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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Kamala Harris Broke Donald Trump — This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. — Last night in Philadelphia, Kamala Harris did to Donald Trump what Donald Trump had done to Joe Biden: She broke her opponent on a debate stage.
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Trump Demands ABC Be Shut Down for Daring to Fact Check Debate — SCORCHED EARTH — The former president went on ‘Fox & Friends’ to complain that he'd been treated unfairly. — Donald Trump called for ABC News to be shut down during a rant about the way he was treated by the network during …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
How Harris Roped a Dope — Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage. — Vice President Kamala Harris walked onto the ABC News debate stage with a mission: trigger a Trump meltdown. — She succeeded. — Former President Donald Trump had a mission too: control yourself.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
What More Do You People Want from Kamala Harris? — 1. The Philadelphia Massacre — Let's do this rundown style. — 1. Harris delivered the goods. You never know if a politician can play on the national stage until they do it. Sometimes a promising candidate pops. Sometimes they're Ron DeSantis.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How resounding was Kamala Harris's debate win? Let's look at the polls. — Early results show Harris won by a historically large margin. And Trump voters both acknowledged that and said it could impact their votes. — Vice President Kamala Harris turned in one of the more resounding debate performances …
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Arianna Coghill / Mother Jones:
Even Fox News Acknowledges Reality: Trump Blew the Debate — “Make no mistake about it: Trump had a bad night.” — As my colleague David Corn put it, Donald Trump lost the first presidential debate against Kamala Harris by simply being himself: He spent the night ranting, raving …
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David Mack / Slate:
If You Want to Know Who Won the Debate, Watch Fox News the Moment It Ended — Tuning in to Fox News following Tuesday's presidential debate, it was hard to describe the mood. Somber comes to mind—a little like you might find at a funeral, perhaps for a beloved cat consumed by a political boogeyman.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Debate Wrap Up: No One Has Ever So Thoroughly Dominated Donald Trump — I feel obligated to note at the top that you can win a debate and lose the election. Donald Trump isn't a momentary candidate. He has a big national political following that has remained loyal over almost a decade.
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Flash Poll: Majority of debate watchers say Harris outperformed Trump onstage — Registered voters who watched Tuesday's presidential debate broadly agree that Kamala Harris outperformed Donald Trump, according to a CNN poll of debate watchers conducted by SSRS.
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
This Was the Beginning of Donald Trump's Final Unraveling — Let's cut to the chase: “I have concepts of a plan” was the defining moment of this debate and is going to go down in presidential debate lore as one of the most pathetic lines in debate history. For the record, it was about health care …
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Kamala Harris dogwalks Trump — 🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent coverage. 🚨 — 🚀 Subscribe to Public Notice 🚀
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
The debate between Harris and Trump wasn't close — and 4 other takeaways — Well, that was different from the June 27 debate between President Biden and Donald Trump. — If that June debate was a five-alarm fire for Democrats that eventually forced Biden from the race …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump Media shares sink to new post-merger low after presidential debate … The share price of Trump Media plunged more than 10% on Wednesday, a day after majority shareholder Donald Trump gave a widely panned presidential debate performance against Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He's Doing … Donald Trump tried to sidestep giving a policy position on health care, and walked straight off a rhetorical cliff. — During the presidential debate Tuesday night, Trump struggled to answer a question about his health care plan …
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Kamala Harris, Protagonist
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Riley Hoffman / ABC News:
READ: Harris-Trump presidential debate transcript
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Maria Aspan / NPR:
Wall Street investors think Trump lost the debate, too
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New York Times:
How Taylor Swift Surprised Harris, and Entered a New Political Era
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Beginning of the End for Trump
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New York Times:
Pundits Said Harris Won the Debate. Undecided Voters Weren't So Sure.
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Trump Tanks in Election Betting Odds After Harris Debate
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Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
A look at Trump's ‘transgender operations on illegal aliens’ debate claim
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Reuters:
Some undecided voters not convinced by Harris after debate with Trump
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lets Harris Off the Debate Hook
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Lindsey Graham vents about Trump's debate performance: ‘A missed opportunity’
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Kamala Harris says she is a gun owner in presidential debate with Trump. Here's what she said
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
What Was He Even Talking About? — Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage.
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Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
More in overnight poll say Harris won debate
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump Had a Really, Really Bad Debate
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Doug Schoen / Fox News:
In the Trump-Harris faceoff there was a clear winner but don't believe this election is over
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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Unhinged Elon Musk Offers to Impregnate Taylor Swift — The father-of-12 offered his unlikely insight into the presidential debate after Swift endorsed Harris. — ‘NO GOING BACK’ — “Harris proved she's the best choice to lead our nation forward,” says the man she replaced as Democratic presidential nominee.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Taylor Swift endorses — and searches for voter registration jump
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Jessica Orozco / springfield-news-sun:
Aiden Clark's dad begs Springfield, politicians: Stop using son to hate Haitians — Boy was killed in 2023 school bus crash caused by Haitian immigrant; father says 'we can't even protect his memory when he's gone' — The father of the 11-year-old boy killed last year when a minivan driver struck …
Associated Press:
Election officials warn that widespread problems with the US mail system could disrupt voting — State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation's mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election …
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