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11:50 AM ET, November 2, 2024

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New York Times:
Trump, Preparing to Challenge the Results, Puts His 2020 Playbook Into Action  —  Step by step, Donald J. Trump and his allies are following the strategies that caused chaos four years ago.  Election officials say they are ready this time.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump and his allies …
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Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
Tens of millions of early votes have been cast.  What could it mean for Election Day?  —  One expert warns limited data fail to show a major advantage for either party.  —  Residents wait in a line around city hall to cast their ballots on the last day of early voting in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 29, 2024.
Discussion: Alternet.org, New Republic and NBC News
Zachary Schermele / USA Today:
Getting out the college vote: It's more crucial - and complicated - than ever  —  Helping students vote comes with challenges, especially amid the spate of restrictive voting measures in some states.  —  The midterm elections two years ago didn't deliver the massive “red wave” …
Discussion: WisPolitics
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Nicolle Wallace Calls on Her Former Boss, George W. Bush, to Denounce Trump  —  Ms. Wallace, who served as the communications director in the Bush White House, made the appeal on her MSNBC program.  —  Nicolle Wallace, who was a White House communications director in George W. Bush's administration …
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Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Trump Still Can't Stop Talking About Women  —  The countdown to the election feels like an Advent calendar with a dubious remark behind each door.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris almost never talks about what it would mean to elect a female president, nor does she speculate about why women disproportionately support her candidacy.
Versha Sharma / Teen Vogue:
Kamala Harris Is Not Our Savior.  But a Donald Trump Win Would Be Catastrophic.  —  In this op-ed, Teen Vogue's editor in chief argues that voting Harris is our best chance of stopping the irreversible damage of another Trump presidency.  —  Donald Trump cannot win this election.  Full stop.
Discussion: Exposing the role …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 1, 2024  —  Trump's comments to right-wing media figure Tucker Carlson last night at an event in Glendale, Arizona, about former representative Liz Cheney (R-WY), coming as they have after the extraordinary racism and sexism of Trump's Sunday event at New York City's Madison Square Garden …
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Harris campaign, Drudge Report melt down, accuse Trump of calling for Liz Cheney's ‘execution’
Brahm Resnik / KPNX:
Arizona's top prosecutor investigating Trump's comments about Cheney as possible death threat
Russell Payne / Salon:
“Democrats are in a stronger position”: Election forecasters give Dems an edge in swing House races  —  Democrats are running strong challengers in a handful of districts that could swing control of the House  —  With much of the attention on the House gravitating towards the battleground states …
Discussion: The Liberal Patriot and USA Today
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
A Tight Senate Battle Comes Down to a Few Key Races … After two years and a multibillion-dollar barrage of political attack ads, the fight for Senate control is down to a handful of races, with Republicans holding a clear edge but Democrats maintaining a narrow path to retaining their majority if events break their way.
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court decides not to toss out thousands of Pennsylvania ballots  —  One of the worst ideas in US constitutional law will remain dead. … On Friday evening, the Supreme Court ruled it would leave in place a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that made it marginally easier for certain voters in the state to cast a ballot.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania voters who sent defective mail-in ballots to cast provisional ones in person
Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Bolton suggests Trump will not accept results if Harris wins: ‘We should be ready for it’  —  Former national security adviser John Bolton said that he doesn't think former President Trump will accept the results of the presidential election if he doesn't win, warning that “we should be ready for it.”
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Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
Inside the Ruthless, Restless Final Days of Trump's Campaign  —  To support The Atlantic's journalism, please consider subscribing today.  —  At the end of June, in the afterglow of a debate performance that would ultimately prompt President Joe Biden to end his campaign for reelection …
Discussion: Florida Politics and Axios
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Wall Street Journal:
Watch These Counties for Early Clues to Election Night  —  Seven counties offer hints on how the presidential vote is shaping up among crucial voter groups for both candidates
Rachel Flynn / BBC:
Kemi Badenoch wins Conservative Party leadership contest  —  Summary  — Kemi Badenoch has emerged victorious in the race to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative Party leader  — She describes being appointed leader as an “enormous honour” and pledges to hold the Labour government to account …
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Jeffrey Epstein details close relationship with Trump in newly released tapes  —  Recordings from 2017 reveal Epstein talking for some ‘100 hours’ about the ex-president, journalist Michael Wolff says  —  A New York author and journalist has released audio tapes that appear to detail …
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Unique Danger of a Trumpist Oligarchy  —  On December 14, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump crammed a handful of America's most recognizable moguls into a conference room on the 25th floor of his Manhattan headquarters.  The group included Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Tesla's Elon Musk, and Apple's Tim Cook.
George Monbiot / The Guardian:
Can democracy survive now the world's richest man has it in his sights?  —  A vote for Donald Trump next week is also a vote for Elon Musk.  The tech boss will have a springboard to greater power even than the US presidency  —  This is what happens when successive US governments fail to tackle inequality.
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Pa. officials apologize for shackled Harris display in Halloween parade  —  Community officials in Pennsylvania apologized after someone dressed as Vice President Kamala Harris pretended to be shackled behind a vehicle during a parade.  —  Officials in a small Pennsylvania community apologized Thursday …
Politico:
Tories pick first Black woman to lead a major UK political party  —  LONDON — Kemi Badenoch's elevation as leader of Britain's Conservatives is a historic moment in British politics — but you can expect the Tories to take it in their stride.  —  The 44-year-old is the first Black woman …
Wall Street Journal:
How the Democrats Bungled the Politics of Immigration  —  A massive new surge of migrants turned the Biden administration's efforts to make border policy more humane into a liability  —  At a rally this week in Madison Square Garden, Donald Trump asked for what he calls his “favorite chart” to be beamed onto the giant screens.
Discussion: NPR and CBS News
 
 
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Swing state officials prepare for potential disruptions around December electors meetings
Discussion: Alternet.org
Eli Hager / ProPublica:
Trump Says He'll Fight for Working-Class Americans. His First Presidency Suggests He Won't.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Americans, your calls and texts can be monitored by Chinese spies
The Hill:
Trump's vows for revenge face few limitations in second term
Discussion: Axios
Arsalan Shahla / Bloomberg:
Iran Supreme Leader Says ‘Crushing Response’ Awaits US, Israel
Eleanor Watson / CBS News:
See how Trump and Harris' stances on military support compare
 Earlier Items: 
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Recap: The Republican War on Women
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Robocall hits Larry Hogan for acknowledging Biden won 2020
Discussion: Raw Story
Devi Shastri / Associated Press:
An Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines anymore. Experts say it's a first
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and DNyuz
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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