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Ted Cruz Launches New Ad With Fake Hillary Clinton Wondering How She’ll Ever Beat Him [VIDEO]

Politico reports: The Ted Cruz campaign is out with a new attack ad imagining Hillary Clinton and her inner circle sizing up her Republican competition and fretting over how they will ever stop Cruz. The ad is set in what appears to be Clinton’s war room, where her inner circle — fictional Huma Abedin, John Podesta and Robby Mook — …

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ISRAEL: Activists Call For Canceling Tel Aviv Pride Over Government’s Funding Of LGBT Tourism

This may, in part, explain the billboard campaign that popped up in London this weekend. Via Haaretz: In protest over the wide gap between the resources allocated to attract gay tourists to the country and the limited support for local LGBTQ organizations, members of Israel’s gay community are calling to cancel this year’s Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade. The call …

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BRITAIN: Billboard Campaign Puzzles London

An electronic billboard bearing the message “Imagine London Without Gays” appeared in Britain’s capital this weekend, leading some on social media to ponder its meaning and its source. A supporting website carrying the same message about Madrid, Berlin, and “the world” was also launched. But the billboard’s owner, JC Decaux, may have prematurely given away the plot when they responded …

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BROOKLYN: Director Spike Lee Produces Star-Studded Five-Minute “Wake Up” Ad For Bernie Sanders [VIDEO]

Last week director Spike Lee produced a 30-second television ad for Bernie Sanders. This weekend he issued a five-minute version which features Susan Sarandon, Alan Cumming, Cornel West, Shaun King, and Harry Belafonte. The Hill reports: Sanders appears throughout the ad, speaking about racism at a series of rallies. “For hundreds of years African Americans and their allies stood up …

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$27: Sanders Launches First California Ad [VIDEO]

From the Los Angeles Times: As Hillary Clinton travels to California for a pair of high-dollar fundraisers with film star George Clooney, Bernie Sanders will launch his first paid television advertising in the state with a message highlighting what his presidential campaign sees as a key contrast. The new 30-second spot is called “$27,” a number that has become as …

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This Is An Ad For Something [VIDEO]

JMG reader TJ points us to the latest ad from Britain’s Money Supermarket which features the return of their stiletto-wearing spokesmodel, who this time engages in an “epic dance-off” battle with a pole-dancing bear construction worker.  Watch below.

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New Hillary Ad: I’m Tough Enough To Stop Trump

Watch below. The Hill reports: Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton early Monday released a new ad in New York claiming she is the only candidate strong enough to stop Donald Trump. The 30-second ad, titled “Stronger Together,” references comments made by Trump, starting with abortion. He says we should punish women who have abortions,” a narrator says, flashing pictures of …

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Sanders Issues Ad Produced By Spike Lee [VIDEO]

CNN reports: With the New York primary contest heating up, Bernie Sanders’ campaign on Saturday released a new television ad produced by director Spike Lee that features younger and older generations of New Yorkers who support Sanders. The Academy Award-nominated director and Sanders surrogate cut a 30-second spot for the Vermont senator, which features various surrogates for the Sanders campaign …

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MISSISSIPPI: Billboard Mocks Anti-LGBT Hate Law

The group that created the rainbow flag house across from Westboro Baptist Church has struck again. The Daily Mail reports: A humanitarian nonprofit has mocked Mississippi’s latest anti-LGBT legislation with a hilarious billboard. The sign, installed in Jackson, depicts an appalled Jesus saying: ‘Guys, I said I hate figs and to love thy neighbor’. Planting Peace, which advocates for LGBT …

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Honey Maid Takes On Islamophobia [VIDEO]

Honey Maid has won accolades for its series of pro-LGBT web ads and this week the brand visited Islamophobia. Triple Pundit reacts: Whether you believe this ad is touching or cheesy, one must acknowledge that it is a bold move by a very traditional American brand. For months Americans have listened to the vitriol of presidential candidates such as Donald …

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Pro-Kasich Ad Mocks “Lyin’ Ted” Cruz [VIDEO]

Ugh. Via The Hill: A new ad produced by a super-PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate John Kasich slams rival Ted Cruz for lying. The 30-second ad, titled “Nose,” was produced by New Day for America. “Many just call him Lyin’ Ted,” the ad starts out, referring to a nickname coined for the Texas senator by front-runner Donald Trump. The ad …

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Hillary Goes After Trump In New York Ad [VIDEO]

CNN reports: Hillary Clinton is taking to the airwaves to confront Donald Trump, airing her first television ad here in New York to challenge the Republican billionaire in hopes of strengthening her own bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. “When some say we can solve America’s problems by building walls, banning people based on their religion and turning against each …

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Seen In Los Angeles

JMG reader Aaron sends us the latest Los Angeles billboard from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

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This Is An Ad For Something [VIDEO]

JMG reader Harry tips us to a new ad campaign for one of Germany’s largest insurance companies. With the tagline “Your Use Pays Off,” the clip below promotes an exercise app with the implied promise that you’ll soon be fit enough to confidently stroll around your local gym in the nude. Possibly not cubicle-safe due to firm German buttocks.

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Pro-Hillary PAC Fires Back At Trump [VIDEO]

Priorities USA, a pro-Hillary Clinton PAC, has fired back at Donald Trump’s widely-mocked ISIS/Putin clip with a clip that mimics the original’s style. Watch below and have a good laugh.

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You Have To Treat Them Like Shit: Super PAC Ad On Real Donald Trump Quotes About Women [VIDEO]

From KTLA-TV: A Republican group looking to block GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump from the nomination is going on-air with an ad showing women reading some of his sharpest knocks on other women. “Bimbo,” reads one woman. “Dog,” reads another. “Fat pig,” reads a third woman, as the ad, “Real quotes from Donald Trump about women,” is introduced. Our Principles …

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Hollywood Women For Hillary [VIDEO]

USA Today reports: Shondaland has a message and that message is: “I’m with Hillary.” Shonda Rhimes, along with the stars of her TGIT shows (Scandal, How to Get Away With Murder and Grey’s Anatomy), Kerry Washington, Viola Davis and Ellen Pompeo, appeared in an ad for Hillary Clinton, comparing her to the protagonists of those series. Olivia Pope, Annalise Keating …

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Dad Advertises “Virgin” Daughter In Christian Magazine

The Daily Beast reports: An evangelical Christian magazine has apologized for running a personal ad for a woman created by her father—without her knowledge. “Her: godly, gorgeous, athletic, educated, careered, humorous, travelled, bilingual, 26-year-old virgin,” the ad said. “You: unworthy, though becoming less so daily.” Even creepier, it was posted in the jobs section of Christianity Today. It was too …

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TAIWAN: Christian Groups Call For Boycott After McDonald’s Goes Viral With Coming Out Ad [VIDEO]

From the Shanghaiist: A new advertisement by McCafé featuring a heartwarming coming-out scene has created something of a firestorm in a coffee cup in Taiwan, with religious fundamentalists up in arms, calling for a boycott against the chain. In the 90-second video, titled Acceptance, the third and latest video in the More Warmth in Conversations campaign by McCafé which started …

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Marco Rubio: Please Don’t Swipe Left On Me

JMG reader Jude points us to an unconfirmed Twitter report that the Rubio campaign has posted the above message on Grindr Tinder, which expresses hope that everybody is enjoying their one man/one woman hook-ups and that they reject extremism and fake hair. Winky! (I totally had to look up Tinder’s rules to find out which swiping direction was negative.)

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