REQUEST: PLEASE PERSUADE SEN. KLOBUCHAR and SEN. Kamala Harris to remain senators and teach ten more women or men to be brilliant prosecutors in the Senate. I think that if they cultivate more like themselves , society will benefit greatly . Walter
Harris and Klobuchar?? They're not smart at all, plus they're toxic (Klobuchar is known to physically abuse her own staff) and hypocritical (Harris laughed about prosecuting weed users when she was smoking it herself).
canada's immigration system is generally merit-based, but that doesn't apply the same way to refugees. for refugees it's a matter of legitimacy/safety. you can have both approaches so it's not just rich or educated that can come in.
Cant you see you deluded democrat... Bernie will be screwed over again and cheated! And Bill Maher never calls out cheating of the dema but hey republicans cheat once tout it for years
Bernie is dead in the water. His promises of candy and sunshine are played out on normal critical thinking voters. He had his chance, got screwed, it's over.
I think Bill is just trying to lend screen time to other candidates who have new, viable ideas and solutions to contribute. There is only so much one can squeeze in 50 minutes per week. Also, I hope we can take the time to think critically and not automatically polarize ourselves over politics. The less of this "Us VS Them" mentality, the better for everyone.
Regarding the Virginia Beach shootings... Where are the "Right to Life" people on gun control. Didn't those thirteen, real, live people, deserve to live?
@@91czechgirl mostly due to the PC crowd, snowflake millennials, and pussy left-wing men who cannot take a fucking joke. Trump voters, for the most part, can at least take a fucking joke
Looking forward to Andrew Yang and Katie Porter....finally some intelligent and straightforward information. I can't wait. Both are super prepared and funny too.
Lawrence Wilkerson has come out publicly and apologized for his role in allowing the invasion of Iraq to happen (unlike general Powell)... It’s just too bad he didn’t have the courage back in 2003 when it really mattered, to advise General Colin Powell to not back the war. That is some serious guilt to have to live with... The loss of all those lives for absolutely nothing.
If it's going to be merit based, go all the way and make it also trade based with other countries. We ship out the dumb fucks and import those who have merit. We'll lose a lot of Trump supporters, but it's what they would want, they did vote for him. #MAGA
Most people of high education don't necessarily migrate. Most of the great contributors to our society were, are children of desperate migrants looking for opportunities if not just to survive.
Based on the merit of your financial net worth. Canada attracts many through the foriegn student exchange system. Many of the students choose to become citizens after completing University. Unfortunately it also exposes Canada to garbage like the Saudi "princes" . For every one of them there are ten regular people and one "Mina Zarabian"
I like the idea of merit-based immigration. That is what other countries do, and we should to. That doesn't negate the fact that we still need to accept genuine refugees.
Yes, yes she is. She even sometimes let's her practical side out and sounds conservatives. I dig her. She can make democratic points without being obnoxious like Racheal Maddow who is just MSNBC's answer to Hannity. Those two are just 100% propaganda.
he's been a regular on Bill's show for years and years. Google him, he's got a storied career. Movies like Crybaby with Johnny Depp, Serial Mom with Kathleen Turner and Patty Hearst (my fav), and his earlier "trashy" films as Bill put it.
U.S. Constitution - Article 2 (The Executive Branch) Section 4 (Disqualification): "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." Translation: YOU CAN CHARGE A SITTING PRESIDENT WITH A CRIME (AS STATED ABOVE) AND REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE!!!
the above law means the "conviction" that congress can seek after president impeachment by congress. Not the "conviction" of a court judgement. Its really unfortunate that the two processes have the same name, though they are vastly different.
Immigrants don't all have to be elite. We need people who are willing to contribute to society, at _any_ level they are able. That doesn't mean only top-tier earners. The "merit-based" argument is just a way people argue against immigration without _sounding_ classist, because they know that, under a "merit-based" system, most people who will be excluded will be poor.
As a Canadian citizen, I truly feel for the American population. Daffy Duck is at the helm here as well. We do not need an affable leader. We need a keenly intelligent one. It is a serious business running a country and for that we need serious people to do so.
Just depends on how you define merit. In reality, merit = money = how rich your parents were. If you define merit by what kind of skills you have, then yes.
@@MarySmith-xo8gc Lol, what the hell is *that* supposed to mean; you'll just wait until election night is over to figure that out? It has *already* been determined by the future voters, she is not capable of unequivocally vanquishing Trump. Period. You either don't understand the idiom "rock-solid" or you simply have your head in the clouds, just like most idiot liberals.
@@kennethdower7425 No, it means I need to hear from all of the candidates before narrowing my field, including Elizabeth. So far she is one of the few who actually has real, thought out policies that and intelligent and planned. She may not be the media "darling", but she has substance. I would like to see more substance and less propaganda from the candidates.
@@MarySmith-xo8gc Well, all of that doesn't matter, as I already noted; what *matters* is having a candidate that can *soundly defeat Trump.* Get it, now? You better pray that she's not the nominee. Trump has an excellent chance of beating her.
Brilliant, funny, successful and a American Icon. John Waters is all of those things and he appears in public using his real name and image (fashion collar and all) which is more than we can say for ............ Mobius Who??? Gob bless your avatar.
Congressmen with balls. That's rich. Until you remove reelection as a motivator, no one in congress will do what's good for the country, only what's good for themselves. Term limits for congress.
