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6:40 PM ET, November 4, 2014

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Final Update: Republicans Have A 3 In 4 Chance Of Winning The Senate  —  After two months of forecasting, it comes down to this: Republicans are favored to win the Senate.  Their chances of doing so are 76 percent, according to FiveThirtyEight's Senate forecast, which is principally based …
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New York Times:
What to Watch For as G.O.P. Expects Big Night at Polls  —  WASHINGTON — It is a recipe for sensory overload: Election returns will start flooding every device and screen Tuesday evening, capturing the outcomes of 36 governors' contests, the battle for control of the Senate …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Death by Data  —  Over the past decade or so, political campaigns have become more scientific.  Campaign consultants use sophisticated data to micro-target specific demographic slices.  Consultants select their ad buys more precisely because they know which political niche is watching which TV show.
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
BOMBSHELL MEMO: Jeanne Shaheen Conspired With White House Insider On IRS Targeting Scandal  —  Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was principally involved in a plot with Lois Lerner and President Barack Obama's political appointee at the IRS to lead a program of harassment …
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Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
REPORT: ELECTION-EVE BOMBSHELL MEMO EMBROILS JEANNE SHAHEEN IN IRS TARGETING SCANDAL
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden Blows Greg Orman's Cover: He ‘Will Be With Us’  —  Vice President Joe Biden blew Kansas independent Greg Orman's cover in a radio interview today.  Orman hasn't stated which party he'll caucus with in the Senate—actively avoiding announcing whether he'll be with Republicans or Democrats …
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Chicago Sun Times:
Calls to election judges a ‘serious attempt to disrupt’ voting  —  A barrage of automated phone calls offering false instructions to scores of election judges was “a serious attempt to disrupt” Chicago voting operations in the run-up to Tuesday's vote, elections officials said.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Chicago Election Judges Receive Robocalls With False Instructions  —  Election judges in Chicago received mysterious automated phone calls with false instructions over the weekend, the Chicago Sun Times reported.  —  Election officials said the calls were part of “a serious attempt to disrupt” the voting process.
TIME:
Lena Dunham: ‘I Do Not Condone Any Kind of Abuse’  —  In an exclusive statement to TIME, the author addresses recent controversy over a passage in her book, Not That Kind of Girl, regarding her relationship with her younger sister  —  I am dismayed over the recent interpretation of events described in my book Not That Kind of Girl.
Stephanie Ando / myfox8.com:
Burlington man eating Olive Garden every day, twice a day for seven weeks  —  BURLINGTON, N.C. — A Burlington man has used his “Never Ending Pasta Pass” from Olive Garden to eat 95 meals over the last six weeks.  —  Alan Martin bought it for $100 and he says he's gotten $1,510 worth of food so far.
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Coach K: Obama Is a Bad Coach in the ISIS War  —  The legendary Duke coach said Obama is foolishly telling ISIS what the U.S. team will or won't do - a bad strategy in both war and basketball.  —  Barack Obama is a bad coach in the U.S. military war against ISIS, according …
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Former CBS News Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Claims Existence of Obama Enemies' List  —  “I kind of assume I'm on a list.  I don't think I'm the only one”  —  Sharyl Attkisson is an investigative journalist who became the story when she quit CBS News after two decades amid allegations …
WAVY-TV:
Va. Beach, Newport News report voting machine calibration issues  —  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Department of Elections has confirmed technical difficulties with the calibration of some touch-screen voting machines in Virginia Beach and Newport News, Tuesday.
Wall Street Journal:
How to Lose, and Win, Graciously  —  If the president's party loses big on Tuesday, as appears likely, much of the loss will be due to 3 C's—competence, coherence and credibility.  Competence: The administration has shown little talent for or focused interest in running the federal government well …
Discussion: Mediaite
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Georgia Republican Secretary of State's voter info website abruptly crashes on Election Day  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Voters looking for their polling place information before work on Tuesday were out of luck in the state of Georgia.  The state's “My Voter Page” …
msnbc.com:
