"Shitshow", "disaster", "disgrace" - just some of the words used to describe the first 2020 U.S. Presidential Debate between President Trump and Former Vice President Biden. Despite this, there are some policy issues worthy of discussion. 

Who's saying what? Who's making credible arguments? And who's full of shit?

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References:

• ‘Amy Coney Barrett: Trump nominates conservative favourite for Supreme Court’, BBC.
• ‘Supreme Court Justices Split Along Unexpected Lines In 3 Cases’, Nina Tontenberg,NPR.
• ‘What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now’, Ron Elving, NPR.
• ‘A Long List of GOP Senators Who Promised Not to Confirm a Supreme Court Nominee During an Election Year’, Tim Murphy, Mother Jones.
• ‘Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Will Lead to a More Divided Supreme Court’, Oliver Gladfelter, The Data Face.
• ‘How Trump’s Prescription Drug Executive Orders Reduce Costs For Seniors & Taxpayers’, Avik Roy, Forbes.
• ‘If Trump wins, 20 million people could lose health insurance. If Biden wins, 25 million could gain it.’, Dylan Scott, Vox.
• ‘Closer Look: Trump, Biden Plans on Health Care’, Nick Tate, Web MD.
• ‘President Donald J. Trump Is Implementing His America First Healthcare Agenda’, White House.
• ‘Trump’s Executive Orders on Prescription Drugs’, Lori Robertson, FactCheck.org.
• ‘Opinion: Trump’s executive order on health care is no replacement for Obamacare — here’s why’, Simon F. header, MarketWatch.
• ‘Comparing the Economic Plans of Trump and Biden’, Deborah D’Souza, Investopedia.
• ‘The Real Problem Behind The $26.8 Trillion U.S. National Debt’, Seeking Alpha.
  United States Government Debt to GDP, Trading Economics.
• ‘US National Debt by Year Compared to GDP and Major Events’, Kimberly Amadeo & Michael J Boyle, The Balance.
• ‘How the Coronavirus Bailout Repeats 2008’s Mistakes: Huge Corporate Payoffs With Little Accountability’, Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica.
• ‘The Anatomy of the $2 Trillion COVID-19 Stimulus Bill’, Nick Routley, Visual Capitalist. 
• ‘How the world’s greatest financial experiment enriched the rich’, Christopher Thompson, NewStatesman.
• ‘The ballooning money supply may be the key to unlocking inflation in the U.S.’, Thomas Franck, CNBC.
• ‘The controversial 1994 crime law that Joe Biden helped write, explained’, German Lopez, Vox.
• ‘Biden vs. Trump: Who’s the Actual Criminal Justice Reformer?, Politico.
• ‘Is Critical Race Theory racist?, Helen Pluckrose, Unherd.
• ‘Proud Boys chairman condemns white supremacists, says Trump’s message of ‘stand by’ wasn’t call to action’, Amy Viteri, Local10.
• ‘The Trump administration already made huge refugee cuts. It’s making more.’, Nicole Narea, Vox.
• ‘Travel Ban Updates: Temporary Ban of Foreign Nationals Traveling From Mainland China Per Novel Coronavirus Outbreak; Additional Countries Added To Travel Ban 3.0’, National Law Review.
• ‘Trump dismantles environmental protections under cover of coronavirus’, Emily Holden, The Guardian.
• ‘What Joe Biden was trying to say about the Green New Deal’, David Roberts, Vox.
  Joebiden.com
• ‘The year of mail-in voting: Why this year’s U.S. election could take weeks to decide’, Emerald Bensadoun, Global News.
• ‘US election: Do postal ballots lead to voting fraud?’, BBC.
• ‘EAVS DEEP DIVE: EARLY, ABSENTEE AND MAIL VOTING’, White Paper, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate