Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime - March 25, 2016 (HBO)

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Bill Maher and his guests - Sen. Cory Booker, former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Ian Bremmer, Reihan Salam, and Jerrod Carmichael - answer viewer questions after the show.
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[@Biscuitplease]

Carmichael gave the best quote of the night... OMG

[@luisf7105]

Indeed!

[@tedmoy]

Love the Carmichael show!

[@ianschmitt4991]

Lol white people in crisis.... has the mayonnaise run out? is there enough butter? where is my Allman brothers band live at the fillmore east cd? I take offense you'd call an orangutan in a suit a white person

[@anti-theistaiden8911]

Ian Schmitt HAHAHAHAHAH! You fkng rock Ian. That was damn good

[@shock9177]

i thought bicyclemichael gave a better quote.

[@exzander]

Randomly skipped to 3:22 when the video started, for a moment I thought Wanderlei Silva just entered American politics.

[@UndauntedJohn]

lol

[@xXAnthony619Xx]

+exzander Spinning back fist that legislation.

[@traesdb11]

+exzander Lol looked just like him. Wanderlei would heavily struggle in a conversation like this.

[@gl7323]

+exzander LOL

[@lauriegough5865]

Wow, speaking from June, 2019, did Bill ever call it exactly as it happened. He was absolutely right about everything he said here.

[@remaininginlight]

Was thinking exactly that. In Bill's most episode he had a nice montage of him saying Trump will not leave if he loses he gets he's nailed that one as well.

[@pfflyer3381]

And most ny ers with a brain knew who trump was/is .

[@davenaden8115]

He's been right about 99% of everything for the past 10+ years.

[@michaelsalisbury1477]

Laurie Gough this is 2022 he WAS Right !!!!!!

[@clarkpalace]

Bil bill bill, said to the tune of marsha marsha marsha. Its gotten pretty serious. Nov 2022

[@AngelLuisTrinidad]

The Overtime segment is becoming almost better than the show.

[@johncnorris]

The white hurricane Katrina!

[@ryanlarsen5965]

Holy shit ... Whit hurricane Katrina. I just sharted.

[@wagakamakoyo7309]

+John Norris tonight was a great show!

[@martijnkoens1715]

Leverage blablabla stop bullying other nations. Treat people as you like to be treated yourself. Same aaplies for countries, US foreign policy needs to be brought to Heel.

[@behvac]

No one should wait more then 30 mins to vote. We bank online. should vote online

[@alphajava761]

yep!

[@kirbygene]

+behvac yes we should. Or at least it should be included as an option to keep the lines down

[@jasmineeeee433]

I couldn't agree more!!

[@behvac]

+8osiris Yep and in Florida 12 years ago a guy name Ted Cruz helped steal the election in 2000. He told the guards on I-95 to throw all the paper votes with hanging chad out of the back of the Armored truck. Bush was only ahead by 800 votes. Good old Ted told the guards to just open the back door and let them fly. Over 100,000 votes for Gore. Bush gave good old Ted a job. No I will not stand in line for 5 hours when they talk about getting elected for 2 years. Only give you 1 day to vote. The people get hacked all the time by the 1% of the voters.

[@latininxtc]

+behvac This is why we have early voting so that not everyone has to go and vote on election day.

[@DavidHeffron78]

12:00 so true. White hurricane Katrina. Possibly the best description of Trump I've heard do far.

[@lauralishes1]

Not really. Trump was bad for blacks as well as poorer whites

[@JamesGU4]

My guess is that Reihan Salam has not been to Cuba. If he had he would have seen that Cubans are more educated than most Americans - even taxi drivers have at least one University degree - and have better healthcare. Yes, there is poverty and hardship, but all of that has been fed by the American trade embargo. Despite this, the people are still happier than those in the US. Grow up America, if you want to see a more open Cuba, go there and embrace it, and then work on it from the inside. And if you fear it staying a communist State, be assured that the Chinese are already there and investing billions in economic projects.

[@nnvyg1954]

Please don't invite Reihan Salam to the show again. Pretentious, annoying and overbearingly quixotic.

[@VoodooV1]

+Nnvy G He's not the worst conservative guest by far. Steven Moore, on the other hand...

[@RJT80]

+Nnvy G He was actually right on many of the issues he spoke on. Don't get bent out of shape because he isnt liberal. It seems like us liberals are possibly the biggest perpetrators of not wanting to hear opinions other than our own, at this point in time. Maher has him on for this very reason.

[@macarila357]

+R Sulli You are right, but what Nnvy was complaining about is how he says his arguments (in an annoying, pretentious way), not the arguments themselves

[@adamwsaxe]

+Nnvy G You could also have just described Bill. Actually, neither are annoying. But apparently, you're bothered by someone who disagrees with you (and can actually articulate it).

[@adamwsaxe]

+DScharts Guess I'm not hearing the pretentiousness. Salam is one the better conservatives out there precisely because he's in the east coast Buckley tradition (which you might call snobby)--NOT the lunatic Christian right movement a la Ted Cruz.