Problems reported at polls vary from state to state  —  HOUSTON — Voters in Connecticut, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Alabama and other states all encountered potentially serious problems casting ballots as Americans went to the polls Tuesday.  —  The issues included malfunctioning machines …
Jeffrey Rosen / The New Republic:
The Supreme Court Will Be a Disaster If a Justice Dies During a Republican Congress  —  On Friday, New York magazine's Jon Chait argued that the media has “wildly overstated the legislative importance of Republican Senate control” while at the same time understating its judicial importance.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Exit Polls: Why They So Often Mislead  —  Did you think John Kerry was poised to win the presidency?  That Scott Walker was close to losing the 2012 governor's recall election in Wisconsin?  Do you believe that the black share of the electorate in North Carolina dropped to 23 percent in 2012, from 26 percent in 2004?
Discussion: Hot Air
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Ferguson protester: No one can find the bullet police say they didn't fire into my head  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A Florissant, Missouri woman says that police in Ferguson shot her in the head while she was leaving a rally supporting slain teen Michael Brown.
Discussion: Addicting Info and Balloon Juice
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Map: The Africa without Ebola  —  Ebola is a frightening, unpredictable disease.  Nearly 5,000 West Africans have died from the current outbreak with more than 13,000 people thought infected.  —  However, so far the problem remains largely limited to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Katrina vanden Heuvel / Washington Post:
The midterm minimum-wage mandate  —  For the national Democratic Party, there are only two possible outcomes in today's elections: bad and worse.  Even in the best-case scenario, Democrats will barely hang onto a narrow Senate majority that is virtually powerless in the face of Republican obstruction.
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Washington Post:
The spread of state minimum-wage laws is making Congress look bad
Charlie Cook / National Journal:
How Big a Night Will It Be for the GOP?  —  At this point, a seven-seat gain would seem the most likely outcome for Senate Republicans.  —  The odds of Republicans winning a Senate majority are obviously getting very high.  Indeed, it would be a real shocker if Democrats held the GOP …
Discussion: ABC News and ABC News
David K. Li / Page Six:
Is Angelina Jolie ready to run for office?  —  She has won an Oscar and regularly conquers the box office — so how hard could winning an election be?  —  Globe-trotting Hollywood do-gooder Angelina Jolie hints in a new interview that she's ready to enter politics.
Rebecca Fishbein / Gothamist:
Video: OITNB's Big Boo Takes On M Train Preacher  —  Litchfield Penitentiary's resident double-crosser's better known for trying to seduce bible thumpers than out-preach them, but it looks like IRL Big Boo's got other ideas—this morning, Orange Is The New Black star Lea DeLaria had some choice words …
Discussion: Mashable, Jezebel and New York Magazine
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
This Was An Election About A Failed Presidency  —  As President Obama watches the returns this evening, it will be with the building resentment of an executive closer to the end than the beginning.  From Politico's profile of the president at the second midterm:
 
 
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Obama will leave the Democrats in shambles
Discussion: Chicago Boyz and Power Line
Andy Cush / Gawker:
Toddler-on-Toddler Shooting Leaves Three-Year-Old Hospitalized
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
De Blasio Unveils New Plans for Troubled Schools in New York
Discussion: Eduwonk
Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Utah Cops Exonerated For Shooting Darien Hunt Seven Times In The Back
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Matt Higgins / CBS DC:
McConnell: ‘This Is A Chance To Begin To Save This Country’
Discussion: FOX News Radio and Shakesville
 Earlier Items: 
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Election Tests New Rules on Voting
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Election 2014: A new level of collaboration between candidates and big-money allies
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
A midterm referendum on Barack Obama
Discussion: Firedoglake, Washington Post and NPR
Ronald Brownstein / National Journal:
The Tectonic Plates of 2014  —  Several key structural factors …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Washington Post:
Where did Obama go wrong?
Discussion: The Dish
Tarini Parti / Politico:
Obama cuts radio ad for Kay Hagan
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Bloomberg:
A look at Crunchyroll's challenges, including current and former employees saying its management is out of touch, as Disney and Netflix's expand into anime
 
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