Mediaite Newsletter - 10/28/2016

	Amy Schumer Posts Clarification of Controversial ‘Formation’ Video: ‘It Was NEVER a Parody!’ by Lindsey Ellefson Following a thorough Twitter dragging that involved the hashtag #AmySchumerGottaGoParty, she released the essay. Read More »

	Democratic Senate Candidate: ‘An Undocumented Immigrant Is Not a Criminal’ by Alex Griswold California Democratic Attorney General Kamala Harris told a group of Hispanic supporters earlier this week that someone who has engaged in illegal immigration "is not a criminal." Read More »

	Social Media Calls Bundy Militiamen Acquittal White Privilege by Alberto Luperon Read More »

	'Words Matter': Cuomo Confronts Joe Walsh for Prompting Trump Supporters to Grab Their Muskets by Ken Meyer CNN's Chris Cuomo grilled Joe Walsh on Friday over an unsettling message he put out about what Donald Trump supporters should do if the mogul loses the election. Read More »

	Angela Rye Drops the Gloves With Trump's Spokesperson Pierson: 'I Could Sue You Katrina!' by J.D. Durkin "Carol, Can I please respond to the personal attack at this point?" Read More »

	Mike Pence Rebukes Trump Staffer: 'Voter Suppression' Is 'Offensive,' That's Not What We Do by Alex Griswold After a Donald Trump campaign staffer said Thursday that the campaign was engaged in "voter suppression," Trump's running mate Mike Pence rebuked him on MSNBC's Morning Joe. Read More »

	Report: State Election Officials 'Woefully Unprepared' For November 8th Cyber Attack by J.D. Durkin Cyber concerns are front and center in the news cycles these days anyway as it relates to the hacked personal Gmail account of Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta. Read More »

	Wordsmith Mike Huckabee Slams Obamacare by Calling It a 'Dead Beached Whale' by J.D. Durkin The Huck is at it again, this time taking out his ire on Obama's Affordable Care Act and its soaring premium costs for many Americans. Read More »

	Seth Meyers Reveals the Facebook Birthday Messages That Hillary Clinton Received This Week by J.D. Durkin One note from President Barack Obama reads, "Party at my place. And don't try to move any of your stuff in this time." Read More »

	The Daily Show Rigs a Poll for Hillary Clinton by Josh Feldman Donald Trump has complained so much about the polls being rigged that The Daily Show decided to rig a poll of their own on the streets of New York. Read More »

	Is the Clinton Campaign Really Considering Joe Biden for Secretary of State? by Josh Feldman So here's your newest "holy crap is this really happening" news item of the day: Hillary Clinton's campaign is considering Joe Biden for Secretary of State. Read More »

	'That's Not True!' Trump Adviser AJ Delgado Loses It When Chris Hayes Says Racists Support Trump by Justin Baragona Trump adviser AJ Delgado was not happy when the MSNBC host mentioned that racists and white supremacists overwhelmingly support Donald Trump. Read More »

	GOP Sen. Engages in Shocking, False Attack on Opponent’s Ancestry in Debate by Josh Feldman Republican Senator Mark Kirk is in a pretty tight reelection race, and a shocking remark he made about his opponent tonight may not help him out that much. Read More »

	Michael Moore Tells Megyn Kelly He’s Amused by the Trumps Praising His Pro-Clinton Film by Josh Feldman Michael Moore sat down with Megyn Kelly tonight and expressed his amusement with how Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. have both been touting a clip from his pro-Hillary Clinton film with a deceptively-edited clip. Read More »

	'It's Leadership!': Gary Johnson Angrily Snaps at Reporter Asking About Tax Policy by Josh Feldman Gary Johnson lost his cool in the middle of an interview with a reporter for The Guardian today. Read More »

	Trump is Right, the Access Hollywood Recording Might be an 'Illegal Act' by Mediaite Staff Read More »

	Trump on Whether He'll Pursue Legal Action Against NBC Over ’05 Tape: 'You'll See' by Josh Feldman Bill O'Reilly asked Donald Trump tonight if he plans on taking legal action against NBC over that leaked Access Hollywood tape of his "locker room talk." Read More »

	Trump: Polls Clearly Rigged Because ‘I Won the Third Debate’ and They Didn’t Reflect That by Josh Feldman Donald Trump told Bill O'Reilly tonight that a lot of the polls are clearly rigged against him. Read More »

	Pence Campaign Plane Skidded Off the Runway at LaGuardia by Josh Feldman Mike Pence's campaign plane skidded off the runway at LaGuardia earlier tonight. Read More »

