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Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Will Michigan voters decide whether Trump or Clinton wins it all? … A month ago, the presidential race in Michigan was over: Hillary Clinton had an 11-point lead over Donald Trump, fueled by a 20-point margin among women, a 30-point lead in metro Detroit and history — no Republican has won the state since 1988 — on her side.
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CNN, Independent Journal Review and The Daily Caller
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Politico:
Clinton wins Dixville Notch — Dixville Notch, the quirky northern New Hampshire town that traditionally votes early on Election Day, has tallied this year's results — and Hillary Clinton is the local winner. — Clinton won four votes, while Donald Trump picked up two.
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ABC News and Taylor Marsh
Tara Golshan / Vox:
Where early voting stands going into Election Day — As the candidates make their closing arguments before Election Day, millions of Americans have already cast their ballots for the presidential election. — At least 42 million citizens have voted early, with more than 18 million ballots cast in battleground states.
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The Huffington Post, Politico and New York Magazine
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan: GOP not Donald Trump's party — won the nomination “fair and square,” the GOP is not his party, Speaker Paul Ryan — (R-Wis.) said Monday on a local radio show. — “It is no one person's party. Donald Trump won the primary fair and square,” Ryan said during an interview on WTMJ …
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Political Wire and bradford-delong.com
Ana Navarro / CNN:
I'm voting for Hillary Clinton — and against Donald Trump — Navarro to party leaders: ‘Disown Donald Trump tonight’ — Ana Navarro, a Republican strategist and commentator, was national Hispanic campaign chairwoman for John McCain in 2008, national Hispanic co-chair for Jon Huntsman's 2012 campaign …
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Live election coverage — Washington (CNN)Who will be the next president of the United States? Follow here for the latest updates on Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the race to 270. — What you need to know now — The CNN Poll of Polls shows that Clinton is leading Trump by four points.
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Business Insider, The Week, twitchy.com, Politicus USA and Mediaite
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A group of political scientists says Trump's attacks on our democracy are unprecedented and dangerous — As a general rule, political scientists tend to shy away from taking public stands for — or against — candidates that might make them appear partisan or somehow lacking in scientific objectivity.
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Business Insider
Media Matters for America:
Trump's White Nationalist Supporters Love His “Nazi” Closing Ad Because It “Blasts” The “Evil Jews” — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's closing campaign ad did not disappoint his anti-Semitic fans in the white nationalist movement. They called the two-minute ad …
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The Daily Beast, Daily Stormer, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic, Hullabaloo and BuzzFeed
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Obamas combine forces with the Clintons to fend off Trump — PHILADELPHIA — Silencing the vast Philadelphia crowd with his final campaign trail address as president, Barack Obama framed Hillary Clinton as a guardian of his legacy as the clock ticked down on her long, turbulent ride to the White House.
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Political Wire
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TMZ.com:
Hillary Clinton — Pulls Plug On Election Night Fireworks — EXCLUSIVE — Hillary Clinton will NOT light up the sky over NYC if she wins the Presidency — her campaign is calling off a planned fireworks show ... TMZ has learned. — The Clinton campaign had contacted the Coast Guard …
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Natalie Musumeci / New York Post:
Clinton calls off Election Night fireworks
Clinton calls off Election Night fireworks
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Clinton campaign sends legal warning on ads claiming she's ‘under investigation’ — (CNN)Hillary Clinton's campaign sent cease-and-desist letters to broadcasters advising that they shouldn't air ads from pro-Donald Trump PACs that include the claim that Clinton is “under investigation by the FBI.”
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
Woman Thrown in Front of Train at Times Square Subway Station Is Killed — A 46-year-old Queens woman was killed after being pushed in front of a subway train in Times Square on Monday, the New York Police Department said. The attack disrupted traffic at the city's busiest transit hub …
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CBS New York, New York Post, New York Magazine and The Root
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump mocks hip hop as ‘talking’ — Sarasota, Florida (CNN)Donald Trump on Monday mocked hip-hop music as he once again criticized the performance Jay Z and Beyonce delivered at a rally for Hillary Clinton, asking whether it was “talking or singing.” — “The language is so bad and as they were singing — singing right?
