"“Just to give you some perspective, the government being shut down is even worse than when it’s up and running.” "
- Jimmy Kimmel
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""Trump is threatening to make ‘irreversible cuts' if there’s a shut down, which — you know what? I was recently the victim of a government shutdown. They are reversible, I will tell you that.”"
- Jimmy Kimmel
""History will never forget the Battle of Portland, when we freed the citizens from the tyranny of overpriced doughnut shops and white ladies with dreadlocks named Raindrop.”"
- Stephen Colbert
"“What I’m feeling goes beyond myself. It’s for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown… this is for my people, my culture and our history.""
- Bad Bunny, on performing the Super Bowl halftime show
"“They act like they dropped him into shark-infested waters. It was an escalator. You know what another word for frozen escalator is? Stairs.” "
- Jimmy Kimmel
"“The White House is now looking into who would have a grudge against Trump, and so far they’ve narrowed it down to 189 countries.” "
- Jimmy Fallon
"“This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this.”"
- Jimmy Kimmel
"“Let me just tell you something: I am not intimidated by the F.C.C., and if President Trump is watching, I have one thing to say to you: Have you lost weight? You look terrific.” "
- Bill Maher
""If we’ve learned nothing else from this administration’s second term so far, and I don’t think we have, it's that giving the bully your lunch money doesn’t make him go away, it just makes him come back hungrier each time.”"
- John Oliver
""I don't think this is the last shoe to drop. This is a massive shift that's taking place in the media ecosystem. And I think the consequences are going to continue to flow.""
- FCC chairman Brendan Carr, speaking to Fox News
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