I really love Wilkerson, even though he's a Republican. Dude has his principles and sticks with em. I remember seeing a clip of him on John Oliver's show saying Gitmo should be closed down, and the people who wanna keep it are cowards. Takes some guts to say that as a Republican.
Donnie not only looks like a white James Brown impersonator, he looks like a white James Brown impersonator from Times Square who doesn't sing, or dance... but photobombs tourist selfies, then demands 15$.
Ask Kirsten a question and then mansplain over her as she tries to answer. Good job guys. When she finally spoke, it was the one thing that made sense. A waste of 30 seconds with an annoying British accent... Then continue to talk over her and discount her view on merit based immigration. Seriously.
First time i heard Weld speak i wonder whats his goals and agenda for the WE THE PEOPLE. hes much normal speaker smart just like in the past, until Trump whack it.I used to be Republican gearing towards democrats but democrats like Pelosi seemed timid in actions. Except Warren Harris and Bernie. Weld sounds good with strength experience integrity. This is the normal republican Weld it is. Like to hear his issues
@@markgreen4612 Actually I was talking more about the subject talking and interactions with the guests. Seemed like multiple times a guest would say something and instead of Bill following up on it, would instead look down at good cards, and then just moved on to the next subject. Felt like he was just doing just enough on each subject/card, then moving on, no deep diving.
@@CosmicCleric - I understood what you were saying and I think a longer show would alleviate that problem. I suggested 1 1/2 hours but I'd really like to see it extended to 2 hours. Lawrence Wilkerson, for example, has lots to say that is very informative but the Late Night w Bill Maher format doesn't give him enough time to expound. He gets interviewed quite often on The Real News Network on RUclips and the interviews are always great.
Kirsten is right, "merit based" should be interpreted as "white based". My grandparents came here and did the grunt work. It's the ladder that is the American Dream. We can't lose it.
as someone who swore to defend the constitution in 77 , and still thinks it's important . I pray to GOD that every American will read George Washingtons farewell address , its a few pages . around the middle of it he talks about parties and foreign influence . every one should consider what one of our first real patriots advised on these things . it's as relevant as if he wrote it today .
Long ago, American government allowed frontiersmen to put up fences anywhere in the wilderness and just claim that land as theirs--because there was too much empty land, and not enough people to populate it and build towns. But once the wild west was more or less populated, the government stopped this program, for obvious reasons. Same thing goes for immigration. Once, the U.S. desperately needed immigrants, so it accepted anybody that walked in through Ellis Island. Today the need for immigrants is considerably less. Therefore it is sensible to be more picky about accepting immigrants. That's the concept of merit-based immigration. Why do Democrats refuse to see this obvious truth? "America accepted immigrants without qualifications before, so it should keep doing that"--well, that's like saying America should keep giving out free land even though the frontier was closed a long time ago.
Most 3rd party voters are disenfranchised independents who look at the candidates handed up by the extreme right and extreme left via their primaries and think, "Neither of these clowns represent me nor my ideology."
It was a very bad day for the cause of protecting America’s wilderness and resources some years back when the Sierra Club secretly took $100 MILLION in tainted donations from Wall Street investor David Gelbaum. The enormous contribution came with STRINGS ATTACHED, namely the stipulation that America’s flagship green organization would not mention EXCESSIVE IMMIGRATION as harmful to the environment generally and resource preservation in particular. As a result, the Club management rejected its own previous environmentally proper immigration policy of population stabilization with no explanation. The real cause was a closely guarded secret for years!!
He isn't a socialist. He is a very smart person. He is not as liberal as he carries on according to people that know him. He is pandering to a certain demographic. He gas called out liberals as pussies compared to conservatives that are willing to go on his show. That being said he should expose his audience even to the very far left social democrats. 20% or so of the country supports them and they should be able to share their views and be challenged on them as well. I hope this is taken in the context I meant and not a political attack.
Following political news these days is like putting a firehose to your mouth. I'm not disappointed or even surprised Bill didn't hear about that given everything going on and that the 3rd debates aren't even until mid-September.
My girlfriend's parents came here with no college degrees. Her dad quit engineering school in Iran to come to the US. He worked shit jobs in fast food restaurants until he could buy a franchise of one. After he sold that he made his own restaurant. With that restaurant he put his daughter through med school and his son through college (now works as a producer at a local news station) and bought them both houses. He didn't have a day off for 18 years. He was at his restaurant everyday working. He was an unskilled laborer that didn't speak English that, in 1 generation, had a successful small business, raised 2 highly productive members of society, not to mention his wife is a teacher. she came over too. I don't think I need to say more about her. she's a fucking teacher. I know this is isolated to a 1 of 1 but there are stories like this with people coming over here looking for something better than what they had in the place they were born.
Hi. Canadian here. Merit based immigration has priced out most Canadians from our own major housing markets. Maybe that ship has sailed in most of the US already, but it is not a good option.
Almost all of my professional job having friends have had to move to get a house in a small market. It drives out the heart and keeps those willing to sell themselves for $. I miss my friends.
Merit based is not "PhD and higher education". It's based on what this country needs at a specific point in time. If there is a lack of waiters/waitresses, then so be it, that would be the merit in question.
I heard Elizabeth Warren Talk on John Stewart's Daily Show twice or three times and so I wonder, "Do you listen to her? I learnt so much from her, she is so good at explaining why our economy has gone wrong or how to better it. She and Michel Lewis are the two who taught me nearly all I know on economy, at least the economy of the last forty years. She taught me about the, boom bang economy of before the 28 crash as well as more recent bits of economy. You should listen to her. You would get lots of ideas from her. I like Bermie Sanders a lot, I also like Elizabeth Warren a lot and I am a person who usually finds candidates to elections pretty uninteresting. I also think that Biden would be fine but the other two would be brilliante. He is a sort of reliable guy, and kind, not too, too anything, to do anything dramatically wrong.
