Friday News Lunch: Recapping the First Presidential Debate Between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

Today the Bucks County Beacon launched our Friday News Lunch Live podcast! Each week Raging Chicken Media’s Kevin Mahoney and Editor Cyril Mychalejko will serve up the week’s top stories affecting our communities and the nation. We hope you’ll join us LIVE every Friday at noon on YouTube , Facebook , X , or right on our website at BucksCountyBeacon.com .

This week we introduce the show and talk about the debate where Kamala Harris prosecuted the case against voting for Trump while laying out her vision and policy plans for the country. Harris did a great job reminding voters what a disaster it would be reelecting this ranting, raging, lying, election denying convicted felon. We then let listeners know what to expect from Friday News Lunch moving forward.

Summary: In this episode, hosts Mahoney and Mychalejko discuss the recent presidential debate, focusing on Kamala Harris’ performance and its implications for the upcoming election. They explore the significance of local politics, abortion rights, climate change in relation to energy policies like fracking, and why public education is a winning campaign issue for Democrats. The conversation also delves into the fallout from Trump’s racist comments about immigrants which include bomb threats to government buildings in Springfield, Ohio, and the local Haitian immigrant families taking their kids out of school for fear of their safety and actually planning to leave the area. They also critique the role of local mainstream media and their lack of adequate election and political coverage.

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