You know something, Trumpmaniacs? I don't see no stinking Nazis in here.”

— Hulk Hogan at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden, which has been compared to a Nazi demonstration.

SUNDAY NIGHT SCARIES

Donald Trump is gambling that ramping up his racist, authoritarian rhetoric in the final days of the campaign will win him the election. His behavior shows that if anyone in America qualifies as the “enemy within,” it’s him, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told Crooked Media.

Former President Donald Trump’s MAGA minions descended on Madison Square Garden in New York City last night, hosting a rally meant to serve as his closing argument against Vice President Kamala Harris. Instead, the event devolved into a demonstration of such racism and hatred that even far-right Republicans are distancing themselves from the speakers. One of his own former advisers compared it to a Nazi rally hosted at the arena in 1939. Speakers railed on immigration and migrants, with Trump adviser Stephen Miller mincing no words: “America is for Americans — and Americans only.” Trump played his hits from hell, once again calling his political opponents the “enemy within.”

“Anytime he says something, he’s projecting his own self. He is the enemy within,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said in an interview with Pod Save America, conducted before the MSG rally. “He is vulgar, grotesque. He is unpatriotic. We know that he is demonstrating characteristics that can be considered fascist.” The interview will air on Tuesday.

Long gone are Trump’s attempts to reach voters in the middle. Now, the MAGA playbook is in full swing: Appeal to people’s ugliest prejudices, stoke fear, and hope it's enough to drive high voter turnout. The rally “is absolutely something that is intended to, and is, fanning the fuel of trying to divide our country,” Harris told reporters today.

Trump’s racist carnival — which he described as “a great rally” today — gives Democrats a fresh way to sway progressives who aren’t sold on Harris.

“I have two words to say to people who say she’s not progressive enough: Donald Trump … Everything that we have cared about or done would be obliterated by him,” Pelosi said in the interview. There would be no bipartisanship under a second Trump administration, she added, and he would only serve his wealthy friends who are boosting his campaign. Reminder: Billionaire conspiracist Elon Musk — who warns about elites taking over the world, but is himself the world’s richest man, owns a major social media platform, and basically controls America’s ability to launch into space — has donated $132 million to Trump and his allies this cycle. In a bizarre moment at the rally, Musk described himself as “dark, gothic MAGA.”

“What Donald Trump stands for, the values that he brings, is not consistent with American values,” Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) told our friends at the What A Day podcast today. Instead of complaining that Harris isn’t far enough to the left, people should be focused on keeping Trump out of office, he added. “I just do not want anybody to wake up on November 6 and say, ‘I should have done more,’ or ‘I spent the last final week questioning a policy’” instead of working to elect Harris, Moore said.

If Donald Trump loses, his rally of hatred may be remembered as what led him to lose this margin-of-error race, Politico’s Adam Wren wrote last night. If he wins…

CLIMATE DERANGED

Donald Trump has pledged to entirely roll back the Biden administration’s landmark effort to address climate change, but good news! He probably can’t, according to legal experts.

The Inflation Reduction Act — aimed at combating climate change and other issues — could give over $1 trillion worth of tax credits over the next decade to people and businesses that invest in clean energy. If a Trump administration tries to change how tax credits are doled out, it could face lengthy legal challenges, according to Axios.

A large portion of the IRA’s money for loans and grants supporting clean energy initiatives have been “obligated,” a fancy government word meaning that contracts have already been signed. Trump would need Congress to get that money back, but it would be an uphill battle since even many Republicans have warmed to the IRA. Funds that haven’t yet been spent or “obligated” could be in trouble, however.

At a town hall earlier this month, Trump rambled incoherently when asked if climate change is a hoax, saying that “we can’t destroy our country over being forced to do things.” Katherine Hayhoe, a prominent climate scientist who teaches at Texas Tech, said that any arguments against addressing climate change “are just smokescreens for the real issue.”

Politicians “don't want to fix it because they're afraid the solutions threaten their identity, wealth, or influence. And in pursuit of that goal, they're willing to entertain any excuse,” she told What A Day, when asked about Trump’s stance.

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WHAT ELSE?

Most voters don’t believe Donald Trump will accept defeat if he loses the election next week, according to a new poll. The majority of voters also don’t believe the Supreme Court would make the right legal decision on any cases related to the election. What would give them that opinion? Did something happen?

Domestic extremists who believe election-related conspiracies pose the greatest threat of violence during this election season, according to a U.S. intelligence report.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D-PA) is suing Elon Musk over his $1 million daily sweepstakes that entices registered voters to sign a petition from his pro-Trump super PAC. “That is a lottery. And it is indisputably an unlawful lottery,” said Krasner.

More than 200,000 people have canceled their Washington Post subscriptions after billionaire owner Jeff Bezos blocked the editorial board from endorsing Kamala Harris last week. Democracy dies in darkness, Jeff! Get that through your thick skull!

Two ballot boxes were set on fire in Oregon and Washington this morning, damaging hundreds of ballots, according to local officials. In the Washington race last election, the incumbent Democrat won by only 3,000 votes, raising concerns that the incident could affect the race.

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Puerto Rican pop icon Bad Bunny announced that he’s supporting Kamala Harris for president on Sunday, after known hack racist “comedian” Tony Hinchcliffe called the territory “a floating island of trash” at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden. That’s a huge win for the Harris campaign after trying to gain his support for months, which could help their efforts among Latinos and young men. More like Good Bunny, amiright?

Americans in the overwhelming majority of states favor Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cups over other candies, marking yet another year in which the little salty-sweet foiled-wrapped guys reign supreme. Is this particularly newsworthy? No. Is it the correct opinion? Absolutely.

The United States ranks no. 7 in the world among top green energy producers per capita, according to a new survey. Let’s apply some of that famous American “We’re no. 1!” competitiveness to this competition and we’ll really be in business.