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22. Take Down the Tarp, you Stupid Fascists. nt.

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Sun Jun 28, 2026, 09:44 PM

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Bill Maher received the Mark Twain Award at the Kennedy Center today [View all] senseandsensibility 14 hrs ago OP

🤮🤮🤮 Tim S 14 hrs ago #1

Ewww... wcmagumba 14 hrs ago #2

Maher gets his award behind a tarp, perfect. dem4decades 14 hrs ago #3

"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, struggle4progress 14 hrs ago #4

Fuck Bill Maher Prairie Gates 14 hrs ago #5

This is sad-Maher ceased being funny a very long time ago LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago #6

Maher was never funny. mwmisses4289 11 hrs ago #29

I agree LetMyPeopleVote 11 hrs ago #34

What a Faux pas 14 hrs ago #7

I hope Mark Twain would appreciate the irony. mr715 14 hrs ago #8

If that doesn't prove how much TACO intercedes on the Kennedy Center programing. Nothing does. marble falls 14 hrs ago #9

I thought the Kennedy Center was closed for renovations newdeal2 14 hrs ago #10

OK, now he can retire. Ocelot II 14 hrs ago #11

That's a shame... 2naSalit 14 hrs ago #12

The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is presented annually by the John F. Kennedy Center. sop 14 hrs ago #13

Well then Maher earned it, he's a first-class ass kisser. dem4decades 13 hrs ago #20

TY for that.. Maher should be so proud of him Cha 13 hrs ago #21

Thought Twain prided himself as a satirist. cachukis 14 hrs ago #14

Mark Twain v Natalie Harp LessAspin 13 hrs ago #15

This can't be true, can it? Bluetus 12 hrs ago #23

Has the look of one of those teachers that has sex with Klarkashton 11 hrs ago #28

She does resemble Mary Kay Letourneau... sop 2 hrs ago #35

Disappointed to hear Mellencamp participated in this. Wiz Imp 13 hrs ago #16

Johnny Cougar is still alive? Wow. eom SalamanderSleeps 12 hrs ago #27

Actor Woody Harrelson, businesswoman Arianna Huffington, sports analyst Stephen A. Smith and comedian Jay Leno were Wiz Imp 13 hrs ago #17

Funny or not I think Leno is a decent guy HappyH 13 hrs ago #18

Decent? Maybe. Cowardly? Definitely. Happy Hoosier 1 hr ago #38

Folks that showed up for the award ceremony may have had contractual obligations HappyH 26 min ago #43

Arianna used to do a skit with Al Franken on Politically Incorrect underpants 52 min ago #40

Only Comedians Willing to Honor Bill Maher Revealed Wiz Imp 13 hrs ago #19

Take Down the Tarp, you Stupid Fascists. nt. Cha 13 hrs ago #22

Twain wrote the "War Prayer." SalamanderSleeps 12 hrs ago #24

Oh, and while were at it Samuel Longhorn Clemens AKA Mark Twain... SalamanderSleeps 12 hrs ago #26

Didn't the MAGA schoolmarms ban 'Huck Finn'? sop 2 hrs ago #36

Ah. Now it makes sense. Baitball Blogger 12 hrs ago #25

Fucking waste of a good award. What's next, a medal of freedom? yaesu 11 hrs ago #30

U know the TrumpenFuhrer wants to change the name of the award to the NoMoreRepugs 11 hrs ago #31

Mark Twain was woke. Uncle Joe 11 hrs ago #32

Recommended. H2O Man 11 hrs ago #33

Twain would roast his tiny little cojones JCMach1 1 hr ago #37

He can be really funny OnionPatch 58 min ago #39

An insult to the Mark Twain Award. niyad 46 min ago #41

He can put it next to his MISOGYNIST PIG award. milestogo 39 min ago #42

Centrist Republican wins Mark Twain Award, amazing. Emile 22 min ago #44

I loathe Maher! BlueMTexpat 9 min ago #45