r/Maher

Say what you will about Maher, but he still criticized Trump during the podcast with Fetterman. Meanwhile Fetterman just kept launching against the democrats.

Maher has changed, but he’s not afraid to rip Trump. Fetterman doesn’t even criticize Trump.

Has anyone else noticed that Kimmel and Colbert's opening dialogues sound like how Bill used to sound, prior to Trump's reelection?

They say everything that Bill used to say and have takes on current issues that Bill's long time fans would seem to expect from him. As bonkers as everything that the administration is doing and with all the trouble we are facing, Bill is rambling about random issues from the fringe element that isn't representative of the Democrat party in general. It is so bizarre. I saw all of Bill's interview with Fetterman on Club Random and it was so odd, just an hour long echo chamber complaining about the Democrats but zero complaints about Republicans.

Either Bill is being blackmailed, being paid off or all that marijuana has smoked his brain...but he is not the same person he used to be even 2 years ago. We are in a time now where people just deny reality, change the subject and repeat the denials. We know Bill has changed, but the question is why? It is shame since he was so good at what he did, he had smart takes on issues but this new version he morphed into seems so intentional and artificial and disingenuous.

Tonight's guests are:

• Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA): Currently serving as the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania. He previously served from 2006 to 2019 as the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, and from 2019 to 2023 as the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania.

• Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX): Currently serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district since 2019.

• Donna Brazile: An American political strategist, campaign manager, and political analyst who served twice as acting Chair of the Democratic National Committee. She is currently an ABC News contributor.

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I don’t think if this show of like an Abby Philip type where she has a mostly consistent panel that she swaps guests out once in a while.

Am I mistaken to think Real Time is more like the late night shows where you wait in anticipation to see who the guests are and that the panel should be fresh? I just don’t understand this MO of repeating guests so frequently.

Here is what I don’t think the issues are, but I could be wrong. I don’t think it’s laziness. Bill Maher seems to still care about the show. I don’t think he’s just mailing it in.

i don’t think it’s because he doesn’t have anyone else to bring on. I do buy that at all. Maybe if he’s only look for certain people. But I just think there will always be plenty of talk heads who’d like to be heard.

So. Thoughts?

Tonight's guests are:

• Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA): Currently serving as the 40th governor of California since 2019. He was previously elected lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019, and as mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.

• Bret Stephens: An American conservative columnist. He has been an opinion columnist for The New York Times and a senior contributor to NBC News since 2017.

• Gillian Tett OBE: A British author and journalist who serves as a member of the editorial board for the Financial Times and provost of King's College, Cambridge.

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OK I’m just gonna say watching this woman make these white boys squirm and blush is possibly my favorite part of Bills show. I think she needs to be made a permanent guest lol

Just rediscovered this gem on my youtube favorites list. Maher says good things about socialism here. It matters because now he cant stand socialism.

Just, WOW, this new rule is diametrically opposite of what he says now.

I think his eye glasses are a marker of the beginning of his brain rot.

(2019 new rule btw)

This is what it said..

I've been tuned out from Bill for a while now, but just watched the Fetterman interview from his podcast...

I found it honestly refreshing and honest. I don't deep-dive into Fetterman's record, but they point out he's voted with the Democrats 93% of the time. Yet, browsing reddit, you'd think Fetterman's gone full-maga.

I've loved Bill. I grew into adulthood never missing an episode of Real Time. Always agreed with Bill. But, Bill's cozying up to Trump, as well as ever-increasing HBO prices, made it easy for me to drift away. I decided to check out what's been going on with Club Random on YouTube and watched the latest Fetterman episode. I'm definitely still sus about the two of them, but they both did offer very convincing counterpoints to the hiveminds that live in the media, social or otherwise.

I also agree that my basic knowledge of the history of Israel, puts me 100% on their side. Not even a question. They're our homies in that part of the world and always have been. The outraged are, I agree, clueless people who are outraged on a very superficial, uneducated level, driven by social media.

Keep an open mind, people.

Noticeable difference in Bill from Real Time before and after 2020, and not in a good way. No wonder he is recycling guests like crazy.