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9:50 AM ET, November 4, 2024

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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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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Internal email: Trump campaign prepares for either outcome … It uses the phrases “should we be victorious,” “regardless of the outcome of the election” and “God willing” — acknowledging that the race may or may not turn out in Trump's favor.  — The matter-of-fact email comes …
Politico:
Trump returns to his grievances for his closing argument
Discussion: New York Times
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone:
Trump Forgets What State He's in During Home-Stretch Rally Blitz
S.V. Date / HuffPost:   Trump Enters Final Sprint For White House An Unfocused Mess
Politico:
Trump says he doesn't ‘mind’ if someone has to ‘shoot through’ the media
Sean L. McCarthy / The Daily Beast:
Teary-Eyed John Oliver Begs Reluctant Voters to Back Kamala Harris  —  REAL TALK  —  The late-night host sent an emotional message to viewers in a passionate monologue days before the election.  —  Fighting back tears, John Oliver choked up Sunday night while urging undecided and reluctant voters …
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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 …
Yael Halon / Fox News:
NBC files Equal Time notice for Harris' SNL cameo following backlash
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Harris campaign: The Iowa poll is exciting, but...
Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike  —  The walkout, which began just after midnight Monday, could disrupt the news organization's election coverage.  —  The New York Times Tech Guild walked off the job at 12:01 a.m. Monday, making good on a threat that has loomed over the company …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike  —  The Times Tech Guild represents more than 600 software developers and others who run the back-end systems behind The Times's digital operation.  —  The Times Tech Guild, which represents workers like software developers and data analysts at The New York Times …
New York Times:
Right-Wing Groups Are Organizing on Telegram Ahead of Election Day  —  Right-wing groups, which use Telegram to organize real-world actions, are urging followers to watch the polls and stand up for their rights, in a harbinger of potential chaos.  —  Groups backing former President Donald J …
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Mike Wendling / BBC:   Whirlwind of misinformation sows distrust ahead of US election day
David Siders / Politico:
'I Think We're in Trouble': Is There a Future for MAGA After Trump?  —  TEMPE, Arizona — The tailgate was aimed at boosting a protégé, but it was Donald Trump whose name and image were plastered everywhere — on the banner hung from Republicans' table outside …
Discussion: The Bulwark and Raw Story
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Some Late Shifts, but Polls Remain Closest They've Ever Been  —  The polls tend to err as a group in one direction or the other, so a fairly decisive win by either candidate is still possible.  —  With one day left in the 2024 campaign, the polls show one of the closest presidential elections in the history of American politics.
Discussion: Morning Call
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Michael Lee / Fox News:
Major pollster drops final battleground poll numbers
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.
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?
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Fencing erected at White House, VP residence as D.C. braces for unrest  —  As D.C. police fully mobilize and authorities erect fencing in key locations, some property owners are making their own preparations ahead of Tuesday's election.  —  Rings of new security fencing enveloped the White House …
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Security fencing goes up around White House, Capitol, VP residence
Discussion: Fox News
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The consequences of putting the cranks in charge  —  In a wild presidential election featuring dozens of criminal felony charges, fallacious claims about election fraud, and sexist invective, it's easy to forget a fundamental truth: The real impact of the election will be expressed through changes to federal law and policy.
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Trump's “baked in” bigotry  —  It was never just a sheriff's star. … 📰 Subscribe to Public Notice 📰  —  It is no coincidence that, as his 2024 presidential campaign comes to a close, Donald Trump is both coming out as an overt fascist and presiding over a Republican Party suffused with conspiratorial antisemitism.
Rich Schapiro / NBC News:
A ‘constitutional sheriff’ tried to seize voting machines in 2020.  Officials are bracing for a repeat.  —  In a rural county in southwest Michigan, a sheriff who sees himself as holding supreme authority has become a hero in the election denial movement.  —  A few months after Election Day 2020 …
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.
Politico:
Republicans bring back fake electors in battlegrounds  —  More than a dozen fake electors from 2020 are back this time.  And several election deniers are among the new prospective Trump electors.  —  Many of the people preparing to cast votes for Donald Trump in the Electoral College in 2024 …
Discussion: Columbian, Mediaite and Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post and Vanity Fair
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Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill:
School board seats and funding fights: The education ballot initiatives flying under the radar
Discussion: KUSA-TV
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
GOP's closing election message on health baffles strategists, worries experts
Discussion: Raw Story
CBS News:
Texas OB-GYNs leaving state in face of strict abortion laws
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
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Sen. Ron Wyden / MSNBC:
How women's phones became a tool for abortion surveillance
Mary L. Trump / The Good in Us:
North Carolina—and Iowa?
Discussion: The Status Kuo
Soo Rin Kim / ABC News:
Trump campaign leaving some cities with hundreds of thousands in unpaid bills after rallies
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Ann Selzer: How Could This Be?  —  Few states are as red as Iowa, and yet the legendary Iowa …
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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