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Tom Hanks bought reporters an espresso machine because 'those poor bastards need coffee'
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If there's anyone who needs coffee, Tom Hanks believes it's a White House press corps' reporter.*

He bought an espresso machine for the entire stable of White House reporters because "those poor bastards" need it, the actor said Friday on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.*

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Hanks did the same when George W. Bush and Barack Obama were president, but there are a few hints that this time, the espresso machine was purchased with a bit more meaning.

First, there was the **te he sent along with the machine. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/29/tom-hanks-espresso-white-house-press/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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