memeorandum: Bolton suggests Trump will not accept results if Harris wins: ‘We should be ready for it’ (Juliann Ventura/The Hill)

11:20 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

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

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 …

Discussion: The Hill, The Guardian, Metro.co.uk, al.com, The Independent and New York Times

Zachary Schermele / USA Today:
Getting out the college vote: It's more crucial - and complicated - than ever

Discussion: WisPolitics

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

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

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

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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.

Discussion: Alternet.org, NC Newsline, HuffPost and DNyuz

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 …

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.”

Discussion: BizPac Review, DNyuz, The Hill, Raw Story and Politico

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

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’

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

Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court decides not to toss out thousands of Pennsylvania ballots

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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, USA Today, Scripps News, Bloomberg, Pennsylvania Capital-Star and The Guardian

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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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

Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court won't block counting of certain provisional ballots in battleground Pennsylvania

Discussion: NPR, Amy Howe, The Hill and Washington Examiner

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

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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Judge Allows Unusual G.O.P. Strategy to Pump Money Into Senate Races

Discussion: YouGov, The Dakota Scout, USA Today, DNyuz and PennLive

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

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

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, Raw Story, The Guardian and New Jersey Online

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, New Republic and The Independent

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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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 — Kemi Badenoch will aim to get Britain's battered Tories — who quietly have a strong record on diverse representation at the top table — back on their feet. — LONDON — Kemi Badenoch's elevation as leader …

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

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.

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.”

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