Talk show host Bill Maher delivered a blistering “New Rules” monologue Friday night, calling out American liberals for what he described as the “lionization” of political violence and the rise of a “fandom” surrounding accused assassins.

Following multiple attempts on President Donald Trump’s life and the 2025 assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) co-founder Charlie Kirk, Maher warned that the “normalization” of violence among the far-left has reached a breaking point.

Maher specifically targeted the growing online “hero-worship” of suspects like Luigi Mangione—the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson—and Cole Thomas Allen, who was recently tackled by Secret Service during an attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents Association dinner in April.

“Luigi Mangione, Cole Thomas Allen, Tyler Robinson, and the ghost of Thomas Crooks must form a boy band called ‘New Kids on the Glock,’” Maher joked.

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“Just to drive home the point, these are not your father’s political assassins. Things have changed. For one thing, today’s assassins have popular support with the kids,” he warned. Maher pointed to a Harvard Youth Poll from late last year showing that nearly 40% of young adults believe political violence can be justified. “Wow. Seems like five minutes ago when one of the big causes of the left was gun control, but now guns are the answer?”

Maher noted that several suspects have explicitly cited Mangione or political grievances in their writings. He highlighted the case of Jonathan Rinderknecht—the suspect in the deadly Palisades Fire—who federal prosecutors say was “fascinated” by Mangione and searched for terms like “lets kill all the billionaires.”

“Good to see the kids have role models, huh?” Maher quipped sarcastically.

While Maher acknowledged that many find the current Trump administration “infuriating,” he argued that personal failure often drives these radicalized individuals. Addressing the WHCA incident, Maher noted that suspect Cole Allen was a 31-year-old computer engineer and tutor who still lived with his mother and harbored failed dreams of being a professional video game designer.

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“If you’re doing that much rage-thinking about Trump, you’re not really mad at him. You’re mad at your life,” Maher said. “Do you think if he’d ever actually sold a video game and got rich, he’d be doing this?”

Maher showed an image of Allen being apprehended on the ground by security at the Hilton during the WHCA event.

“You’re not a hero,” Maher said to the “wannabe” assassins. “You’re just the guy who runs out into the field during a baseball game to get attention… except in your case, you’d rather be a martyr than a nobody.”

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Fox News’ Peter D’Abrosca contributed to this report.

As Europeans prepare to visit the U.S. for the World Cup, Missouri restaurant officials are proposing a controversial solution in the form of automatic tipping.

With Kansas City set to host six matches during the tournament, industry officials are urging restaurants to consider automatic gratuities to ensure that workers get paid, according to the Kansas City Beacon.

Mike Burris, executive director of the Missouri Restaurant Association (MRA), told the Beacon that local restaurants and bars are expected to generate between $60 million and $90 million during the World Cup.

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But many international tourists will arrive with different cultural expectations around tipping and service.

“Of all the countries coming here, some of them will know about [tipping], and some of them don’t know anything about it,” he said.

“If I was a server, I wouldn’t be too happy if I took care of somebody for 90 minutes, and they didn’t tip just because they didn’t know any better.”

To combat this, the MRA is advising Kansas City restaurants to add an automatic 20% gratuity to bills during the tournament.

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Trey Meyers, director of marketing and communications for the MRA, told Axios that international visitors will “automatically figure that gratuity is looped into the bill.”

He added, “We don’t want servers to be slighted by any means just because different cultures are coming into our city.”

Fox News Digital reached out to the MRA for comment.

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Like most states, Missouri allows restaurants to pay tipped workers below minimum wage, according to David Henkes, senior principal at Technomic, a food industry research firm.

Henkes told Fox News Digital that the influx of international visitors could lead to lower earnings for servers.

“As a temporary measure, this makes a lot of sense,” the Illinois-based expert said.

Low tips from international tourists could affect Missouri restaurants’ ability to claim a tip credit, which requires employers to make up the difference if workers’ tips don’t reach minimum wage.

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“U.S. consumers are already familiar with the practice, and it would actually simplify the experience for international tourists by removing confusion about tipping expectations,” he said.

“It will also reassure servers that they will not be negatively impacted by visitors that may be unfamiliar with U.S. customs and aren’t tipping to the level that servers would expect.”

Although the policy is expected to be temporary, Henkes warned it could still spark backlash from diners already feeling squeezed.

“Restaurant and menu prices have escalated rapidly, much more than the broader inflation rate, and there is an affordability crisis facing restaurants,” he said.

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“Restaurant traffic has been declining, and anything that is perceived to increase the cost does risk some consumer backlash, particularly if it’s not well-publicized or if consumers feel there’s an expectation to tip on top of the automatic tip.”

Tipping fatigue is already a concern among American consumers, Henkes said, especially as consumers are asked to tip “on a lot of services that were formerly tip-free.”

Jasper Mirabile, executive chef and co-owner of Jasper’s Italian Restaurant, told The Kansas City Star that he isn’t following the MRA’s lead.

“We have so many customers who have been dining here for years who actually tip more than 20%,” he said. “I don’t think it’s going to be a problem.”

Still, tipping remains critical to how many restaurants stay afloat, Henkes said.

“The challenge is that, in many states, the tip credit is a vital initiative that helps restaurants keep costs low,” he said.

“In a low-margin business where it’s harder than ever to be profitable, big shifts in tip credit policy in cities like D.C. and Chicago have caused a lot of concern from restaurateurs about their longer-term viability.”