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New York Times:
In Texas, More Have Voted Early Than the State's Entire 2016 Turnout  — More than 9 million people have voted early in Texas.  Polls show a near dead-heat in the state, with a slight edge for President Trump.  — Mr. Trump canceled plans to appear at Trump International Hotel for an election night party.
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Texas early voting surpasses 2016's total turnout  —  Texas' early and mail-in voting totals for the 2020 election have surpassed the state's total voter turnout in 2016, with 9,009,850 ballots already cast compared to 8,969,226 in the last presidential cycle.
Associated Press:
Texas early voting exceeds total of all 2016 ballots  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texans have already cast more ballots in the presidential election than they did during all of 2016, an unprecedented surge of early voting in a state that was once the country's most reliably Republican, but may now be drifting toward battleground status.
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: 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.  —  Donald Trump Jr. declared on Thursday night that coronavirus deaths had dropped to “almost nothing,” questioning the seriousness of the pandemic on a record-breaking …
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.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: It's the pandemic, stupid
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,” …
Discussion: Twitchy and Althouse
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
How to spot a red or blue ‘mirage’ in early election night results  —  Road to 270: Trump running against Biden and his own record  —  Washington (CNN)Election night will be an unusual experience this year.  Early results that pop up shortly after the polls close might look very different …
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Republicans gear up for day-of and post-Election Day litigation
Discussion: Political Wire
Audrey Conklin / Fox News:
Court ruling leaves Minnesota mail-in ballots in limbo after Nov. 3
Discussion: Associated Press and Breitbart
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: The Hill and Mediaite
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Donald J. Trump / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
President Trump: Wisconsin, help me preserve our great economic comeback
Discussion: Instapundit
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.
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
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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.
Politico:
'We've got to stop the bleeding': Democrats sound alarm in Miami  —  MIAMI — Democrats are sounding the alarm about weak voter turnout rates in Florida's biggest county, Miami-Dade, where a strong Republican showing is endangering Joe Biden's chances in the nation's biggest swing state.
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 …
Clay Travis / OutKick:
Clay: Why I'm Voting For Donald Trump  —  On Tuesday, I will vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.  —  As a preliminary, I don't believe in endorsements.  I think all of you are smart enough to make your own decisions without needing to see what a newspaper, union …
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: Raw Story and HillReporter.com
Washington Post:
Swing-state voters face major mail delays in returning ballots on time, USPS data shows  —  The delays loom large over 28 states that require ballots to reach election officials by Election Day to be counted  —  Absentee ballots are taking longer to reach election offices in key swing states …
Discussion: Political Wire
Joe Walsh / The Bulwark:
Hannity, Tucker, and Me  —  Mirrors don't lie.  —  Donald Trump will lose in four days.  Or in five days.  Or in six days.  But he will lose.  And when he loses, everyone in the conservative media world will have a decision to make.  If past is prologue, the vast majority of these folks …
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: Biden leads Trump by six in North Carolina  —  WASHINGTON — Joe Biden holds a modest six-point lead with likely voters over President Donald Trump in the hard-fought swing state of North Carolina, a new NBC/Marist poll shows.  —  Among likely voters, Biden's support stands at 52 percent …
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg
April Siese / CBS News:
Louisville police officer sues Kenneth Walker, boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, for emotional distress, assault and battery  —  An officer involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor has filed a civil suit against the 26-year-old's boyfriend for emotional distress, assault and battery on the night she was killed.
Lauren Leatherby / New York Times:
United States Records Its Worst Week Yet for Virus Cases  —  The outlook for the pandemic continues to worsen, and many areas of the United States are experiencing their worst weeks yet.  The country reported a record of more than 500,000 new coronavirus cases in the past week.
Discussion: The Guardian
Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Why this conservative voted for Biden and you should too: Trump is a morally defective man  —  I'm a conservative and former Republican who did not vote based on policy.  Neither should you.  The 2020 election is about the moral future of America.  —  At the end of every campaign …
Washington Post:
The unseen machine pushing Trump's social media megaphone into overdrive  —  Researchers say the online feedback loop between Trump, high-profile influencers and rank-and-file followers is more dangerous than Russian disinformation.  —  President Trump launched into a tweetstorm in April …
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.
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: HillReporter.com
David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
The State Department wouldn't reveal its payments to Mar-a-Lago.  Here's how we found them.  —  In April 2018, President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club charged taxpayers $3 so that Trump could drink water.  —  That charge was one of many bills that Mar-a-Lago sent to the State Department …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
Republicans Face a Dogfight in Georgia  —  Late Campaign Stops Don't Seem to Do Much  —  Brett Kavanaugh Is Right about Wisconsin's Ballot Deadline  —  FBI Investigating Hunter Biden for Money Laundering: Report  —  President Trump is locked in a dead heat with Joe Biden in the long-red state.
Discussion: Reuters, Los Angeles Times and Politico
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Trump changes election night plans, cancels party at Trump International: report  —  President Trump has reportedly called off plans to host an election night event at Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., a person familiar with the plans told T he New York Times.
Kathleen Gray / New York Times:
In Michigan, a Suburban County That Flipped Blue Isn't Looking Back  —  Oakland County, Mich., a Republican stronghold 12 years ago that is now solidly Democratic, is a prime example of the political evolution taking place in many of the nation's suburbs.  —  WATERFORD, Mich. …
PBS NewsHour:
PBS NewsHour White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor Named the NABJ 2020 “Journalist of the Year”  —  The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) today named PBS NewsHour White House correspondent , Yamiche Alcindor its 2020 “Journalist of the Year.”
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Neither Trump Nor Biden Drink Alcohol  —  Spirits may be low around the country, but don't expect them to be raised in the White House after the election; neither President Trump nor Joseph R. Biden Jr. partakes in alcohol.  —  A presidential election that has driven a nation to drink …
Dhrumil Mehta / FiveThirtyEight:
Americans Say They're Fired Up To Vote — Especially Democrats  —  Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup.  —  Poll(s) of the week  —  American voters are fired up to cast their ballots.  And many already have, in record numbers.  —  According to the latest Gallup poll …
Discussion: Gallup and Althouse
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
How a C.I.A. Coverup Targeted a Whistle-blower  —  When a Justice Department lawyer exposed the agency's secret role in drug cases, leadership in the intelligence community retaliated.  —  Before dawn on January 23, 2019, Mark McConnell arrived at the Key West headquarters of the military …
Aaron Harris / PREVAIL by Greg Olear:
The Ukraine Thing: A Timeline of GOP Betrayal  —  How the Republicans caved to Putin.  The whole party, not just Trump.  —  6 hr  —  Guest Post by Aaron Harris  —  AS THE MOST RECENT attempt to interfere with our elections circulates in the media—in the form of a Giuliani “hard drive” …
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Answer to Extremism Isn't More Extremism  —  As one of the ugliest and most divisive American presidential campaigns in our history coasts to its finish, President Donald Trump's defenders are making their closing arguments.  Some of them assert that they like Trump's policies …
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
White House aide says Trump's vaccine-by-Election Day promise was ‘arbitrary’  —  A top White House adviser on Friday called President Donald Trump's longshot pledge to have a coronavirus vaccine by Nov. 3 “kind of an arbitrary deadline,” as Election Day prepares to come and go with no shot having even applied for approval yet.
Discussion: Fox News and POLITICUSUSA
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Denialism, Dishonesty, Deflection: The Final Days of the Trump Campaign Have It All  —  The President is ending his reëlection bid with scandals that call into question the legitimacy of next week's vote.  —  No one wants to admit it, but in Washington, D.C., the election might as well be over …
 
 
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