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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.
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.
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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 …
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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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Final NBC/Marist state polls show close races in Pennsylvania and Arizona — WASHINGTON — Democrat Joe Biden holds a narrow lead over President Donald Trump in the all-important battleground state of Pennsylvania, while the two candidates are tied in Arizona, according to the final NBC News …
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Politico, Monmouth University …, The Hill and Spectator USA
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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Australian Financial Review, Washington Times, Chicago Sun-Times and Japan Times
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Ex-RNC officials won't back Trump
Ex-RNC officials won't back Trump
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Axios, Forbes, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and NBC News
Max Boot / Washington Post:
The work of the Never Trumpers is just beginning
The work of the Never Trumpers is just beginning
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DSCC, Twitchy, CNN, Raw Story and HillReporter.com
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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The Week, Washington Examiner, The Sun, Forbes, Raw Story, YouGov, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Vanity Fair, Data For Progress and Patterico's Pontifications
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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Politico, CNN, redstate.com, Slate, Breitbart, Raw Story, Florida Politics and Political Wire
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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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Slate, Business Insider and No More Mister Nice Blog
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.
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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The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, Los Angeles Times and redstate.com
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Judge rules California's Newsom overstepped his authority with election order
Judge rules California's Newsom overstepped his authority with election order
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Washington Examiner
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.
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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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Reuters, Associated Press, Daily Mail, CNN, The Times of Israel, Townhall, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, National Review, The Pittsburgh Jewish …, ABC News and Politico
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
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
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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OutKick, Washington Examiner and Daily Kos, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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Los Angeles Times
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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redstate.com, abc7NY, Al Jazeera, Government Technology News, Raw Story and Townhall
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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The Montana Post and Raw Story
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
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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Fox News, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, DemCast, redstate.com and Twitchy
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 …
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 …
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Washington Examiner, Twin Cities, Conservative News Today, The Hill and Breitbart
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.
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
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 …
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Bloomberg, New York Times, Associated Press, Business Insider, abc7NY, KXAN-TV, Washington Post, HillReporter.com and Mother Jones
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 …
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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 …
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The Hill, USA Today and U.S. Department of Justice
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.
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
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, Politico, Power Line and The Post Millennial
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 …
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New York Times, Associated Press, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, Business Insider and WFXRtv
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
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Jewish cemetery desecrated with ‘Trump’ spray paint — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of Michigan said on Monday that several tombstones in the Ahavas Israel Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Mich. had been desecrated with “Trump” and “MAGA” in red spray paint. — The civil rights organization …
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and New York Post
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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TheGrio, Slate, Deseret News, TMZ.com, Summit News, New York Post, Twitchy, Mediaite, KXAN-TV and National Review
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 …
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Trump Has No Free-and-Fair Path to Re-election — At no point since Donald Trump filed his re-election paperwork on inauguration day in 2017 has he or his campaign acted with the purpose of winning the most votes, or even of convincing people that he'd be the popular favorite in 2020.
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