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6:40 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’  —  Voters have “heard that, that's established,” he said of Trump's behavior.  —  Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H., on “This Week.”  —  New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a Donald Trump supporter, said he isn't a fan …
NBC News:
Trump calls Harris a ‘s— vice president’ and mentions Arnold Palmer's genitals in bizarre rally
Associated Press:
Trump kicks off a Pennsylvania rally by talking about Arnold Palmer's genitalia
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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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 …
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Elon Musk Veers Into Clearly Illegal Vote Buying, Offering $1 Million Per Day Lottery Prize Only to Registered Voters
Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters:
Musk promises to award $1 million each day to a signer of his petition
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Harris and Usher Make Abortion Rights the Focus at Atlanta Rally
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.
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.
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
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.”
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NBC News:
Harris has no current plans to campaign with Biden before Election Day  —  While Harris is set to campaign with the Obamas, the president plans to do behind-the-scenes outreach to labor leaders and White House events highlighting his record.  —  WASHINGTON — With just two weeks left in the 2024 campaign …
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Harris turns 60: How her age compares to past presidents
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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.
Discussion: Twitchy
Axios:
McConnell backed Jack Smith, wanted Trump to “pay” for Jan. 6 … - “If he hasn't committed indictable offenses, I don't know what one is,” the longest-serving Republican leader told journalist Michael Tackett in an interview for “The Price of Power,” weeks after Smith brought the charges against Trump in August 2023.
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
Reuters:
Ukraine's Zelenskiy seeks strong reaction to North Korean involvement in war  —  President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he was seeking a strong reaction from countries who have acknowledged that North Korea is becoming more involved in Russia's more than 2-1/2-year-old war against Ukraine.
Discussion: Fortune and Politico
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.
Discussion: Associated Press
 
 
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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:
Trudeau has wrecked Canada-India political relations, says expelled envoy
Discussion: Al Jazeera and New York Times
Rolling Stone:
How Democrats Can Defeat Republicans' Anti-Trans Bullying
Discussion: UnHerd, 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: Cafe Hayek and National Review
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Voters in Arizona and Nebraska will face competing ballot measures. What happens if they both pass?
emptywheel:
How to Read the Immunity Appendix
ProPublica:
Who's Mailing the Catholic Tribune? It's Not the Church, It's Partisan Media.
 

 
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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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