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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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Variety, Deadline, Mediaite, Agence France-Presse and Crooks and Liars
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Rusty Weiss / RedState:
NBC Forced to Give Trump Two Minutes of Airtime and Boy Does He Deliver: 'Kamala Broke It, I'll Fix It' — Saturday Night Live's effort to give Kamala Harris some free publicity backfired spectacularly when NBC was forced to provide Donald Trump equal airtime. And the former president used that time to his full advantage.
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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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The Hill, The Western Journal, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, IJR, The Independent, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, Fox News, Forbes and Public, more at Mediagazer »
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Harris official says Trump is closing “with total darkness and anger”
Harris official says Trump is closing “with total darkness and anger”
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The National Pulse, Mercury News and Fortune
Yael Halon / Fox News:
NBC files Equal Time notice for Harris' SNL cameo following backlash
NBC files Equal Time notice for Harris' SNL cameo following backlash
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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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The Hill, Breitbart, Mediaite, The Independent, HuffPost, New York Post and PoliticusUSA
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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 …
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The Hill, Wall Street Journal, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story and ABC News
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP primed to back Trump if he contests election — The Republican Party is now more primed to back former President Trump if he contests the results of the 2024 election than it was four years ago, when his efforts to overturn President Biden's victory fell flat in courts and Congress.
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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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The Guardian
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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Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike
New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike
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The Verge, One America News Network and Mediaite
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Kari Lake is struggling to match Trump's numbers in Arizona. She doesn't believe the polls.
Kari Lake is struggling to match Trump's numbers in Arizona. She doesn't believe the polls.
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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.
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Breitbart, The Moderate Voice and Jewish Insider
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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Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Wall Street Journal, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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
Security fencing goes up around White House, Capitol, VP residence
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Fox News
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.
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Spotlight PA, LancasterOnline and Votebeat
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 …
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?
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Mediaite and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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New York Times
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.
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Reason and The Diplomat
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.
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