Aug. 26, 2025

Marc Maron Torches Bill Maher on Pod Save America as Hot ICE 'Agent Dumptruck' Goes Viral and Trump Threatens ABC & NBC

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Marc Maron took aim at Bill Maher on Pod Save America, calling him “desperate” and accusing him of chasing relevance at any cost. Meanwhile, ICE accidentally turned a routine arrest photo into the internet’s latest thirst trap, Donald Trump threatened to revoke ABC and NBC’s FCC licenses over “fake news,” and RFK Jr. is reportedly plotting a COVID-19 vaccine ban. All that and more with Patrick Gutfield.

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Callaroga shark media from Washington, d C, where ICE agents

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got more cake than hostess. This is ballad. That's right,

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Ice is hot. Let's hit this because I'd hit that.

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I'm Patrick Guttfield and ICE San Diego posted what they

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thought was a routine arrest photo of Diego Hernandez, a

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forty two year old man they say had multiple DUI

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convictions and illegal re entries. The post was your standard

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icy social media playbook, name, shame, and photograph the arrestee

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while talking tough about public safety. But the Internet being

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the Internet, nobody paid attention to Hernandez, or even his

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South Park t shirt featuring Cartman saying whatever I do

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what I want, which, given the circumstances, is either perfect

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irony or the worst possible timing for a wardrobe choice. No,

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what got everyone's attention was the female ICE agent in

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the photo, who had her back to the camera. The

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post racked up nearly thirty million views in almost twelve

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thousand replies, but not because people were discussing immigration policy. Instead,

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we got comments like what's the number for agent dump truck?

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And I am also an illegal alien who commits crimes.

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Another user chimed in with that, Ice agents got more

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cake than Hostess, So there you have it. Ice thought

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they were making a point about law enforcement, but instead

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they accidentally created the internet's latest thirst trap. The agency

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that's supposed to be focused on border security inadvertently became

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a dating service for people who apparently have very specific

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fantasies about federal agents. Donald Trump spent his Sunday night

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doing what he does best, yelling at the television and

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then tweeting about it. This time, he's threatening to revoke

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the FCC licenses of ABC and NBC because they hurt

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his feelings with their fake news coverage. In a series

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of truth social posts that read like someone dictating while

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pacing around their living room, Trump demanded the networks pay

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millions of dollars a year in license fees and called

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them an actual threat to our democracy, which is rich

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considering he's the one threatening to shut down news networks

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for covering him unfavorably. The President also took time to

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insult ABC host Jonathan Carl's hair, writing that it looks

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absolutely terrible and claiming bad ratings can apparently affect one's appearance.

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This from a man whose own hair defies both gravity

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and explanation. What set Trump off this time? Former New

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Jersey Governor Chris Christy appeared on ABC's This Week to

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discuss the FBI's raid on John Bolton's home. Christy had

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the audacity to suggest that Trump sees himself as someone

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who gets to decide everything and doesn't believe in separation

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between criminal investigations and the presidency. Christy also reminded viewers

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that Trump literally told everyone during his campaign that he

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would use the Justice Department as his personal legal team.

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Now how people are shocked that he's actually doing it.

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Christy said, you were told this, You were told that

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this was what he was going to do, and not

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by me, by Donald Trump. Trump's response was predictably mature.

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He called Christy sloppy and threatened to investigate him over

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the twenty thirteen Bridgegate scandal. Mark Maron just delivered what

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might be the most polite character assassination in comedy history,

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calling Bill Maher desperate for relevance on Pods Save America.

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The sixty two year old podcasting pioneer didn't hold back,

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saying he can't do it when it comes to mar anymore.

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I always had a problem with his tone, Maren explained,

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which in comedians speak translates to this guy annoys the

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hell out of me. But Maren didn't stop there. He

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diagnosed Mar with what he calls desperate chasing of relevance,

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apparently a condition that affects some boomers who can't accept

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that their cultural moment might be passing. According to Maren,

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this desperation has fundamentally changed how the sixty nine year

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old Mar approaches his work. I can't see past the

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desperation and what he's willing to do to stay in

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the conversation, Maren said, which is basically the comedy equivalent

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of saying someone sold their soul for retweets. Maren did

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throw Mar one backhanded compliment, acknowledging he has good joke

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writers who know how to write for his tone. So essentially,

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your writers are fine, but you're insufferable. This is particularly

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brutal coming from Maren, who's built his career on being

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brutally honest about everyone, including himself. When the guy who

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made his name interviewing people in his garage while openly

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discussing his neuroses calls you desperate, that's not just criticism.

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That's a professional diagnosis. The underlying message seems to be

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that mar has become so focused on staying culturally relevant

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that he's lost whatever authenticity he once had. Coming from

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a fellow comedian who's managed to stay relevant without chasing

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every trending topic that stings a little more than your

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average Twitter beef, Robert F. Kennedy Junior and Donald Trump

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are reportedly planning to ban COVID nineteen vaccines within months,

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according to a close associate. And who is this trusted

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medical expert providing the inside scoop? Doctor Assim Malhotra, a

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British cardiologist who apparently had what he calls a holy

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s word moment during a video call with Kennedy's team. Now,

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Malhotra claims this decision is based on a twenty twenty

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two study that found people who got mRNA vaccines had

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a sixteen percent higher risk of serious adverse events. Of course,

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the broader medical community has dismissed this study for having

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methodological flaws and biased data selection. Meanwhile, Kennedy has already

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canceled five hundred million dollars in funding for mRNA vaccine development.

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This is the same Kennedy who called the COVID shot

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the deadliest vaccine ever made, while simultaneously claiming there's no

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evidence that football leads to brain damage, So apparently Vacci

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scenes that have saved millions of lives are deadly, but

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repeated head trauma from three hundred pound linemen totally fine.

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Portions of today's program were made with the help of AI.

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Release the Epstein files. You cowered