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2:15 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.
NBC News:
Trump calls Harris a ‘s— vice president’ and mentions Arnold Palmer's genitals in bizarre rally  —  Harris on Saturday ripped Trump for meandering in his public remarks, saying that the former president “generally for the life of him cannot finish a thought.”
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Harris and Usher Make Abortion Rights the Focus at Atlanta Rally
Dave Lawler / Axios:   Harris turns 60: How her age compares to past presidents
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
GOP Gov. Sununu: 'I don't like' Trump's rhetoric, but it's ‘nothing new’
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Michael Gold / New York Times:
At a Pennsylvania Rally, Trump Descends to New Levels of Vulgarity
Discussion: The Guardian and Fox News
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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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 …
Discussion: NBC News
Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters:
Musk promises to award $1 million each day to a signer of his petition
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?
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.
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
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 …
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.
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.
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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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.
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. Lindsey Graham to Republicans supporting Harris: ‘What the hell are you doing?’  —  The senator on Sunday blasted those in the GOP who are backing the Vice President's campaign, saying “You're supporting the most radical nominee in the history of American politics.”
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'
 
 
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David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Trudeau has wrecked Canada-India political relations, says expelled envoy
Discussion: New York Times
Rolling Stone:
How Democrats Can Defeat Republicans' Anti-Trans Bullying
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Trump doubles down on tariff plan that voters hate
Discussion: NBC News
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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?
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Four of Trump's Most Meandering Remarks This Week
Discussion: Althouse
Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
The view from London of the 2024 presidential election
Discussion: Twitchy
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Montana GOP Senate Hopeful Accused Firefighters Of ‘Milking’ Infernos For Extra Pay
Discussion: modern-politics111
 

 
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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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