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Balloon Juice
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
This Time, There Really Is a Hispanic Voter Surge — Hispanic voters were largely credited with President Obama's victory in 2012, but they weren't as crucial as many believed. Mr. Obama didn't even need to win the Hispanic vote to put him over the top, thanks to high black turnout and support among white voters in the North.
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Instapundit
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
In Trump's Most Important County, a Surge of Hispanic Voters
In Trump's Most Important County, a Surge of Hispanic Voters
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steveschale.com, Business Insider, Hot Air, Politico, The Hill, Booman Tribune, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Week and Reuters
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Spread of Early Voting Is Forging New Habits and Campaign Tactics — In 1977, a flood control measure on the ballot in Monterey, Calif., became what historians say was the first modern American election decided by people who voted before Election Day. — It was a strange moment …
Nicholas Schmidle / New Yorker:
Glenn Beck Tries Out Decency — After the pundit watched Michelle Obama's speech about Trump's treatment of women, he rethought some things. — One recent morning, after the release of Donald Trump's Tic Tac tape and his subsequent mansplanation about locker-room talk …
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RT, Jezebel, Vox, TheBlaze, Mediaite, Right Wing Watch, Talking Points Memo and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Our Final 2016 Picks — Clinton 322, Trump 216; 50-50 Senate; GOP holds House — Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley, UVA Center for Politics November 7th, 2016 — After a nearly two-year campaign — kicked off in December 2014 by Jeb Bush (remember him?) — we've come to it at last.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judges refuse voter-intimidation orders against GOP and Trump in Pennsylvania, North Carolina — Federal judges in North Carolina and Pennsylvania have turned down Democratic Party requests for orders barring their Republican counterparts from harassing voters at the polls.
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The Huffington Post, Guardian and Mother Jones
John Frank / Denver Post:
Purple State Memo: Republicans hold lead in Colorado early voting entering Election Day — A weekly newsletter that looks at the Colorado election in 2016 — EARLY VOTING NUMBERS SHIFT AHEAD OF BIG DAY — Republicans took the lead in early voting in Colorado at the end of the day Friday …
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Daily Mail, Washington Examiner, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, New York Magazine, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller and Heat Street
Gary Langer / ABC News:
2016 Race Stays at 47-43 through Sunday (POLL) — Rolling forward to interviews conducted Thursday through Sunday, the ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll shows the same results as its previous estimate of 47 percent for Hillary Clinton and 43 percent for Donald Trump …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge balks at five-year timeline for release of Clinton emails — A federal judge signaled Monday that he's not inclined to agree to a timetable for the release of FBI-recovered Hillary Clinton emails that could have the records dribbling out over the next five years.
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Washington Free Beacon
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Why I think Nate Silver's model underrates Clinton's odds — The uncertainty is real, but it's not balanced. — People want to know who will win the election on Tuesday and are also nervous about it. Indeed, some people seem to want to be nervous about it.
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CNN, New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, bradford-delong.com, ABC News and Business Insider
Associated Press:
High Court Raises Doubts About Temporary Presidential Picks — The Supreme Court on Monday raised doubts about the temporary appointment of a former labor official in a case that could limit the president's power to fill top government posts. — The justices considered whether Lafe Solomon …
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Washington Post
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Social media causes some users to rethink their views on an issue — Politics on social media - as in real life - isn't always pretty. In an election season marked by partisan animosity, a recent Pew Research Center report found that many social media users describe their political encounters online …
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Washington Post and New York Magazine
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Campaign manager on Trump charity donations: 'I've seen him write checks' — Watch Larry Kudlow push Kellyanne Conway over Trump's lack of charity — Kellyanne Conway, Trump campaign manager, pushes back against the assertion that Donald Trump is not charitable or generous.
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Daily Kos, AOL, ThinkProgress, Mediaite, TheStreet.com and Mother Jones