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Trump/Biden 2020 Presidential Debate #2 Discussion Thread
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Info from The Washington Post:
Location: Belmont University in Nashville
Moderator: Kristen Welker, NBC News White House correspondent and co-anchor of “Weekend Today”
Details: The debate will be 90 minutes long and have no commercial breaks. It will be divided into six 15-minute segments that the moderator has chosen. They are: fighting covid-19, American families, race in America, climate change, national security and leadership.
Trump’s campaign has criticized the topics, saying they thought this was supposed to be a foreign policy debate. The head of the Commission on Presidential Debates said that’s not true.
Trump has criticized the moderator, Welker, as being biased, as he has other moderators. The commission and even a Fox News host have defended Welker’s integrity.
The commission also announced days before the debate that in light of Trump’s frequent interruptions during the first one, it will silence the microphone of the candidate who is not speaking during the two-minute opening segment for each candidate. After each candidate has two minutes, there will be an open discussion where both microphones will be on, but the commission urged civility in a statement: “It is the hope of the Commission that the candidates will be respectful of each other’s time.” The Trump campaign said it still will participate, despite the president criticizing a potential virtual debate as a forum where it would be too easy to silence his microphone.
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers 'used torture to make Africans sign own deportation orders'
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The real divide in America is between political junkies and everyone else
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How prepared are these seven battlegrounds for the election? A readiness report
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Thai police crack down on protesters, PM refuses to resign
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Vote safely: How to find a trustworthy election ballot drop-off location
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Behind in polls, Republicans see a silver lining in voter registrations
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Danish mayor Frank Jensen quits amid sexual harassment allegations – Social Democrat has apologized for his behaviour, saying he did not want to stand in the way of progress
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Inside the Republican plot for permanent minority rule
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Trump & Biden 2020 US Presidential Town Halls Discussion Thread
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Watch Trump's Town Hall on YouTube
Begins approximately ~2 hours from the time of this posting. Runs for one hour.
Watch Biden's Town Hall on YouTube
Begins approximately ~2 hours from the time of this posting. Runs for an hour and a half
More information from CNN.
In case you're wondering why there are two separate town halls happening instead of Debate #2 tonight, @3d12 has the recap here.
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One year since the Turkish invasion of Rojava: An interview with Tekoşîna Anarşîst
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Sweden will increase military spending by around 40% in the next five years and double the number of people conscripted into the army amid growing tensions with Russia
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What retiree phone-bankers taught me about loving work
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A libertarian walks into a bear: The utopian plot to liberate an American town (and some bears)
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Details emerge of new right-wing coup plot in Bolivia
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As states prepared mail-in ballots, US Postal Service failed to update at least 1.8 million addresses
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Evangelicals are surprised and angered by Brazilian President Bolsonaro's Supreme Court pick, Kassio Nunes
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Norway grants asylum to man claiming persecution by Polish government – Rafał Gaweł's prison sentence for fraud was retaliation by rightwing regime, Norway says
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What are some good resources for California voters?
Most California voters received their ballots this week, and as usual there are a bunch of propositions to vote on that we’ve barely heard of because nearly all election discussion is about...
Most California voters received their ballots this week, and as usual there are a bunch of propositions to vote on that we’ve barely heard of because nearly all election discussion is about national issues. So, what are you using to study up?
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FBI busts militia 'plot' to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
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Protests and power
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Mike Pence/Kamala Harris 2020 US Vice Presidential Debate - Discussion thread
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Debate starts ~90 minutes from the time of this posting.
Info from The Washington Post:
Location: The University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
Moderator: Susan Page, Washington bureau chief, USA Today
Details: The debate will be 90 minutes long and have no commercial breaks. It will be divided into nine segments of 10 minutes each that the moderator gets to choose.
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How private militias/mercenaries are reshaping the battlefields
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Trump/Biden 2020 Presidential Debate #1 Discussion Thread
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Info from The Washington Post:
Location: Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. (This was originally scheduled to be held at the University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame withdrew, saying the fact that it would have to limit student attendance and volunteer opportunities because of the pandemic erased the reason to host a debate at the university.)
Moderator: Chris Wallace, anchor of “Fox News Sunday”
Details: The debate will be 90 minutes long and have no commercial breaks. There will be no opening statements. Wallace will dive right in with the first question to Trump. It will be divided into six 15-minute segments that Wallace has chosen. They are:
- the Trump and Biden records
- the Supreme Court
- the coronavirus pandemic
- the economy
- race and violence in cities
- the integrity of the election
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Azerbaijan announces military mobilization amid clashes with Armenia
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AfD official fired after saying migrants ‘could be shot or gassed’, German media reports
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Notes about Nagorno-Karabakh by Martin Sonneborn, EU parlamentarian and satirist
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Data leak reveals Donald Trump campaign strategy to deter millions of Black Americans from voting in 2016
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US Postal Service workers quietly resist Louis DeJoy’s changes with eye on election
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US President Donald Trump’s taxes show chronic losses and years of income tax avoidance
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The United States is not entitled to lead the world
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US Postal Service Louis DeJoy tells judge mail-sorting machines can’t be reassembled
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Is the UK moving towards government by decree?
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He fought wildfires while imprisoned. California reported him to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation.
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FiveThirtyEight Senate forecast
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How the Beirut explosion was a government failure
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Politics is an American industry
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On the rudeness of mobs
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In Georgia’s chaotic primary, as many as 1,000 voters may have cast ballots by mail and in person, secretary of state says
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Who gets to vote in Florida?
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Trump eliminates federal anti-racism training, calling it “a sickness”
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The path to autocracy; A second Trump term will leave America’s political system and culture looking even more like Orbán’s Hungary
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We don’t know how to warn you any harder. America is dying.
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Donald Trump administration announces nationwide US eviction moratorium through end of the year
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Ailing Abe quits as Japan PM as COVID-19 slams economy, key goals unmet
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Steve Bannon arrested and charged with fraud related to "We Build the Wall" crowdfunding campaign
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That US Air Force B-52 flying over the Black Sea was bait for the Russians
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Europe's young not so woke? Generational divisions in European countries seem less pronounced and young people seem to be less consistently aligned with the left than expected
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Violence erupts in Malmö after anti-Muslim activity – right-wing extremists had burned a copy of the Quran and a Danish politician was barred from entering the country
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