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Tyler Pager / Bloomberg:
Biden Aides See Warning Signs in Black, Latino Turnout So Far  — Despite record early turnout, Black, Latino votes lag  — Top Biden aides confident seniors, suburban votes will carry  —  Senior officials on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign are increasingly worried …
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Politico:
'We've got to stop the bleeding': Democrats sound alarm in Miami
Politico:
Trump may just keep campaigning after Election Day  —  Even if there isn't a clear winner the day after the election, President Donald Trump may still take his MAGA message on the road.  —  Top surrogates for the Trump campaign have been told to keep their Novembers clear for potential campaign events.
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: Biden leads Trump by six in North Carolina
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and Bloomberg
Associated Press:
If 2020 is like 2000, Trump believes he's got the votes
Discussion: ABC News and New York Post
Katie Bo Williams / Defense One:
Helicopters Over DC Protesters Broke Regulations While Commander was Driving Home, DC Guard Concludes  —  The D.C. National Guard and Pentagon IG are fighting over who to blame for the dangerous incident that symbolized Trump's militarized response.  — NATIONAL GUARD - WHITE HOUSE - 2020 ELECTIONS
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump and Biden Campaign in Midwest States With ‘Red Zone’ Outbreaks  —  Last year, the office of Bo Duhé, the district attorney for Louisiana's 16th Judicial Circuit, made an unusual motion to have Lori Landry, the first Black female judge in the district, removed from more than 300 cases.
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Texas Has Already Exceeded Its 2016 Turnout.  Here's What That Means.  —  Texans have already cast more ballots in the 2020 election than they did in 2016 — and they've still got another full day of early voting and Election Day itself to go.  —  A combination of heightened enthusiasm …
Bruce Golding / New York Post:
How tweet it is: Twitter backs down, unlocks Post's account  —  Twitter backed down Friday in its battle with The Post and unlocked its main account after a two-week stalemate over the Hunter Biden exposé.  —  The move came after The Post refused Twitter's demand that it delete six tweets …
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Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Unlocks New York Post Account After Two-Week Standoff  —  Social-media company reverses policy that previously required newspaper to delete old tweets before being able to tweet again  —  Twitter Inc. on Friday unlocked the New York Post's Twitter account, ending a stalemate between …
NBC News:
Here's what happened when NBC News tried to report on the alleged Hunter Biden emails … The complaints from President Donald Trump and his allies have been growing louder as the election approaches: Why isn't the mainstream media covering the Hunter Biden laptop story?
Garrett M. Graff / Politico:
‘There Are No Boundaries’: Experts Imagine Trump's Post-Presidential Life if He Loses  —  Being an ex-president can be a cushy and quiet life for the most part.  Jimmy Carter builds homes; George W. Bush paints.  After leaving the White House, Barack Obama went kite-surfing with Richard Branson …
New York Times:
Trump Is Said to Set Aside Career Intelligence Briefer to Hear From Advisers Instead  —  For weeks, the director of national intelligence has taken over a job usually done by an intelligence officer.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has dispensed with intelligence briefings from a career analyst …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr.'s ugly rant on Fox makes a strong case against his father  —  Nearly 90,000 cases of coronavirus were reported in the United States on Thursday, a record.  That's the third time we have topped 80,000 cases in one day, all three in the past week.  Cases are now surging in states all over the country.
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. said covid-19 deaths are at ‘almost nothing.’ The virus killed more than 1,000 Americans the same day.
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Police took a Black toddler from his family's SUV.  Then, the union used his photo as ‘propaganda,’ attorneys say.  —  On Thursday, the nation's largest police union posted a photo to social media taken during the unrest in Philadelphia this week, where hundreds of protesters clashed …
Ron Suskind / New York Times:
The Day After Election Day  —  Current and former Trump administration officials are worried about what might happen on Nov. 4.  —  Mr. Suskind is an investigative journalist who has written about the presidency and national affairs for more than three decades.
