'I just can't!' Maher and Seinfeld say it's not worth it to 'go nuts again' if Trump wins in 2024

'I just can't!' Maher and Seinfeld say it's not worth it to 'go nuts again' if Trump wins in 2024



Bill Maher explained to Jerry Seinfeld that he doesn't plan on having a meltdown over a 2024 presidential victory for Donald Trump, saying he is taking a different approach to life and that includes his reactions to Trump.

Maher spent a decent chunk of his conversation with Seinfeld about having a more nonchalant attitude toward politics and being more appreciative of life, citing having rich friends who are constantly complaining.

"When I'm at dinner with people and they're like 'the world's ending,' look around you you dumbass, we're at this f***ing awesome restaurant, they're bringing you this food, this dinner is going to cost you $700," Maher told Seinfeld.

"You're not even going to f***ing blink at paying the check, shut the f*** up about how terrible things [are]," he added.

Maher continued his attempts to brush off the negativity throughout the "Club Random" podcast, and that continued with his attitude toward Trump.

"Health certainly can rear its ugly head and there's lots of poisons everywhere, and lots of terrible things, and Trump could do this and democracy and blah blah blah nuclear war, but for the moment you know ... I'm not going to lose my nervous system about Trump again," Maher said.

"If he ends the world he's going to end the world, I'm not going to f***ing go nuts again if he wins another term, I just can't!"

"I hope you have that wherewithal," Seinfeld responded.

"Well, what are you going to do?" Maher then asked.

"I don't know. I'm trying to stay right there," Seinfeld replied back, implying he also would like to remain calm.

In his @ClubRandom_ chat with Jerry Seinfeld, @billmaher mocks elite friends who act like the world is ending, pledges "I'm not gonna lose my nervous system about Trump again, I'm not gonna go nuts if he wins another term, I just can't." *Language Warning*
— (@)

Explaining that the mental turmoil over another election wasn't worth it, Maher asked, "What are you going to do? Get anxious like a millennial?"

"Right, exactly," Seinfeld said.

"That generation, especially the Z generation," Maher went on, before Seinfeld interjected with a disgusted scoff.

The pair laughed off their disdain for the younger generations and concluded that with the right parental guidance, there is indeed hope for their children navigating the world. Seinfeld likened being a parent to being a manager or an overseer, offering guidance when needed but overall allowing children to be left to their own devices.

Seinfeld mostly declined to participate in any political discussions on the show, despite a few assertions by Maher regarding Trump and Biden.

While discussing their age, Maher remarked how Seinfeld still looks "generically middle aged" and doesn't "read old, like Biden."

"Biden reads old and Trump reads crazy, but not old. He reads just reads differently."

"Pretty much, well he's got a lot of makeup on, and the hair color and all that crap," Seinfeld added.

"I always say he's like KISS, he puts on the face paint and the wig and it's always 1976," Maher joked.

Even though "climate change is probably going to get us at some point," Maher continued, "it hasn't yet."

"We walked out here today we weren't like, evaporated by the rays of the sun," and people should be thankful for living in the "most f***ing amazing times," the comedian added.

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Bill Maher stuns his crowd by admitting abortion is effectively 'murder' — then offers merciless reason to allow it



Comedian Bill Maher recently stunned the audience of his HBO show "Real Time" by admitting that abortion is murder. In an apparent effort to win back the crowd and signal his commitment to radical progressive doctrine, Maher subsequently offered a profoundly antihuman reason for why this particular variety of murder should be permitted.

Maher spoke Friday with British columnist Gillian Tett and journalist Piers Morgan about the medical slaughter of the unborn. Morgan emphasized that "America is not such an outlier" in terms of its majority resistance to the legalization of unchecked abortion.

"There are many countries in Europe where it is completely illegal to have an abortion: Poland, Malta, you know, places like Andorra," said Morgan. "And if you look at Germany and France and countries like that, it can be 10, 12 weeks is the term limit that you're allowed to have an abortion illegally. So America is not such an outlier."

"I think a lot of Americans on the left do think that this is somehow a really unique American problem or an issue that only pertains to them in terms of the legality of abortions. Actually, compared to Europe, it's not massively dissimilar," added the Briton.

Tett weighed in with the suggestion that the "idea [Americans] are fighting an election around this issue seems to be just strange. Back to the 19th century."

