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	Biz Media Says Hillary Debate Win Good for Stock Market, But Fox Business Noticed Something Else by Tommy Christopher The business media are crediting a Hillary Clinton victory over Donald Trump for a 133-point gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Tuesday. That was the chatter from most of the business press, with one notable exception. Read More »

	'I Think an Apology Is in Order': Joe Scarborough Baffled by Howard Dean's Cocaine Tweet by J.D. Durkin Bloomberg's Mark Halperin added, "I couldn't believe the Tweet; I thought he had been hacked." Read More »

	Fmr Miss Universe Machado on Allegation She Was a Murder Accomplice: 'I'm Not a Saint Girl' by Alex Griswold Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe Donald Trump allegedly called 'Ms. Piggy' and 'Ms. Housekeeping,' reacted somewhat... Read More »

	NBC News Chair Andy Lack Says That Brian Williams's Truth Scandals Are 'Ancient History' by J.D. Durkin Although Lester Holt has taken over the Nightly News desk following William's ouster, Williams is back on air in regular anchoring duties hosting his own show called "The 11th Hour with Brian Williams." Read More »

	Voters to Decide Whether Porn Stars Should be Forced to Use Condoms by Ronn Blitzer Read More »

	Brzezinski Slams Fox & Friends Hosts: 'How Could Two Men and a Woman in This Day and Age...' by J.D. Durkin Brzezinski was incensed Wednesday when Morning Joe replayed the clip from Fox & Friends. Read More »

	Trevor Noah: Clinton Successfully ‘Goaded Donald Trump Into Hulking Out' by Josh Feldman As far as Trevor Noah is concerned, Hillary Clinton won last night's debate because she was more focused and "goaded Donald Trump into Hulking out." Read More »

	Sean Hannity Tells Off Those Media Elitists With Their Limos and Steaks and Fancy Wine by Josh Feldman During a lengthy monologue praising Donald Trump's debate performance last night, Sean Hannity attacked the media for being out of touch. Read More »

	Former Israeli Leader Shimon Peres Has Died by Josh Feldman Shimon Peres, a former prime minister and president of Israel, has died today at age 93, according to multiple reports. Read More »

	'No More Abuse': Alicia Machado Speaks Out to Megyn Kelly on Trump Insulting Her Weight by Josh Feldman Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado spoke out to Megyn Kelly tonight about Donald Trump publicly insulting her about her weight gain and calling her "Miss Piggy" and "Miss Housekeeping." Read More »

	Brit Hume: Comment on 'Not Necessarily Attractive' Clinton Was About Demeanor, Not Looks by Josh Feldman Last night Fox's Brit Hume said that Hillary Clinton was "not necessarily attractive" during the debate. Naturally, he got some flak for that and he responded today. Read More »

	O'Reilly: Why Does Anyone Care What Trump's Position on Iraq Is? by Josh Feldman Donald Trump has made some curious claims that he strongly opposed the Iraq War from the start (even though his comments at the time were mildly skeptical at best), but Bill O'Reilly isn't sure why anyone cares. Read More »

	Colin Kaepernick Pans 'Embarrassing' Debate: Trump and Clinton Are 'Proven Liars' by Josh Feldman Colin Kaepernick today bemoaned just how "embarrassing" it was to watch the presidential debate last night. Read More »

	'Of Course I’m Changing the Subject!': CNN Panel Gets Feisty Over Trump Tax Returns by Josh Feldman Economists supporting the two different candidates got into a bit of a shouting match tonight over Donald Trump's tax returns and Hillary Clinton's emails. Read More »

	Shep Smith Would ‘Like to Nominate a Certain Person’ to Hit Martin Shkreli for Charity by Josh Feldman Fox News' Shep Smith has that wonderfully snarky streak that occasionally bubbles to the surface on the air, and he let it shine again when talking about Martin Shkreli. Read More »

	CNN's Don Lemon: Trump's 'Not Aware of His Insensitivity Towards Race' by Josh Feldman CNN's Don lemon spoke with Dan Rather today and talked about Donald Trump's beliefs on the issue of race. Read More »

	We Visited CNN's #MyVote Camper Before It Hits the Road to Talk to Voters in Middle America by Lindsey Ellefson "The whole goal is to get out of the campaign bubble," host Chris Moody explained. Read More »

	Old CNN Article Got in a Few Weight Jabs at 'Expanding Miss Universe' Trump Insulted by Josh Feldman It's pretty horrible that Donald Trump once called a Latina Miss Universe winner "Miss Piggy" and "Miss Housekeeping." But an old CNN write-up about her weight gain is kind of shocking too. Read More »

