memeorandum: 2024 election violence is already happening (Nicole Narea/Vox)

6:00 PM ET, October 31, 2024

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MAGA Bros Are Freaking Out Because So Many Women Are Voting — 'IT'S OVER' — “Unless this changes, Kamala Harris takes PA and it's over,” tweeted right wing gadfly Mike Cernovich. — Two of former president Donald Trump's most prominent backers in the right wing influencer sphere fretted Wednesday …

Discussion: Salon, Raw Story, Staten Island Advance and Washington Examiner

Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:

Why are so many women hiding their voting plans from their husbands? — A lot of households are not democracies; they're dictatorships. This may mean voter intimidation and suppression — Lots of memes and tweets and posts and videos are popping up, assuring women that they can keep …

Discussion: Washington Examiner

Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:

Conservatives in furor over Julia Roberts ad — A new Harris-Walz campaign ad voiced by actor Julia Roberts encourages women to vote for Vice President Harris in the presidential election, even if their husbands are backing former President Trump. — The Roberts ad also alludes to abortion rights …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, New Republic, BizPac Review, Townhall, Raw Story, New Jersey Online, Fox News, Megyn Kelly and RedState

Kathleen Culliton / Raw Story:

‘Not healthy and weird’: Fox News host roasted for threatening wife with ‘D-Day’ over vote — A Fox News host who threatened his wife with marital “D-Day” if she did not vote for former President Donald Trump faced swift backlash from viewers who swiftly roasted the controversial conservative pundit.

Discussion: HuffPost and Vanity Fair

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

‘Like it or not’: In one quote, Trump distills the 2024 gender gap — The former president's comment at a Wisconsin rally was a pithy encapsulation of the concerns that are spurring a lots of women's votes. — Wearing a fluorescent orange vest, former president Donald Trump offered attendees …

Discussion: New York Times, The 19th, RedState, Daily Mail, Raw Story, CBS News, The Hill, HuffPost, The Independent and Mediaite

David Gilmour / Mediaite:

Jesse Watters Warns Wife That Secretly ‘Pulling The Lever’ For Kamala Harris Would Be Like ‘Having An Affair’: ‘D-Day!’ — Panelists on Fox News show The Five laughed off host Jesse Watters' claim that if his wife were to secretly vote for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris he would see it as “the same thing as having an affair.”

Discussion: The Wrap and The Independent

Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Trump: My Own Staff Beg Me to Stop ‘Inappropriate’ Talk About Women

Elena Schneider / Politico:
Black turnout is lagging in North Carolina, a warning sign for Harris

Discussion: Axios, HotAir, IJR, Washington Examiner, DNyuz, Carolina Journal and New York Times

The Economist:

A second Trump term comes with unacceptable risks — If The Economist had a vote, we would cast it for Kamala Harris — Next week tens of millions of Americans will vote for Donald Trump. Some will do so out of grievance, because they think Kamala Harris is a radical Marxist who will destroy their country.

Discussion: Election Law Blog, NPR, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Fox News, Alternet.org, PBS NewsHour, Twitchy, Associated Press, Breitbart, Daily Mail, CBS News, ComingSoon.net, RedState and Washington Post

Fox News:

Trump sues CBS News for $10 billion alleging ‘deceptive doctoring’ of Harris' ‘60 Minutes’ interview — EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump is suing CBS News for $10 billion in damages, stating the network practiced “deceptive conduct” for the purpose of election interference in its interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.

Discussion: The Hill, Axios, Townhall, Daily Mail, Metro.co.uk, RedState, The Daily Signal, Newsbusters and Twitchy

Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
Why I'm Voting for Kamala Harris

Discussion: HuffPost, CBS News, BizPac Review, Baltimore Sun, ABC News, Morning Call and New York Times

Nina Golgowski / HuffPost:
The Economist Endorses Harris, Warns Trump Carries ‘Unacceptable Risks’

Discussion: The Economist, Semafor, Mediaite and The Guardian

NBC News:
Trump is campaigning outside of battleground states. Is that confidence or hubris?

Discussion: The Bulwark, Politico, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, RedState, Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, DNyuz, Alternet.org and Daily Journal

Declan Harty / Politico:

The stock market's surprising bet on who will win the presidency — Voters are clamoring for any hints of clarity about the neck-and-neck presidential race, so some are looking beyond public opinion polls. — Wall Street executives, political gamblers and cryptocurrency traders are piling …

Discussion: Forbes, Digby's Hullabaloo, Washington Examiner and Alternet.org

New York Times:

Why the Right Thinks Trump Is Running Away With the Race — Skewed polls and anonymous betting markets are building up Republicans' expectations. Donald Trump could use that to challenge the result. — The torrent of polls began arriving just a few weeks ago, one after the other, most showing a victory for Donald J. Trump.

