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9:10 PM ET, October 20, 2024

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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Sunday Snapshot: Trump's NSFW joke NBD for GOP … 1. Johnson: Trump's crude comment just rally “fun” … But now, they're brushing aside questions about his rhetoric, saying political dialogue should be about policy — even when the former president is speaking publicly about a golf pro's genitalia.
Discussion: The Hill
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Mike Johnson Doesn't Want to Hear About Trump Discussing Arnold Palmer's Manhood  —  “Don't say it again.  We don't have to say it.  I get it,” the House speaker said testily when asked about the comments  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't want to hear about Arnold Palmer's johnson.
Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Speaker Johnson Refuses To Play Ball When Asked About Trump's Bizarre Arnold Palmer Penis Banter  —  During a Saturday rally, the former president shared a bizarre story that ended with his thoughts about the golfer's genitalia.  —  LOADING  —  Jake Tapper couldn't get a straight answer …
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
GOP Gov. Sununu: 'I don't like' Trump's rhetoric, but it's ‘nothing new’
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Scoop: Mike Johnson's tense text messages with Liz Cheney
Discussion: New York Post
Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
Trump Raves About Size of Arnold Palmer's Penis: ‘All Man!’
NBC News:
Trump calls Harris a ‘s— vice president’ and mentions Arnold Palmer's genitals in bizarre rally
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Makes Fries at McDonald's in Bizarre Attempt to Troll Harris  —  The former president contends — without any evidence — that his opponent never worked at the fast food restaurant as she has said  —  Donald Trump is spending part of his Sunday afternoon behind the counter at a Pennsylvania McDonald's.
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Washington Post:
Trump serves McDonald's fries to supporters in stage-managed campaign stop  —  Trump didn't answer a question on the minimum wage, instead promoting his unsubstantiated claim that Kamala Harris never worked at the burger chain.  —  Trump works fry station at McDonald's in Pennsylvania
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Shapiro Wants Musk Investigated for Giving Cash to Registered Voters  —  The Pennsylvania governor suggested that law enforcement “take a look at” the billionaire's million dollar giveaway to registered voters who sign his PAC's petition … Musk has vowed to give away one million dollars each …
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro: Law enforcement should ‘take a look at’ Elon Musk voter payments  —  On Saturday, Musk announced that he would pay registered voters $1 million per day until Election Day to sign a petition circulated by his super PAC.  —  Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Sunday …
Associated Press:
Harris Rallies Georgia's Black Churchgoers With Help Of Stevie Wonder  —  Harris celebrated her 60th birthday while visiting two Atlanta-area churches during campaign stops on Sunday.  —  LOADING  —  Kamala Harris on Sunday summoned Black churchgoers to turn out at the polls and got …
Discussion: Associated Press and Reuters
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Politico:
The Very Real Scenario Where Trump Loses and Takes Power Anyway  —  If Trump overturns the 2024 election, here's how it could happen.  —  Four years ago, a sitting president — rejected by American voters — attempted to seize a second term anyway, plunging the nation into confusion, conflict and, in its last gasp, violence.
A.R. Moxon / The Reframe:
This HAS To Be Normal  —  Nazism is on the ballot this year, and people who consider themselves Nazis know it, even if so many of the rest of us seem not to want to.  So it came to pass that Nazis came to the pro-Trump boat show in Jupiter Florida last week.
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump doubles down on Jan. 6 defense and “enemy from within” comments … - Since he suggested in a Fox interview aired last week that the National Guard or military could be used against the “enemy from within,” including “radical-left lunatics,” in the case of Election Day chaos, Trump has doubled down on his comments.
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Axios:
McConnell backed Jack Smith, wanted Trump to “pay” for Jan. 6
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump had little regard for the Constitution while in office.  He's an even bigger threat to the rule of law now.  —  Trump had little regard for the Constitution while in office.  He's an even bigger threat to the rule of law now.  Because of the Supreme Court's ill-conceived presidential immunity ruling …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:   For Trump, a Lifetime of Scandals Heads Toward a Moment of Judgment
CBS News:
A statement from 60 Minutes  —  Former President Donald Trump is accusing 60 Minutes of deceitful editing of our Oct. 7 interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.  That is false.  —  60 Minutes gave an excerpt of our interview to Face the Nation that used a longer section of her answer than that on 60 Minutes.
Associated Press:
One of the last Navajo Code Talkers from World War II dies at 107  —  John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War II based on the tribe's native language, has died.  He was 107.  —  Navajo Nation officials in Window Rock announced Kinsel's death on Saturday.
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Dan Froomkin / Salon:
If Trump wins, blame the New York Times  —  America's paper of record refuses to sound the alarm about the threat Trump poses to democracy  —  If Donald Trump wins the Nov. 5 election, the New York Times will be partly responsible.  —  As the dominant voice in American journalism …
Discussion: Breitbart
Nick Gilbertson / Breitbart:
Exclusive -Trump: Madison Square Garden Rally ‘Sold Out in Less than 3 Hours’, ‘Going to Be Fantastic’  —  Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Sirius XM that his rally at Madison Square Garden next weekend sold out in mere hours.
Discussion: Townhall
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
The CIA analyst who triggered Trump's first impeachment asks: Was it worth it?  —  The whistleblower's lonely stand upended his career and put his life at risk.  Now he's speaking about it for the first time.  —  The young CIA analyst waited anxiously for Fiona Hill to pick up her phone.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Twitchy
 
 
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Matt Brown / Associated Press:
Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as ‘spiritual warfare’
Discussion: The Dispatch
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
With an eye on House majority, Democrats mull ways to ‘fix Congress’
David Ljunggren / Reuters:
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Rolling Stone:
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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Trump doubles down on tariff plan that voters hate
Discussion: NBC News
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
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emptywheel:
How to Read the Immunity Appendix
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CNBC:
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Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
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