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Washington Post:
Top Trump adviser bluntly contradicts president on covid-19 threat, urging all-out response  —  “This is not about lockdowns ... It's about an aggressive balanced approach that is not being implemented,' says internal White House report that challenges many of Trump's pronouncements.
Ryan D'Agostino / Esquire:
This Is Joe Biden When No One Is Watching  —  When my son was diagnosed with leukemia in 2016, Biden didn't have to call.  But he did, three times, because he is everything he says he is.  —  On a brilliant spring afternoon in 2016, I stood in a classroom at a Secret Service training facility in Maryland …
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The Daily Caller:
Here's What We've Found Digging Through Hunter Biden's Alleged Laptop  — The Daily Caller News Foundation's reporters have been poring over the contents of Hunter Biden's alleged hard drive, which show how Hunter tried to leverage his father's position for financial gain.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:   Court File Shows Joe Biden Listed as Possible Witness With Son in Fraud Case
New York Times:
As Voting Ends, Battle Intensifies Over Which Ballots Will Count  —  President Trump and his allies say they intend an aggressive challenge to how the votes are counted in key states, and Democrats are mobilizing to meet it.  —  With the election coming to a close, the Trump and Biden campaigns …
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New York Times:
Needle Update: What to Expect on Election Night  —  We'll have live estimates for Florida, Georgia and North Carolina.  —  For many Times readers, the memory of election night in 2016 is inseparable from the image of a semicircular chart that has since become known — affectionately or not — as “the needle.”
Slate:
Most Slate Staffers Are Voting for Biden—but Not All of Us
Discussion: National Review
The Daily Beast:
Republicans: Trump Will Be Our Leader, Even if He Loses  —  The president won't go quietly even if things don't go well Tuesday night.  Beyond that, politics have forever been changed by his presidency.  —  Although President Donald Trump could lose his bid for re-election on Tuesday night …
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:   Biden narrowly leads Trump in six swing states before Election Day, poll shows
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Final NBC/Marist state polls show close races in Pennsylvania and Arizona
New York Times:
As Election Day Arrives, Trump Shifts Between Combativeness and Grievance  —  The president is sounding notes of bravado and exasperation at the end of a divisive campaign.  But he may have severed himself from the political realities of a country in crisis.
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
What I Learned From Training to Be a Right-Wing Poll Watcher  —  Alan Vera, ballot security chairman for Texas' Harris County GOP, wants prospective poll watchers to keep an eye on their coffee.  —  “Here's a tip that I almost hate to have to tell you, but: Do not accept coffee …
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New York Times:
Vienna Shooting Live Updates: Terrorist Attack in Austria Leaves 2 Dead and at Least 15 Wounded  —  The Austrian leader described the gunmen as terrorists, but no motive has emerged.  At least one attacker was still at large.  —  RIGHT NOW “We are going through a dark hour in our republic …
Associated Press:
Judge limits Governor Newsom's powers during coronavirus pandemic  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California county judge on Monday preliminarily ordered Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop issuing directives related to the coronavirus that might interfere with state law.
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Judge rules California's Newsom overstepped his authority with election order
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Murray Waas / New York Magazine:
How Trump and Barr's October Surprise Went Bust  —  On September 10, Nora Dannehy resigned as the deputy to John Durham, the federal prosecutor investigating the government's probe into the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.  Dannehy left her post and the Justice Department …
Discussion: Law & Crime and Raw Story
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's 2020 Superspreader Campaign: A Diary  —  From “COVID, COVID, COVID” is a fake to “Fire Fauci!”  —  The Monday morning of Donald Trump's last full week as a Presidential candidate started, of course, with a tweet.  “The Fake News media is riding covid, covid, covid, all the way to the Election.
Michael Wines / New York Times:
November Surprise: Fewer Ballots Rejected by Election Officials  —  With many voters casting their first absentee ballots, experts feared a wave of disqualifying mistakes.  But that may not be so.  —  WASHINGTON — With absentee ballots flooding election offices nationwide …
Discussion: Raw Story and DCReport.org
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Election Eve Message Focuses on Refusing to Pay Microphone Guy  —  President Trump, trailing in the polls, brought an unconventional message to the people of Wisconsin: He is mad at the guy who set up his rally microphone and is not going to pay him for his work.
Discussion: The Week
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Texas Republicans appeal after judge rejects bid to toss 127,000 drive-thru ballots  —  Texas Republicans again appealed a court order allowing drive-thru voting to continue in Harris County, Texas, with a late filing Monday evening.  —  Earlier in the day, a federal judge ruled …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Flag-waving Trump supporters block California voting station with vehicle caravan  —  A caravan of President Donald Trump's supporters blocked access to a voting station in southern California.  —  The caravan paraded for 60 miles through Riverside County before arriving at a Temecula sports park …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Four GOP Campaign Chiefs Make Their Final Election Predictions.  They're as Divided as the Country.  —  They battled Donald Trump and lost.  Despite the polls, a couple of them think he could pull out a surprise win again.  —  Election Day is here—and with it, the chance to look very smart …
Discussion: The 19th and The Guardian
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Trump's suburban crash drags House GOP down with him  —  In only four years, a crescent of Atlanta's northern suburbs has swung from a safe, iconic Republican House seat to a near-lock for Democrats — a startling shift illustrating how far President Donald Trump and his party have fallen in the suburbs before the 2020 election.
