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Bill Maher talks winning Mark Twain Prize, current political moment

ABC News’ Jonathan Karl interviews “Real Time” host Bill Maher on “This Week.”

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The list was funny and priceless. Lol.
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Go pick up the AIPAC check on the way home.
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I totally agree with him about the identity focus
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“Could you see yourself voting for JD Vance?” I’m shocked that Bill actually replied with a YES! But…i’m delighted that he’s no longer pretending to be a Liberal (as he spends a tremendous amount of time bad-mouthing The Left).
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@witHonor1 From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 29
Following in the footsteps of Bill Cosby. A fitting recipient by that metric.
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@tomg1282 From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 5
Bill Maher has turned into a boring, grouchy right-wing tool. I used to watch his show, but his pathetic attempts to please both sides make him look and sound like a spineless little wimp. In the era of Trump and MAGA, we need people like Jon Stewart to call out the non-stop bullshit. Maher used to be like that. Now he just sounds like a whiny old has-been who is desperate to stay relevant. What a disappointment.
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@ivannano From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 10
Maher is now a grumpy old rich guy waving his cane at people to keep off his lawn.
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@Larenth From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 6
That interview was difficult even. Jon always pushing Bill to the negative of what Trump is doing and how bad he is the second that Bill is saying something negative about the Communist Democrats.

The bias is so in your face, I don't understand how people watch the news. I only watched this cause I was seeing short clips online and had to see the context.
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@Runconna From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 29
Mark Twain would not be happy about this.
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the only comedy is Bill Maher being a comedian
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His writers deserve the award if anything.
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I thought Bill Maher was against participation trophies.
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Is he sober?
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We all know why he was given that award.
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You don't "win" the prize, it's not a raffle and it's not a competition!!! You're awarded the prize.
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Bill has always been right leaning and intellectually dishonest to himself/his audience. There's a lot to criticize about the Democratic party but if you think it's far left leaning you need to lay off the crack pipe
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No-one loves Bill Maher as much as Bill Maher.
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@jayfabe From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 30
I guess every reward needs to give out a participation trophy from time to time.
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@Chelts From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 8
Bill Maher is the spiritual twin of Donald Trump.
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@kamuelalee From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 22
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”― Mark Twain