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    3 months ago

    Hold the debate anyway. Have Kamala appear next to an empty chair.

    Moderator: giving Trump a couple more minutes to appear.

    (~5 min later)

    Moderator: Trump is a no show. Hmm… he originally eagerly agreed to this September debate with Biden. It’s unclear why the change of heart, but I have to say he forfeits by default.

    Kamala (interrupts): Hold on, please call Trump’s probation officer to verify his attendance permission while we wait a few more min. He’s understandably a bit skiddish with prosecutors lately but I would like to yield some of my time & do him this courtesy since he donated to my campaign in 2011 & 2013.

    (~5 min later)

    Moderator: no go, but would you like to answer the questions next to an empty chair to have your answers heard anyway?

    Kamala: yes, this way he can take all the time he needs to prepare a scripted response later given his cognitive challenges….

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        3 months ago

        NY Times is a closed website. Paywalled or something? I could not reach it from Tor at least not with my browser. Could be a popup-blocker blocker, not sure. Anyway, the link I gave is a NY Times front-end that is openly accessible, though clearnet users might have to append a .cab or something. There are probably NY Times FEs on clearnet but I don’t know of any ATM.

        (edit) actually I think that’s NY Times official onion server. Anyway, for whatever reason it has better accessibility than the clearnet version.