Lady Gaga Fires Up Midnight Rally for Hillary Clinton in Raleigh: WATCH

Wearing a jacket worn by Michael Jackson when he went to the White House to meet then President George H.W. Bush in 1990, Lady Gaga excited the crowd in Raleigh, North Carolina at a midnight rally for Hillary Clinton last night.

“Be a part of history. What I’m asking you is to be in this moment right now with us and fight for your future and the future of our children. It’s so amazing because no matter how absurd and mean he became, she smiled bravely. And she continued on…she kept going. And she kept fighting for women’s rights, she kept fighting for the care of our children, she kept fighting for those who are in need. And the truth is that Hillary Clinton has done this for her entire career. She didn’t just wake up one morning and decide she wanted to be president. She has had a career in politics that has spanned decades of experience, education, leadership, and wisdom.”

Added Gaga:

“She stands before us today proud, like a lady. She is ready to be president…What I see in this remarkable woman is that she is ready to restore peace in this country…Hillary Clinton is the one. Hillary Clinton is made of steel. Hillary Clinton is unstoppable!”

Watch:

Gaga was joined later by Jon Bon Jovi:

Lady Gaga & Jon Bon Jovi duet of Living on a Prayer pic.twitter.com/Q4ZUiKUPt1

— Elaina Athans (@AthansABC11) November 8, 2016

Clinton was joined by former President Bill Clinton and her daughter Chelsea at the packed event:

Meanwhile, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Donald Trump was finishing his campaign, critical of the celebrity star power that had come out for Clinton in recent days:

“We don’t need Jay Z or Beyonce,” Trump opened his remarks. “We don’t need Jon Bon Jovi. We don’t need Lady Gaga. All we need is great ideas to make America great again.”

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A Letter From the Frontlines of the Abortion Fight

Janet O’Sullivan is one of the founders of Ireland’s Abortion Rights Campaign, the group behind the annual March for Choice in Dublin. More than 20,000 people attended this year’s demonstration in September. Here is a recollection of O’Sullivan’s personal story, as told to Kay Cairns.

www.advocate.com/current-issue/2016/11/08/letter-frontlines-abortion-fight

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www.advocate.com/health/2016/11/07/un-chief-honored-bby-elton-john-aids-foundation-video

Anti-Trans Scare Campaign Targets West Virginia Candidate

Stephen Skinner is the latest victim of an anti-LGBT robocall.

www.advocate.com/election/2016/11/07/anti-trans-scare-campaign-targets-west-virginia-candidate

Philadelphia Rally, Find Your Polling Place, Snake on a Plane, Glenn Beck, Clouded Leopards, James Comey: HOT LINKS

WATCH LIVE. Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, LeBron James, JayZ, President Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, and Hillary Clinton to take stage at rally in Philly.

SAME. Swimming sloth searches for love.

MALE MODEL MONDAY. Christian Hogue.

NOT SO FAST. Hillary Clinton’s campaign issues cease and desist letter to Trump Super PACS that have ads saying she’s under investigation by the FBI (because she isn’t anymore): “These ads falsely claim Secretary Clinton is under investigation by the FBI,” Clinton general counsel Marc Elias writes in the letters, noting “the claim in these ads is provably false.”

ELECTION DAY. Do your civic duty and get out to VOTE tomorrow! Find out your polling place HERE and what time polls close in your state HERE.

ZERO CHILL. Snakes are in the news a lot today and in exclusively terrifying ways. Here’s one dropping from an overhead compartment on a plane.

Frightening moment on an Aeromexico flight when a large snake fell from overhead mid-flight. t.co/e6bXLFv9A4 pic.twitter.com/OHgCdeQSUW

— ABC News (@ABC) November 7, 2016

WAIT, WHAT? Glenn Beck actually making sense…: “…Beck — who once said that Obama has a ‘a deep-seated hatred for white people’ — says that the President has made him a better person. ‘I did a lot of freaking out about Barack Obama,’ the conservative pundit told the New Yorker in a recent interview. ‘Obama made me a better man.’ Beck said that he regrets calling Obama a racist and recognizes that it’s hard to relate to the experiences of African Americans. ‘There are things unique to the African-American experience that I cannot relate to,’ he told the New Yorker. ‘I had to listen to them.’ Beck praised Michelle Obama’s campaign speeches warning of the dangers of Donald Trump, specifically the first lady’s speech in New Hampshire blasting Trump over his vulgar comments on a now-notorious 2005 tape.”

IN HAPPIER ANIMAL NEWS. Clouded leopards are super important cats and they’re super cute.

COME RAIN OR SHINE. Hillary Clinton holds campaign rally in pouring rain in Miami over the weekend.

‘MASSIVE ACT OF EGO.’ Former McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt guts James Comey: “Schmidt liken[ed] the FBI to “some sort of secret police organization in a banana republi’” because agents had leaked information to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. ‘It’s shameful,’ he insisted. ‘This is not how we do politics in America!’”

MISTER MONDAY. Male model Derek Keeton.

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