Overtime with Bill Maher: Bill O'Reilly, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (HBO)

What this episode is about

The discussion centers around the proposal of a new missile defense system called the Golden Dome, with guests Bill O'Reilly and Congressman Jared Moskowitz weighing the potential benefits and implications of such military spending amidst rising global threats. The conversation highlights differing views on defense priorities and the necessity of advanced military technology in response to threats from nations like China.

Key takeaways

• Building the 'Golden Dome' may be frivolous, but missile defense is no joke—rogue missiles are a real threat.
• Yes, Trump's projects provoke ire, yet private funding for White House renovations shows surprising bipartisan indifference.
• Wall Street veterans fleeing high tax states might just consider Florida their fiscal sanctuary—'Wall Street South' is thriving.
• New York’s exodus isn't just a trend; 600,000 left recently—proof that high taxes can drive even the most loyal away.
• If the media’s focus is on clicks over context, political decisions that matter might just vanish into the noise.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Bill Maher (Host) · 8 min speaking
• Bill O'Reilly (Guest) · 7 min speaking
• Jared Moskowitz (Guest) · 5 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Donald Trump, Bill O'Reilly, Florida, Jared Moscowitz
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Florida, New York City, New York, Jared Moscowitz, California
3. 6:00 – 9:00: New York City, New York, California
4. 9:00 – 12:00: Donald Trump
5. 12:00 – 15:00: Prop 50, California, Elon Musk
6. 15:00 – 18:00: Elon Musk, Bill O'Reilly, Florida

Notable quotes from "Overtime with Bill Maher: Bill O'Reilly, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (HBO)"

• Moscowitz. Okay, gentlemen, here are the questions from the actual humans. All right. Trump wants to build a new missile defense system called the Golden Dome. yes, I read about this.

  about Donald Trump · at 0:12

• The and the ballroom, I don't give a I really don't give a I was reading this shows you like how the media is everything is always on one side or the other. When he's first mentioned it, it was like all about, oh.

  about Bill O'Reilly · at 2:22

• A lot of Wall Street guys have moved to Palm Beach. It's been happening really since CO. It's accelerated with, increases in taxes. It's not just out of New York. It's New Jersey,.

  about Florida · at 3:52

• Understand that. They don't know what seizing the means of production is, but Ken Griffin does. He's the big Wall Street titan. He knows what it is, and that's why he's down in Palm Beach.

  about Ken Griffin · at 5:02

• Well, he's having a moment. That's my question is like he bet big on this Prop 50. It was a it was a risk. He has been a risk taker from the beginning. This is why I always like this guy. He is too.

  about Prop 50 · at 12:20

• I'm 83. I ought to know the game. so it was in the news today that Elon Musk is going to sign his deal to get a trillion dollars if he hits.

  about Elon Musk · at 14:37

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Donald Trump — Person · Referenced political figure / subject of debate · 4 mentions · first at 0:19
  Central reference point for multiple topics: a proposed missile defense system (“Golden Dome”), White House renovations/ballroom, media incentives, and 2028 political dynamics.
• Bill O'Reilly — Person · Main guest / co-author being interviewed · 3 mentions · first at 0:00
  Appears as a featured guest and commentator; discusses media incentives around Trump, policy questions, and references his co-authored book mentioned in the intro.
• Jared Moscowitz — Person · Main guest (Democratic congressman) / panelist · 3 mentions · first at 0:08
  Introduced as a Democratic congressman from Florida and participates throughout on defense spending, migration/taxes, and political forecasting.
  Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst, Bill O'Reilly, and he's a Democratic congressman representing Florida's 23rd, Jared Moscowitz. Okay, gentlemen, here are the questions from the actual humans. All right. Trump wants to build.
• Elon Musk — Person · Referenced business/technology figure · 3 mentions · first at 14:40
  Used as a case study in wealth concentration and capitalism vs. socialism reactions, tied to a reported performance-based compensation deal and discussion of robots/AI.
• Ken Griffin — Person · Referenced finance figure (example of capital flight / tax sensitivity) · 1 mention · first at 5:07
  Cited as a prominent Wall Street figure who understands “seizing the means of production” and is used as an example of wealthy finance leaders relocating to Florida (Palm Beach).