Our education system (or lack there of) has created enough manual labor class (unskilled workers) for this country, the problems are the wages for such jobs are insufficient to sustain even the modest of lifestyles and the other problem is Americans think they are too good to be bothered to do such jobs (cleaning toilets or picking crop).
Twitter's regressive left wing outrage culture is doing more to help Trump than anything he's done. Everytime some feminist lights up the virtue signal over Gotham for some perceived offense to gain faction points with the SJW crowd, more and more independent, middle of the road voters, like me, take one big step to the right.
Sure, we need merit based immigration. Bring all the undergraduate, and graduate or professional degrees from abroad, so the students graduating in the United States wages are depressed because the foreigners with degree depress wages.
I love the show, and Tulsi Gabbard or Bust in 2020... Bill Maher will you consider doing a show that includes what is actually happening on our southern border... From May 27, through June 2, 2019, Just this week here in El Paso over 6000 thousand undocumented immigrants entered the USA through my city El Paso. As of the end of the 5th month, May 2019, 116,000 plus thousand undocumented immigrants have entered the USA through El Paso. On just one day May 12, 2019, in groups of 250, 195, 218 and 302, according to a news release from the Border Patrol. By the end of the day May 12, 2019, there were more than 1,700 migrants who illegally crossed into the country through El Paso. At the Kelly memorial food pantry where I volunteer 8 weeks ago we ran out of money to buy meat, every week now we run out of fresh veggies because we are being overwhelmed...Hell not even the fake Mexican beto o'jerk has done a damn thing for his home town..WTH democrat's... We have been over run, WTH is the GOVERNMENT WAITING FOR, For gods sake they are coming out of the actual sewers, and street crime like car jacking s are increasing all over the city...The sum total from 2017 through 2018 of undocumented immigrants who entered the USA was a TOTAL of 30,000 thousand...WTH!!! Do not take my word for it, come see for yourself.
This response is for Mr. Wilkerson. He said he didn’t know what the military thought about Trump right now. I am a 25 year retired vet who is now a DOD contractor at a large base, so I know firsthand what military members think of their President. They are overwhelmingly in favor of Trump and hope he gets re-elected. There are definitely some that don’t like him, mostly young troops, but when I speak with most of them they don’t have a grasp of the issues, and aren’t interested in voting anyway. There are also the outliers, a Berkeley grad who comes to mind who is a Democrat, a few African Americans and Hispanics who dislike him as well. But even if you don’t believe me, you can make a determination for yourself. Do a search on which states provide the most military members and also look at the composition of the military by race and gender. It’s very clear. Lastly, Mr. Wilkerson stated that the military didn’t like Hillary because she is a warmonger. That had very little to do with it. They disliked Hillary because she mishandled classified material and got away with it. Most military members know someone who mishandled classified and ended up with their careers destroyed. It is just so unfair. Another big reason Hillary was so disliked by the military was her handling and reaction of Benghazi. She wasn’t 100% at fault, but she definitely wasn’t innocent of the whole thing like she wanted everyone to believe. But the final reason many people in the military disliked her is because she is just a horrible person. The military is a small community and some of us do interact with politicians and then we go back and talk to the masses back at home station or our next duty station. Hillary treated some military people like they were servant trash and those interaction were shared by the stories they told. Trump’s interactions with the troops are completely different. He takes the time to recognize and appreciate the military. He was at the AFA and shook hands with 1,000 graduates. There are many, many other stories of how Trump has allowed the military to feel appreciated. How did the military feel about others? President Obama was very popular with the troops, he came across as genuine when speaking and interacting with us. I also heard stories of how Al Gore treated military members with contempt.
Proper They understand he is far from perfect, but they also understand that there are nuances to those mistakes. The Vietnam War, sure, he could’ve hidden out in the National Guard like a bunch of other rich people did. But he has stated many times, he would’ve lived his life different if he knew back then he was going to run for President. As far as the attacks on different people, we all see that as just punching back when he’s been attacked publicly. It’s not an attack on the military, it’s a political attack. He sometimes shoots from the hip without thinking. People like his authenticity, but the dark side to that is sometimes saying the wrong thing. It is what it is. Look, we don’t know who his Democratic opponent is going to be, so it’s still too early to say whether his popularity amongst the military will last up to the election of 2020. Im just giving my opinion of what it is today, and that is a favorable opinion by most.
Maher shouldn't bee that dismissive towards Bill Weld's chances. Let us not forget Trump was an overwhelming long shot to everyone at one point. And it would be excellent if Weld managed to lead the USA. The entire world would be better.
@john smith Well, if we ignore the long shot variable for a moment, Bill Weld and Andrew Yang are by far the candidates with the best ideas. (The rest are mostly clowns in my opinion). Secondly, every time a candidate from the same party has successfully challenged (not defeated, but challenged) the incumbent at a primary, the incumbent went on to lose the general election. So if history can teach us anything, is that ALL Democrats (and patriots) should be helping Weld.
1:00 OMG! The polkadotted one just said Trump's mansions were decorated "without any knowledge of art history"!!!! Good Lord! I'm voting Democrat this time around!
