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FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers Sunday the agency hasn’t changed its opinion that Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges after a review of new emails.

Support for Donald Trump has slipped to its lowest in 10 days and enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton has recovered from its apparent damage by the latest FBI email investigation. Yet the race between them remains close in the latest ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll. Forty-seven percent of likely voters support Clinton with 43 percent for Trump in the latest four-night results.

President Obama turned the tables on the crowd at a Hillary Clinton rally — sticking up for the free speech rights of a Donald Trump supporter who interrupted him this weekend in North Carolina.

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Hillary Clinton holds a narrow three-point edge over Donald Trump as supporters of each candidate lock in to their candidate as the best equipped to handle a variety of national issues, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll.

In her first speech since the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump says she’d work to improve a social media culture that has gotten “too mean and too tough” — riddled with insults based on “looks and intelligence” — if she becomes first lady.

Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, via phone in Hr 1 (9am EST / 6am PST)


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Energized by Donald Trump’s candidacy and alarmed by his warnings of a “rigged election,”White nationalists plot Election Day show of force. KKK, neo-Nazis and militias plan to monitor urban polling places and suppress the black vote.

President Obama is forging an unprecedented final campaign for an outgoing incumbent president not seen in the modern age — and a move that could help tip the scale in Hillary Clinton’s favor.

Both Trump and Clinton are turning their attention to the battleground state of Florida, making three campaign stops across the Sunshine State.

Bob Cesca of Bob & Chez podcast & The Daily Banter (among others); Call in Hr 2 (10:00am EST / 7:00am PST)

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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are tied in the new Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll which finds Trump now holds an edge on which candidate is honest and trustworthy.

The Crusader — one of the most prominent newspapers of the Ku Klux Klan, officially endorse Donald Trump for president. Under the banner “Make America Great Again,” the entire front page of the paper’s current issue is devoted to a lengthy defense of Trump’s message — an embrace some have labeled a de facto endorsement.

Meanwhile, President Barack Obama suggested that Hillary Clinton faces a double standard as the first female presidential nominee of a major party against an outlandish opponent whose rhetoric and behavior are being normalized

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Jody Hamilton of the ‘From The Bunker’ podcast & more LIVE in studio for Hr 3! (11am EST / 8am PST)

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Lee Papa aka Rude Pundit – BY PHONE, in Hr 1 (9:30am EST / 6:30am PST)


Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters – BY PHONE, in Hr 2 (10:06am EST / 7:06am PST)


Monique Marvez, Comedian & host of “The Monique Marvez Show” on KFI AM 640 IN STUDIO, in Hr 3 (11am EST / 8am PST)

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Hillary Clinton attacked FBI Director James Comey’s decision to inform Congress it was reviving an investigation into her use of a private e-mail server as Donald Trump’s advisers urged him to use the development to seize momentum 10 days before the election.

In a tweet on Sunday, Donald Trump baselessly asserted that technology companies (Twitter, Facebook and Google) were attempting to tamp down the Clinton email controversy.

A slim point separates Clinton and Trump ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll results, cementing Trump’s resurgence in the past week and marking the potentially critical role of turnout in the election’s outcome.

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John Melendez, Comedian, Writer, Producer – LIVE, IN STUDIO – HR 2 (10am EST / 7am PST)


Chely Wright, country singer and gay rights activist joins us on the phone in HR. 2 (10:30am EST / 7:30am PST)


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Donald Trump, trailing his opponent in key battleground states polls less than two weeks from Election Day, said Thursday he’d like to “cancel the election” and be declared the winner.

FOX News host Sean Hannity extended a rather unusual offer to President Obama. If Donald Trump wins the White House, Hannity will be willing to charter a private plane to send the Obama family on a one-way trip to Kenya.

In their first joint campaign appearance on Thursday, Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton made a public show of sisterhood and mutual admiration as the current first lady, a star on the campaign trail, sought to use her soaring popularity to boost the former first lady into the Oval Office.

Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress – via phone Hr 1 (9:06 EST / 6:06 PST)


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Sue Dunlap, President & Chief Executive Officer of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles joins us on the phone in Hr. 3 (8am EST/ 11am PST)

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Former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday he’ll vote for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, a high-profile snub of his party’s standard-bearer, Donald Trump.

On the campaign trail, Trump railed on Obamacare while Clinton says she’s shying away from dealing her Republican challenger the “woman card” as she pulls ahead in the polls.

Grammy-winning singer Justin Timberlake has been spared a brush with the law after a picture he posted of himself voting caught the attention of Tennessee authorities.

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Monique Marvez, Comedian & host of “The Monique Marvez Show” on KFI AM 640 IN STUDIO, in Hr 3 (11am EST / 8am PST)

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A day after their final presidential debate, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump took turns roasting each other at the 2016 Al Smith dinner. The event is a major fundraiser for the Catholic charities connected to the Archdiocese of New York.

The President and First Lady are once again on the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton. President Obama has the lighter touch, while Michelle is the more somber advocate. But they are sending the same message, which holds media and public attention: reject Trump and accept Clinton.

Donald Trump said Thursday he will accept the results of next month’s election if he wins, a caveat that threatens to cast unprecedented doubt on the legitimacy of the electoral process.

Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress – via phone Hr 1 (9:06 EST / 6:06 PST)


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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton faced off in the third and final presidential debate of 2016 in Las Vegas. We’ll assess last night’s debate, how each candidate performed and the impact it will have on both voters in the weeks ahead.

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The third and final presidential debate tonight presents Republican nominee Donald Trump with a last chance to address tens of millions of voters and recast a race in which polls show his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, is pulling away.

President Obama ridiculed Trump on Tuesday for saying that the presidential election was rigged against him, telling Mr. Trump, the Republican nominee, to “stop whining and go try to make his case” to win more votes.

Filmmaker Michael Moore and comedian Kathy Griffin both released new projects focused on Trump.

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Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, spoke out for the first time since a videotape was released of her husband making lewd comments about women in 2005. In two separate interviews she said former ‘TODAY’ show host Billy Bush “egged” on her husband in the tape and that attacks on Bill Clinton’s past are justified.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump cited studies he said showed rampant voter fraud, saying the Nov. 8 election was “rigged” against him even as Republican lawyers called his allegations unfounded.

A Florida judge has sentenced a man who shot at George Zimmerman during a confrontation to 20 years in prison.

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Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters – BY PHONE, in Hr 2 (10:06am EST / 7:06am PST)


Attorney Lisa Bloom of Avvo.com on the line in Hr 2.


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This weekend, Donald Trump said that his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, has been “getting pumped up” with performance-enhancing drugs and challenged Clinton to take a drug test before the final debate next week.

A surrogate for Trump denied that Trump mocked the looks of women who have accused him of sexual assault. But even if Trump did so, the surrogate added, it would be fair game, because looks are “germane to the discussion” about sexual assault.

With Hillary Clinton heavily favored to win electorial college poll. Democratic strategist David Axelrod suggested that Clinton skip her third and final presidential debate with Donald Trump. Meanwhile, the Clinton camp released a new campaign ad – with the help of President Barack Obama.

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Michelle Obama dominates election news by giving a powerful speech condemning Donald Trump’s words and actions against women, pointing out that Trump is an affront to decent men everywhere and is certainly not someone for young boys to look up to.

Hillary Clinton tells a large crowd that we must show the world who we are by not allowing Trump to win the presidency – even if, she concedes, all this horrible election coverage makes us want to turn off the TV and look at cat GIFs instead.

Joe Biden is passionate as he tells a crowd that Trump’s comments are nothing less than the textbook definition of assault, and that both Hillary and Barack Obama are held to unfair and different standards than he is as a white man.

And President Obama scoffs at the idea that Republicans, who claim to be the family values party, would have a man as hateful and disrespectful as Donald Trump is as their nominee

Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, via phone in Hr 1


Dana Goldberg, Comedian, IN STUDIO for Hr 3

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Donald Trump shows up in Florida to spew off his unsubstantiated claims about “Crooked Hillary” so that he can hear the cheers of his echo chamber. His devoted followers seem to miss the irony that Trump is over an hour late to his own rally, complains about the heat, then says that Hillary could never stand up there like he can.

Because there’s a nearly endless amount of footage of Donald Trump trying to be famous through every imaginable avenue in media, of course more damning tapes of him saying disgusting things are coming out. The latest has Donald Trump bragging about how much he loved to barge into the dressing rooms of his contestants at his many beauty pageants, bragging that he can get away with it because he’s the boss.

