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• The biggest moments from the 2020 vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris

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  Senator Kamala Harris of California and Vice President Mike Pence.
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  Wednesday's debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris was significantly more civilized than last week's political horror show between the president and Joe Biden.
  That said, there were still some standout moments from the vice presidential debate.
  The highlight of the night was when a fly landed on Pence's head and remained there for a full two minutes
  
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• The biggest moment of the Pence-Harris debate was a fly landing on Pence's head, which sums up how calm it was without Trump

  08-10-2020 05:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A fly is seen on the head of US Vice President Mike Pence as he takes part in the 2020 vice presidential debate with the Democratic vice presidential nominee and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (not pictured) on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 7, 2020.
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  A fly stole the show during the vice presidential debate on Wednesday, which was a sign of how calm it was compared to the Trump-Biden debate last week.
  Trump's absence from the room was th
  
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• Trump needed a clear win from Pence tonight to turn around their faltering campaign, and Pence didn't deliver

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  Tonight Sen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence met in Utah to debate in the only vice presidential debate of the cycle.
  Given President Trump's diagnosis with a contagious airborne virus, it's entirely possible this is the last debate of the election.
  The Trump campaign was down, but after the events of last week polls have reliably been coming in worse for the president's re-election bid. 
  Trump needed a clean win from his vice presid
  
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• Fact-checking the vice-presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris

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  Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris faced off Wednesday in their first and only debate of the 2020 campaign season.
  The debate focused heavily on the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus, which has infected more than 7 million Americans and killed over 210,000.
  This month the virus made its way to the highest levels of the US government, infecting more than two dozen people in President Donald Trump'
  
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• A gigantic fly landed and rested on Pence's head during the vice-presidential debate

  08-10-2020 04:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A fly hangs out on Vice President Mike Pence's head.
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  The fly sat on the vice president's head for about two minutes as he debated Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
  The incident sparked an avalanche of online commentary.
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  A massive fly landed on Vice President Mike Pence's head during Wednesday night's vice-presidential debate.The fly sat on the vice president's head for about two minutes as he debated Democratic vic
  
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• Kamala Harris slams the 'ineptitude' and 'incompetence' of the Trump administration's response to COVID-19 at the vice-presidential debate

  08-10-2020 04:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sen. Kamala Harris of California and Vice President Mike Pence.
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  Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris immediately clashed when discussing the coronavirus pandemic during the vice-presidential debate on Wednesday.
  "The American people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country," Harris said.
  Pence staunchly defended President Trump's decision to partially close US entry to travelers from China.
  Pe
  
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• Kamala Harris says she will be 'first in line' for a coronavirus vaccine if health experts approve it, but 'if Donald Trump tells us we should take it, then I'm not taking it'

  08-10-2020 04:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris during the vice-presidential debate on October 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City.
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  Sen. Kamala Harris said she would not take a coronavirus vaccine based on President Trump's word alone.
  "If Donald Trump tells us that we should take it, I'm not taking it," the Democratic vice-presidential nominee said during Wednesday's debate.
  Vice President Mike Pence slammed his opponent's r
  
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• Kamala Harris calls out Trump's debt-filled tax returns in debate. 'When we say in debt, it means you owe money to somebody.'

  08-10-2020 03:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sen. Kamala Harris during Wednesday night's 2020 vice- presidential debate.
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  Kamala Harris gave a blunt refresher on President Donald Trump's finances early on in the vice-presidential debate Wednesday night.
  "It would be really good to know who the president of the United States — the commander-in-chief — owes money to," Harris said, referring to The New York Times' investigation into Trump's taxes that found him in debt for hundreds of millions of do
  
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• 2nd-highest-ranking US Marine tests positive for COVID-19

  08-10-2020 02:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Marine Corps Gen. Gary Thomas.
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  US Marine Corps Gen. Gary Thomas, the assistant commandant of the service, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
  Thomas is the second-highest-ranking commissioned officer in the Marine Corps, the service said in a statement.
  The Marine Corps said Thomas is experiencing "mild symptoms, but otherwise is feeling well."
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  US Marine Corps Gen. Gary Thomas, the assistant commandant of the service, has
  
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• How the pandemic is changing the way we pay

  08-10-2020 02:00
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has not only accelerated a shift to contactless payment methods around the world, it has also made the offer of so-called neo-banks look increasingly attractive.
  