Not sure we need more Senators "with some Balls" ... I think we need more Senators with strong ethical/moral convictions! #45 has a large pair of balls and look what he's doing to our country! If every Senator would step up and do what's right for the country #45 should have been disqualified for all the lies he told prior to inauguration and he should have been impeached already given all we learned in the Mueller Report. Balls and Testosterone are not leading this country in the right direction!
Kirsten..you are the image of 60's French Star Catherine Deneuve ..once dubbed Most Beautiful Woman Ever in the World. Smart articulate women like you give me hope for this world...❤
Kirsten is so correct. "....Give me your tired, your poor. your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of you teaming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my Lamp beside the Golden Door."
A James Brown joke, home decor stereotyping, and implying U.S. allies are not responsible. So the guy with the purple polka dot lapel is going to class shame? Bill, Bill, Bill
+TheBusyMind "THEY TOOK OUR JOBS!" -South Park... the fact is there are more professional high level job openings than all Americans would qualify to fill and that are still empty even with immigration
The woman said we're giving trump too much credit. Translation: This is a reasonable and common sense solution that both sides could work with but I hate trump.
Good question: What is merit? I'm disappointed that instead of answering this question directly, Kirsten segued into the platitude of "We need unskilled laborers just as much as engineers." This is NOT applause-worthy, nor does it offer anything to solve the immigration issue. I wish more people would realize that merit-based whatever is meaningless in a society where all policies are essentially decided by those with the all the capital, namely big corps and banks with only profit, self-preservation, and self-interest in mind.
Please make this like 20 minutes. Overtime is awesome
REQUEST: PLEASE PERSUADE SEN. KLOBUCHAR and SEN. Kamala Harris to remain senators and teach ten more women or men to be brilliant prosecutors in the Senate. I think that if they cultivate more like themselves , society will benefit greatly . Walter
Harris and Klobuchar?? They're not smart at all, plus they're toxic (Klobuchar is known to physically abuse her own staff) and hypocritical (Harris laughed about prosecuting weed users when she was smoking it herself).
canada's immigration system is generally merit-based, but that doesn't apply the same way to refugees. for refugees it's a matter of legitimacy/safety. you can have both approaches so it's not just rich or educated that can come in.
We do similar in Aotearoa New Zealand.
But then we're also able to distinguish between a refugee and an immigrant.
John Waters is the best part of the show. He is fabulous.
Bill never mentions Bernie anymore and when he does it's always something about his age. Bernie is the best candidate!
Cant you see you deluded democrat... Bernie will be screwed over again and cheated! And Bill Maher never calls out cheating of the dema but hey republicans cheat once tout it for years
Bernie 2020!!!!!!!!!♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
Bernie is dead in the water. His promises of candy and sunshine are played out on normal critical thinking voters. He had his chance, got screwed, it's over.
I think Bill is just trying to lend screen time to other candidates who have new, viable ideas and solutions to contribute. There is only so much one can squeeze in 50 minutes per week.
Also, I hope we can take the time to think critically and not automatically polarize ourselves over politics. The less of this "Us VS Them" mentality, the better for everyone.
Damn is everyone going to ignore how bangin John's notched lapel beast monster is... WTF people?
It's awful, isn't it?
@@maxafriyie3288 Its
@@maxafriyie3288 and no that shit's color pops like peter north.
@@jim1550 Hmm, nooo. It's 'it's'.
Trump was at the D-Day commemoration today, it was touching to see him lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Bone Spur.
Regarding the Virginia Beach shootings... Where are the "Right to Life" people on gun control. Didn't those thirteen, real, live people, deserve to live?
They believe life only matters when it's in-utero. Once the umbilical is cut, you're f*cked and good luck to you.
@@narichan that's right. A globbet of cells must be brought to term. After that, whatever.
But what sense does it make to punish law abiding gun owners
John Waters is a national treasure
Orange needs to get squeezed out of Office!
He will win in a landslide but yeah good joke
Ah yeah, American voters are idiots, too bad
@@TY9941_ You right. He may win . People just don't pay attention what is going on . It is so sad
With cleverness like yours how can he lose.
@@91czechgirl mostly due to the PC crowd, snowflake millennials, and pussy left-wing men who cannot take a fucking joke. Trump voters, for the most part, can at least take a fucking joke
Looking forward to Andrew Yang and Katie Porter....finally some intelligent and straightforward information. I can't wait. Both are super prepared and funny too.
They should name a trash barge after Trump.
Or better yet just name one of the “heads” on the destroyer John McCain after him 🤔🤔🤔
Any old roadside pissoir would do, but a smelly one in August would really insert the needle. Toilet-paper scraps a PLUS.
Mike Urashevich I like it! I already call it "doing a #45" when I'm on the toilet so...
Gotta go to the Don to take a Trump 😎
@@dlcdlc100 I pinched off a nice trump and wiped my pence....
Call it the USS Bankrupt. He's went bankrupt enough times to christen a battle group
Lawrence Wilkerson has come out publicly and apologized for his role in allowing the invasion of Iraq to happen (unlike general Powell)...
It’s just too bad he didn’t have the courage back in 2003 when it really mattered, to advise General Colin Powell to not back the war.
That is some serious guilt to have to live with... The loss of all those lives for absolutely nothing.
B A back to your mother’s basement you go👉
Lots of soul searching in the republican party, since all of their past actions and trespasses led to Trump!
@ : Telling the TRUTH is "self-righteous outrage"....purity? No Wonder the Right and cuckservatives are DYING...."Let them die..."