Bill and Hillary Clinton are taking the high road on the campaign trail by largely ignoring Donald Trump’s numerous accusations, simply referring to his scorched earth tactics as desperate.

And Jerry Falwell Jr. shows up on cable TV to announce that he wholeheartedly backs Donald Trump, saying that he believes everything Trump says because he’s a changed man.

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Filmmaker Katherine Fugate and her 9-year-old daughter Madeline join us in Hr. 2 (10:30 EST / 7:30 PST) to get the children’s perspective on this election.


Carlos Alazraqui of Fox’s ‘Bordertown’ & ‘The Sexy Liberal Show’ IN STUDIO for Hr 3 (11:00am EST / 8:00am PST)

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Donald Trump is making the most of his last few weeks of the election by going to rooms filled with stupid people who agree with him while they still exist. He claims Hillary whined about him being in her space (she didn’t), and that he was actually trying to get away from her.

President Obama stumps for Hillary in North Carolina and can barely hold back his laughter as he tells the crowd how it makes no sense for the GOP to say they refuse to endorse Trump or condone his actions but then still turn around and vote for him.

Donald Trump still has Scott Baio’s support, as the Charles in Charge actor swears up and down that Trump’s language about women is totally normal, that women say the same things over their wine and brunches, and that if you don’t like it you need to grow up.

And Howard Dean says Trump is like some kind of creature out of the 14th Century.

Dean Obeidallah of The Dean Obeidallah Show weekdays on SiriusXM Insight (Ch. 121) in Hr 1 (9:30am EST / 6:30am PST)

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Jody Hamilton of the ‘From The Bunker’ podcast & more LIVE in studio for Hr 3! (11am EST / 8am PST)

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Donald Trump’s poll numbers plummet as he faces double fallout from the release of the P-word tape, combined with his desperate attempts at the debate to smear Hillary Clinton for Bill’s actions. Stephen Colbert reacts to the debate from home and wonders why a fly landed on Hillary when she’s standing so close to a pile of bulls—.

Mike Pence makes the rounds to announce that he forgives Donald Trump after a lot of prayer or something, and that he intends to stand by him. He says that as if he has a choice in the matter, but he’s stuck where he placed himself and now has to sleep in his own slimy bed.

Trump’s hype man Rudy Giuliani introduces Trump to his supporters at a rally and informs the entire room that Hillary Clinton hates them, because they’re good people who work hard. Trump then comes out and promises to further attack the Clintons if they try to dig up any more dirt on him, which begs the question – There’s more?!

And Samantha Bee says Donald Trump doesn’t care about any of Bill Clinton’s accusers, and that as soon as he’s done using them for his campaign he’ll ditch them like a 35-year-old.

Lee Papa aka Rude Pundit – BY PHONE, in Hr 1 (9:30am EST / 6:30am PST)


Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters – BY PHONE, in Hr 2 (10:06am EST / 7:06am PST)


Travis Bone, former Associate Producer of the Stephanie Miller Show, returns for Hr 2!!! (10am EST / 7am PST)

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Because this election season seems like it can always get worse, of course a new tape has leaked of Donald Trump bragging to former Access Hollywood host Billy Bush (of THAT Bush family) about his fondness for grabbing women by their crotches and kissing them whenever he wants. Finally, a Bush has done something to take Trump down.

Democrats are disgusted but far from surprised by the comments, while Hillary presumably did one of her patented victory wiggles again as soon as the news hit.

Oddly, the tape seems to be the sexist straw that finally broke the evangelical conservative’s back, because many more GOP officials and ordinary voters are turning away from Trump in droves while his poll numbers plummet. Apparently every other hideously prejudiced and cruel thing he’s said up until now just wasn’t enough.

Paul Ryan gets heckled off the stage by Trump supporters at a Wisconsin “Fall Fest” for daring to say that Trump is too offensive for him to vote for, and Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway really wishes CNN would stop using the phrase “sexual assault” to describe the sexual assaults Trump has historically enjoyed partaking in.

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Dean Obeidallah of The Dean Obeidallah Show weekdays on SiriusXM Insight (Ch. 121) in Hr 1 (9:30am EST / 6:30am PST)


John Melendez, Comedian, Writer, Producer – LIVE, IN STUDIO – HR 2 (10am EST / 7am PST)


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Sad loser Donald Trump insists that his newly-scheduled “Town Hall” meeting isn’t an attempt to distract from or practice for Sunday’s debate. He then goes on to say that Hillary isn’t doing debate prep, she’s resting because she’s obviously a total weakling.

Tim Kaine continues to land accurate jabs on The Orange One when he criticizes Trump for saying he’d cut off all U.S. ties with China if they dared retaliate against his trade policies by keeping Chinese citizens from visiting his Las Vegas properties. Kaine reminds us that Trump would sooner put his own bottom line ahead of America’s best interests.

Mike Pence squirms on CNN while Chris Cuomo tells him that by not speaking up, Pence tacitly approves of the hateful things Trump has been saying. Pence responds with laughing over Cuomo and then saying something along the lines of, “b-b-but Hillary said deplorables!” No one is impressed.

And Senator Harry Reid lays into Trump for being a complete moron by incorrectly lecturing a group of Reno, Nevada residents on the right way to say ‘Nevada.’

Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, via phone in Hr 1


Dana Goldberg, Comedian, IN STUDIO for Hr 3

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Donald Trump is gloating about Mike Pence’s performance at the Vice Presidential debates, claiming credit (of course) because “I hired him first.” Trump then helpfully takes the time to tell a room full of his Reno, Nevada supporters the proper way to say “NE-VAH-DA” and for some reason they don’t laugh him out of the room.

Both Tim Kaine and Hillary Clinton point out the fact that Mike Pence refused to back up anything Donald Trump has said during his campaign, because everything Donald Trump says is impossible to defend.

Bill Clinton clarifies his thoughts on Obama’s Affordable Care Act in order to halt what the right-wing news has tried to spin into their latest scandal, noting that the law’s problems stem from constant GOP efforts to derail the president.

And Libertarian VP candidate Bill Weld openly admits that nobody wants him on the ticket.

Bob Cesca of Bob & Chez podcast & The Daily Banter (among others); Call in Hr 2 (10:00am EST / 7:00am PST)


Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA28) calls in Hr. 2 (10:30am EST / 7:30am PST)


Carlos Alazraqui of Fox’s ‘Bordertown’ & ‘The Sexy Liberal Show’ IN STUDIO for Hr 3 (11:00am EST / 8:00am PST)


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Well before the Vice Presidential debates even begin, the Republican National Committee’s website is already declaring Mike Pence to be the winner, revealing their total desperation to have any kind of win right now.

Tim Kaine calls out the deplorable things that Trump has been saying for the last year and a half, and Mike Pence lies about every single well-documented statement that’s been word-vomited out of Donald Trump’s filthy, hateful mouth. That, or the American public is just too stupid to understand what Trump really meant, and that he’s not a polished politician, so he might make crazy promises that gut the idea of civil rights. So what, right?

Stephen Colbert goes live immediately after the debates end, pointing out that the whole thing was sort of like “watching white bread get pistol-whipped by a jar of mayonnaise.”

And Michelle Obama throws brilliant shade at Donald Trump and whiny claims of a broken microphone being to blame for his poor performance.

Charlie Pierce of Esquire.com Calls in for at 10:30 EST / 7:30 PST


Jody Hamilton of the ‘From The Bunker’ podcast & more LIVE in studio for Hr 3! (11am EST / 8am PST)


Tony Hendra, veteran of the National Lampoon and “This Is Spinal Tap”, joins us in Hr. 2 to discuss his satirical album “Are There Any Triggers Here Tonight?”, the first Lampoon album in 35 years.

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Donald Trump stopped in Virginia to tell a room full of military veterans that the reason some returning soldiers kill themselves is because they “can’t handle it.” Surprisingly they allow him to keep talking and don’t kick him out on his ass where he belongs. Weird. It’s almost like his supporters don’t care what he says!

Joe Biden addresses Trump’s ignorant PTSD comments during a stop in Florida and can’t help becoming irate, saying Trump has no idea what he’s talking about when it comes to veterans and couldn’t be more uninformed about PTSD.

Hillary Clinton is riding high as Trump just keeps making this too easy for her, this time pointing out the absurdity of anyone losing money in the casino business, which is arguably one of the easiest businesses to get rich off of.

And while right wing conspiracy nuts try to manufacture another scandal about Bill Clinton’s supposed black love child in an attempt to make us clutch our collective pearls, Bill continues to campaign for his wife and notes how much he likes balloons.

