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New campaign ad from Hillary Clinton campaign again uses Donald Trump’s own outrageous statements.
Comments like “Putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing” and “I would bomb the shit out of ’em” are juxtaposed with diverse images of Americans from all walks of life.
Ryan Reynolds dropped by CONAN to promote his new project, but he gets a bit cheeky playing a game with the audience asking them to guess the project.
Along the way he throw out a few red herrings like a new like of underwear made of ham; an album of children’s songs about Civil War wounds; and a parenting book titled 10 Easy Steps to Lower Your Child’s Self-Esteem.
In the end, Ryan reveals his new movie, complete with an over the top screen kiss with Conan.
I’m no sports writer, but my father was. I can tell you this was thrilling to watch.
Tied at the end of 9 innings in game 7, the win in the 10th was heart stopping.
FINALLY! The @Cubs are WORLD SERIES CHAMPS!The final out & celebration. #WorldSeries #Game7 https://t.co/33Wu67LSPX
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) November 3, 2016
And by the way…
Did you know – that in the years that the World Series went to Game 7 in presidential election years, when the National League won (Cubs), the party in the White House retained the presidency??? #YES
And if you needed just one more reason to be thrilled, how about Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta?
And then there’s this:
BUMPIN' DICKS pic.twitter.com/HBzvyyQ5iz— Trevor Sikkema (@TrevorSikkema) November 3, 2016
In a radio interview with NowThisNews, President Obama made his first comments after FBI Director James Comey made the unusual announcement that new emails possibly related to its investigation of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had been found on a laptop computer used by Clinton aide Huma Abedin.
“I do think that there is a norm that when there are investigations we don’t operate on innuendo and we don’t operate on incomplete information and we don’t operate on leaks,” Obama said during the radio interview.
Comey was noticeably vague on whether the emails were significant to the investigation or not. At the time, neither he nor his agents had obtained a search warrant to examine the emails even though the FBI knew of the emails for weeks.
Comey’s departure from normal FBI protocol in announcing the finding roiled the presidential campaign 11 days before the Nov. 8 election and drew heavy criticism from Democrats.
The New York Daily News doubles down on it’s full-throated endorsement of Democrat Hillary Clinton for president.
Here’s just a bit of the lengthy and detailed op-ed. I fully encourage you to read the full essay.
The Daily News again extends its wholehearted endorsement of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
We do so with faith that Clinton would be a transformative leader for the good, far beyond making history as the first female President.
And we do so with fact-based, fearful conviction that Donald Trump would lead a nation divided against itself, with catastrophic consequences at home and abroad.
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Donald Trump is all about selling a single repulsively flawed product: himself.
Hillary Clinton is no saleswoman. Instead, she is a doer who has a historic chance to prove that the U.S. government can actually work to the benefit of its citizen bosses.
No election in our lifetimes has produced a clearer choice: Clinton over Trump, urgently and by acclamation.
I’ll note that Republican Donald Trump received another endorsement this week – from the official newspaper of the Ku Klux Klan.
That tells you a LOT about Trump’s America.
During an appearance on “Conan” last night, comedian Louis C.K. showed exactly how he doesn’t mince words when it comes to the presidential election.
“I’m gonna vote for Hillary.”
“I think she’s great. It’s not like a lesser of two evils — I think she’s great. I really like her. I think she’s talented and I think she’s super smart. … I would take her over anybody.”
That’s the nice part. Louis then goes full on rant about people who don’t vote and what he thinks about them.
“If you vote for Hillary you’re a grownup; if you vote for Trump you’re a sucker; if you don’t vote for anyone, you’re an asshole.”
I love this guy. Talk about speaking his mind. AND, he’s funny.
A new TargetSmart/William & Mary survey finds that 28% of early Republican voters in Florida are voting for Hillary Clinton.
Among early voters (who were asked which candidate they had voted for), Clinton outpaced Trump by a 17-point margin, 55% to 38%.
Director Joss Whedon enlists the talents of woofy Chris Pine in a new election video that wonders what life would be like “If Congress Was Your Co-Worker.”
In a new campaign ad by Emily’s List for Hillary Clinton, James Franco delivers his parody take on Dos Equis’ “The Most Interesting Man In The World.”
But Franco’s superlatives describe Clinton’s awesomeness.
“She didn’t just bring Iran to the table, she whittled the table from a single piece of oak,”
“Her laugh is in the Smithsonian.
“Yoda was her apprentice.
“She’s … the Most Interesting Woman in the World.”
Along the way, Franco nearly delivers the “full monty.” Watch both new spots below.
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Entertainment bible Variety has never endorsed a presidential candidate.
Never. In 111 years of publication.
Until now.
For the first time in its 111-year history, Variety is endorsing a presidential candidate — Hillary Clinton. While it is commonplace for mass-market newspapers like The New York Times and The Washington Post to endorse candidates, that’s not the case for trade publications. But this year, the editors-in-chief and our publisher, Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, feel strongly that we should buck tradition and take a public stance on this historic election; for the same reason that The Atlantic endorsed Clinton (marking only the third time since its 1857 founding to back a candidate), we didn’t want to sit on the sidelines and come down on the wrong side of history.
There are a number of other motivating factors behind our decision. We believe that Clinton is not only the best candidate for the job, but the only candidate. As many endorsements have noted, she has the experience and temperament necessary to make a truly effective president. In fact, it’s hard to think of any presidential candidate with the depth of knowledge and public-service record she has.
Clinton has been spent her entire life as a social-justice activist, fighting for the rights of women, children, families, the disabled, farmers, veterans, and the LGBTQ community. She has taken on such crucial issues as climate change, racial injustice, and the epidemic of gun violence. She’s not “nasty” — she’s tough and unafraid to smash barriers, whether it was negotiating strict sanctions against Iran, or brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. She’s a global diplomat who has traveled extensively to forge ties with foreign leaders.
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We are proud to endorse Hillary Clinton as president and put an end to a prolonged election circus dominated by an egomaniacal ringmaster. Through it all, she has remained dignified and focused on the issues. We believe she will lead America forward with great vigor and success.