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Related: About this forumReal Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 5/18/18
Monologue: Royally ScrewedBill recaps the top stories of the week, including Trump's shady China deal, the latest from the Mueller investigation, and, of course, the royal wedding.
Clint Watts: Messing with the Enemy
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25 Things You Don't Know About Michael Cohen
Bill shares a few fun facts about attorney and Trump "fixer" Michael Cohen.
Dambisa Moyo: Edge of Chaos
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New Rule: Trump Is Above the Law
Bill disputes the notion that nobody is "above the law," and worries about Donald Trump's desire to be "president for life."
kn3wscr1pt
(12 posts)Maher is always so sharp, satirical, and comical all at once.
These subjects are so dark that the laughter somehow feels unsettling...
The final clip is very sobering.
Rhiannon12866
(205,239 posts)And he goes straight from a very dark subject into a bit meant to provoke laughter. We need to be able to still laugh to get us through the rough times. That's the reason I started posting political humor like this - and Bill Maher is an old hand at it.
Oh! And welcome to DU! We're glad to have you with us!
Bigredhunk
(1,349 posts)JFC...he had bari weiss on AGAIN?? I think he had her on two straight weeks within the last couple of months, and now a 3rd time. He's got such a crush on that chick.
Rhiannon12866
(205,239 posts)Bill Maher began the conversation that the embassy move caused a riot in the Gaza Strip, but New York Times columnist Bari Weiss refuted his assertion, saying that the riots werent caused by the embassy move.
No, I said they were linked, Maher clarified.
But theyre not! Weiss shot back. When Hamas attacked Israel in 2008, when Hamas attacked Israel in 2012, and when they had attacked Israel in 2014, the embassy was in Tel Aviv all of those times, okay?
Weiss elaborated that these protests were taking place for six weeks and that they intentionally moved up the date to coincide with the embassy opening so that everyone would be disgusted and heartbroken when seeing the side-by-side of Ivanka Trump looking like she was at a country club next to poor, desperate people dying in Gaza.
So lets not fall for a trap that is being set by a theocratic authoritarian group that is sending women and children to be human shields! Weiss exclaimed.
(Includes video): https://www.mediaite.com/tv/maher-calls-out-the-hypocrisy-of-israel-critics-where-would-you-rather-live-in-the-middle-east/
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I always look so forward to this every week as I don't get HBO! Great show!
Rhiannon12866
(205,239 posts)It was a very good show this week - the initial interview wasn't a RWer and there was no shortage of breaking news. The only thing was there was no Overtime segment, Bill said he had to rush off to Las Vegas.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,239 posts)That's one reason I appreciate Bill Maher, he refuses to "normalize" what's been going on in this country since Trump.
BootinUp
(47,141 posts)stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)Part of the same FBI mindset that treated BLM and OWS( or the antiwar movement in the 60's) as threatening to our democracy.. There is a big difference between nonviolent movements that are organized around challenging the status quo ( of income inequality or political inequality for example) and terrorist organization locally and worldwide. IMHO
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,239 posts)I was disappointed there was no Overtime segment, Bill said he was off to Las Vegas, but I agree the show was a good one, no RWers this week.