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Casey Newton / Platformer:
X's plan to interfere with the election  —  With polls essentially tied and hours to go until Election Day, no one knows for certain who will win the 2024 US presidential election.  But we can say with some certainty what will happen if the result is anything other than a landslide victory for Donald Trump …
Discussion: IJR, more at Techmeme »
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
What to watch — and what to avoid — on election night  —  It's not about where to watch.  It's about how to watch.  —  Well, we made it.  It's Election Day.  —  Today could go down as one of the most important days in the history of our country as the nation decides between Vice President Kamala Harris …
Renee DiResta / The UnPopulist:
The MAGA Propaganda Machine Has Successfully Censored Voices Calling Out its Lies  —  In 2020, the U.S. found itself in the midst of an unprecedented election—one defined not only by candidates or policies, but by a fight over what was real.  During that election, I was one of the leaders …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
A Plaintive Cry For Election Reforms Before It's Too Late  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  Sign up for the email version.  —  It Doesn't Have To Be This Way  —  As voting wraps up across the country today, let me take a quick step …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Heads I win, tails you lose  —  In 2020, Donald Trump declared himself the winner of any state where a partial tally of votes showed him ahead.  —  As more votes were counted and Trump fell behind in states where he previously had an advantage, Trump claimed that was evidence of cheating.
Discussion: CNN, Carolina Journal, Forbes, NPR and Reason
Washington Post:
How Trump used the ‘red mirage’ in vote counting to deny his 2020 loss  —  Procedures in some states can create a false impression that Republicans are winning since the last ballots to be counted tend to lean Democratic.  —  Shortly after Election Day came and went in 2020 with no presidential decision …
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Rapid spread of election disinformation stokes alarm  —  Experts and political figures are sounding the alarm on the spread of election disinformation on social media, putting leading platforms under intense scrutiny in the final days of the presidential race.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Proud Boys claim they'll be at polling places as Trump ups violent rhetoric and election fraud claims  —  Though several Proud Boys leaders remain in prison on Jan. 6 charges, the far-right militia group remains active, with some chapters saying they'll watch the polls Tuesday.
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
Trump and allies have primed supporters to falsely believe he has no chance of losing  —  It's possible former President Donald Trump wins the election - and also quite possible he loses.  But many in Trump's orbit keep falsely telling his supporters the only way that happens is because of cheating.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation, Althouse, The Hill and Forbes
Jack Forrest / CNN:
Harris and Trump tie in Dixville Notch midnight vote to kick off Election Day
Cameron Joseph / Christian Science Monitor:
What happens if Trump tries to overturn another election loss?
Discussion: Iowa Starting Line
Kim Wehle / The Bulwark:
It's Been Four Years. How Ready Are We for ‘Stop the Steal 2.0’?
Discussion: Politico
Alexandra Berzon / New York Times:
Activists File ‘Bad-Faith’ Ballot Challenges, Pennsylvania Officials Say
Discussion: 404 Media and Washington Examiner
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Why the winner of the 2024 presidential race might not be called on election night
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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Politico:
America's political experts brace for the most unpredictable election of their careers
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Judges deny requests to block DOJ from monitoring polls  —  Federal judges denied two states' requests to bar the Justice Department (DOJ) from dispatching lawyers to monitor adherence to federal voting rights laws on Election Day.  —  Both Missouri and Texas asked federal courts to keep DOJ lawyers away from their polls.
Ryland Barton / NPR:
Voters could flip these state legislatures, changing the path for some big issues  —  Tucked at the bottom of the ballot, races for the state legislature can have an enormous effect on issues from abortion to guns to voting access.  —  Control of legislatures is up for grabs in several states this year.
Discussion: E&E News
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
These are the “canary” House races to watch on Nov. 5
Discussion: ABC News
The Hill:
Razor-tight races could leave House control in limbo for weeks
Discussion: Associated Press and El País
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Musk's Twitter Is the Blueprint for a MAGA Government  —  Fire everyone.  Turn it into a personal political weapon.  Let chaos reign.  —  In a recent interview, the former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy made an offhanded comment that connected a few dots for me.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Joe Rogan endorses Trump on eve of Election Day
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
MAGA outrage over wives voting for Kamala Harris is funny — but it's also dangerous  —  When it comes to political bait, it was the tastiest sort: a cheeky ad run by Vote Common Good, and voiced by Julia Roberts, reminding women that they don't have to tell their husbands if they vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Discussion: Agence France-Presse
Amanda Moore / Politico:
A Trump Field Director Was Fired for Being a White Nationalist  —  A white nationalist worked on the Trump campaign in an important position in Pennsylvania for five months — until Friday, when the Pennsylvania GOP fired him after learning about his views from my reporting.
Bushra Seddique / The Atlantic:
Americans Who Want Out  —  Every four years, some liberal Americans threaten to leave the country if a Republican wins the presidency.  Canada has become almost a joke—or maybe a fantasy—in certain left-leaning circles, not just a country but an escape hatch, a next life waiting if the election goes the “wrong” way.
Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
Bernard Marcus, cofounder of The Home Depot and billionaire Republican megadonor, has died  —  New York CNN —  Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, the billionaire Home Depot cofounder and a Republican megadonor, who in recent years became an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump, has died, the company announced Tuesday.
Pablo O'Hana / Metro.co.uk:
‘I went to a Trump rally — the curtains are closing on his circus’  —  It might not feel like it, but it is a recent phenomenon that American elections are judged by the size of rallies and crowd-drawing power.  —  This spectacle, pioneered by Donald Trump, has become synonymous with his brand.
ProPublica:
What ProPublica Reporters Will Be Watching on Election Day  —  Reporters from ProPublica will be on the ground watching stories they've covered unfold as voters head to the polls.  Among the issues: abortion, extremism, poll workers and election administration in battleground states.
US Department of Justice:
Georgia Poll Worker Arrested for Making Bomb Threat to Election Workers  —  For Immediate Release  —  A Georgia poll worker was arrested today for mailing a letter to the Jones County Elections Superintendent threatening poll workers.  —  According to the criminal complaint, Nicholas Wimbish …
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: Raw Story and Forbes
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Announces Dumbest Person You Know Will Lead Missile Defense … Herschel Walker is back and ready to lead our country's missile defense system.  —  That is not some cruel joke, but a very real thing Donald Trump proposed at his Georgia rally on Sunday—minutes after Walker confused …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
You Can Trust the Vote Count
Dan Gillmor / The cornerstone of democracy:
Essentials, November 4, 2024  —  A compendium of the best reporting and commentary surrounding …
Discussion: The Lever
Jake Bittle / Grist:
This California congressman is betting the farm on water
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
If Trump were running against Biden right now, he'd be up 7 points
Axios:
Newspapers rapidly kill off the presidential endorsement
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Washington Post:
Election 2024 live updates: Voting continues as polls show Trump, Harris in a tight race
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Will America become Russia?
Courtney Cohn / Democracy Docket:
Georgia Judge Rejects Third Lawsuit From GOP Fulton County Election Official
Discussion: The Guardian and ProPublica
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Harris botched interview with Muslim influencer by celebrating ‘bacon’ as ‘a spice’
 

 
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Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider:
Apple News adds a Live Activity widget to track the results of the US elections in real time on iPhone, iPad, and Watch

 
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