Jimmy Kimmel's Overlooked Staff Will Be Paid as His Suspension Continues

Jimmy Kimmel's Overlooked Staff Will Be Paid as His Suspension Continues

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I make this joke a lot, but it does feel like it’s been at least a month since Jimmy Kimmel was suspended for daring to say something the current administration did not like. They already had their sights set on the comedian, and he gave them an excuse. It’s a blatant disregard for Kimmel’s First Amendment rights, as the Government leaned on companies like Nexstar, which owns many local affiliates that carry Kimmel, to go after the host.

As John Oliver noted last night , it all happened out in the open. It’s the worst kind of wannabe mafioso nonsense, so ridiculous that even Ted Cruz had to call it what it was: a shakedown. It’s all incredibly frustra