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• China is getting ready to field its 3rd aircraft carrier — here's why they're no match for US flattops

  08-10-2020 01:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning during a drill in the western Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2018.
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  The centerpiece of China's rapidly growing navy is its aircraft carriers, with two in service and another on the way.
  The carriers represent a new capability for China's military, and Beijing has touted them in state media, but Chinese flattops are still not on the same level as the US's carriers in either technology or experience.
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• Why marketers need to adapt strategy when using Shopify

  08-10-2020 01:22
  
  As e-commerce sales take off in the wake of the pandemic, brands are having to rethink how they sell to consumers. Platforms like Shopify can help, but there is a knock-on effect for marketing strategy.
  
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• Social commerce sees growth spurt in Southeast Asia

  08-10-2020 01:22
  
  Growing digital usage, greater adoption of social shopping technologies and a global pandemic has accelerated social commerce in Southeast Asia, according to a new study by AI-based tech solutions provider iKala.
  
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• How Meredith’s branded content operation is responding to COVID-19

  08-10-2020 01:22
  
  Native advertising and branded content will continue to be a vital way of building long-lasting relationships with brands, a Meredith executive believes, but the nature of those bonds and the material they create are changing.
  
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• Decathlon surfs fitness wave

  08-10-2020 01:22
  
  The trend towards health and fitness and the robustness of at least some parts of physical retail is confirmed in new figures from the UK arm of French sports and leisure retailer Decathlon.
  
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• BLM is here to stay – how should brands respond?

  08-10-2020 01:22
  
  The Black Lives Matter movement has led many brands to want to do more in order to dismantle inequality, but knowing exactly how to take action can be difficult – a new report explores which responses are working.
  
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• Trump just praised one of the experimental coronavirus treatments he got and said FDA should approve it

  08-10-2020 00:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Donald J. Trump in a video update Wednesday.
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  President Donald Trump in a video Wednesday shared his views on an experimental treatment he received shortly after his COVID-19 diagnosis.
  The drug, an experimental antibody treatment from drugmaker Regeneron, mimics the body's own disease-fighting proteins to fight the infection. 
  The experimental treatment has yet to be approved or given emergency authorization.
  Trump in the video said he wants the drug to be approved and 'f
  
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• The biggest advertising accounts to watch

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  Hi! Welcome to the Insider Advertising daily for October 8. I'm Lauren Johnson, a senior advertising reporter at Business Insider. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every weekday. Send me feedback or tips at [email protected]'s news: The biggest advertising accounts agencies are watching, Narrative's Series A pitch deck, and inside the marketing of gummy vitamins.
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• A prestigious medical journal published a scathing editorial ahead of the election, slamming the Trump administration and other US leaders for their COVID-19 response

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  President Donald Trump, flanked by tables holding testing supplies and machines, speaks during a press briefing about coronavirus testing in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 11, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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  The New England Journal of Medicine published an unprecedented editorial slamming the Trump administration and other US leaders for their "failure" to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Dr. Eric Rubin, editor-in-chief of the medical journal who wrote the editorial, told
  
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• Facebook says it will ban all political ads indefinitely after polls close for the November 3 election

  08-10-2020 00:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaving The Merrion Hotel in Dublin after a meeting with politicians to discuss regulation of social media and harmful content in April 2019.
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  Facebook will ban all political ads beginning after the November 3 election, the company announced Wednesday.
  Politicians have previously spent large sums on Facebook ads — the Trump campaign bought over $65 million in Facebook ads since July 1, while the Biden campaign bought $45
  
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• An explosive new documentary details how Jared Kushner's coronavirus task force consisted mainly of 20-something volunteers buying PPE with personal email accounts

  08-10-2020 00:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  White House senior advisor Jared Kushner and counselor Kellyanne Conway on April 30.
  AP Photo/Evan Vucci
  For several weeks in March and April, Max Kennedy Jr., then 26, served on Jared Kushner's White House COVID-19 Supply Chain Task Force.
  Kennedy, who is Robert F. Kennedy's grandson, quit the task force in April. Soon after, he wrote an anonymous whistleblower complaint to Congress accusing the task force of corruption and ineptitude.
  According to Kennedy, most members of the task force were
  
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