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 …

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.

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.

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.

A random number generator determined the “favorite” in our forecast  —  So fine: let's go to the tiebreaker round.  —  ∙ Paid  —  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.

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.

Nicolle Wallace on Vance calling Harris ‘trash’: ‘You just effed up’  —  MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace said Monday that Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, “effed up” by calling Vice President Harris “trash.”  —  “In my humble view, lights out,” Wallace said on “Deadline: White House.”

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.

Democratic TV ad spending on abortion far outpaced any other issue in Senate races this year  —  Senate Democratic candidates and super PACs spent a combined $175 million on broadcast TV ads messaging on abortion rights.  —  Democrats have spent $175 million on broadcast TV ads messaging …

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.

Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement  —  Today, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the following statement:  —  Since our statement on Friday …

José Andrés threatens to challenge Maryland Republican in Congress  —  Celebrity chef José Andrés could trade the kitchen for Congress if he follows through on a threat to challenge a Maryland Republican, saying the state “deserves better.”

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.

‘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.

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.

Republican mega-donors asked their employees who they will vote for in survey  —  Staunchly pro-Trump Uihleins gave anonymous survey to workers at Uline, headquartered in swing state of Wisconsin  —  The Republican mega-donors Dick and Liz Uihlein, who are the third largest donors …

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 …

Essentials, November 4, 2024  —  A compendium of the best reporting and commentary surrounding the pivotal 2024 elections in the United States.  You will rarely find horse race coverage here, or the standard “both sides” BS that passes so often for political journalism.