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Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters – BY PHONE, in Hr 2 (10:06am EST / 7:06am PST)


Monique Marvez, Comedian & host of “The Monique Marvez Show” on KFI AM 640 IN STUDIO, in Hr 2 (11am EST / 8am PST)

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Donald Trump’s campaign continues to implode as even a few of his die-hard supporters are left with a bad taste in their mouths following the release of some of his tax returns. While Rudy Giuliani and others still insist his tax-dodging was genius, many Trump supporters are finally starting to feel like the chumps they are.

Bernie Sanders makes the cable TV rounds and dispels the myth that Hillary Clinton was bashing his supporters by calling them basement baristas, and says that she was actually 100% correct and was discussing ways to get those frustrated Bernie supporters feeling like she has their back.

Trump devolves even further in a seemingly last-ditch effort to get rid of even more supporters, by mocking Hillary Clinton’s fainting and bout with pneumonia.

And Libertarian VP candidate Bill Weld even admits that Hillary is the most qualified candidate, even above his own running mate.

John Fugelsang, Comedian & Host of ‘Tell Me Everything’ on SiriusXM Insight, Ch 121 – Hr 1


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Donald Trump is back in New Hampshire, lamenting how bad the heroin problem has gotten, and wondering how anyone could have a heroin problem when there are so many beautiful lakes and trees around. He vows to stop the “flow of poison” by – you guessed it – building a wall!

Hillary Clinton stops in Iowa and meets with a 103-year-old supporter who has waited her entire life to vote for a female President. She proudly lets Hillary know that she raised her son right, because he’s a Democrat, and Hillary is delighted to meet her.

Libertarian VP Bill Weld shows up on cable news to discuss yet another embarrassing gaffe his running mate Gary Johnson made, noting that it’s a huge understatement to say Gary isn’t so great at pop quizzes.

And Celebrity Cruises’ CEO delivers a searing burn to Trump supporters, saying that if their new anti-Trump ad causes any passengers to refuse to take a Celebrity cruise, they probably weren’t taking Celebrity cruises in the first place. Ouch.

Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, via phone in Hr 1


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Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton join forces to get any remaining “Bernie Bros” and other holdouts to understand that this election is too important not to vote for Hillary. Hillary assures the audience that she will work with Bernie going forward to implement more of his policy visions, and the New Hampshire crowd seems to be all for it.

Michelle Obama stops in Philly to campaign for Hillary, recounting all of the deplorable things Trump has said and done without ever having to mention his name, concluding that America desperately needs an adult in the White House.

President Obama participates in a town hall meeting and answers irritating questions, such as why he “refuses to say Islamic terrorism” for, like, the billionth time.

And Gary Johnson delights us all with his continued childlike ignorance of the world outside of the United States.

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Trump holds a rally in Florida, where he declares himself to be the winner of the debate, while many of his logic-challenged supporters outside wholeheartedly agree with the idea that he would make a better leader than Hillary Clinton, while screaming at reporters to leave. Lovely.

Joe Biden slams Trump’s debate performance, stating that it takes a terrible person to enjoy profiting off the misery of others, referencing Trump’s pride in not paying taxes and taking advantage of a collapsing housing market.

President Obama gives a phone interview stating that the options are very clear, as Clinton has the temperament and experience to do the job, while “the other guy” obviously doesn’t. It appears Obama is so sick of Trump he can’t even bear to mention his name yet again, and it’s hard to blame him.

And Hillary, all smiles, is asked about Trump’s claim that his microphone wasn’t working well (sounded fine to viewers at home!), to which she says he must have been having a bad night if that’s what he blames his performance on.

Jess McIntosh, Hillary Clinton surrogate and Communications Director at EMILY’s List, call us in Hr. 1 (9:30am EST / 6:30am PST)

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Calm and experienced Hillary Clinton goes head-to-head with flustered, ill-prepared Donald Trump at the first presidential nominee debates, and it goes just as badly for Trump as you could expect.

An overwhelmed Trump reveals his emotions in his wild facial expressions and can’t seem to drink enough water as he twists in discomfort, while Hillary displays the poker-faced stoicism she’s learned to use in the face of sexism and absurdity for over 40 years.

As Trump’s performance is rightfully panned by most viewers and critics, Gary Johnson shows up at Hoftra University to mope about how he doesn’t get to join the debate.

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Donald Trump gives a speech in Roanoke, Virginia, declaring the opioid epidemic to be a terrible scourge on our communities; something he promises to stop with border security that Hillary Clinton will never impose.

Ted Cruz finally – reluctantly – from the safety of a computer – endorsed Donald Trump, claiming that his 180-degree turn of the opinion of the man who insulted his wife’s appearance came about as a result of “months of prayer,” or something disingenuous like that. No one seems to be buying it, even over at Fox News.

Don King continues to stump for Donald Trump across the cable news shows for some reason, and what he lacks in logic is made up for by the fact that he’s extremely entertaining to listen to… you know, for a crazy killer.

And Elizabeth Warren wants to gag just saying the words “Trump presidency.”

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Donald Trump continues his depressing rust belt rallies for bitter white folk, this time stopping in Pennsylvania to let them know that our country “looks bad to the world” and that we can’t be good world leaders if we can’t even control our own cities during riots. Ah, Trump, an iron fist with baby fingers that only Vladimir Putin could love!

Hillary Clinton visits the Between Two Ferns show, hosted by Zach Galifianakis, where Zach awkwardly peppers her with questions about her duties as “secretary” and how Obama likes his coffee. People who don’t understand satire, AKA Republicans, were quick to point out how weird she is and how bad the interview went, because apparently it never occurs to them that Hillary might be in on the joke and have a sense of humor.

Hillary also switches into anger mode, when she joined a video conference for a labor union and demanded to know why she’s not 50 points ahead of this con-man, and how we need to get Trump’s horrible record out there. Hard to argue with there.

And Trump’s Las Vegas hotel workers are protesting and demanding benefits equal to that of other hotels – something he has denied them as he underpays them and forbids a union.

Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, via phone in Hr 1 (9am EST / 6am PST)


Rick Overton, Emmy Award Winning Actor, Comedian, Activist IN STUDIO Hrs 3 (11am EST / 8am PST)

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Hillary Clinton reacts to the recent shootings of unarmed black men in Oklahoma and North Carolina, calling the trend “unbearable” while stating the need for respect between police and the communities they serve.

Donald Trump also reflected on the recent shootings, saying that the cop responsible for Terence Crutcher’s death was perhaps too scared or choked on the job. He then went on to say (at an “African American town hall meeting” no less) that his big plan to stop “black on black” crime is to institute more stop & frisk practices, because it worked out so well in New York City.

Michelle Obama stops by the Late Show to talk to Stephen Colbert about the election and her cause to bring education to girls worldwide – and can’t escape without eliciting peals of laughter at the mere idea of Melania Trump in the public eye.

And Don King, for some reason, is campaigning with Donald Trump when he lets the N-word slip out

Bob Cesca of Bob & Chez podcast & The Daily Banter (among others); Call in Hr 2 (10:00am EST / 7:00am PST)


Mike Papantonio, attorney and host of Ring of Fire, joins us via phone at 10:30am EST / 7:30am PST.

Charlie Pierce of Esquire.com Calls in at 10:45 EST / 7:45 PST


Carlos Alazraqui of Fox’s ‘Bordertown’ & ‘The Sexy Liberal Show’ IN STUDIO for Hr 3 (11:00am EST / 8:00am PST)

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Donald Trump stops in North Carolina to shamelessly pander to low-information voters, who eat it up like a starving cat would devour a rodent. Using the classic Pee-Wee defense of “I know you are but what am I,” which seems to be a mainstay of his campaign, Trump says it is actually Hillary who is giving aid and comfort to ISIS through divisive hate speech.

President Obama makes his final speech at the United Nations, urging countries to not allow religious extremism or ethnic conflicts to lead to war, while also subtly throwing Trump some shade by noting that countries that surround themselves with walls only imprison themselves.

Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway and VP pick Mike Pence make the cable news rounds to defend allegations against improper spending within the Trump Foundation, who similarly employ the Pee-Wee defense, with Conway even accusing a CNN host of “making things up.”

Dean Obeidallah of The Dean Obeidallah Show weekdays on SiriusXM Insight (Ch. 121) in Hr 1 (9:30am EST / 6:30am PST)


Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan call in in hr 2 (10:10am EST / 7:10am PST)


Charlie Pierce of Esquire.com Calls in for at 10:30 EST / 7:30 PST


Jody Hamilton of the ‘From The Bunker’ podcast & more LIVE in studio for Hour Three! 11am EST / 8am PST

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Law enforcement officials nab the New York/New Jersey bombing suspect after finding him passed out in a hallway outside a bar. Trump gleefully does a “told ya so” in that childlike way that only Trump does, while Chris Christie defends Trump for announcing it was a terrorist bombing before any facts were actually known.