Discussion: Raw Story, WTTG-TV, The Guardian, Bloomberg, RedState and The Daily Caller

Mike Allen / Axios:

Scoop: What Trump is being told … The memo, addressed to “TEAM TRUMP,” has the subject line: “PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON THE VERGE.” — Fabrizio draws on Real Clear Politics polling averages to argue that Trump's “position nationally and in every single Battleground State is SIGNIFICANTLY better today than it was 4 years ago.”

Discussion: Tusk

Nicole Narea / Vox:

2024 election violence is already happening — Political violence has reached alarming levels in the US over the last few years. — The January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol, the attack on former Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, and multiple assassination attempts …

Discussion: Washington Post and Los Angeles Times

CNN:

‘January 6th is going to be pretty fun’: How MAGA activists are preparing to undermine the election if Trump loses — Before Election Day has even arrived, the “Stop the Steal” movement has reemerged in force, with some of the same activists who tried to overturn former President Donald …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story and The Hill

Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
She Saw Jan. 6 Coming. Here's What Worries Her Now.

Discussion: Raw Story

The Hill: Democrats' commitment to the democracy message could cost them the election

David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:

Major News Media Fall For Fake GOP Outrage Yet Again — INSIDE: Donald Trump ... Elon Musk ... John Roberts … It's An Editorial Choice — In the final week of the presidential campaign, the country's two most prominent newspapers extended into a second day their credulous coverage …

Discussion: The Mahablog and Digby's Hullabaloo

James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Video of Donald Trump ‘Struggling’ to Enter Garbage Truck Goes Viral

Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Biden targeted in GOP resolution condemning ‘garbage’ remark about Trump supporters

Nick Arama / RedState:
HOT TAKES: Reactions to Trump's Garbage Truck Troll Are Terrific, As Dems Cope and Seethe

Discussion: PJ Media, Townhall, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, NBC News, CBS News, Fox News, WisPolitics, Metro.co.uk, New York Times, ABC News, HotAir, Associated Press and The Guardian

David Daley / New Republic:

How John Roberts—Yes, John Roberts—Might Decide Who Won the Election … Last summer, after the Supreme Court appeared to brush aside a fringe theory that would have given gerrymandered GOP legislatures unfettered power over election procedures, progressive activists at Common Cause hailed a “historic pro-democracy decision.”

Discussion: Raw Story

Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Bush v Gore 2: Despotic Boogaloo

Discussion: Roll Call, Forbes and Pluribus News

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More Than Half of U.S. Votes Likely Cast Before Election Day

Discussion: Silver Bulletin, Business Insider, Alternet.org, Washington Times, New York Post, The Hill, New Republic and Daily Kos

Brad Raffensperger / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia elections are secure

Discussion: Fox News, PolitiFact, The Federalist, The Hill and Talking Points Memo

Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:

Trump transition official says RFK Jr. wants to force vaccines off the market — Howard Lutnick, co-chair of the Trump-Vance transition team, said in a Wednesday interview that former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is backing former President Trump, is seeking the federal data …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, USA Today, New Republic, CNN, Vox, Forbes, Mother Jones, Daily Kos, New York Magazine, IJR, New York Post, DNyuz, HuffPost, Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Semafor

Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why the co-chair of Trump's transition team is raising eyebrows

Discussion: Rolling Stone, DNyuz and New Republic

Simon Rosenberg / Hopium Chronicles:

5 Days Out I Would Much Rather Be Us Than Them - New 2024 Election Analysis and Video With Tom Bonier — Welcome New Subscribers! /When We Vote, We Win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Transcript — Happy Thursday all. 5 days of hard work left until victory. I ask two things of you today:

Discussion: The Hill

Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:

The Next President Inherits a Remarkable Economy — The high quality of recent economic growth should put a wind at the back of the White House's next occupant — Whoever wins the White House next week will take office with no shortage of challenges, but at least one huge asset: an economy that is putting its peers to shame.

Discussion: New York Daily News and CNBC

William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Polio in Every Pot; Smallpox in Every Garage

Discussion: CNN and Mediaite

Jack Queen / Reuters:

Judge declines to block Elon Musk $1 million voter giveaway — A Pennsylvania state judge said on Thursday he would not immediately move forward with a lawsuit that seeks to stop Elon Musk's $1 million voter giveaway ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election.

Discussion: New Republic, CNN, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Blaze Media, Axios, The Hill, RedState, Forbes, New York Times, Michigan Advance, Futurism, PoliticusUSA, The Gateway Pundit, CNBC and UPI

Avery Lotz / Axios:

Ex-Trump attorney has N.Y. law license suspended … - “Having concluded that respondent has been convicted of a serious crime, we accordingly suspend respondent from the practice of law in New York on an interim basis,” a New York court ruled. … - It was put on hold earlier …

Discussion: Politico, The Guardian, The Hill and Raw Story

Tim Marchman / Wired:

Elon Musk Could Have US Citizenship Revoked If He Lied on Immigration Forms — The richest man in the world appears to have worked in the US without authorization. According to experts, if he did so and lied about it as part of the immigration process, he could be denaturalized.