	Undercovered: Professor Who Was Imprisoned for 'Dabbling in Feminism' Is Released by Sam Reisman Undercovered is our daily feature bringing attention to women’s issues worldwide, which we feel deserve a larger audience. Read More »

	'Bullsht': Fox News Gets Flak for Claiming Old Interview 'Backs Up' Trump on Iraq by Josh Feldman* Donald Trump has declared that he was adamantly against the Iraq War from the beginning, and almost all the fact-checkers say that's false. But a Fox News fact-check begs to differ. Read More »

	After Trump Denies His Climate Denial, His Surrogates Try to Explain It Away by Sam Reisman "Rarely are there moments when you can definitively state, with zero reservation, that a presidential candidate is lying. But this was one of them," a reporter for Huffington Post writes. Read More »

	Ohio Cop Drives Man 100 Miles to Reunite Him with Grieving Family For Sister's Funeral by Ken Meyer Here's a little act of kindness to help lift your spirits today. Read More »

	Howard Dean Defends Trump 'Coke User' Tweet: 'Something Funny Was Going On' by Josh Feldman Last night former DNC chair Howard Dean wondered if Donald Trump's debate sniffles were signs of a "coke user." Today he adamantly defended that tweet. Read More »

	CNN’s Jake Tapper Insists He’s Not Accusing Trump of Breaking Tax Laws by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	That Time Donald Trump Wrote Glowing Letter Supporting Convicted Cocaine Dealer by Chris White Read More »

	Watch Skip Bayless Subtly, But Masterfully Troll Eagles Fans With His Carson Wentz Hot Take by Joe DePaolo Leave it to Skip Bayless to rain on the Carson Wentz parade. Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: Donald Trump Follows Hofstra Debate With Campaign Rally in Melbourne, FL by Mediaite TV Read More »

	NBC Reporter Apologizes For His Comments About Rape Cause Outcry by Lindsey Ellefson KGW worked to get the videos of the interview scrubbed from the Internet but they still started a firestorm. Read More »

	Lebron James: 'I Respect' Kaepernick, But Will Stand For Anthem by Joe DePaolo During his media session Monday, LeBron James addressed Colin Kaepernick's National Anthem protests. Read More »

	OMG, MTV Is Bringing TRL Back for One Day by Dana Eisenberg But, the 'R' stands for something different this time. Read More »

	Giuliani: By Standing With Bill, Hillary Clinton Proved She's 'Too Stupid to be President' by Ken Meyer Beyond his disapproval with Lester Holt, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani said last night that Donald Trump is a "feminist" while Hillary Clinton is "too stupid to be president." Read More »

	Trump Downplays Housing Discrimination Lawsuit Against Him… It was Actually ‘Yuge’! by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	For First Debate, NBC Nets Largest Audience; Fox Wins Cable News by Sam Reisman For one hour and 45 minutes Monday night, all eyes were on the first presidential debate. The lion's share of those eyes belonged to NBC. Read More »

	Tom Hanks Crashed a Wedding Photo Shoot by Dana Eisenberg Yep, it's as awesome as you would think. Read More »

	Pundits Wrong AGAIN On Trump's Debate Performance by Jordan Chariton The New York-D.C. media punditariat has joined in unison declaring Hillary Clinton the clear winner of the first presidential debate, but it's clear they're still... Read More »

	Fox's Bret Baier on Debate: Trump Deserves Credit 'For Just Being on the Stage' by Sam Reisman Fox host Bret Baier said Tuesday that Donald Trump "gets credit for just being on the stage" at his first presidential debate the previous night. Read More »

	Trump Repeatedly Cites CBS Poll Saying He Won Debate (Which Doesn't Even Exist) by Alex Griswold In the aftermath of Monday's first presidential debate, Donald Trump cited a poll from CBS showing he won the debate, despite the fact that such a poll does not appear to exist. Read More »

	Madonna Got Her Son a Trump Piñata for His Birthday by Dana Eisenberg Madonna has never been shy about her politics. Read More »

	Trump Once Again Accused of Illegal Foreign Fundraising, This Time From Fmr. Mexican President! by Ronn Blitzer Read More »

	#TrumpWon Prompts Shows of Support, Brutal Mockery Over Debate Performance by Ken Meyer #TrumpWon emerged on Twitter last night, though the tweets behind it were definitely not all that flattering. Read More »