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

Reports of Bill Maher exiting Real Time are greatly exaggerated. In fact, Maher said that HBO will have to drag him off the weekly talk show. Maher addressed the speculation on CNN’s The Lead on Friday,

Maher began by highlighting what he described as governmental mismanagement, emphasizing his frustration with California’s status as a “one-party state.” He criticized local fire departments for what he saw as an emphasis on diversity over firefighting,