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	Man Makes Float with Trump Executing Clinton: ‘It’s All in Fun’ by Alberto Luperon Read More »

	Libertarian VP Candidate: We Are 'Watching a Scary Movie' and 'Can't Change the Channel' by Sam Reisman The VP debate made it clear to Bill Weld that unifying the country was not a priority for either Republicans or Democrats. The major parties "want to kill each other," he said. Read More »

	Clinton: 'I Don't Recall Any Joke' About Drone Striking the Founder of WikiLeaks by Ken Meyer Hillary Clinton took press questions on Tuesday, during which time, she was asked about online allegations that she once floated assassinating WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Read More »

	Scarborough: Bill Clinton's 'Trying to Destroy His Wife's Campaign' With Obamacare Comments by Alex Griswold MSNBC host Joe Scarborough and others on his Morning Joe panel Wednesday speculated that the reason Bill Clinton sharply criticized Obamacare while campaigning for his wife Hillary Clinton is because he secretly wanted her to lose. Read More »

	Walter Mondale Thought VP Debate Was Not the 'Discussion That Voters Deserve' by Sam Reisman Former Democratic Vice President Walter Mondale was sort of live-tweeting the debate. Here's what he had to say. Read More »

	'We Told You': GOP Takes a Victory Lap Over Their Premature Announcement of Pence Win by Josh Feldman Hey, remember how before the debate the GOP prematurely announced a Mike Pence victory? Yeah, about that. Read More »

	Joy Reid Criticizes Kaine's 'Over-Caffeinated Presentation': He Was 'Rude' by Josh Feldman MSNBC's Joy Reid admitted she didn't like how Tim Kaine was "losing the point" tonight by "firing so many attacks" at Mike Pence over and over and over. Read More »

	Watch Lanny Davis Awkwardly Ask Megyn Kelly How She Felt About Donald Trump's Insults by Joe DePaolo Lanny Davis probably thought he had a point when he began asking Megyn Kelly a long, rambling question during Wednesday night's post-Vice Presidential debate analysis. By the end, surely even he realized his query had all the coherence of a drunken wedding toast. Read More »

	Trump Advisor: 'Tim Kaine Was Unhinged Tonight' by Josh Feldman Donald Trump senior advisor Boris Epstein spoke to Mediaite's JD Durkin after the debate tonight after Tim Kaine's performance compared to Mike Pence's. Read More »

	Andrea Mitchell Says Clinton Will Soon Unveil Secret Weapon to Attract Millennials... Al Gore by Alex Griswold During her post-vice presidential debate analysis, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell announced that Hillary Clinton would soon bring on former vice president Al Gore to help hire up millennial voters. Read More »

	CNN Panel Dissolves Into Giggles Over Whether Trump Should Keep Acting ‘Obnoxious' by Lindsey Ellefson Tonight on CNN, Jeffrey Lord was pretty clear that he doesn't want Donald Trump to change a thing about his debate or campaign strategies, which Van Jones couldn't believe. Read More »

	Eric Trump Insists 'We Have No Assets in Russia' in CNN Clash Over Taxes by Josh Feldman Eric Trump ended up in the hot seat on CNN tonight over his father's tax returns and potential business ties to Russia following the VP debate. Read More »

	Kaine Tells Pence He Isn't Insulting Trump: ‘I’m Just Saying Facts About Your Candidate’ by Lindsey Ellefson Kaine went on to suggest that Pence is uneasy about defending Trump. Read More »

	Van Jones Goes Off on Pence: He Was Trying to 'Invent a Running Mate!' by Josh Feldman CNN's Van Jones went off on Mike Pence tonight for engaging in a series of lies during the debate. Read More »

	Rachel Maddow Bashes 'Contentious' and 'Incomprehensible' Debate by Joe DePaolo Rachel Maddow sharply criticized Wednesday night's Vice Presidential debate for being "contentious, and honestly, at times, incomprehensible." Read More »

	Pence: Trump Said Women Should Be Punished Because 'He's Not a Polished Politician' by Sam Reisman Gov. Mike Pence defended his running mate's comments that women who get abortions should receive "some form of punishment," saying it was attributable to his political inexperience. Read More »

	MSNBC's Chris Matthews: 'Strong' Mike Pence Won the Debate Over 'Desperate' Tim Kaine by Alex Griswold Liberal MSNBC host Chris Matthews said Tuesday night that he believed Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence won Tuesday's debate with Democratic opponent Tim Kaine, Read More »

	Megyn Kelly: 'Doesn't Seem Like Anybody Thinks That Tim Kaine Won' by Josh Feldman Immediately after the VP debate tonight, Megyn Kelly said, in observing the online reactions, that "it doesn't seem like anybody thinks that Tim Kaine won." Read More »

