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The Final Debate Open Thread of 2016

In about an hour, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will face off in their final presidential debate of 2016.

The stage is displayed on a television monitor prior to the start of the third U.S. presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on Oct. 19, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nev. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty)
The stage is displayed on a television monitor prior to the start of the third U.S. presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on Oct. 19, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nev. Getty Images

Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."