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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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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:
Election 2020 live updates: Trump says he isn't thinking of election night speech; Biden says ‘Philly is the key’
Election 2020 live updates: Trump says he isn't thinking of election night speech; Biden says ‘Philly is the key’
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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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CNN, The Hill, Washington Examiner and Spectator USA
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
Voter intimidation lawsuit filed after police use pepper-spray at North Carolina march
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The Hill, Lawyers' Committee …, Religion News Service and The Sun
WRAL-TV:
Latest: Jill Biden stops at Cary polling site
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
ACLU files federal lawsuit after police pepper-spray attendees at North Carolina march
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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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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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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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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, The Hill, Washington Times, Boston.com, Metro.co.uk and The Week
Albert Samaha / BuzzFeed News:
Voters In Battleground States Are Getting Robocalls Discouraging Them From Going To The Polls — As Americans across the country make their way to the polls on Election Day, registered voters in states across the country have reported receiving robocalls discouraging them from casting their ballot.
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USA Today:
People are getting robocalls telling them to ‘stay safe and stay home’. The FBI is investigating.
People are getting robocalls telling them to ‘stay safe and stay home’. The FBI is investigating.
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Axios
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
Live results for 2 key abortion ballot initiatives
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National Review, Associated Press and Forbes
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The most important legal question looming over the election
The most important legal question looming over the election
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Raw Story
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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Lucy Bayly / NBC News:
Dow ends the day up by 550 points, buoyed by investor hopes on clear election winner
Dow ends the day up by 550 points, buoyed by investor hopes on clear election winner
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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:
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 …
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 …
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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Stuart Stevens / The Bulwark:
To My Fellow George W. Bush Supporters — If you believed what George W. Bush said, then you cannot support Donald Trump. — Really? Are you serious? — That's the reaction I have whenever a Bush 2000 supporter pledges allegiance to Trump. Because it is impossible to have believed …
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FiveThirtyEight:
2020 Election: Live 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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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 …
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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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.
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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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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The Daily Caller, Slate, Metro.co.uk and Mercury News
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 …
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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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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