As the presidential campaign hits the final weekend before Election Day, 90 million Americans have already voted, according to the U.S. Elections Project's early voting data. https://t.co/vMMBmYWRH5
— WJZ | CBS Baltimore (@wjz) October 31, 2020
Democratic nominee Joe Biden's lead over President Donald Trump is holding steady in several key swing states ahead of Tuesday's election, according to the latest CNN polls https://t.co/M40kJZXsnV
— POLITICO (@politico) October 31, 2020
🚨🚨 IOWA POLL: Donald Trump has taken over the lead as Joe Biden fades
— Brianne Pfannenstiel (@brianneDMR) October 31, 2020
Trump: 48%
Biden: 41%
Someone else: 3%
Not sure: 2%
Won’t say: 5%
The two candidates were tied at 47% to 47% in September.
MOE: +/- 3.4% https://t.co/0CcpU32GDn via @DMRegister
Certainly Trump's best result in a high-quality poll in a while. We have gotten/will get lots more high-quality polls though and there haven't been many others with results like this. https://t.co/eSgsuL01wZ
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 31, 2020
Either…
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 31, 2020
a) The DMR poll is an outlier.
b) Iowa is an outlier.
c) Almost every poll in almost every other state, and almost every national poll, are outliers.
Needless to say, a) or b) are MUCH more likely than c).
Still: You may want a stiff drink to settle your nerves.
Joni Ernst has embraced President Trump, and it's been an open question whether that would help or hurt her. But this poll seems to suggest her messaging to that group of voters has been effective. https://t.co/TSDp03BS3n
— Brianne Pfannenstiel (@brianneDMR) October 31, 2020
Gather round kids, and learn how America was turned into a slaughterhouse where your grandma dies alone on Zoom because the GOP refused to impeach the first traitor ever to steal the White House with Russian aid as his former underwear-model wife mocked kids in cages. Patriotism! https://t.co/I4T3ifP7vn
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) October 31, 2020
North Carolina Saturday. Per multiple reports, law enforcement officers from Graham and Alamamce County disrupted, then canceled a peaceful march to the polls – pepperspraying children in Halloween costumes. https://t.co/PdVwvLWFIF https://t.co/HDp6PtUAtA https://t.co/FgGzITSW0w pic.twitter.com/bwxODoV5Rm
— Staci D Kramer (@sdkstl) October 31, 2020
How is an armed caravan of Trump supporters—lead by a hearse—surrounding and harassing the Biden/Harris bus and ramming into volunteer vehicles in Texas not a bigger story?https://t.co/MSn0zOKxA9
— . (@MarisaKabas) October 31, 2020
Here's the clip from Trump's Reading, PA rally: “If we win on Tuesday or — thank you very much, Supreme Court — shortly thereafter…”pic.twitter.com/erqh5uNMsk
— The Recount (@therecount) October 31, 2020
Again: Trump's comments today about the Supreme Court are going viral out of context. Trump was sarcastically thanking the Court for supposedly delaying the announcement of a winner (this is ridiculous, but anyway), *not* saying the Court would hand him the win.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 31, 2020
Transcript: pic.twitter.com/wBwx0GHgmO
It is extremely difficult for me to understand how Trump is even competitive in this election. Actually, it is frightening. Trump is tested. He is known. He is the most incompetent POTUS is modern America. He is a threat to America. How can voters not understand this basic fact?
