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PodcastThe Rubin ReportSeptember 28, 2026

'Real Time' Crowd Stunned as Bill Maher Gives His Unexpected Take on Crime

Rubin frames growing pushback against AI-safety regulation (Thiel, Sachs, Huang) as a bipartisan-adjacent trend against Bernie Sanders' proposed 20-year-prison AI bill.

  • Bill Maher's crime pivot: Maher told his 'Real Time' audience that crime is down because Trump is a 'f*** around and find out president,' crediting deterrence from border closures and deportations; Rubin frames this as Maher's classical-liberal habit of acknowledging reality.
  • Maher vs. Roseanne on the left: On 'Club Random,' Maher told Roseanne Barr the Democratic Party 'evolved' (Rubin says 'devolved') into a socialist/communist party, citing its platform's call to seize 'means of production.'

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