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Bill Maher on Donald Trump’s Election: ‘I Call This the Get-the-Cat-High Vote’
Bill Maher capped a week of pop culture reaction to the comeback election of Donald Trump with a few zingers in his monologue on Friday’s edition of HBO’s “Real Time,” including confirmation that “I did not vote for the winner” and a telling disclosure about the West Hollywood pot shop that he co-owns with actor Woody Harrelson.
Maher took a moment to marvel at Trump’s decisive sweep on Election Night.
“Trump won all the swings, all seven — he ran the table. Trump won so big today, he called the Secretary of State in Georgia and he asked him to lose him 11,000 votes,” Maher said, a nod to the 2020 election controversy in Georgia that led to felony charges against the former President. “He has an amazing coalition. He kept the old crowd that likes him. He got a lot of new voters. He got a lot of people who say they just want to see what he’ll do. I call this the get-the-cat-high vote.”
He affirmed his vote for Trump’s Democratic challenger, Vice President Kamala Harris. “The exit poll said he grabbed 52% of white women. He also got their votes,” Maher quipped of Trump’s strength with women.
Maher noted the rightward tilt of the electorate, including in liberal Los Angeles where a California state ballot measure to make shoplifting a felony again was passed easily by voters who are tired to seeing petty crime soar at their local drug stores and 7-Elevens.
“Even liberal L.A. said, ‘Here’s an idea — instead of locking up the toothpaste, how about we lock up the shoplifters?’ “
Maher said the issue of rampant retail crime in major cities “came home to me personally this week.” He disclosed that the Woods, the West Hollywood pot shop that he co-owns with actor Woody Harrelson, was burglarized one day before the Nov. 5 election. He said there has already been an arrest in the case.
“They just broke in the window and walked in there, and the joke’s on them, you know? Why? Because they caught the guy. Because our pot is so good he forgot to leave,” Maher said.
Maher’s first guest was actor Michael Douglas, who paid the host a compliment. The son of influential Hollywood golden age star Kirk Douglas, who died in 2020 at age 101, told Maher that toward the end of his father’s life, “the only things he would watch was Ultimate Fighting [Championship] and you.”
Maher has been outspoken about his preference for the Democratic Party in this year’s presidential election, last week imploring undecided voters that “I’m not Trump” is a “still a really great reason” on its own to vote for Harris. In September, Maher took issue with Trump’s comment that “the Jewish people would have a lot to do” with a potential election loss for him.
“Whenever the autocrat starts blaming the Jews, I think it’s a great sign because when has that ever turned out badly,” Maher said on “Real Time.”
Trump fired back at Maher on his social media platform Truth Social, calling the HBO host a “a befuddled mess, sloppy and tired, and every conversation, with B and C list guests.”
Maher’s comments on the presidential election come after just about every late-night talk show host has weighed in on the results of Tuesday. Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Taylor Tomlinson and Seth Meyers all expressed their dismay at the election results at length. John Oliver is expected to confront the issue in the newest episode of “Last Week Tonight” on Sunday evening.
“It was a terrible night for everyone who voted against him,” Kimmel stated in his opening monologue Wednesday evening. “And guess what? It was a bad night for everyone who voted for him too. You just don’t realize it yet.”
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‘X-Men’ Star Famke Janssen Says Marvel ‘Made a Mistake’ By Not Asking Her to Return as Jean Grey in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
Famke Janssen said during a recent conversation with Nerdtropolis at Spacecon 2026 that Marvel “made a mistake” by not bringing her back as Jean Grey for December’s “Avengers: Doomsday.”
“I am so bad at keeping secrets that I always say to everyone I’m the worst actor in the world. It’s all on my face. You right away will read it,” Janssen said. “I think they made a mistake, but hey, who am I? I’m just a little me who thinks that.”
Janssen first appeared as the telepath Jean Grey, aka Phoenix, in 2000’s “X-Men,” and then reprised the role for 2003’s “X2: X-Men United” and 2006’s “X-Men: The Last Stand.” She also briefly appeared as Grey in 2013’s “The Wolverine” and 2014’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past.”
Janssen’s absence from “Doomsday” is notable, considering Marvel is bringing back many of her “X-Men” co-stars for the film. Patrick Stewart (Charles Xavier), Ian McKellen (Magneto), James Marsden (Cyclops), Kelsey Grammer (Beast), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler) and Rebecca Romijn (Mystique) are all set to return.
In an October 2025 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Janssen said in every interview she does, she’s asked about the future of Jean Grey in the MCU.
“It’s interesting,” Janssen said. “I didn’t realize that was such a big part. Every interview I do, that will come up, and of everything I say, that is going to be the only thing that’s gonna be printed.”
“I should be flattered, I suppose, that this character has resonated with people,” she added. “It’s been so long, but it’s nice that people are still talking about her. I’m sure every single time there’s a new movie that they’re doing, like [is it] ‘Doomsday?’ … it’ll come up again.”
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Two-train crash leaves at least 1 dead, 89 injured as emergency crews rush to chaotic scene
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Authorities are responding after two passenger trains crashed into each other Friday near Bedford, England, killing at least one person and injuring nearly 90 others.
The East of England Ambulance Service said it was called to a collision involving two trains at Elstow, near Bedford, at about 5:15 p.m. local time and quickly declared a “major incident.”
One person died at the scene, 11 people suffered very serious injuries, 22 were seriously injured and 56 people had minor injuries, officials said.
Bedford is roughly 60 miles north of London.
2 TRAINS COLLIDE IN DENMARK, LEAVING 5 PEOPLE CRITICALLY INJURED
Two passenger trains collided Friday in the United Kingdom. (Fox News)
All the patients with the most serious injuries have been taken from the scene to hospital.
The ambulance service said it sent numerous resources to the scene, including more than 20 ambulances, specialist hazardous area response teams and six air ambulances.
MULTIPLE STABBED IN UK TRAIN ATTACK NEAR CAMBRIDGE AS POLICE ARREST 2 SUSPECTS
Emergency crews were pictured working near the scene. (Fox News)
“Our thoughts are with everyone affected, and we thank all emergency service colleagues for their swift response,” the ambulance service wrote in a statement.
The Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed its crews were also responding.
“Please avoid the area,” fire officials wrote in a statement on X.
Sources told The Telegraph the train driver was on the phone with maintenance staff discussing a safety issue at the time of the crash.
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Lebanese influencer organises World Cup event amid Israel’s attack on Leban
As Israel’s war on Lebanon rages, hundreds gather in Rmeileh by Sidon Gate to watch the 2026 World Cup. Organised by influencer Bilal Haddad, the fan zone offers food trucks, shisha and family activities, giving people a rare chance to relax. Al Jazeera’s Justin Salhani went to check it out.
Published On 20 Jun 2026
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