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9:10 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 …
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 …
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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.
Discussion: Townhall and Wall Street Journal
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
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Harris turns 60: How her age compares to past presidents … - Age took on an outsized role in the 2024 race when Biden was on the ticket, as many voters felt he was too old to be president.  — More recently, Trump's age and acuity have been under scrutiny. … Just 12 presidents have taken office in their 60s or 70s.
Discussion: The Hill
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: modern-politics111 and Fox News
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Harris is attending church in Georgia and encouraging Black congregants to vote  —  Kamala Harris is going to church in Georgia on Sunday, where she will speak to the faithful and encourage Black congregants to vote as part of a nationwide campaign push known as “souls to the polls.”
Discussion: Reuters
ProPublica:
Trump Media Whistleblower Blasts Company for Outsourcing Jobs Abroad as Betrayal of “America First”  —  An internal Truth Social complaint reviewed by ProPublica calls for the firing of CEO Devin Nunes, alleging he has pursued an “America Last” hiring policy, “consistently lied” and made the company vulnerable to action by regulators.
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ProPublica:
Who's Mailing the Catholic Tribune?  It's Not the Church, It's Partisan Media.  —  ProPublica has traced these mass-mailed newspapers to a “pink slime” network known for misinformation and its financial ties to right-wing super PACs and billionaires.  —  One by one, Catholic dioceses …
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.
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 …
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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Jon Levine / New York Post:
Kamala Harris publicly agrees with protestor accusing Israel of genocide: 'What he's talking about, it's real'
Discussion: Jerusalem Post and israelhayom.com
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, Raw Story and The Independent
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
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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
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
How Trump's Cockiness Could Cost Him Votes
emptywheel:
Trump's GOP Is Running on a Platform of Freeing Seditionists and Cop Assailants
 

 
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