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Zack Hoopes / Sentinel:
Security info request from Trump campaign leaves Cumberland County officials concerned ahead of Election Day  —  Cumberland County officials received an email this week from the Trump campaign requesting highly specific details about the county's ballot security.
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump's $200 drug cards for seniors remain in limbo  —  President Donald Trump's plan to distribute $200 drug-discount cards to all Medicare recipients remains in limbo after officials missed an earlier goal of sending out millions of announcement letters and even some cards by Election Day …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Taylor Swift allows song to be used in campaign ad  —  Taylor Swift is lending her voice to a political ad for the first time, urging young voters to head to the polls to cast their ballots on Election Day.  —  The 30-year-old Grammy Award-winner's song “Only the Young” …
Discussion: Breitbart, Rolling Stone and CNN
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Gov. Kemp may not be able to vote during COVID-19 quarantine  —  Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp might not be able to vote because he's in quarantine after close contact with U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson, who tested positive for the coronavirus Friday.  —  Kemp, who tested negative for the virus …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
At Least Never Trumpers Stood and Fought  —  Shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union, the author John le Carré's most famous creation, the fictional British spy George Smiley, reflected on a career spent fighting a now-vanquished enemy.  —  “There are some people,” …
Bernie Marcus / Fox News:
Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus: Trump deserves a second term and has my vote.  Here's why  —  Undecided voters should ask themselves: Do I want to return to the pre-pandemic Trump nation or the Obama-Biden stagnation?  —  Trump could ride wave of new, unique Republicans to victory: Geraldo Rivera
Discussion: Breitbart
Brittany Wallman / Orlando Sentinel:
Fraudster attempts to register dozens of dead Democrats as voters in Broward  —  Authorities have uncovered an attempt to register dozens of dead people as Democratic voters in Broward County.  —  Though officials said no mail-in ballots were requested or cast under the falsified voter IDs …
BuzzFeed News:
Mueller Memos: Bonus Special Edition!  A Huge Trove Of New Details From The Mueller Investigation  —  Just days before the election, these records, which BuzzFeed News sued the federal government to get, provide a new look at the two-year inquiry.  —  Copy
Vandana Rambaran / Fox News:
Wisconsin governor urges voters to come to polls rather than mail ballots  —  Voters can also return their absentee ballots at a county clerks office or at an early voting location.  —  Gov. Tony Evers urged Wisconsin voters to come to the polls on Election Day, discouraging them from mailing …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Barr tells friends he would like to remain attorney general in second term if Trump is reelected  —  Attorney General William P. Barr — who has recently faced criticism from President Trump for not prosecuting his political rivals — has told friends and advisers in recent weeks that he hopes …
Will Gleason / Time Out New York:
A massive mural featuring 20,000 of Trump's lies has been installed in Soho  —  The public artwork is back after being vandalized at its first location.  —  Well, Donald Trump finally got his wall.  —  As we barrel ahead toward election day, a new installation put up in Soho takes 20,000 false …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump adviser Stephen Miller reveals aggressive second-term immigration agenda  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's senior adviser Stephen Miller has fleshed out plans to rev up Trump's restrictive immigration agenda if he wins re-election next week, offering a stark contrast to the platform of Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
CBS News:
Birx warns of “broad surge” across the country, as Trump claims U.S. is “rounding the turn”  —  Dr. Deborah Birx warned the nation's governors on Friday of a “broad surge” of the COVID-19 pandemic across the country as the weather cools, contradicting President Trump's claim that the U.S. is “rounding the turn.”
Discussion: Mediaite
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
U.S. Expels Migrant Children From Other Countries to Mexico  —  Children from Central America are being sent across the border to Mexico, where they may have no family to retrieve them.  An internal email said the transfers violated the government's own policies.