"None of you believe it's murder," responded Maher. "You know, that's why I don't understand the 15-week thing or the — Trump's plan [to] leave it to the states. You mean, so killing babies is okay in some states?"

Maher was apparently prickled by Trump's proposed solution.

Last week, former President Donald Trump suggested in a video statement that following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 Dobbs decision overruling Roe v. Wade, "We have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint."

The Republican front-runner further intimated that contra a nationwide law on abortion, the threat of which might adversely impact his success in November, the best way forward would be for individual states to "determine by vote or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decided must be the law of the land."

"Like, I can respect the absolutist position. I really can," continued Maher. "I scold the left when they say, 'Oh, you know what? They just hate women. People who aren't ... pro-choice.'"

Maher underscored that pro-life activists "don't hate women. [Leftists] just made that up. They think it's murder, and it kind of is."

The comedian's recognition that abortion entails the claiming of an innocent human life brought a hush over the room.

While his audience may not have been accustomed to such a striking admission, Maher's acknowledgement is hardly novel, even among his peers.

In his 2017 Netflix comedy special, Louis C.K. said, "People hate abortion protesters. 'They're so shrill and awful.' But they think babies are being murdered."

C.K. quipped, "I don't think it's killing a baby, though. I mean, it's a little like killing a baby. It's 100% killing a baby. It's totally killing a whole baby."

After effectively admitting what abortion entails, C.K. elicited uproarious applause with the additions, "But I think women should be allowed to kill babies," and abortion "is the last line of defense against s***ty people in the species."

Maher, like C.K., similarly appealed to eugenicist rhetoric in his brief defense of abortion, insinuating that it amounts to a check on population growth.

Noting that abortion "kind of is" murder, Maher said, "I'm just okay with that. I am. I mean there's 8 billion people in the world. I'm sorry, we won't miss you. That's my position on that. What? ... Is that not your position if you're pro-choice?"

While Piers Morgan feigned surprise over Maher's remark, the self-described Catholic indicated to the HBO host that he held the same position.

Bill Maher openly admits the Left's real position on abortion:\n\n"They think it's murder. And it kind of is. And I'm just okay with that. I am. There's 8 billion people in the world. I'm sorry, we won't miss you. That's my position on that."
— (@)

While Maher appeared to cite the estimated global population as justification for abortion, global fertility figures would suggest more, not fewer humans, are desperately needed.

Blaze News recently reported on a new peer-reviewed study published in the Lancet that revealed fertility rates have declined in all countries and territories since 1950 and that "human civilization is rapidly converging on a sustained low-fertility reality."

For a population to maintain stability and replenish itself without a massive influx of foreign nationals, it requires a fertility rate of 2.1. By the end of this century, the global fertility rate is expected to drop to 1.59, according to the study.

China aborted nearly a half-billion children since 1980 under its one-child policy and is now suffering a demographic crisis. Like China, now desperately trying to boost its birth rate, the U.S. and the rest of the world may soon come to miss those persons whose killings Maher and others are keen to dismiss.

Pro-life activist Kristan Hawkins, the president of Students for Life of America, said of Maher's comments, "This is THE question around abortion — do all humans have equal rights & value or don't they? If you are pro-choice, you should be man enough to admit abortion is murder. At least @billmaher is a honest pro-abortionist and isn't willing to deny science to justify his belief."

Legal scholar Robert P. George, the sixth McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, stated, "Extraordinary candor. Shocking and indeed chilling, to be sure, that Bill Maher acknowledges that abortion is (or 'kind of is') murder and endorses it anyway. But he's no science denier. He's willing to look the brutal reality of what abortion is right in the face ... and own it."

Minnesota state Rep. Walter Hudson (R) similarly expressed an appreciation for Maher's willingness to admit to a central fact in the abortion debate, writing, "It may be morally abhorrent. But it's at least morally consistent, and enables us to have a real conversation. No more evading what we're actually talking about. Let's now talk about 73 million legalized murders worldwide each year."

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) tweeted, "'You're not supposed to say the quiet part out loud.'"

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'Did you just think I was Joe Rogan?' Ex-ESPN anchor Sage Steele and Dana White have viral exchange over mistaken identity

'Did you just think I was Joe Rogan?' Ex-ESPN anchor Sage Steele and Dana White have viral exchange over mistaken identity



Former ESPN host Sage Steele momentarily mistook UFC President Dana White for a different "white bald guy" on her very first day of her return to the spotlight.

