Jon, Jon, Tommy, and Dan break down what will hopefully be the last presidential debate ever to include Donald Trump.

Show Notes

The Debate

• Rev: Donald Trump & Joe Biden Final Presidential Debate Transcript 2020
• NYT: Trump tries to rattle Biden, who responds with a disciplined performance.
• AP: Analysis: Debate is brief interlude of normalcy in 2020 race
• WaPo: Final Biden-Trump meeting covers coronavirus, race, climate change
• CNN: Fact check: Toned-down Trump continues his onslaught of falsehoods
• NYT: Fact-Checking the Final Presidential Debate 
• Vox: 4 winners and 5 losers from the last Biden-Trump debate 
• NYMag: Highlights From the Final Trump-Biden Debate 
• Politico: Trump, Biden get their do-over: Key moments from the final debate
• WaPo: 4 takeaways from the final 2020 presidential debate
• LA Times: Key takeaways from the second and final Trump-Biden debate 
• WaPo- Opinions: The last debate is the final straw 
• WaPo- Opinions: The only thing worse for Trump than an unwatchable debate is a watchable one 
• NYT: Biden calls Trump ‘one of the most racist presidents we’ve had in modern history.’ 
• NYT: NBC’s Kristen Welker Manages to Keep Order at Final Debate
• WaPo: The mute button was a godsend. It also amplified the candidates’ differences
• NY Mag: Could’ve Used More Mute Button
• NY Mag: The Debate Guardrails Were a Gift for Trump
• WaPo: Second Trump-Biden debate has fewer interruptions but more counterpunches
• Vox: In the final debate, Trump interrupted twice as much as Bide
• Politico: Trump comes out strong. But is it too late?
• NY Mag: ‘Grand Slam’: GOP Insiders Texted Me Their Honest Feelings About the Final Debate
• WaPo: 5 takeaways from the final 2020 presidential debate
• NY Mag – Trump Started the Debate Disciplined, Then Lapsed Into Being Himself
• NYT: A Mandate to Be Less Like Himself? It Can Be Said That Trump Tried
• Atlantic: Trump Doesn’t Care
• WaPo: Trump did what he came to do in Nashville, but Biden was ready for what came at him

Robust Substance

• Vox: Trump on Covid-19: “I take full responsibility.”It’s not my fault.”
• BuzzFeedNews: “We’re learning to live with it”: Trump Dismissed the Virus That’s Killed 220,000 Americans and Put Him in the Hospital 
• MotherJones: People Are Still Dying. Trump Is Still Lying 
• Vox: “It just went away”: Trump used his son’s positive Covid-19 test to downplay the pandemic
• Guardian: Biden mauls Trump’s record on coronavirus in final presidential debate
• NBC: Dialed down, Biden, Trump clash over Covid-19 response, fracking in final debate
• Reuters: COVID-19 surges across U.S. as some hospitals stretched
• NYT: Trump tries to rattle Biden, who responds with a disciplined performance.
• NYT: Trump lashes out over Hunter Biden. Biden hits back, calling Giuliani ‘a Russian pawn.’
• Daily Beast: Biden Hits Back Against Trump’s ‘But His Emails’ Attack: ‘The Guy Who Got in Trouble in Ukraine Was This Guy’
• ABC News: For Trump and Biden, debate fuels allegations of improper family foreign deals
• USA Today: ‘Nothing was unethical’: Joe Biden defends Hunter Biden under pressure from Trump in debate
• Vox: There’s only one presidential candidate who we know accepts money from foreign sources
• Politico: Hunter Biden, Rudy Giuliani and the ‘hard drive from hell’
• NBC News: Trump heads into final debate with little formal prep, expects to focus on Hunter Biden, China
• WaPo: Trump campaign trots out former business associate of Hunter Biden ahead of debate
• WaPo: We’ve reached the Tony Bobulinski stage of the campaign
• Vanity Fair: TRUMP’S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SURPRISE: INVITING A HUNTER BIDEN ASSOCIATE NO ONE’S EVER HEARD OF OR CARES ABOUT
• Vox: Mysterious emails and convenient leaks: The Trump campaign’s Hunter Biden attacks, explained
• WSJ: Hunter Biden’s Ex-Business Partner Alleges Father Knew About Venture
• Daily Beast: Wall Street Journal’s News Side Releases A Piece Debunking Opinion Side’s Hunter Biden Screed
• Politico: Trump, Biden clash over what raising minimum wage means for small businesses 
• Vox: Trump’s disappearing populism was on full display at Thursday’s debate 
• The Atlantic: Biden Seizes Trump’s Populist Mantle
• NYT: Biden calls Trump ‘one of the most racist presidents we’ve had in modern history.’ 
• Vox: No, Trump hasn’t been the best president for Black America since Lincoln
• NYT: Asked about the environment and race, Trump did not mention the environment or race. 
• Vox: No, Trump hasn’t been the best president for Black America since Lincoln
• NYT: Asked about the environment and race, Trump did not mention the environment or race. 
• Vox: Trump on COVID-19: “I take full responsibility. It’s not my fault.”
• Politico: Trump, Biden clash over what raising minimum wage means for small businesses 
• Politico: Biden wants to transition from the oil industry
• Axios: Trump claims COVID “will go away,” Biden calls his response disqualifying
• DailyBeast: Trump Knows ‘More About Wind’ Than Biden, Says Windmills ‘Kill All the Birds’ 
• The Hill: Trump falsely claims Green New Deal calls for ‘tiny little windows’ 
• AP: Biden calls for ‘transition’ from oil, GOP sees opening
• Bloomberg: Trump Seizes On Biden Oil Comment to Warn Swing State Voters
• Axios: Climate change goes mainstream in presidential debate 
• TIME: Joe Biden Said He Wants to ‘Transition From the Oil Industry.’ That Shouldn’t Be a Surprise 
• NYT: Asked about the environment and race, Trump did not mention the environment or race. 
• Politico: Biden wants to transition from the oil industry
• WaPo: Biden vows to move U.S. off oil to tackle climate change as Trump attacks the plan’s cost, economic impact 
• The Guardian: Aggressive push to 100% renewable energy could save Americans billions- study
• Pew: How important is climate change to voters in the 2020 election?
• The Guardian: A second Trump term would be ‘game over’ for the climate, says top scientist
• CNBC: How Biden’s $1.7 trillion climate plan would change America after Trump’s Big Oil presidency
• Politico: The Hidden, Eat-Your-Vegetables Side of Biden’s Climate Policy

Takeaways

• Political Polls tweet
• CNN Poll: Biden wins final presidential debate 
• CNN: What Republican internal polling can actually tell us
• NYT: In their closing statements, Trump attacks Biden while Biden offers a vision for the country. 
• YouGov: Viewers say Joe Biden won the final presidential debate 
• FiveThirtyEight: Where The Presidential Race Stands Before The Last Debate 
• Politico: Biden’s big lead: A field guide to the swing-state polls
• NYT: A slight tightening but a big Biden lead before the debate .A clear picture emerges.
• Vox: The fight is for democracy
• WaPo: The U.S. has hit 100% of total 2016 early voting 
• Vox: Obama delivers a blistering critique of Trump in his first stump speech of the 2020 cycle
• The Atlantic: The Case Against Donald Trump