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Today President Biden and Donald Trump hold their first debate in Georgia.

This comes after Trump and his media allies have spent weeks mocking Biden's age, promoting

doctored videos that deceptively make Biden look dawdering and constantly making kindergarten-level

jokes about Biden inevitably being jacked up on drugs at the debate.

Which raises a question, is all that stuff about Biden's age just chum for the magg of masses?

Or does it reflect a genuine belief that Biden actually is so deep into his dotage

that he can't possibly be a worthy debate adversary.

The Bulwerks Mark Caputo has a good new piece raising the curtain on this debate and

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