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The response to the first season was mostly mixed. On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 43 out of 100 based on 5 critics' reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Nancy Franklin of The New Yorker said "There's also more of Maher in the new show, and it's no big surprise that more Maher is less. He's a jerk of the old school, full of unexamined anxiety and arrogance, with a habit of using sexual stereotypes from half a century ago both to put down and to compliment people." The New York Times called the show "Fox News of the antiwar movement" and described it as "a flagrantly liberal talk show that provides like-minded viewers with instant gratification."…
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60 of 161 · most liked firstPolls show that only 23% of Americans approve of the war in Iran. But on this episode of Real Time with Bill Maher that percentage feels much higher.
neutral · AI labelView post →But white people do have a homeland: the Real Time with Bill Maher writers room.
neutral · AI labelView post →Trump calls MSNBC host a ‘bimbo’ after she makes case for voting against him. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump lashed out Saturday on his social media site, Truth Social, over Friday night’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher.” In a rant against the “increasingly boring” HBO talk show, Trump griped about Maher inviting on MSBNC host Stephanie Ruhle, who the former president called a ”‘dumb as a rock’ bimbo.” --- 🗳️ **Register to vote:** https://vote.gov/
neutral · AI labelView post →every week the HBO app suggests I might like Real Time with Bill Maher once the episode of Last Week Tonight ends and I am just baffled at how many people there could be on this planet smart enough to understand John Oliver but dumb enough to like Bill Maher
negative · AI labelView post →"Fareed Zakaria's advice for Biden (on Real Time with Bill Maher) is to give a Sister Souljah speech." That is a cursed sentence. Every word is from hell
neutral · AI labelView post →Hilarious! I hope ex- Speaker McCarthy sees this as he just completely embarrassed himself on Real Time with Bill Maher, saying that none of Eric’s business deals would benefit the sitting president , almost speaking down to us for even thinking that might happen.
neutral · AI labelView post →No it’s for fans of Real Time with Bill Maher
neutral · AI labelView post →Real Time with Bill Maher (Series, 2003 - )
neutral · AI labelView post →Absolutely begging @hbomax.bsky.social to give us a feature where we can HIDE certain shows from being recommended or auto-played. No, I do NOT want to watch Real Time with Bill Maher after I finish watching Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and I’m offended that your algorithm thinks I might
negative · AI labelView post →Marjorie Taylor Greene tells Bill Maher she believes extraterrestrials are demons. ***Georgia Republican lawmaker also claims she didn’t know Rothschild family, of her ‘space laser’ theory, was Jewish*** Republican US House member Marjorie Taylor Greene has said she believes in demons, surmising that they might be aliens who fell from heaven, and claims to have been unaware that key figures in the antisemitic space lasers conspiracy she floated were Jewish. She made those bizarre remarks as a…
neutral · AI labelView post →Boycott Real Time with Bill Maher
negative · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: A new episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. @chrislhayes.bsky.social, @tarapalmeri.bsky.social and @byrondonalds.bsky.social is now streaming on Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime: youtu.be/LVb0lFm9lGs
neutral · AI labelView post →Hungary can keep JD Vance. Because we don’t want him. Vance does not speak for most Americans. Especially when he stands with Orban and against democracy. And tomorrow, Vance and Orban will lose. And Magyar and democracy will win. From Real Time with Bill Maher last night. With Douglas Murray.
neutral · AI labelView post →Nancy Mace spread medical disinformation on Friday’s edition of Real Time with Bill Maher by suggesting that pregnant people experiencing pain or fever take ibuprofen instead of acetaminophen—despite the fact that ibuprofen has documented dangers in pregnancy. @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Stephen A. Smith, Congressman @rokhanna.bsky.social and Jesse Eisenberg is now on HBO and Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on Overtime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →You don't apply to become a writer on Real Time with Bill Maher. You go on social media and post something like "Joke idea: Woke dodgeball. Not allowed to throw the ball." Bill will dm you in 5-7 business days saying "hahaha my guy. You're hired."
neutral · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social + Rahm Emanuel and Fareed Zakaria is now streaming on Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on Overtime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →New Rules: Stop watching Real Time with Bill Maher
negative · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Dana Carvey, Andrew Sullivan + Ezra Klein is now streaming on Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime: youtu.be/-Lo1ButCuqE
neutral · AI labelView post →Notably I liked Real Time with Bill Maher a lot when I was, oh, 15 or so. And then when I came home from college and tried to watch it again, it was fucking horrible because the man's a noxious loser.
negative · AI labelView post →"He is not as entertaining as he once was": Gavin Newsom has some notes for Donald Trump. *In a recent interview, the California governor discusses Trump's campaign odds, calling him "damaged goods"* California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has been making the media rounds in recent weeks, appearing as a guest to help kick-off the 22nd season of "Real Time with Bill Maher" — on which he discussed the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes — and jumping on MSNBC to speak to host Alex Wagner about the ways in which…
neutral · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. David Sedaris, Alyssa Farah Griffin and former Sen. Jon Tester is now streaming on Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on Overtime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →Chrystia Freeland appears on Real Time with Bill Maher. She talks briefly about Epstein, then America... Source: @REALTIME #Godkeepourland #Canada #Freeland
neutral · AI labelView post →Start the Clock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Gov. Gavin Newsom, John McWhorter and Rikki Schlott is now on HBO + streaming on Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →I just realized Brianna Wu’s ultimate apex will be appearing on Real Time with Bill Maher
neutral · AI labelView post →Check out @samsteindc.bsky.social's appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher from last week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj_6...