Hillary Clinton reaches out to millennial voters and urges them to vote not just against something they dislike, but for something they believe in, while guest Charles Pierce argues that this election is definitely not about picking from the “lesser of two evils.”

The massive gas pipeline spill in Alabama is having a ripple effect throughout the southeast, causing gas prices to skyrocket and some gas stations to go dry. Millions of southerners are stranded and unable to go about their normal work, leaving them understandably frustrated.

And Jim Carrey is being sued for the wrongful death of his girlfriend, who allegedly OD’d on drugs provided by the actor last year.

Lee Papa aka Rude Pundit – BY PHONE, in Hr 1 (9:30am EST / 6:30am PST)


Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters – BY PHONE, in Hr 2 (10:06am EST / 7:06am PST)


Monique Marvez, Comedian & host of “The Monique Marvez Show” on KFI AM 640 IN STUDIO, in Hr 2 (10am EST / 7am PST)


Moby, musician and animal rights activist, joins us IN STUDIO for Hr 3 (11am EST / 8am PST)

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After years of swearing up and down that President Obama isn’t American, Donald Trump finally says that Barack Obama was, in fact, born exactly where he says he was. Trump, of course, fully expects this to be enough of an explanation and says now the issue is done and it’s time to move on to making America great again.

Bernie Sanders says the problem with Trump’s latest admission is that if Trump really believed it, he’s gullible (Bernie is too nice to call him an idiot), or that he never believed it but chose to prey on people’s fears – either way, it’s not acceptable and not only does he owe the President and the American people an apology, but that he simply must not become president.

Gary Johnson thinks he should definitely be invited to the Presidential debates, since he thinks so many people are unhappy with Trump and Clinton – pointing out that he’s the “other choice.” Way to sell yourself, Gary!

And an exhausted President Obama says he can’t believe he’s still talking about this whole birther thing 8 years later, because he’s pretty confident that he knows exactly where he was born.

John Fugelsang, Comedian & Host of ‘Tell Me Everything’ on SiriusXM Insight, Ch 121 – Hr 1


John Melendez, Comedian, Writer, Producer – LIVE, IN STUDIO – HR 2


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Hillary Clinton bounces back and returns to the campaign trail after taking fewer than two full days off to rest. She admits she hates to stay down but that it did help her feel better and take time to reflect away from the constant travel that comes with campaigning.

Donald Trump is still bumbling around the campaign trail as well (because evil never sleeps?) making another stop in New Hampshire and declaring he’s too cool to wait for the press to arrive, even though they asked him to wait. The crowd thinks this is very cool and outsider-y of him and cheers wildly.

Bill Clinton stops by The Daily Show to inject a little sanity into all this mess, pointing out that Trump’s fan base is made up of people who grew up like him. It remains to be seen whether Bill’s appeal to the public for thinking reasonably will work.

And in what can only be described as a win for talk show hosts, George W. Bush is still talking in public this week; this time to dedicate a Texas elementary school named after him.

Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, via phone in Hr 1 (9am EST / 6am PST)


Mayor Karen Weaver of Flint, MI calls in at 9:30am EST / 6:30am PST to discuss Donald Trump’s visit to the city.


Travis Bone, former Associate Producer of the Stephanie Miller Show, returns for Hr 2!!! (10am EST / 7am PST)


Dana Goldberg, Comedian, IN STUDIO for Hr 3 (11am EST / 8am PST)

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The Great Orange One stops in Ohio and Michigan to whip his Rust Belt supporters into a resentful frenzy. Trump has the amazing gall to trash Flint for looking worse than a third world country to actual Flint residents, one of whom rabidly screams “THANKS OBAMA,” as though local water company corruption was evil Obama’s plan all along.

Trump also makes the talk show rounds and stops to chat with Dr. Oz – another folksy outsider who enjoys the fandom of lazy thinkers – to discuss his great health. When asked by Dr. Oz why he won’t just release his records, the masterful Donald, like some sort of Republican Cheeto Houdini, quips that he actually has them RIGHT HERE in his pocket! The crowd goes wild.

Bill Clinton stops in Las Vegas to stump for Hillary, encouraging people to understand that all of the so-called scandals being thrown out by the GOP are nothing more than attempts to get people mad instead of thinking.

And George W. Bush surfaces for no reason, other than to tell us about all the paintings he’s done over the last few years, gushing that he had hoped to find his inner Rembrandt. Yes, really.

Bob Cesca of Bob & Chez podcast & The Daily Banter (among others); Call in Hr 2 (10:00am EST / 7:00am PST)


Carlos Alazraqui of Fox’s ‘Bordertown’ & ‘The Sexy Liberal Show’ IN STUDIO for Hr 3 (11:00am EST / 8:00am PST)

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While Hillary Clinton takes one day off from the last year of campaigning for the great sin of being sick, it’s been a major campaign week for everyone else. Trump beats his old drum about how Hillary only cares about special interests and elites, positioning himself as the only real leader for regular working folk, while Pence continues to fake being shocked that Hillary would call the hateful people who see Trump as their savior ‘deplorable.’

Aside from the usuals, the campaign trail also sees the appearance of President Obama, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, and even Ivanka Trump, out to stump for their respective candidates. Ivanka does her best beauty queen Q&A impersonation by talking vaguely about working mothers and childcare, while Bill Clinton and Obama have a great time tearing up Trump and his ridiculous hypocrisy.

Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway seems to be in a bad mood. Normally the polar-opposite of Trump, with her eerie, Stepford-wife calmness about her, the poor woman may have finally started to crack under the pressure of having to defend her boss from his stupid words every single day. In the same interview, she at once calls for Hillary to be more transparent about her health, then demands to know why Trump should release his tax returns, claiming it to be an invasion of privacy.

Dean Obeidallah of The Dean Obeidallah Show weekdays on SiriusXM Insight (Ch. 121) in Hr 1 (9:30am EST / 6:30am PST)


Charlie Pierce of Esquire.com Calls in for at 10:30 EST / 7:30 PST


Jody Hamilton of the ‘From The Bunker’ podcast & more LIVE in studio for Hr 3! (11am EST / 8am PST)

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Donald Trump and Mike Pence engage in some truly masterful, totally twisted logic, insisting that it’s actually Hillary who is the hateful, divisive candidate in this race! They even go so far as to say they are SHOCKED at Hillary’s supposed “low opinion” of the American public, and that no one has ever heard anything like it. Trump and Pence are apparently counting on voters to have the memory of a goldfish, forgetting every hateful thing that’s come out of Trump’s mouth for the last year with near-daily consistency.

Charlie Rose interviews Bill Clinton and gives him the chance to explain Hillary’s supposed health scandal and any possible improprieties conducted within the Clinton Foundation. Bill laughs at the idea that Hillary would stay down for more than a day, insisting that she is a hard worker with no history of State Department special favors through the Foundation.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus says that liberals are a bunch of high dollar golf-clappers who enjoy a good laugh at the expense of the hard-working American regular guy. He goes on to accuse Hillary of being hypocritical… because liberals preach tolerance but are not tolerant of racist, right-wing looney-tunes opinions. Somehow he fails to see the stupidity in saying people should be tolerant of intolerance.

John Fugelsang, Comedian & Host of ‘Tell Me Everything’ on SiriusXM Insight, Ch 121 – Hr 1


John Melendez, Comedian, Writer, Producer – LIVE, IN STUDIO – HR 2


Frangela, Pop Culture Pundits & Legendary Comedy Duo – LIVE, IN STUDIO – Hr 3

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Sad sack Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson has made the biggest headlines in his entire political career so far – not because he has any decent ideas, but for not knowing Aleppo, the epicenter of the Syrian war crisis. Caught dumb-handed, Gary says he’s going to try to make lemonade out of the situation, but concludes if this gaffe is the end of him (not that he ever had a beginning), so be it.

RNC chairman Reince Priebus says Hillary Clinton did not smile enough while talking about dead Syrians during the first televised meeting of both Trump and Clinton at the Commander-in-Chief forum. Hillary responds by saying the obvious: that is, Syria is too serious of a crisis to smile over; then suggests that maybe Trump was smiling enough for RNC tastes while gushing about his love for Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Donald Trump had a spectacular phone interview with Larry King, if your definition of spectacular is sounding like a grade-A idiot. When Larry King points out Trump’s “secret plan” to defeat ISIS is reminiscent of when Nixon wouldn’t reveal his secret plans for Vietnam, Trump seems to audibly shrug over the phone and declare “I don’t like to talk about it” before disappearing for good – leaving Larry King with DEAD SILENCE when asked about his true feelings on Mexican immigrants.