Steele, who announced her departure from ESPN in August 2023, left the company after a lawsuit that reportedly accused Disney and ESPN of retaliating against her for public statements she had made. Steele reportedly voiced opinions about Barack Obama and her employer's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

"Having successfully settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I have decided to leave so I can exercise my first amendment rights more freely," she announced on X at the time.

Steele has since returned with a new podcast, "The Sage Steele Show," promising high-profile guests that included fight promoter White for the very first episode.

After discussing mainstream media, energy drinks, cancel culture, and more, Steele and White had a viral moment over mistaken identities.

"What's Joe Rogan's dream?" Steele asked.

"What's Joe Rogan's dream?" a confused White replied.

"Joe Rogan...Dana White. What's Dana White's dream?" Steele jokingly corrected.

"Did you just think I was Joe Rogan?" White, sipping an energy drink, suddenly realized.

"I totally did," Steele confessed.

"You just called me f**king Joe Rogan?! You thought I was f**king Joe Rogan!" White continued as he feigned outrage. "I was bald before Joe was ever bald!"

So what had happened was........ \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83d\ude02 Love you @danawhite!!\n\n#sagesteele #sagesteeleshow #danawhite
— (@)

Steele, attempting to explain her mistake, said that she got Rogan and White confused because they are "literally the only two I have the respect for because of how you freaking stood up and supported others."

The two then exchanged stories of mistaken identities, with White stating that he often gets confused for Rogan when fans approach him for pictures.

"Do you correct them?" Steele asked.

"No, I just let them go show everybody their Joe Rogan photo ... I just did a two-hour f**kin podcast I flew here from from [Las] Vegas and she thought she was interviewing Joe Rogan!" White jokingly reasserted.

White explained that he has even been confused for comedian Howie Mandel. The pair also recently had a viral moment of their own when White walked off the set of Mandel's podcast after just 30 seconds.

"All us white, bald guys look alike, so it makes sense," White sarcastically explained.

"I mean, listen, you know I've been called Candace Owens lately," Sage noted. Adding that "black conservative girls" tend to get mixed up by fans, as well.

Steele's new podcast may surprise some viewers as it is being hosted by the Club Random Network, which is under comedian and fellow podcast host Bill Maher's umbrella.

According to Hollywood in Toto, other talents joining the network are Billy Corgan, singer from the Smashing Pumpkins, former NBA player Kevin Garnett, and Limp Bizkit's rap-metal front man Fred Durst.

FINALLY!! Not sure how I was able to keep the secret for so long...but I'm THRILLED to announce my new show! Genuine convos with fearless people who are unafraid to tell their stories & speak their truths in this crazy world! Huge thx to @billmaher and his @ClubRandom_ team\u2026
— (@)

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Elon Musk blasts 'woke mind virus' in revealing interview with Bill Maher

Elon Musk blasts 'woke mind virus' in revealing interview with Bill Maher



Elon Musk blasted the extent to which the "woke mind virus" has infested education in an exclusive interview on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night.

"I think we need to be very cautious about anything that is anti-meritocratic and anything that results in the suppression of free speech," Twitter CEO Musk told host Bill Maher.

"So those are two of the aspects of the ‘woke mind virus’ that I think are very dangerous ... you can’t question things, even the questioning is bad. Almost synonymous would be cancel culture."

Musk went on to discuss the worrisome impact the "woke mind virus" has had on education. Saturday morning, he doubled down, saying the extent of teachers' indoctrination of children had reached a "shocking degree."

\u201c@TPostMillennial @billmaher To a shocking degree\u201d
— The Post Millennial (@The Post Millennial) 1682736353

In Musk's view, the infestation of the "woke mind virus" has "been a long time brewing." He estimated the infiltration took place over the last two decades.

"The amount of indoctrination that's happening in schools and universities is, I think, far beyond what parents realize."

He emphasized that the educational experiences of Baby Boomers and GenX differ wildly from the experiences of today's students.

Musk agreed to some extent with Maher's suggestion that parents are to blame, at least in part, noting that parents' lack of awareness has contributed to the problem.

