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Jon Ralston / The Nevada Independent:
Editor Jon Ralston's 2024 Nevada election predictions — I should have done the mic drop in 2022. — Picking the winners in the top two races, both of which were agonizingly close, should have been the swan song, the ride off into the sunset on my oracular career.
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Our Final 2024 Ratings — We mentioned a few weeks ago that we misplaced our Crystal Ball. As an update, we regret to say that we still have not found it. So no final ratings this year. Have fun on Tuesday! — ... ... ... OK, fine, we'll give it a try.
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Des Moines Register
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Election forecaster predicts 218-217 House — Sabato's Crystal Ball, a prominent election forecaster, predicted Monday that this year's elections will result in a House divided by one vote. — “Just like the presidential race, the battle for the House has been a Toss-up for essentially the whole cycle …
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
November 2024 Final Swing State Polls: Too-Close-To-Call Election for President
November 2024 Final Swing State Polls: Too-Close-To-Call Election for President
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Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump Stepped on a Rake Yesterday—and He Knew It — DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T ADMIT TO MISTAKES, but he knew he made one Sunday morning. — For 96 minutes, at his first of his three rallies that day, Trump barely looked at his teleprompter. He darkly obsessed about election fraud …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump is confident on election's eve: 'It's ours to lose' — Former President Trump thinks it's his election to lose as voters go the polls to elect a new president. — If he's right, he'll make history, becoming the first former president to lose office and then win it again since 1892.
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Marist Poll:
U.S. Presidential Contest, November 2024 — Harris +4 Points Against Trump Nationally — In this final, national NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll before Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris edges former President Donald Trump among likely voters nationally including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate.
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Joanne Haner / The Hill:
Harris leads Trump by 4 points in final PBS News/NPR/Marist poll; gender gap closes
Harris leads Trump by 4 points in final PBS News/NPR/Marist poll; gender gap closes
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Internal email: Trump campaign prepares for either outcome
Internal email: Trump campaign prepares for either outcome
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Maryclaire Dale / Associated Press:
Elon Musk's $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes can proceed, a Pennsylvania judge says — The $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes that Elon Musk 's political action committee is hosting in swing states can continue through Tuesday's presidential election, a Pennsylvania judge ruled Monday.
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Jack Queen / Reuters:
Elon Musk lawyer says $1 million voter giveaway winners are not random — Elon Musk's pro-Trump group does not choose the winners of its $1 million-a-day giveaway to registered voters at random, but instead picks people who would be good spokespeople for its agenda, a lawyer for the billionaire said on Monday.
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Andy Kroll / ProPublica:
Trump Claims “Illegal Alien” Voting Is Rampant. His Own Party Disagrees. — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — In public remarks, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Final GOP push in Pennsylvania focuses on imaginary voters over real ones — On the campaign's last weekend, volunteers for Kamala Harris focused on turnout across Scranton, Pa., while Donald Trump supporters focused on stopping “fraud.” — SCRANTON, Pa. — Two strikingly different messages …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
How Is It This Close? … A little over a week ago, campaigning in Kalamazoo, Michigan …
How Is It This Close? … A little over a week ago, campaigning in Kalamazoo, Michigan …
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Stepheny Price / Fox News:
Actor Will Ferrell ‘threatens’ voters in new Harris campaign ad: ‘Shut the f— up, Gary’
Actor Will Ferrell ‘threatens’ voters in new Harris campaign ad: ‘Shut the f— up, Gary’
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Matthew Yglesias / New York Times:
Why Isn't Trump Running Away With This?
Why Isn't Trump Running Away With This?
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NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Trump and Harris hold final campaign rallies before Election Day
Election 2024 live updates: Trump and Harris hold final campaign rallies before Election Day
Sarah McCammon / NPR:
Meet the conservative women who are keeping their votes for Kamala Harris a secret
Meet the conservative women who are keeping their votes for Kamala Harris a secret
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Raw Story, Hoarded Ordinaries and sneezeless in seattle
Wall Street Journal:
Russia Suspected of Plotting to Send Incendiary Devices on U.S.-Bound Planes — Two devices that ignited in Europe, officials say, were part of a covert operation to put them on cargo or passenger aircraft — Western security officials say they believe that two incendiary devices …
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Bloomberg:
Russia Suspected of Plotting to Send US Incendiary Devices — Poland cites alleged sabotage effort without naming Russia — Officials cite attempt to send incendiary devices via DHL — European and US intelligence officials believe Russia is behind a plan that would ultimately place …
Amanda Moore / Politico:
A Key Trump Staffer Was Fired For Being a White Nationalist — Luke Meyer was Trump's regional field director for western Pennsylvania. Online, he was the white nationalist Alberto Barbarossa. — People are seen during a rally with former President Donald Trump at Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 9.
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Associated Press:
Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places — Some Republican-led states say they will block the Justice Department's election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities' decades-long practice …
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Missouri sues DOJ in effort to block poll monitors
Missouri sues DOJ in effort to block poll monitors
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Anna Slatz / Reduxx:
Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Has XY Chromosomes And “Testicles” : French-Algerian Medical Report Admits — A shocking new development has emerged in the case of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif after a French journalist reportedly gained access to a damning medical report revealing Khelif has “testicles.”
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Trump's Crowds Are Dwindling as His Campaign Winds Down — The former president likes to talk about the attendance at his rallies, but empty seats and early exits have grown more common. — Donald J. Trump has spent parts of the last week of his campaign speaking in self-aggrandizing reverence …
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NBC News:
A fixture of American politics for nearly a decade, Trump rallies are coming to an end — They have been the nerve center of his political movement since he first announced his candidacy in 2015. — Regardless of who wins Tuesday's election, a key fixture of America's political landscape …
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Associated Press:
Ohio sheriff's lieutenant apologizes for 'won't help Democrats' post, blames sleep medication — An Ohio sheriff's patrol commander who declared on Facebook that he would not help Democrats and would require proof of who a person voted for before providing them aid has apologized …
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Erica Pandey / Axios:
Poll: Harris has massive lead among swing state college students … - Another factor is how many out-of-state students attending schools in swing states vote there vs. in their home states via absentee ballot. … - In a race that included Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Chase Oliver …
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Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
How to Get Through Election Day — Store up some enlightenment for the white-knuckle hours ahead. — This might be nostalgia talking, but I miss the old Election Nights, the kind we used to have before the stakes became so gruesomely high. No one was warning of “existential consequences” …
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Anna Betts / The Guardian:
Illinois man arrested after punching election judge at polling location — Case follows numerous attacks on the voting process and threats of violence, even as officials say voting is safe — A man in Illinois punched an election judge at a polling location and was arrested on Sunday …
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91 — Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson's historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores …
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Harris botched interview with Muslim influencer by celebrating ‘bacon’ as ‘a spice’ — She jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire. — Vice President Kamala Harris is getting roasted for refusing to talk about the Mideast war with a Muslim influencer — and instead spending …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Mini Poop Statues Appear At D.C.'s Mysterious Turd Monument ‘Honoring’ Trump — “A monument isn't a real monument until cheap souvenirs are involved,” reads an email from the anonymous group behind the statue mocking Jan. 6, 2021, rioters. — LOADING — WASHINGTON — It's been two weeks since …
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