Book nerd Hillary Clinton loves ‘Harry Potter’ just as much as you do

And thanks to Hillary Clinton 's recent speech at the American Library Association conference on Tuesday, we now know she's a serious Potterhead, too. While speaking, Clinton, a resident book nerd , praised J.K. Rowling's beloved series, and explained how books and Harry Potter inspire an important sense of compassion and empathy in readers towards members of minority groups.

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In reaction to the May ratings report showing MSNBC as number one in weeknight prime-time viewership in the prized 25-to-54 age demographic, CNN sent out a spokeswoman to separate itself from the competition. CNN should be viewed as "the one nonpartisan cable news network," presumably unlike MSNBC, and certainly unlike Fox News.

Yet Another TV Series About the Hellish 2016 Election Is Coming

Game Change authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann will tackle 2016 election in upcoming book and HBO miniseries. Credit Rick Wilking Getty " Saturday Night Live " has continuously parodied the 2016 presidential election with Alec Baldwin playing Trump, and as for non-scripted TV programming, much content has covered Trump.

No, The Resistance Isn’t Working Quite Well

On most days, if you asked me what I would do if I was given a time machine that allowed me to travel back in time to the 1960's, I'd tell you that I'd go see Jimi Hendrix light his guitar on fire at the Monterrey Pop Festival or watch Sandy Koufax pitch or Mickey Mantle hit. There are a lot of things I wish I could have seen in person.

JK Rowling and Piers Morgan face off on Twitter after TV row over backing Trump

Piers Morgan and JK Rowling became embroiled in a Twitter row over the Good Morning Britain presenter's support of Donald Trump after he was criticised live on US television. The Harry Potter author expressed glee at the broadcaster being sworn at by Australian comedian Jim Jefferies during an appearance on panel show Real Time With Bill Maher.

Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post: Cabinet nominees antidote to 8 years of liberal overreach

Democrats spent the first two decades of the post-Cold War era rather relaxed about Russian provocations and revanchism. President Obama famously mocked Mitt Romney in 2012 for suggesting that Russia was our principal geopolitical adversary.

Ellen DeGeneres gets Medal of Freedom: 10 of the most hilarious quotes from Ellen’s books1 hour ago

November 23: Talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres was on Wednesday awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama at the White House, and the former's fans are thrilled. DeGeneres has been an entertainer and an inspirational figure for millions of people not just in America, but across the world.

Identity politics? No, a political identity

Republicans disdainfully call it "identity politics," this outreach by Democrats to the many target audiences that make up what we used to call "the melting pot" but is more accurately described as the patchwork quilt comprising the American people. That's because, when they think of "the voter," "the people," "REAL Amurricans," Republicans have a very clear image in mind: a middle-aged white man with a middle-class job, a wife and kids who are dependent on him, and the grandparents, who are also white and live in the suburbs or a retirement community.