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Subject: Re: Bill Maher Roasts Gavin Newsom Face-to-Face
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 16:44:44 -0400
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On 3/29/2025 1:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> Maher is no conservative but I will give him full credit for not pulling his
> punches with or making excuses for 'progressive' politicians the way most in
> the media do for their 'side', and I include Fox News and how it runs cover
> for Republicans in that.
> 
> He had Gavvy on his show and while the exchange was funny on the surface, you
> can see how it was making Gavvy uncomfortable, which is exactly how he should
> feel.
> 
> 
> https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1905845546310361088/pu/vid/avc1/1920x1080/9jHkkV2RXVxIYx5Q.mp4?tag=14
> 
> Maher was focusing on his own roof but in the wider world of inscrutable
> California bureaucracy, of the thousands of rebuilding permits that have been
> applied for only two-- that's one and one more-- have been granted so far. How
> great is it that the city essentially burns your house down through it's
> incompetence and negligence and then when you try and rebuild it, they run you
> through a bureaucratic hellscape and then ultimately say no, you can't rebuild
> the home we destroyed for you.
> 
> Both Newsom and Bass promised that they would dispense with the red tape and
> the bureaucracy to get people back into new homes but, if anything, the
> bureaucracy and government intransigence is even worse than it was pre-fires.

In last night's interview, though, Maher did emerge as pro-Newsom.