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debates 7/24/2018

Sommeliers Are Obsessed With Natural Wine. But Does It Actually Taste Good?It’s weird, funky, even dirty — and hotly debated in the wine world.

By Maureen O'Connor and Maureen O’Connor

3/21/2018

Love, Simon? Don’t Love, Simon?: A Debate on the Little Gay Movie That CouldMatt Rogers and Bowen Yang weigh in on the Queer Twitter Drama surrounding the queer romantic comedy-drama.

By Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers

2/21/2018

Queer Eye on Queer Eye: The Case For and Against Antoni PorowskiMatt Rogers and Bowen Yang weigh in on the single issue threatening to destroy the queer community.

By Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

11/27/2017

Do I Need to See The Room Before I See The Disaster Artist?We argue both sides.

By Jada Yuan and Kyle Buchanan

8/2/2017

Democrats Could Have a 2020 Presidential Field As Large As an Iowa CornfieldSanders, Biden, or Warren may run in 2020 and clear the field of pretenders. If not, Democrats could have the kind of field the GOP sported in 2016.

By Ed Kilgore

7/20/2017

Why Did Mitch McConnell Fail, and What’s Next for Health Care?A former staffer for now-retired Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on the Trumpcare debacle.

By Lily Carollo

debates 12/19/2016

Damien Chazelle on La La Land’s Jazz Nostalgia“You want to extend a tradition, not just repeat it.”

By David Marchese

10/26/2016

Seth Meyers Moderates the Final Presidential Debate on ‘Late Night’It turns out that last week’s third presidential debate in Las Vegas wasn’t the final debate after all – the real final debate took place on […]

By Megh Wright

10/26/2016

Seth Meyers Moderates His Own Election DebateThe only debate where you’ll learn Trump’s stance on the Hokey Pokey.

By Tolly Wright

last night on late night 10/23/2016

Watch Trump, Clinton Debate on SNL One Last Time“I have personally met with the Mexican president. I forget his name, I think it was something like Mr. Guacamole. I’m sorry, excuse me, Señor Guacamole.”

By Devon Ivie

10/21/2016

The Republican Party Owns Trump’s Actions on Election DayThe Republicans who are separating themselves from the candidate are far too late.

By Frank Rich

10/19/2016

Candidates Debate Constitution, Until Trump Says He Might Just Blow It UpThe GOP candidate sounded reasonable for a bit. Then he said something crazy.

By Ed Kilgore

10/19/2016

Clinton and Trump to Debate SCOTUSIn a rare debate segment devoted to SCOTUS, there will be pitfalls for both candidates, and a chance to explain vast differences in philosophy.

By Ed Kilgore

10/15/2016

Trump Suggests Clinton Was on Drugs at DebateAt this point, Trump may spend the rest of the campaign “just asking questions.”

By Chas Danner

10/12/2016

Trump on Commission for Presidential Debates: “I’m Done”He’s planning to participate in the third debate, though. For now.

By Adam K. Raymond

last night on late night 10/11/2016

Colbert Does His Late Show Monologue From Home“I don’t think that’s what Donald Trump’s advisers meant when they told him to reach out to women.”

By Tolly Wright

10/7/2016

Even if Hillary Has a Bad Night on Sunday, It Probably Won’t Hurt Her MuchSecond debates don’t usually have a big impact, and the number of persuadable voters is steadily declining.

By Ed Kilgore

9/29/2016

Many Civic-minded Masturbators Took a Break From Porn to Watch Monday’s DebatePornHub saw a 16 percent drop in its usual Monday-night traffic during the first presidential debate.

By Eric Levitz

9/28/2016

Trump Asks Supporters to Tell Him to Attack Hillary MoreIn a very interesting survey he’s sending to backers, the GOP nominee is bringing up many of the lines he failed to use in the first debate.

By Ed Kilgore

presidential debates 9/27/2016

Leslie Jones Live-Tweeted the Presidential Debate: ‘It’s Like a Nightmare!!’“I feel like he is not listening at all.”

By Nate Jones

9/26/2016

Did Trump Just Admit He Doesn’t Pay Any Taxes?At Monday’s debate, Trump suggested that, if he paid taxes, it “would be squandered.”

By Eric Levitz

9/26/2016

Tonight’s Debate Audience Will Be Huge, But Not Like 1960 — or 1980Over half of the voting-age population watched Reagan-Carter, and three in five watched Kennedy-Nixon.

By Ed Kilgore

9/26/2016

Clinton’s Lead Is Fragile Going Into the First DebateShe still has some advantages, but a significant and stable lead in the polls is not presently among them.

By Ed Kilgore

9/25/2016

These Are the Lessons to Take — and Not to Take — From the First Debate in 2012Trump shares at least one key advantage that Romney also enjoyed in his commanding win over Obama.