— John W. Dean (@JohnWDean) October 31, 2020
Bill Barr … welcome to the resistance https://t.co/SrGHCAmoaM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 31, 2020
President Trump: "Who's going to tell me no? Nobody." pic.twitter.com/wkc7zFSOkD
— The Hill (@thehill) October 31, 2020
Further damning proof of the failure of @realDonaldTrump’s trade and economic policies—and zero positive effect of his tax cut for the rich. He has been a disaster across the board—and tried to hide it by running up the largest government deficit in history. #AFailedPresident https://t.co/VRYKYzLW82
— Douglas A. Blackmon (@douglasblackmon) October 31, 2020
Dear @washingtonpost: Your headline is wrong. @realDonaldTrump and his family fully understand their supporters are dying from the coronavirus. They just don’t care. https://t.co/8kOs7VVlM4
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 31, 2020
Study: Trump campaign rallies likely led to over 700 COVID-related deaths https://t.co/86VPMn95sl
— Ted Corcoran (RedTRaccoon) (@RedTRaccoon) October 31, 2020
“We’re in for a whole world of hurt." Dr. Fauci offers blunt assessment of Trump’s pandemic response, discusses diminished role, predicts rough winter, trashes Scott Atlas & praises Biden campaign for taking public health seriously. @jdawsey1 @yabutaleb7 https://t.co/6JS67SvsYa
— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) October 31, 2020
Sen. Lindsey Graham traded his image as a pragmatic dealmaker to become an evangelist for Trump.
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) October 31, 2020
Now, that loyalty may cost him his career.https://t.co/LObyoZaEiY
The Lincoln Project moves Times Square billboards featuring Ivanka Trump, Kushner to Mar-a-lago before Election Day https://t.co/EDNFVaYO2S pic.twitter.com/TO3VzBIqcO
— The Hill (@thehill) October 31, 2020
And Trump wonders why people love Obama…pic.twitter.com/qrgHAWpvGz https://t.co/SOc49Tzp06
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) October 31, 2020
Oh boy, but the responses here…
Joe Biden is a parrot for Irish Nationalism and their falsehoods re the Belfast Agreement. I would far rather have an American eagle in President Trump than a nationalist parrot in the White House. The choice belongs to the American people. #MAGA 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸 https://t.co/FAoit5g2n8
— Sammy Wilson MP 🇺🇦🇬🇧 (@eastantrimmp) October 31, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered England back into a national lockdown after the UK passed the milestone of 1 million COVID-19 cases and a second wave of infections threatened to overwhelm the health service https://t.co/jcKWrVn6fA pic.twitter.com/xZSFthLS7T
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 31, 2020
End of day analysis.
— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) October 31, 2020
The UK into a second lockdown. A huge u-turn, which is deeply uncomfortable for PM, but with the NHS on the brink he had little choice. Four weeks of lockdown but no guarantee restrictions can be lifted come Dec 2. Will it prove too little too late? pic.twitter.com/fxUCxToNgu
Conservative MPs have accused Boris Johnson of allowing himself to be "bounced" into a national lockdown before giving regional restrictions "time to work" https://t.co/IQ96bUmFw2
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 31, 2020
Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock 'could face court' over test and trace shambles https://t.co/NsAMV1toVc pic.twitter.com/DZiQjGeedw
— Mirror World News (@MirrorWorldNews) October 31, 2020
Furlough scheme extended and reverts to August rules in other words employee gets 80% of pay and employer only has to pay NICs and min pension contributions not 20% of pay as in October. That is UK wide and applies from tomorrow 1/11. Includes employees who worked yesterday 30/10
— Paul Lewis (@paullewismoney) October 31, 2020
Britain faces 'massive spike' in coronavirus deaths on Christmas Eve, scientists warn https://t.co/Jsk3Q2Xc92
— The Sun (@TheSun) October 31, 2020
So No Deal Brexit hits in the very week current projections are estimating the second wave will peak. Carnage.
— Otto English (@Otto_English) October 31, 2020
Imagine a government ploughing ahead regardless. Oh you don't have to. They are. pic.twitter.com/i104xou7Kf
A reminder too that with England shutdown, ministers and the British state have to complete Brexit negotiations and (one way or another) prepare the whole UK for a completely new political and economic relationship with our biggest trading partner in just two months.
— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) October 31, 2020
We’re evidently facing a grave national crisis, which means concentrating on this and nothing else. In other words, just do a Brexit deal, now. And stop wasting a single minute thinking about dismembering the BBC. One thing at a time.
— alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) October 31, 2020
Happy Halloween pic.twitter.com/ZweNtL5ZMw
— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) October 31, 2020
The Overnight Note 