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12:45 AM ET, October 20, 2024

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Associated Press:
Trump kicks off a Pennsylvania rally by talking about Arnold Palmer's genitalia  —  Donald Trump's campaign suggested he would begin previewing his closing argument Saturday night with Election Day barely two weeks away.  But the former president kicked off his rally with a detailed story …
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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
‘Weak and pathetic’: Trump seethes as Mark Cuban campaigns for Harris … Former President Donald Trump on Saturday railed against fellow billionaire Mark Cuban, who has been vigorously campaigning for his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.  —  “Mark Cuban is a Loser,” Trump wrote in a Saturday Truth Social post.
Washington Post:
Trump fixates on Arnold Palmer as ‘all man’ in showers during profane rally  —  Turning his attention to his rival after a meandering start, Donald Trump used profanity to insult Vice President Kamala Harris.  —  LATROBE, Pa. — Seventeen days from the election, here in arguably …
Discussion: Palmer Report, Daily Mail and Fox News
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Elon Musk's Fake Sites and Fake Texts Impersonating the Harris Campaign  —  There's deeply cynical and then there's things which might be illegal.  In the first category we have an Elon Musk-funded PAC microtargeting Jewish and Arab communities with diametrically opposed ads about Kamala Harris's support for Israel or Palestine.
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Montana GOP Senate Hopeful Accused Firefighters Of ‘Milking’ Infernos For Extra Pay  —  Tim Sheehy, who made his fortune in aerial firefighting, has argued that “a lot” of wildland firefighters want to let infernos burn in order to rack up overtime pay.  —  Montana GOP Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy …
Discussion: Fox News
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Gloria Oladipo / The Guardian:
Montana park ranger says Senate candidate Tim Sheehy lied about combat wound  —  Sheehy has claimed that he was wounded in Afghanistan, but ranger says he investigated accidental shooting in park in 2015  —  A former Montana park ranger has now publicly accused Tim Sheehy …
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Exclusive: Trump ground game in key states flagged as potentially fake  —  Data suggests canvassers linked to Elon Musk's America Pac falsely claimed to have visited homes of potential voters  —  Donald Trump's campaign may be failing to reach thousands of voters they hope to turn out in Arizona and Nevada …
Rich McKay / Reuters:
At least 7 dead in Georgia dock collapse on US Atlantic coast  —  At least seven people were killed after part of a boat dock collapsed, sending at least 20 into the Atlantic waters off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia.  —  U.S. Coast Guard ships were searching Saturday night for missing people.
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
How Trump's Cockiness Could Cost Him Votes  —  The GOP loves to pretend they are winning, but Trump has a different challenge  —  It's that time of the year again — Republicans are declaring with certainty that they will win the election while Democrats anxiously wait for the sky to crash down on their heads.
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Politico:
Defense Secretary Tom Cotton? Here's who could be in Trump's Cabinet.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Why Election Day has irreversibly changed … - Early voting in person or by mail has exploded over the past 24 years. … - Early in-person voting is underway in nearly two dozen states, per USA Today. … - A majority of voters who have already voted early or are planning to do so support Harris.
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Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
North Carolina Officials Report Record Turnout for First Day of Early Voting
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Elon Musk Veers Into Clearly Illegal Vote Buying, Offering $1 Million Per Day Lottery Prize Only to Registered Voters  —  Hugo Lowell: “Elon Musk says on stage at a town hall that America PAC will be awarding $1 million every day until the election to a registered Pennsylvania voter who has signed his petition.
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
Marco Margaritoff / HuffPost:
Dominion ‘Monitoring’ Misinfo After Musk, MTG Revive Voting Machine Conspiracy Theories  —  The voting machine company reached a record-breaking settlement last year after suing Fox News for falsely claiming its machines were fraudulent.  —  LOADING  —  Dominion Voting Systems released …
Discussion: Forbes, The Independent and Meidas+
Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
The view from London of the 2024 presidential election  —  Aside from rushing to douse the flames of a possible diplomatic incident over Labour staffers campaigning for Kamala Harris, the U.K. government hasn't quite woken up yet to the presidential election.
Discussion: Twitchy and Politico
 
 
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CNN:
Here's how Trump, Harris and their allies have altered their ad spending strategies in October
Discussion: The Independent
Efrén Pérez / The Hill:
Here's why some Latinos are genuinely embracing the Republican Party
Mark Thiessen / Associated Press:
The last in-person vote in the US will be cast on the desolate tundra of Alaska's Aleutian Islands
Discussion: RedState and Associated Press
emptywheel:
Trump's GOP Is Running on a Platform of Freeing Seditionists and Cop Assailants
Torsten Bell / The Guardian:
Here's why sex discrimination at work doesn't go away until women are in charge
Jesse Arm / Manhattan Institute:
Polling a People: Survey Analysis of the Political and Policy Preferences of 2024's Jewish Electorate
Discussion: IJR and New York Post
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
Trump considers bucking presidential transition system
Discussion: Raw Story
Olivia Herken / The Wisconsin Independent:
Western Wisconsin farmers say Van Orden behavior derailed meeting on agricultural policy
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
It Was Gross to Watch Trump Yuck It Up with Cardinal Dolan at the Al Smith Dinner
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
What Elon Musk Really Wants
Jennifer Taylor-Skinner / HuffPost:
JD Vance's Most Recent Comment About His Wife Having Three Kids Is Going Viral Because People Think It's Really, Really Creepy
Politico:
Secretary of State Pete Buttigieg? Here's who could be in Harris' Cabinet.
Discussion: Twitchy and Boston Herald
Zachary Basu / Axios:
America's gullibility crisis
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo