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1:15 PM 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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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.
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 …
NBC News:
Trump calls Harris a ‘s— vice president’ and mentions Arnold Palmer's genitals in bizarre rally
Michael Gold / New York Times:
At a Pennsylvania Rally, Trump Descends to New Levels of Vulgarity
Discussion: Fox News
Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Harris is attending church in Georgia and encouraging Black congregants to vote
Discussion: The Hill and USA Today
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.
Discussion: USA Today and Raw Story
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Harris and Trump's most likely paths to victory in battleground states
Discussion: The Guardian
Associated Press:   Voters are facing competing ballot measures on abortion and elections. What happens if both pass?
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 …
Discussion: The Hill
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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.
Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters:
Musk promises to award $1 million each day to a signer of his petition  —  Billionaire Elon Musk promised on Saturday to give away $1 million each day until November's election to someone who signs his online petition supporting the U.S. Constitution.  —  And he wasted no time …
ProPublica:
Trump Media Whistleblower Blasts Company for Outsourcing Jobs Abroad as Betrayal of “America First”  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  An internal whistleblower complaint …
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden  —  We are heartbroken to learn about the ferry dock walkway collapse on Georgia's Sapelo Island.  What should have been a joyous celebration of Gullah-Geechee culture and history instead turned into tragedy and devastation.
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
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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.
Bob Taft / dayton-daily-news:
VOICES: One vote for Sherrod Brown  —  I have always run for office under the banner of the Republican Party, am a conservative and usually vote a straight Republican ticket.  Although still a Republican, I will be making an exception this year in Ohio's U.S. Senate race by supporting Sherrod Brown.
ProPublica:
Who's Mailing the Catholic Tribune?  It's Not the Church, It's Partisan Media.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week.
emptywheel:
How to Read the Immunity Appendix  —  I'm still working through a deeper dive of the appendix to his immunity brief that Jack Smith released on Friday.  —  But I thought I'd share how I'm reading it, as I'll need to refer back to that when I write up some of the interesting things I've found.
Mathilda Heller / Jerusalem Post:
'It's real': Kamala Harris appears to say Israel committing genocide in Gaza  —  “Listen, what he's talking about, it's real.  It's real.  That's not the subject that I came to discuss today, but it's real, and I respect his voice.”  —  US presidential candidate Kamala Harris appeared …
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Jon Levine / New York Post:   Kamala Harris publicly agrees with protestor accusing Israel of genocide: 'What he's talking about, it's real'
David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Trudeau has wrecked Canada-India political relations, says expelled envoy  —  India's envoy to Canada, who is being expelled over what Ottawa says are links to the murder of a Sikh leader, insisted in an interview he was innocent and said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had wrecked bilateral political ties.
Discussion: New York Times
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, a Lifetime of Scandals Heads Toward a Moment of Judgment  —  No major party presidential candidate, much less president, in American history has been accused of wrongdoing so many times.  —  No major party presidential candidate, much less president, in American history has been accused of wrongdoing so many times.
 
 
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Rolling Stone:
How Democrats Can Defeat Republicans' Anti-Trans Bullying
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
The CIA analyst who triggered Trump's first impeachment asks: Was it worth it?
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Trump doubles down on tariff plan that voters hate
Discussion: NBC News
Zachary Yost / The Yost Post:
Empirical Proof That the Uniparty Does Not Exist
Discussion: National Review and Cafe Hayek
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Voters in Arizona and Nebraska will face competing ballot measures. What happens if they both pass?
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Four of Trump's Most Meandering Remarks This Week
Discussion: Althouse
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Harris turns 60: How her age compares to past presidents
Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
The view from London of the 2024 presidential election
Discussion: Twitchy
Marco Margaritoff / HuffPost:
Dominion ‘Monitoring’ Misinfo After Musk, MTG Revive Voting Machine Conspiracy Theories
Discussion: Forbes and Raw Story
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Montana GOP Senate Hopeful Accused Firefighters Of ‘Milking’ Infernos For Extra Pay
Discussion: modern-politics111 and Raw Story
CNN:
Leaked documents show US intelligence on Israel's plans to attack Iran, sources say
 

 
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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Comcast plans to announce Wednesday that it will be spinning off its NBCUniversal cable TV networks including MSNBC and CNBC, with Mark Lazarus as CEO

Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai testifies for the first time in his years-long national security trial; he is already serving a jail term for a fraud conviction

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