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Steven Shepard / Politico:
POLITICO's final Election Forecast: Senate up for grabs, GOP on brink of House majority — Republicans have a grip on the House majority. But the Senate is firmly up for grabs. — That's the topline of the final updates before Tuesday's vote to POLITICO's Election Forecast …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The 3 Big Questions I Still Have About Election Day — With less than 24 hours to go until we freeze our model,1 we're probably not going to see a lot more changes in the topline forecast. Republicans have a 54 percent chance of winning the Senate and an 83 percent chance in the House, according to our Deluxe forecast.
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Democracy Isn't At Risk, Democrats Are — A red wave will not be an end to our representative democracy. It will just be an end to the Democrat representatives. — Last week confirmed the “democracy at risk” theme will serve as Democrats' closing argument heading into Tuesday's midterm elections.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Top Dems warn party is seen as extreme … - “Despite a roster of GOP candidates who are extreme by any standard, voters see Democrats as just as extreme, as well as far less concerned about the issues that most worry them.” … In a brutal bill of particulars, the Third Way memo …
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New York Times:
Confidence, Anxiety and a Scramble for Votes Two Days Before the Midterms
Confidence, Anxiety and a Scramble for Votes Two Days Before the Midterms
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Politico, Poynter, NewsNation, Vox and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
The Pathetic Democratic Pantheon
Dov Fischer / The American Spectator:
Who Is the Real Threat to Democracy?
Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Develop Elon Musk Derangement Syndrome
Democrats Develop Elon Musk Derangement Syndrome
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Gaining Support Among Black and Latino Voters, WSJ Poll Finds — Republicans appear to be in a better position with both groups heading into the midterms than they were in 2020 or 2018. — A Seismic Shift: Why Latino Voters Could Decide Key Races in 2022 — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
How a GOP Congress Could Roll Back Freedoms Nationwide — If Republicans win control of one or both congressional chambers this week, they will likely begin a project that could reshape the nation's political and legal landscape: imposing on blue states the rollback of civil rights and liberties …
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Raw Story and Voice of America
Washington Post:
Republicans sue to disqualify thousands of mail ballots in swing states — The lawsuits coincide with a systemic effort by GOP leaders to persuade voters to cast ballots in person, not absentee — Republican officials and candidates in at least three battleground states are pushing …
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump speeches use dozens of lies, exaggerations to draw contrast with Biden — The former president's rally script centers on juxtaposing conditions two years ago with now, relying on misrepresentations of both — Even in a midterm marked by misinformation, conspiracy theories and false …
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Raw Story, The Hill and New York Times
Washington Post:
Election officials fear counting delays will help fuel claims of fraud
Election officials fear counting delays will help fuel claims of fraud
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
This Election Could Be Just as Long and Ugly as 2020
This Election Could Be Just as Long and Ugly as 2020
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The Guardian, New Republic, Euractiv, STAT and Forbes
Associated Press:
'Putin's chef' admits to interfering in U.S. elections — Yevgeny Prigozhin, an entrepreneur known as “Putin's chef” because of his catering contracts with the Kremlin, on Monday admitted he had interfered in U.S. elections and said he would continue to do so — for the first time confirming …
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Reuters:
Russia's Prigozhin admits interfering in U.S. elections — Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday he had interfered in U.S. elections and would continue doing so in future, the first such admission from a figure who has been formally implicated by Washington in efforts to influence American politics.
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Biden tries to shore up support for Hochul in the homestretch. — Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times — Here's what's happening on the campaign trail. — The final Sunday of the midterm elections won't bring much respite for candidates and their legions of supporters …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
A Bottomless Pinocchio for Biden — and other recent gaffes
A Bottomless Pinocchio for Biden — and other recent gaffes
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JONATHAN TURLEY, Sputnik News and Althouse
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden closes the election with a big roll of the dice
Biden closes the election with a big roll of the dice
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Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
Biden promises ‘no more drilling’ two days before crucial midterm elections
Biden promises ‘no more drilling’ two days before crucial midterm elections
Eric Geller / Politico:
6 election security threats to watch for on Election Day — The midterms face a bevy of digital threats, from stolen Twitter accounts to hacked election websites, that could spark chaos, confusion and unrest that last long after the polls close. — The 2020 presidential election was rife …
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The Daily Wire, RedState, TechCrunch, Twitchy, The Register and New York Times
The Daily Beast:
Pollsters Have 'No F*cking Idea What's Going to Happen' This Election — Pollsters and election handicappers are very worried they could be wrong in decisive ways for the 2022 midterms. — If the pollsters and handicappers end up being spectacularly wrong on Election Night …
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The Warning by Steve Schmidt
Washington Post:
CISA is taking a hands-off approach to election lies on Twitter — Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202! After watching a bunch of spooky movies and shows for Halloween, I needed some comedy to cleanse the palate. I can heartily recommend “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” …
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Bloomberg:
Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back
Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back
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New York Times:
Twitter Said to Delay Changes to Check Mark Badges Until After Midterm Election
Twitter Said to Delay Changes to Check Mark Badges Until After Midterm Election
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New York Times:
Trump-DeSantis Rift Grows, With Dueling Rallies in Florida — The Republican Party's top two stars are campaigning, separately, in the midterms' last days. — SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. — Former President Donald J. Trump hasn't endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis this year because, as he has explained, his fellow Floridian never asked.
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CNN:
Kevin McCarthy outlines GOP House majority agenda — House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is vowing to secure the border, cut back on government spending and launch rigorous investigations into the Biden administration if Republicans win the House on Tuesday, reflecting a mix of priorities …
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Associated Press:
Jackson, in dissent, issues first Supreme Court opinion — New Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has issued her first Supreme Court opinion, a short dissent Monday in support of a death row inmate from Ohio. Jackson wrote that she would have thrown out lower court rulings in the case of inmate Davel Chinn …