Siddharthya Roy / Newsweek:
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Got a Big Social Media Boost from Indian Troll Farms  —  Joe Biden's Twitter account got a sizable boost beginning in August from tens of thousands of fake followers purchased on the open market from troll farms in rural India, an investigation has found.
Discussion: Breitbart
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
GOP GOTV set to swamp Biden lead, ‘Election Day to look like a Trump rally’  —  The Trump campaign, exuding 11th hour confidence, is revealing raw voter data that suggests to them that Joe Biden's lead in early voting will be swamped by a red wave of GOP voters on Election Day.
Discussion: redstate.com, Raw Story and Townhall
Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
Trump closes reelection campaign in Michigan with appeal to spirit of 2016  —  GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — President Trump ended his election campaign in the place that set him on a course to victory in 2016, appealing to the people of Michigan to power him to another come-from-behind victory.
Rachel Swan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Collision in Oakland: Move to defund police meets homicide spike  —  Inspired by Black Lives Matter, Oakland set a goal to cut its police budget in half.  But the reality is more complex, with support dwindling in neighborhoods most affected by police abuses.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Greg Gianforte's Political Director Attacked and Damaged a Woman's Car: Police Report  —  Gianforte has, shall we say, his own history of violent incidents during elections.  This time, it was an aide involved and an automobile on the receiving end.  —  Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) …
Discussion: The Montana Post and Raw Story
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
In a Hot Election, the Cool-Headed Associated Press Takes Center Stage  —  At the end of a turbulent campaign, the global news organization has a big role to play, with 4,000 reporters collecting vote counts from county clerks in 50 states.  —  The Associated Press will not predict a winner of the presidential election.
The Intercept:
Progressive Challengers Could Shatter a Washington Narrative on Tuesday … The 2018 House Democratic primaries saw the most robust battle between the party's progressive and centrist wings since the 2006 Blue Wave.  Flush with anger at President Donald Trump, dozens of progressives leapt …
Discussion: Associated Press
Louis Jacobson / @politifact:
Trump spokesman Jason Miller paints dubious picture of Election Night  —  • No candidate will “be over 290 electoral votes” on Election Night, because electoral votes aren't cast until Dec. 14 and won't be counted until Jan. 6.  —  • Beyond that, media outlets won't be projecting winners …
Louis Jacobson / The Cook Political Report:
What is The Cook Political Report?  —  The Cook Political Report is an independent, non-partisan newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, Governors and President as well as American political trends.
Washington Post:
Trump signals chaotic stretch after election  —  President Trump is signaling that Election Day could be followed by a stretch of uncertainty and chaos as a purge of top officials, legal challenges to election results and a potential resistance to a normal transition cloud the prospects …
Discussion: Washington Times, The Root, Reason and Newsy
Sarah Jones / POLITICUSUSA:
A Reason For Hope: Nancy Pelosi's Democrats Are Raring to Go If Biden Wins  —  Here's something to feel good about: If Joe Biden wins the 2020 election, Democrats will have two experienced experts who can hit the ground running with a tight House coalition.  —  Most presidents don't come …
Daniel Figueroa IV / WMNF:
Video shows Pinellas deputies repeatedly punching, elbowing Biden supporter during political rally in Palm Harbor  —  A video showing the arrest of a Clearwater man during a political rally in Palm Harbor has raised concerns over a deputy's use of force.  —  The video shows deputies punching …
Discussion: Raw Story
BuzzFeed News:
New: Mueller Investigated Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, And Roger Stone For DNC Hacks  —  Prosecutors investigated Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and Roger Stone for the hacking of Democratic National Committee servers as well as for possible campaign finance violations, but ultimately chose not to charge them …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
After blocking its release, U.S. judge lets Trump policing panel publish report  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration's law enforcement commission won approval from a federal judge on Monday night to release its controversial report on policing reforms, as long …
Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
Pennsylvania AG hit for predicting Trump will lose election before votes even counted  —  Election remains extremely close in the battleground state with polls showing Biden with a narrow lead  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for November 2  —  Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro …
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
Ballot processing begins in Detroit; 2 poll challengers removed … On the first day of absentee ballot processing in TCF Center in Detroit, police removed two poll challengers, including one man wearing a horror-movie mask who shouted that the ballot processing was “crooked.”
Discussion: The Root and The Daily Beast
 
 
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Dead people caught voting in NYC, elections records show
Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:
2020 Sets All-Time Gun Sales Record
New York Times:
In the Trump Campaign, Government Agencies and Officials Have Often Provided Help
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
The Quiet Architect of Biden's Plan to Rescue the Economy
Brian McCollum / Detroit Free Press:
Eminem signals Biden support as campaign releases ‘Lose Yourself’ election ad
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
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