As a Democrat I respect him
"we live in a merit based society"
*lol* Do you?
If it's going to be merit based, go all the way and make it also trade based with other countries. We ship out the dumb fucks and import those who have merit. We'll lose a lot of Trump supporters, but it's what they would want, they did vote for him. #MAGA
Most people of high education don't necessarily migrate. Most of the great contributors to our society were, are children of desperate migrants looking for opportunities if not just to survive.
Based on the merit of your financial net worth.
Canada attracts many through the foriegn student exchange system.
Many of the students choose to become citizens after completing University.
Unfortunately it also exposes Canada to garbage like the Saudi "princes" .
For every one of them there are ten regular people and one "Mina Zarabian"
I thought it was a nepotistic society.
HELL NO! We live in an ass kisser, nepotism society. The most valued skill in America is golf.
I like the idea of merit-based immigration. That is what other countries do, and we should to. That doesn't negate the fact that we still need to accept genuine refugees.
Kirsten Powers is stunning.
RaisedByCats yes Catherine Denueve vibe
@@ScootsMahgoots Love Catherine Denueve.
... and over 50.
Yes, yes she is. She even sometimes let's her practical side out and sounds conservatives. I dig her. She can make democratic points without being obnoxious like Racheal Maddow who is just MSNBC's answer to Hannity. Those two are just 100% propaganda.
Ask her about Anthony Wiener.
I really admire and respect Lawrence Wilkerson. It is too bad he isn't on more cable news networks.
She’s gorgeous in that thumbnail
Ramin Rahnema, agreed. Too bad they wouldn't let her talk.
Waters is a National Treasure.
Great show this week.
Kirsten is beautiful
Thanks for pointing that out, I would not have thought of that.
@@0MoTheG Glad I erased your ignorance
goodman2050 yes! she looks like a Catherine Deneuve who would have aged gracefully
Wow! A real meeting of the mind!
This John Waters guy is hilarious! I hope he's going to do more stuff on TV! He is a wonderful !
he's been a regular on Bill's show for years and years. Google him, he's got a storied career. Movies like Crybaby with Johnny Depp, Serial Mom with Kathleen Turner and Patty Hearst (my fav), and his earlier "trashy" films as Bill put it.
U.S. Constitution - Article 2 (The Executive Branch) Section 4 (Disqualification): "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Translation: YOU CAN CHARGE A SITTING PRESIDENT WITH A CRIME (AS STATED ABOVE) AND REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE!!!
the above law means the "conviction" that congress can seek after president impeachment by congress. Not the "conviction" of a court judgement. Its really unfortunate that the two processes have the same name, though they are vastly different.
Well, then it's a good thing Trump hasn't committed any crimes. 😜
@john smith That makes no sense. 😜
Can people stop cutting each other off? 🙄
No
Kirsten Powers looks like Catherine Deneuve. Nice!
John P Jones I noticed that too!
Immigrants don't all have to be elite. We need people who are willing to contribute to society, at _any_ level they are able. That doesn't mean only top-tier earners. The "merit-based" argument is just a way people argue against immigration without _sounding_ classist, because they know that, under a "merit-based" system, most people who will be excluded will be poor.
Gov. Weld, I need you as US Attorney General!!!!!
On our way to crazy town
Susie Fairfield : On our way..?!
As a Canadian citizen, I truly feel for the American population. Daffy Duck is at the helm here as well. We do not need an affable leader. We need a keenly intelligent one. It is a serious business running a country and for that we need serious people to do so.
And by that last part from a) to c) yes I meant Moses King and his reply. Too funny, ROFLOL!!!!!!
You need merit based but there needs to be a balance.
Just depends on how you define merit. In reality, merit = money = how rich your parents were. If you define merit by what kind of skills you have, then yes.
It doesn't matter if Elizabeth doesn't have a sense of humor.
What does matter is the fact that she *doesn't* have a rock-solid chance of beating Trump.
@@kennethdower7425 That hasn't really been determined yet.
@@MarySmith-xo8gc Lol, what the hell is *that* supposed to mean; you'll just wait until election night is over to figure that out? It has *already* been determined by the future voters, she is not capable of unequivocally vanquishing Trump. Period. You either don't understand the idiom "rock-solid" or you simply have your head in the clouds, just like most idiot liberals.
@@kennethdower7425 No, it means I need to hear from all of the candidates before narrowing my field, including Elizabeth. So far she is one of the few who actually has real, thought out policies that and intelligent and planned. She may not be the media "darling", but she has substance. I would like to see more substance and less propaganda from the candidates.
@@MarySmith-xo8gc Well, all of that doesn't matter, as I already noted; what *matters* is having a candidate that can *soundly defeat Trump.* Get it, now? You better pray that she's not the nominee. Trump has an excellent chance of beating her.
I just like looking at Kirsten
That guy with the clown collar, bless his nodding dog head trying to fit in! Such a cute character, bless😅
Brilliant, funny, successful and a American Icon. John Waters is all of those things and he appears in public using his real name and image (fashion collar and all) which is more than we can say for ............ Mobius Who???
Gob bless your avatar.
Congressmen with balls. That's rich. Until you remove reelection as a motivator, no one in congress will do what's good for the country, only what's good for themselves. Term limits for congress.
I really love Wilkerson, even though he's a Republican. Dude has his principles and sticks with em. I remember seeing a clip of him on John Oliver's show saying Gitmo should be closed down, and the people who wanna keep it are cowards. Takes some guts to say that as a Republican.
