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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (right) speaks as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (left) and Moderator Lester Holt (center) listen during the presidential debate at Hofstra University on Sept. 26, 2016, in Hempstead, New York. The first of four debates for the 2016 election, three presidential and one vice presidential, was moderated by NBC’s Lester Holt. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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Daily Dose: 9/27/16

Lester Holt gets his close-up at the presidential debate

Clinton Yates @clintonyates
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NBA All Day LeBron James Donald Trump Daily Dose Hillary Clinton Colin Kaepernick Charlotte, North Carolina Keith Lamont Scott Lester Holt

1:00 PMI’ll be in New York City for most of the week, so for your purposes, imagine that I’m writing this from a lovely abode in Queens, not the Starbucks that I’m currently sitting in with a guy clipping his nails next to me.

So, that happened. On Monday night, the first presidential debate went down on Long Island and let’s just say that there were a lot of interruptions. Dressed in all red, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton laid a trap on national television for Republican nominee Donald Trump to walk right into. Not only did he do that, but he did so with boisterous gusto, effectively claiming that he knows traps because his people have the best traps. Alas, that’s not how traps work. Trump didn’t get any help from moderator Lester Holt, either. The vice president candidates disagreed on the outcome, but here’s the analysis.

Speaking of Lester Holt, there’s the whole matter of moderating. The NBC News anchor lost control relatively early, and had trouble regaining it by the time things really got hairy. He let Trump slide on one too many outbursts, so by the time he was really on the ropes, the desperation was so palpable that he was going to talk over any moderator on earth. But, then again, the job is not easy, because you don’t want to make it seem like it’s all about you. VICE‘s Harry Cheadle explores what the job is like.

We haven’t forgotten about you, Charlotte, North Carolina. While the police there are busy deleting tweets and not turning on body cameras, Monday night at a city council meeting, things came to a head. Residents showed up en masse to discuss the recent shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. It’s worth noting that there’s a law that will be taking effect Oct. 1 that will force a court order to get police videos released. At first, some thought authorities were going to stall until that could take effect, but people are still unhappy with what they did divulge. ABC News reports.

The NBA season is coming up and Monday was media day. People around the league were asked what they thought about the situation regarding San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich thinks that, overall, our ability to have conversations in this country is at an all-time low. Of course, Cleveland Cavalier LeBron James addressed the matter, as well, but didn’t necessarily go as far as some thought he might. He says he plans to continue to stand for the national anthem once the season starts, ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reports.

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Coffee Break: Gucci Mane and Harmony Korine have a pretty good bond. The two worked together on the 2013 film Spring Breakers and now are teaming up again. In a recent interview with GQ, the recently released from jail rapper from Atlanta revealed that he’ll be in a new film called The Trap. Obviously.

Snack Time: There are few things Lupita Nyong’o can’t do. Aside from her on-screen talents, she’s just an awesome person who seems like she’d be a really good friend. Also, she can rap a little bit, which always comes in handy.

Dessert: When they make a movie about this guy, it’s going to be awesome.

Clinton Yates is a tastemaker at Andscape. He likes rap, rock, reggae, R&B and remixes — in that order.