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AZProgressive

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47. He lives in California so I don't think his vote will swing things
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 06:22 PM
8 hrs ago

I'm sure capitalism has worked out great for Maher but for the average person it doesn't work that well. In any case I favor a mixed economy.

The reason why there is a focus on Israel compared to the past is for at-least 1 year following October 2023 Netanyahu was a great candidate for human rights violator of the year. I know there was an organization that labeled Assad human rights violator of the year during the Syria civil war. I have mostly avoided commentating on Israel, in the past I often criticized Assad, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Modi's government in India, etc. It wasn't until Netanyahu was committing war crimes on a massive scale that I felt the need to call out Israel.

I don't know of a specific platform of "no prisons" but the US has the highest incarceration rates, the US locks up more people than China even though they have more people and it has gotten worse with immigrants being incarcerated often for indefinite periods of time.

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Your post should be the reason Maher is banned here, he's now advocating dem4decades 11 hrs ago #1
That didn't immediately occur to me, but you're right. Wiz Imp 11 hrs ago #13
I'm not saying your post should be removed, just that Maher should be banned dem4decades 11 hrs ago #15
I understood what you meant. Wiz Imp 10 hrs ago #25
Hating what the Isreali government has done is not the same as hating Jewish people..... groundloop 11 hrs ago #2
I'm sure the cruel fascism of what is left of the Hey Joe 11 hrs ago #3
The perfect description of Maher, a swarmy lickspittle. dem4decades 11 hrs ago #17
Nasty Nellie Oleson is a smarmy lickspittle Ponietz 10 hrs ago #27
A lickspittle is a suck up. Hey Joe 7 hrs ago #53
Maher added that he has always considered both parties when casting his vote UpInArms 11 hrs ago #4
Pretends to be smart - perfect. dem4decades 11 hrs ago #19
Wow...... Lovie777 11 hrs ago #5
Hey Maher nobody cares. You're irrelevant. Ritabert 11 hrs ago #6
Yup, if he starts simping for Trump, he's done. Initech 5 hrs ago #59
That's the problem when I read Israel is spending millions for influence here in the US Ponietz 11 hrs ago #7
Pretty Shocking LessAspin 11 hrs ago #8
And, currying favor with JD Vance. What a surprise. Maher just told Cha 7 hrs ago #51
Like I said in another post, he's playing the room like a rookie stand up. He's going where the cash is for him Cheezoholic 11 hrs ago #9
Thing is, it makes no sense to be kissing up to Vance. Wiz Imp 10 hrs ago #30
What is Bill's kompromat? lame54 11 hrs ago #10
why would you think he's not being his authentic self? WhiskeyGrinder 11 hrs ago #14
Because he hated Bush for... lame54 11 hrs ago #18
And now he says he'd love to have Bush on his show and that maybe Bush's plan to privatize social security wasn't the WhiskeyGrinder 10 hrs ago #24
Boy. Good thing he has such staunch support here! 3_Limes 11 hrs ago #11
Right? LR3 5 hrs ago #60
Basically a lock at this point that Bill will be all in on JD or Marco is 2028. BannonsLiver 11 hrs ago #12
I missed something. Where are the Democrats wanting to do away with capitalism and prisons? Midnight Writer 11 hrs ago #16
I guess he's either a whore or an idiot. dem4decades 11 hrs ago #20
Darializa Avila Chevalier who won a primary for Congress in NY this week Wiz Imp 10 hrs ago #28
She avoided the question at each turn. Bristlecone 10 hrs ago #32
She avoided the "gotchas" Cirsium 10 hrs ago #33
Yes, perhaps she means the prison complex/Private Prisons Bristlecone 9 hrs ago #35
That's a "gotcha" Cirsium 9 hrs ago #38
"not every crime is a result of a cyclical societal root cause" Bristlecone 8 hrs ago #44
strawman Cirsium 6 hrs ago #57
I think she succesfully made it clear that the whole idea of prison abolition Wiz Imp 7 hrs ago #50
I can see that. Bristlecone 7 hrs ago #52
It sounded very much like some of the restorative justice programs niyad 7 hrs ago #54
Yet somehow he's entitled to a weekly thread advertising his show fujiyamasan 10 hrs ago #21
He sounds like Fetterman. MineralMan 10 hrs ago #22
Fetterman doesn't have the sneering arrogance. mr715 10 hrs ago #23
He's far worse than Fetterman Wiz Imp 10 hrs ago #29
His vote is in play? Blue Owl 10 hrs ago #26
I swear I remember way back in '96 ITAL 10 hrs ago #31
I do not see any difference between Mahar and Trump delisen 10 hrs ago #34
"The left left me!" Grift incoming. Oneironaut 9 hrs ago #36
Maher is full of shit and always has been.💩💩💩💩💩💩 milestogo 9 hrs ago #37
Was he full of shit when he was a C level actor. dem4decades 9 hrs ago #39
Fetterman like themaguffin 9 hrs ago #40
Let me add "likes Fetterman." Intractable 8 hrs ago #46
yeah true, he does like Fetterman themaguffin 7 hrs ago #48
Fuck Bill Maher. (n/t) Iggo 9 hrs ago #41
Some DUers have a need to Sneederbunk 9 hrs ago #42
Does Bill think the very fine people love Jews Johonny 8 hrs ago #43
He's an atheist, a jew, and a catholic. Iggo 7 hrs ago #49
The Klan dropped their anti-Catholic rhetoric and let them become members way back in the late 70s Polybius 6 hrs ago #56
So Maher trashed the Dems to Vance? senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago #45
He lives in California so I don't think his vote will swing things AZProgressive 8 hrs ago #47
Maher is RICH so why should he care about anyone else ? dave99 7 hrs ago #55
I don't care what he does, as long as it's not here. dem4decades 5 hrs ago #58
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