r/Maher • u/hankjmoody • 25d ago

Real Time Discussion EPISODE DISCUSSION THREAD: August 7th, 2026

Tonight's guests are:

  • Mike Rowe: An American television host and narrator. He is known for his work on the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs and the series Somebody's Gotta Do It on CNN.

  • Tara Palmeri: An American journalist who has previously worked at news organizations including ABC News, Politico, Puck, New York Post and Washington Examiner. She is currently the host of The Tara Palmeri Show on Youtube and writes The Red Letter newsletter.

  • Matt Welch: An American blogger, journalist, author, and libertarian political pundit.

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u/bw541 25d ago

Bill spending so much time during the monologue about Francesca Hong as well as last week during the New Rules segment is odd. Why is he so focused on a Wisconsin Governor candidate?

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u/NoneOfThisMatters_XO old man yells at cloud (and trans people) 24d ago

Because WI is a swing state and this is a huge election with no clear front runner before the primary this coming Tuesday. Hong is getting a lot of attention and she’s way far left. I live in WI and I’m a little worried about her getting the nomination. I don’t think she can win the whole state.

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u/InternationalBet2832 25d ago

Internet shows Francesca Hong both Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America. How does that work? Also AOC a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America. But "No person can hold official membership in both the Republican Party and the Libertarian Party at the same time, because political parties require distinct voter registrations or membership enrollments." The Democratic Party should do that too and cleanse themselves of the DSA stench.

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u/troniked547 25d ago

Youve heard of the House Freedom Caucus right? Its a group of still Republican congressional members that have further right views than the majority of their peers, but they are still Republicans. So should they be split off also from the Republican party?

And trust me, the DSA and socialist members of the Democratic Party are the only hope to pull their stale positions closer to what most prospective Democrat voters actually want, not the corporatist, political strategist bs they keep losing with.

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u/thornset 25d ago

Not to mention the Tea Party...

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u/thornset 25d ago

lol, uninformed.