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,

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,

Notable liberal comedian Bill Maher did not spare the criticism of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass during his kickoff HBO season opener on Friday, describing her as “Nero,” the young emperor who was said to have “fiddled” while Rome burned.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Comedian Bill Maher lashed out against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and other local government officials over their response to the devastating fire that ravaged southern California last week, in his monologue on the Friday, January 17, episode of his HBO show 'Real Time With Bill Maher'

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

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,