	Rubio Dodges Question on Whether Trump Would Keep America Safe by Josh Feldman Marco Rubio avoided directly answering a pretty big question about Donald Trump tonight. Read More »

	‘Don’t Pretend You’re a Journalist’: Mark Levin Goes Off on Megyn Kelly by Josh Feldman Conservative radio host Mark Levin had some pretty choice words yesterday for Megyn Kelly over her quickly-famous interview with Newt Gingrich. Read More »

	GOP Rep.: If Putin Really Wanted Trump to Win, He Wouldn't ‘Say Nice Things’ About Him by Josh Feldman A Republican member of Congress said on CNN today that he doubts Vladimir Putin is behind Donald Trump because of Putin's public praise of Trump. Read More »

	Donald Trump Left Off Ballot? The Hoax Taking Social Media By Storm by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	WATCH: Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally in Geneva, OH by Mediaite TV Donald Trump will hold his third campaign rally of the day in Geneva, OH, at Spire Institute's Track & Field Building. Read More »

	Comedian Gives Jesse Watters a Taste of His Own Medicine by Ken Meyer Comedian and political prankster Jason Selvig encountered Jesse Watters recently in New York, and he tried to turn the tables on the Fox reporter and his controversial man-on-the-street segments. Read More »

	Mel Gibson Finds It 'Annoying' That People Keep Bringing Up Anti-Semitic Rant by Sam Reisman "Not fair. I guess as who I am, I’m not allowed to have a nervous breakdown, ever," Gibson said. Read More »

	Putin Dismisses Talk That Russia Is Behind Trump as 'Attempt to Manipulate Public Opinion' by Josh Feldman If the 2016 election was a work of fiction (it still could be, the jury's not in yet), then Vladimir Putin would be its shadowy supervillain. And now Putin is weighing in on some of the rhetoric being used about him and Russia on the U.S. campaign trail. Read More »

	Trump: I’m Thinking Maybe We ‘Cancel the Election and Just Give It to Trump’ by Josh Feldman During Donald Trump's rally late this afternoon, he went on a brief tangent about how maybe he should just be given the election now because Hillary Clinton is just that bad. Read More »

	'I Just Don't See How They Can Keep That Going': Chuck Todd Calls On Clinton Foundation To Be Shut Down by Justin Baragona Read More »

	Police Say Drunk Texas A&M Student Crashed Into Cop Car While Taking Topless Selfie by Chris White Read More »

	Report: President Obama's 2013 Golf Trip With Tiger Woods Cost Taxpayers $3.6 Million by Joe DePaolo In February 2013, President Obama took a four-day golf vacation to Florida where he played a round with Tiger Woods, and took a lesson from Woods's former coach, Butch Harmon. A new report from The Washington Times says that the long weekend getaway cost taxpayers $3.6 million. Read More »

	James O'Keefe Tells Alex Jones That People 'Are Going To Literally Revolt' If Election Is Stolen by Justin Baragona O'Keefe appeared alongside Roger Stone to discuss the possibility of revolt if Trump is not elected with Alex Jones. Read More »

	How to Watch Titans-Jaguars NFL Thursday Night Football Live Stream Online by Mediaite TV Here's how to watch the Thursday Night Football showdown between the Tennessee Titans and the Jacksonville Jaguars live stream online. Read More »

	Michelle Obama Clarifies 'When They Go Low, We Go High': Voting Is Our High! by Lindsey Ellefson "Our vote is the ultimate way we go high when they go low! Voting is our high!" Read More »

	'He Really Grabbed My Butt': Latest Accuser Claims She Was Groped By Trump In 2006 by Justin Baragona A former Miss Finland became at least the twelfth woman to come forward to accuse Donald Trump of sexual misconduct. Read More »

	Eric Garner’s Daughter Blasts Clinton Camp After Leaked Emails Talked About ‘Using’ Her Dad by Chris White Read More »

	Clintons Defend Foundation's Record: It's a 'Charity, and Somehow That Has Gotten Lost' by Sam Reisman Following a raft of accusations of corruption, Bill and Chelsea Clinton defended the record of the charitable foundation that bears their name. Read More »

	Hacked Emails Reveal Photo of Shirtless Sanders Was Real Clinton Campaign Oppo for a While by Lindsey Ellefson Ultimately, Fallon suggested that the New York Post should be given the photo, which ended up in the hands of notorious celebrity blogger and Clinton supporter Perez Hilton the next day. Read More »

	Wait, Amal Clooney Wants to Become a TV News Reporter? by Lindsey Ellefson She'd be great at it, certainly... Read More »

	Trump Wants To Legalize Political Endorsements From Religious Organizations by David Bixenspan Read More »