And a clearly done-with-all-this President Obama says Philippine president Duterte’s rude comments don’t bother him at all, since presumably A) Obama has dealt with worse for the last 7 years, and B) Duterte says the same thing about the Pope, so it’s probably just how he always talks.

Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, via phone in Hr 1


Dana Goldberg, Comedian, IN STUDIO for Hr 3

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Matt Lauer stumbled through the televised presidential nominee forum with the grace of a construction worker in a ballet class, asking Hillary heavy questions that required thorough answers, then interrupting her every chance he got. Lauer also allowed Trump to ramble as he pleased and did not bother to correct him on his proven lies, continuing the modern tradition of allowing Trump to get away with anything he wants to say in the media.

Hillary again stood firm on the email “scandal,” saying she knows perfectly well how to handle classified information and that she was careful to use the right servers for them. Meanwhile, Trump hammered home the idea that Obama is a super terrible president, and that he’d do a much better job because Putin praises him so much.

Obama wearily repeated himself during a press conference, in which he again declared Trump totally unqualified to be president, adding the hope he maintains that voters will actually listen to what he says and examine his record before voting for him. Somehow, Obama manages to find a shred of optimism after all this time.

And Newt Gingrich called into Sean Hannity to join the chorus of conservative voices who have decided Hillary’s health should be the next manufactured scandal. Right on cue, Newt himself descended into his own coughing fit, right in the middle of criticizing Hillary for having one earlier in the week. At least irony isn’t dead in 2016.

Pamela Adlon of the new FX series Better Things – premiering tomorrow, September 8th – calls in at 9:30am EST / 6:30am PST


Bob Cesca of Bob & Chez podcast & The Daily Banter (among others); Call in Hr 2 (10:00am EST / 7:00am PST)


Carlos Alazraqui of Fox’s ‘Bordertown’ & ‘The Sexy Liberal Show’ IN STUDIO for Hr 3 (11:00am EST / 8:00am PST)

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Donald Trump still hasn’t dropped out of this thing and yelled the word “SIKE” yet, so the cable news media faithfully continues to cover him every single day. And a funny thing about Donald – not only does he find two thirds of his wives in eastern Europe, he also thinks it’s a good place to find a new superpower BFF for the United States! Trump goes so far as to wonder aloud, “wouldn’t it be nice” to buddy up to Russia so we can defeat ISIS together? What a thoughtful guy.

Hillary Clinton points out the absurdity of Trump’s middle east plan (or lackthereof), including his inability to grasp basic war strategies, such the ability to understand maps. She notes that Trump is so far gone that he actually thinks giving Syria to ISIS as a “free zone” to do whatever they want with constitutes a good solution.

Tim Kaine points out Trump’s hypocrisy in trash talking our military – including picking fights with John McCain and Gold Star families – noting that Trump seems to have a bizarre fascination with authoritarian leaders.

Soledad O’Brien gives CNN an earful about the amount of air time given to Donald Trump and his fans vs. Hillary Clinton or any other candidate, stating that so much Trump coverage is actually normalizing white supremacy in our society again.

And Picklegate continues as Alex Jones absolutely swears there’s no way in heck that Hillary could have opened that new pickle jar all by herself on Jimmy Kimmel last week.

Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters – BY PHONE, in Hr 2 10:06am EST / 7:06am PST


Charlie Pierce of Esquire.com Calls in for at 10:30 EST / 7:30 PST


Jody Hamilton of the ‘From The Bunker’ podcast & more LIVE in studio for Hour Three! 11am EST / 8am PST

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Mama and the Mooks are back!

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both stopped in Ohio, inviting journalists on-board their planes, where Hillary answered a wide array of questions in depth while Trump said as little as possible and let Mike Pence do a lot of talking for him. Hillary is glad to explain the email “scandal” with extreme patience yet again, while Trump takes an interview with a journalist at an Ohio fair and spends all of 25 seconds shouting to a crowd about how he’ll bring jobs back to Ohio.

President Obama exercises an impressive level of patience himself as he deals with China’s inability to greet a foreign dignitary properly at the airport, as well an incredible amount of restraint when responding to Philippine President Duterte’s remarks about how he’ll cuss Obama out if he dares to ask about all the murders going on under Duterte’s regime.

Duterte exposes himself as more psycho and disgusting by the day as more is revealed about him to the American public. Not only did he just declare he’d cuss out Obama if asked about the thousands of extrajudicial killings so far this year, he also laments the fact that he didn’t get the first chance at a “beautiful” rape and murder victim who was killed in his hometown in 1989. Yes, he actually said that.

And a Florida woman is too furious to realize the car she’s burning to the ground doesn’t belong to her ex-boyfriend until it’s way too late.

Hope you’re having a great Labor Day!
We’re off today, running our show from Friday, August 26th featuring Jessica Michelle Singleton, Diana Nyad, and Frangela.

See you back live tomorrow!

Mama’s on vacation this week, but Frangela are filling in!


John Fugelsang, Comedian & Host of ‘Tell Me Everything’ on SiriusXM Insight, Ch 121 – Hr 1


John Melendez, Comedian, Writer, Producer – LIVE, IN STUDIO – HR 2

Mama’s on vacation this week, but Frangela are filling in!


Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress – via phone Hr 1 – 9:06 EST / 6:06 PST


Dana Goldberg, Comedian, IN STUDIO for Hr 3

Mama’s on vacation this week, but Frangela are filling in!


Bob Cesca of Bob & Chez podcast & The Daily Banter (among others); Call in Hr 2 (10:00am EST / 7:00am PST)


Carlos Alazraqui of Fox’s ‘Bordertown’ & ‘The Sexy Liberal Show’ IN STUDIO for Hr 3 (11:00am EST / 8:00am PST)

Mama’s on vacation this week, but Frangela are filling in!


Dean Obeidallah of The Dean Obeidallah Show weekdays on SiriusXM Insight (Ch. 121) joins us via phone at 9:30am EST / 6:30am PST


Charlie Pierce of Esquire.com Calls in for at 10:30 EST / 7:30 PST


Jody Hamilton of the ‘From The Bunker’ podcast & more LIVE in studio for Hour Three! 11am EST / 8am PST

Mama’s on vacation this week, but Frangela are filling in!


Lee Papa aka Rude Pundit – BY PHONE, in Hr 1 9:30am EST / 6:30am PST


Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters – BY PHONE, in Hr 2 10:06am EST / 7:06am PST


Suzanne Westenhoffer, Comedian – IN STUDIO for Hr 3 (11am EST/ 8am PST)

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Comedy duo Frangela takes over this week while Stephanie and her new leaf blower take a little vacation time!

Donald Trump is the subject of a new unauthorized biography in which his childhood bully antics are revealed in detail. Fast forward to today, and he’s still putting his foot in his mouth and making everyone mad with his comments on Dwayne Wade’s murdered cousin. Meanwhile, his campaign aides must make the rounds on the cable news shows to defend him from the stupid stuff he says, as is usual by now.

Republican VP nominee Mike Pence also makes the cable news rounds, giving non-answers to upfront questions about Trump’s new, “softer” stance on immigration and the subject of “anchor babies.” Pence insists questions on “anchor babies” will be an issue to visit at a later time, and also declares the endorsement from former KKK leader David Duke is unwanted. He did not, however, say if it was unsurprising.

Ryan Lochte still can’t escape constant media coverage of the stupid things he does and says. Even the anchors at Good Morning Philadelphia devolve into crying laughter when faced with interviewing the swimmer, who seems to have barely two braincells to rub together, bless his heart.

And Kanye West is allowed several minutes to say whatever he wants at the MTV Video Music Awards, which of course leads to statements of narcissism and general insanity.

Comedian Jessica Michelle Singletonjoins us in Hr 1 (9am EST / 6am PST)

Champion swimmer Diana Nyad is in studio with us for Hr 2 (10am EST / 7am PST)


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The Hillary Clinton campaign releases a scathing anti-Trump ad showing just how much white nationalists are in love with him, while Donald is still trying to claim Hillary is the bigot in this election.

Donald Trump gives a speech in New Hampshire where he hits on the same tired old points – the media covers up Clinton’s crimes, the system is rigged, and so on. Trump goes so far as to claim he’s the first person in the campaign to use the term rigged, and that he made it popular all on his own.

