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12:45 PM ET, November 8, 2016

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Henry McKenna / Patriots Wire:
Gisele posts on Instagram that she and Tom Brady won't back Donald Trump  —  Gisele may have spilled the beans on Tom Brady's presidential vote.  —  The New England Patriots quarterback has done his best not to say who he will vote for in the 2016 Presidential Election.
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Tom E. Curran / CSNNE.com:
Belichick did indeed write letter to Trump  —  CSN New England confirmed this morning that Bill Belichick did indeed drop a note to Donald Trump on Monday.  —  The Republican presidential hopeful, speaking in Manchester, New Hampshire on Monday night said he had the backing of both the Patriots head coach and quarterback Tom Brady.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Real Voter Fraud  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The casting of a ballot is the most fundamentally American act that any of us takes.  It connects us to the Enlightenment ideals of the country's founding — the once-radical notion that human beings should think for themselves, rather than merely obey kings and priests.
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Emily Badger / New York Times:
Why Long Voting Lines Today Could Have Long-Term Consequences
Discussion: Vox and Politico
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Optimism From Hillary Clinton and Darkness From Donald Trump at Campaign's End
Discussion: Washington Post and Gothamist
The Hill:
Wild race heads for dramatic ending
Discussion: The Week, Politico and Vox
Tara Golshan / Vox:
Where early voting stands going into Election Day
Dana Williams / USA Today:
Guam, which has historically predicted election winner, picks Clinton  —  Nervous?  Here is what to expect tomorrow.  —  HAGATNA, Guam — Hillary Clinton has overwhelmingly won the vote on the tiny U.S. island of Guam.  —  The territory, located west of the international date line …
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William Cummings / USA Today:
Trump takes 32-25 lead in New Hampshire after midnight voting
Politico:
Clinton wins Dixville Notch
Discussion: ABC News and Taylor Marsh
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Clinton Gains, And The Polls Magically Converge  —  First things first: Hillary Clinton has a 70 percent chance of winning the election, according to both the FiveThirtyEight polls-only and polls-plus models.  That's up from a 65 percent chance on Sunday night …
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Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
In darkness and without fanfare, Gov. Christie votes for Trump  —  MENDHAM — Some things are best done under cover of darkness, and for Gov. Chris Christie that includes voting for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.  —  With the sky navy blue and sunrise still a half hour away …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
ABC News:
Hillary Clinton, Jon Bon Jovi Do ‘Mannequin Challenge’  —  Hillary Clinton had a little fun on her campaign plane Monday night, joining music superstar Jon Bon Jovi and members of her campaign team in taking on the viral “Mannequin Challenge.”  —  Video captured on Clinton's campaign plane …
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Obama's popularity hits near-record high on eve of election
Discussion: EconLog, Bloomberg and The Week
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Obamas combine forces with the Clintons to fend off Trump
Discussion: ABC News
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Topless protesters crash Trump's polling place  —  Two nearly nude women were escorted out of a polling station in midtown Manhattan Tuesday.  —  The unidentified women were shouting “out of our polls, Trump,” at the station where Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Has Shattered Campaign Norms In Damaging, Potentially Lasting Ways  —  We have grown numb to policies, rhetoric and conduct that was once far beyond the bounds of acceptability.  —  Fairly early into his speech in Michigan on Sunday night, Donald Trump stated that five years ago …
Julian Assange / WikiLeaks:
Assange Statement on the US Election  —  In recent months, WikiLeaks and I personally have come under enormous pressure to stop publishing what the Clinton campaign says about itself to itself.  That pressure has come from the campaign's allies, including the Obama administration …
Geordie Barrington / The American Mirror:
VIDEO: Bill helps staggering Hillary into car  —  Bill Clinton met Hillary at the bottom of her airplane's stairs in Philadelphia on Monday and she appeared to stumble as she made her way to the awaiting car.  —  Bill put his arm around her and she shuffled the short distance from the plane to the motorcade vehicle.
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP insiders worried party's turnout effort will fall short  —  Republican strategists on Monday dumped all over their party's voter turnout operation, calling it insufficient to the task and lagging behind Hillary Clinton's machine.  —  Some of the criticism was directed at Donald Trump.
Discussion: RedState and Mediaite
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Trump Holds 2-Point Lead Over Clinton As Election Day Arrives: Final IBD/TIPP Poll Results  —  As voters go to the actual polls to cast their ballots in what has been an unprecedented presidential election, Republican Donald Trump held onto a 2-point lead over his Democratic rival …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Let's Not Do This Again  —  If I had to sum up the election of 2016 in one clause, I would say it has been a sociological revolution, a moral warning and a political summons.  —  Sociologically, this campaign has been an education in how societies come apart.
Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
Final Projections: Clinton 323 EV, 51 Democratic Senate seats, GOP House  —  (Updates: 6:06am data for Presidential and Senate, and added confidence intervals.  9:00 am: more description, also variance minimization.)  —  Here are the final snapshots.  Four Senate races are within one percentage point …
Stephen Henderson / USA Today:
What we've lost in this campaign: Stephen Henderson … We should all aspire to Khizr Khan's unquestioned Americanism and reclaim it to guide our politics.  —  Khizr Khan speaks with a heavy accent.  He was born in Pakistan, and came to the U.S. as a young man.
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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William Wan / Washington Post:
State officials prepare for an unusually chaotic Election Day
Chuck Todd / NBC News:
Analysis: As Election Day Arrives, Plenty of Blame to Go Around
Discussion: Washington Monthly and CNBC
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Panel upholds ‘soft-money’ ban but sends GOP campaign finance challenge to Supreme Court
Discussion: electionlawblog.org
Charles Gasparino / New York Post:
The markets' foolish panic over Donald Trump
Discussion: alicublog
Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
2016's Big Reveal
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Are There Really Hidden Trump Voters?
Discussion: Althouse
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Dismal Campaign Presages a Crisis of Government
Conor Skelding / Politico:
Alt-right provocateur to dress up as ‘mattress girl’ for Columbia speech
Discussion: Heat Street
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's ground game may be more robust than you think
Discussion: Hot Air
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Spread of Early Voting Is Forging New Habits and Campaign Tactics
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A group of political scientists says Trump's attacks on our democracy are unprecedented and dangerous
Discussion: Business Insider
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan: GOP not Donald Trump's party
Discussion: Daily Kos and bradford-delong.com