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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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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 …
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.
Freddy Brewster / The Lever:   The Dark Money Kingpin Behind Election-Day Chaos
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
How Is It This Close? … A little over a week ago, campaigning in Kalamazoo, Michigan …
Discussion: The Guardian
NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Trump and Harris hold final campaign rallies before Election Day
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.
Discussion: Des Moines Register
Tara Suter / The Hill:   Election forecaster predicts 218-217 House
Henry Olsen / New York Post:
This race is close but I'm predicting Donald Trump wins the Electoral College — and possibly the popular vote
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.
CNBC:
Judge rejects request to block Elon Musk $1 million voter giveaway
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  —  Vice President Harris leads former President Trump by four percentage points, according to the final PBS News/NPR/Marist poll of the election.  —  In their national survey of likely voters …
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 …
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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 …
Discussion: Black America Web
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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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 …
Discussion: HuffPost and PoliticusUSA
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 …
Discussion: The Independent and Fox News
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.”
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 …
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.
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” …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 …
Politico:
Dems worry: What happens if the speaker's race isn't over by Jan. 6?  —  House Democrats are increasingly alarmed by a potential threat to the transfer of presidential power: a protracted failure by Republicans to select a speaker if the GOP keeps control of the chamber.
Andrew Kerr / freebeacon.com:
Angela Alsobrooks Slapped With Election Eve Ethics Complaint Over Unpaid Property Taxes  —  Alsobrooks violated federal law by omitting $47,500 tax debt from financial disclosures, watchdog group says  —  Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic nominee for Maryland's open Senate seat …
Discussion: National Legal …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Caralee Adams / Internet Archive Blogs:
Vanishing Culture: Q&A with Philip Bump, The Washington Post
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Harris has continued to improve with Black voters
Patrick Maguire / CBS News:
Do you need photo ID to vote for the 2024 election? Here's a state-by-state look at requirements
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and The Hill
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Two potential futures for Trump: The presidency or prison
 Earlier Items: 
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
‘I Saw It From The Inside’: Ex-Trump Administration Lawyer Echoes Forceful Warning
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Yglesias / New York Times:
Why Isn't Trump Running Away With This?
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Donald Trump Has Lost His Sh*t
Sarah McCammon / NPR:
Meet the conservative women who are keeping their votes for Kamala Harris a secret
Associated Press:
North Carolina sees turnout record with more than 4.2M ballots cast at early in-person voting sites
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBC Gives Donald Trump Campaign Time During NASCAR Race, ‘Sunday Night Football’ in Response to Kamala Harris' ‘SNL’ Appearance