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Politico reports: Elon Musk is doing a good job of drawing attention with his $1 million giveaways to Pennsylvania voters. But will the project actually boost Donald Trump? Two Pennsylvania voters have won the billionaire’s super PAC lottery so far — and both are Republican voters who had participated in recent non-presidential elections and already cast their ballots by mail …

The Washington Post reports: Former Republican lawmakers, advisers and Justice Department officials have called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate tech billionaire Elon Musk for awarding cash prizes to voters in swing states if they sign his political organization’s petition, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post and sent to Garland on Monday. The letter argues that …

The Hill reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday called on federal regulators to make it more difficult for donors to use ActBlue, a popular progressive fundraising platform that has collected record donations for the Harris campaign. In a letter to the Federal Election Commission, Paxton accused the platform of failing to keep off “straw donors,” people who use …

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: Since becoming Donald Trump’s vice-presidential running mate in July, U.S. Sen. JD Vance hasn’t cast a single vote in Congress. The 42 votes the Cincinnati Republican missed while on the campaign trail for Trump were mostly to confirm federal appointees but they also included measures to expand the child tax credit, create a right to …

Florida Politics reports: During an interview on Clay & Buck, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott urged listeners to “look at these storms we’ve had, and what if we have another storm Nov. 4? What’s going to happen? You don’t want to take a chance.” Scott, who holds a margin-of-error lead over Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in polls released by the University of …

Axios reports: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) engaged in a tense text exchange last week, Axios has learned. Johnson told Axios in an exclusive interview on Saturday that he reached out to Cheney — a former close ally and friend — after she took aim at him on NBC’s “Meet the Press” over certifying the …

NBC News reports: South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday slammed members of his own party who are supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid, asking them, “What the hell are you doing? You’re supporting the most radical nominee in the history of American politics,” Graham said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “The danger to this country is …

Jake Tapper: “I’m sure that you think that a policy debate would be better than a personality debate, but if President Biden had gone on stage and spoke about the size of a pro golfer’s penis, I think you would be on this show right now saying you were shocked and appalled and you would suggest it was evidence of …

The Huffington Post reports: Dominion Voting Systems released a pointed statement Saturday following remarks from billionaire Elon Musk and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who have reiterated debunked conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen from Republican nominee Donald Trump. “We strongly encourage people to rely upon verified, credible sources of election information – sources that can explain the …

Ars Technica reports: Elon Musk’s X updated its terms of service to steer user lawsuits to US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the same court where a judge who bought Tesla stock is overseeing an X lawsuit against the nonprofit Media Matters for America. The new terms that apply to users of the X social network say …

The Miami Herald reports: When he abruptly resigned from his post last week, the top attorney for the Florida Department of Health suggested in a resignation letter that he was uncomfortable with decisions taken by the state agency, which days earlier had threatened to prosecute television stations over political advertisements. “A man is nothing without his conscience,” John Wilson wrote. …

“The United States Senate needs to have enough Republicans to help this president enact his agenda. I don’t want 51. I want more. So, I’m here tonight to give you a wake-up call. You said every vote counts. Well, every donation counts, too. “We’re getting creamed on the Senate when it comes to raising money. Wisconsin, Ohio, and Michigan, our …

The Texas Tribune reports: Former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores said she has no problem with requiring South Texans to carry passports to prove their citizenship. Flores, a Republican running to recapture the congressional seat she briefly held in 2022, made that assertion Thursday night during a debate with U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, the Democrat incumbent. Gonzalez was explaining why he …

The Intercept reports: Across battleground states, attorneys who helped former President Donald Trump undermine confidence in the 2020 election results are back at it, filing lawsuits that seed doubt in advance about this year’s outcome. Some of Trump’s attorneys from the 2020 election cycle were disbarred, indicted, or otherwise sanctioned for their roles, including Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and Sidney …

The Washington Post reports: A former SEAL colleague, Dave Madden, who had what he described as a close relationship with Mr. Sheehy before they deployed to Afghanistan, said that Mr. Sheehy never mentioned a gunshot wound to him, and almost certainly would have done so in a conversation they had during their deployment if he had indeed been wounded. On …

Florida Politics reports:  The Republican National Committee (RNC) and Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) have filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit over a state law requiring that a voter’s name and Social Security number match the info on their government ID. Civil rights groups, collectively represented by nonprofit plaintiff Florida Rising Together, sued Secretary of State Cord Byrd, …

The Hill reports: The non-partisan Cook Political Report has shifted Rep. Scott Perry’s (R-Pa.) race toward Democrats, calling the contest a toss-up on Friday. Perry is in a competitive race with Democrat Janelle Stelson in a battle that Cook previously had rated as lean Republican. “While the political environment should still favor Perry, his unique vulnerabilities, coupled with Democrats’ spending …

Florida Politics reports: Bob Milligan, who served as Florida’s last elected Comptroller before it changed to the current Chief Financial Officer post, says he’s backing Kamala Harris for President. Jim Smith, Florida’s 32nd Attorney General and two-time Secretary of State, and longtime GOP strategist Mac Stipanovich are doing the same. Milligan, who retired from the U.S. Marine Corps as a …

The Florida Phoenix reports: A federal judge temporarily barred the DeSantis administration from intimidating and coercing television stations that air ads in support of the proposed Amendment 4, which would bar government interference in abortion. The ruling stops Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo as the head of the Florida Department of Health from acting against broadcasters the department has already threatened …

The Associated Press reports: Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was “stupid as well as being ill-tempered,” a “despicable human being” and a “narcissist,” according to excerpts from a new biography of the Senate Republican leader that will be released this month. In a statement to the AP on Thursday, McConnell referenced two fellow Republican …