrists". A part of me honestly still thinks this is bait. Because he's been so confidently wrong and missing the point for almost as long as I've been alive. The fact that he and John Oliver share the same niche on HBO gives me whiplash. We have been sliding further right and right for years because of smug "liberal" jackasses like Maher promote this incoherent equivalence just because saying I want to not be in medical debt when I get my tonsils removed. He and Trump are such narcissists I'm surprised that a story hasn't come out about stroking themselves in front of a mirror.

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WintersDoomsday Mar 29, 2026 +1

I don’t care what political party he supports, I care that he’s an arrogant prick. So I’ve always avoided him period.

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damham Mar 29, 2026 +1

I stopped watching some years ago. He just complains about the same "fake liberals" or "extreme left", but he is the epitome of the rich out of touch Hollywood Leftist. In a sense, he is the OG Joe Rogan Experience.

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tubbymaguire91 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Bill started drinking the Trump Koolaid. Hes always been the guy that is wrong 49% of the time but when hes right hes so right. The fact he backtracked on trump because trump was cool to him is absolutely pathetic.

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Pxlfreaky Mar 29, 2026 +1

I stopped watching him around the beginning of Covid. BF still watches him so I still catch parts of him. He’s always been kind of a libertarian but my god, he’s full on republican now.

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monsantobreath Mar 29, 2026 +1

Bill was always a sanctimonious jack ass. His condescending tone is so noxious and unattractive and reveals in his later career pivot to be about what you expect from people who seem to hold values less for ethical duties than for the appeal of feeling superior to some group. His value was in letting his platform be shaped by the progressive voices he'd allow to speak at length and in direct reaction back and forth to conservative or establishment ideas. In the 90s and into the bush years he had value. Once he pivoted more right wing he became another forum for 2 Conservatives to argue with a moderate about why the left is impractical and wrong.

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bluehawk232 Mar 30, 2026 +1

I don't even get who he appeals to. He has conservatives on and some watch because he is a transphobe like them but he does also on few occasions call them out on stupidity like when Shapiro was trying to blame liberals for Kirk. But at the same time no one on the left or progressives give a shit about him they'd rather watch and support John Oliver because Bill has been more antagonistic to leftist causes. He's just this center right douchebag maybe a few inches from Greg gutfeld and his program. But Maher has not been the voice for anyone in twenty years

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iamamuttonhead Mar 30, 2026 +1

Maher has been garbage for years now.

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matadorobex Mar 30, 2026 +1

I also believe in categorizing everything in an Us vs Them binary world view. Maher said things I don't agree with, so he clearly is a Them.

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Weary_Capital_1379 Mar 29, 2026 +1

I gave up on him years ago

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GeriatricGamete67 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Japanese soldier still fighting 29 years after end of war finally realizes it might be over

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firedrakes Mar 29, 2026 +1

ever since 2020. dude slid down hill. goes on rants. does not call out lies people make on the show... its annoying.

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OuterSpaceBootyHole Mar 29, 2026 +1

Bill Maher was "progressive" when it was counter-culture. Now counter-culture is being as dumb and apathetic as possible. His principles haven't really changed so much as now he is openly distasteful.

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eyetwitch_24_7 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Dear Diary, today I found out I no longer like someone on a political talkshow because I think he might not share my view. I think I have to break up with him...publicly.

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JaRuleTheDamaja Mar 30, 2026 +1

no idea how or why anyone thinks bill maher is a progressive.

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Ok_Advantage2809 Mar 30, 2026 +1

Bill that smug bug dined on more grade a punani than than most. So kudos. And bill if you’re reading this weed is soo passé basta shrooms

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AndNowAStoryAboutMe Mar 29, 2026

I find thay Bill has stayed firmly planted in the exact same place for the last 30 years. Democrats went left. Republicans went even further right. Bill didn't move. Something to be said for that, albeit not something positive or fun to watch on TV. I gave up during Covid when he wasn't staunchly pro-mask and began to feel like Old Man Yells At Cloud.

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Affectionate_Day1079 Mar 29, 2026

TL;DR but can’t stand him. During the Bush years I appreciated him punching up to power but too often now he seems to kiss up and kick down. And I’m not interested in his old man boomer attitude to pay attention to what he says or does.

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Jphoenix7x Mar 29, 2026

Stopped watching after that dinner at the White House. He showed that he has no balls and all the shit he used to talk on his show against the orange turd was just for likes and viewership in order to keep himself on the air. What a sad state of affairs when people like him turn out to be charlatans disguised as a voice touting truths in this disgraceful political climate. I’m all for giving both sides the opportunity to spar on his show but when it starts to lean towards one side more so than the other especially when all this craziness is happening and we need to have people with a platform serve as a voice or reason and then, fails to be that, it just becomes another biased show like all the other news networks that I absolutely refuse to watch, so, Bubye!

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