[@Cacacos]

It's great to have this to watch now, March/2021, to see how wrong everyone was and absolutely right Bill was regarding the whole political mood, Trump and all the rest. Dems should listen to Bill Maher more often.

[@glo1168]

Bill gets so many “told you so points” for this. Wow

[@maxsnts]

"We can Demand... We can Demand, We can Demand" Americans!! And by the way... talk about sham elections? Do you want a mirror?

[@maxsnts]

***** That date moving, the delegate/super delegate thing, the crazy shaped districts, all make people from outside think that american elections are a "hoax" (almost). Its "denying votes", yes it may be within the law, but man the law is a bit crazy. [From Portugal]

[@Sharonformation]

It's amazing how America wants a democracy in other countries while we're struggling to maintain one ourselves

[@emifer5356]

+Sharon Rants Well, yes. If you call what Americas has a democracy. Remember how Bush won the presidency? Superdelegates?

[@I_Get_Computers_Puting]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@marvinwarren3551]

It’s the most strangest thing

[@urisoltz819]

I mean its okay to want to help your neighbor fix his house when your house is broken, is it not? Especially considering the U.S. has the resources to do both it just needs the will to stop being idiots and become a first world country again. For instance right now it is our duty as Americans to wear a mask in public, yet there are morons who refuse to do it

[@marklyles3335]

Very profound Sharon.

[@kaedanrivera2914]

When Jerrod said "Trump is the white hurricane katrina" I lost it. That was so spot on. I've never seen this guy before, but i'll look him up just for that comment.

[@nancymesek]

He's worried about Sham elections in Cuba? Why not look at the USA first if you want a perfect example of sham elections.

[@awill891]

+Nancy Mesek He's not sane. I think he may be retarded. Seriously what is his fucking argument? 50 years of toughness by my country(USA) has only hurt the 11 million Cuban citizens. We should apologize to them for our behavior. They would for sure be a free democratic country by now if we hadn't held them back with this stupid blockade. In 20 years this will be remembered as one of Obama's best moves as president.

[@luisf7105]

There in lays the FUCKING problem with these people. always look at what's wrong in OTHER countries!!

[@tatateeta]

+Nancy Mesek Exactly! And Bill should have called him on that. After all, the US has more people in prison than any other country-2.2 million people.

[@luisf7105]

+zinzinzor zinzinzor, Don't introduce facts, into this discussion!

[@nancymesek]

+zinzinzor zinzinzor Look at AZ. If that isn't blatant voter suppression, I don't know what is. I just watched The Humanist Report where not only did they go from 200 to 60 polling stations, there were bomb scares that closed polls & shut don phones. Fucking embarrassing.

[@hydrangeadragon]

u can lose ur right to vote over a non-violent drug offense? o.o omfg america really is a dystopia

[@alec8182]

Only if you're convicted of a felon which is a serious crime. Most related to drugs now are only if you're a multiple time offender or a big drug dealer, not a little side thing like what Bill said

[@PerseusToons]

I love Cory Booker! And that "white Hurricane Katrina" joke was gold.

[@valgehiir]

Ted Cruz seems soo much more scarier than Trump, Trump is sane at least

[@darkfunerai5510]

Trump is sane, but a swine.

[@kaptainkooleio]

I fear for your definition of sanity

[@tatateeta]

+DarkFuneraI Yes. I thought of a name for him- "choadfinger". But I don't think it will fly because not everyone knows what a "choad" is and not everyone knows that he doesn't want people to know he has short, fat, little fingers. So maybe I should stick with "Donald and the Stormtrumpers".

[@tatateeta]

+valgehiir There is something seriously creepy about Cruz.

[@jkclark5204]

+zinzinzor zinzinzor He has this great combination of religious zealotry, rank bigotry, politician fakeness, and physical weirdness/repulsiveness. I don't know how he gets people to support him. Trump I can at least understand. But I really don't get the appeal of Cruz.

[@Professicchio]

Very fucking precious of the US to hold the high moral ground over Cuba when they (illegaly) have a torture camp right in the same country they are accusing of human rights abuse.

[@richarddinatale4783]

+Professicchio right on the money

[@youngdre4439]

We torture terrorists while the Cuban government tortures its citizens.

[@alexmulder3903]

+Young Dre torture does not work at all for intel. it's useless. you can torture anyone and get any answer you'd like. if it's used for anything, is to falsely blame a group with tortured confessions.

[@Professicchio]

Young Dre Your idea of 'citizen' is someone else's idea of 'terrorist', I don't give a fuck about either definition, if the Gitmo prisoners had actually commited any crime they'd be on trial by now but they don't have a single shred of evidence against them, they are being held simply on 'suspicion' and 'national security' grounds, the exact same crap that repressive regimes pull in order to imprison their own citizens, the fact these are not even US's own citizens makes it even worse. And at least Cuba hasn't stolen someone else's soil in order to deal with their own shit.

[@davidyohalem629]

@@Professicchio Guantanamo was not 'stolen'. It was leased. ;-)/s

[@vegavapp]

Biggest exporter of doctor's , cuba .... biggest exporter of guns and other weapons , america .... who really is the bad guy !!