Kirsten's cute😊
Kirsten Powers is really a hot moma.
Anthony Weiner thought so too.
she obviously knows nothing about Canadian Immigration process.
Having a VP is already worthless enough w/out the prohibition of being unable to indict a sitting president
"We need unskilled labourers as much as skilled people! " Brilliant Well America's got too many lawyers I would hate to fix my own teeth
translation we need more peasants from third world who will do our shitty job for us while we feel good about our-self
Donnie not only looks like a white James Brown impersonator, he looks like a white James Brown impersonator from Times Square who doesn't sing, or dance... but photobombs tourist selfies, then demands 15$.
All i could think about was the mustache
Yea
Ask Kirsten a question and then mansplain over her as she tries to answer. Good job guys. When she finally spoke, it was the one thing that made sense. A waste of 30 seconds with an annoying British accent...
Then continue to talk over her and discount her view on merit based immigration. Seriously.
no kidding that fuckturd swan jumped in right at the start.
I agree with you, they were rude and spoke over her. However, the annoying guy has a very thick Australian accent.
Alan Stuart, upon a closer listen I hear the Australian accent. He's no less annoying.
First time i heard Weld speak i wonder whats his goals and agenda for the WE THE PEOPLE. hes much normal speaker smart just like in the past, until Trump whack it.I used to be Republican gearing towards democrats but democrats like Pelosi seemed timid in actions. Except Warren Harris and Bernie. Weld sounds good with strength experience integrity. This is the normal republican Weld it is. Like to hear his issues
Bill seemed to be rushing through the episode tonight.
HBO has to increase the time to at least 1 1/2 hours. The time with the main panel is far too short.
@@markgreen4612 I'd be happy for them to cut out the first interview - go from the monologue straight to the panel.
@@markgreen4612 Actually I was talking more about the subject talking and interactions with the guests.
Seemed like multiple times a guest would say something and instead of Bill following up on it, would instead look down at good cards, and then just moved on to the next subject.
Felt like he was just doing just enough on each subject/card, then moving on, no deep diving.
@@CosmicCleric - I understood what you were saying and I think a longer show would alleviate that problem. I suggested 1 1/2 hours but I'd really like to see it extended to 2 hours. Lawrence Wilkerson, for example, has lots to say that is very informative but the Late Night w Bill Maher format doesn't give him enough time to expound. He gets interviewed quite often on The Real News Network on RUclips and the interviews are always great.
This is ironically funny.
Let’s get the balls rolling people🤞😉👍
Unbutton the jacket, Will! Jesus
RIGHT!? its like he has a stick up his ass. 🤨
Merit based is the way to go
Would anybody with merit really want to go to USA.
They would want to go to places like San Francisco and NYC.
Bill "We can all agree on balls." Maher
Varys would disagree ...
Everyone likes them!
"We ought to have some congressmen with some balls"
Stop dissing Liz..she has some of the best plans I've heard..and she smiles, is articulate and a fighter for the people.
Kirsten is right, "merit based" should be interpreted as "white based". My grandparents came here and did the grunt work. It's the ladder that is the American Dream. We can't lose it.
as someone who swore to defend the constitution in 77 , and still thinks it's important . I pray to GOD that every American will read George Washingtons farewell address , its a few pages . around the middle of it he talks about parties and foreign influence . every one should consider what one of our first real patriots advised on these things . it's as relevant as if he wrote it today .
TULSI 2020 !!
ugh
Merit based immigration is the way to go.
Nope, there are too many managers already.
@@accplr12 there are too many people incapable of becoming managers. Settling for mediocrity is a terrible strategy in life.
Everyone in the comments is talking about how trash Trump is and I'm just appreciating the god that is John Waters.
The Lady on the panel is the smartest, as usual
Long ago, American government allowed frontiersmen to put up fences anywhere in the wilderness and just claim that land as theirs--because there was too much empty land, and not enough people to populate it and build towns. But once the wild west was more or less populated, the government stopped this program, for obvious reasons.
Same thing goes for immigration. Once, the U.S. desperately needed immigrants, so it accepted anybody that walked in through Ellis Island. Today the need for immigrants is considerably less. Therefore it is sensible to be more picky about accepting immigrants. That's the concept of merit-based immigration.
Why do Democrats refuse to see this obvious truth? "America accepted immigrants without qualifications before, so it should keep doing that"--well, that's like saying America should keep giving out free land even though the frontier was closed a long time ago.
Power should never go to the wrong person. God bless America
That's why Clinton didn't win, and how and why Trump will be re-elected in 2020.
We need unskilled laborers MORE than those with "specialized" skills.
Because today's average US citizen thinks that any job where you break a sweat or your fingernails get dirty is beneath them.
You can't believe in automation and want millions of additional low skilled workers. FACT
Andrea, find me all White drywall crew?
@@jensymank4935 An all white drywalling crew you can pay less than minimum wage with cash under the table? No
Weld2020!
Vote 3rd party is a vote for trump aslo don't try an be funny an vote for Theodore Roosevelt
Not necessarily true. Clinton wouldn't have been elected in '92 if H.Ross Perot hadn't split the conservative vote between him and George H.W Bush.
Most 3rd party voters are disenfranchised independents who look at the candidates handed up by the extreme right and extreme left via their primaries and think, "Neither of these clowns represent me nor my ideology."
