Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 11/2/18

[Rhiannon12866]

Monologue: The Midterms Are Coming!

Bill recaps the top stories of the week, including good omens for the midterm election and fear-mongering over the migrant caravan.




Bari Weiss

New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss joins Bill to discuss the recent attack in Pittsburgh and the history of anti-Semitism in America.




Barbra Streisand

Singer, actress, and director Barbra Streisand joins Bill to share her thoughts on the state of American politics.




New Rule: Win or Go Home

On the eve of the midterm election, Bill asks voters to deliver a rebuke to President Trump's undemocratic behavior.




Overtime: Chelsea Handler, Bari Weiss, Anthony Romero, Jim VandeHei

Bill Maher and his guests answer viewer questions after the show.

[question everything]

1. Thank you for being able to isolate the individual segments.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Thank you!

That's how the official site - where the videos are available permanently - uploads them. And I know that DUers might want to occasionally skip over an interview or two - like Geraldo Rivera!

[pbmus]

3. Thanks...you are a du treasure...

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Awwww! Thanks so much...

I started posting the late night comedians here because they help me get through the night so I wanted to pay it forward. And I know that a lot of DUers don't have HBO - or even TV - and we all sure could use some humor right now.

[SunSeeker]

5. Great monologue!

Chelsea Handler was in top form too.

[Bigredhunk]

6. Thanks

Was the panel segment good? I'm with Dish, so I'm missing the show.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. It was pretty good, especially Anthony Romero from the ACLU

And he had a comedy segment about the people Trump's afraid of in the caravan. But actually Bill did a lot of the talking - he's obviously even more fired up than usual about Trump with the election so close. I thought that his Monologue and New Rules were especially good - and those are in the OP.

[Bigredhunk]

12. TY

Thank you.

I've been missing the show for the past 3-4 weeks (since maybe a week or two before his anniversary special show). I prefer to wait a week or so to watch it. They've had a tendency to update the closed captioning about 1 week (sometimes more) after the original (live) airing. When it first airs on Friday, the captions are typed as they talk (constant scrolling, way behind, with many gaps/mistakes/omittances). Later, they've been fixing it to be like the CC of a movie. I don't know what the name is for it, but it's steady, accurate, and flashes all at once.

I'd been more casual about watching it. Now that they don't give me the option, I miss it more.

[jodymarie aimee]

7. watched it twice

Bari said YOU HAVE IT ON THE LEFT, too......since when do we hate Jews??

[Avamush Spartan]

9. That's Weiss's shtick, claiming that the left is just as bad or worse than the right, while

laughably identifying as a "liberal."

She claims that any criticism of the batshit Likud government, support of the BDS movement or support for Palestinian rights is the functional equivalent of anti-Semitic Soros-related bullshit coming from the far right.


She's also jumped on the "Corbyn is an anti-semite" bandwagon that's being pushed by conservatives and Blairites in the UK.

The fact that a dishonest troll like Weiss is actually an editor at the NYT is ongoing validation of my decision to cancel my subscription.

[Duppers]

11. Maher does not agree with that batshit opinion.

She must really hate J-Street, an org I subscribe to:

"Working in American politics and the Jewish community, we advocate for policies that advance shared US and Israeli interests as well as Jewish and democratic values, leading to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

[Behind the Aegis]

13. It has always existed on the left.

Do you doubt racism/sexism/homophobia/Islamophobia exist on the left? Or just anti-Semitism? Anti-Semitism isn't just limited to "kike" and "Jews will not replace us."

[question everything]

14. Here

https://www.democraticunderground.com/12235009

https://www.democraticunderground.com/12232744

and many more.

These days, anti semitism is disguised as anti Israel.

[BootinUp]

10. Fantastic interview with Streisand. Nt

[Rhiannon12866]

16. I have to agree, she really did steal the show

Even the panel gave her an ovation!

[underpants]

15. Stoners, start looking for your keys NOW

[oasis]

17. Maher is the greatest. Thanks for posting Rhiannon.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. Thanks! And I agree this was a great show!

Bill is echoing a lot of the same things we are right now...