Hillary Clinton gives a speech in Reno, Nevada, calling out Trump for his cynicism and silent “dog whistles” to hate groups, which he has now made mainstream. She also refers to his “paranoid fever dream” about her health, to which she responds “keep dreaming.” Ouch.

Students at the University of Texas are protesting guns on campus using, well… sex toys. Chanting things like “c*cks not glocks,” the students point out the stupidity in laws that ban sex toys while promoting guns on campuses.

And a meteorologist who was a longtime climate change skeptic finally comes around and admits global warming is, in fact, probably a real thing.

Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress – via phone Hr 1 (9:06 EST / 6:06 PST)


Dean Obeidallah of The Dean Obeidallah Show weekdays on SiriusXM Insight (Ch. 121) joins us via phone at 9:30am EST / 6:30am PST


Michael Steele, politician and MSNBC political analyst joins us via phone in Hr. 1 (10am EST / 7am PST)

Zerlina Maxwell, Progressive Media Director for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, joins us via phone at 10:30am EST / 7:30am PST

Suzanne Westenhoffer, Comedian – IN STUDIO for Hr 3 (11am EST/ 8am PST)

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Eric Trump is on TV again talking about his daddy’s taxes. Eric is sure that because daddy’s tax return is sooooo long, the average idiot couldn’t even understand what they’re looking at and would make assumptions that just aren’t true. No word yet on whether anyone is buying his excuses.

Donald Trump also accuses the Clinton Foundation of accepting millions of dollars in exchange for “access” to the elite in Washington, only to be exposed himself as a donor. Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway dutifully shows up on TV again to defend him against his own words.

The Koch Brothers strike again in their first anti-Hillary television ad, appealing to the blue-collar working man and painting Hillary as a coal miner’s worst nightmare.

A senator’s daughter has cleaned up nicely in the form of a $19 million salary at her pharmaceutical company last year… the same one that has hiked the price of the life-saving EpiPen by 600% in the last 7 years.

And Trump’s claim that he’ll fight for the LGBTQ community has Cher cracking up as she proclaims her people will never fall for any of his pandering.

Bob Cesca of Bob & Chez podcast & The Daily Banter (among others); Call in Hr 2 (10:00am EST / 7:00am PST)


Carlos Alazraqui of Fox’s ‘Bordertown’ & ‘The Sexy Liberal Show’ IN STUDIO for Hr 3 (11:00am EST / 8:00am PST)

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After a week of manufactured stories about Hillary Clinton’s supposed health problems, Hillary stops by Jimmy Kimmel and jokes that he should take her pulse. She also discusses the very sad and very real fact that she must prepare for debates with Donald Trump, and hopes it will give undecided voters a chance to see what she’s about, such as not inciting racial tension or encouraging her supporters to beat people up for her.

Donald Trump’s campaign releases a letter from a doctor declaring him to be the healthiest person to ever run for president. Dr. Sanjay Gupta calls BS on the document, which has hyperbole so bold it would make North Korea propagandists blush.

Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway is still making the rounds to defend Trump from his own stupid words. This time she’s saying he doesn’t really mean to be backtracking on his immigration plans, just that he has very strong views and needs to consult people who know more about it (and are smarter than him).

And a pregnant doctor stops by CNN to discuss how not to become a mosquito buffet during the Zika crisis.

Charlie Pierce of Esquire.com Calls in for at 10:30 EST / 7:30 PST


Jody Hamilton of the ‘From The Bunker’ podcast & more LIVE in studio for Hour Three! 11am EST / 8am PST

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Lee Papa aka Rude Pundit – BY PHONE, in Hr 1 9:30am EST / 6:30am PST


Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters – BY PHONE, in Hr 2 10:06am EST / 7:06am PST


Monique Marvez, Comedian & host of “The Monique Marvez Show” on KFI AM 640 IN STUDIO,in Hr 3 (11am EST / 9am PST)

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Donald Trump tells a Fredericksburg, Virginia crowd that it’s great to be in Fairfax, then launches into predictable rants about Muslim immigrants being untrustworthy and in need of “extreme vetting” so that they don’t bring Sharia law into the United States.

Rudy Giuliani continues to gush over Donald Trump, declaring he had a great week; so great that was much better than Hillary Clinton’s. Giuliani also points out that Hillary isn’t actually a very good feminist, and also that he knows no cops that support her, seemingly attempting to check off every box as he tries to discredit Hillary.

Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway stops by CNN to tell them other ways in which the GOP views Hillary as a failure – including but not limited to not standing up to North Korea, Iran, and the general idea that she’s not leadership material. Trump, she says, is a leader because he showed up for a photo-op so he could give play-doh to kids in the flood zones.

Matt Lauer interviews Ryan Lochte on the Olympic scandals and it is predictably not very good. Lochte claims his original story was an “over-exaggeration,” meanwhile Al Roker flips out on the Today Show, saying Lochte’s words are nothing short of lies.

And President Obama discusses “dripping stalactites” during his latest Weekly Address about our national parks and climate change.

Suzanne Westenhoffer, Comedian – IN STUDIO for Hr 1


John Melendez, Comedian, Writer, Producer – LIVE, IN STUDIO – HR 2


John Fugelsang, Comedian & Host of ‘Tell Me Everything’ on SiriusXM Insight, Ch 121 Hr 2 (10:30am EST / 7:30am PST)

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Sean Hannity hosts Donald Trump for a Fox News “town hall meeting” that seems more like a pro-Trump rally. The heavy-handed theme centers around terrorism and how Donald plans to fix it. Hannity helpfully reminds viewers of all the terror incidents so far this year with a highlight reel, just in case any of us forgot we’re supposed to be very afraid, all the time. Trump, naturally, bemoans the fact that his rich friends can no longer vacation in the City of Lights because terrorism has ruined France forever.

Rudy Giuliani cannot stop gushing over how great Trump’s speeches have been this week. Without a hint of irony, Giuliani enthusiastically proclaims Trump speeches have been not only been “substantive” but also the greatest speeches given by any Republican ever in the history of America.

Meanwhile, some people are still trying to argue that black people who don’t like Trump are getting it all wrong. Pro-Trump pastor Darrell Scott stops by Fox News to announce that not only have black people been tricked by Democrats into believing Trump is a racist, but that they also fail to understand satire.

Dr. Drew declares he is gravely concerned about Hillary Clinton’s health, and goes on to describe the myriad ways in which she is unhealthy, as well as how her doctors are doing everything wrong and living in a 1950s time warp. Surprisingly, Newt Gingrich is emerging as the voice of reason in this latest right-wing conspiracy on Hillary’s health.

Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress – via phone (Hr 1 – 9:06am EST / 6:06 PST)


Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters – BY PHONE, in Hr 1 9:30 EST / 6:30 PST


Dana Goldberg, Comedian, IN STUDIO for Hr 3 (11am EST / 8am PST)
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Hillary Clinton stops in Cleveland, making sure to name-drop the Cavaliers before getting down to business – specifically, how bad at business Donald Trump really is. Hillary points out Trump’s fundamental violation of the agreement between employee and employer – you do the work, you get paid – something Donald Trump doesn’t keep his word on.

Trump continues to have a Hispanic problem in the polls, and the campaign is starting to seem desperate. Trump claims the New York Times cannot be fair towards him because the paper is owned by a Mexican, and the mostly-quiet-until-now GOP Hispanics released a video attempting to win back some voters via vague talk about terrorism being the Democrats’ fault.

Mikhail Baryshnikov has also come out swinging against Donald Trump. The famed ballet dancer once fled Soviet Russia and is now a naturalized US citizen. In his new video, he urges people to be careful about this election as he describes just how much Trump’s campaign reminds him of living under a dictatorship in the USSR.

Two New Hampshire politicians – one Republican and one Democrat – seem to have a hard time endorsing their respective parties’ presidential nominees. Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte says her vote for Trump is not an endorsement, and helpfully explains the difference; while Democratic Governor Maggie Hassan is asked a very basic question about Hillary and refuses to answer.

And in Rio, another Irish athlete blesses the world with an amazing post-Olympic event interview.

Bob Cesca of the Bob and Chez Show podcast and Salon.com joins us at 10am EST / 7am PST


Comedian and voice actor extraordinaire Carlos Alazraqui currently appearing on Bordertown, joins us in Hr. 3 (11am EST / 8am PST)

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After Donald Trump declared he would not ‘pivot’ in his campagin, he has demoted campagin manager Paul Manafort and hired Breitbart News chairman Steve Bannon, a former Goldman Sachs banker with no experience running a political campaign. Bannon will be Trump’s third campaign manager to date, after Corey Lewandowski and Paul Manafort both stepped down amid controversy.

