As Slate’s Andrew Kahn noted, there were many reasons to be terrified of Monday night’s first presidential debate. In one poll, a full one-third of registered voters said it would be key to helping them decide whether or not they’d cast a vote that might help make Donald Trump the next president of the United States of America. Scary right? Slate’s crack staff of bloggers, on-the-ground reporters, and editors were chiming in throughout the night with commentary, analysis, and news updates about how doomed we really all should feel. See below for the full coverage and remember: There’s nothing to fear but the prospect that this man will have the nuclear codes.

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