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The Real Way You Always Know Who Lost the Debate

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The prevailing theory in MAGAdom is that Kamala Harris was discreetly wearing a pair of earbuds embedded in the earrings she wore on stage.

The claims, obviously, aren’t true and can be debunked in a variety of ways.

The tech itself is real—in 2023 , the audio company Icebach unveiled a set of pearl jewelry called the “Nova H1 Audio Earrings” that were outfitted with the ability to transmit audio into the wearer’s cochleas.

There is never a better way to know that one side is smarting from a terrible debate performance than when a voting bloc starts reaching for magical thinking to justify what went wrong.

We saw it in June when Biden dead-enders said a bad cold was responsible for his campaign-ending travesty.

Some partisans speculated as to whether George W. Bush was packing a hidden buzzer to assist him with some rhetorical flourishes.

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