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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.
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 …
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 …
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Trump, on ‘Fox & Friends,’ claims ‘solid chance of winning,’ won't ‘play games’ in declaring victory
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.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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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.
Politico:
After dire warnings, Election Day voting issues are ‘isolated and sporadic’  —  Election administrators and regular Americans were bracing for Election Day chaos — warned to expect violence, malfunctions, long lines and disinformation.  Instead, they got something else entirely: a fairly smooth election process across the country.
Katherine Miller / Here are some links:   Election Day links  —  Bonus, practical stuff  —  When you've had the real pleasure …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Feline poll watcher in Kentucky  —  Early vote tops 100 million, doubles total from 2016  —  More than 100 million Americans cast early ballots this election cycle, doubling the total who did so in 2016.  —  As the U.S. nears the conclusion of Election Day, upwards of 100.7 million voters …
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Economy top concern for U.S. voters: exit poll
Lucy Bayly / NBC News:
Dow ends the day up by 550 points, buoyed by investor hopes on clear election winner
Discussion: Politico
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.
Discussion: Gizmodo
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RT:
‘Any time they want’: If Biden wins, Democrats themselves could oust him at whim, Trump's lawyer Giuliani tells RT  —  The Democratic Party would be in a position to easily force Joe Biden out of office if he is elected president, and has been openly laying the ground for it, Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani believes.
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New York Times:
Election Needles: President
Discussion: Power Line
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 …
Washington Post:
Suspicious robocall campaign warning people to ‘stay home’ spooks voters nationwide  —  An unidentified robocaller has placed an estimated 10 million calls in the past several weeks warning people to “stay safe and stay home,” spooking some Americans who said they saw it as an attempt to scare them away from the polls on Election Day.
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USA Today:
People are getting robocalls telling them to ‘stay safe and stay home’. The FBI is investigating.
Discussion: NBC News and Axios
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.
Discussion: CNN, ABC News, Politico and Breitbart
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 …
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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Anna North / Vox:
Live results for 2 key abortion ballot initiatives
Discussion: National Review and Forbes
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Joshua Shanes / Haaretz:
The pro-Trump Jews Who Sold Out the Bible to Buy the President's Cruel Bigotry  —  The arc of ex-Never Trump Jews like Bethany Mandel, who feared Trump for stoking antisemitism but now love him for aiding Israel's territorial maximalists, is a sad tale of indifference to human suffering
Discussion: Religion News Service
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 …
The Daily Beast:
‘People Are Turning Into Monsters’: Americans Vote and Brace for Chaos  —  From fears of vigilantes to messy legal battles, anxiety was high—and voters were defying a pandemic to hit the polls.  —  A nation battered by the coronavirus pandemic trudged to the polls on Tuesday with an eerie sense …
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 …
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 …
Todd Shepherd / DV Journal:
NYTimes Keeps Reporter On Energy Beat Despite Tweet Linking Industry to ‘White Supremacy’  —  A New York Times reporter who said the oil and gas industry is linked to white supremacy is still on the energy sector beat, despite complaints she can't provide objective coverage, emails obtained by InsideSources show.
Discussion: Instapundit
 
 
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Jack Nicas / New York Times:
YouTube Cut Down Misinformation. Then It Boosted Fox News.
El Paso Matters:
Live blog: Election Day 2020 in El Paso
Discussion: texastribune.org
Ryan Heath / Politico:
Britain overwhelmingly backs Biden, according to POLITICO poll
Discussion: The Hill and Twitchy
The Federalist:
The New Contras' Insurgence Against Legacy Media Is Only Getting Hotter
New York Times:
Trump Winning Michigan, Florida and Arizona? This Pollster Says So
Discussion: Washington Post and The New Arab
 Earlier Items: 
Anita Hassan / NBC News:
Polling locations in Las Vegas experiencing technical difficulties
Discussion: KLAS, CBS News and Mediaite
Associated Press:
The Latest: Clyburn predicts a ‘good night for Democrats’
BuzzFeed News:
What Will Trump's Die-Hard Supporters Do If He Loses? They Say They'll Go On With Their Lives.
Gregory H. Shill / The Atlantic:
The ‘Trump Train’ Drivers Had Reason to Expect Impunity
David Wasserman / NBC News:
Beware the ‘blue mirage’ and the ‘red mirage’ on election night
Discussion: Forbes and Raw Story
Stuart Stevens / The Bulwark:
To My Fellow George W. Bush Supporters
Lois Parshley / Vox:
Why every state should adopt a mask mandate, in 4 charts
Discussion: Business Insider
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B est., amid its push to insert ads into Prime Video, and subscription sales up 11% YoY to $11.3B

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

 
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