"Parents are just generally not aware of what their kids are being taught or what they're not being taught," Musk said during the interview.

"Most parents have no idea how bad it is," Musk tweeted Saturday.

\u201c@CollinRugg Most parents have no idea how bad it is\u201d
— Collin Rugg (@Collin Rugg) 1682736525

As an example, Musk related a story about the children of a friend. He said that though the children, high school students in the Bay Area, could name George Washington as one of the first presidents, the extent of their knowledge about him was that he was a slave owner.

"Maybe you should know more than that," Musk said.

"That is the woke mind virus exactly," Maher responded, to applause from the audience.

In a discussion about the public's perception of their political stances, Maher described himself and Musk as among those who are now "called conservative, but haven't really changed." Maher added that he didn't think of Musk as a conservative.
Musk agreed, saying he thinks of himself as a "moderate."

Musk said he had invested "a massive amount" of his life to pursing avenues of sustainable energy like electric vehicles and solar to "help save the environment."

"It's not exactly far-right," he joked.

Musk's interview with Maher comes amid controversy over popular media figure Tucker Carlson abruptly disappearing from his time slot on Fox News Channel. Carlson responded to the controversy on Twitter in a brief video post that has since garnered 77.3 million views.

"Where can you still find Americans saying true things? There aren't many places left, but there are some, and that's enough. As long as you can hear the words, there's hope," Carlson said.

"See you soon," he concluded.

Musk, who is Twitter's CEO, responded simply with "wow" to a post claiming the number of views of Carlson's post on the platform was greater than "all cable news shows for the entire day combined."

\u201c@TheChiefNerd @TuckerCarlson Wow\u201d
— Chief Nerd (@Chief Nerd) 1682703056

Watch a segment of Elon Musk's interview with Bill Maher on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" below.



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Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears blasts concerns about 'misgendering' the Nashville child-killer in conversation with Bill Maher



Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears minced no words during her Friday appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher" when one of Maher's guests bemoaned the media's so-called "misgendering" of the Nashville school shooter.

Maher argued that it would be prudent for the media to deny mass murderers any publicity whatsoever and called for a policy comparable to that already adhered to at TheBlaze: "I don't want to know what orientation this person is, how old they are, what their manifesto said — I don't give a sh** about any of it because it's just going to inspire the next one."

While Maher was forward-looking in his media criticism, James Kirchick, a writer for Air Mail and the Daily Beast, focused on the mainstream media's recent treatment of a mass murderer.

Kirchick noted that in the immediate aftermath of a militant transsexual's massacre of six Christians in a Nashville elementary school, the media had been inconsistent in its references to the child-killer's sex.

"If you've noticed, they are misgendering and dead-naming the murderer. Right? They are referring to the murderer by their given name, not their chosen name ... referring to her as a woman, as opposed to what her identity apparently was — was a man," said Kirchick.

TheBlaze previously reported how various liberal media outlets initially said the Covenant School shooter had been a woman. However, upon learning that she had identified as a man, the New York Times, CNN, USA Today, Kirchick's Daily Beast, and other publications took measures to ensure that they were on the record as not "misgendering" her.

The Daily Beast, for instance, had originally reported that a "Rifle-Toting Woman Kills 6 in Nashville Christian School."

The title of the article was later changed to "Cops Release Shocking CCTV of Nashville School Massacre," ostensibly to accommodate LGBT activists' sensibilities and sensitivities.

Kirchick told Maher that this initial inconsistency was not reflective of "the way the media usually does these things. They are usually very particular about the subjective sense of gender identity and respecting that. If someone says they are a man, then they're a man. But in this case, they are not doing that."

Earle-Sears interjected, saying, "Hang on, you know what: This person murdered six people. I don't really care who you say you are. You murdered six people and three of them were children."

"You don't get a say," continued Earle-Sears, noting that's a forgone conclusion in this case because "she's dead now, so, you know."

\u201c"They are misgendering and dead naming the murderer. They are referring to the murderer by their given name and not their chosen name. ... If someone says they're a man they're a man."\n\n"This person murdered 6 people. I don't really care who you say you are."\u201d
— Eric Abbenante (@Eric Abbenante) 1680318715

While Earle-Sears had the last word on naming rights for dead murderers, Virginia's first female lieutenant governor had yet more to say on the broader culture war afoot in America.

