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Vice Presidential Debate 2024
October 3, 2024
Heather Souvaine Horn
The V.P. Candidates’ Terrible Responses to Hurricane Helene
One thing that needs to be said about this week's debate: Answers that bad, about devastation that severe, should be a scandal.
October 2, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
Vance Used the V.P. Debate to Lie About Abortion
From misdirection to straight-up whoppers, Trump and his vice presidential pick sowed confusion about their actual positions.
October 1, 2024
Ana Marie Cox
How Tim Walz Can Take Down J.D. Vance—in the Nicest Possible Way
In tonight’s vice presidential debate, Kamala Harris’s running mate should kill J.D. Vance with kindness.

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