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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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Balloon Juice, New York Times, Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Week, Mediaite, Business Insider, Raw Story and Axios
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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Washington Examiner
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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 …
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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Japan Times, The American Conservative, The Week, Politico and Raw Story
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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, NBC News, Forbes, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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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Raw Story, Newsbusters, Political Wire and Associated Press
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Final Ratings for the 2020 Election — Dear Readers: Due to popular demand, we decided to release a final pre-election Sabato's Crystal Ball: America Votes webinar. We will be going through our picks for the election. We'll also hear from Rob Griffin, the research director …
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Louis Jacobson / @politifact:
Trump spokesman Jason Miller paints dubious picture of Election Night
Trump spokesman Jason Miller paints dubious picture of Election Night
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DemCast, Fox News, The Daily Beast, The Wrap, redstate.com and Twitchy
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Trump Has No Free-and-Fair Path to Re-election
Trump Has No Free-and-Fair Path to Re-election
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ABC News, The American Conservative, The American Spectator, Twitchy, Axios and redstate.com
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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Talking Points Memo, The Moderate Voice and Bloomberg
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.
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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Los Angeles Times, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit 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
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.
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The Week
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
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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ABC News, Slate, Business Insider, Mock Paper Scissors and No More Mister Nice Blog
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.
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Associated Press, The Guardian, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Washington Times
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, CNN, Daily Mail, Associated Press, CBS News, The New Arab, hotair.com, Snopes.com, Townhall, Politico, Raw Story, ABC News, The Pittsburgh Jewish …, The Daily Beast, Al Jazeera and Liberty Unyielding
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
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 …
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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The 19th
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
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 …
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Politico, Washington Times, The Root, Reason, The National Interest and Newsy
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
Chloe Atkins / NBC News:
Abortion restrictions are on the ballot in Colorado and Louisiana — Voters in Colorado and Louisiana will weigh in on state ballot measures Tuesday that have the potential to chip away at abortion access. — Coloradans are considering Proposition 115, which would ban abortions after 22 weeks …
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CBS News and Guttmacher Institute
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.
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Foreign Policy and Washington Post
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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CNN, Axios and Washington Examiner
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.
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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NBC News, hotair.com, Politico, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, The Hill, Florida Politics, ABC News, Fox News and IJR
Reuters:
Exclusive: Tired of Trump, Deutsche Bank wants out but sees no good options - sources — NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank AG is looking for ways to end its relationship with President Donald Trump after the U.S. elections, as it tires of the negative publicity stemming from the ties …
Yashar Ali / Yashar's Newsletter:
Exclusive: Los Angeles Mayor Was Warned About Sexual Harassment Allegations Against DA Candidate — This summer, after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti began hinting that he might change his endorsement in the contentious LA County district attorney's race, a former Los Angeles Police Department …
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, Raw Story and Townhall
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.
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
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 …