memeorandum: The final undecided voters could sway the election. They're not wild about the choice. (NBC News)

11:50 AM ET, November 2, 2024

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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 …

Discussion: Althouse, The Independent and Media Matters for America

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.

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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

David Charter / The Times:
Kamala Harris ahead in enough swing states to win, Times poll says

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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Georgia's nearly 4 million early votes bode well for Trump, top state Republican says

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NBC News:
The final undecided voters could sway the election. They're not wild about the choice.

Discussion: RedState, Raw Story, Staten Island Advance, Deseret News, Washington Post, The Intercept and Vox

Benjamin Oreskes / New York Times:
Uncertainty Reigns in Nevada With Rise of Nonpartisan Voters

Discussion: Deseret News, Daily Caller News Foundation, ABC News and Washington Times

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 …

Discussion: The Hill, The Guardian, Mock Paper Scissors, BizPac Review, Hollywood Life, Associated Press, RedState, DNyuz and New Jersey Online

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.

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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 …

Discussion: Politico, The Bulwark, Alternet.org and Democrats

Eboni Boykin-Patterson / The Daily Beast:
Liz Cheney Tells George W. Bush to Endorse Kamala Harris: 'It's Time'

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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

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.

Discussion: Spotlight PA, VTDigger, South Dakota Searchlight, Washington Post, Breitbart and Semafor

CNN:
Johnson leans on Trump in frantic push to save House majority

Discussion: Washington Examiner, New York Times, The Good in Us, Morning Call and The Hill

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.

Discussion: Today's Edition Newsletter, Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg

Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania voters who sent defective mail-in ballots to cast provisional ones in person

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Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea

Discussion: Al Jazeera, New York Times, The Independent, Washington Examiner, RedState, WHDH-TV, Fox News, The Hill, USA Today, Scripps News, Bloomberg, Pennsylvania Capital-Star and The Guardian

Democracy Docket:
Up to 17,000 Pennsylvanians Who Haven't Received Mail-in Ballots Permitted to Vote Early in Person

Discussion: USA Today, New York Times and WAGA-TV

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.”

New York Times:
The Editorial Board — You already know Donald Trump. — He is unfit to lead. Watch him.

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Wall Street Journal:
How Risky Is a Trump Second Term?

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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

CNN:
As women outpace men in early turnout, Trump's challenge to win over female voters comes into focus

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, The Independent, The Guardian, Raw Story and New Jersey Online

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 …

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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 …

Discussion: Esquire, The Daily Beast and New Republic

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 …

Discussion: The Guardian, Futurism, DNyuz, TMZ.com, TheGrio and New York Daily News, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: New York Times, Metro.co.uk, The American Conservative and UnHerd

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