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11:10 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
David Charter / The Times:
Kamala Harris ahead in enough swing states to win, Times poll says  —  Final survey before the 2024 US election shows the Democrat leading Donald Trump in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin  —  Kamala Harris is on track to become America's first female president by a narrow margin thanks …
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.
Eboni Boykin-Patterson / The Daily Beast:
Liz Cheney Tells George W. Bush to Endorse Kamala Harris: 'It's Time'  —  TICK TOCK  —  The Republican publicly urged Bush to speak out in the wake of his daughter's shock endorsement.  —  Liz Cheney is calling on George W. Bush to make his voice heard on the “danger that Donald Trump poses.”
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 …
Brahm Resnik / KPNX:
Arizona's top prosecutor investigating Trump's comments about Cheney as possible death threat
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Harris campaign, Drudge Report melt down, accuse Trump of calling for Liz Cheney's ‘execution’
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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Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea
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.
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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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 …
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 …
New York Times:
The Editorial Board  —  You already know Donald Trump.  —  He is unfit to lead.  Watch him.  —  Listen to those who know him best.  —  and remains a threat to democracy.  —  He helped overturn Roe, with  —  terrible consequences.  Mr. Trump's  —  corruption and lawlessness go
Discussion: NPR, Futurism and New Jersey Online
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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 …
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.
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
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
So, Can We Trust the Polls?  —  Recent changes add up to a case for cautious optimism on better accuracy, but that's far from a guarantee.  —  The polls underestimated Donald J. Trump in 2016.  —  They underestimated him again in 2020.  —  So can we trust the polls this time?
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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: 
Andra Watkins / How Project 2025 Will Ruin YOUR Life:
Recap: The Republican War on Women
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Robocall hits Larry Hogan for acknowledging Biden won 2020
Discussion: Raw Story and WTTG-TV
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
Alec Regimbal / SFGATE:
A Calif. property manager said he voted for Trump 6 times. He's being investigated.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Post:
Hugh Hewitt quits Washington Post after storming off livestream talk over dispute with liberal columnists: 'I won't come back'
 

 
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

Devin Gordon / New York Times:
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

 
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