[@trishstclair5538]

What a nice man Cory Booker seems to be.

[@luisf7105]

BULLSHIT!

[@Luxmans]

+Trish Stclair I'm afraid he's just as bought as Clinton.

[@Luxmans]

Fuck sake, do your research you clowns. Booker is nothing like Sanders, he is a bought out politician who knows how to talk like Sanders whilst predominantly making the wealthy wealthier.... ie Clinton.

[@NeshaDaKidKid]

+Macro X exactly Marco. People need to do their research before they anoint these politicians

[@lynettec9807]

+Macro X yup!

[@lovemychi2372]

I'm Cuban...you can't just walk in and go from 0 to 100...bill is right...it takes time and giving a speech about democracy is a great step in the right direction.

[@albertocaro5150]

+ginnelle gerald and we dont owe america nothing we are a fucking country wtf, we need to have a democracy yes but our democracy no a democracy rule by america, i dont want the old days with machado and batista more than i want the castros

[@lovemychi2372]

+Alberto Caro exactly it takes time...how arrogant to walk into another country and think you can just make demands...I think the way Obama is doing things is correct and respectful. I hope Cuba becomes a democracy one day but that isn't going to happen in 1 day.

[@lovemychi2372]

+Alberto Caro what Salam was saying really pissed me off...he just thinks the USA can walk in and demand whatever they want...I know Cuba is a small country but still. I hate Castro more than anything but diplomacy is the answer and not brute force.

[@albertocaro5150]

i agree with you

[@j-me6317]

+ginnelle gerald I agree, and on top of that, I didn't understand what the guy was afraid of. He mentioned Russia and Venezuela, but hasn't Cuba had the ability to deal with those countries all this while?

[@KingSethMorton]

Cory Booker's face, watching Jerrod Carmichael say everything Cory wants to say is just...just the best thing

[@scotthafele5266]

Maybe you are a moron that makes no sense

[@mac-]

"Better dead than Ted"..... FFS Bill, no smoking before the broadcast.... I love Bill but he always seems to fuck up the most important line lol.

[@Pistolita221]

right! lmao

[@ryanalexander7510]

+BioTechKnowledgey he got it right the first time

[@gaivoron]

that was a joke. he doesn't support Ted either. lol

[@mac-]

+Vanneker Note that no one was laughing like it was a joke. I doubt he'd go out of his way to hang a banner of Ted Cruz, make a hat saying "better Ted than dead", and go on a 5 minute rant saying one thing, just so he can say the exact opposite thing (with no comedic set up by the way - another sign it was not a joke), which comes off just confusing. If you were right, that would mean that he went back on everything he just said while wearing a hat that says the opposite. Common now, you have to be smarter than that. We all know he doesn't support Ted. Thanks for stating the obvious. The fact that you feel you need to say that and add a "lol" tells me you are likely not thinking very deep on this. Part of my point was that Bill does this kind of stuff all the time, which, if you were someone who doesn't miss an episode, like myself, you would have to admit is true. You may believe it was a calculated move, but fans of Real Time that watch every week have come to expect Bill to fuck up from time to time in the way he says things. It has nothing to do with intent, it's a pattern of mistakes, often with unfortunate timing. Then again, this is a youtube comments section and I'm wondering why I'm explaining this to someone who is going to believe whatever they want. Sound reasoning usually has no place in youtube comment section conversations, so I'll leave my comments at that.

[@Podeon2013]

Great education? Cuba Great medical practice? Cuba Lower infant mortality rate than the U.S.? You know it... Cuba.

[@Michael-xe3cm]

+Anaudopseudopodepanaps Solamente Taxi drivers make more than Doctors....Cuba. I agree Cuba has some strengths especially supplying medical care & education, but the governments complete control of wages, newspaper, and internet is destroying them. Plus their medical schools and practices are currently underfunded because Cuba relied heavily on the Soviet Union for cash. But I do applaud Cuba for having the most doctors per population ration. They actually loan their doctors out to other countries for Oil & resources.

[@kamalzarul2221]

partnering with Koch brother to help community? isn't that stupid

[@kamalzarul2221]

+Kitmatic the worse part is no one in the panel question it, shows how's it's a norm in Washington. and the establishment wonders why people have major mistrust to the government

[@jxsilicon9]

they were one of the only ones that spoke against War on Drugs

[@ffsf739]

"Maybe I'm gangsta now". Gotta love Bill!!!

[@hayden3281]

Salam....just shut up and let the grown ups talk

[@jplb96]

The irony of an American talking about Cuba's human rights record. The worst crimes in Cuba happen in Gitmo.

[@jplb96]

+Eric Bacon Another ironic comment. The US rounds up people who they think are enemies of the US and executes, tortures and imprisons them. Cuba has one of the best humanitarian aid projects in the world. Brought down apartheid South Africa, people in Cuba have free healthcare and education, an incredible scientific community, has a higher literacy rate than the US, better infant mortality, house ownership, etc. Has Cuba problems? Of course, it does, some quite terrible. But the US has no right to complain about Cuba. The US has invaded, funded dissidents, sought to start revolutions, sought to assassinate the Cuban leaders hundreds of times, and so on. Cuban dissidents, in Cuba, are in US mainstream media every single day. Why haven't they been killed?

