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Get Ready for the ‘Perception’ Election Hacks
“With polls closing later today, officials are warning that foreign adversaries will likely spread false stories about election hacks to undermine trust in the voting process,” Axios reports. “Sharing lies…
New York Times May Not Be Able to Run ‘the Needle’
New York Times: “Publishing the Needle live on election night relies on computer systems maintained by engineers across the company, including some who are currently on strike.” “How we display…
Trump Urged to Declare Victory Early
“Donald Trump has been told by some advisers that he should prematurely declare victory on election night if he’s sufficiently ahead of Kamala Harris in key battleground states like Pennsylvania,…
Prediction of the Day
“Hakeem Jeffries will be the speaker of the House. I don’t know what the margin will be, but I know that we have the votes to win the House.” —…
Trump Doesn’t Want to Think About Losing
Donald Trump told reporters twice that while he expects to win the presidential, “something else” could happen, at one point saying: “I don’t even want to think about the losing…
Giuliani Moved Possessions From New York Apartment
“On the morning of Halloween last week, lawyers for two former Georgia election workers walked into Rudolph W. Giuliani’s Upper East Side apartment. They were there to get an estimate…
Trump Bans Some Reporters from Election Party
With hours until the polls close, the Trump campaign is punishing reporters over critical stories either they or their outlets have written in recent days by blacklisting them from Trump’s…
Bannon Brings Back the Willard ‘War Room’
Steve Bannon told CBS News he is resurrecting the infamous Willard “war room” — where he was ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol — for…
Rihanna Endorses Kamala Harris
Rihanna on Instagram: “When protecting pussies and firing pussies can happen all in one vote.” Save to Favorites
Elon Musk Will Be with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
“Elon Musk plans to spend election night with former President Donald Trump, giving Mr. Trump direct access to the person controlling one of key information platforms on what could be…
Bomb Threats at Polling Places Came from Russia
“Several non-credible bomb threats that briefly disrupted voting at two Georgia polling places originated from Russia,” CNN reports. Said Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger: “We’ve heard some threats that…
Giuliani Driving Car He Was Supposed to Surrender
Rudy Giuliani showed “up to Trump’s polling station in the Mercedes convertible he was ordered to surrender to Georgia poll workers for defaming them,” the Financial Times reports. Save to…
The Election Cases That Could Matter After the Polls Close
Time: “Republicans have had some legal success so far that could affect the results. They’ve managed to challenge voter registrations in Virginia and Arizona and restrict which mailed ballots can…
More Than 80 Million Americans Cast Early Ballots
“More than 80 million voters cast an early ballot either by mail or in person in a weekslong early voting season that was defined by a relatively seamless process,” the…
The Most Expensive Presidential Election in History
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump “have together spent $3.5 billion in their race for the White House, making the 2024 presidential campaign the most expensive U.S. general election in history,”…
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“We are now one day away from having to wait another week to find out who won the election. It feels like the whole country is waiting to get the…
GOP Megadonors Ask Their Employees Who They Voted For
“The Republican mega-donors Dick and Liz Uihlein, who are the third largest donors in this year’s presidential election, have sought information about who employees at their company Uline will be…
From a Reader
A Political Wire reader writes: As a highly stressful year in political news draws to a close (for better or for worse), I just wanted to take this opportunity to…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“If we don’t show up tomorrow, it is entirely possible that we will not have the opportunity to ever cast a ballot again.” — Oprah Winfrey, quoted by the Washington…
No One Knows Anything
Sean Trende: “I don’t know what else we can tell you. The modelers are effectively 50-50. Our tipping point state average has Trump up 0.3%, which is effectively 50-50. Everything…