	Who Do You Think Won the Kaine/Pence VP Debate? by Lindsey Ellefson We know, we know: This isn't a scientific poll. Read More »

	Kaine is Right, Court Ruled Against Gov. Pence’s Anti-Syrian Refugee Policy by Chris White Read More »

	Pence to Kaine: 'You've Whipped Out That Mexican Thing Again' by Josh Feldman Mike Pence got a little annoyed tonight after Tim Kaine kept going after Donald Trump's insensitive remarks about Mexican immigrants. Read More »

	Pence Says Trump Knew That Russia Invaded Crimea. Here's What Trump Actually Said. by Sam Reisman "Donald Trump knew that happened," Pence said. "He basically was saying it's going to happen again." Read More »

	Kellyanne Conway Trolls Kaine Over 'Sexist' Interrupting of Female Moderator by Josh Feldman Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway trolled Tim Kaine tonight in accusing him of sexism because he interrupted the female moderator. Read More »

	Pence Dismisses Notion That Trump Is 'Running an Insult-Driven Campaign' by Sam Reisman Gov. Mike Pence dismissed the notion that Trump was "running a insult-driven campaign." Read More »

	Pence: 'Absolutely False' to Say Trump Wanted to Keep Muslims Out by Josh Feldman Mike Pence tonight told Tim Kaine it's "absolutely false" to say Donald Trump wanted a Muslim ban. Read More »

	Trump Fact-Checks Megyn Kelly at the Start of VP Debate by Josh Feldman In the first few minutes of the VP debate, Donald Trump felt the need to fact-check Megyn Kelly. No, seriously. We're doing this again. Read More »

	Right Off the Bat, Mike Pence Flubs the Name of the University Hosting the Debate by Alex Griswold Candidates making untrue or embarrassing statements during a heated debate might be a given, but Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence somehow managed to make one in the usually tightly-scripted opening statement of Tuesday's vice presidential debate. Read More »

	WATCH HERE: Stephen Colbert is Livestreaming Kittens Watching the Debate by Lindsey Ellefson Watch them here for now while you can because when this is over in an hour, the focus groups with human people will start and won't be nearly as cute. Read More »

	Trump's Former Accountant Has Broken His Silence on the Tax Scandal by Lindsey Ellefson Jack Mitnick explained that despite the candidate's claims that he "brilliantly" manipulated tax laws to his benefit, Trump had very little to do with his own taxes. Read More »

	'I Must've Hit a Nerve': Pence, Kaine Get in Testy Clash Over Running Mates in Debate by Josh Feldman It didn't take long for Mike Pence and Tim Kaine to get into their first debate squabble of the night, and it was over their respective running mates. Read More »

	Trump Kicks Off Debate Night Live Tweets by Bashing 'Dumb' CNN and Praising Fox News by Josh Feldman Donald Trump is live-tweeting tonight's debate, and he started out by ripping CNN. Again. Read More »

	LIVE: Kaine/Pence Vice Presidential Debate by Mediaite TV Read More »

	Media Elite Obsess Over Trump's Taxes But Ignore Real Scam by Jordan Chariton Since it doesn't fit into the never-ending horse race, networks, newspapers, and websites didn't find it of any value to dive into the fact that Trump is just a microcosm of a much bigger problem. Read More »

	Priebus on Whether Trump’s a Role Model: ‘Everyone’s a Role Model in Different Ways’ by Josh Feldman Fox News' Bret Baier kicked off his interview with RNC Chair Reince Priebus tonight by pressing him on whether Donald Trump is a "role model." Read More »

	RNC Accidentally Posted Page Declaring Pence the Debate Winner Before the Debate by Josh Feldman Whoops. Read More »

	A Supreme Court Justice Just Name Dropped Kim Kardashian During Oral Arguments by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore: Kaine Isn’t Really a ‘Formidable Force’ in VA by Josh Feldman Tim Kaine has a pretty good electoral record in Virginia. He has an undefeated streak between his local and statewide campaigns. But one former governor of the state doesn't think he's all that formidable. Read More »

	Check Out This Angry Cyclist Smashing His Friend's Bike in Two by Joe DePaolo Check out this cyclist in Milan smashing his friend's bike to the ground. Read More »

	Pretty Much Every Celebrity on Earth Asks You to Vote in New PSA by Dana Eisenberg Leonardo DiCaprio, Julia Roberts, and Kendall Jenner want to know, 'What do you care about?' Read More »

	Trump: There Were 'Many Nights' When Bill Clinton Went 'Through Hell with Hillary' by Josh Feldman Donald Trump got in another personal dig at the Clintons during a rally late this afternoon. Read More »