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ICYMI: Petition Calls For Obama To Run As Next President Of France
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- Looks like we're not the only ones who miss Obama. Some French dudes have come up with a petition that pleads with Obama to run for the French presidency. They said they came up with the idea "after a drink."
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- Awful news. A woman from El Salvador was in Texas, awaiting surgery for a brain tumor, when she was moved to a detention center by federal agents.
- The pope says it's better to be an atheist than a hypocritical Catholic.
- Here's a NYC spoof on La La Land (what took them so long?):
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