Books & papers

• Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst — Book · Referenced work · 1 mention · first at 0:01
  Mentioned as a book co-authored by Bill O'Reilly, one of the speakers.
  All right. He anchors the no spin news show with his co-author, Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst, Bill O'Reilly, and he's a Democratic congressman.

Concepts & topics

• Wall Street South — Concept · Key argument · 1 mention · first at 3:43
  Term used to describe Florida as a new hub for financial organizations leaving New York.
  Election will lead more financial organizations to leave New York City for Wall Street South in Florida? Tell me, I've read that term just recently, Wall Street South. Florida, this is your state. What is that?
• Prop 50 — Concept · Key argument · 2 mentions · first at 12:21
  Mentioned as a risky political move by Gavin Newsome.

Places & events

• Florida — Place · Setting · 5 mentions · first at 0:10
  Discussed as a destination for financial organizations leaving high-tax states like New York and California.
• New York City, New York — Place · Setting · 4 mentions · first at 3:41
  Mentioned as a high-tax city from which financial organizations are moving to Florida.
  Do you think that Ma'am Danny's election will lead more financial organizations to leave New York City for Wall Street South in Florida? Tell me, I've read that term just recently, Wall.
• California — Place · Setting · 4 mentions · first at 4:04
  Discussed as a high-tax state from which people are moving to Florida.
  Know, increases in taxes. It's not just out of New York. It's New Jersey, Connecticut. It's Chicago. It's California. So they're fleeing high tax blue states for Florida. And…

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 All right. He anchors the no spin news show with his co-author, Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst, Bill O'Reilly, and he's a Democratic congressman representing Florida's 23rd, Jared Moscowitz. Okay, gentlemen, here are the questions from the actual humans. All right. Trump wants to build a new missile defense system called the Golden Dome. Ah, yes, I read about this. That could cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Is that a good use of money?

0:35 I mean, look, he's building uh he wants to build an arch uh on the mall. Uh you know, he he's building a place he can dance at the White House and and do the YMCA. He's going to do that there. And he wants to build a dome. I mean, uh

0:51 you got to protect the dance hall. True. True. By the way, I I'm very excited. I'm very excited. You know, when when the Democrats take the White House in 28, the when we have the ballroom, you know, the the pride pride month in February is going to be great in that ballroom.

1:15 But yeah, if we can have I don't know how serious you are because he's not he's not being serious.

1:20 Well, that I wasn't being serious. But uh look, the missile defense system that we have a lot of technology in space that you know that are these advanced technology programs, some of which we don't know how we fund because they're not funded by Congress. We move money around in the Pentagon. Uh but I I don't have a problem with that. I I think that that's totally fine. I mean, China is military capability is absolutely increasing. And I don't have a problem if we do a missile defense program. China's, you know, their their technology, they're putting it in space.

1:46 And so for us doing the same, I have a problem if we don't. Yeah. Like just because Trump thought of it, I'm not against it. Something that would stop the increasing number of rogue missiles that are in this world from maybe coming over here and incinerating me. Yeah, mark me down as a pro for that. I'm pro having now. Can we do it? I don't know. You know, I read, you know, he says it'll take three years and 180 billion and they say, well, that's It's going to take whatever it is. Of course, everything is over scheduled and over does never comes in on time or on budget, but that's to me a worthy thing.

2:22 The and the ballroom, I don't give a I really don't give a Uh I was reading this shows you like how the media is everything is always on one side or the other. When he's first mentioned it, it was like all about, oh my god, he's desecrating the White House. Then I finally read, oh well, you know, they've done to the White House before. It's just a building. I think also like I realized after reading other people, we don't have a place when they have state dinners. They're doing it in a tent. This is America. So, do I give a that he's doing this to the White House? I really don't.

2:58 Well, look, he raised the money privately. Yeah. And it's private money, you know. And if uh Newsome wants to knock it down when he's president, then they can knock it down, right?

3:07 Get save your eye for the things that matter. That's right. But they don't know what that

3:12 Well, well, you know as well as I do. I don't get a that the media is not in the business any longer of reporting what matters. It's not. They make their money either hating or loving Donald Trump. That's where the cash register is. What matters doesn't matter to them. You know that. Uh, do you think that Ma'am Danny's election will lead more financial organizations to leave New York City for Wall Street South in Florida? Tell me, I've read that term just recently, Wall Street South. Florida, this is your state. What What is that?

