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Here are a bunch of uninformed thoughts and jokes about last night’s amazing presidential debate.

Therese Odell
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The tragedy is that they’re shooting them right before they’re going to eat them:

@pubity

Wait for the 2nd dog’s attempt 🥺🤣 #RoadTo15Million #Pubity (Jazmyne Hutchinson via ViralHog)

♬ original sound – Pubity

Let’s Talk About That Debate!

~EXHALE~

Ok, look. I know it’s irrational to have been worried about this debate just because the last Presidential debate went so catastrophically for a completely different candidate over 20 years older than the current candidate. But I went into that last debate FULLY CONFIDENT that President Joe Biden was going to mop the floor with Former President Convicted Felon … and we all know how that turned out.

But the truth is, Vice President Kamala Harris IS a different candidate. (And this is not to besmirch President Biden, whom I love and I think will be remembered by history as a brilliant leader who did such a great job of navigating this country out of precarious straits that we collectively forgot JUST HOW TERRIBLE SHIT WAS IN 2020) Vice President Harris is not just younger, and a woman, and person of color — all of which brings a certain amount of energy and excitement to the campaign — but more importantly, she’s a prosecutor and a former Senator who knows not just how to eviscerate a subject, but how to psychologically control them. I mean, did you see her question Bill Barr, Jeff Sessions, and Brett Kavanaugh while she was in the Senate? She destroyed those men, all of whom are a thousand times the intellectual superior to President Person Woman Man Camera TV. He simply never had a chance.

And it was a bloodbath. Vice President Harris began the debate with a power move, striding towards him to shake his hand and introduce herself, which he was clearly not expecting. Y’all. The way I yelled when she did this. I knew right then and there she was going to win this debate because she was going to be in his head.

And she was: she brought up his rallies and crowd size, and he lost it. She said that other nations’ leaders were laughing at him, and he lost it. She said that his former military leaders called him a “disgrace,” and he lost it. She said that 81 million Americans fired him, and he lost it. She made a number of other comments that he also screamed about, but these four, to me, were the most interesting, the most important, because she was going after him psychologically, going after his trigger points as a malignant narcissist: he can not stand to be laughed at, he can not stand to be called a loser, he can not stand to be shamed.

And she did all three which led him to spin completely out of control. As a result, he:

It was amazing. And it won’t change a single one of his voter’s minds.

But that’s OK. Hopefully, his performance meltdown combined with her calm explanation of her policies, plans, and vision for this country are enough to push some voters who previously might not have been inclined to vote, to make the effort come November, especially in the swing states. We can hope, right?

Oh, and kudos to David Muir and Linsey Davis for fact-checking the debate. DO YOU SEE, JAKE TAPPER AND DANA BASH? DO YOU SEE HOW IT IS DONE, YOU USELESS DOLTS?

Speaking of Nancy Pelosi, in my fantasy, I was watching that debate with Nancy, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, and every woman that man has sexually assaulted, harassed and insulted. In a way, I guess, I was.

Anyway, the memes. There are so many:

@kaf_ukulele

#debate #presidentialdebate #debate2024 #debatetrumpharris #election #trump #harris #donaldtrump #kamala #kamalaharris

♬ original sound – Kafu

@dalia53204

As an immigrant I can confirm. #kamala #debate

♬ original sound – andreas.elefteriadis

@amandahqtpie

#nurse #haldol #kamala #frontlineworker #kamala

♬ original sound – Amanda

AND THEN, WHILE THIS MAN WANDERED AROUND THE SPIN ROOM TRYING TO GET SOMEONE TO PAY ATTENTION TO HIM AND REFILL HIS NARCISSISTIC SUPPLY, TAYLOR “CHILDLESS CAT LADY” SWIFT CAME OUT AND ENDORSED KAMALA HARRIS.

👩🏻‍🍳💋

But we can not get complacent, my childless cat ladies and my fellow mothers who own dogs: it’s not enough to have an amazing debate, and it’s not enough to have the biggest pop star in the world in her ring — we have to vote Kamala into that White House. Please, register to vote, or check your registration, talk to your friends and family, and make a plan to vote. It’s not over yet.

And in conclusion, I hope you enjoyed last night, because it’s not going to happen again.

 

 
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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

Kudos to Dave Grohl’s team to drop this news hours before the debate. Well played, you monsters.

WILL SOMEONE PLEASE COME GET DEVIN STRADER AND MAKE HIM SIT DOWN? You are NOT doing yourself any favors, my guy.

Meanwhile, fellow Bachelorette contestant Jonathan is out here killing it. (And no, he was not asked to be the Bachelor, but I genuinely don’t understand that.)

This is what the internet is for: a long-form piece on Hurley and the Hot Pocket on Lost.

George R.R. Martin is a My Lady Jane fan. Which is great! But STOP WATCHING TV AND FINISH THE DAMN BOOK, GEORGE.

Colin Jost and Michael Che don’t want Lorne Michaels’ job (or DO they?).

Will Ferrell says that he would not do drag now, looking back at his performances of Janet Reno on SNL.

I binged The Perfect Couple the other day, and it was a fun little meringue of a show that becomes funnier and more unhinged as it goes along. I’m not going to fall all over myself to recommend it, but it’s not a bad rainy day binge. Decider has seven other series that you might enjoy if you liked The Perfect Couple, and it’s hard to argue with this list.

The “Trio” from Buffy the Vampire Slayer — incels before incels were a thing — had a little reunion, and Sarah Michelle Gellar approved, commenting: “Three people I adore.” Strong replied to her, “❤️U TOO!!!” 

LOL, some Selling Sunset star claimed to own a California town, Pioneertown, in a recent episode which was news to the residents of Pioneertown.

This is a wonderful piece about how Martin Short has become our Don Rickles and … just, right on the nose.

Netflix confirmed that Yerin Ha has been cast as Sophie in Bridgerton, and more interestingly, have revealed they have changed the character’s name from Sophie Beckett to Sophie Baek: “Sophie Baek has been forced to spend much of her life working as a maid for the most demanding employer in the ton. But the resourceful Sophie always finds a way to persevere through her circumstances — which will drastically change after she disguises herself to attend Violet Bridgerton’s masquerade ball and meets Benedict Bridgerton.”

Hey, they’re threatening to revive The Vampire Diaries via animation. It’s just talk at the moment, but watch out.

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

R.I.P.

Peter Renaday, Voiceover actor known best for being the original voice of Master Splinter on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Frankie Beverly, Soul singer and founder of the band Maze

John Cassaday, Comic artist

WATCH THIS

A Closer Look With Seth Meyers: Primetime Live Election Special: Seth Meyers does the “A Closer Look” thing about the Presidential debate in Prime Time. 9 p.m., NBC

The MTV VMAs: Houston hottie Megan Thee Stallion hosts. 7 p.m., MTV

The Circle: Season seven premiere. Netflix

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