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11:40 AM ET, November 3, 2020

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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 …
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:
POLITICO Playbook: We're here  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HAPPY ELECTION DAY.
New York Times:
As Election Day Arrives, Trump Shifts Between Combativeness and Grievance
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 …
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Politico:
Election Day 2020: How to keep up with election results
Discussion: Reuters, UPI and The Atlantic
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 …
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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New York Times:
Vienna Shooting Live Updates: Terrorist Attack in Austria Leaves 2 Dead and at Least 15 Wounded
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 …
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.
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
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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Dion Rabouin / Axios:
A blue wave could bring major changes to the banking system
Discussion: Fox News
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 …
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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Ben Sales / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Days before election, Jewish cemetery in Michigan vandalized with ‘TRUMP’ and ‘MAGA’ graffiti
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.
Discussion: NBC News and Political Wire
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 …
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Rich Lowry / New York Post:
All that plywood tells you the real post-election fear is pro-Biden rioting
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.
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.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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 …
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 …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The most important legal question looming over the election  —  Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Elena Kagan attend the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 16, 2018.  Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Discussion: Raw Story
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Final Ratings for the 2020 Election  —  Dear Readers: Due to popular demand, we decided to release a final pre-election Sabato's Crystal Ball: America Votes webinar.  We will be going through our picks for the election.  We'll also hear from Rob Griffin, the research director …
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.
Discussion: Fox News
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.
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.
New York Times:
Kamala Harris's ancestral village in India offers prayers for her victory.  —  NEW DELHI — More than 8,000 miles from the White House, in a small Indian village ringed by lush green rice paddies, several dozen people flocked into a Hindu temple, carrying roses and strings of sweet-smelling jasmine, uttering prayers for Kamala Harris.
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
Michael Wines / New York Times:
November Surprise: Fewer Ballots Rejected by Election Officials  —  With many voters casting their first absentee ballots, experts feared a wave of disqualifying mistakes.  But that may not be so.  —  WASHINGTON — With absentee ballots flooding election offices nationwide …
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 …
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.
Ryan D'Agostino / Esquire:
This Is Joe Biden When No One Is Watching  —  When my son was diagnosed with leukemia in 2016, Biden didn't have to call.  But he did, three times, because he is everything he says he is.  —  On a brilliant spring afternoon in 2016, I stood in a classroom at a Secret Service training facility in Maryland …
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Migrant Families Were Confused When U.S. Expelled Children Into Mexico  —  U.S. authorities improperly expelled Central American children in violation of international agreements.  Families scrambled to learn how they had ended up back across the border.  —  Eva Acuña spoke …
Discussion: CBS News
Mohammad Al-Kassim / Jerusalem Post:
Palestinian Authority communicating with Biden campaign  —  Relations with Trump Administration frozen since US recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital.  —  Two senior Palestinian officials have confirmed to The Media Line that the Palestinian Authority is maintaining direct channels …
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.
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Four GOP Campaign Chiefs Make Their Final Election Predictions.  They're as Divided as the Country.  —  They battled Donald Trump and lost.  Despite the polls, a couple of them think he could pull out a surprise win again.  —  Election Day is here—and with it, the chance to look very smart …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
It's ‘white knuckle time’ for Biden and Trump … WASHINGTON — Members of Florida's congressional delegation upbraided Joe Biden's state director last week about Biden's failure to mobilize Black voters in South Florida and around Jacksonville, according to two people who were on the conference call.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Election Eve Message Focuses on Refusing to Pay Microphone Guy  —  President Trump, trailing in the polls, brought an unconventional message to the people of Wisconsin: He is mad at the guy who set up his rally microphone and is not going to pay him for his work.
Discussion: The Week
Jed Graham / Investor's Business Daily:
Trump Vs. Biden Race Stays Close On Election Day In Final IBD/TIPP Presidential Poll  —  The final Trump vs. Biden poll finds a clear, though modest, national popular vote lead for former Vice President Joe Biden on Election Day.  However, the final IBD/TIPP presidential poll hints that the race …
New York Magazine:
How We're Feeling As America's Moment of Truth Arrives  —  America's day of reckoning is here at last.  With the last swing-state polls published and the voting lines a few hours from dissipating, there isn't much more to say about the candidates' chances of victory on Tuesday night.
 
 
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John F. Harris / Politico:
On Election Day, Democrats Are Haunted by the Ghosts of Al Gore and Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Fox News
Kate Smith / CBS News:
Abortion on the ballot in Colorado and Louisiana
Discussion: Guttmacher Institute and NBC News
Jennifer Oliver O'Connell / redstate.com:
John James' Closing Argument to Black Voters: “I Believe a Voteless People is a Hopeless People”
Discussion: Townhall
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
How to watch the battleground states
Discussion: Reuters, CBS News and NCSBE