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Samuel L. Jackson Featured In Pro-Obama Ad That Urges Voters To Wake The F**k Up (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, WIll Cain and CNN’s Carol Costello discuss a new political ad featuring Samuel L.Jackson entitled “Wake the F**k Up.”

LISTEN: Stacey Stewart Discusses Becoming The First African American Female President Of The United Way

Roland Martin Talks with Stacey Stewart about becoming the First African American Female President in the 125 year history of United Way. Subscribe to the Roland S. Martin Daily Podcast via iTunes. 

MIAMI HERALD: Florida Sends Election Departments List Of 198 Potential Noncitizens; Some May Have Illegally Voted

Source: Marc Caputo, Patricia Mazzei and Anna Edgerton / Miami Herald Florida’s noncitizen voter-purge program roared back to life Wednesday when Gov. Rick Scott’s elections department produced a new list of 198 potentially ineligible voters — including 36 who might have cast ballots illegally. The list, along with a stack of documentation, was sent to [...]

WATCH Samuel L. Jackson’s New Adult-Themed Children Story For Obama Supporters – Wake The F*ck Up

Here’s the new online video from the Jewish Council for Education & Research, a liberal super PAC that has had some success in the viral political ad field before. (Most notably with a video that had Sarah Silverman offering to “scissor” billionaire Sheldon Adelson.)

Gingrich Savages Mitt Romney’s ‘Overly-Methodical’ Campaign On CNN (VIDEO)

Source: Noah Rothman / Mediaite Former House Speaker Newt Gingrichappeared on CNN where he was asked why the polls are showing GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney falling behind President Barack Obama with just weeks to go before the election. Gingrich took the opportunity to criticize the Romney campaign and the candidate himself on a range of issues.

NFL Refs Due Back For Thursday Night Football

Source: ESPN NEW YORK — The NFL’s regular officiating crews are back. Their return couldn’t have come soon enough for many players, coaches and fans. After two days of marathon negotiations — and mounting frustration throughout the league — the NFL and the officials’ union announced at 12:01 a.m. Thursday that a tentative eight-year agreement [...]

Sheldon Adelson: Investigation Into His Casinos By Justice Department Is Top Reason For Backing Romney

Source: Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post In August, The New York Times wondered aloud what the rest of the political world wanted to know: Does Sheldon Adelson’s effort to put Mitt Romney in the White House have anything to do with the federal criminal investigation into his company’s business practices? The Times editorial page mused that “since Mr. Adelson’s financial future [...]

MOTHER JONES: Samuel L. Jackson Tells Voters In Pro-Obama Ad To ‘Wake The F**k Up!”

Source: Asawin Suebsaeng / Mother Jones Hollywood megastar and snake-punching virtuoso Samuel L. Jackson plays the lead in a new video from The Jewish Council for Education & Research (JCER), a liberal super-PAC. The quasi-ad, which we’ll post here on Thursday, is nearly four minutes long. It is unabashedly pro-Obama. It will be shown exclusively online. Oh, and it’s titled, “Wake the [...]

ROLAND S. MARTIN: Black Pastors Are Not Urging Congregants Not To Vote

By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com A story this week by the Associated Press has caused quite a stir, especially among African-Americans, when multiple news outlets ran it with the following headline: “Some black pastors are telling their flocks to stay home Election Day.” The New York Daily News ran that headline, along with the [...]

Jon Stewart: ‘The Closer We Get To The Election, The Dumber Mitt Romney Appears To Be Getting’ (VIDEO)

The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Source: The Huffington Post In a normal election, a stagnant economy and global unrest would be pretty tricky things for an incumbent president to campaign with, but for Barack Obama they’re a walk in the park. Why? Because Mitt [...]