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If youre a Trump supporter, you might see the Patriots stunning come-from-behind Superbowl victory as a miracle of hard work and perserverance. If youre a Hillary supporter you might see it as the Falcons simply choking hard in the last quarterof the game.

Such are the days where everything, even the Superbowl, is bogged down in tedious political commentary, especially as Trump is close friends with the Patriots top brass.

As Falcons are the biggest chokers of 2017, they are unsurprisingly being compared to the biggest choker of 2016, Hillary Clinton. In both cases prognosticators gave themchances of winning north of 90 percent, which they completely blew in their own hubris.

Now people on the internet are firing up photoshop to make the connection stick.

Some on Reddit are already blaming the Falcons defeat, not on the fact they could barelyscore points in the second half, but on the Russians, of course. Jill Stein needs to step in and demand a score recount.

Even many prominent liberals were acting the same smug way they did on election night until they started melting down and covering their tracks.

So like everything in American life right now, the Superbowl isa direct analogy of presidential politics. And like after the real election its another win for Trump.

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The Atlanta Falcons are now the Hillary Clinton of Football - Heat Street

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Senators who supportBetsy DeVos foreducation secretary are supporting the resegregation of schools, according to Felicia Wong, a Clinton ally and president of the Roosevelt Institute.

As noted by Politico, the Roosevelt Institute a liberal nonprofit was hunting for hundreds of candidates to fill government roles in a Clinton administration and Wong was in direct contact with members of the transition team and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta back when Clinton was expected to win the presidency.

Now, Wong is leading the charge against DeVos, Trumps nominee for education secretary. In a column for CNN on Monday Wong argued that DeVoss support for school choice which proponents argue helps minority students by allowing them to attend otherwise unaffordable private schools is akin to supporting resegregation of schools.

Wong claims that so much of the current movement in favor of school choice and religious education carries the stain of racial animosity, even in dog-whistle form. School choice, she claims is about the kind of freedom associated with the flight away from integration and toward racial isolation. According to Wong, DeVoss support for school choice means shewould be a Secretary of Education associated with a more exclusive and racially exclusionary vision.

Wongs article leaves out the fact that Hillary Clinton used to support charter schools. The Wall Street Journal editorial board argued last July that Clintons flip-flop on charter schools wasapolitical forfeit to powerful teachers unions.

We remember when Mrs. Clinton wasnt so easily intimidated by unions, the WSJ charged.

Bill Clintons grant program took the movement from a few schools to thousands. In Mrs. Clintons 1996 memoir, It Takes a Village, she wrote that she favored promoting choice among public schools, much as the Presidents Charter Schools Initiative encourages. And heres Mrs. Clinton in 1998: The President believes, as I do, that charter schools are a way of bringing teachers and parents and communities together.'

The WSJ editors noted that Mrs. Clintons switcheroo follows the pro-union turn of the Democratic Party platform. This years original draft was at least mildly pro-reform, but the final version opposes using test scores to evaluate teachers, encourages parents to opt out of testing for their kids, and endorses multiple restrictions on charters that would make them much less effective.

They concluded: In this election year of bad policy choices, the Democratic retreat from school choice and accountability is the most dispiriting.

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Clinton Ally Says School Choice Which Hillary Supported As First Lady Means Resegregation Of Schools - Daily Caller

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Stanford Study Finds Fake News Didn't Tip Election Against Clinton Observer Fake news has been frequently cited as the reason for Hillary Clinton's presidential election loss to Donald Trump. Indeed, the sensationalism surrounding the term has provoked other fake or misleading news articles to promote this post-election narrative.

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Stanford Study Finds Fake News Didn't Tip Election Against Clinton - Observer

Hillary Clinton has declared that "the future is female" and applaudedlast month's women's marches inthe first video statement she's made since Donald Trump's inauguration.

The former Secretary of State spoke of the need for "strong women to step up and speak out" and applauded those who did so over the inauguration weekend.

"Just look at the amazing energy we saw last month as women organised a march that galvanised millions of people all over our country and across the world," Clinton said in the video, which was created for the 2017 MAKERS conference.

The MAKERS is a storytelling platform that promotes and celebrates women. This year,its conference has the theme "be bold," and includes speakers such as Patricia Arquette, Sophia Bush, Gloria Steinem and Sheryl Sandberg among other excellent women. Topics covered will include "changing perspectives" and "a bold you."

In her video message Clinton took the opportunity to encourage others to help shape the world to be better -for women now and future generations.

"We need you to dare greatly and lead boldly. So please, set an example for every women and girl out there who's worried about what the future holds and wonders whether our rights, opportunities and values will endure."

She also echoed her famous Children's Defense Fund Gala speech, saying, "And remember, you are the heroes and history makers, the glass ceiling breakers of the future. As I've said before, I'll say again, never doubt you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and every opportunity in the world."

Clinton has shown her support for women since conceding to Donald Trump in the presidential race in other ways too. Last month she tweeted this message in solidarity with those involved in the Women's Marches.

And she added her voice to the condemnation of Donald Trump's travel ban.

Meanwhile yesterday Clinton voiced her approval of Lady Gaga's performance at the Super Bowl.

Earlier this month it was announced that Clinton is working on a book of personal essays and her favourite quotes.

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Hillary Clinton applauds the Women's Marches, declares 'the future is female' - The Age

Ruline Steininger, the centenarian Hillary Clinton supporter who had said she was"going to live until [Clinton's] elected", has died aged 103.

The Iowa woman, who was born in 1913, seven years before women in the US were legally able to vote, passed away on January 31, her daughter-in-law told CNN.

"She had a long and productive life and did much to inspire many women, young and old," Karen Steininger told the news outlet. "One of my favourite things that she said, as my husband was telling her about the Women's March here in Des Moines, was to please send Hillary a note after her death and to let her know that she'll still be fighting. An activist even after she's gone."

Steininger voted for Clinton at an early voting location in Iowa on September 29, and met with the Democratic candidate afterwards.

"I'm not taking any chance and leaving it 'til the election," Steininger told Clinton at the time."When you're 103, you make every minute count."

"And you have made every minute of all those years count," Clinton replied.

She featured in one of Clinton's campaign videos, in which she said she the election of her country's first female head of state would "let little girls know that they can be anything they want to be in this country", remarking that when she was in high school women could only choose between being a high school teacher or a nurse.

Clinton responded to the news on Thursday, tweeting Steininger's campaign video alongside a message of condolence for her family.

"At 103, Ruline Steininger had an energy [and]vibrancy all should aspire to," Clinton wrote."My thoughts & prayers are [with]her family."

In February 2016, then aged 102, Ruline Steininger first made headlines when CNN reported she had caucused for Clinton in Iowa

"I've got a big job ahead of me ... I've got to live," she told the news outlet at the time. "After that, okay, I can die if I want to, but I'm going to live until she's elected."

Clinton responded to her story on Twitter, saying that her support meant "the world".

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Ruline Steininger, the 103-year-old Hillary Clinton supporter, has died - The Sydney Morning Herald