Comedian Bill Maher joined right-wing pundits weaponizing California wildfires to lambast the state government’s progressive-leaning policies in his Friday monologue on HBO’s Real Time. Maher prefaced his argument with,

Maher lamented paying 13 percent of his income every year to California officials ‘who I assumed were working on things like this.’

Bill Maher has joined a burgeoning chorus of pundits in railing against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass over an ill-timed trip to Ghana she took as her city became engulfed in ongoing wildfires. The wildfires have devastated Southern California since last Tuesday: More than 40,

Bill Maher addressed the Los Angeles wildfires during his “New Rules” monologue on Friday’s Real Time, appearing to align with criticisms from some right-wing perspectives. These critiques targeted the response to the disaster,

Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher ripped into Los Angeles and California authorities Friday regarding their handling of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. “When asked why so many of the hydrants in the [Pacific] Palisades ran out of water,