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11:20 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 …
S.V. Date / HuffPost:   Trump Enters Final Sprint For White House An Unfocused Mess
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone:
Trump Forgets What State He's in During Home-Stretch Rally Blitz
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
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP primed to back Trump if he contests election
Discussion: Washington Post
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 …
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Yael Halon / Fox News:
NBC files Equal Time notice for Harris' SNL cameo following backlash
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 …
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
The End of the Whole-of-Government Approach?  —  In the Biden administration, some officials actually tried to govern.  The squealing from corporations made clear that this novelty was effective.  —  President Joe Biden listens as Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau …
Discussion: NPR and The American Conservative
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 …
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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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Kari Lake is struggling to match Trump's numbers in Arizona. She doesn't believe the polls.
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and The Atlantic
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Elon Musk's misleading election claims have been viewed more than 2 billion times on X, analysis finds  —  In the run up to the high-stakes 2024 presidential election, Elon Musk has posted a blizzard of false and misleading claims about the election on his social media platform that have generated …
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 …
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
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 …
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court to review Louisiana congressional map after election  —  The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up the fight over Louisiana's congressional map, which has erupted into a messy legal battle over how to fix a racially gerrymandered design.
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.
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Over 4,000 overseas voters' ballots challenged in Pennsylvania  —  Challenges in key state aren't valid, says ACLU, and appear to be mass effort through mail-merge process  —  Mariam Larson lives in the Canadian province of British Columbia but has been voting by mail for decades in Pennsylvania.
Discussion: LancasterOnline and Votebeat
Lorenzo Tondo / The Guardian:
James O'Keefe in alleged plan to secretly film US voting and ballot counts  —  Nearly 70 people committed to Project Veritas founder's election scheme, whistleblower says  —  The far-right political influencer James O'Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, has reportedly assembled a group …
Discussion: New York Times
Associated Press:
North Carolina sees turnout record with more than 4.2M ballots cast at early in-person voting sites  —  North Carolina had already surpassed its early-voting record set in 2020, but the State Board of Elections announced Sunday that more than 4.2 million voters cast ballots at early in-person voting sites …
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Mark Robison / Reno Gazette-Journal:
Nevada Republicans hold 50,000 ballot lead over Democrats after end of early voting
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
U.S. Farmers Brace for New Trump Trade Wars Amid Tariff Threats  —  Despite their concerns, some farm operators still support the former president and prefer his overall economic plan.  —  To former President Donald J. Trump, “tariff” is the most beautiful word in the dictionary.
Discussion: Reason and The Diplomat
 
 
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Supreme Court sends case testing limits of death penalty for intellectually disabled back to lower court
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CBS News:
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Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill:
School board seats and funding fights: The education ballot initiatives flying under the radar
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Some Late Shifts, but Polls Remain Closest They've Ever Been
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
GOP's closing election message on health baffles strategists, worries experts
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CBS News:
Texas OB-GYNs leaving state in face of strict abortion laws
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Sen. Ron Wyden / MSNBC:
How women's phones became a tool for abortion surveillance
John Blake / CNN:
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Soo Rin Kim / ABC News:
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