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The first presidential debate was very bad.

Here’s a summary that includes tech policy issues and also some of the most unhinged stuff we heard tonight.

Things mentioned:

China, tariffs, semiconductor chips, Charlottesville, the border, “space age materials,” the Green New Deal, environment, election “fraud,” opioids, Twitter(???), having sex with porn stars, Hunter Biden laptop, golf handicaps(??????)

Things not mentioned:

TikTok, Facebook, FISA warrantless surveillance, EVs, intellectual property, broadband policy, artificial intelligence (thank god!!!)

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