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New York Times:
Democrats Show Strength in Final Days of Race for the Senate, New Polls Find  —  Democrats are up in Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Maine and Ohio, have an edge in Alaska and are effectively tied with Republicans in Iowa, new New York Times/Siena polls found.  —  Democrats are ahead of Republicans …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The Final Polls Show a Blue Surge.  Can We Trust Them?  —  New Times/Siena surveys show Democrats leading in all the key battlegrounds that will decide Senate control.  —  Democrats gained ground right to the end in the final New York Times/Siena University polls of the 2026 midterm campaign.
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Texas, Alaska, Maine Senate races flip blue on DDHQ map  —  Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) is forecasting Senate races in Texas, Alaska and Maine will flip toward Democrats on Tuesday, enough to put the party in a prime position of winning back the upper chamber.  —  DDHQ forecasts that Democrats …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Political.org
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Racism Scam  —  Republicans are stoking hatred.  —  Faced with flagging numbers over an unpopular and unnecessary war in Iran, inflation exacerbated by tariffs, lawless immigration enforcement, and corruption, Republicans have gone back to basics for their closing message: stoking hatred against minority groups.
Politico:
AOC's failed Stevens intervention  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Monday morning.  Any other November surprises we should be looking out for today?  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...  — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's private attempt to talk Haley Stevens down.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and New York Times
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
It Won't Be a Blue Tsunami.  It'll Be an Orange Crush.  —  One day to go.  Happy Monday.  —  A Time for Voting  —  by William Kristol  —  Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address is justly famous for the soaring, biblical cadences and the complex philosophical arguments of its great third paragraph.
Erica L. Green / New York Times:   A ‘Pugnacious’ Vance Leans Into Personal Attacks on the Campaign Trail
Semafor:
How Trump's iron grip on the Republican Party put the Senate in play
Discussion: New York Times
New York Times:
Haley Stevens Abandons El-Sayed, Endorsing Mike Rogers in Michigan  —  Representative Stevens, who has been in a growing feud with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, appeared together with the Republican nominee, Mike Rogers.  —  Representative Haley Stevens …
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New York Post:
Haley Stevens' act of bravery as her party abandons Jewish voters  —  Haley Stevens is a “proud Democrat” who bashed GOP candidate Mike Rogers just this past summer.  —  So think about how bad Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed must be for Stevens to cross the political aisle and endorse Rogers …
New York Times:
Inside the Abdul El-Sayed-Haley Stevens Meltdown in Michigan
Semafor:
‘Dumbfounded’: Democrats' chaos in Michigan exposes party's divides
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Haley Stevens' staff and colleagues erupt at her “betrayal”
Adam Wren / Politico:
El-Sayed raised $1.2 million in hours since Haley Stevens endorsed his rival
Politico:
Haley Stevens struggles to explain bombshell endorsement in CNN interview
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Some House Dems are now pushing to kick Haley Stevens out of their caucus
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
DOJ points to legal losing streak in bid to toss out Democrats' election interference lawsuit  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) made a baffling argument when it asked a federal judge to dismiss Democrats' election interference lawsuit*: The department's streak of bruising court losses proves …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Townhall and Crooked Media
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Associated Press:
Voters fear the America they've known is slipping away. On that, the left and right agree
Discussion: WTOP News
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:   DOJ's Try-Anything Approach
Reuters:   Trump Justice Dept breaks with tradition to intervene in midterms
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Early vote data shows Latinos, young people, Democrats surging in turnout  —  New voters are younger, more Latino and much less Republican than new voters in 2022  —  THE POLLS HAVE SHOWN for months that Democrats are headed for a big midterm.  And now that final early-voting numbers are in from Texas …
Politico:
‘A lot of Republicans have held their tongues’: Anger at Trump is growing … Republicans are already privately blaming President Donald Trump as they brace for losses on Tuesday.  —  Even as they race to distance themselves from his actions on tariffs, the unpopular Iran war …
Discussion: CBS News, New Republic and Al Jazeera
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump vows to protect Musk, floats pre-emptive staff pardons  —  President Trump said Monday he'd move to protect Elon Musk if Democrats investigate the SpaceX and Tesla CEO after midterm elections.  — He also suggested the possibility of pre-emptive pardons for staff and others around him if Democrats win the election.
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Magan Crane / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Would Offer Pardons to Musk, Aides If Necessary
Richard Pollina / New York Post:
Crazed University of Michigan student pushes conservative influencer to the ground in unhinged attack: 'I should've f-king killed you'  —  A lunatic University of Michigan student went berserk and attacked a conservative influencer, shoving her to the ground before being arrested …
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New York Times:
Kansas Senator Goes Rogue With Video Response to Medical Debt Lawsuits  —  Roger Marshall, a Republican senator whose re-election bid has grown surprisingly competitive, wanted to push back against attacks.  His team didn't agree.  He ignored the guidance.
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and Washington Post
Associated Press:
All 9 people aboard a jet that crashed in Florida have died, transportation secretary says  —  A business jet carrying nine people nose-dived into a South Florida neighborhood Sunday and erupted into a giant fireball that appeared to just miss homes before crashing near a busy roadway.
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Emma Romano / WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm:
Military Trail closed after deadly Learjet crash; shelters open for hundreds displaced
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Fox News loses its grip on the culture wars  —  Coded bigotry is harder to sell when MAGA gets unfiltered garbage online  —  In any other election cycle, a viral Fox News gaffe would have registered only as a momentary laugh.  Last week, reporter Lucas Tomlinson was covering a South Carolina rally …
Discussion: MS NOW
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge dismisses complaint against 2 ex-FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about Hunter Biden  —  A federal judge on Monday dismissed a criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of falsely downplaying their knowledge of a laptop the Justice Department says belonged to Hunter Biden.
The Downballot:
Morning Digest: The battlefield makes one last push into unimaginable turf  —  Deep red states and districts that had never looked competitive now have the GOP panicked  —  In the waning days of the 2026 midterms, the electoral battleground has pushed into once unimaginable territory …
Georgia Clelland / New York Post:
California college caves to woke students by canceling mascot after 90 years  —  A prominent California university is severing ties with its nearly century-old mascot, pulling the pin on a 92-year-old tradition following student backlash over colonial history.
Discussion: Breitbart, American Greatness and SFist
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The media blackout of the new rape allegation against Trump  —  On October 26, the Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee released a report that contains a new, detailed allegation of rape against President Trump.  The committee interviewed Beatrice Keul, a Swiss model who met Trump …
Washington Post:
Social account linked to former Mike Collins aide posted slurs, calls for violence  —  The staffer works for Rep. Daniel Webster and previously worked for Senate hopeful Collins, who has faced scrutiny for former staffers expressing extreme views online.  —  SummaryLoading...
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Pushes to Restore Russian Gas Sales to Europe Via Ukraine
Discussion: GZERO and Political.org
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
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Discussion: Fox News
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