Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
9:55 PM ET, November 4, 2024

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
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 …
RELATED:
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.
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.
Joanne Haner / The Hill:
Harris leads Trump by 4 points in final PBS News/NPR/Marist poll; gender gap closes
Discussion: The National Pulse and Breitbart
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
How Is It This Close? … A little over a week ago, campaigning in Kalamazoo, Michigan …
Discussion: The Guardian
Sarah McCammon / NPR:
Meet the conservative women who are keeping their votes for Kamala Harris a secret
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.
RELATED:
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  —  Sabato's Crystal Ball, a prominent election forecaster, predicted Monday that this year's elections will result in a House divided by one vote.  —  “Just like the presidential race, the battle for the House has been a Toss-up for essentially the whole cycle …
Henry Olsen / New York Post:
This race is close but I'm predicting Donald Trump wins the Electoral College — and possibly the popular vote
ProPublica:
A Georgia Election Official's Months-Long Push to Make It Easier to Challenge the 2024 Results  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week.
Discussion: CBS News, WXIA-TV and The Guardian
RELATED:
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 …
Courtney Cohn / Democracy Docket:
Georgia Judge Rejects Third Lawsuit From GOP Fulton County Election Official  —  A Georgia judge rejected a third lawsuit from Julie Adams — a GOP member of the Fulton County Board of Elections and Registration — seeking additional election records she claims she needs to certify tomorrow's election results.
Discussion: Morning Call and New York Times
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.
RELATED:
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.
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 …
RELATED:
Bloomberg:   Russia Suspected of Plotting to Send US Incendiary Devices
Amanda Moore / Politico:
A Key Trump Staffer Was Fired Last Week For Being a White Nationalist  —  Luke Meyer was Trump's regional field director for western Pennsylvania.  Online, he was the white nationalist Alberto Barbarossa and a co-host of Richard Spencer's podcast.  —  People are seen during a rally …
Discussion: Mediaite
CNN:
A pro-Trump influencer says a Russian agent paid him $100 to post a fake voter fraud video.  It wasn't the first time  —  An American social media influencer said he was paid $100 by a pro-Kremlin propagandist to post a fake video of Haitian immigrants claiming to vote in the US presidential election.
Discussion: Forbes and WPMT
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
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Tucker Carlson Says Abortions Cause Hurricanes in Election Eve Broadcast  —  In a podcast appearance, Tucker Carlson dismissed scientific research that links global warming to more potent and frequent hurricanes, saying instead that “it's probably abortion, actually.”
NBC News:
A fixture of American politics for nearly a decade, Trump rallies are coming to an end  —  They have been the nerve center of his political movement since he first announced his candidacy in 2015.  —  Regardless of who wins Tuesday's election, a key fixture of America's political landscape …
Discussion: Fox News
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Joe Rogan endorses Trump on eve of Election Day … - “If it wasn't for him we'd be f—ked,” Rogan wrote in the post, which links to his interview with Musk.  — “He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you'll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way.
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 and HuffPost
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.”
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 …
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
US Department of Justice:
Man Arrested and Charged with Attempting to Use a Weapon of Mass Destruction and to Destroy an Energy Facility in Nashville  —  For Immediate Release  —  View the complaint here.  —  Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tennessee, was arrested by federal agents and charged with attempting …
Associated Press:
Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places  —  Some Republican-led states say they will block the Justice Department's election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities' decades-long practice …
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91  —  Quincy Jones, the multitalented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson's historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores …
Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon:
“I am scared every day”: Experts say GOP men targeting no-fault divorce to keep women “trapped”  —  As worries grow after Dobbs, experts fear restricting no-fault divorce could be a death sentence for some women  —  Raquell Barton was knee-deep in her doctorate program at the University …
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
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 9:55 PM ET, November 4, 2024.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Andrew Kerr / freebeacon.com:
Angela Alsobrooks Slapped With Election Eve Ethics Complaint Over Unpaid Property Taxes
Discussion: National Legal …
Caralee Adams / Internet Archive Blogs:
Vanishing Culture: Q&A with Philip Bump, The Washington Post
Politico:
Dems worry: What happens if the speaker's race isn't over by Jan. 6?
Freddy Brewster / The Lever:
The Dark Money Kingpin Behind Election-Day Chaos
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Harris has continued to improve with Black voters
 Earlier Items: 
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: The Hill and Wall Street Journal
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Two potential futures for Trump: The presidency or prison
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Mini Poop Statues Appear At D.C.'s Mysterious Turd Monument ‘Honoring’ Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
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
Discussion: The Atlantic
 

 
From Techmeme:

Sheldon Reback / CoinDesk:
US and Japanese law enforcement say North Korean hackers were responsible for stealing 4,502.9 bitcoin, worth $308M, from Japanese exchange DMM in May 2024

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Donald Trump announces Scott Kupor, a managing partner at a16z, will serve as director of OPM, and Michael Kratsios will serve as the White House OSTP director

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
The US FTC orders Marriott and Starwood to implement a robust customer data security scheme after Starwood's 2014 to 2018 breaches and Marriott's 2018 breach
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page