Concerning parental rights — an issue that was central to Gov. Glenn Youngkin's 2021 election win — Earle-Sears noted that it is not the government's role to co-parent: "I'm a parent. I'm a parent all day. I get to decide what happens in my child's life. Not you, not the government, not anybody. I don't co-parent."

"I had this child. I'm responsible for this child. Anything that happens to little Johnny, you're calling me, right," she continued. "If I don't want my child getting lap dances at school by a drag queen, I don't want it done."

When the panel broached the subject of guns and gun ownership, Maher referenced Tennessee Republican Rep. Andy Ogles' Christmas photo wherein he and his family posed with rifles, noting that "many Republican politicians do that."

Kirchick interjected, making sure to mention Earle-Sears' widely circulated campaign image depicting her brandishing a firearm.

In reply, the Republican lieutenant governor made no apology for the image, first noting that she is a Marine and that she knows "how to use it."

"I have that photograph because I got tired of seeing black people every time we’re in the media about guns, it’s always bad. We are law-abiding citizens. And we’re not going to give up our Second Amendment rights."

Earle-Sears stressed that the fastest-growing group of gun owners is women, noting, "It was a black woman that said you need a Winchester rifle in every home. A black woman during the civil rights and before said that. And Harriet Tubman carried a gun. If it’s good enough for her, it’s good enough for me."

Maher conceded that as it pertains to physical combat between men and women, "guns are a leveler. You know, if you don't have guns, then the person who is physically stronger is always going to win."

As for the constitutionally protected right to level attackers, Earle Sears said, "If you're breaking into my home while I'm waiting on the police to come, I'm gonna shoot you. That's just the way it is. I'm going to pray for you, but I'm gonna shoot you."

\u201c\ud83d\udd25 @WinsomeSears BRINGS IT to her 1st appearance on @RealTimers. Full-on joyful warrior! I\u2019ve never seen @billmaher enjoy a guest so much: \u201cWe should a a morning show together. We\u2019d be perfect.\u201d The great @BloodBrief made this quick montage. Which one-liner is your favorite? \ud83e\udd23\u201d
— Asra Nomani (@Asra Nomani) 1680351873

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Russell Brand torches MSNBC as 'propagandist nut-crackery' during heated debate on 'Real Time with Bill Maher,' gives warning about big pharma and military-industrial complex



Actor-turned-podcast host Russell Brand pummeled MSNBC, big pharma, and the military-industrial complex during his appearance on the latest episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher."

Brand tussled with fellow guest and liberal MSNBC analyst John Heilemann during a debate about media bias. Brand contended that all of the corporate cable news networks have an inherent bias because of pressure from their controllers. Heilemann claimed that Fox News was far worse in regards to disinformation than MSNBC – the network that signs his checks.

Brand declared, "But I have to say that it's, it's disingenuous to claim that the biases exhibited on Fox News are any different from the biases exhibited on MSNBC."

"It's difficult to suggest that's because these corporations operate as anything other than mouthpieces for their affiliate owners in Blackrock and Vanguard," Brand continued. "We've have to take responsibility for our own perspective."

Brand said, "I've been on that MSNBC. Man, it was a propagandist nut-crackery over there."

Brand spoke about previously appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" show, "It was absurd the way they carried on."

"No one could concentrate, they didn't understand the basic tenets of journalism," the comedian stated.

"No one was willing to stick up for genuine American heroes like Edward Snowden," Brand proclaimed. "No one was willing to talk about Julian Assange and what he's suffered – trying to bring real journalism to the American people."

"I think to sit within the castle of MSNBC throwing rocks at Fox News is ludicrous. Make MSNBC better. Make MSNBC great again," Brand said.

A perturbed Heilemann lashed out, "You don't actually know anything about any of these organizations you're talking about. You've been on MSNBC once – big f***ing deal! You don't have a single actual fact."

Heilemann challenged Brand to provide one example of an MSNBC correspondent or anchor saying something they knew was false on TV.

Brand gladly accepted the challenge.

"The ludicrous, outrageous criticisms of Joe Rogan around ivermectin," Brand retorted. "Deliberately referring to this as a horse medicine when they know this an effective medicine."

Brand raised another example, "What about Rachel Maddow turning up on the TV saying, 'If you take this vaccine you're not gonna get it."

