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CNN: “In the past two years, Trump has called for every major American TV news network to be punished, according to a CNN review of his speeches and social media posts.”

“House Republicans are gearing up for an intra-party war early next year over the ability to defenestrate a speaker. While the majority of Republicans despise the tool, which has single-handedly caused repeated chaos this Congress, a number of conservatives are prepared to fight to keep it,” Politico reports.

Reuters: “The Democratic National Committee estimates that 1.6 million U.S. voters abroad are eligible to vote in one of the seven battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — that will likely determine the outcome of the election.”

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Rudy Giuliani “to turn over all his valuable possessions and his Manhattan penthouse apartment to the control of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the Georgia election workers he defamed and to whom he now owes $150 million,” CNN reports.

“Donald Trump is expected to record an interview with podcasting behemoth Joe Rogan on Friday,” Politico reports.
“Rogan, who has more than 14 million followers on Spotify, has long occupied the top positions in national podcast ratings, and Trump’s appearance on his show continues the campaign’s push to win young male voters.”

“Some large hedge funds and money managers, sensing a potential shift in momentum, are getting behind trades that could pay out if Donald Trump beats Kamala Harris in the presidential election,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

A new AARP poll in Nevada finds Donald Trump has moved ahead of Kamala Harris by one point in a multi-candidate race, 47% to 46%.
In the U.S. Senate race, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D) holds a five-point lead on challenger Sam Brown (R), 49% to 44%. 

“Americans are voting ahead of Election Day in historic numbers this year. That includes Republicans, who appear to be responding favorably to a new message from former president Donald Trump: It’s okay to vote early,” the Washington Post reports.

“Vietnam would have been a waste of time for me. Only suckers went to Vietnam.”
— Donald Trump, quoted by The Atlantic, in a conversation with a former Cabinet secretary.

Texas state Rep. Caroline Harris Davila (R) put out a campaign ad ending with Davila and her husband posing with four children in an “idyllic family shot,” the Texas Tribune reports.
However, the kids are not hers.