It was a very bad day for the cause of protecting America’s wilderness and resources some years back when the Sierra Club secretly took $100 MILLION in tainted donations from Wall Street investor David Gelbaum. The enormous contribution came with STRINGS ATTACHED, namely the stipulation that America’s flagship green organization would not mention EXCESSIVE IMMIGRATION as harmful to the environment generally and resource preservation in particular. As a result, the Club management rejected its own previous environmentally proper immigration policy of population stabilization with no explanation. The real cause was a closely guarded secret for years!!
If he's not losing it "losing it", he's going to lose it lose it soon enough.
I wonder when Bill will invite a real progressive on. Bernie, Tulsi, ....I wonder if he will.
He isn't a socialist. He is a very smart person. He is not as liberal as he carries on according to people that know him. He is pandering to a certain demographic. He gas called out liberals as pussies compared to conservatives that are willing to go on his show. That being said he should expose his audience even to the very far left social democrats. 20% or so of the country supports them and they should be able to share their views and be challenged on them as well. I hope this is taken in the context I meant and not a political attack.
@monokhem He isn't a con man. He says what he believes. Unfortunately like many democrats what they know just happens to be incorrect.
@@jacobsteele7138 Hey Mr. Hilton. Check out the social contract in Europe. SMH.
What ever happened to "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"?
How does Bill not know about the new standards for the 3rd Democratic debate?
Following political news these days is like putting a firehose to your mouth. I'm not disappointed or even surprised Bill didn't hear about that given everything going on and that the 3rd debates aren't even until mid-September.
2:05 hold that pose
My girlfriend's parents came here with no college degrees. Her dad quit engineering school in Iran to come to the US. He worked shit jobs in fast food restaurants until he could buy a franchise of one. After he sold that he made his own restaurant. With that restaurant he put his daughter through med school and his son through college (now works as a producer at a local news station) and bought them both houses. He didn't have a day off for 18 years. He was at his restaurant everyday working. He was an unskilled laborer that didn't speak English that, in 1 generation, had a successful small business, raised 2 highly productive members of society, not to mention his wife is a teacher. she came over too. I don't think I need to say more about her. she's a fucking teacher. I know this is isolated to a 1 of 1 but there are stories like this with people coming over here looking for something better than what they had in the place they were born.
Hi. Canadian here. Merit based immigration has priced out most Canadians from our own major housing markets. Maybe that ship has sailed in most of the US already, but it is not a good option.
Almost all of my professional job having friends have had to move to get a house in a small market. It drives out the heart and keeps those willing to sell themselves for $. I miss my friends.
Merit based is not "PhD and higher education". It's based on what this country needs at a specific point in time. If there is a lack of waiters/waitresses, then so be it, that would be the merit in question.
I heard Elizabeth Warren Talk on John Stewart's Daily Show twice or three times and so I wonder, "Do you listen to her? I learnt so much from her, she is so good at explaining why our economy has gone wrong or how to better it. She and Michel Lewis are the two who taught me nearly all I know on economy, at least the economy of the last forty years. She taught me about the, boom bang economy of before the 28 crash as well as more recent bits of economy. You should listen to her. You would get lots of ideas from her.
I like Bermie Sanders a lot, I also like Elizabeth Warren a lot and I am a person who usually finds candidates to elections pretty uninteresting. I also think that Biden would be fine but the other two would be brilliante. He is a sort of reliable guy, and kind, not too, too anything, to do anything dramatically wrong.
Why arent the news cycles giving Bill Weld free coverage and multiple platforms to let the Republicans know they have a choice too.
Our education system (or lack there of) has created enough manual labor class (unskilled workers) for this country, the problems are the wages for such jobs are insufficient to sustain even the modest of lifestyles and the other problem is Americans think they are too good to be bothered to do such jobs (cleaning toilets or picking crop).
I thought the guy on the right was David Lynch
The Dems should have let EVERYONE be on the first debates. After that, they could have weeded them out.
Not only is John Waters my favorite of his guests, he might be my favorite person of anything ever.
They should rename this show "explaining Twitter news to grandpa"
Twitter's regressive left wing outrage culture is doing more to help Trump than anything he's done. Everytime some feminist lights up the virtue signal over Gotham for some perceived offense to gain faction points with the SJW crowd, more and more independent, middle of the road voters, like me, take one big step to the right.
Sure, we need merit based immigration. Bring all the undergraduate, and graduate or professional degrees from abroad, so the students graduating in the United States wages are depressed because the foreigners with degree depress wages.
Not just those with degrees come here and suppress wages.
I love the show, and Tulsi Gabbard or Bust in 2020... Bill Maher will you consider doing a show that includes what is actually happening on our southern border... From May 27, through June 2, 2019, Just this week here in El Paso over 6000 thousand undocumented immigrants entered the USA through my city El Paso. As of the end of the 5th month, May 2019, 116,000 plus thousand undocumented immigrants have entered the USA through El Paso. On just one day May 12, 2019, in groups of 250, 195, 218 and 302, according to a news release from the Border Patrol. By the end of the day May 12, 2019, there were more than 1,700 migrants who illegally crossed into the country through El Paso. At the Kelly memorial food pantry where I volunteer 8 weeks ago we ran out of money to buy meat, every week now we run out of fresh veggies because we are being overwhelmed...Hell not even the fake Mexican beto o'jerk has done a damn thing for his home town..WTH democrat's... We have been over run, WTH is the GOVERNMENT WAITING FOR, For gods sake they are coming out of the actual sewers, and street crime like car jacking s are increasing all over the city...The sum total from 2017 through 2018 of undocumented immigrants who entered the USA was a TOTAL of 30,000 thousand...WTH!!! Do not take my word for it, come see for yourself.
