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Nikki Haley / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Isn't Perfect, but He's the Better Choice — If you like his policies but are put off by his tone or his excesses, consider the cost of the past four years. — Millions of people love Donald Trump, and millions hate him. Each group will vote accordingly.
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New York Post, HuffPost, PoliticusUSA and The Gateway Pundit
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Associated Press:
Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn't have left White House after 2020 loss — Donald Trump delivered a profane and conspiracy-laden speech two days before Tuesday's presidential election, talking about reporters being shot and suggesting he “shouldn't have left” …
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Associated Press, Metro.co.uk, Mother Jones and NPR
Politico:
Trump returns to his grievances for his closing argument — It was Trump at his most aggrieved and discursive on Sunday, as Election Day nears. — LITITZ, Pennsylvania — Donald Trump barreled through Sunday in a state of seeming rage from which nothing and no one appeared safe.
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The Guardian and New York Times
New York Times:
A Vivid Trump-Harris Contrast in the Campaign's Grueling Final Days
A Vivid Trump-Harris Contrast in the Campaign's Grueling Final Days
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The Japan Times, The Hill and Washington Times
Politico:
Trump says he doesn't ‘mind’ if someone has to ‘shoot through’ the media
Trump says he doesn't ‘mind’ if someone has to ‘shoot through’ the media
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RedState, UPI, Deadline, New York Post, Must Read Alaska, Fox News, CBS News, Raw Story, IJR, The Hill, Axios, The Gateway Pundit, The Independent and Rolling Stone
Max Tani / Semafor:
In a frank internal meeting, The New York Times wrestled with its political role — The Scoop — With the 2024 presidential election a few weeks away, one question was top of mind for staff at The New York Times: Had the paper's leadership noticed how many Democrats had become furious at it over its coverage of Donald Trump?
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Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone:
Trump Forgets What State He's in During Home-Stretch Rally Blitz — The GOP presidential nominee was lethargic during his appearance in Kinston, North Carolina on Sunday — Donald Trump appeared to be running out of steam and memory on Sunday during his fifth rally out of six that he planned …
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Washington Post, Politico, The Guardian, NC Newsline, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Breitbart and New York Post
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBC Gives Donald Trump Campaign Time During NASCAR Race, ‘Sunday Night Football’ in Response to Kamala Harris' ‘SNL’ Appearance — Trump appeared in spots that aired during Sunday's coverage of both sporting events on NBC, speaking directly to the camera. — NBC is giving former President …
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The Independent, New York Post, Washington Examiner, Deadline, The Hill, Fox News, Forbes and Public
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Harris campaign: The Iowa poll is exciting, but...
Harris campaign: The Iowa poll is exciting, but...
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Washington Post, The Guardian, Issues & Insights, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, New York Post, Raw Story, The Independent, ABC News, New Jersey Online, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, Reuters, Business Insider, KUSA-TV, Daily Mail, PoliticusUSA, Fox News, Florida Politics and Political Wire
Wicker Perlis / TCPalm.com:
Teenager wearing Trump shirt charged with punching Harris supporter, 70 — STUART — With election day just three days away, a teenager and apparent supporter of former President Donald Trump was arrested here Saturday at a rally in support of Vice President Kamala Harris and charged with punching a 70-year-old woman in the stomach.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
It's Abortion, Stupid — AM I THE ONLY PERSON WHO DETECTS, among many of my fellow commentators commentating away on this election, a kind of reluctance, almost a kind of embarrassment, to state the obvious: Abortion rights is the issue that could decide this presidential contest.
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One America News Network and The 19th
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John Blake / CNN:
After their son came out, this conservative Christian couple went into a closet of their own — As soon as Greg McDonald Jr. saw his parents, he knew he was in trouble. His father stood waiting for him with his arms folded and his brow furrowed. Beside him was Greg's mother, her eyes red and puffy.
KABE-LP:
Univision Poll: More than 60% of Latino voters in Pennsylvania support Kamala Harris amid the controversy over calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” at a Trump rally — A Univision and YouGov survey shows that 69% of respondents considered comments defining Puerto Rico as …
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Vanity Fair
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Pro-Trump Comic's Puerto Rico Insult Raises Democrats' Hopes In Pennsylvania
Pro-Trump Comic's Puerto Rico Insult Raises Democrats' Hopes In Pennsylvania
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Lawyers, Guns & Money and NPR
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Security fencing goes up around White House, Capitol, VP residence — New security fencing went up around the White House, U.S. Capitol and Vice President Harris's residence in Washington, D.C. as authorities prepare for Election Day in the event there may be political unrest in the coming days.
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Washington Post, Mediaite, New York Post and Agence France-Presse
Mark Robison / Reno Gazette-Journal:
Nevada Republicans hold 50,000 ballot lead over Democrats after end of early voting — About a half-million more ballots can be expected to be cast in Nevada, based on turnout from the 2020 election. — Nevada Democrats have their work cut out for them between now Election Day on Tuesday if early voting turnout is any indication.
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The American Spectator, Washington Post, ABC7 and Fortune
Mary L. Trump / The Good in Us:
North Carolina—and Iowa? — I did not see this coming — N.B.—Please join me for the last “Ask Mary Anything within Reason” before the election. It's going to be a good one! — Thanks to Donald and the fact that we've been subjected to the Big Lie for almost four years …
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The Status Kuo
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
James O'Keefe Recruits Election Workers to Secretly Record at the Polls — Mr. O'Keefe has sought volunteers willing to wear hidden cameras and hunt for voting problems. Dozens of election judges and poll monitors responded, records show. — James O'Keefe, the conservative influencer …
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CBS News:
Georgia election officials defend voting system against barrage of false claims, conspiracy theories
Georgia election officials defend voting system against barrage of false claims, conspiracy theories
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The Guardian and Axios
Andrew Howard / Politico:
GOP election officials push back on Trump allegations of ‘election interference’ in Georgia
GOP election officials push back on Trump allegations of ‘election interference’ in Georgia
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CBS News, One America News Network, Fox News and New York Times
Sen. Ron Wyden / MSNBC:
How women's phones became a tool for abortion surveillance — Americans shouldn't accept a reality where their phones are sleeper agents for stalkers and fundamentalist politicians. — For years, data brokers have abused Americans' most personal data in every way possible …
Michael Lee / Fox News:
Major pollster drops final battleground poll numbers — Harris hold slim leads in four of the seven main battleground states — The final New York Times/Siena College Battleground poll of the 2024 race shows a razor-tight election in the battleground states just days before the election.
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Business Insider, USA Today, Silver Bulletin, Townhall, RedState, New York Times, The Hill, The Daily Caller, ABC News, Forbes, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg and New York Post
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emptywheel:
Male Pollsters Shocked — Shocked!! — When a Woman Pollster Discovers Women Voters — On Friday, Nate Silver tweeted and substacked a piece declaring that there must be herding going on in the casino. — His substack analysis didn't acknowledge, however, that this herding was going on in his casino.
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Semafor, Boston Herald, Breitbart, Fortune, Iowa Starting Line and NBC News
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Kari Lake is struggling to match Trump's numbers in Arizona. She doesn't believe the polls. — Polls show Donald Trump is running neck-and-neck with Kamala Harris in the state but Lake has fallen significantly behind Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego. (Her AI modeling says otherwise.)
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Raw Story, The Atlantic and CBS News