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October 31, 2025

Real Whine with Bill Maher guests - Friday, October 31, 2025

Real Whine with Bill Maher continues its 23rd season Friday, October 31 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live
ET/7:00-8:00 p.m. PT), with a replay at 12:05 a.m., exclusively on HBO.

This week features a one-on-one interview with Riley Gaines, American conservative political
activist and former collegiate swimmer, (who Bill wants to get in his pool, really his hot tub)
discussing the evils of Trans people.

This week's in-studio panel will include Scott Jennings, American conservative political
strategist, commentator and writer. (who Bill considers the smartest person on CNN); and Josh Hawley, United States senator from Missouri (who like Bill thinks Trump is fun to have dinner with), joining Bill for a discussion on how Halloween is a socialist plot to indoctrinate children to think candy, and healthcare, should be free and how a terrorist is going to destroy New York by being elected Mayor.

October 29, 2025

Jake Tapper clashes with House Dem in heated exchange: 'May not be a big deal for you!'

Jake Tapper clashes with House Dem in heated exchange: 'May not be a big deal for you!'
By Robert Davis

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) clashed with CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday over looming cuts to the federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, otherwise known as food stamps.

Funding for SNAP is set to expire Nov. 1 if Congressional lawmakers are unable to reach a deal to reopen the federal government. Allowing the funding to expire could put more than 40 million Americans at risk of facing food insecurity, according to estimates.

Tapper and Stansbury discussed the potential impact of cuts to SNAP during Tuesday's broadcast of "The Lead with Jake Tapper."
...
"They are about to cut off food assistance to millions of Americans," Stansbury said. "And so I think it's bizarre that Chairman Comer is going on TV talking about an investigation into a former president who is not even a sitting president over a non-issue while literally Americans are about to starve."

Tapper then claimed that SNAP funding is going to run out because of a "disagreement" over contingency funding, a claim that Stansbury pushed back on forcefully.

https://www.rawstory.com/melanie-stansbury-2674244278/#comments_section_start
October 28, 2025

MSNBC Host Skewers Scott Jennings as 'Paid Liar' for Trump

MSNBC Host Skewers Scott Jennings as ‘Paid Liar’ for Trump
Lawrence O’Donnell tore into CNN for hiring someone who believes “lying for Donald Trump on TV is an honorable pursuit.”

Tom Sanders

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell launched a scathing critique of CNN’s Scott Jennings, accusing the MAGA pundit of being a paid liar for Donald Trump and proof of the network’s decline.

O’Donnell’s take on CNN’s stewardship under Trump-supporting CEO Mark Thompson singled out Jennings for his unscrupulous views.

Following the departure of veteran reporters such as Jim Acosta earlier this year, “everyone who remains has become much more careful in anything they might even think of saying about Donald Trump,” O’Donnell said on The Last Word.

From that void emerged Jennings, he continued, who CNN “eagerly pays to lie every day and every night for Donald Trump.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/msnbc-host-lawrence-odonnell-skewers-scott-jennings-as-paid-liar-for-donald-trump/
October 26, 2025

So the Washington Post is defending Trump's ballroom

If this management had been there in 1973, they would have fired Woodward and Bernstein and complimented Nixon on his unconventional re-election strategy.

Bezos’s Washington Post jumps to the defense of Trump’s new ballroom: ‘A shot across the bow at NIMBYs everywhere’
The newspaper’s editorial board argued in an op-ed that other presidents have also left their mark on the White House
Rhian Lubin in New York

The Washington Post’s editorial board has jumped to the defense of President Donald Trump and his $300 million ballroom in its latest op-ed for the newspaper.

Jeff Bezos is the owner of the Post and the CEO of Amazon, one of the tech giants that has contributed funds toward Trump’s ballroom, along with Apple, Google, HP, Microsoft and Meta.

Trump’s new project has prompted widespread criticism this week after crews began demolishing the White House’s historic East Wing, contrary to assurances the president made earlier in the year that the building would not be impacted by the lavish plans.

Now it has been razed to the ground to make way for the ballroom, which will dwarf the 55,000 square-foot White House at 90,000 square feet.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/bezos-washington-post-defense-trump-ballroom-b2852309.html
October 25, 2025

Bill Maher Slams Mamdani And Endorses Cuomo But Admits 'Maybe He Was A Little Too Handsy'

Bill Maher Slams Mamdani And Endorses Cuomo But Admits 'Maybe He Was A Little Too Handsy'
The "Real Time" host also said Zohran Mamdani was born in a country "where they kill homosexuals" and brought up the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
By Marco Margaritoff

“Real Time” host Bill Maher on Friday endorsed disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s mayoral race and excused his past sexual misconduct allegations, while slamming progressive opponent Zohran Mamdani as a danger for the Democratic Party.

“I think he seems like a sweet guy, Mamdani,” Maher said to laughter from the crowd. “But I would just like to say, because the election is in a couple of weeks, this is not just New York that’s on the ballot. I think the whole Democratic Party in the country is on the ballot”.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-maher-slams-zohran-mamdani-endorses-andrew-cuomo_n_68fcf4c1e4b011e808868880?origin=home-zone-b-unit
October 24, 2025

Hakeem Jeffries endorses Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor

Hakeem Jeffries endorses Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor
By Alexandra Marquez and Ryan Nobles
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Friday endorsed the Democratic nominee in the New York City mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani.

Despite their “areas of principled disagreement ... Zohran Mamdani has relentlessly focused on addressing the affordability crisis and explicitly committed to being a mayor for all New Yorkers, including those who do not support his candidacy,” Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a statement to The New York Times on Friday.

“In that spirit, I support him and the entire citywide Democratic ticket in the general election,” Jeffries added.

The endorsement comes after Jeffries has dodged questions about whether he’d endorse Mamdani since the state assemblyman surprised his party in June when he won the Democratic nomination for mayor outright, beating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Cuomo has since launched an independent campaign for mayor, hoping to beat Mamdani and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa in next month’s general election.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/hakeem-jeffries-endorses-zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor-rcna239614


Of course, we need to remember the people who this hurts, entitled white leftists who like to play the victim and now have been deprived of one of their favorite talking points.
October 24, 2025

Bad news! The only copy of the Epstein files

was stored in the East Wing of the White House, so unfortunately it has been destroyed.

Jake Tapper says it's all Biden's fault.

October 24, 2025

Real Whine with Bill Maher guests - Friday, October 24, 2025

This week features a one-on-one interview with Curtis Sliwa, Republican candidate for Mayor of New York City, (who was shot by Bill in a cab in NYC back in the 80s) discussing the shameful Hate America rallies last week.

This week's in-studio panel will include Pam Bondi, Attorney General of the United States (who is blonde, dumb and republican, exactly Bill’s type); and Ezra Klein, political commentator and New York Times opinion columnist (who like Bill thinks Charlie Kirk was a great guy), joining Bill for a discussion on how democrats unfair criticism of young republicans for praising Hitler proves that woke culture is out of control.

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