[@jplb96]

***** If you think all those people in Gitmo are terrorists, you haven't been paying attention. Get off Fox News.

[@jplb96]

***** Not an argument. Some of the brightest thinkers were anarchists. Chomsky, Orwell, Goldman, etc. But not the point. You're a 12 year old moron. Probably read 1 Hitchens book and think you have the world figured out.

[@jplb96]

***** You're embarrassing yourself. You had to google him too. Moron.

[@Mozart1220]

Leverage? We havve no leverage in Cuba! We are the ONLY COUNTRY boycotting them! Like Iran, it does no good for us to shun them, they can go join up with anyone else they want.

[@bluntedcorleone3628]

As a heterosexual, libertarian progressive, feminist, democratic socialist, liberal, atheist, vegan, who identifies as a middle aged, transgender, authoritarian opposing, marxist, asian woman, I think that... Shit where was I going with this....

[@williamsmith-wn2bp]

RIP Gary Shandling you was the man.

[@fredblank3720]

Maybe black guys are good at Presidenting

[@8332rats]

I always love your shows Bill, but tonight you were really a contrarian.

[@mkane212]

Carmichael is a very charming and likeable guy even though I couldn't get through his HBO special. I'll give it another try

[@stevenpatrickstone766]

At this point, only Bernie can save us.

[@Acujeremy]

+Steven Patrick Stone No only YOU can save yourself!

[@taylorb7191]

Oh

[@Sainbury]

Cory Booker would be my choice for Vice President with Hillary.

[@seamusdriscoll5685]

It took me a whole of 5 minutes to vote in NYC, it should be like that everywhere. Shame on Arizona.

[@ATRTAP]

Great show but couldn't top myself from fixating on Bill Maher's tie.

[@joondori21]

"I am just a regular citizen! haha!" Why are some people not "regular citizen"? Oligarchy, maybe?

[@alec8182]

Senator, Secretary of State, president, governor, Supreme Court justice, attorney general, the list goes on and on of non regular citizens

[@CyTolliver]

Watching this in 2021...Bill called it. This, among other reasons, is why I carefully consider everything he says. Don't always agree with the man and I probably might have disagreed on this particular evening but damn, how wrong and dismissive they all were.

[@Snafuski]

We also have sham elections, Mr Salam.

[@Snafuski]

***** Bought and paid for, vick3rd,, bought and paid for, like some tenth rate developing nation. Yopu may not likee to hear it, but that is ok. It's a painful message.

[@Snafuski]

+vick3d I forgot to add: you fucktard. I think that is how goons communicate these days, right? You shit-eating, shriveled dong. Have a nice day. And go to hell, because you are ignored.

[@johnjosmith42]

actually the best 'Overtime' I've seen yet. we need a show like this in Britain, big time.

[@YouCantBeMe93]

+john smith I think the British show Question Time.& the Australian show Big Questions are somewhat similar in terms of format.

[@VintageAbed]

I wasn't really interested in The CarMichael Show on NBC, just because I'm not a fan of those type of comedy shows. After his appearance today I will watch it. He was very funny and intelligent with his observations.

[@robertpowers1045]

"Those types" of shows - oh no you didn't! "Funny and intelligent" - what for a black man? Man those were some micro aggressive words to describe this African American male, and imply he's different and actually funny and smart...just messing with you relax.

[@katherynemero9355]

@@robertpowers1045 yeah, but your point is spot on.

[@66lilkim]

Maher turned out to be spectacularly right there about Trump at the end. Crazy to think anyone could ever think Trump was capable of pivoting.

[@cubangal1]

great show with good guests....never know maybe Senator Booker maybe a prez someday....

[@cprabha]

Watching this show in 2021.. Bill Maher was spot on that Trump would be republican nominee and a strong candidate… spinning a race war

[@CharlesDFrith]

