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Hillary Clinton Says She Was Right All Along The biggest factors she blames for her loss—disinformation, Vladimir Putin, and America’s deep political divide—will still be problems even if Trump loses, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee warns.  .........  a woman who has spent the past four years thinking about the final month of the 2016 election ....... and Mark Zuckerberg—whom she compared to the sorcerer’s apprentice, losing control of his creation in a way that has done grave damage around the world—ends up facing new restrictions .......... I don’t really have anything to contribute to the ongoing saga of why he behaves the way he does, and why he treats people the way he does, and why he won’t listen to people who actually know something. ............ algorithms that rewarded disinformation, rewarded the kind of conspiracy-clickbait stuff that addicted people to Facebook and other social-media platforms ......... I can’t even imagine what would have been done to me if I’d never revealed my income-tax returns. I would have been hounded mercilessly. ...........  the real dangerous things [Trump] was doing, starting with alternative facts on Inauguration Day going forward. 

Ted Cruz warns the election ‘could be a bloodbath of Watergate proportions’ for GOP  over 7 million voters have already cast their ballots early or by mail this year.

Jimmy Fallon Riffs on Mike Pence’s Fly and Pink Eye “He’s the head of the coronavirus task force. Not really a great look when you’re covered in bugs and bleeding out of your eye,” Fallon said on Thursday...........  “You know vice-presidential debates are boring when a fly shows up and the entire internet loses its mind” ........... “At that point every American was like, ‘Is that on him or on my TV.?” — JIMMY FALLON .............. “And look, flies land on people all the time. There’s nothing crazy about that. What was crazy is how long it sat there for. Even Trump was watching at home like, ‘Wow, two minutes with Mike Pence. I could never do that.’” — TREVOR NOAH ........... First of all, even a fly knows better than to land on a Black woman’s hair.” — TREVOR NOAH .......... “Mike Pence doesn’t even look live when he’s live. Dude is an in-person Zoom meeting. ............... “Last night’s debate was an epic battle between side eye and red eye.” — JIMMY FALLON ......... “People are worried about Pence ’cause pink eye is a possible symptom of coronavirus. Even scarier, today Pence’s temperature shot all the way up to 84.6.” — JIMMY FALLON ......... “It’s Trump’s fault we all have to do 15 Zoom meetings a day. He should be forced to go to at least one, shouldn’t he?” — JAMES CORDEN