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1:30 PM ET, November 6, 2018

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Fox News's Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro Embrace Trump at His Last Election Rally  —  CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The show onstage might well have been called Fox & Friend.  As President Trump wrapped up the midterm election cycle with a late-night rally in southeast Missouri on Monday …
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WJLA-TV:
Trump says he regrets the tone he used during first 2 years in office  —  WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - President Donald Trump said he regrets the tone he has used during his first two years in office during an exclusive interview with Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:   Trump teams with Fox News stars to whip up a GOP frenzy heading into elections
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sean Hannity said he wouldn't campaign on stage at Trump's rally. Hours later, he did exactly that
Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Rihanna Sends Cease-and-Desist After Songs Played at Trump Rally
Matt Dempsey / Houston Chronicle:
Long lines and machines down at multiple polling places across Houston  —  Voters are seeing long lines at multiple polling places across Houston due to technical difficulties.  —  Xenia Kulick got to her polling place at Notre Dame Catholic Church at 6:45 a.m. with about 20 other fellow voters.
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WXYZ-TV:
Voters turned away due to missing voting machines at precinct in Detroit  —  DETROIT (WXYZ) - At Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Detroit, voters arrived shortly after polls opened ready to vote.  —  However, they were shocked to find out that the precinct wasn't prepared - they had no voting machines.
Discussion: Raw Story, twitchy.com, Daily Kos and AOL
Tyler Estep / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
UPDATED: Technical issues create long lines at Gwinnett precincts  —  Technical issues caused long lines and forced voters to resort to paper ballots at at least three Gwinnett County precincts Tuesday morning.  —  Gwinnett County officials confirmed that the electronic Express Polls …
Discussion: Vox, Gwinnett Daily Post and Raw Story
Alan Blinder / New York Times:   Georgia Voting Hits Technical Delays in Key Atlanta Suburbs
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“I'm Very Worried About Don Jr.”: Forget the Midterms—West Wing Insiders Brace for the Mueller Storm  —  In the run-up to the election, Rudy Giuliani was made to shut up.  But now, with Trump making excuses for possibly losing the House, officials are bracing for a legal assault.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Roger Stone's Attorney Recently Testified Before Mueller Grand Jury  — An attorney for Trump confidant Roger Stone appeared before Special Counsel Robert Mueller's grand jury on Friday, the lawyer told The Daily Caller News Foundation.  — Tyler Nixon's encounter with the FBI …
Randall D. Eliason / Washington Post:
Buckle up. The Mueller investigation may once again take center stage.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Texas Monthly:
Border Patrol Postpones Plans To Conduct ‘Crowd Control’ Exercise on Election Day  —  U.S. Border Patrol agents at the scene of a planned “crowd control” exercise that was to be conducted on Election Day have told the media that it was postponing the event to an unspecified day.
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Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
US Border Patrol cancels ‘crowd control’ training exercise near Texas polling station
Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart
Dave Harmon / The Texas Tribune:   On election morning, Border Patrol holds public crowd control demonstration in El Paso
David Freeman / NBC News:
Scientists say mysterious ‘Oumuamua’ object could be an alien spacecraft  —  Harvard researchers raise the possibility that it may be “a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization.”  —  Maybe it's an alien spacecraft.
Discussion: AOL, The Mahablog and The Week
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Joint Statement on Election Day Preparations  —  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)—in coordination with federal, state, local …
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Republicans attack Jewish candidates across the U.S. with an age-old caricature: Fistfuls of cash  —  Scott Kendall, the chief of staff to Alaska Gov. Bill Walker (I), said the week after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was not easy for him.  —  A Jewish Republican, Kendall had just spoken …
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Michigan Reporter Caught On Tape Saying ‘F**k Could You Imagine John James Winning’  —  A reporter for a Michigan newspaper called Michigan Senate Republican candidate John James's campaign looking for an interview and thought she hung up the phone before leaving a voicemail saying “fucking John James ... that would suck.”
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Darrell Issa says Dem will flip his seat  —  Outgoing Republican Rep. Darrell Issa (Calif.) said early Tuesday morning that the Democrat candidate running for his seat in the 49th District is poised to win, a remark that came hours before the polls closed.  —  “Quite frankly, we know the results already,” Issa said on Fox News.
New York Times:
Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations  — The surprise change would allow the tech giant to tap into the talent pools of two different regions.  —  Amazon's arrival in Long Island City could finally establish New York as a tech hub on par with West Coast rivals.
FiveThirtyEight:
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Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
An 82-year-old Texas woman voted for the first time.  Then she died.  —  When 82-year-old Gracie Lou Phillips returned from early voting last week in North Texas, she “danced a little jig” around her walker, then sat down and raised her fists into the air, her family said.  —  “I voted!” she declared.
Discussion: Breitbart
Angie Drobnic Holan / PolitiFact:
PolitiFact is not biased — here's why  —  “PolitiFact is biased,” our critics charge.  We see this in emails and on social media, especially in the heat of election season.  —  We expect it.  Afterall, as an independent group measuring accuracy, we are disrupting the agendas of partisans …
Discussion: VTDigger
Brentin Mock / CityLab:
The Strangest Form of White Flight  —  Less than two miles from the Vulcan Materials rock quarry, where the popular fight scenes from the movie Black Panther were filmed, and near Hawkins Middle School, where the cult-status Netflix series Stranger Things is filmed, sits the castle called Eagle's Landing Country Club.
Discussion: Raw Story, Hill Reporter and Daily Kos
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
The Problem Behind a Viral Video of a Persistent Baby Bear  —  For many people, a two-and-a-half-minute video of a baby brown bear trying to scale a snow-covered mountain was a life-affirming testament to the power of persistence.  As it begins, the cub is standing with its mother on the side of a perilously steep ridge.
Politico:
'No idea what's going to happen': News outlets prepare for midterm surprises  —  “We're going to be nimble.  We're going to follow the results,” an ABC News exec said.  “We're not going to assume anything.”  —  CNN Washington bureau chief Sam Feist has spent a lot of time talking …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP's looming spin about the 2018 election is a fallacy  —  We don't know what's going to happen in the election, but we've got a pretty good idea how it's likely to be spun.  With Republicans probably losing the House, they (and President Trump, in particular) have focused on the Senate.
Axios:
2. It's going to be a long, nervous Election Day  —  By late Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, officials from both parties say we should know whether or not the Democrats have won the House.  Until then, everyone is on edge — and the tension is only going to get worse through the long election night.
Discussion: New York Times
Beto for Senate:
Find Your Polling Place  —  Need help?  Call (844) TX-VOTES  —  Check Registration  —  Check your registration  —  Vote at your polling location between 7am and 7pm.  —  Bring a Photo ID  —  View list of acceptable IDs  —  Frequently Asked Questions  —  Which forms of ID can be used to vote?
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump Gambles He Can Shatter Political Norms — and Keep Winning  —  One constant of Donald Trump's ascent to the presidency and his two years in power is how behavior that would be not just risky but downright stupid for any normal politician ends up working smartly for him.
KVUE-TV:
Williamson County election judge resigns after video shows her screaming at voter  —  Williamson County election judge Lila Guzman has resigned after a video was posted of her yelling at a confused voter.  —  Author: Pattrik Perez  —  ROUND ROCK, Texas — A Williamson County election supervisor …
Ron Elving / NPR:
Election Day Jitters?  Here's The Way To Keep Calm  —  Well it's finally here.  Election Day 2018.  —  After what seemed like the longest and most anxiety-ridden midterm campaign in memory, today we are ready to choose the House and one-third of the Senate for the 116th Congress …
German Lopez / Vox:
The right to vote is under siege in 2018  —  Republicans have tried to suppress voters.  If they win, the victory will validate their efforts.  —  Voting rights are on the ballot on Tuesday.  —  In some cases directly, with voter ID ballot initiatives in Arkansas and North Carolina …
Discussion: Roll Call and The Colorado Sun
Gothamist:
Midterm Election 2018 Liveblog: High Turnout & Widespread Scanner Malfunctions  —  Did you vote?  Are every single one of your friends and relatives and freshman college roommates voting today?  Does everyone in your field of vision have an “I VOTED” sticker emblazoned on their forehead at all times?
Discussion: WPIX 11 New York
Wall Street Journal:
Foxconn Considers Bringing Chinese Personnel to Wisconsin as U.S. Labor Market Tightens  —  The Taiwanese supplier to Apple must meet hiring, wage and investment targets by various dates to receive tax and other ‘performance-based’ benefits  —  MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis.— Foxconn Technology 2354 .15% Group …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Election Hoax of Democrats Burning Flags to Celebrate ‘Blue Wave’ Goes Viral on Twitter and Facebook  —  The polls hadn't even opened in parts of America before disinformation, this time pretending to be CNN, started circulating online.  —  Polls weren't even open yet in some parts …
 
