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Bill Maher has the red pill on his tongue and a glass of water in his hand, but the spoiler is that he’s still too blue to take it.
Friday’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” had another one of the host’s many “Just go on and take the red pill moments” as Maher called for “an Elon Musk” to save California — and the Democrats’ presidential hopes. Maher wants the impossible, just not for the reason he thinks. Reasons, plural, actually. Two of them. Stick a pin in that thought; I’ll get back to it momentarily.
Duringasit-downwithAndrewSullivanandEzraKlein,MahermadetheproblemwithCalifornia’spoliticsquitepersonal.“Thisstatehasalmost400,000regulations.Ijustputinanewroof,becausethefire,Ithought,oh,let’sgetaroofthat’snotgoingtoburnup.Twoinspections.Whyareyouinspectingmyroof?It’smyf******roof.Ifitfallsonme,that’smyproblem.”
Mahercontinued:“We’retaxedmorethananyotherstate.Peopleareleavingthesekindsofstatesforplaceswherethey’renot,theyfeeltheheavybreathofgovern
