"BILL MAHER: I know why you're happy tonight. I'm still on. Oh, my God. Man, talk show hosts are going down like Blockbusters in the 90s. I mean, it's, whew. Well, I guess you all heard Jimmy Kimmel, my friend, my compatriot. He's canned by ABC for comments he made about Charlie Kirk's assassin. The day, right after the FCC guy came, head of the FCC, said he was going to revoke ABC's license. Let me just tell you something."
"Now, that's not me and never will be, and we're gonna get to all of it, but I think here's the thing, life is f**king weird. It was 24 years to the day that I made comments on ABC that got me canceled from that network and Jimmy Kimmel took my slot. Did you know that? At Politically Incorrect? Oh yes, I got canceled before cancel even had a culture."
Bill Maher challenged Tom Homan, former Immigration and Customs official, over deportation raids that swept up regular workers and drew huge audience applause. The panel included former Senator Joe Manchin and MSNBC analyst Alex Wagner. Maher maintained a mostly friendly exchange with Homan while pressing on the raids and enforcement actions. Maher also addressed media backlash and censorship, referencing Jimmy Kimmel's firing, FCC threats to ABC, and his own past cancellation from Politically Incorrect. Maher criticized intimidation of media outlets, made satirical remarks about ABC and Good Morning America, and framed the moment as symptomatic of broader political pressure on broadcasters.
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