Here are a few facts about Cuba and why the USA want in, it’s NOT for the Cuban people, it’s about MONEY. • Castro did not made Cuba a Communist Country, President Dwight D. Eisenhower did by hid policy of starving the Cuban people to submission to the USA and after about two years Russia came to Cuba’s aid and Castro joined the communist party. • Cuba has the second largest Tourist arrival/stayover (5.5 million) in the Caribbean, average stay 5-14 days. • Cuba has more Hotels and Hotel Rooms (63,000) than any 4 country combined in the Caribbean except for Dominican Republic, but none are Americans and that is why they now want to go there. • Cuba host Embassies from 95% of the Countries in the world. • Every Country in the world trade and do business with Cuba except the USA. • Every major Airline fly’s into Cuba except the USA. • Every Bank in the world do business with Cuba except the USA. • Every Country Credit Cards are used in Cuba except the USA. • Cuba has the largest Container Port in the Caribbean and Americas and 75% of all goods traveling through the Panama Canal bound for the USA will have to be off loaded in Cuba. • The US Dollar was costing Cuba 25 to 35% on exchange when the purchase goods and service from Europe, Asia and China, but they only charge a 10% exchange to USA and other Tourist. • The Lease between Cuba and the USA on Guantánamo Bay was signed in 1903 for about $2,000 per year and now $4,085 per year, Since 1959 after the Cuban Revolution the Cuban government has cashed only one of the rent checks from the U.S. the lease for Guantanamo stipulated that it would not expire until both countries agree to its termination. • Cuba has some of the best Doctors in the world who travel throughout the Caribbean South America and Africa giving free medical treatment to the poor. • Cuba has some of the best Teachers in the world who travel throughout the Caribbean South America and Africa giving free education to the poor. • All Cuban citizens of Cuba are given free medical treatment and free education up to PhD. • Cuba has oil production and drilling off shore in partnership with the Chinese Government. • Every Country is sell automobiles in Cuba except the USA, but CNN and other media houses don’t show them.The USA is late getting in Cuba as they are in South America and Africa. Opening up Cuba is not the People or Human Rights, it about MONEY…only money.

[@2ruthfox82]

Rand Paul was the only presidential candidate preaching about criminal voting rights...

[@FungusMossGnosis]

+2ruthfox82 Not really, Bernie Sanders has talked about that in the last year, and many times in the past; Sanders is the only one who introduced legislation that will end the private prison industry and give back some of the rights of former prisoners that were unjustly stripped away. www.ontheissues.org/2016/Bernie_Sanders_Crime.htm

[@johnnysunshine7589]

STOP IT. THERE'S NOTHING IN THAT CUP AND YOU KNOW IT.

[@kirbygene]

+Johnny Sunshine LOL! I was thinking the same thing. Someone take that cup away. I think it's a nervous prop-- something to do as soon as he stops talking he has to do something else.

[@TheReutter85]

+Johnny Sunshine There's actually water in them.

[@RationallyMe]

+Morgan Reutter ...and with Hitch, there was alcohol.

[@TheReutter85]

RationallyMe Yes, yes there was. I still remember when he flicked off the crowd....hilarious.

[@RationallyMe]

Morgan Reutter LOL...yes!

[@gamerthug5oh]

Wow, Bill, that suit is fire..

[@lexgomez2860]

It might be cause I'm high, but I think this was a particularly good Overtime. President Booker - the antidote to the White Katrina.

[@janehale4402]

I am watching this in Nov2020,Bill Maher is a soothsayer.

[@charlesbombaugh9028]

Cuba could emand we have honest elections where everyone get the right to vote

[@d.e.b.b5788]

+Charles Bombaugh We had that, until the Republicans started changing it.

[@jaihind2816]

+Charles Bombaugh Drop the mic right there.

[@oskerrod98]

it's not one of the best real time episodes, but is one of the funniest!!

[@Storm331]

+Oscar Rodriguez LOL funny!

[@minimax9452]

I was in November for two weeks in cuba. as a free european so I am allowed to go there. free americans are not allowed to go there if they want. the cubans are afraid of usa but also the usa is afraid of cuba. they are having socialism, they are having free education, aund free health service at a high standard. these are "bad ideas" for the government of usa and they don't want the us-middleclass to copy this ideas.

[@Squish888]

Cory Booker - the voice of reason :P

[@LithaMoonSong]

has this guy looked at the US prisons? more innocent people in US prisons than Cuba

[@kayomholt-montague611]

Bill - I usually respect the way you interview your guests. But the way you interviewed Cory Booker - constantly interrupting him and not letting him finish his sentences - was disappointingly similar to the styles of Chris Matthews (on HRC in particular) and Piers Morgan (on gun issues). WTF, Bill?! You are better than this! Please don't stoop to using reviled tactics simply because you CAN and others DO!

[@kayomholt-montague611]

***** - I disagree! Hey, I am a "YUGE" supporter/fan of Bill Maher's, and I am not "out to get him"! Quite to the contrary! To be fair, I will watch this segment again. Still, Bill does seem to be hung up on the Islamic religion and its "immense, inherent evil-causing dogma”. The Christians are much smarter about/with their "evil acts". Just because they don't kill large groups of people in a single act, does NOT mean their pathology is any less deadly, harmful or pervasive. It can be compared to mass gun murders versus daily, single murders by gun. The mass murders garner all the attention, horror and headlines. But they account for only a small percentage of "gun murders". The daily, single murders are FAR more costly in just about EVERY category, but they get little to NO national media coverage. "Out of media site, out of American's minds"!

[@oterenceo]

Reihan Salam sure sounds like a brash individual who shoots off the hip.

[@maryrodger5130]

+oterenceo He's actually in NeverNever Land.

[@oterenceo]

Yeah.. it sure sounds like he lives in a fairy tale. He reminds me of a Social Justice Warrior. The thing he's got going for him is he can make a living off shooting his mouth off. Lucky him.