3:52 A lot of Wall Street guys have moved to Palm Beach. It's been happening really since CO. It's accelerated uh with, you know, increases in taxes. It's not just out of New York. It's New Jersey, Connecticut. It's Chicago. It's California. So they're fleeing high tax blue states for Florida. And

4:10 this is the luckiest guy in the world that Mandani got elected because his district is going to explode. My house I live 8 miles outside of Queens has gone up 20% in value since Mandani announced.

4:24 Okay. Because because people aren't going to pay the punishing taxes. New York is the highest tax state in the union.

4:32 But you you said your house value's gone up. Yeah, because they're moving to Nassau County.

4:37 Oh, they're moving out of the city. Out of the city. And they can still take the train back in the city and not pay the millionaire's tax or whatever crazy thing this guy wants. But what people don't understand is he can't raise the taxes unless the state okays it and the state is not going to okay it. So this is just smoke and mirrors. And the younger people voted for him. They don't understand that. They don't know what seizing the means of production is, but Ken Griffin does. He's the big Wall Street titan. He knows what it is, and that's why he's down in Palm Beach.

5:15 We'll see if they move. I mean, you saw They're going to move. They're already moving.

5:18 Hold on. Bill Aman said No, they're not. People say they're going to move all the time after elections. They don't do it.

5:24 Bill Aman said he was going to move. You know how many people moved out of New York City in the last three years? 600,000. They're moving. Yeah, they're moving. They've been moving from from co.

5:35 Now, how many people moved out of your state? California. Oh, I know. Under Newsome.

5:39 Yeah. No, no, there people do move. No, no doubt about that. People People move in America. And you're right.

5:45 No, but they're not moving because they want a better view. They'd like to keep more of their money that they know that's true.

5:53 Look, Florida is a really good case study. So when D Santis became governor, there were 250,000 more registered Democrats in Florida when he became governor 8 years 8 years ago. Now there's 1.4 million more registered Republicans in Florida. That's all migration from CO and re-registration from CO 100%. So it absolutely is happening whether they will abandon New York in droves. I mean Bill Aman's early example. He said he was going to leave, right? He's been going after M Donnie. He spent a lot of money on him and then the day M Donnie won he said I'm willing to talk and sit down and work with you. That doesn't sound like he's packing his everybody.

6:30 But you look, if you're a person in New York City earning $150,000, okay, that's a lot of money for most people in the United States. That's nothing in New York City. 150k doesn't get you very much. It gets you In-N-Out Burgers. Okay. It doesn't get you,

6:48 which we don't have in New York City, but yeah, we don't even have those and I wish we did. So that the working people at a certain level are going to say, "I'm going to the congressman state because there's no state tax there. There's no local tax there. I get to keep more of my money. This isn't complicated."

7:07 Well, I I you know, I've looked at moving because I'd like to keep more of my money, too. And uh

7:14 where should Mar move? I'm not moving anywhere. I'm not moving anywhere. No. No. No.

7:23 And the and the the taxes here are ridiculous, but it's still Southern California. Okay.

7:33 And wherever you move in this world, as soon as you live there for a week, you'll be like, "Oh I didn't know they had mosquitoes this big here." Or whatever it is. And you're going to be unhappy there, too.

7:45 And I miss the fires and the earthquakes. No, I don't miss that. Okay. We have hurricanes.

7:51 All right. Do you think uh Vance or Rubio has a better chance at winning in 2028? Well, they got to wrestle the nomination away from Trump, which is probably not going to happen.

8:01 Well, I mean, who knows? You know, it's totally different country. What in 2028 it is now. Totally different country next year. These uh nitwits on television go, "Oh, this is a harbinger of the midterms." You know how many things are going to change in the next 12 months? Democrats are going to kill in the midterms for the same reason they killed this week. Democrats are going to wipe

8:23 depends. It depends. It depends if the prices come down. Well, it it's not just the prices. It's just No, it's the perception that the people who get into power are always drunk with power. This administration's also just drunk.

8:41 And and they don't like it. Like I said at the beginning of the show, they just somebody who promises I'll get back to normal. They want that person to do that. Yeah.

