The Values Gap in Gen Z Voters Is Huge

HBO’s Bill Maher attacked his former ABC bosses on Friday’s Real Time for suspending his replacement, Jimmy Kimmel. According to Maher, Kimmel was wrong in what he said, but he has a right to say it, and ABC’s suspension means the network stands for “Always Be Caving.” While Maher’s position may seem like a consistent and principled stand in favor of free speech, he got a couple key details wrong. Maher began by expressing his solidarity with Kimmel, “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? Politically Incorrect? Oh yes, I got canceled before cancel even had a culture. So, do headlines. Yeah, this is on my wall. From the Variety, ‘White House keeps heat on ABC’s Maher.’ This shit isn't new. It’s worse.  We’ll get to that.”     That is a reference to September 17, 2001’s Politically Incorrect, where Maher declared, “We have been the cowards. Lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away, that’s cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, not cowardly.” The two controversies led Maher to declare, “But ABC? They are steady. ABC stands for ‘Always be caving.’ So, Jimmy, Jimmy, pal, I am with you, I support you, and on the bright side you don't have to pretend anymore that you like Disneyland. That was always a great part of it for me when I got my ass canned over there.” A few moments later, Maher addressed the actual substance of Kimmel’s remarks, “Jimmy, look, I don’t think what he said was exactly right. I don't, we don't agree on that. He shouldn't lose his job for it. He said the MAGA crowd was trying to characterize the assassin as anything but one of them because the 22-year-old kid, his family was MAGA. As if a 22-year-old with a trans girlfriend never rebelled against their family?” He continued, “I mean, but was he on the left? I don't know that either, and I hate to do this. I'm tipping the end of the show, which I work so hard on to keep a secret from the rest of the show, but it's too relevant. What I'm talking about at the end, I'm going to have to say now, which is that it is a fool's errand to try to say these nuts who do these things are any team. Jimmy is wrong, I think, to put him in one team, but, you know, look at what this guy is doing.”     Maher reiterated that he thinks everybody’s wrong, “I mean, Jimmy has every right to be wrong, but look at this guy, he was doing porn video games with furries. He was on a game called Furry Shades of Gay 3. This kid is in his basement with the VR goggles on getting virtually ass fucked by a cartoon wombat, and you're going to put politics into this?” When people usually talk about “these nuts,” they are talking about people like the guy who firebombed the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion being a bipolar schizophrenic who was off his meds. However, here, Maher is using “nuts” as a synonym for “weirdo,” which does not exclude devotion to a political cause. Additionally, as of the writing of this article, Kimmel has not lost his job. In fact, it appears Disney and ABC want to bring him back, but Kimmel reportedly is opposed to apologizing. Cancel culture usually revolves around stupid posts someone made in high school or having an opinion that someone else doesn’t like. Kimmel is a 57-year old man who was suspended for either winking and nudging at vile conspiracy theories or lying by omission when he refused to explain why MAGA people are trying to disprove the idea that the shooter was “one of them.” If Maher really believes Kimmel was wrong, he should call his friend and urge him to apologize. Here is a transcript for the September 19 show: HBO Real Time with Bill Maher 9/19/2025 10:03 PM ET BILL MAHER: 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? Politically Incorrect? Oh yes, I got canceled before cancel even had a culture. So, do headlines. Yeah, this is on my wall. From the Variety, “White House keeps heat on ABC’s Maher.” This shit isn't new. It’s worse.  We’ll get to that. But ABC? They are steady. ABC stands for "Always be caving." So, Jimmy, Jimmy, pal, I am with you, I support you, and on the bright side you don't have to pretend anymore that you like Disneyland. That was always a great part of it for me when I got my ass canned over there.  … Jimmy, look, I don’t think what he said was exactly right. I don't, we don't agree on that. He shouldn’t lose his job for it. He said the MAGA crowd was trying to characterize the assassin as anything but one of them because the 22-year-old kid, his family was MAGA. As if a 22-year-old with a trans girlfriend never rebelled against their family?  I mean, but was he on the left? I don't know that either and I hate to do this. I'm tipping the end of the show, which I work so hard on to keep a secret from the rest of the show, but it's too relevant. What I'm talking about at the end, I'm going to have to say now, which is that it is a fool's errand to try to say these nuts who do these things are any team. Jimmy, is wrong, I think to put him in one team, but, you know, look at what this guy is doing. I mean, Jimmy has every right to be wrong, but look at this guy, he was doing porn video games with furries. He was on a game called Furry Shades of Gay 3. This kid is in his basement with the VR goggles on getting virtually ass fucked by a cartoon wombat, and you're going to put politics into this?

