The Final Push

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November 05, 2024

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Good morning and Happy Tuesday! Here are the Flag’s Top Five stories that should be on your radar to start the day:

  • US: NBC files Equal Time notice for Harris' SNL cameo following backlash (Fox News)

  • World: Moldova’s pro-Western president wins vote overshadowed by Russian meddling claims (NPR)

  • Business: Boeing machinists hold contract vote that could end their 7-week strike (AP)

  • Technology: OpenAI has hired the co-founder of Twitter challenger Pebble (TechCrunch)

  • Sports: Saints fire Dennis Allen after losing streak during his 3rd season leading team, name Darren Rizzi interim head coach (Yahoo Sports)

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Left: What Do Women Want? Not Donald Trump Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times

Right: 2024 election: Freedom vs. Authoritarianism Miranda Devine, New York Post

Right: Inside GOP's Battle for Absentee Ballots & Early Votes Ned Ryun, American Greatness

2024

The Final Push

Today’s Top Story: Today is election day, as former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaigns make their final push in their bid for the Oval Office.

Reporting from the Left: Harris and Trump are making a furious last-day push before Election Day (AP)

Reporting from the Right: Trump, Harris sprint to the finish line with less than 24 hours before Election Day (Fox News)

LEFT-LEANING SENTIMENT

Harris Is the Better Choice

The Top Argument From The Left: The case against Donald Trump is clear. Here's the case for Kamala Harris, Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times: “It's easy to argue why Americans should vote against Donald Trump. The former president neither understands nor respects the Constitution. He would use the powers of the federal government as an instrument of his whims, prosecuting political opponents and rewarding donors instead of serving the public interest. Armed with a grant of immunity from the Supreme Court, he would run roughshod over the rule of law. The most basic case for Vice President Kamala Harris, then, is that her election would protect our democracy from the damage Trump would do. But the positive case for a Harris presidency is also strong, if not as stark. … She has promised to seek consensus and compromise, two words Trump has rarely uttered. We could use a dose of both. … Harris' economic policies are less likely to produce runaway inflation and deficits than Trump's. Most economists say his high, indiscriminate tariffs would raise prices on both imports and domestic goods. … Harris has offered serious proposals to address three pressing problems: housing, childcare and elder care. … And, of course, she would work to ensure that women can make decisions about abortion without state governments endangering their lives.”

RIGHT-LEANING SENTIMENT

Trump Is the Better Choice

The Top Argument From The Right: Trump Isn’t Perfect, but He’s the Better Choice, Nikki Haley, The Wall Street Journal: “I don’t agree with Mr. Trump 100% of the time. But I do agree with him most of the time, and I disagree with Ms. Harris nearly all the time. That makes this an easy call. Here are the facts most relevant to me. Americans today on average face some $13,000 in higher annual costs than they did four years ago. Prices on nearly everything—food, gasoline, utility bills, insurance—have gone up. This is the direct result of the Biden-Harris agenda, which stoked inflation and stuck families with the bill. Americans are stuck with another bill, too: the national debt. It has reached nearly $36 trillion… A Trump administration would be different. It wouldn’t be perfect. But I agree with Mr. Trump that we need to keep taxes low and cut them more. I agree that we need to roll back trillions of dollars in special-interest handouts. I agree that we need to expand American energy to empower our families and job creators while making us less dependent on foreign energy. I agree with Mr. Trump that America should be strong—far stronger than we are today. … The world is unsafe under Biden-Harris, and we shouldn’t expect that to change under a Harris administration.”

Honorable Mention #2: Democrats have an enormous dilemma if Kamala Harris loses, Mark Halperin, Fox News

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Deadlocked

In a last-minute poll by Emerson College and The Hill, Harris and Trump are locked in tight races across critical swing states ahead of Election Day. Trump has a slight advantage in Arizona (50% to 48%), Georgia (50% to 49%), North Carolina (49% to 48%), and Pennsylvania (49% to 48%), while Harris leads in Michigan by (50% to 48%).

Both candidates are tied at 48% in Nevada and 49% in Wisconsin, underscoring the narrow margins across these battlegrounds. Notably, none of these leads fall outside the poll’s margin of error, emphasizing the potential volatility as voters head to the polls (The Hill).

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Susan Votes, Big Building, Swimming Snakes

On This Day in 1872, 48 years before American women gain the right to vote with the 19th Amendment, pioneering women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony illegally attempts to cast a vote in the presidential election. Anthony, who had devoted five decades of her life to women’s suffrage, gets arrested two weeks later for the shenanigan—and is tried and convicted the following year.

Today I learned all snakes can swim.

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