Images celebrating the president’s comments on white supremacy spread with particular speed on conservative channels on social media sites such as Parler and Telegram.
Analysis
Reliable polls show that Biden won the debate — so those aren’t what Trump’s allies are highlighting
The data also suggests that not many minds were changed.
In clips of the debate, the Japanese interpreters can be heard repeatedly talking over one another — as well as over the three Americans duking it out in Cleveland. Viewers who heard six voices simultaneously could be forgiven for changing the channel.
The TakeAnalysis
This has been called the most important election in generations — some say in the life of the country. But that’s not what people saw when they tuned in. Collectively, this was not a night when the country could claim victory. Instead, it was quite the opposite.
Critic's Notebook
Years from now, we’ll rank this disruptive non-debate alongside terrorist attacks for TV that made us despair.
The word literally and seriously means “God willing” in Arabic. But as in Biden's delivery, it can also take on a sharply sarcastic tone.
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Judge Amy Coney Barrett submitted her 69-page nominee questionnaire – which describes her most monumental cases, financial information, work history, public writings and details of her selection process — Tuesday evening. She also met with nine Republican senators.
Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese quickly took to Twitter on Tuesday night to forcefully deny any affinity for the president.
Late-night comics grappled to make sense of the hostile and caustic spectacle of President Trump repeatedly heckling and interrupting former vice president Joe Biden.
In SightPerspective
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Labour lawmakers called the suggestion "heartless" and "inhumane."
Foreign observers tended to see Tuesday's debate as a broader depiction of the state of U.S. politics.
Renowned Brazilian chef Dudu Mesquita recovered from covid-19, but his senses of taste and smell remain impaired. Now he must relearn how to cook.
Voraciously
The entire function of the business lunch is to meet face-to-face in a relaxed setting. That need won't go away.
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