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CNN:
NBC says it will pull Trump campaign's racist ad — after airing it on ‘Sunday Night Football’  —  (CNN)The Trump campaign's racist anti-immigration ad will no longer run on NBC or any NBC-owned network.  —  Following a storm of backlash after it showed the ad on “Sunday Night Football,” …
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New York Times:
NBC to Stop Running Trump Immigration Ad Rejected by CNN as Racist  —  NBC said on Monday that it would no longer air an immigration-themed advertisement approved by President Trump that CNN had refused to run after deeming it “racist.”  —  “After further review we recognize the insensitive nature …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Facebook Pulls Racist Trump Ad Following NBC, CNN, and Fox News  —  The spot was too controversial for TV.  And, now, the biggest social media platform has pulled it too.  —  Facebook on Monday pulled down advertisements from President Donald Trump's reelection campaign that sought to fire …
Discussion: Bloomberg and HuffPost
Elana Schor / Politico:
‘Trump has hijacked the election’: House Republicans in panic mode  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan got President Donald Trump on the phone Sunday for one final plea on behalf of anxious Republicans: Please, please talk up the booming economy in the final hours before Election Day.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The moment is now upon us. All the lies must be defeated — decisively.
CNN:
CNN Poll: In final days, Democrats maintain advantage  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)On the eve of the midterm elections, Democrats continue to hold a double-digit lead over Republicans in a generic Congressional ballot among likely voters, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Generic Congressional Ballot's All Tied Up
Discussion: RedState, Politico and Breitbart
John Sides / Washington Post:
A new poll shows the secret truth of 2018: Not much has changed in months
Discussion: Political Wire
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Defensive, caravan-fixated and Trump-obsessed, the media blow it again.  Just not as badly.  —  On election night 2016, I described the news media's campaign performance as “an epic fail.”  —  You might remember what happened: the sense of inevitability about Hillary Clinton's rise …
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Final picks for 2018  —  Democrats in House; Republicans in Senate; Democrats big in gubernatorial races; be on guard for upsets  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Sorry, friends, but you are going to have to actually read this one.  —  Our best guesses for Tuesday
Discussion: Axios
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Woman pretends to be persecuted Trump supporter — and scams conservatives out of $150,000  —  A woman identifying herself as “Reformed Republican” posted a photo of herself in a “Make America Great Again” hat and announced she refused to hide any longer.  The way the story ended, however, was not the way Republicans would have hoped.
Discussion: Daily Wire
ProPublica:
How Congress Stopped Working  —  For more than 200 years, Congress operated largely as the country's founders envisioned — forging compromises on the biggest issues of the day while asserting its authority to declare war, spend taxpayer money and keep the presidency in check.
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Trump ally Kris Kobach accepted donations from white nationalists  —  The Republican candidate for governor of Kansas has accepted thousand of dollars in donations, and has for over a decade been affiliated with groups espousing white supremacist views  —  The Republican candidate for governor …
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Their Soybeans Piling Up, Farmers Hope Trade War Ends Before Beans Rot  —  North Dakota's soybean crops are flourishing.  But China has stopped buying.  —  ARTHUR, N.D. — This is harvest season in the rich farmlands of the eastern Dakotas, the time of year Kevin Karel checks his computer …
Discussion: Raw Story and Eschaton
The Daily Beast:
Democrats Ponder the Unthinkable: What If They Lose?  —  It likely won't happen.  But after 2016, everyone is paranoid.  —  Nearly two years of organizing, marching, candidate recruitment and unprecedented fundraising has led the Democratic party to a critical moment.
Washington Post:
Trump administration prepares for massive shake-up after midterms  —  The Trump administration is bracing for a massive staff shake-up in the weeks following the midterm elections, as the fates of a number of Cabinet secretaries and top White House aides are increasingly uncertain heading …
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
In 2016, Soros Boasted Of Spending $500 Million On Migrants  — Billionaire and democratic donor George Soros boasted in 2016 that he would spend $500 billion to support migrants.  — The New York Times recently reported that Soros “is being heatedly, if implausibly, cast as the financier of the immigrant caravan.”
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Racist ‘magical Negro’ robo-call from ‘Oprah’ targets Stacey Abrams in Georgia governor's race  —  For years, Oprah Winfrey's campaign rally appearances and political endorsements have posed a difficult question for anyone who happens to be advocating for the candidate on the other side …
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Will there be a youth wave? Early voting points to yes
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Don't join this year's Women's March unless you're good with anti-Semitism  —  With the Pittsburgh shooting so fresh and anti-Semitism (alas) so necessary a topic, it's time for a reckoning with the Women's March.  This January, women who say they stand with Jews need to boycott the Women's March.
Sam Morgan / New York Post:
I killed soccer star and cut off his genitals for raping my wife  —  The businessman who allegedly killed Brazilian soccer player Daniel Correa Freitas says he did so after finding the midfielder in his underwear trying to rape his wife.  —  The Sao Paulo star's body was discovered in Sao Jose dos Pinhais …
Discussion: Daily Wire
Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Trump's border deployments could cost $220 million as Pentagon sees no threat from migrant caravan  — President Donald Trump's move to deploy troops to the U.S.-Mexico border is shaping up to cost $220 million, according to two U.S. defense officials who were not authorized to speak publicly.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
'He's not that kind of fighter.' Can play-by-the-rules Chuck Schumer win on Trump's turf?  —  One July evening in 1980, Chuck Schumer went to the see the Brooklyn Philharmonic play — and started a fight backstage.  —  According to reports at the time, Schumer, who was then a 29-year-old assemblyman running …
Discussion: Splinter
Axios:
On climate change, Trump disavows his own scientists, government  —  When “Axios on HBO” interviewed President Trump last week, one goal was to get him to reckon with his own government's scientific findings, which unequivocally state that global warming is nearly entirely caused by humans.
