SCOOP: The most direct evidence yet that Republican operatives are helping Cornel West get on the ballot.

nbcnews.com/politics/2024-… An email obtained through a public records request from a NC elections official shows the new party formed to get Cornel West on the ballot there authorized three people to collect signatures on their behalf statewide — all three work for a CO-based GOP consulting firm.

NEWS: New Hampshire Democrats have been getting a mysterious robocall impersonating Joe Biden's voice telling them not to vote in Tuesday's primary. nbcnews.com/politics/2024-… The apparently deep-faked Joe Biden robocalls showed up on caller ID as coming from the personal cell phone of the former NH Democratic Party Chair, who is now running a pro-Biden super PAC. nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

NEW: Why Steve Bannon and Alex Jones love Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The scion of Democrats' most famous family has spent years cultivating a following in conspiracy-friendly conservative media.

nbcnews.com/politics/2024-… Steve Bannon and Roger Stone both floated a Trump-Kennedy ticket this week.

Bannon said he got a “standing ovation” from a “hardcore MAGA” crowd at a recent speaking engagement when he said RFK Jr. would be an "excellent" VP choice for Trump.

nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

Officially kicking off what is likely to be an expensive, crowded primary to fill a seat that has not even yet been vacated by Dianne Feinstein, who is 89 (!!) but has not yet said if she plans to retire.

https://twitter.com/katieporteroc/status/1612834229179777027

California is the most expensive state in the country to run a Dem primary. This does not look like the warchest of someone preparing to run again.

https://twitter.com/TalKopan/status/1612860083171643392

NEW: Gavin Newsom trounced the recall, but some Democrats warn the top line obscures a “canary in the coal mine” for their strength witj Latino voters. nbcnews.com/politics/elect… Latino voters sided with Newsom 60-40%, according to the NBC News exit poll, but that's down slightly from the 64% Newsom had in 2018.

By comparison, Black voters broke 83-17% in favor of Newson while Asian-Americans backed the governor 64-36%, according to the exit poll.

NEW: Larry Elder's campaign is promoting a website that claims the recall is over, Newsom won, and they found voter fraud through a statistical analysis of the results.

The only problem: The election hasn't happened yet...

nbcnews.com/politics/elect… Larry Elder has been telling supporters that Democrats are "going to cheat" and urging people to go to his website to report fraud. When you go to his website and click the "Stop Fraud" tab, you get to this page, which says it's paid for by a committee funded by his campaign.

NEW: Fire up the avocado toast and participation trophy factory — Millennials, forged by recession and ridicule, are ascendant in Washington.
nbcnews.com/politics/congr… Millennials were ridiculed as “lazy, self-entitled narcissists,” as Time mag put it — but actually they were defined by near-constant crises that could make them the 1st gen in years to do worse than parents.

Now they’re taking power. They didn’t forget. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

The Ted Cruz thing falls in the ideal quadrant of the Scandal Matrix, where the stakes are relatively low and the specifics are more farcical than sickening (aka the Louise Linton Zone) so people feel free to dunk with glee. Examples of the others:
- Top left (Darkest Quadrant): Family separation at the border.
- Bottom left (Caught With Your Pants Down Quadrant): Consenting extramarital affairs.
- Top right (The Fajitagate Quadrant): Incompetent crooks in the Watergate.

NEW w/@akarl_smith: Republicans see an opportunity to begin winning back the suburban voters they lost under Donald Trump's presidency by capitalizing on widespread frustration with pandemic life and directing it at an old enemy: Teachers unions.
nbcnews.com/politics/elect… @akarl_smith New NRCC Tom Emmer told staff as soon as he took over to go all in on schools: "It's the teachers unions that want to keep the schools closed. Dems are ignoring the science, and they're standing with their special-interest donors instead of the students." nbcnews.com/politics/elect…

NEW: Jon Ossoff lost the first high-profile race of the Trump era. Can he win the last one? nbcnews.com/politics/2020-… The Trump era is ending the same way it began, with Jon Ossoff unexpectedly at the center of the political universe.

The first time, the stakes were largely symbolic. This time, the fate of the country may hang in the balance. No pressure. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…

Fine, I’ll be the Dixville Notch truther: It’s not a real town. It’s an old hotel that had some employees living there, but barely does anymore. This started as a marketing campaign. There are two actual NH hamlets that also do midnight voting (though one suspended for Covid). I was as disappointed to learn this as I’m sure you are now when I went up to Dixville Notch for a magazine story years ago (paywalled). nationaljournal.com/s/55912

NEW: On election eve, this country is just unbelievably stressed out.

Dispatch from a capital city that feels like it’s preparing for a siege. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-… A deeply divided nation is on the edge as it plunges deeper into a pandemic and unemployment rages while everyone holds their breath in anticipation of what some fear could be a potential breakdown in law and order or democracy depending on what happens Tuesday.

The most ambitious crossover event of 2020 NEWS: Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden. "Today I am asking all Americans…to come together to support your candidacy, which I endorse."

NEW: Elizabeth Warren opens up in intvw with me about the surreality of running for president and her conversations with former candidates -- some of the only people who get it, w/@alivitali.

"Running for president can be thrilling but also very lonely."

nbcnews.com/politics/2020-… @alivitali Elizabeth Warren has called "close to 100 percent" of the candidates who dropped out to talk policy, but it also sometimes gets more personal.

"Kamala and Kirsten, in particular, ask me am I getting rest? Am I eating? And am I having some fun out there?"

nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…

NEW: Here's the ad hitting Sanders that will start running in Iowa.

It features testimonials from Iowans, including one who brings up his heart attack.
nbcnews.com/politics/meet-… And here's Bernie Sanders' response:

https://twitter.com/berniesanders/status/1222314390478868480?s=21

NEW: Dems have been asking when Republicans will finally break from Trump the way they did from Nixon during Watergate.

Don't hold your breath, it's not going to happen.

Why? We're not in the 1970s anymore... nbcnews.com/politics/donal… "I really don't think there is any fact that would change their minds," said Rep. Jim Himes, a Dem on the Intel Committee. "We're in a place right now where all that matters to my Republican colleagues is the defense of the president." nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

ICYMI: High anxiety: Jittery Democrats fear their candidate won't beat Trump. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-… The offer: A $1 million check to a major Dem group.

The condition: Guarantee Elizabeth Warren not become the party's nominee — or the money gets refunded.

The offer was rejected, but indicative: “90 to 95% of our donor base is terrified about Warren.”
nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…

Standby for news... NEWS: In a memo to staff obtained by NBC News, Cory Booker's campaign manager warns "we do not see a legitimate long-term path forward" unless they can raise $1.7 million by the end of Q3 -- 10 days from now.
nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…

They’re just vising in Cedar Rapids.

Gotta catch ‘em all. Pokémon go go go to the vis. Very on brand, Pete Buttigieg has a jazz band playing tunes for a picnic in a newly revitalized park in a square between an art museum, a library and a church.

Nancy Pelosi to AIPAC: “We will never allow anyone to make Israel a wedge issue.” Pelosi went on at AIPAC to condemn the dual loyalty myth (no mention of Omar, though) and condemn BDS as "bigotry masquerading as policy."

"I simply declare to be anti-Semitic is to be anti-American. It has no place in this country," she said.

Good morning from the Broward County Superivisor of Elections, where the recount process is underway.

I just saw an employee enter with a 1 gallon jug of water and two 5 hour energy shots. The Broward County recount still not underway (tho supposed to start soon), more than four hours after it was supposed to begin at 7am. A problem with one machine forced extra testing, then brief debate involving paper clips, then another about who gets to be in tabulation room.