After saying earlier this year he would surround himself with “the best people” Trump’s colleagues continue to elicit controvery. Reports have said that Former Fox News chairman and accused sexual harasser Roger Ailes has been advising the campaign, which the Trump camp denies. As the Trump campaign is set to receive it’s first classified briefing today, there are concerns about him bringing along former Defense Intelligence Agency head Michael Flynn who was previously paid by Russian Televsion to speak at their 10th anniversary gala.

Trump gave a speech last night in suburban Milwaukee where he discussed the nation’s inner cities. With Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at his side, Trump seemed to be trying to appeal to minority and independent voters, touting himself as the law and order candidate and saying that inner city neighborhood needed more police. His speech was given in Washington County which has an African-American population of 1.2%.

Famed news commentator John McLaughlin has passed away, after missing the first episode of his show “The McLaughlin Group” in 34 years just two days earlier. Cause of death is unknown at this time.

Finally, in Rio, American gymnast Simone Biles scored her 4th Olympic gold medal, while also scoring a kiss from celebrity crush Zac Efron.

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Donald Trump painted a grim picture of a nation under attack as he laid out plans for extreme ideological vetting in a speech in Ohio yesterday, that stayed mostly-on script. In the speech, he said Hillary Clinton lacked the “mental and physical stamina” to fight ISIS. Trump was on the offensive, trying push past several weeks of sagging poll numbers and recurring controversies.

To contrast, Vice President Joe Biden gave a brutal critique of Trump, comparing him to some of history’s most notorious dictators in his first campaign speech for Hillary Clinton in Scranton, PA.

Meanwhile, Jon Ritzheimer, who along with Amon Bundy and others overtook an Oregon wildlife sanctuary earlier this year, pled guilty to conspiring to prevent Interior Department employees from doing their jobs. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors dropped two other charges against him. Attorney’s say they will reccommend a 2 ½ year sentence.

And in Florida, gator hunting season has officially begun.

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Protests in Milwaukee continued last night after the police shooting of Sylville Smith on Saturday. During Saturday’s protests 4 police officers were injured and 17 people were arrested. Last night, as protesters swarmed a Milwaukee police station, one person was shot, while one police officer was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker declared a state of emergency on Sunday, but the National Guard has not come to Milwaukee yet as local police seek to restore order.

Meanwhile, Terminal 8 at JFK airport was evacuated after two people reported hearing shots fired last night, Port Authority police searched the terminal, but found nothing.

Louisiana has declared a state of emergency after historic levels of flooding displaced tens of thousands of residents in the Baton Rouge area. The Louisiana National Guard has been deployed, helping to rescue some 7000 people from their homes by Sunday. Five people have been declared dead as flood waters continue to rise

Finally, reports are saying that the GOP, our nation’s other national disaster, has privately been discussing cutting their support for Presidential nominee Donald Trump and turning their attention to the down-ticket races. Trump meanwhile blamed the “disgusting” media for putting false meaning to his words, saying he’d be beating Hillary by 20% if they were covering him honestly. Mike Pence and Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort were both in damage control, saying the campaign is NOT in disarray and that they’re still confident Trump could win.

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It’s Friday, and once again – you can’t make up the kind of ridiculous BS Trump says.

After going on what seemed like every known form of media in the universe for a day and a half, claiming “President Obama was the founder of ISIS” Donald Trump apparently got up this morning, realized what he’d been saying, and decided to screw with the rubes even more by claiming it was a all a joke. Or as Trump tweeted Friday morning, “Ratings challenged @CNN reports so seriously that I call President Obama (and Clinton) ‘the founder’ of ISIS, & MVP,” Trump tweeted Friday morning. “THEY DON’T GET SARCASM?”

Look, Donny – we’re in the comedy business at The Stephanie Miller Show. That wasn’t sarcasm, it was stupidity. Seriously, Donny – STFU.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton spent Thursday talking about something everyone cares about – jobs and the economy. As usual, she had a long list of specifics, and detailed plans – like you’d expect from someone who will actually be governing the most powerful nation on Earth. That kind of responsibility not only seems to be winning over independents, but even Republicans you wouldn’t expect – like Rep Steve King of Iowa, who said publicly on Thursday that Clinton was “someone he could work with” if she were elected President. Guess there’s a first time for everything.

Speaking of firsts, yesterday at the Olympics, Simone Manuel became the first African American woman swimmer to ever win a gold medal. That amazing feat added to Simone Biles and Aly Raisman winning gold and silver in gymnastics – making it a record four wins in a row for the United States in the women’s all-around. Unsurprisingly, that record had to be topped by super swimmer and super human Michael Phelps broke a 2000 year old record for most Olympic medals ever won by any one person.

Have a great weekend!

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It’s Thursday, nearly the end of another disastrous week for Donald Trump, and once again, he still can’t seem to understand that words matter, especially for someone wanting to be President of the United States.

After effectively threatening Hillary Clinton’s life earlier in the week, and being called out on it by nearly every sane person in America, regardless of political affiliation, Trump once again used his little baby hands to metaphorically shove his foot into his mouth, as he claimed that President Obama was the founder of ISIS & Hillary Clinton was the cofounder.

In Trump’s favor, he wasn’t the most disturbed man in Trump Tower on Wednesday. That dishonor belonged to a Trump supporter who thought climbing the outside of the tower with suction cups would be the best way to schedule a meeting with Donald.

Back in the sane world, Hillary Clinton continued to talk about policy this week, especially jobs and economic policy, which she’ll cap with a major address later today. Clinton also continues to choose her words carefully, writing an op-ed in the Deseret News reaching out to moderate sane Republicans in Utah, just as she was doing in a speech in Florida. She’s not promising to move their way on policy – she’s simply appealing to them on the fact that she’s currently the only sane candidate running for President from a major political party.

Meanwhile, at the Olympics, the United States continued to dominate – especially with our female athletes. Team USA picked up more medals in the pool, and cyclist Kristin Armstrong made history with her third straight cycling gold medal.

We could honestly hope nothing more bizarre comes out of the Trump camp before the weekend – but we all know that would be pointless.

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In some ways, it’s hard to believe that on Tuesday, Donald Trump implied that an assassination of Hillary Clinton would be OK. In other ways, comments like his are completely in keeping with his character – and that of many others on the right – and has terrifying implications if somebody tries to act on what he said.

The reaction to Trump’s comments also show how far off the end of the scale of acceptability many Republicans have gone in their desperation to win elections, while still having zero ability or desire to actually govern.

Not surprisingly, those Republicans craven enough to sacrifice all their principles in an attempt for power, defended Trump’s comments as “a joke.” Others like that profile in courage Speaker Paul Ryan half-heartedly denounced Trump’s assassination threat, or claimed they hadn’t really heard Trump say those words.

For what it’s worth, an increasing number of Republicans and Independents – even before Trump’s insane comment yesterday – are denouncing Trump and anyone who stands with him. Most of those people are not only coming out against Trump, but coming out in favor of Hillary Clinton.

For her part, Secretary Clinton denounced Trump’s words – and then got back to doing what we’d expect a President to do: Lead on policy. Clinton called out the Republican-led Congress for going on vacation before passing a bill to fight Zika during a campaign stop in Florida.

Americans, even in red states, seem to be shifting even more towards Clinton too, based on her presidential demeanor, as both national and state level polls are beginning to forecast a landslide win for Democrats.

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On Monday, Donald Trump rolled into the ‘Motor City’ of Detroit, and – unsurprisingly – the economic proposal he laid out there was as much of a wreck as the rest of his campaign. His advance team couldn’t even make sure the sound system worked right, so when Trump said “cities” it came out “titties” – which was actually one of the best parts of his rambling speech.

In brief, Trump’s latest version of his economic plan was the same warmed-over, right-wing, trickle-down Republican plans they’ve been pushing for more than 30 years; tax cuts for the rich labeled as “simplification”, while the middle class and poor would have to pay more.

While Trump was sputtering and choking like an unreliable old piece of crap car, Hillary Clinton was putting the hammer down in Florida. Clinton now leads in multiple polls by double digits, Republicans are leaving the GOP because of Trump, and a growing number of Republicans are even supporting her now. To say that Clinton is speeding away with the race right now is putting it mildly.

