Oliver slammed Lauren Boebert, Maher sparred with Ron DeSantis, and they both saluted writers while reuniting with their HBO shows.
: “First of all, I want to thank everybody who made this possible to be back,” Maher said. “You know, I’m talking about my brilliant staff—writers and nonwriters—who scrambled the jets so we could be on in two days. And the union folks who expedited the paperwork so we could get back so quickly, so thank you.”’s age and the perception of political ineptitude that can surround it.
Oliver also saluted his writers in his premiere episode. “While I’m happy they eventually got a fair deal and immensely proud of what our union accomplished, I’m also furious that it took the studios 148 days to achieve a deal that they could have offered on day fucking one,” Oliver noted. He added, “I hope that SAG-AFTRA and IATSE, which represents crews, will be able to take what the writers achieved and leverage it to win fair contracts too.
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