By Ed Kilgore

roundup 9/25/2016

How Will Voters Separate Fact From Fiction at the Debates?This campaign is not like the others. Will the debate moderators adapt?

By Chas Danner

today in donald trump 9/25/2016

Mike Pence Says Trump Will Not Bring Gennifer Flowers to DebateTrump had suggested he’d invite Bill Clinton’s former mistress in retaliation for the Clinton campaign inviting Mark Cuban.

By Chas Danner

9/21/2016

Which Trump Will Show Up for Monday’s Debate?Clinton’s debate prep is immensely complicated by uncertainty about the tack her crafty and volatile opponent will take.

By Ed Kilgore

9/20/2016

Clinton Likely to Be the Aggressor in the First DebateHRC needs to wake up un-energetic Democrats and minor-party voters who think there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between Trump and Clinton.

By Ed Kilgore

the national interest 9/16/2016

Donald Trump Is Winning SeptemberThe debates are Hillary Clinton’s last chance to un-normalize him.

By Jonathan Chait

9/2/2016

Here Are Your Referees for the Trump-Clinton DebatesNBC’s Lester Holt will host round one.

By Eric Levitz

8/30/2016

Donald Trump Can’t Be Bothered to Prepare for the DebatesClinton plans to study her opponent and perform in a series of mock debates. Trump is chatting about politics with his friends at Sunday brunch.

By Eric Levitz

the national interest 8/9/2016

Will Donald Trump Skip the Debate With Hillary Clinton?He’s not a facts guy.

By Jonathan Chait

pop music 8/1/2016

Is Culture Borrowing Always Theft?Jesse Williams, Justin Timberlake, and the hotly contested new (and still-simmering old) debates over cultural appropriation in pop music.

By Craig Jenkins and Frank Guan

last night on late night 6/14/2016

Colbert and O’Reilly Debate Orlando ShootingThey also discuss Donald Trump’s now-infamous tweet about the events.

By Jackson McHenry

6/9/2016

The History of the Verraz(z)ano Bridge Z Debate“But we are Americans and we go by the American way.”

By Jen Kirby

5/26/2016

Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian’s ‘Trump vs. Bernie’ Debate Might […]To say the least, Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian have been completely dedicated to their live debate show Trump vs. Bernie since way back […]

By Megh Wright

5/5/2016

Seeso Orders ‘Debate Wars’ Series Hosted by Michael Ian BlackSeeso just added a new series to its upcoming lineup. The streaming service announced today that it’s greenlit six episodes of Debate Wars, a […]

By Megh Wright

early and often 2/26/2016

GOP’s Trumpicide Attempt Exciting, Not EffectiveRepublican elites were enthused by this unholy mess of a debate, which only shows how desperate they’ve become.

By Ed Kilgore

2/12/2016

Why Is Bernie Dodging Questions About Whether He’d Expand Government?Is that just an occupational hazard for a socialist?

By Ed Kilgore

democrats 1/31/2016

MSNBC to Host Democratic Debate ThursdayThe DNC finally caved.

By Chas Danner

1/29/2016

Ted Cruz Is Losing His Mojo at the Worst Possible MomentAfter outmaneuvering no fewer than six rivals for supremacy among Iowa’s Evangelicals, the Texan seems to be flagging in the final days before the caucuses.

By Ed Kilgore

1/28/2016

Fox News GOP Debate: Nobody Won So Everyone Lost (Except Trump!)The candidates in a position to make a big move stood still, while those gumming up the works did relatively well.

By Ed Kilgore

1/27/2016

Seth Meyers Moderates a ‘Demopublican’ Debate on ‘Late Night’Not long after hosting the best Democratic presidential debate yet, Seth Meyers was back last night with another very special debate between […]

By Megh Wright

liveblog 1/14/2016

Watch the Sixth GOP Debate With Daily IntelligencerThere are only seven candidates left on the main debate stage.

2016 1/11/2016

Watch the Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum With Daily IntelligencerFeaturing questions from moderator and New York Magazine writer-at-large — Rembert Browne.

1/8/2016

Seth Meyers Is the Best Presidential Debate ModeratorHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers welcomes Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and […]

By Megh Wright

important questions 1/7/2016

Was the Pizza Rat Video Staged?What is real?

By Claire Landsbaum

early and often 12/8/2015

Fox Business Network to Host Yet Another GOP DebateWe came dangerously close to having only one Republican forum in January.

By Margaret Hartmann

early and awkward 11/16/2015

Democratic Campaign Staffers ‘Surprised’ No One Watched Saturday Night DebateWho knew people would rather go out than watch a political debate?

By Margaret Hartmann

early and often 11/2/2015

GOP Candidates Stage Coup, Plan to Boot RNC From Debate ProcessThey had a friendly meeting on Sunday and are coming up with their list of demands.

By Margaret Hartmann