8:52 And and that's not happening. And I don't see Trump going back. He does. He only knows one direction. And so I think people are going to be unhappy in a year just like that. Probably unhappier

9:04 if the economy gets better. The fringe of the Democratic party, which isn't going to change. These are the people who hate Israel. These are the people who are woke. These are the people ramming stuff down your throat. They're going to sabotage the mainstream Democratic party.

9:22 Well, that may be Bill and other Republicans hope. It's going to be about the economy. It's not going to be about the stock market. We live in like five different Americas now. You know, John Edwards used to say there's two Americas. There's like five, okay, there's many different economies going on and the people are absolutely suffering. I mean, they are. And it hasn't changed in the year that Trump said he was going to change it. And the more he, you know, has women dancing in martini glasses while saying while saying you're not getting your snap benefits, I miss a good Oh, you weren't invited.

9:54 I wasn't. Women in martini glasses. Well, he had he had a I didn't hear about that one, but he had a Gats he had a Gatsby themed Halloween party, which again, I don't give a

10:10 for real about this. This doesn't affect anything, but it is such a bad look. It is just such a bad look.

10:16 And he doesn't care. And again, this is going to affect He's going to care now.

10:20 You're going to care now. I'll show you I'll show you the pictures uh later. Oh, yeah. No, listen. I You No, no. I have the internet. Uh The uh I I will say

10:36 you know the internet bill that thing where you get so many viewers. Listen I if you were planning a really nice bar mitzvah. Okay. These were

10:44 I am. Are you? Okay. Well, these were life-size martini glasses with with women dressed. Uh

10:50 let me make one more point because uh I'll bring next time I talk to president I'll figure that out. But the most important thing to Donald Trump, and you need to understand this, is his legacy. And he loses his house or the Senate this time next year, his legacy shot. That's why I'm saying it's going to be a lot of change and a lot of change fast in the next 12 months.

11:17 Okay. Well, there's a prediction. We'll see how it goes. Uh, let me ask a follow-up to the Vance Rubio question. What about Gavin Newsome? Now, I mentioned in the monologue,

11:26 he has hair like you. You guys have the same hair. I uh I wish slick back thing.

11:41 I mean, you both do have great hair. I do. I wish someone would come up to me and say "Gavin

11:48 no. No, you don't, Mark. You You want to be Gavin Newsome? I want to look like him.

11:54 You really You want to look like him? Oh, he he look at You're in decent shape for an 83 year old man.

12:10 Doesn't matter. He's older than me, so it doesn't It's really pointless. Uh but I I think I think Gavin is having a moment.

12:20 Well, he's having a moment. That's my question is like he bet big on this Prop 50. It was a it was a risk. He has been a risk taker from the beginning. This is why I always like this guy. He is too far left for me. I have I tell him it in person. I tell him on the air. He has got to move to the center. He has made some moves to the center. He's wrecked the state.

12:38 Not enough. Well, okay. He didn't I know that doesn't matter. Well, it he didn't wreck it, but yes, I agree. He's got he's too far left for my taste and he's not going to be president unless he moves to the but he's a politician and I think he has that ability to and now he looks like he is the front runner. Is he not the front runner for the Democratic nomination as of now?

13:02 No no Wes Moore. Wes Moore isn't he governor of Maryland. Oh so Wes I know who he is.

13:08 No Wes Moore is tremendously impressive. I just think right now he'll wipe the floor with

13:13 and that and that may be the future. I mean, if if you know Wes and you've and you've seen Wes, he's amazing, but I think Gavin's having a moment between not just Prop 50, but Gavin is the one who decided he's going to try to do Trump's thing online, okay, with the, you know, the the press and the tweets and all of that. And what he's done with that is not he's trying to outrump Trump because that's not possible. But what he has done, what he has done is he's shown how ridiculous it all is when it's done by somebody else. Okay.

13:42 No shot. And so look, no shot. I I I think Bill's I think Bill has a point that the other 49 states don't want to be California. But I would say Gavin right now is tapping into the Democratic anger at what's going on. The fringe. Okay. No, that's not the fringe. All Democrats are okay. It's not just the fringe.

14:04 And by the way, a lot of Republicans are angry too. Oh, yeah. There are a lot of people

14:07 Oh, you bet. You bet they're angry. This is no ideology in the grocery store, right?

