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Axios:
Scoop: Biden's plan to assert control — If news organizations declare Joe Biden the mathematical president-elect, he plans to address the nation as its new leader, even if President Trump continues to fight in court, advisers tell Axios. — Why it matters: Biden advisers learned the lesson of 2000 …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden campaign believes it has 8-point battleground early vote lead — Joe Biden's campaign said Tuesday that it believes it has at least an 8-point advantage in battleground states after analyzing the nearly 100 million ballots that were cast early. — Why it matters: The campaign …
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Politico, TheBlaze, NBC News, Religion News Service, Mother Jones and Political Wire
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump campaign to run election night war room on White House grounds — The Trump campaign will run its election night war room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located steps from the West Wing, the campaign confirmed to Axios. — Why it matters: The decision to move …
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New York Times, ABC News, USA Today, The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God. and Politico
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Trump, on ‘Fox & Friends,’ claims ‘solid chance of winning,’ won't ‘play games’ in declaring victory — The president made his last-minute pitch to viewers as Americans head to the polls — President Trump says he will declare victory ‘only when there is victory’
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Washington Post:
USPS disregards court order to conduct ballot sweeps in 12 postal districts after more than 300,000 ballots cannot be traced — A federal judge ordered mail service and law enforcement agents to comb processing plants for votes as delays continue — The U.S. Postal Service turned …
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Law & Crime and The Week
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John Kruzel / The Hill:
Federal judge orders USPS to rush delivery of mail ballots as deadlines near — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday ordered the U.S. Postal Service to sweep facilities for remaining mail ballots and rush their delivery, as receipt deadlines close in.
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Common Dreams, Raw Story, TheGrio, Law & Crime, UPI, Newsy, Toledo Blade and The Root
David Shepardson / Reuters:
U.S. judge orders sweep for any outstanding ballots at some Postal facilities — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered the U.S. Postal Service to conduct a sweep of some processing facilities this afternoon to ensure no ballots have been held up and any discovered are immediately sent out for delivery.
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Axios, Washington Examiner, National Review, Big League Politics, Bloomberg and Townhall
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Judge orders Postal Service to sweep facilities for undelivered mail-in ballots
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Politico, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Kos
Kevin Stankiewicz / CNBC:
GOP pollster says the Trump-Biden race comes down to 3 states and Biden only needs to win 1 — North Carolina, Florida and Ohio are key bellwethers in determining the election outcome between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, according to GOP pollster Frank Luntz.
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NBC News:
Trump campaign asks Pennsylvania counties for sensitive election security information — President Trump's campaign asked at least three counties in Pennsylvania for a rundown of highly specific election security plans — including ballot storage locations and transportation details — according to an email obtained by NBC News.
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, Spectator USA and hotair.com
Katherine Miller / Here are some links:
Election Day links — Bonus, practical stuff — When you've had the real pleasure …
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Voter intimidation lawsuit filed after police use pepper-spray at North Carolina march
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Religion News Service, The Hill, Lawyers' Committee … and The Sun
WRAL-TV:
Latest: Jill Biden stops at Cary polling site
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The Hill, NBC News, The Sun and The Gateway Pundit
Tyler Van Dyke / Washington Examiner:
ACLU files federal lawsuit after police pepper-spray attendees at North Carolina march
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ABC News, Politico, CBS News, NPR and Joe.My.God.
Politico:
Republicans publicly silent, privately disgusted by Trump's election threats — At rallies across the Midwest and Sun Belt swing states, President Donald Trump has been openly discussing murky schemes to prevent legitimate ballots from being counted, escalating threats to disenfranchise millions …
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FiveThirtyEight:
2020 Election: Live Results And Coverage — INTERACTIVES — Biden's Favored In Our Final Presidential Forecast, But It's A Fine Line Between A Landslide And A Nail-Biter — NEWSLETTER — Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information/Your California Privacy Rights/Children's Online Privacy Policy are applicable to you.
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FiveThirtyEight:
Exit Polls Can Be Misleading — Especially This Year — Exit polls are usually a core component of election-night reporting — especially before real results come in. They can provide an early sense of which candidate is leading and how certain key demographics voted.