[@maryrodger5130]

oterenceo Someone should hire you and me! :o)

[@oterenceo]

LoL. Yeah...I think we can do a better a job than him. lol

[@carlospazdespierta]

"We can demand more of them in terms of how they treat their citizens" Why don't you do this with Saudi Arabia? What if another government demanded the USA government on how they treat Black Americans?

[@psafety9355]

BERNIE BERNIE BERNIE!!!

[@pm71241]

For h... sake... What is he trying to get Cuba to do? ... be democratic? ... You can't even hold a democratic election in Arizona. Maybe you should start there and worry less about an independent country like Cuba?

[@alphajava761]

I know.. we've got such a voter problem in this country, I never did understand the criminal record disqualification? And I've never had a traffic ticket, so I'm NOT speaking from the perspective of being a fellon... WTF on that?

[@thechairman1318]

**Regarding Voter ID:** And unfortunately, what _none_ of the panelists failed to cover is the fact that it's not just the law itself that's bad, it's what the state can do _following_ the law. Take Alabama. About a year after passing a Voter ID law, they started shutting down multiple DMV offices across the state, claiming they needed to cut costs. Well, guess which counties had their DMV offices shut down? *The counties with the most per capita African-Americans in the state.* ...Only by the purest of coincidences, of course; they're certainly not trying to make it so that you effectively _need_ a driver's license in order to _get_ a driver's license! Remember, Chief Justice John Roberts said the South no longer has problems with racism, so it must be true!

[@mirka4838]

Why doesn't the government offer education & a living allowance to students so they could support themselves & focus on studies & establish the knowledge & skills wealth of the next generation? That will improve the future of the USA. Free education & a living wage for students. Their education will benefit the whole society in the future.

[@trudinh9951]

well we have the Republican party which currently control half of the government, they believe college education should be a luxury item instead of a standard item. so to answer your question, free education is not going to happen any time soon as long as Republican have power. so you better hope your family is rich, or pick up a low income job and start saving money, or take out a loan and hope you will succeed.

[@Storm331]

WOW. That was a great show!

[@KenyanBunnie]

Cory Booker is amazing.

[@Bklyngurl85]

Great panel.

[@dga6147]

we need this panel more often... one of the best/funniest as far as ive seen

[@themoviedealers]

Gee, it would be terrible if Raul Castro installed his son as the new leader of Cuba. I'm glad we don't elect relatives of former leaders in this country, where we're about to elect HILLARY CLINTON.

[@Phynellius]

+The Movie Dealers Look at Canada and Trudeau, the next few years will be a good barometer of how bad an idea electing relatives of former leaders is

[@luisf7105]

That's why for me personally it's Bernie or BUST!! I'll NEVER VOTE for FUCKING Hillary, EVER!!

[@susanstanton2156]

Trump = white hurricane Katrina, lmao

[@armlovesmetal1036]

I love Cory Booker. He is my former Senator. He made such a difference in Newark. He is a hero in the State of NJ. He has proven himself as a great politician and human being. I have a lot of respect and admiration for him. I live in the south now and we need somebody like him down here.

[@damionjackson1743]

lucky you I have Ted Cruz for a senator

[@armlovesmetal1036]

Damion jackson I really feel bad for you guys in Texas. He is such a smarmy self-serving ass. How did come into power when he is so disliked by a lot people? I am amazed.

[@JonathanMartin884]

The last topic for panel discussion on the actual show was just the kind of crazy shit Bill Maher says sometimes that makes me want to fucking scream at him! Seriously, did he really say that people in Europe are starting to understand the plight of the Israelis? Did he really say that! I am just perplexed. The plight of the Palestinians is what causes terrorism in Israel, he actually goes on to say that walling them up is the best option! Are you fucking kidding me!! First of all how is that any different than what Ted Cruz said earlier in the week about policing Muslim neighborhoods? And second, how has that worked out for the Israel-Palestine crisis? Worked pretty good huh, that is a real peaceful place over there with no oppression (if you can't tell that was sarcasm). This is the kind of backwards logic created by violence and fear, you can't just lock up the people that don't agree with you, seems Bill has something in common with those Emery students. The other point I want to make is the numbers Bill always uses about Muslims in Islamic countries who support Sharia law. He paraded the numbers around earlier int he show like they are the epitome of the truth. There is a simple fact about statistics, it matters what the questions are and it matters where you take the poll. I don't know what exactly they ask, but I do know that this is a poll of Muslims in Islamic countries, OF COURSE THEY ARE GOING TO SAY THEY WANT SHARIA LAW! A majority probably couldn't give a shit less one way or the other, but it's like asking an American in the United States if we should keep the American judicial system. Most people are just going to agree, it doesn't mean they support letting off wealthy people from horribly exploitative crimes or that they support overwhelming conviction of non-white ethnicities. If Muslims around the world lived in moderate religious or secular states they would probably be able to speak their minds more, so maybe the issue isn't the people on the ground its the people in power who use Islam as a weapon. I agree with Bill Maher on basically every topic except for his stance on Islam, I just can't fathom how he and so many other people do not see how the connections work. You meet people with violence they respond with violence. I don't understand what he wants to do, attack Muslim countries? If Muslims are so fucking bad then what is to be done with them? It's just ridiculous! They are people, like all other people, those of them who have power want to retain that power and so they do anything in said power to keep it! How is this different than what we have gone through in this country with racism in the South. Think of Jim Crow as Sharia Law, how did liberals fight it? By condemning the whole judicial system? No, they went down there, performed sit-ins, got arrested, got killed! But now we have at least ostensibly a system which is not supposed to look at ethnicity when determining laws, of course that doesn't pan out in the policing of those laws but at least the laws themselves have been largely (though not entirely) corrected. If you want to support moderate Muslims around the world then support women in Muslim countries by promoting their education and health care, work on banning discrimination against non-Muslims in Islamic countries, promote freedom of gender identity and queer lifestyles in Muslim countries. This is a massive wall of power that needs to be eroded, you don't erode something by using all your force all at once, but slowly and over time. In the United States our judicial system is not even close to being perfect, but we are a lot closer than we were in 1916 or 1816. Muslim countries will take many generations to also find liberal values and equality for everyone, but that process does not start with meeting violence with violence with violence with violence....

