#EndorseThis: The Censored Superbowl Ad That Went Superviral

#EndorseThis: The Censored Superbowl Ad That Went Superviral

Here is the complete Superbowl ad that crashed the website of 84 Lumber — the largest family-owned building supply outfit in America — on Sunday night as viewers sought to view it in full. The story of a Mexican immigrant and her daughter, it is beautifully made, courageous, and poignant. But its speech was a little too free for the advertising censors at Fox Television, which forced them to air a cut version.

If you need building materials, you’d better buy from 84 Lumber, a company that understands what this country means.

 

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North Carolina GOP's Extremist Nominees Excite Democratic Strategists

Michele Morrow

In 2020, Joe Biden narrowly missed capturing North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes, losing the state by a slim 1.4-percentage-point margin. But that was nearly four years ago. Before the Dobbs decision. Before Donald Trump’s 91 felony indictments. And before last week, when the state’s GOP voters nominated a guy who favorably quotes Hitler, has compared LGBTQ+ people to insects and larvae, and thinks a six-week abortion ban isn’t quite extreme enough for governor. Tar Heel State Republicans also nominated another extremist, Michele Morrow, for superintendent of the state’s schools.

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