Heilemann simply dismissed Brand's examples without explaining why.

The "Stay Free" podcast host then questioned the MSNBC analyst, "Do you think you can improve America by avowedly condemning Fox News without acknowledging that you're participating in the same game?"

Brand called for systemic changes, and taking money out of politics.

"We need new political systems that genuinely represent ordinary Americans so that we can overcome cultural differences," Brand told Bill Maher. "And bickering about which propagandist network is the worst is not going to save a single American life, not improve the life of a single American child, not going to improve America's standing in the world, and the world needs a strong America. I'll tell you that."

Brand told Heilemann, "So you have an obligation, a duty, not to condemn these people."

(WARNING: Explicit language)

\u201cRussell Brand Calls Out MSNBC's Hypocrisy on COVID\n\n"Do you want an example? The ludicrous, outrageous criticisms of Joe Rogan around Ivermectin deliberately referring to it as a horse medicine when they know it's an effective medicine!"\n\n@rustyrockets @billmaher @joerogan\u201d
— Chief Nerd (@Chief Nerd) 1677935366

Maher said the pandemic dissenters are "looking better these days."

Brand delivered a comedic take on the origin of COVID-19. He suggested that COVID came from a Wuhan lab leak and not the wet market that was touted as the origin of the deadly outbreak.

Maher sarcastically joked, "How could it not be a possibility? It's a lab in Wuhan where the virus started that studied the virus and was doing gain of function research on the virus. How could it not be?"

Heilemann blamed the politicization of the COVID-19 origin debate on former President Donald Trump.

"If you go back to that time, why do people seize on the notion that they'll reject the lab-leak theory? Because like everything else in COVID, Donald Trump politicized it from day one," Heilemann theorized.

Brand pushed back by saying, "It seems that it's not solely the responsibility of Donald Trump that this issue has become politicized. When we take the issue of natural immunity, the efficacy of masks, it's difficult not to posit that perhaps increasingly a centralized authority becomes subject to inquiry that it has never before faced because of the advancement of technology, because of our media ability to communicate, they are doubling down on authoritarianism."

\u201cBill Maher & Russell Brand on the Suppression of the COVID Lab Leak Theory\n\nWait for the end... \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\n\n@billmaher @rustyrockets\u201d
— Chief Nerd (@Chief Nerd) 1677933249

Brand also delivered a warning about big pharma and the military-industrial complex.

"If you have an economic system in which pharmaceutical companies benefit hugely from medical emergencies, where a military-industrial complex benefits from war, where energy companies benefit from energy crisis, you are going to get states of perpetual crisis where the interests of ordinary people, separate from the interests of the elite," Brand asserted.

\u201cRussell Brand Rips the Pharmaceutical & Military Industrial Complex\n\n"If you have an economic system in which pharmaceutical companies benefit from medical emergencies, where a military industrial complex benefits from war...you are going to generate states of perpetual crisis"\u2026\u201d
— Chief Nerd (@Chief Nerd) 1677936210

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Canceled Mumford & Sons banjo player lets Bill Maher know how he responded to outrage mob: 'I retracted the apology'



Musician Winston Marshall, former banjoist and lead guitarist for Mumford & Sons, made it clear on Saturday that he has retracted the apology he issued when he fell victim to cancel culture two years ago.

What is the background?

In March 2021, Marshall became embroiled in controversy after he praised journalist Andy Ngo's book exposing Antifa as a violent extremist movement.

Because Marshall congratulated Ngo for his "important book," outraged progressives condemned Marshall as a Nazi and a "godd**** fascist." Moreover, alleged fans of Mumford & Sons threatened to stop listening to their music — unless they booted Marshall from the band.

Marshall responded to the controversy by apologizing for his endorsement and the "pain caused by the book."

"As a result of my actions I am taking some time away from the band to examine my blindspots," he said in a statement. "For now, please know that I realize how my endorsements have the potential to be viewed as approvals of hateful, divisive behavior."

What happened now?

HBO host Bill Maher resurrected Marshall's canceling in a monologue on Friday in which he condemned the "woke revolution" and its colonization of the progressive left.

At one point, he invoked Marshall's canceling — and his "cringing apology"

"Pain? From a book? Unless he hit the drummer over the head with it. Whatever happened to, ‘I can read whatever the f*** I want?" Maher said before mocking Marshall, "Don’t worry, I’m a musician. It won’t happen again."

