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4:20 PM ET, November 4, 2024

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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.
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 …
NBC News:
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
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Final GOP push in Pennsylvania focuses on imaginary voters over real ones
Discussion: New Republic and NPR
Hanna Trudo / The Hill:
RFK Jr. to supporters: ‘Do not vote for me’
Discussion: Fox News, New York Times and Forbes
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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Maryclaire Dale / Associated Press:
Musk PAC tells Philadelphia judge the $1 million sweepstakes winners are not chosen by chance  —  A lawyer for Elon Musk 's political action committee told a judge in Philadelphia on Monday that so-called “winners” of his $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes in swing states are not chosen …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Musk's lawyer says $1 million winners are “spokespeople” not chosen by chance
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
CNBC:   Elon Musk and America PAC running ‘scam,’ and ‘illegal’ voter lottery, DA says
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 …
Discussion: PBS NewsHour and Breitbart
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.
Discussion: Townhall, Forbes, Mediaite and New York Post
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
How Is It This Close? … A little over a week ago, campaigning in Kalamazoo, Michigan …
Discussion: The Guardian
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 …
Discussion: Fox News
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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 …
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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Rusty Weiss / RedState:
NBC Forced to Give Trump Two Minutes of Airtime and Boy Does He Deliver: 'Kamala Broke It, I'll Fix It'
Sean L. McCarthy / The Daily Beast:
Teary-Eyed John Oliver Begs Reluctant Voters to Back Kamala Harris
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 Tomasky / New Republic:
Donald Trump Has Lost His Sh*t  —  I woke up Saturday morning, as you may have, to the sight of Donald Trump performing fellatio on a microphone (no, I'm not linking to it).  The clip that was making the rounds on X was 27 seconds.  As I scrolled down, I noticed a tweet from a MAGA person scolding …
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Robert De Niro urges support for Harris at Philadelphia Eagles tailgate  —  Actor Robert De Niro on Sunday urged fans to support Vice President Harris while attending a tailgate for the Philadelphia Eagles football team in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania.
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Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Robert De Niro Takes Goal Line Stand Against Trump At Eagles Tailgate Party
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: PoliticusUSA
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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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 …
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 …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Two potential futures for Trump: The presidency or prison … - His legal team largely succeeded in delaying his criminal trials until after the election. … - And Justice Department policy prohibits the prosecution of a sitting president. … - On Nov. 12, a week after the election …
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 …
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” …
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
Trump's “baked in” bigotry  —  🗳️ This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.🗳️  —  📰 Subscribe to Public Notice 📰
 
 
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Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
‘I Saw It From The Inside’: Ex-Trump Administration Lawyer Echoes Forceful Warning
Discussion: Raw Story
Bud Foster / KOLD-TV:
Some Pima County voters are returning only one page of the two-page ballot
Akbar Shahid Ahmed / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Promises Global Peace With Reelection. His Track Record Says Otherwise.
Discussion: Politico
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
The SALT Deduction Fight Is Coming Back—Whoever Wins the Election
Ken Block / The Hill:
The most significant threat to fair elections in America
Matthew Yglesias / New York Times:
Why Isn't Trump Running Away With This?
 Earlier Items: 
Lorenzo Tondo / The Guardian:
James O'Keefe in alleged plan to secretly film US voting and ballot counts
Discussion: New York Times
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Elon Musk's misleading election claims have been viewed more than 2 billion times on X, analysis finds
Associated Press:
North Carolina sees turnout record with more than 4.2M ballots cast at early in-person voting sites
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The End of the Whole-of-Government Approach?
Discussion: Plain Dealer and NPR
Rich Schapiro / NBC News:
A ‘constitutional sheriff’ tried to seize voting machines in 2020. Officials are bracing for a repeat.