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Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 9/26/2025 [View all]
I apologize that there are so few "official" videos available, this practice by HBO appears to have started last season. If any are uploaded in the meantime, I'll definitely add them. But I wanted to share what's available before the "bootleg" videos are gone. 
Monologue: The Rise of Autocracy
Bill reacts to the top stories of the week, including the start of Donald Trump's "retribution phase."
New Rule: Let's Make a Deal
It's time to strike a grand bargain between America's two political factions: the left will quash all their loony woke shit, and the right will stop the slide into autocracy.
Overtime with Bill Maher: Michael Smerconish, Rep. Nancy Mace
Bill and his guests continue their conversation after the show.
Here's a "bootleg" version of the show which includes the entire interview with Aiden Walker, content creator, internet culture researcher, and author of the Substack newsletter How To Do Things With Memes; entire panel discussion with Michael Smerconish, host of Smerconish on CNN and The Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusXM; and Rep. Nancy Mace, Republican congresswoman from South Carolina’s 1st district who also sits on the Armed Services, Veterans’ Affairs, and Oversight committees; Bill's "Funny Bit"; and the opening part of New Rules. It won't last long, as usual:
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