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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.
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QU Poll:
Florida And Ohio: Biden Has The Edge Over Trump, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Nationally, Biden Maintains A Strong Lead — On the eve of Election Day 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden has narrow leads over President Donald Trump in Florida and Ohio, according to the final Quinnipiac …
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Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:
Biden Holds Lead Despite Trump Gains in Swing Counties — Biden trusted more to handle pandemic — West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a 5-point to 7-point lead over Donald Trump among likely voters in Pennsylvania, according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Biden narrowly leads Trump in six swing states before Election Day, poll shows — Joe Biden holds at least narrow leads over Donald Trump in the six 2020 election swing states of Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to a CNBC/Change Research poll.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Final NBC/Marist state polls show close races in Pennsylvania and Arizona
Final NBC/Marist state polls show close races in Pennsylvania and Arizona
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Politico, The Hill and Spectator USA
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.
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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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Slate:
Most Slate Staffers Are Voting for Biden—but Not All of Us
Most Slate Staffers Are Voting for Biden—but Not All of Us
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Reason, National Review, Bloomberg and Daily Kos
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Early Vote Sets Record Despite Pandemic and Legal Wrangling
Early Vote Sets Record Despite Pandemic and Legal Wrangling
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CBS News, Mother Jones and Houston Public Media
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 …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just revealed his plot to steal the election. Here's a way to stop him.
Trump just revealed his plot to steal the election. Here's a way to stop him.
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Associated Press, Forbes, Breitbart and Axios
Shawna Chen / Axios:
Pelosi on Trump's election-night plans: “We're ready for it all”
Pelosi on Trump's election-night plans: “We're ready for it all”
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The Wrap, Washington Examiner, The Root and Political Wire
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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Jessica Huseman / ProPublica:
So Far, Trump's “Army” of Poll Watchers Looks More Like a Small Platoon
So Far, Trump's “Army” of Poll Watchers Looks More Like a Small Platoon
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Business Insider, Slate, No More Mister Nice Blog and Denver Post
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Psychiatrist Who Evaluated Trump's Mental State on CNN and MSNBC Argues President is Worse Than Hitler — Dr. Bandy X. Lee, a psychiatrist who has appeared on CNN and MSNBC and briefed members of Congress, appeared to argue on Monday that President Donald Trump is worse than Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Psychiatrist featured on CNN, MSNBC praises Hitler in tweet attacking Trump
Psychiatrist featured on CNN, MSNBC praises Hitler in tweet attacking Trump
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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 …
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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.”
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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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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 …
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Law & Crime and Raw Story
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 …
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Raw Story
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 …
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Raw Story and DCReport.org
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.
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New York Times:
How Do Donalds Vote? Take Our Name Quiz to Find Out — We found some unexpected trends when we sorted our polling data by first name. — Over the past two months, The New York Times and Siena College have conducted polls in almost every battleground state, creating a large database of likely voters and their preferences.
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The White House:
Executive Order on Establishing the President's Advisory 1776 Commission — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to better enable a rising generation to understand the history and principles of the founding …
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National Review, Power Line, Politico and The Post Millennial
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
DOJ sending voting rights monitors to 18 states, including Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio … The Justice Department is dispatching voting rights monitors to 18 states Tuesday, including jurisdictions in the key battlegrounds of Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Ohio.
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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.
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.”
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The Root and The Daily Beast
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) …
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New York Times:
In the Trump Campaign, Government Agencies and Officials Have Often Provided Help — The sustained effort by President Trump, members of his cabinet and other officials to use the powers of incumbency has gone far beyond anything done by his predecessors. — WASHINGTON — President Trump's …
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 …
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The Daily Caller
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.
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Breitbart
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Ex-RNC officials won't back Trump — Three former communications directors at the Republican National Committee (RNC) voted against President Trump this year, they said Monday. — In a tweet posted Monday, Ryan Mahoney, who ran communications for the party apparatus during President Trump's …
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Washington Examiner, Forbes, Axios, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Max Boot / Washington Post:
The work of the Never Trumpers is just beginning — What a weird, wild ride it has been — and it's not over yet. — When Donald Trump began running for the presidency on June 15, 2015, I never imagined he would win the Republican primaries, much less the general election.
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Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:
2020 Sets All-Time Gun Sales Record — With the election looming, 2020 became the all-time best year for gun sales in American history. — More than 16.5 million guns were sold through the month of October, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis of FBI data released on Monday.
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Breitbart, Conservative News Today and The Daily Caller
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
FLASHBACK: Biden says he won't ban fracking in PA, but Harris once sued the Obama-Biden admin — She argued fracking “may pose a threat to the health and well-being of California communities.” — Buttigieg defends Biden's fracking position, light campaign schedule
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Washington Examiner, Reuters and redstate.com
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.
Barton Gellman / The Atlantic:
How Trump Could Attempt a Coup — A wretched presidential campaign has played out at last, but Election Day is not how this story ends. Unable to overtake his opponent in the polls, Donald Trump decided months ago to run against the election itself. That race does not conclude when the ballots are counted.
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
My predictions for the 2020 presidential and congressional races — Henry Olsen is a Washington Post columnist and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. — “These are the times that try men's souls.” The opening line of Thomas Paine's Revolutionary War pamphlet series …
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