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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Google Explains Why Search for ‘Where Can I Vote for Harris’ Showed a Map While Similar Trump Search Didn't … Earlier Tuesday, searches on Google for “Where can I vote for Harris?” displayed a “Where to vote” map that lets uses enter their street address to find their polling location.
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Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
Biden will not attend Harris election night watch party  —  President Joe Biden will not attend Vice President Kamala Harris's election night watch party in another sign that her campaign is keeping the incumbent at arm's length.  —  “Tonight, the president and First Lady will watch election results …
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Trump votes in his “last” election: “I don't even want to think about losing” … - He also cast doubt on the efficiency and reliability of voting machines, and called it an “absolute outrage” that key states take so long to count ballots.  — But Trump did say there will be “no violence” …
Sarah Mearhoff / VTDigger:
Phil Scott votes for Kamala Harris for president
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
MAGA outrage over wives voting for Kamala Harris is funny — but it's also dangerous
Discussion: Twitchy and Crooks and Liars
Emily Zemler / Rolling Stone:
Taylor Swift Shares ‘Extremely Important’ Reminder for Fans to Vote
Discussion: Teen Vogue
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:   Mike Johnson on certifying election results: ‘Everybody needs to calm down’
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
How Trump Accidentally Let His Biggest Advantage Over Harris Slip Away  —  If you've spent time on social media lately, you've surely encountered the argument that Kamala Harris and Democrats have squandered way too much time and resources on attacking Donald Trump as a sexual predator, dangerous madman, and wannabe fascist dictator.
New York Times:
Musk to Spend Election Night With Trump  —  Elon Musk has spent $119 million on a super PAC supporting Donald Trump and held events on his behalf.  But his ownership of X is especially valuable.  —  Elon Musk plans to spend election night with former President Donald J. Trump …
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NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Latest news and results as Americans head to the polls to vote for Trump or Harris  —  Control of the House, Senate and many key states is also up for grabs, in addition to a number of crucial ballot measures. … Arab American voters in Michigan opt for third-party candidate Jill Stein
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
A random number generator determined the “favorite” in our forecast  —  When I say the odds in this year's presidential race are about as close as you can possibly get to 50/50, I'm not exaggerating.  —  At exactly midnight on Tuesday, I pressed the “go” button for the final time on our election model this year.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Trump votes, and then utters 15 falsehoods in 15 minutes
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:   An hour-by-hour guide to watching the races on election night
CNN:
Non-credible bomb threats against Atlanta-area polling places were from Russia, secretary of state says  —  Several non-credible bomb threats that briefly disrupted voting at two Georgia polling places originated from Russia, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters Tuesday.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation:
FBI Statement on Bomb Threats to Polling Locations
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
FBI Statement on Inauthentic Use of Bureau Name, Insignia in Promoting False Election-Related Narratives
John Raby / Associated Press:
Republican Jim Justice flips US Senate seat from West Virginia after Manchin retirement  —  Jim Justice won a U.S. Senate race from West Virginia on Tuesday, flipping a seat to the Republican Party after Joe Manchin decided not to seek reelection.  Justice, who boldly predicted victory long …
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CNN:
Trump campaign denies and revokes journalists' election night credentials after critical coverage  —  New York CNN —  Journalists from multiple news organizations have been denied credentials to former President Donald Trump's election night watch event in West Palm Beach, Florida …
Josef Federman / Associated Press:
Israel's Netanyahu dismisses his defense minister as wars rage.  Protests erupt across country  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed his popular defense minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise announcement that came as the country is embroiled in wars on multiple fronts across the region.
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
How are things looking in Pennsylvania?  Dems are feeling cautiously optimistic  —  How are Democrats feeling in Pennsylvania, the most pivotal battleground in the country?  Cautiously optimistic.  I surveyed 10 Dem elected officials and strategists across the state and, to a person …
Discussion: Maryland Matters
Katherine Landergan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Supreme Court: Cobb County absentee ballots must be returned by Election Day  —  The court sided with the Republican National Committee, removing the relief that a lower court ordered.  —  The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday ordered that Cobb County may only count absentee ballots received by 7 p.m. on Election Day.
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
X Is a White-Supremacist Site … X has always had a nazi problem.  I've covered the site, formerly known as Twitter, for more than a decade and reported extensively on its harassment problems, its verification (and then de-verification) of a white nationalist, and the glut of anti-Semitic hatred that roiled the platform in 2016.
Adriana Gomez Licon / Associated Press:
Trump snaps at reporter when asked about abortion: ‘Stop talking about that’  —  Donald Trump is refusing to say how he voted on Florida's abortion measure — and getting testy about it.  The former president was asked twice after casting his ballot in Palm Beach, Florida …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Trump-loving evangelical leader busted with hard drive full of appalling images  —  The former head of a Christian conservative voter outreach has been arrested for possession of child sexual abuse materials.  —  Jason C. Yates, former CEO of My Faith Votes, has been charged in Minnesota …
Discussion: RNS
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Elon Musk is sued over $1 million election giveaway  —  Elon Musk was sued in a proposed class action on Tuesday by registered voters who signed his petition to support the Constitution for a chance to win his $1 million-a-day giveaway, and now claim it was a fraud.
Yash Roy / The Hill:
Capitol Police arrest man who ‘smelled like fuel’ and had torch and flare gun  —  The U.S. Capitol Visitors Center was closed Tuesday afternoon, after Capitol Police arrested a man during their security screening process who was carrying a torch and flare gun.
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Fox News:
Police arrest man at US Capitol smelling of fuel who had manifesto, flare gun and blow torch
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Michigan on pace to break voter turnout records, official says  —  Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) said Tuesday that the Great Lake State, a critical battleground in the presidential race, is on track to break voter turnout records.  —  “Michiganders are already voting in record numbers.
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Short On Cash After 2016 Election, Trump Secured Secret Loan  —  Even as Americans head to the polls, secrets are still emerging from the former president's first stint in office, like the fact that he got a hidden loan around the time he became president.  —  The last time Donald Trump won …
Discussion: emptywheel
Politico:
Judge shreds RNC's ‘red herring’ attempt to invalidate Georgia votes  —  A federal judge in Georgia said an eleventh-hour bid by the Republican Party to set aside some absentee votes from Democratic-leaning counties was rife with dishonesty, “red herrings” and demands that would have required him to break his oath to the Constitution.
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Scripps News
Politico:
A mostly smooth election so far, despite Russia's best efforts  —  The earliest polls across the country have already closed and state officials say they're seeing a relatively smooth election so far — despite the intelligence community's warning that Russia is trying to stoke chaos.
 
 
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Matt Gaetz sees reelection win in Florida's first House district
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Greene easily wins reelection in Georgia
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Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
Texas church removes four elders over Trump-linked founder's abuse of girl, 12, in 1980s
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Anna Betts / The Guardian:
Oldest living survivor of Tulsa race massacre casts vote for Kamala Harris
Sam Sabin / Axios:
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Harris needs strong Election Day showing to win
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CNBC:
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Jon Meacham / New York Times:
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Kellyanne Conway worries about Trump's safety on Election Day
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