Top 5 Political Sci-Fi Marketing Campaigns

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Top 5 Political Sci-Fi Marketing Campaigns
Science fiction shows and films are utilizing real life to sell their stories. Here are the most clever campaigns.
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Top 5 Political Sci-Fi Marketing Campaigns

Science fiction shows and films are utilizing real life to sell their stories. Here are the most clever campaigns.

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Behind the White House appearance that shocked even the aides in Donald Trump's inner circle.

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“This is an example of successful public health,” Dr. Jonathan Mermin, who led the CDC’s National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, told The Advocate.

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Top 5 Political Sci-Fi Marketing Campaigns

Science fiction shows and films are utilizing real life to sell their stories. Here are the most clever campaigns.

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After sexual assault revelations surfaced, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and California Rep. Robert Garcia are calling for their colleague in Congress to exit the race.

Behind the White House appearance that shocked even the aides in Donald Trump's inner circle.

“This is an example of successful public health,” Dr. Jonathan Mermin, who led the CDC’s National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, told The Advocate.

The Minneapolis City Council voted 12-0 to explore licensing facilities and ending a prohibition on adult sex venues in place since 1988.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

More For You

Most Popular

The hard to watch video shows a man brutally beating a woman to death with a hammer.

After months of secrecy, the Trump administration must turn over body-camera footage, witness interviews, and investigative files tied to the Minneapolis killing.

Mississippi lawmakers approved a bill that would prevent most transgender residents from changing the sex marker on new driver’s licenses, sending the measure to Gov. Tate Reeves for his signature.

If state Sen. John Cavanaugh wins a House race, it could give Republicans an anti-LGBTQ+ opening.

Cameryn Lovett says she was responding to a student’s anti-gay remarks when the district gave her an ultimatum.

A newly released archive of vintage photos offers an intimate look into the radical queer activism of 1980s and '90s New York.