Michelle Broder Van Dyke / BuzzFeed News:
Mac Miller Died From A Mix Of Fentanyl, Cocaine, And Ethanol  —  Mac Miller died from a mix of fentanyl, cocaine and ethanol, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner's office.  —  The Pittsburgh rapper died on Sept. 7 at the age of 26, after being found unresponsive at his home.
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Armed Militia Groups Head To The Border, Sparking Military Concerns  —  Hundreds of armed civilians are already encamped along the border, drawn by President Donald Trump's hyperbole about a migrant caravan “invasion.”  —  Armed bands of civilian militia members are traveling to the southern U.S. border …
Discussion: Shareblue Media, Joe.My.God. and IJR
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Morning Joe Reveals Trump Once Admitted He Plays Race Card: 'I Know It's Bad But It Works'  —  Morning Joe took a critical view of some of the GOP campaign strategies on Monday, the day before the 2018 midterm elections, and took a harsh view of what they called blatant racist tactics by Republican candidates in a number of local races.
Discussion: RedState
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘Full Trumpism’: The president's apocalyptic attacks reach a new level of falsity  —  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — President Trump is painting an astonishingly apocalyptic vision of America under Democratic control in the campaign's final days, unleashing a torrent of falsehoods and portraying …
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Wonder How Trump Will Handle Defeat?  Don't Bother with History.  —  Okay, assume that $5 billion later, the midterms play out pretty much as everyone has expected for the last two years: Democrats take the House of Representatives (and a clutch of governorships) and Republicans keep the Senate.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
A Familiar Force Nurtures Trump's Instincts on Immigration: Stephen Miller  —  When self-inflicted damage left Donald J. Trump's poll numbers sagging shortly after the Republican National Convention in 2016, the solution was to reframe the race around an incendiary issue that has animated Mr. Trump for decades: immigration.
Discussion: The Week and ImmigrationProf Blog
New York Times:
On Election Night, Their Maps Show the Lay of the Land  —  Buckets of voters.  Obscure swing counties.  How John King, Steve Kornacki and Bill Hemmer bring the data to life with their whiz-bang “boards.”  —  On election nights, maps are the stars of the show.
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Resource Center  —  Home » Resource Center » Financial Sanctions » OFAC Recent Actions » Publication of Updates to OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and 13599 List Removals  —  Publication of Updates to OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals …
Emerson College:
Final Emerson Battleground Polls Finds Democratic Momentum in Florida, Nevada, South Dakota and Arizona; Republicans Poised to Take Missouri Senate Seat  —  In Florida, US Senator Bill Nelson (D) now is at 50%, with Gov. Rick Scott (R) at 45%.  In the Florida gubernatorial race, Andrew Gillum …
CNN:
Russian fighter jet intercepts US Navy plane  —  Washington (CNN)A US Navy reconnaissance aircraft flying in international airspace over the Black Sea was intercepted by a Russian fighter jet Monday in an unsafe and unprofessional manner, according to three US defense officials and a statement from the Navy.
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Why Don't Young People Vote?  This System Doesn't Want Them To.  —  Don't lament young people's apathy, consider what's making them apathetic  —  To vote in the United States, you can't simply go cast a ballot.  In most states, you first have to register.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Emerges as the G.O.P. ‘Relief Pitcher’ of 2018  —  HERSHEY, Pa. — On a recent Friday night, Pennsylvania Republicans tucked into a catered meal at the Hershey Lodge as Donald Trump Jr. took the stage, following his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, in what has become their pattern on the campaign trail this fall.
Christina Caron / New York Times:
Spanking Is Ineffective and Harmful to Children, Pediatricians' Group Says  —  Parents should not spank their children, the American Academy of Pediatrics said on Monday in its most strongly worded policy statement warning against the harmful effects of corporal punishment in the home.
 
 
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department to Monitor Compliance with Federal Voting Rights Laws on Election Day
Discussion: Splinter and CBS Dallas
Ezra Klein / Vox:
How identity politics elected Donald Trump
Discussion: ABC News
Florian Eder / Politico:
Maroš Šefčovič withdraws from socialist race for Commission top job
New York Post:
Brooklyn lawmaker who lost primary spending campaign cash on new Mercedes
Paul Szoldra / Task & Purpose:
Former Pentagon Spokesman: This Is Not An ‘Invasion’ — And The Military Doesn't Need To Go To The Border
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Kaufman / New Yorker:
Did Scott Walker and Donald Trump Deal Away the Wisconsin Governor's Race to Foxconn?
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
Brent Staples / New York Times:
Frederick Douglass in Full
Beth Baumann / Townhall:
Ohio Poll Worker Sees Her Dead Neighbor's Name On Active Voter Roster
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
An Embattled GOP Senate Candidate Is Lying About Her Health Care Record — Again
Discussion: Splinter and Shareblue Media
Philly.com:
Bishop Robert Finn wasn't going anywhere.
Discussion: The Catholic Thing
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
How Far Have the Democrats Moved to the Left?
Jana Winter / BostonGlobe.com:
Hackers targeting election networks across country prior to midterms
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Brian Kemp Just Engaged in a Last-Minute Act of Banana-Republic Level Voter Manipulation in Georgia