[@Eddiebenitez]

Tell that bald guy Chavez president of Venezuela died a few years ago.

[@aimraah2586]

Bill's right about Cuba. It's a horrible dictatorship, but there are far worse dictatorships with whom the US is allied, like Saudi Arabia and China. I don't like the idea of normalizing relations with Cuba, but even worse, I hate the idea of CONTINUING to have normal relations with China and Saudi Arabia. We need to have a foreign policy based on our own principles.

[@tatateeta]

To be fair, I watched the whole thing and Salam wasn't totally off the wall. He was sensible re: the injustice of depriving people who have been convicted of minor offenses of their civil rights forever.

[@Acujeremy]

Out here in California, an ID is $28. If one can't afford it they can pay $8. So the Democrats find that requiring someone to own an $8 ID to prove you are who you say you are to vote is racist? I can't believe people bought into this. I am over 40. I tried to buy beer the other day at BevMo. I forgot my ID. No matter how much I begged they would not sell me beer. I tried to have my friend next to me buy it for me, they wouldn't even allow my friend to buy it for me. Yet we would not call that racism! But we are supposed to allow people to vote without flashing a valid ID?

[@castrovictor12]

When it's normal to impede countries self determination... good ol' U.S.

[@frankmartinez8338]

As a Cuban born and raised and now a US citizen, I must say that Reihan Salam does not know anything about the history of Cuba. The fact that he thinks that the US now has economic leverage is plain stupid. 1991 when Cuba lost all relations with the dissolved Soviet Union, the country suffered the greatest economic recession, with the embargo at its peak preventing any trade with anyone Cuba went through the process known as "Special Period". Everything was scarce, yet no one starved to death, no one lost healthcare and education, the revolution process did not fall. I know it because I lived it. It is just crazy to see this guy now saying that US has an economic leverage today to defeat the Cuban Revolution, give me a f..... break Sir.

[@MrXtricity]

Hey Bill! I pay 15 dollars a month for HBONOW, and that is mostly because of your show, could you please try to make sure your show is posted to HBONOW the same night as it airs? it feels a bit annoying to pay exclusively to see your show and then still have to see it one day after it airs =)

[@Disobedient_One]

+Mikkel Gjester That would be something you'd have to talk to Time Warner about. Time Warner owns HBO and are one of the 6 corporations that own every TV channel you watch. Edited to add: Time Warner donated nearly $600,000 to Hillary Clinton's campaign which explains why Bill Maher and any panel rarely bring up Bernie Sanders even after Bill Maher "endorsed" Sanders. Food for thought.

[@MrXtricity]

Uhm yeah...sure, i did not ask about that other stuff though:p

[@MrXtricity]

+Absolute Immunity im sure he knows someone he could tell :p

[@matthews1595]

0 stars! Please HBOnow subscribers join together and complain about how long it takes for episdoes to be posted to HBOnow! HBO posted this overtime hours ago for free and yet my subcription does not allow me to watch the episode yet. This is some BS. HBO please post Bill's show on Friday night to HBOnow! It is a timely show! I don't want to watch it saturday after a whole 'nother 24 news cycle!

[@zapharatu]

Cory Booker 2020...or 2024...

[@alec8182]

Maybe he could be vice pres. with Hillary

[@davidbasset7557]

Jerrod Carmichael implied that he doesn't trust or like anyone simply if their white - and if you are black, you get a pass. Bill was not feeling that shit (see 12:36) . Bill brought up Obama, and Jerrod clamored up and had to quickly make a joke about Sen. Booker for the conversation to move away from him. Jerrod's appearance on this show was a waste of time and space on the panel. I really hate to bash the guy but he was so out of place. I really hate when they have random celebrities on this show to talk about serious issues. HBO doesn't air commercials but this is almost the same thing. They bring on a guy who has nothing substantial to add to the conversation just so the network could let him plug his show.

