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After the debate, what’s next?

WHAT”S NEXT in the presidential race after President Joe Biden’s shaky debate performance ? (Shutterstock).

Democrats are questioning what’s next after President Joe Biden’s shaky date performance on Thursday against former president Donald Trump.

Will Biden stay in the race regardless? If so, are Democrats doomed to defeat on Nov. 5? 

Who could take his place at the top of the ticket? Will the president participate in future debates? What if he does and does poorly, or what if he does well?

How all of this affecting Democratic donors?

Despite all these speculation, there was one surprise. Morning Consult’s first poll after the debate showed that while 47 percent of the Democrats wanted Biden to drop out of the race, he still held a narrow 45-44 percent edge over Trump nationally.

More spy eyes in the sky

More U.S. spy satellites were launched into orbit Friday night from Vandenberg Space Force base.

According to the National Reconnaissance Office, the mission was classified but aimed to deliver “space-based” information related to defense.

The Falcon 9 rocket put the satellites into orbit and then landed on the “droneship” in the Pacific Ocean.

Overtime wins for Dodgers, Angels

The Los Angeles Angels and the Los Angeles Dodgers each staged late extra inning rallies to post wins in Major League Baseball action on Saturday.

The Dodgers’ comeback was the most epic, as they scored seven runs in the top of the 11th inning at Oracle Park defeat the San Francisco Giant, 14-7.

Shohei Ohtani hit his daily home run (his 26th of the season), but the key blows came on two doubles and a triple in the 10th by Freddie Freeman, Will Smith and Jason Hayward.

Miguel Rojas drove in four runs and Smith three as the Blue Crew’s record improved to 52-32.

The Angels’  got an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th from Kevin Pillar to drive in Taylor Ward with the winning run in a 6-5 triumph in Anaheim.

It was the Halos’ sixth straight win and raised their record to 36-46, moving them to within a half-game of third place in the American League West.

Logan O’Hoppe hit his 12th home run.

Weather: Still in the Eighties

Warm temperatures will persist through the weekend and well into the new week. There should be partly cloudy skies all week and the high is expected on Sunday with a daytime high of 87 and a low of 65. Monday may cool to 82 (65), with Tuesday and Wednesday at 83 (65).

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  1. If Biden & Harris are out of the running, and they take that guy who has wrecked California and make him the President, I heard there are plans to make Kamala our Governor. Won’t we be worse off than we are now? Can’t we take them all to Vandenberg and send them all up to the Space station?

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