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TIME recaps: Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is spotlighting the controversy over Donald Trump’s now-defunct seminar program, Trump University, with a mock infomercial for the program which is the subject of a class action lawsuit alleging it was a scam. The biting video released Saturday references recently-released ‘playbooks’ which detailed how sales-people worked to convince potential clients, even those already in …

ABC News reports on the ads: New York City launched a new campaign on Monday, affirming every New Yorkers’ right to use the bathroom consistent with their gender identity. “No one deserves to be denied access to bathrooms or discriminated against for being who they are. Every New Yorker has the legal right to use the bathroom consistent with their …

Colgate has launched what is reportedly the the first gay-themed television commercial to air in Mexico. In the spot, an older man and his apparent grandson welcome a gay couple to their apartment building and help them move a sofa. The clip concludes with the couple happily collapsing onto the sofa and holding hands. On Facebook, Colgate has tagged the …

Politico reports: BuzzFeed has pulled out of advertising agreement with the Republican National Committee over objections to Donald Trump’s rhetoric. The buy was for $1.3 million, a source close to BuzzFeed told POLITICO. The source said that the main consideration was the site’s employees – that BuzzFeed could not countenance “having employees make ads, or working at the company and …

Politico reports: Hillary Clinton’s campaign unveiled its latest ad against Donald Trump on Monday, highlighting comments from notable Republicans publicly rebuking their party’s presumptive nominee for his comments about Judge Gonzalo Curiel. The video opens with a clip of Trump’s interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper last Friday in which the Manhattan real-estate magnate rejected the notion that his criticism of …

Via Rolling Stone: Mike Judge and Etan Cohen, the director and writer behind the 2006 cult comedy Idiocracy, have reteamed to pen a series of anti-Donald Trump campaign ads starring the film’s wrestler-turned-president, played by Terry Crews. The ads were fueled by a tweet Cohen sent as Trump began dominating the GOP ticket. “I never expected #idiocracy to become a …

Just in via press release: Manager, Inc. today announces Nadkins (#Nadkins), the world’s first 100% natural, non-toxic towelette specifically formulated for a man’s most sensitive area. Recognizing a severe need in the marketplace for a top-of-the-line men’s grooming product for “down there,” founder and CEO Joe Caccamo enlisted the help of a top beauty industry chemist to create the Nadkins …

Advertising Age recaps: Bud Light has partnered with Ellen DeGeneres to launch a new ad today in support of gay marriage. “Gay weddings, they are just like any wedding,” Seth Rogen says in the spot, which shows a wedding between two males. The ad also features Amy Schumer. The two comedians have been starring in the politically themed “Bud Light …

Bernie Sanders this morning issued a one-minute web ad which slams Hillary Clinton for refusing to debate him one final time. The Hill recaps: Bernie Sanders on Monday night said it’s “a little bit insulting” to California voters that Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton refuses to debate him ahead of the state’s primary. “I was disturbed, but not surprised that Secretary …

Via Business Insider: Donald Trump is escalating his critiques of former President Bill Clinton’s decades-old incidents of alleged sexual misconduct. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s campaign on Tuesday posted a video on his Instagram account featuring interview clips of women who have accused the former president of sexual misconduct. The video included past comments from Juanita Broaddrick and Kathleen Willey, …

The Hill reports: The GOP Senate campaign arm says in a new ad that Hillary Clinton is Democratic candidates’ “burden to bear” this fall. The National Republican Senatorial Committee is slamming Clinton as “a living history of scandal, lies and spin” in a video meant to put Democratic senators on the defensive. The ad, slated to run both on television …

From the Tampa Bay Times: A super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton is going on air in Florida and other battleground states with ads that seek to define Donald Trump as hostile to women. It is the first salvo in what will be a negative, expensive general election. Priorities USA said the ads are part of a three-week $6 million statewide …

The Koch Brothers want to make sure the GOP retains the Senate majority. Via Politico: Key groups in the Koch brothers’ political network on Monday began reserving $30 million in advertising buys in key Senate races in August and September, a network official tells POLITICO. The television and digital ad buys, from Freedom Partners Action Fund and other groups, are …

ABC News reports: The Hillary Clinton campaign released a video online Saturday morning, questioning Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns, until he allegedly finishes being audited. The video, titled “What’s Donald Trump Hiding?” features a series of clips from interviews with Trump from several networks — including Fox News, CNN and TV3 Ireland — during which interviewers ask …

“Look, this isn’t easy for me, either. I’m sorry if you don’t like it, but it just feels right,” says to young man to his stern-faced father, who responds, “We didn’t raise you this way.” “You must have known I was a little different,” the son pleads. “Not this different,” grunts the father. That difference, as most viewers likely suspect …

From the Associated Press: Two billboard companies have refused to display an advertisement by a group protesting the Ark Encounter amusement park in Kentucky. Tri-State Freethinkers president Jim Helton tells news outlets the group recently raised $10,000 for a billboard. The proposed design depicts Noah’s Ark with people drowning around it and the words, “Genocide and Incest Park: Celebrating 2,000 …

USA Today reports: Nothing says ‘America’ like an ice-cold can of mass-produced beer. Anheuser-Busch announced Tuesday that the company is replacing the Budweiser logo with “America” on its 12-oz. cans and bottles this summer. The cans of patriotic nectar will be available May 23 through the November election and aim “to inspire drinkers to celebrate America and Budweiser’s shared values …

From Mother Jones: On Wednesday, Hillary Clinton’s campaign wasted no time switching to general election mode, releasing a web video criticizing Trump. But Clinton didn’t do it in her own words; the ad is a compilation of unkind things Trump’s fellow Republicans have said about him during the party’s nomination campaign. It’s harsh. Mitt Romney calls Trump a misogynist, Marco …

Finally, we have an ad campaign featuring a real life trans person. The campaign goes live today. Clip recap: In this new ad, Zeke Christopoulos – a transgender man who lives in Asheville, North Carolina – and two of his professional colleagues discuss their concerns about the discriminatory House Bill 2, which knocked down existing non-discrimination protections for LGBT people …

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 — …