neutral · AI labelView post →The worst thing YouTube has done all week is suggest Real Time with Bill Maher in a sports multiview
negative · AI labelView post →Real Time with Bill Maher
neutral · AI labelView post →BBC News is carrying Trudeau live, while CNN has Real Time with Bill Maher
neutral · AI labelView post →Next time we hear Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales's names, they'll be getting booked....as a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher
neutral · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro + Batya Ungar-Sargon and Sam Stein is now streaming on Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime: youtu.be/kj_6DypIGes
neutral · AI labelView post →Real Time with Bill Maher is still on the air. This is why I don't trust #yall.
negative · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. former Vice President Al Gore, Sen. Adam Schiff and Bret Stephens is now available to stream on Max. Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: The season premiere of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Rick Caruso, Larry Wilmore and Erin Perrine is now streaming on Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on Overtime @ youtube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →Four years ago today, @neildegrassetyson.com asserted on “Real Time with Bill Maher” that unlike atomic bombs, “… modern nukes [thermonuclear bombs] don’t have the radiation problem … not in the way we used to have to worry about with fallout and all the rest of that.” This is categorically wrong.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you go near this Epstein thing, Trump does not like it. Just ask Marjorie Taylor Greene. Watch the season finale of Real Time with Bill Maher, now streaming on HBO Max.
neutral · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Steve Bannon, Piers Morgan, and Josh Rogin is now on HBO + streaming on Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War”. *We have a commitment to ensuring that our journalism is not locked behind a paywall. But the only way we can sustain this is through the voluntary support of our community of readers. If you are a free subscriber and you support our work, please consider upgrading to a [paid subscription](https://substack.com/redirect/eb7c0166-55ea-46f8-8c32-ae8e0878f569) or [gifting…
neutral · AI labelView post →Letting Right Wingers Walk All Over Me and Then Mostly Agreeing With Them is also the entire premise of Real Time With Bill Maher
negative · AI labelView post →Cancel Real Time with Bill Maher! I’ll be so triggered
negative · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Kid Rock, Tim Ryan and Pamela Paul is now streaming on Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on Overtime: youtu.be/MTCGscZIcdg?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Quadbox suggested 3 football games and Real Time With Bill Maher in order to maximize your message board takes.
neutral · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Laura Coates and Stephen A. Smith is now on HBO + HBO Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime @ YouTube.com/RealTime @realbillmaher.bsky.social @slotkin.senate.gov @lauracoates.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Far out, man! Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Cheech & Chong, @karaswisher.bsky.social and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is now on HBO + streaming on Max. Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →Get ready to #StartTheClock on tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Josh Barro, Fareed Zakaria and @profgalloway.com! Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m not sure if he’s famous enough for it, but I feel like he’d totally go on Real Time with Bill Maher if given the chance.
neutral · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. @andybeshearky.bsky.social, @michaelsteele.bsky.social and Kate Bedingfield is now on HBO + HBO Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Paul Rieckhoff and Douglas Murray is now streaming on HBO Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime: youtu.be/AFWBb6jlBbU @zekeemanuel.bsky.social @rieckhoff.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Andrew Ross Sorkin and Mark Cuban is now on HBO + HBO Max. Watch the conversation continue after the show on Overtime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →Greene appeared on “Real Time with Bill Maher” to reaffirm her support for the president. Over and over again.
neutral · AI labelView post →Real Time With Bill Maher should be renamed OK Boomer
negative · AI labelView post →No. Hell is empty and all the demons are guests on Real Time With Bill Maher.
negative · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Louis C.K., Thomas Friedman and Van Jones is now on HBO + HBO Max. Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War”. The fellowship has attracted 16 scholars and journalists from several mainstream publications to serve as mentors, including The Atlantic, Spectrum News, The Spectator, Ynet, Times of Israel, and two journalists at The New York Times: Jodi Rudoren, the former Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times, who now oversees newsletters for the paper, including The Morning and DealBook; and…
neutral · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Peter Hamby and Scott Jennings is now streaming on Max. Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime: youtu.be/hz1EzDYkFqs
neutral · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Douglas Murray, Sen. Tina Smith and Matt Welch is now on HBO + streaming on Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. John Mellencamp, Hon. Chrystia Freeland and fmr Gov. Chris Christie is now on HBO Max. Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →The new CBS contributors, straight to you from the panel of Real Time with Bill Maher
neutral · AI labelView post →#StartTheClock! Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Nate Bargatze, Joe Scarborough and Marjorie Taylor Greene is now on #hbomax. Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
neutral · AI labelView post →Start the Clock: Tonight's season finale of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Mel Robbins, Killer Mike and Donna Brazile is now on HBO and HBO Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime @ YouTube.com/RealTime
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