Foreign Policy:
America's Cultural Institutions Are Quietly Fueled by Russian Corruption  —  New data exposes the long reach of foreign oligarchs in the world of philanthropy.  —  Over the past four years, a number of post-Soviet oligarchs have made headlines for their direct involvement in U.S. politics.
Associated Press:
2 Florida men accused of stealing mail, ballots from dropbox  —  LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla. (AP) — Two Miami men are accused of stealing mail, including two mail-in ballots, from a dropbox at a post office in Broward County.  —  A police officer on patrol noticed the men lingering next …
Kerry Picket / Washington Examiner:
Pennsylvania House GOP candidate refers Democrat's social media posts to US attorney  —  A Pennsylvania Republican House candidate contacted federal law enforcement about social media posts by an intern for the campaign of his opponent, Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb.
Josh Venable / Detroit News:
As a Republican, I'm tired of Trump's division, discord, vitriol and hate  —  I am a lifelong Republican.  And I am exhausted.  —  Nearly all my career, I have worked for Republican candidates and conservative causes, managing campaigns, organizing coalitions and raising money.
Discussion: HillReporter.com and Raw Story
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Glenn Beck Says the 2020 Election Is a Spiritual Battle Against ‘Satan Himself’  —  Thursday night's episode of the “America Stands: Flashpoint” program airing on televangelist Kenneth Copeland's Victory Channel network featured an interview with Glenn Beck in which Beck revealed …
Discussion: Bulwark+ and HillReporter.com
Joe Biden / Fox News:
I want your vote to become your next president — here's what I will do for you and our nation  —  On Day One, I'll mount an aggressive approach to control this virus and get us back to our lives  —  Biden addresses supporters at Florida drive-in campaign event
Discussion: IJR, Mediaite, New York Times and The Hill
Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
A top Interior official has controversial views on race.  He used a white supremacist website to support them.  —  Jeremy Carl called Black Lives Matter a racist organization in articles written before his appointment this month.  He also cited an opinion by Jared Taylor, who said Black people destroy any civilization they control.
Aaron Gordon / VICE:
Here Are the “Extraordinary Measures” the USPS Plans To Get Your Ballots In  —  The USPS says they're already doing this, but a federal judge has ordered them to anyways.  —  Aaron Gordon  —  Update: After publication, a federal judge issued a formal order giving the proposed order legal effect.
Discussion: Reuters and Talking Points Memo
us-cert.cisa.gov:
Alert (AA20-304A)  —  Iranian Advanced Persistent Threat Actor Identified Obtaining Voter Registration Data  —  Summary  —  This joint cybersecurity advisory was coauthored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Courtney Crowder / Des Moines Register:
New Iowa Poll to be published the weekend before the election.  Look for some results online at 6 p.m. Saturday … The Des Moines Register will publish its traditional pre-election Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll online on Saturday night and in the Des Moines Sunday Register and the Monday newspaper.
 
 
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Donald Trump has run a historically bad reelection campaign
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Stacy Liberatore / Daily Mail:
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Discussion: The Independent and New York Post
Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Ben Steverman / Bloomberg:
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Amy Donaldson / Deseret News:
Anti-mask protesters target state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
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 Earlier Items: 
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
In a first, ICE agents are poised to respond to potential Election Day unrest
Zeynep / Insight:
The Real Hunter Biden Story Everyone is Missing
Candice Williams / Detroit News:
McCormack leads in race for two Michigan Supreme Court seats, poll finds
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
As Trump faces uncertain future, so do his signature rallies
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
Healing From The Center Out  —  Joe Biden, a president for all Americans, period.
Discussion: The Week
Lauren Leatherby / New York Times:
United States Records Its Worst Week Yet for Virus Cases
Discussion: HillReporter.com and The Guardian
Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
Internal Documents Reveal COVID-19 Hospitalization Data The Government Keeps Hidden
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Noam Chomsky Believes Trump Is “the Worst Criminal in Human History”
Discussion: Raw Story