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Samantha Bee Riffs On The Second Debate [VIDEO]

Vulture recaps: As we continue to trudge along the grueling path that is the 2016 election, Samantha Bee graciously helps us get through Debate No. 2: The Night We Gave Up. While Trump rounded up four women who claimed to be victimized by the Clintons, Bee knew that this would not work, because rubbing a woman’s face in her husband’s …

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Songifies The Debate [VIDEO]

The Gregory Brothers, Brooklyn’s viral video stars, have enlisted Joseph Gordon-Levitt for their “songified” take on the second presidential debate. Watch below as JGL substitutes for Anderson Cooper as Hillary and Trump sing their pitches to the voters.

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Trump: I Won All The Debate Polls (He Won None)

This morning Donald Trump tweeted the above message and as per usual it’s completely false: Hillary Clinton won the second debate and leads Donald Trump by five points in a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll that also shows voters perceive the Republican Party bitterly divided four weeks before Election Day. Clinton leads Trump in the four-way race for the presidency among …

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LIVE VIDEO II: Second Presidential Debate

If you’re not completely hammered yet (and even if you are), here’s our second open thread for tonight’s debate. Embedded below are the official live-streams from NBC, ABC, and C-SPAN. Watch along with us and join in.

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LIVE VIDEO: Second Presidential Debate

The second presidential debate begins at 9PM Eastern from St. Louis with moderators Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz. Tonight’s event is town hall-style with questions provided in advance from allegedly undecided voters. Embedded below are the official live-streams from NBC, CBS, and C-SPAN as well as a bootleg stream of the pre-debate coverage on CNN. Fix a cocktail and join …

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Debate To Open With #Pussygate Questions

CNN reports: The first set of questions at Sunday night’s presidential debate will be about Donald Trump’s vulgar comments on a newly published 2005 videotape, and the fallout from it. And Hillary Clinton will get the first question. Moderators Anderson Cooper of CNN and Martha Raddatz of ABC have adjusted their plan for the debate in light of the Trump …

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Debate Prep? What Debate Prep? [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: This morning, Donald Trump got straight to tweeting at 9:01 a.m. and he took aim at the shocking amount of Republicans who have unendorsed or condemned him following the leak of a lewd conversation he had in 2005. MSNBC was in the middle of doing a roundup of the last two days when the tweet came, so Hallie …

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Hannity: Trump Doesn’t Need To Win The Debates

Listen below. Via Mediaite: Sean Hannity said on his radio show today that Donald Trump doesn’t necessarily need to win any of the debates to win the presidency. The general consensus from the first debate was that Trump was fine for the first half-hour and then crashed and burned after taking all of Hillary Clinton‘s bait. So today Hannity said, …

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Trump Blows Off Debate Prep Again [VIDEO]

Politico reports: This was not the debate tune-up that jittery Republicans were hoping for. Only days before Donald Trump must face Hillary Clinton in a town-hall style presidential debate, the GOP nominee added just such an event in New Hampshire. It was seemingly a concession to anxious allies and advisers hoping he might hone his skills in what can be …

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Stephen Colbert Rips Mike Pence On His Nasty Anti-LGBT Views And #ThatMexicanThing [VIDEO]

Entertainment Weekly recaps: It took a little while, but Tuesday’s vice presidential debate eventually created an internet meme: “That Mexican thing.” The words were uttered by Republican candidate Mike Pence after his opponent, Democratic candidate Tim Kaine, brought up GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s infamous comment about Mexican immigrants for a fourth time during the debate. The comment was quickly …

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New Hillary Ad Slams Mike Pence For Denying That Trump Said All Those Things He Totally Said [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton’s campaign is going after Mike Pence’s performance at the vice presidential debate in a new video, contrasting clips of controversial Donald Trump’s statements with the Republican VP nominee’s denials that Trump said them. The video shows Democratic VP nominee Tim Kaine at Tuesday’s debate pointing to comments made by Pence or Trump — and Pence …

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Rachel Maddow Laments Missed Debate Opportunity To Hit Mike Pence On His Anti-LGBT Views [VIDEO]

During MSNBC’s post-debate analysis, Rachel Maddow lamented that Tim Kaine failed to confront Mike Pence on his history of supporting virulently anti-LGBT policies, including his demand that “gay cure” funding be attached to an HIV/AIDS bill. As you surely recall, Pence opposed the repeal of DADT, opposed same-sex marriage, and signed a bill that would have permitted Indiana businesses to …

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LIVE VIDEO: Vice Presidential Debate

Tim Kaine and Mike Pence square off tonight in the only vice presidential debate. The candidates are due to take the stage at 9PM Eastern and embedded below is the pre-debate coverage from CNN. Join in and watch along with us after you enjoy your Taco Tuesday dinner. (PS: It’s also National Taco Day!)

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Alex Jones: The Next Debate Will Also Be Totally Rigged Because Anderson Cooper Works For The CIA

Media Matters has the transcript: “Notice it just came out today, the debate commission said yes, his mic was cutting in and out. It was getting faded down. And it was not being broadcast to the audience so that they could cheer. Ladies and gentlemen, that was 100 percent setup. Just like Lester Holt and the hand signals and Lester …

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John Oliver Rips Hannity Over Online Polls [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: One of the subjects of Oliver’s takedown was Trump’s good pal Sean Hannity, who at this point is operating less like a TV show host and more like a BFF of Trump’s who happens to be on TV. Hannity this week propelled the myth of the user-generated polls — which allegedly indicate that Trump “won” last Monday’s debate …

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SNL Kills With Debate Cold Open [VIDEO]

Rolling Stone recaps: Season 42 of Saturday Night Live opened with its much-anticipated parody of the first presidential debate, which pitted Kate McKinnon’s Hillary Clinton against Alec Baldwin’s pitch-perfect Donald Trump. In the cold open, Lester Holt, played by Michael Che, asked many of the same questions the two candidates faced Monday night, including how they would create more jobs …

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INSIDERS: Trump Was Bored, Disinterested, Distracted During Attempts To Prep Him For The Debate

The New York Times reports: During the primaries, the group briefing him for debates was small and closely held. By the weekend before the debate on Monday at Hofstra University, there were nearly a dozen people preparing Mr. Trump, including the retired Army generals Michael Flynn and Keith Kellogg, neither of whom has experience in presidential debates. There were early …

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Small Bump: Hillary +3 In First Post-Debate Poll

Politico reports: We have a brand-new post-debate poll that confirms Hillary Clinton got a small bump over Donald Trump from her performance. Clinton is up three points among likely voters in the POLITICO/Morning Consult poll of the four-way race for president. Before the debate Trump was up one point. Just 9% of respondents said the debate changed their mind about …

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Songified: Trump Vs Clinton Featuring Blondie [VIDEO]

The AV Club recaps: Under a number of banners, including Schmoyoho, Songify This, and Auto-Tune The News, The Gregory Brothers have made a specialty of transforming current events into sweet, ear-soothing pop music. Their version of Monday night’s first presidential debate between former Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton and real estate mogul Donald Trump is already here, and it’s as …

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Howard Dean: Seriously, Was Trump On Coke? [VIDEO]

More revenge for #SickHillary. The Hill reports: Howard Dean doubled down Tuesday on his insinuation that Donald Trump’s debate-night sniffles were related to cocaine use. “That is actually a signature of people who use cocaine,” Dean said on MSNBC. “I’m not suggesting that Trump does, but I’m suggesting we think about it, because here’s the interesting constellation — he sniffs …

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