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The Daily Caller, COURIER, The Atlantic, Politico and CNN
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Economy top concern for U.S. voters: exit poll
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NBC News and One America News Network
Lucy Bayly / NBC News:
Dow ends the day up by 550 points, buoyed by investor hopes on clear election winner
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Politico
Paul Heintz / News + Opinion, Seven Days:
Phil Scott, Vermont's GOP Governor, Says He Voted for Joe Biden — Gov. Phil Scott speaking to reporters after voting — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott told reporters Tuesday afternoon that he cast his presidential ballot for Democratic nominee Joe Biden. That makes him the only incumbent …
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Axios, Washington Times, The Hill, Boston.com, Metro.co.uk and The Week
USA Today:
People are getting robocalls telling them to ‘stay safe and stay home’. The FBI is investigating. … The FBI is investigating the source of a barrage of robocalls that have urged prospective voters in recent weeks to stay at home because of unsubstantiated safety concerns …
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Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Trump's top campaign strategist, Jason Miller, is hiding payments from Steve Bannon — Miller's child-support battle with the mother of his son has raised many questions about his murky finances — President Trump's top campaign strategist, Jason Miller, has been paid tens of thousands …
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 …
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Politico, Washington Examiner, Law & Crime, Common Dreams, Joe.My.God., Washington Post, The Intellectualist, The Hill, Business Insider and Raw Story
Alyssa Newcomb / NBC News:
In pizza we crust: On an Election Day like no other, pie delivery remains a constant — Election night is to pizza parlors what Valentine's Day is to florists. However, with large gatherings discouraged during the pandemic, pizzeria owners across America are not sure what to expect.
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Axios, Washington Post, Politico, redstate.com and Slate
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Anna North / Vox:
Live results for 2 key abortion ballot initiatives
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National Review, Associated Press and Forbes
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Over the course of 48 hours, most of Trump's favorite conspiracy theories get hammered — For the past few months, President Trump has been teasing — or, perhaps, hoping to will into existence — some earthshaking revelation demonstrating how unfairly he has been treated or how suspect his general-election opponent happens to be.
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Slate, The Daily Caller, Metro.co.uk and Mercury News
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Generals privately brief news anchors, promise no military role in election — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley held an off-the-record video call with top generals and network anchors this weekend to tamp down speculation about potential military involvement …
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The Hill, Mediaite, The Week, Mock Paper Scissors and Summit News
Dr. Daniel Winarick / Medium:
Donald Trump has DSM-5 Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) — I am going to lay out the case for why Donald Trump meets criteria for ICD11/DSM-5 Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD). While many pundits and armchair psychiatrists as well as psychologists have labeled the President of the United States …
Associated Press:
AP VoteCast: Voters say pandemic top issue in election — WASHINGTON (AP) — With the coronavirus now surging anew, voters ranked the pandemic and the economy as top concerns in the race between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden, according to AP VoteCast, a national survey of the electorate.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Clyburn predicts a ‘good night for Democrats’ — The third-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House is predicting Democrats will pick up as many as a dozen House seats. — Majority Whip Jim Clyburn told reporters outside a polling place in Columbia, South Carolina …
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Fox News, Business Insider, CBS News, Foreign Policy, USA Today, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Fortune, redstate.com, Dallas Weekly, IJR, Florida Politics, The Hill, Raw Story, TheBlaze, abc7NY and hotair.com
WSB-TV:
HAPPENING NOW: All voting machines down in Spalding County due to countywide glitch — SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. — Election officials in Spalding County says voting machines are currently down after a glitch this morning. — Spalding County Elections Supervisor Marcia Ridley told Channel 2 Action News …
Rebecca Heilweil / Vox:
Live results for California's Proposition 22 on ride-hailing drivers — Proposition 22 would allow companies like Uber and Lyft to continue to classify their drivers as independent contractors. Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images — Californians will vote on whether ride-hailing drivers …
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redstate.com, Gizmodo and The Daily Caller, more at Techmeme »
Lucia Graves / GEN:
Two Dogs, a Death, and the Trial That Made Kimberly Guilfoyle a Television Star — A dog-mauling trial turned the San Francisco prosecutor into a household name — and paved her way to Fox News and the White House — Perched at the top of a hill in the wealthy San Francisco neighborhood …
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
YouTube Cut Down Misinformation. Then It Boosted Fox News. — To battle false information, YouTube cut its recommendations to fringe channels and instead promoted major networks, especially Fox News. — After the 2016 election, engineers at YouTube went to work on changes to a YouTube algorithm …
New York Times:
Trump Winning Michigan, Florida and Arizona? This Pollster Says So — Robert Cahaly's polls have Arizona, Michigan and Florida in the president's column. It's hard to find another pollster who agrees with him. But they didn't believe him in 2016 either.
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Washington Post and The New Arab
Gregory H. Shill / The Atlantic:
The ‘Trump Train’ Drivers Had Reason to Expect Impunity — In Texas on Friday, dozens of vehicles driven by supporters of President Donald Trump formed a “Trump Train” on Interstate 35, and several of them surrounded a Joe Biden campaign bus, slowing it and attempting to force it off the road.
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Daily Kos and The Mahablog, more at Mediagazer »
BuzzFeed News:
What Will Trump's Die-Hard Supporters Do If He Loses? They Say They'll Go On With Their Lives. — Trump supporters at the president's final campaign rallies in the last week are convinced Trump will win. But they say they're not about to rush the streets if he loses. — Reporting From
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