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7:30 AM ET, October 21, 2024

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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
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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.
John Bowden / The Independent:
Trump serves disturbing message through McDonald's drive-thru window about whether he'll accept election result  —  Ex-president once again raises notion that election could be tainted by fraud his campaign failed to prove existed in 2020  —  Your support helps us to tell the story
Discussion: New York Times
Fox News:
Trump makes fries at Pennsylvania McDonald's: 'I've now worked for 15 minutes more than Kamala'  —  Former President Donald Trump took on a new role as he cooked and served french fries to customers at McDonald's on Sunday afternoon in Pennsylvania, while dishing out plenty of jabs at Vice President Kamala Harris.
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 and Mediaite
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Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
Trump Raves About Size of Arnold Palmer's Penis: ‘All Man!’
Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Speaker Johnson Refuses To Play Ball When Asked About Trump's Bizarre Arnold Palmer Penis Banter
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
GOP Gov. Sununu: 'I don't like' Trump's rhetoric, but it's ‘nothing new’
NBC News:
Trump calls Harris a ‘s— vice president’ and mentions Arnold Palmer's genitals in bizarre rally
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Harris and Usher Make Abortion Rights the Focus at Atlanta Rally
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.
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
‘60 Minutes’ responds to Trump's ‘false’ claims about Harris interview  —  The CBS News show “60 Minutes” responded on Sunday to former President Trump's claims that the network selectively edited an interview with his Democratic opponent, Vice President Harris, to make her look good.
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.
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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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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: New York Times, UPI and Task & Purpose
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
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Scoop: Mike Johnson's tense text messages with Liz Cheney … - Johnson said the two “agreed to disagree” over whether Trump is a threat to democracy.  — Cheney disputed Johnson's characterization of the exchange, telling Axios that she and the speaker “used to be friends, but we did not ‘agree to disagree.’”
Discussion: New York Post
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
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Harris outraised Trump more than 3-to-1 in September  —  Kamala Harris' campaign outraised Donald Trump by more than 3-to-1 in September, with the vice president's massive $222 million haul further extending her financial advantage in the final stretch of a tight presidential election.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Israel gave the White House its demands for ending the war in Lebanon … - Israeli officials said the paper came out of discussions Dermer had with the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the Israel Defense Forces about the principles Israel demands be part of any diplomatic solution to end the war with Hezbollah.
Discussion: Reuters
Crooks and Liars:
Trump's Brain Is Broken And JD Vance Is The Real Candidate  —  Rick Wilson says Trump's brain is broken and the campaign is trying to hide it.  Billionaires support Trump because JD Vance is the real GOP candidate.  —  Video  —  Can you help us out?  —  For nearly 20 years …
 
 
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Politico:
The voter gender gap is growing, and Harris' abortion rights campaign could make it even wider
Discussion: The Guardian
New York Times:
Elon Musk's Big Business and Conflicts of Interest With the U.S. Government
Discussion: Business Insider
Reuters:
Ukraine's Zelenskiy seeks strong reaction to North Korean involvement in war
Discussion: UPI and Fortune
Matt Brown / Associated Press:
Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as ‘spiritual warfare’
Discussion: The Dispatch
Nick Gilbertson / Breitbart:
Exclusive -Trump: Madison Square Garden Rally ‘Sold Out in Less than 3 Hours’, ‘Going to Be Fantastic’
Discussion: Townhall
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
With an eye on House majority, Democrats mull ways to ‘fix Congress’
 Earlier Items: 
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.
David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Trudeau has wrecked Canada-India political relations, says expelled envoy
Discussion: Al Jazeera
A.R. Moxon / The Reframe:
This HAS To Be Normal  —  Nazism is on the ballot this year, and people who consider themselves Nazis …
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
The CIA analyst who triggered Trump's first impeachment asks: Was it worth it?
Discussion: Twitchy and Digby's Hullabaloo
Bob Taft / dayton-daily-news:
VOICES: One vote for Sherrod Brown
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
 

 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Police:
Google ships the first Android 16 developer preview, far ahead of schedule compared to the past decade, hoping to lower fragmentation by giving OEMs more time

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Sony launches cloud streaming on the PlayStation Portal in beta, letting PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers in some countries stream select PS5 games

Helene Braun / CoinDesk:
Trump picks Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, which has been a custodian for stablecoin company Tether since 2021, to serve as his Commerce Secretary

 
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