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Punchlines: Hillary is crooked. Trump is a joke. Embrace it.


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If you're hoping our presidential candidates will turn over new leaves or show us their more presidential sides between now and Election Day, perhaps you should heed the advice that late-night comic Bill Maher has given Hillary Clinton in response to those who continue to call her a crook: Embrace it! We've got who we've got: one that the comics call a joke, and another that the GOP calls a liar.

But according to Maher, the Republicans have labeled Clinton far worse. At this point she's a combination of Lady Macbeth, Cruella Deville and Glenn Close from Fatal Attraction. Maher has come up with an entirely new nickname for her. Find out what it is in today's Punchlines, above.

And if you caught Donald Trump's recent speech on his plans to defeat the Islamic State, you'll appreciate the fact-checking from Trevor Noah and his correspondent Desi Lydic. Was he always against invading Iraq? Lydic explains.

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