On Saturday, Marshall responded to Maher by noting that he has, in fact, retracted his apology.

"For the record, @billmaher, I retracted the apology and quit the band," Marshall wrote on Twitter.

\u201cFor the record, @billmaher, I retracted the apology and quit the band\u201d
— Winston Marshall (@Winston Marshall) 1675506015

Indeed, Marshall told Glenn Beck last year that he regrets ever apologizing in the first place.

"I felt like I was in some way excusing the behavior of Antifa by apologizing for criticizing it. Which then made me feel, well, then I'm as bad as the problem because I'm sort of agreeing that it doesn't exist," Marshall said.

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Bill Maher blasts leftists who try to rewrite history to 'control the present' narrative: 'Being woke is like a magic moral time machine'



"Real Time" host Bill Maher on Friday's episode blasted leftists who attempt to rewrite history in order to "control the present" narrative — a concept known as "presentism."

Maher explained that presentism "means judging everyone in the past by the standards of present. It's the belief that people who lived 100 or 500 or 1,000 years ago really should've known better."

What are the details?

Maher noted that American Historical Society President James Sweet "caught hell" from leftists over an essay of his in which he criticized presentism — and then went to bat for Sweet by dismantling woke pronouncements leftists typically make to prop up their morality as compared to people of the past.

He touched upon slavery as an example: “Everybody who could afford one had a slave — including people of color. The way people talk about slavery these days, you’d think it was a uniquely American thing that we invented in 1619. But slavery throughout history has been the rule, not the exception.”

Maher added that Africans gathered other Africans to sell to slave traders and "kept their own slaves" as well.

"Humans are not good people," he quipped.

Maher added that "the capacity for cruelty is a human thing, not a white thing. That's the truth, even though it doesn't jibe with the current narrative. But in today's world, when truth conflicts with narrative, it's the truth that has to apologize. Being woke is like a magic moral time machine where you judge everybody against what you imagine what you would have done in 1066, and you always win."

He added that presentism is “just a way to congratulate yourself about being better than George Washington because you have a gay friend, and he didn’t. But if he was alive today, he would, too; and if you were alive then, you wouldn’t."

Maher also pointed out a 2019 movie "The Aeronauts" — about scientists who broke the record for the highest balloon altitude. While both scientists who broke the record were men, Maher noted that in the movie the scientists were portrayed by a man and a woman.

When asked why that change was made to the historical record, the director replied that "representation is important," Maher told his audience.

Megyn Kelly agreed with Maher's presentism assessment, saying that he "nails it":

\u201c.@billmaher nails it. Such a great piece on the pathetic woke mob.\u201d
— Megyn Kelly (@Megyn Kelly) 1663535767

(H/T: The Daily Wire)

Bill Maher leaves Rob 'Meathead' Reiner dumbfounded with one question about the media suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story



Bill Maher exposed the political blind spot of Rob "Meathead" Reiner by stumping the actor with a question regarding the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story by legacy media.

During the latest episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher," the liberal host discussed whether it was merited for mainstream media outlets and social media platforms to suppress and censor the Hunter Biden laptop story. The topic was in response to Sam Harris saying the cover-up of Hunter Biden's shady business dealings overseas was warranted because former President Donald Trump was an "existential threat to our democracy."

Maher asked, "Is it okay to have a conspiracy to get rid of Trump?"

"They were talking about Hunter Biden's laptop, which was a story, and now all the mainstream press has finally admitted it was a real story," Maher said. "It was a real laptop."

"Now look, let's not pussyfoot around this – he was selling the influence of his father, Joe Biden," Maher stated. "I mean, most political sons do, but let's not pretend at least that was going on… so Hunter Biden's laptop was buried by the press."

"Even the head of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, said that was a mistake," Maher continued. "So Sam Harris says it was appropriate for Twitter, and the heads of big tech, and the heads of journalistic organizations to feel that they were in the presence of something that is a once-in-a-lifetime moral emergency, meaning Trump. So he's saying it's okay to have a conspiracy, to get rid of somebody as bad as Trump."

Maher then asked, "It's a little bit of a thorny question because once you go down this road – this is sort of where we are in this country, the other side is so evil, anything is justified in preventing them from taking office. Is it?"

