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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
Federal judge orders USPS to rush delivery of mail ballots as deadlines near
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Dinah Voyles Pulver / USA Today:
USPS Service blows deadline to check for missing ballots. About 300,000 can't be traced
USPS Service blows deadline to check for missing ballots. About 300,000 can't be traced
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
U.S. judge orders sweep for any outstanding ballots at some Postal facilities
U.S. judge orders sweep for any outstanding ballots at some Postal facilities
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Axios, Washington Examiner, Law & Crime, National Review, Townhall and The Intellectualist
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Judge orders Postal Service to sweep facilities for undelivered mail-in ballots
Judge orders Postal Service to sweep facilities for undelivered mail-in ballots
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The Gateway Pundit, Politico and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Election Needles: President — If Joe Biden wins one of these three states, he is likely to win the presidency. — If President Trump wins all three, it could be days or more before a winner is declared.
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The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Power Line and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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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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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, Forbes, 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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ABC News, USA Today, Joe.My.God., The Daily Caller and Politico
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Trump, on ‘Fox & Friends,’ claims ‘solid chance of winning,’ won't ‘play games’ in declaring victory
Trump, on ‘Fox & Friends,’ claims ‘solid chance of winning,’ won't ‘play games’ in declaring victory
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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.
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CNN:
Voters split on state of economy, but a majority says Covid has caused them financial hardship, early CNN national exit poll shows — (CNN)The economy was top of mind for voters as they cast ballots for president, according to preliminary results of a nationwide CNN exit poll.
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Washington Post, Breitbart and The Sun
FiveThirtyEight:
Exit Polls Can Be Misleading — Especially This Year
Exit Polls Can Be Misleading — Especially This Year
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The Daily Caller, COURIER, The Atlantic, Politico and CNN
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Economy top concern for U.S. voters: exit poll
Economy top concern for U.S. voters: exit poll
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NBC News and One America News Network
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.
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Katherine Miller / Here are some links:
Election Day links — Bonus, practical stuff — When you've had the real pleasure …
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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NBC News, Associated Press and Axios
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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USA Today:
South Carolina Election Results 2020: Live Updates — After a monthslong deluge of advertising, attacks and animosity, voters are choosing between Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison in South Carolina's most expensive Senate contest.
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Associated Press, NBC News and New York Post
Michael Ruiz / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton retweets her own message from the day after Election Day 2016 — The failed 2016 Democratic presidential nominee wrote, ‘Do not lose heart... (Vote)’ — Fox News Go — Hillary Clinton resurfaced some of her own tweets this Election Day - messages she originally shared …
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Washington Examiner, National Review, The Sun and Don Surber
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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Kentucky to Trump, Vermont for Biden
EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Kentucky to Trump, Vermont for Biden
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Axios and New York Times
Alyssa Newcomb / NBC News:
In pizza we crust: On an Election Day like no other, pie delivery remains a constant
In pizza we crust: On an Election Day like no other, pie delivery remains a constant
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Axios, Washington Post, Politico, redstate.com and Slate
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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The Daily Beast:
Polls Begin to Close and Americans Brace for the Worst — From fears of vigilantes to messy legal battles, anxiety was high—and the contest felt far from finished. — A nation battered by the coronavirus pandemic trudged to the polls on Tuesday with an eerie sense that no matter how they felt …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
First polls set to close soon in Trump-Biden presidential race — WASHINGTON — Millions of door-knocks, TV ads and a record-shattering $14 billion later, the polls are soon to close across the country in the 2020 campaign. — A tense and stressed-out nation is waiting for the early results …
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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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USA Today, The Intellectualist and New York Post
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Over the course of 48 hours, most of Trump's favorite conspiracy theories get hammered
Over the course of 48 hours, most of Trump's favorite conspiracy theories get hammered
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The Daily Caller, Metro.co.uk, Slate and Mercury News
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 …
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
Ben Brasch / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton election results delayed after pipe bursts in room with ballots — Fulton County's absentee-by-mail processing operation at State Farm Arena was delayed at least two hours today after a water pipe burst in a room with ballots. — No ballots were harmed thanks to the slant of the room, voting officials said Tuesday night.
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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 …
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NPR:
A note about this election — To find out who wins this year's contests up and down the ballot will require patience. The pandemic has transformed how this election is being run in many states. The vast number of ballots cast by mail before Election Day could lengthen the amount of time it takes to count all the votes.
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 …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump campaign claims historic GOP turnout in Florida — ‘We feel really, really good about where we stand in Florida,’ Trump campaign manager said — Fox News Go — The Trump campaign on Tuesday claimed historic Republican turnout in Florida while touting their ground game …
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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
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Religion News Service