This response is for Mr. Wilkerson. He said he didn’t know what the military thought about Trump right now. I am a 25 year retired vet who is now a DOD contractor at a large base, so I know firsthand what military members think of their President. They are overwhelmingly in favor of Trump and hope he gets re-elected. There are definitely some that don’t like him, mostly young troops, but when I speak with most of them they don’t have a grasp of the issues, and aren’t interested in voting anyway. There are also the outliers, a Berkeley grad who comes to mind who is a Democrat, a few African Americans and Hispanics who dislike him as well. But even if you don’t believe me, you can make a determination for yourself. Do a search on which states provide the most military members and also look at the composition of the military by race and gender. It’s very clear. Lastly, Mr. Wilkerson stated that the military didn’t like Hillary because she is a warmonger. That had very little to do with it. They disliked Hillary because she mishandled classified material and got away with it. Most military members know someone who mishandled classified and ended up with their careers destroyed. It is just so unfair. Another big reason Hillary was so disliked by the military was her handling and reaction of Benghazi. She wasn’t 100% at fault, but she definitely wasn’t innocent of the whole thing like she wanted everyone to believe. But the final reason many people in the military disliked her is because she is just a horrible person. The military is a small community and some of us do interact with politicians and then we go back and talk to the masses back at home station or our next duty station. Hillary treated some military people like they were servant trash and those interaction were shared by the stories they told. Trump’s interactions with the troops are completely different. He takes the time to recognize and appreciate the military. He was at the AFA and shook hands with 1,000 graduates. There are many, many other stories of how Trump has allowed the military to feel appreciated. How did the military feel about others? President Obama was very popular with the troops, he came across as genuine when speaking and interacting with us. I also heard stories of how Al Gore treated military members with contempt.
ubon11 Thanks for sharing. You have good insight.
Proper They understand he is far from perfect, but they also understand that there are nuances to those mistakes. The Vietnam War, sure, he could’ve hidden out in the National Guard like a bunch of other rich people did. But he has stated many times, he would’ve lived his life different if he knew back then he was going to run for President. As far as the attacks on different people, we all see that as just punching back when he’s been attacked publicly. It’s not an attack on the military, it’s a political attack. He sometimes shoots from the hip without thinking. People like his authenticity, but the dark side to that is sometimes saying the wrong thing. It is what it is. Look, we don’t know who his Democratic opponent is going to be, so it’s still too early to say whether his popularity amongst the military will last up to the election of 2020. Im just giving my opinion of what it is today, and that is a favorable opinion by most.
Thanks for sharing, sounds like you know what you're talking about.
I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if we had a president who wasn't funny #wtf
At least T-RUMP is finally impersonating a RL human.
That’s not a reason to go to hell. Lol. First time I heard that and I’m borrowing it.
Maher shouldn't bee that dismissive towards Bill Weld's chances. Let us not forget Trump was an overwhelming long shot to everyone at one point. And it would be excellent if Weld managed to lead the USA. The entire world would be better.
@john smith Well, if we ignore the long shot variable for a moment, Bill Weld and Andrew Yang are by far the candidates with the best ideas. (The rest are mostly clowns in my opinion).
Secondly, every time a candidate from the same party has successfully challenged (not defeated, but challenged) the incumbent at a primary, the incumbent went on to lose the general election. So if history can teach us anything, is that ALL Democrats (and patriots) should be helping Weld.
Bill please let your guests finish their sentences please please I beg of you
1:00 OMG! The polkadotted one just said Trump's mansions were decorated "without any knowledge of art history"!!!! Good Lord! I'm voting Democrat this time around!
What does that have to do with voting? 🤔
And which Democrat?
Not sure we need more Senators "with some Balls" ... I think we need more Senators with strong ethical/moral convictions! #45 has a large pair of balls and look what he's doing to our country! If every Senator would step up and do what's right for the country #45 should have been disqualified for all the lies he told prior to inauguration and he should have been impeached already given all we learned in the Mueller Report. Balls and Testosterone are not leading this country in the right direction!
Not LEFT not RIGHT just FORWARD. Andrew Yang for President 2020.
Kirsten..you are the image of 60's French Star Catherine Deneuve ..once dubbed Most Beautiful Woman Ever in the World. Smart articulate women like you give me hope for this world...❤
Kirsten is so correct. "....Give me your tired, your poor. your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of you teaming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my Lamp beside the Golden Door."
A James Brown joke, home decor stereotyping, and implying U.S. allies are not responsible. So the guy with the purple polka dot lapel is going to class shame? Bill, Bill, Bill
"Merit based" = taking jobs or keeping the wages down for Americans who have gone to school to improve themselves.
+TheBusyMind "THEY TOOK OUR JOBS!" -South Park... the fact is there are more professional high level job openings than all Americans would qualify to fill and that are still empty even with immigration
The woman said we're giving trump too much credit.
Translation: This is a reasonable and common sense solution that both sides could work with but I hate trump.
Good question: What is merit? I'm disappointed that instead of answering this question directly, Kirsten segued into the platitude of "We need unskilled laborers just as much as engineers." This is NOT applause-worthy, nor does it offer anything to solve the immigration issue.
I wish more people would realize that merit-based whatever is meaningless in a society where all policies are essentially decided by those with the all the capital, namely big corps and banks with only profit, self-preservation, and self-interest in mind.