 
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Michael Bartiromo / Fox News:
Man falls through Waffle House ceiling, shoves patron in chaotic scene caught on camera
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matt Ferner / HuffPost:
Millions Of Voters Could Be About To Significantly Reform The Criminal Justice System
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Asked About Conflict-Prone Meeting, Wilbur Ross' Spokesperson Issued Misleading Statement
Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
Rep. Adam Schiff talks about renewing Russia probe if Democrats flip the House
Discussion: Breitbart and Dan Bongino
Danielle Garrand / CBS News:
Man proposes to girlfriend during her first New York City Marathon
Discussion: Gothamist
Jillian Kay Melchior / Wall Street Journal:
Is There a Crisis at the Border?  —  Agents at the biggest port …
Ed Stetzer / Vox:
Fellow evangelicals: stop falling for Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric
Discussion: Christianity Today and Raw Story
Henry Farrell / Washington Post:
Blame Fox, not Facebook, for fake news
 Earlier Items: 
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Kansas ponders a Democratic shift as the governor's race between Kris Kobach and Laura Kelly goes down to the wire
Discussion: Law & Crime
David Brooks / New York Times:
Do Democrats Know What Unites Us?
James Comey / New York Times:
Let's Vote to Uphold Our Nation's Values
Discussion: TheBlaze
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Surprising Support for the Term ‘Feminist’ on the Campaign Trail
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Four big-picture principles for making our democracy work better
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Dark Certainty of the 2018 Midterms
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
One Legacy of Merkel? Angry East German Men Fueling the Far Right
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Rep. Steve King says he hopes Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor and Kagan ‘will elope to Cuba’
 

 
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Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
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James Pomfret / Reuters:
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