It’s not just Hillary Clinton that is kicking ass and taking names, with love and facts. The U.S. women’s gymnastics team at the Olympics in Rio got one of the highest scores ever on Monday, as the U.S. swim team kept kicking ass in the pool. Swimmer Lilly King cleanly beat her Russian rival, a woman who – like much of the Russian team – has been caught or associated with doping & cheating allegations in the past.

2016 is definitely driving forward as a year for women & winners. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is getting his ass rolled over by a woman. It’s like the ‘Freeway of Love’ – And Hillary Clinton is at the wheel.

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Another Sexy Liberal weekend in the books, and Mama didn’t fall off the stage this time, like some short-circuiting robot, so it was excellent. Apparently though, Donald Trump is now trying to claim Hillary Clinton is a short-circuiting robot, even though he’s the one that sounds like a psychotic, malfunctioning Teddy Ruxpin.

In case you missed it, on Friday, at the National Assoc. of Black Journalists/National Assoc. Of Hispanic Journalists conference, Hillary Clinton held her first official press conference in some time (a fact too many Beltway media people have been whining about). When asked about the stupid email nontroversy yet again, she mentioned that she may have “short-circuited” her answers about it a few times, instead of giving a long, drawn out explanation.

To no one’s surprise, Donald and his people took that turn of phrase and ran with it – though in Donald’s case, as usual, it’s less ‘run’ and more like ‘stumbled over the words as they dribbled out of his mouth, like an animal with rabies.’

For his part, Trump did finally stop the political bleeding from another of his self-imposed wounds over the weekend, finally endorsing Paul Ryan, John McCain, and Kelly Ayotte, who are now stuck even closer to him than they were before.

The plan for Trump so far this week? Announce a new economic plan to let Wall Street do pretty much whatever the hell it wants and get rid of the pesky inheritance tax for his millionaire kids. Meanwhile, team Clinton/Kaine are going to be campaigning in Texas – because Democrats might do far better there than previously thought.

Oh – and the Olympics started and Team USA is kicking everyone’s ass already. Not a bad way to start August.

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It’s a Friday, and it’s raining bad numbers for Republican all over America.

We can start by looking at all kinds of polling in the presidential race, as polling is now starting to actually be more reliable and important – and Hillary Clinton is stomping on Donald Trump. She’s up in nationwide polling anywhere from 5-to-15 points — more than Obama was at any time in 2012. She’s also up in state polling, in battleground states like Michigan, Florida, Virginia, and Colorado. In Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, Clinton is up by double digits over Trump. And don’t even ask how bad she’s whupping Trump among minorities.

The numbers didn’t get any better for Republicans this morning as the official jobs numbers came out far better than expected. More than 250K Americans got new jobs last month, and the unemployment rate stayed the same, 4.9%. What’s more, average wages increased more than normal, and the past two months of jobs numbers were corrected for accuracy – and Americans gained more jobs than we’d previously thought.

President Obama also knocked down the idiotic story about the $400M in cash we gave back to Iran, noting it was their money to begin with – and since our sanctions on them worked so well, we didn’t have banking relations, so we had to give them the money back in cash. Even better for President Obama was the news delivered on his birthday that his approval rate is now at 54%.

Meanwhile, the Trumpster fire continued roaring as multiple media outlets have now begun question Melania Trump’s initial immigration status to America. This just adds to the list of massive problems, and infighting going on in the Republican Party, as even more Republicans keep coming out, saying they won’t be voting for or supporting Donald Trump.

You might even call today’s numbers epically bad for the GOP. Enjoy the weekend everybody!

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We’re 95 days away from election day, and the Trumpster fire is still roaring. In fact, Democrats and Lefties shouldn’t think this one is in the bag yet. After the month Trump has had, you’d think any sane person would have kept their money instead of throwing it into the Trump hole. But last month, Trump nearly caught up with Clinton in his fundraising – and he hasn’t been spending nearly as much.

That big haul of cash from the rubes may not help Trump though, as the Republican Party seems more divided now, after the conventions, than they were before. Multiple reliable sources are even saying that many of the top GOP members, and even some of Trump’s kids may be staging a political intervention of sorts to try to get Trump to stop shooting himself and other Republicans in the foot.

For now, though, the polls from the state level – polls that actually are beginning to matter – are all rolling in the same direction: In favor of Hillary Clinton, often by double digits.

It should be no surprise then that the MSM, desperate to keep the illusion of a tight race going, is trying blow stupid things out of proportion that don’t even have anything to do with Clinton. The latest is the supposed problem with the US giving Iran $400M — which, as Charlie Pierce so brilliantly noted, was Iran’s money from 1979 that the U.S. has just been holding onto the whole time. And since there are still banking sanctions on Iran? They had to get their money back in cash.

We get it. Facts are hard for some folks, especially when they don’t gin up ratings. But the fact is, Trump is still a disaster – and he’s getting his ass beaten by a girl.

That disaster still has a chance to win, though. So go register – and then vote!

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It’s been almost a week since Khzir & Gazala Khan, Gold Star parents of Captain Humayun Khan stood in front of America at the DNC and called out Donald Trump for his hypocrisy & disrespect of many American military members and their families — and Donald is still acting like a spoiled brat, calling the Kahns names while he attempts to defend his indefensible conduct.

And while Republicans like Sen. John McCain have joined in blasting Trump for his childish behavior, from McCain to Ryan to McConnell, Republicans still refuse to pull their endorsements of Trump.

Meanwhile, after the love-filled DNC in Philly, Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers in seemingly every poll keep putting her more strongly in the lead all the time. Her support is so strong she was campaigning in bright red Nebraska on Monday, next to billionaire Warren Buffett, who called out Trump for still not releasing his taxes.

Trump’s closet keeps exposing even more bad news, like the latest story from the New York Times about Trump’s five deferments from Vietnam. But instead of focusing on issues, Trump is spending his time attacking the media on – what else – Twitter.

Here’s a tip, Donny, from our staff member who is a veteran: Twitter wars don’t count as military service.

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While seeing the first woman ever nominated for President of the United States, on a major political party’s ticket was incredible, there’s no place like home, where there aren’t any orchestra pits to stumble into.

While Hillary Clinton was an amazing part of the convention, the Gold Star family of Capt. Humayun Khan, who made one of the most amazing speeches about his son at the 2016 DNC, in some ways stole the show. Not surprisingly, Donald Trump can’t handle anyone having more of a spotlight than him, even the grieving parents of a dead U.S. soldier. So he spent the weekend bashing Mr. & Mrs. Kahn instead. That kind of behavior would normally shame any politician, and make them run from Trump – something Khzir Khan begged GOP leaders to do.

Not surprisingly, GOP leaders didn’t actually denounce Trump. All of them gave half-hearted statements, not even daring to get in front of a camera or microphone, saying that what Trump said was awful and they don’t entirely agree – but he’s still going to be their nominee for President.

Elsewhere, Hillary Clinton & Tim Kaine began their campaign with a bus tour across the Rust Belt of Pennsylvania, even as conservative media and former Trump supporters like Mark Cuban boldly and strongly came out as Hillary supporters.

At the same time, the Trump/Putin connection seems to be showing even more of it’s ugly face, even though Trump clearly doesn’t seem to know what the hell has been going on with major international issues, like Russia invading Crimea.

All this? And Hillary only gets a 7-point bounce in the polls. Which means GET OUT THERE AND REGISTER GOOD PEOPLE TO VOTE. And don’t fall into an orchestra pit while you’re doing it.

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11:06 EST / 8:06 PST Joe Madison
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Well, it’s official. As of last night, the Republican Party has nominated a fascist-wannabe, or as Sen. Warren accurately said on Colbert last night, “a two-bit dictator.”

The whole last day of the 2016 RNC was just like the rest of the event; a well-staged, terrifying nightmare, like something right out of a Hollywood movie. Trump’s biographical movie last night looked and sounded eerily like the movie about Biff Tannen’s life from ‘Back To The Future.’ Trump was his usually horrifying, narcissistic self in public, lying to the public. It was no surprise his acceptance speech was by far the longest in history, on purpose. Obviously, still worried about the size of his… hands.

Also unsurprisingly, his daughter Ivanka was very impressive in trying to sell her father, even claiming he’d do some things for women that are far more Democratic than Republican right now.

Thankfully, there was also some sanity on TV last night, as Jon Stewart and Sen. Elizabeth Warren stopped by The LAte Show with Stephen Colbert. Stewart was, as always, amazingly funny. And Sen. Warren once again showed why she is truly Hillary Clinton’s best pick for VP.

Now, America turns to the REAL convention, the Democratic Convention in Philly – with Sexy Liberal on Sunday night! We’ll see you there!