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The War of 1812 was raging when the capital was stormed.  The invaders made short work of the overmatched defenders and rampaged through the city, setting fire to the legislative buildings and executive mansion.  Withdrawing, they left behind smoldering ruins and a foe with a keen desire for retribution.  That  retribution would occur sixteen months later, when the British ravaged Washington D.C. in retaliation for the pillaging of the Canadian capital of York by U.S. forces on April 28, 1813.James F. Byrne Jr explains. The arrival of the U.S. fleet prior to the capture of York. April 27, 1813.In June of 1812, the nascent United States declared war on its former colonial master in response to British impressment of American seamen and other outrages to national honor.  Focusing on its ongoing existential struggle against Napoleon, Britain initially adopted a defensive strategy with its 5500 regular troops in Canada.  This strategy would prove to be more than a match for American offensive actions.The Americans expected a quick and resounding victory,  but events would prove the preparedness of the American Army was not equal to these lofty expectations.  A campaign launched in 1812 resulted in the humiliating loss of Detroit and additional disasters along the Niagara River.  Viewing the results of the American operations, the London Times complacently reported “the war had lasted nearly four months yet … the record of the American achievements is a universal blank.”To rectify this situation, Secretary of War Armstrong pushed for a concentrated attack along Lake Ontario against Kingston - the primary British naval base on the lake.  If Kingston fell, Upper Canada would eventually follow.  However, Armstrong’s plan was opposed by the senior Army commander along the Canadian border, General Henry Dearborn.  A Revolutionary War veteran, the now overage, and overcautious Dearborn erroneously believed that Kingston was strongly defended and convinced Armstrong to forego striking that strategic objective in lieu of seizing a symbolic prize – York, the capital of Upper Canada.Weakly garrisoned by 600 British regulars, militia and native warriors, York was under the command of Lieutenant Governor Roger Sheaffe.  The defenses of York consisted of a series of blockhouses and obsolete artillery.  Shaeffer scattered his regulars and native allies around the city and left the militia in the capital – more or less to their own devices. On April 26, 1813, an American flotilla of 14 armed brigs carrying 1,700 regulars arrived off the coast of York.  The following morning  troops under the command of General Zebulon Pike stormed ashore west of the town against feeble opposition.  British reinforcements were miles away and unable to move  along the shore road which was pounded by naval gunfire.  Forced to detour into the woods, some reinforcements got lost, most got delayed, and none reached the bridgehead.  As the British floundered in the woods, Pike ordered an advance.  British attempts to rally were futile, as well coordinated American artillery and ship-based fires supported the advancing Infantry.  General Sheaffe ordered his regulars to abandon the city and retreat east along the shore.  He left the Canadian militia (in the words of one observer) “standing in the street like a parcel of sheep,” instructing them to negotiate their own surrender. Battle overThe battle was over, but the victory not yet secured.  Over 300 tons of gunpowder stored in a stone warehouse exploded as the Americans approached the city.  Among the 37 casualties was General Pike, courageously if not wisely leading from the front.  The death of Pike led to a breakdown of discipline among the American troops.  Officers on the ground could not rein in their men, and Dearborn remained aboard ship, observing while the Canadian capital was destroyed.The burning of York infuriated the British command.  The Commander in Chief instructed his subordinates to “assist in inflicting that measure of retaliation which shall deter the enemy from a repetition of similar outraged.”  In August of 1814, those instructions were faithfully conducted when British forces captured Washington D.C., torching most government buildings.   Lessons Learned:·       Joint operations are a combat multiplier.  The well-coordinated naval support at York hamstrung British mobility.·       Force management is necessary for victory.  Sheaffe ignored over half his potential combat power (the militia) and suffered accordingly.·       A blind army is a defeated army.  Sheaffe did not recon alternate routes to possible landing sites and was unable to reinforce his defense at the point of the American attack.·       Have a succession plan.  Pike carefully orchestrated the American landing and assault – but discipline died with him.·       Operations should support strategic objectives; the successful attack at York had little positive impact on the war. Did you find that piece interesting? 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