TV host Bill Maher will receive the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the Kennedy Center announced on Thursday " just days after the White House denied that the comedian would be awarded the honor. "Thank you to the Mark Twain people: I just had the award explained to me, and apparently it's like an Emmy, except I win," Maher quipped in a statement. "I'd just like to say that it is indeed humbling to get anything named for a man who's been thrown out of as many school libraries as Mark Twain." read more
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he White House has denied that TV host and comedian Bill Maher will receive the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, even though two sources close to the Kennedy Center told CNN he had been offered the honor. "This is fake news. Bill Maher will NOT be getting this award," White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told CNN. read more
how might that be done?
A bunch of billionaires need to spend 50 years developing a new party?