After what he called 'the thumpin', ' the president showed he got the voters' message on Iraq: 'I recognize that many Americans voted last night to register their displeasure with the lack of progress being made there.

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Melanie Amaro's thumpin' dance version of Adele's "Someone Like You" (help, I'm dying inside) featured the "American Horror Story" crossover none of us ever expected: Dozens of black-suited Rubber Men dancing robotically around her as she angrily belted out sad and pensive lyrics for...oh, I don't know, maybe 45 seconds?

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