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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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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” …
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.
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.
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Mike Johnson on certifying election results: ‘Everybody needs to calm down’
Discussion: Axios
Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
Biden will not attend Harris election night watch party
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump says Harris ‘copied my routine’ on ‘SNL’
Jack Forrest / CNN:
Harris and Trump tie in Dixville Notch midnight vote to kick off Election Day
Tom Jones / Poynter:
What to watch — and what to avoid — on election night
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 …
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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 …
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Trump Campaign Finishes the Election by Taking Revenge on the Media
Discussion: Status and New York Times
Shia Kapos / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway worries about Trump's safety on Election Day
NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Latest news and results as Americans head to the polls to vote for Trump or Harris
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.
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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
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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NBC News:
An hour-by-hour guide to watching the races on election night
Discussion: Fox News
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Giuliani Moved Possessions From N.Y. Apartment as Creditors Closed In  —  Lawyers for the two election workers seeking to collect on a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudolph W. Giuliani found that he had largely cleared out his Upper East Side home.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
More Than 80 Million Americans Cast Early Ballots
Natalie Fertig / Politico:   Native American voters saved Tester before. They may fall short this time.
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.
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Vance says he's lost friends over Trump support  —  Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, said Tuesday that he's lost friends over his support for former President Trump.  —  “We can't discard friends, and we can't discard family members,” Vance said in a clip …
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Times
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Nicolle Wallace on Vance calling Harris ‘trash:’ ‘You just effed up’
Discussion: Townhall and HuffPost
NBC News:
NBC News Exit Poll: Voters express deep concern about America's democracy and economy  —  Women are twice as likely as men to rank abortion as their top issue, according to preliminary results from the national survey.  —  The state of democracy and the economy in the United States …
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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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
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
Jon Meacham / New York Times:
I'm a Presidential Historian.  This Is My Biggest Regret About Trump.  —  I thought I knew what we were dealing with.  When Donald Trump began his rise to power in 2015, he struck me as a dangerous but recognizable demagogue.  As a biographer of presidents, I tend to think historically …
Discussion: Raw Story
Anna Betts / The Guardian:
Oldest living survivor of Tulsa race massacre casts vote for Kamala Harris  —  Viola Ford Fletcher, 110, voted for the vice-president in Oklahoma, CNN reporter says  —  Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa race massacre, cast her ballot in Oklahoma on Tuesday at 110 years old for Kamala Harris.
 
 
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