Voters’ chance to check Trump and end GOP’s Washington monopoly

Dems eye the House, but nothing is certain. No Images? Click here   By Paul Vale     Tuesday, November 6 IT’S ELECTION DAY! It’s a day of reckoning, with voters set to decide between Donald Trump’s scorched-earth politics and the Democrats supercharged campaign to end the GOP’s monopoly in Washington. Polls suggest Democrats could seize control of at least one chamber of Congress, but two years after the surprise of 2016, nothing is certain.  [AP] [Tweet | Share on Facebook] DEMS EYE BIG GAINS IN STATE LEGISLATURES Democrats expect to make major gains in state legislatures, reversing years of losses. The party is predicted to flip over 300 legislative seats, enabling it to take control of six to eight legislative chambers, according to the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. [HuffPost] TROUBLE VOTING? HuffPost is partnering with ProPublica’s Electionland project in a reporting collaboration to write about access to the ballot box. If you experience problems at the polls, let us know so we can investigate. [HuffPost] HANNITY STUMPS WITH TRUMP TO BERATE MEDIA Fox News host Sean Hannity — a propagandist masquerading as a journalist — joined Trump on stage at a campaign rally in Missouri, berating real journalists covering the event as “fake news” — even, it seems, some of his Fox News co-workers. [HuffPost] FACEBOOK CULLS ‘SUSPICIOUS’ ACCOUNTS Facebook has blocked 115 accounts that federal authorities told it were acting suspiciously and might be "linked to foreign entities" — the day before the midterms. [HuffPost] TRUMP’S CLOSING PITCH A LIE Trump delivered his closing pitch at three rallies, fearmongering over immigration — even though for the last eight years, arrests for illegal border crossing have been at their lowest levels since the 1970s. [HuffPost]         EVEN FOX PULLS TRUMP’S RACIST AD Fox News has stopped airing the controversial political ad paid for by Trump’s campaign, which likens members of the Central American migrant caravan to a convicted cop killer. [HuffPost] TEACHERS SUSPENDED OVER ‘WALL’ COSTUME More than a dozen elementary school teachers and staff at an Idaho school have been suspended after the group dressed up as Trump’s border wall for Halloween. [HuffPost] ARMED MILITIA HEAD TO BORDER Armed bands of civilian militia members are heading to the southern border, where Trump has ordered thousands of active-duty troops to rebuff the migrant caravan. [HuffPost] DEMS EYE AFGHANISTAN PUSH Democratic lawmakers, candidates and outside groups are quietly preparing a new push against the overlooked war in Afghanistan should they take the House. [HuffPost] COUNTRY CAN’T EVEN AGREE ON CENTRAL ISSUE A HuffPost/YouGov poll shows Democrats and Republicans have very different ideas about the issues defining the today’s vote. Democrats are overwhelmingly focused on health care, while Republicans are most concerned with immigration. [HuffPost] WHITE NATIONALIST ALSO A HOMOPHOBE Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) criticized the National Republican Congressional Committee on Monday for supporting a candidate for Congress who is gay. [HuffPost]       Prince Harry took the sweetest photo of Meghan Markle on their royal tour. Our columnist argues that white supremacy can’t be untangled from anti-Semitism. These cities are offering free public transport on Election Day. Confused Trump fans chanted “four more years” at a rally. The general election is still two years away. Axl Rose posted an angry rant on Twitter after hearing that Trump’s campaign played one of the band’s most famous songs at a rally. There are some big movies coming to Netflix this week. These Latina celebrities are encouraging fellow Latinos to get out and vote. Customers at a Seal Beach, California, doughnut shop buy out the stock every morning so the owner can look after his sick wife. The Spice Girls have announced a set of stadium dates in the U.K. for the summer of 2019 — minus Victoria Beckham. Triumph the insult comic dog went to a Texas rally and hit GOP Sen. Ted Cruz with a savage burn. Here are 16 tweets introverts will want to read over and over again. Director James Wan has confirmed production of “Aquaman” is officially finished. The movie is due in theaters next month. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) unloaded on Trump, calling him a “pathological liar, who really does not understand the difference between truth-telling and lying.” Trump said he wanted to call his daughter Ivanka “beautiful” during a rally in Cleveland, but said he can’t — because of “political correctness.” The bicycle-riding woman who flipped off Trump’s motorcade is now running for office. People magazine crowned British actor Idris Elba as its Sexiest Man Alive for 2018. Love this newsletter? Share it with a friend!      HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25, 2018 we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More. Start your workday the right way with the news that matters most — all with a dash of signature Morning Email snark. Does somebody keep forwarding you this email? Get your own copy. It's free! Sign up here. 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