Reiner – a staunch Democrat activist – deflected from Maher's question with a whataboutism defense of harping on the Jan. 6 riot.

"You know what's not justified? Using armed violence to try to kill people in the Capitol. That's not justified," Reiner replied.

Maher attempted to get back to his original question; and asked if it was "appropriate to bury the Hunter Biden" story?

Maher noted, "They buried the Hunter Biden story before the election because they were, like, ‘We can’t risk having the election thrown to Trump. We’ll tell them after the election.'"

The "All in the Family" actor quizically asked, "And we know for a fact that that’s what they did?"

Maher exclaimed, "Of course! You don’t follow this?"

Reiner conceded, "I don’t know that they did."

Maher then zinged Reiner, "I know because you only watch MSNBC."

Reiner – who continues to have an obsession with Trump after his presidency – claimed that he watches Fox News. He was also totally befuddled at the thought that the press would suppress a story that would hurt Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election against Trump.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) ran cover for Reiner, and said, "I don’t know that they all said this. You have to make sure you are treating people fairly."

Earlier this week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that his social media network suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop story during an appearance on "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast.

The New York Post broke the Hunter Biden laptop story in October 2020. Legacy media seemingly buried the story without attempting to verify the authenticity of the notorious laptop. Many outlets dismissed the story as "Russian misinformation." NPR vowed not to cover the story because it was a "waste" of time.

Twitter censored the story and locked the official account of the New York Post.

A poll released this week revealed that nearly 80% of people believe that Trump could have won the 2020 presidential election if the Hunter Biden laptop and email story was not buried.

It wasn't until March of this year when the New York Times and the Washington Post, and other media outlets admitted that Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop was indeed real – 17 months after the story first broke.

\u201c.@billmaher on @RealTimers asks the panel whether it was OK for the press to bury the Hunter Biden laptop story prior to the election, and the response was surprise(!) I agree w/Bill that you probably need to reduce @MSNBC in your diet.\n\nWith @robreiner & @amyklobuchar.\u201d
— Clint Olsen (@Clint Olsen) 1661578864

Bill Maher rants at Trump, 'I’m not f***ing booked on Fox News' — gets immediately booked on Fox News



HBO's Bill Maher said he will soon be making his Fox News debut in an upcoming interview with Tucker Carlson, and he probably has former President Donald Trump to thank for it.

Maher told comedian and podcast host Howie Mandel that he "made clear I'd love to come on with Hannity or Carlson," but that it wasn't until he and Trump engaged in a spat on Twitter that he was actually booked on the right-leaning network.

“Last weekend, Trump was going after me in his rallies. He got a big bug up his a** about something I said on my show a week ago about [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis being a better president," Maher told Mandel.

"He called me a radical left-wing maniac, which is not true. And he said ... ‘he’s always laughing at Fox News.’ Okay, true. I am doing that. And then he said, ‘and Fox News kisses my a**, which isn’t pretty.' So I tweeted about that," Maher added.

\u201c1/2 Donald Trump says Fox News is "Kissing the ass of the enemy" by booking me. He must have been "accidentally" watching Real Time again. I know of no booking I have on Fox, but I've made clear I'd love to come on with Hannity or Carlson, but they back out when I balk at...\u201d
— Bill Maher (@Bill Maher) 1655685484
\u201c2/2 ... "only talking about the things we agree on."\u201d
— Bill Maher (@Bill Maher) 1655685300

“[Trump] said, ‘he’s booked on Fox News.’ Well, I wasn’t booked on Fox News. He just made that up. I know, it’s so unlike Donald Trump to just make something up,” Maher joked.

"So I wanted it out there that, no, I’m not f***ing booked on Fox News, but I wanna be. I’ve tried to be. And now, because of that and because I tweeted about it, now I am booked on Fox News. Now we are negotiating and I’m gonna do Tucker Carlson."

\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure this is @billmaher making a huge announcement https://t.co/ryzcDwT1I3\u201d
— Howie Mandel (@Howie Mandel) 1656542218

"There's a reason why Fox News puts me on their website and that's what drives Trump crazy," Maher went on to say. "Because I'm not afraid to go after the left when they're wrong, and they're wrong a lot these days, but I have perspective about who's more crazy."

Maher said no date is currently set but that he "can't wait" for the upcoming interview with Carlson.