14:14 There are everybody's teed off. Look at that. You said a good thing. It only took an hour. It only took an hour.

14:22 Only took an hour and 10 minutes. You're just brooding over there. I'm not brooding about anything.

14:28 Most of your guests shrink. All right. All right. Come on. You know the game. Okay.

14:35 Is that a short joke? Cuz they have me in a booster. I'm 83. I ought to know the game. Um, so it was in the news today that Elon Musk is going to sign his deal to get a trillion dollars if he hits.

14:45 He deserves it. He deserves it. What? Why not two? Why not two trillion? I mean, no, he has to hit. Why not two trillion?

14:54 He has to do things like create a million robots, lifelike, human robots. I don't want any of those on the world, by the way. They are going to take over and kill us all. But okay,

15:03 you already run You already run CNN. Okay, but look, I am a capitalist. I am not a socialist. Certainly not a communist. But a trillion dollars it for one person. The question is should there be an upper level? I don't know what it would be. It probably pegged to the gross national product because that's kind of what we did when John D. Rockefeller approached 2% of the gross national product. They did change that law

15:31 and he's in Confronting Evil, my book Rockefeller. He's in there. John D. Rockefeller

15:36 as one of the heinous evil people. But here's the anecdote to uh to uh Musk making a trillion. Don't buy a car. If that offends you, don't buy his car. That's capitalism. You don't have to buy anything. Listen, here's what I here's what I would say about that. Okay? If you talk about it's about the economy, the last election, you look at what's going on. We're in these wild swing moments. We have vaccine mandates. The response to that is we'll get rid of vaccines, right? Trump's doing authoritarian stuff. The response to that is people are going to push socialism. If if you think socialism is not going to increase in this country if while we're giving out trillion dollar pay packages, then you're just wrong. People are going to rise up and they're going to turn to spreading wealth around when a guy's making a trillion dollar.

16:30 Depends what state you're in. Sure. If you're in Mississippi, it might If you're in Florida,

16:35 okay, your state is not going to go socialist. I'm not saying it's going to go socialist, but I'm telling you, it's going to change how people look at things when a guy gets a trillion dollar package.

16:45 Nobody likes that. I don't think anybody but Alain likes that. Well, you just said you were okay with it.

16:50 No, I didn't. I said don't buy his car. That's not being okay with it. I wouldn't buy his car,

16:55 but other people will buy the car or whatever it is. Again, it's not it's not I mean, by the way, they could have given him a half a trillion, which would have gotten him to a trillion. He's already worth half a trillion.

17:03 It's it's pegged not to cars. It's pegged to robots. Robots, AI is already I mean, talk about the I mean, there's there's been 1.1 million layoffs so far now this year, attributed mostly.

17:18 You know what the worst part is? You and I are going to be replaced by these robots. Oh, not me.

17:22 No, they can replace you. They can't replace me. Well, then they lose 23 million viewers.

17:33 Yeah. Um, math. Do you ever see Invasion of Body Sashes? I know for a fact there's a pod with Mar right in there.

17:45 No, AI can't be funny. No, it can't. That's it. They can't. They can't. Congress may have a better approval rating if we were replaced by robots.

17:53 Um, final question. Uh, November has become what they call non nut November. No what?

18:05 No nut. You never heard of this? I'm totally out of it. Okay. It's this it's this movement in the last few years where men pledge not to masturbate or have an orgasm for the month of November. You don't know about that?

18:21 I don't know. But it's too late. I guess it's too late. Perfect. Perfect. Thank you very much.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Overtime with Bill Maher: Bill O'Reilly, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (HBO)"?

Bill Maher (Host), Bill O'Reilly (Guest), Jared Moskowitz (Guest).

What is "Overtime with Bill Maher: Bill O'Reilly, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (HBO)" about?

The discussion centers around the proposal of a new missile defense system called the Golden Dome, with guests Bill O'Reilly and Congressman Jared Moskowitz weighing the potential benefits and implications of such military spending amidst rising global threats. The conversation highlights differing views on defense priorities and the necessity of advanced military technology in response to…

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How long is "Overtime with Bill Maher: Bill O'Reilly, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (HBO)"?

The episode runs 19 min; the transcript is about 3,442 words in 79 timestamped sections.

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