[@Awholelot222]

one of the best overtime everrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@juliehall4301]

After having seen Cory Booker on Real Time multiple times, I would vote for him in a hart beat! And that is regardless of Obama! He is simultaneously a "local hero", a pragmatist and visionary! Let me know when you run nationally and I set something up here in the northwest!

[@thesnootwoulddroop]

Booker 2020

[@OnlyNattysatUSC44]

The lady is on point with Trump. This dismissive attitude has fueled Trump's rise. If it continues, Trump will become the POTUS. They should start listening to her if you don't want trump to get elected.

[@oisinm332]

America has no right to order Cuba to do anything.

[@Rafinius]

+Oisin Murphy That's not how international politics have ever worked between any two countries since the existence of nation states.

[@oisinm332]

Right so America should be allowed to just push Cuba around just because they can.

[@Rafinius]

The point is that "allowed" doesn't mean anything when there's no one to enforce standardized rules. And pretty much every country has used political and economic pressures to get more of what they want from their neighbors on the geopolitical landscape. Sometimes the power dynamics are more or less equal, some times they aren't. Bottom line, having a "right" to do X isn't really a thing when it comes to countries.

[@crimsontide9557]

I always admired Bill but listening to this and how accurate he was about Trump, even as the only dissenting opinion then Trump. It's almost as if he had a sneak peak into the future. I doff my hat to you Bill..

[@Me1not2you3who]

Cory Booker - one of the most authentic politicians in the US. I can't wait to watch him grow.

[@notyourtypicalfarah7194]

As former "Liberal", now Independent with left leanings, I like the fact that Bill Maher likes to be rational about religion and political correctness, but he race baits a lot. You would think that he would be the most rational Liberal/Democrat out there but I guess not. But, I'm open minded and do enjoy most of his show.

[@Prodigyz8]

Please no more Hillary shills, or you know a "regular citizen" as Jennifer Granholm likes to describe herself. LOL

[@luisf7105]

What utter BULLSHIT that comment was, huh!

[@CANOOB18]

Reihan Salam, a child of Bengali immigrants from Brooklyn who went to Cornell University and an atheist(?)/secular. Wow, that is EXACTLY ME, from Brooklyn, Bengali immigrant and an atheist Cornell student. Only difference is he leans right of the isle while I'm on the left. That's astonishing.

[@WesleyLocust]

+Fiasco Do you also think and talk as fast? He doesn't have an Indian accent, but I think I may have figured out why Americans feel that the subcontinent, Indian accent is so funny. Many of these immigrants tend to retain a very thick accent in spite of their characteristic mastery of English which runs counter to what we observe in immigrants from other societies and with different languages who eventually lose their accents. Schwarzenegger may be an exception, but pretty sure he's been coached to retain his accent even as he has mastered English, and consistent with this theory, most of us think his accent is funny. Ironically, the many Americans who "don't talk as good American" as these immigrants, are the real butts of the joke.

[@CANOOB18]

+WesleyLocust Salam was born here so of course he wouldn't have an accent or at least one that is noticeable. Accents are hard to get rid of since you learn the best when you are very young and languages are learned at young age so transitioning to a new language and dialect at an older age is difficult that is why many immigrants have thick accents whether it be people from Indian subcontinent or Europeans (including the British) and frankly everyone. The children of those immigrants usually lose the accent. Even those immigrants who study hard to are in a formal American environment, they tend to lose their accent eventually. The Indian subcontinent accent is funny because well, it's different, they usually learned British-English and combine that with American it's a hot mess I guess. As far as I know, I don;t think I have a deep accent.

[@iamanomas]

+WesleyLocust What about Henry Kissenger?

[@carlfernandes4849]

What Granholm is saying is true. Trump will tone down his rhetoric around the general election and move to the center to be the greatest person that the center ever had. And he will build the biggest coalition the center has ever seen or been part of. And they'd all love him because he has alot of friends in the center. Like Hillary for example. She moved way left because of Bernie but she'll be back to the center where she belongs.

[@CHEAFRO]

That bold headed fool is part of the reason why we have so many problems in the world. Like any good politician he is more concerned with power politics than solving the problem. Not once did he mention the impact it will have on the lives of the poorest Cubans who have suffered so much over the decades because of the Embargo.

[@oneki]

Bill Maher is underestimating trump and his ability for marketting. he will pivot to the centre and he will (scary though it is) but he will be in the running to win. this is all about ego, and his ego trip started when the birther joke was on him. never underestimmate the power of marketting and brand adverts.

[@ДмитрийАверьянов-у4м]

He is a funny guy. He doesn't mean this really. He will adjust to reality. That what the average Kraut told 1933.

[@daxman229]

Corey should be POTUS. I've been saying it for YEARS!

[@jolieerickson4832]

This episode is a prime example of how great this show is. For financial reasons, I had to cancel cable long ago, and I recently got HBONow just so I could watch your show. We don't always agree, but I'm always interested in hearing what you have to say. I loved the tribute to Garry Shandling. Not trying to kiss your ass, just wanted you to know how much I appreciate your show.