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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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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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USA Today, Politico, Reuters, The Daily Beast, BuzzFeed News, crooksandliars.com, hotair.com, IJR, Townhall, Washington Times and New York Post
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 …
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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New York Post, Reporting by Matt Taibbi, Raw Story, The Dispatch, New York Times, Mock Paper Scissors and Daily Kos
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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The Hill, Business Insider and Raw Story
Issues & Insights:
Democrats Deny Voter Fraud Exists As They Plot To Steal Pennsylvania — For years, the left has denied that voter fraud is a problem by setting a curious standard: It's not “widespread.” Never mind that voter fraud never is “widespread.” It's always targeted at key races.
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Vanity Fair, DraftKings Nation, Vox and The American Spectator
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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
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Here are the voting lawsuits that could lead to post-election fights over ballots
Here are the voting lawsuits that could lead to post-election fights over ballots
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Washington Examiner
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Election Day shadowed by threats of legal challenges
Election Day shadowed by threats of legal challenges
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Washington Examiner, redstate.com, Newsbusters, WFXRtv, CNN, Raw Story, NBC News, Conservative News Today, Jacobin, TheGrio and Crooked Media
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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Mediaite, The Week, Mock Paper Scissors and Summit News
Associated Press:
Gunman who killed 4 in Vienna attack had sought to join IS — VIENNA (AP) — A man who had previously tried to join the Islamic State group rampaged in Vienna armed with an automatic rifle and a fake explosive vest, fatally shooting four people before he was killed by police, Austrian authorities said Tuesday.
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Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Do Not Lose Sight of the Fact That Every Aspect of This Is Absolutely Insane — It's possible that all of this will have a happy ending. — Maybe the polls are right, and Joe Biden is on course for a dominant seven- or eight-point win over Donald Trump. He could pick up a couple …
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Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Raw Story, Associated Press and Washington Post
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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Politico, Vox, The Hill, Vanity Fair, Washingtonian, CNN, National Review, New York Times, Balloon Juice, Forbes, Axios, Business Insider, The Week, Washington Examiner, Mediaite and Raw Story
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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Nature:
Partisan differences in physical distancing are linked to health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic — Nature Human Behaviour (2020) Cite this article — Abstract — Numerous polls suggest that COVID-19 is a profoundly partisan issue in the United States.
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Axios and Political Wire
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 …
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Breitbart, The Daily Caller and New York Post
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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Gizmodo
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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NBC News, Forbes, Snopes.com, Daily Kos and Political Wire
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Biden's Favored In Our Final Presidential Forecast, But It's A Fine Line Between A Landslide And A Nail-Biter — FiveThirtyEight has issued its final presidential forecast. There hasn't been a lot of change over the past 24 or 48 hours, as most of the late polling either came in close …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Don Jr. Fires Up Trump Rally Crowd By Calling for ‘Making Liberals Cry Again’ on Election Day — Donald Trump Jr. joined his father on stage at one of his final Election Eve rallies in Wisconsin for their big closing message. — Trump thanked the rally goers for their support and said …
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The Gateway Pundit
Vox:
Why every state should adopt a mask mandate, in 4 charts — The latest research suggests mask mandates help control the spread of Covid-19. — SHARE All sharing options — Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, recently toured North Dakota to meet …
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Business Insider
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 Post and Washington Examiner
New York Times:
The Times has been tracking delays in mail delivery. Last week was one of the slowest to date. — The U.S. Postal Service experienced some of its worst delays all year in the final week before the election, according to a Times project tracking first-class.
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Americans seeking foreign visas in record numbers: report — Americans are exiting the U.S. or seeking foreign visas at an unprecedented rate, according to a Washington Post report published Tuesday. — Potential emigrants cited political violence, racial conflict and the coronavirus pandemic among …
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Voter intimidation lawsuit filed after police use pepper-spray at North Carolina march … A federal lawsuit is accusing police in North Carolina of voter intimidation after they deployed pepper spray during a get-out-the vote rally and hauled several participants to jail in a chaotic display of pre-Election Day discord.
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Washington Examiner and Fox News
Hannah Seligson / The Daily Beast:
Ivanka Trump, Hope Hicks, and Kayleigh McEnany Will Pay for Enabling Trump — The poised, attractive young women standing by this president may make him look better, but the same can't be said for them. — BEAST INSIDE … A trio of telegenic, under-40 women—Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany …
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
‘Trump’ and ‘MAGA’ spray-painted on gravestones in Michigan Jewish cemetery — The red spray-painted letters were first spotted on Monday morning, scrawled on the tombstones in a century-old Jewish cemetery in Grand Rapids, Mich. — “TRUMP,” they combined to read across several headstones.
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NBC News, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Metro.co.uk, The Hill, Washington Examiner, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and New York Post
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 …
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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Washington Examiner, Florida Politics, Associated Press, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, abc7NY and USA Today
Threat Level:
Threat Levels — Members of the public should always remain alert to the danger of terrorism and report any suspicious activity to the police on 999 or the anti-terrorist hotline: 0800 789 321. If your information does not relate to an imminent threat, you can also contact MI5.
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The Guardian, Politico, Breitbart, Forbes and The Sun
Rich Lowry / National Review:
The Board-It-Up Election — Trump: ‘No Reason to Play Games’ by Declaring Victory Prematurely — National Guard Prepares for Possible Election Day Violence — Election Day 2020: Trump Fights to Defy the Polls, Again, in Battle with Biden — Democratic Legal Activist Marc Elias …
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Hope Dies Last — On Election Day we dare to believe the best of people. — My best friend and I have an ongoing disagreement about the nature of people. It's too reductive to say that I think people are generally good and he thinks they are generally bad.
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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Investor's Business Daily, The Week and Politico
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Judge blocks Trump administration's “public charge” wealth test for green cards — A federal judge in Illinois on Monday blocked the centerpiece of the Trump administration's efforts to limit legal immigration, prohibiting officials from enforcing a wealth test on green card petitions …
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Washington Examiner and 6abc
CNN:
Joe Biden takes all 5 votes in tiny township that is one of the first to announce results on Election Day — (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden took all five of the votes cast for president in Dixville Notch, a tiny New Hampshire township along the US-Canada border that is among the first places …
Mariane Pearl / The Meteor:
Behind My Ballot — Journalist Mariane Pearl can claim four nationalities—but the US is the one country she chose freely. Here's the intensely personal story of her American vote. — Photo illustrations by Debbie Millman — In June 2009, I was naturalized as an American.
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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NBC News and hotair.com
David Jackson / USA Today:
Trump begins Election Day with ‘Fox & Friends’ interview: Live updates on Trump, Pence … WASHINGTON - After holding 14 rallies in three days, President Donald Trump is spending Election Day at the White House making calls, giving interviews, monitoring events and hoping for a come …
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Politico