1 big thing: America on edge | Monday, November 02, 2020
| | | | | | | Presented By Facebook | | | | Axios PM | | By Mike Allen ·Nov 02, 2020 | | Good evening: Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 475 words, a 2-minute read. | | | | | | 1 big thing: America on edge |  | | | Boarded up windows in D.C. Photo: Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty Images | | | | Americans hoarded groceries as if preparing for a storm, as the final hours of this election brought court fights, boarded-up downtowns and frazzled voters. - If you're feeling like this has been an exhausting four years and we have another marathon on top of that this week, you're right, Axios executive editor Sara Kehaulani Goo tells me.
Why it matters: Americans are anxious over questions they've long taken for granted, the AP notes. - Are the pollsters right?
- Will ballots arrive on time?
- Will the courts deliver surprises that toss out votes?
- Will both parties work for a peaceful transition of power?
In Harris County, Texas, a federal judge rejected a Republican request to invalidate 127,000 ballots that had already been cast via drive-through voting stations. - In Nevada, a judge rejected a lawsuit from President Trump's re-election campaign that sought to temporarily halt the processing of mail-in ballots in Clark County, which includes Las Vegas.
The big picture: Biden supporters were more likely than Trump voters to be nervous — 72% to 61%, according to an AP-NORC poll last month, the AP notes. - But Trump's supporters, too, said they feel a sense of dread.
The bottom line: America's cities are bracing for unrest as soon as tomorrow. - Texas and Massachusetts have their National Guard standing by.
- Big retailers from D.C. to New York to Los Angeles have boarded up their shops, fearing another round of looting like the wave that accompanied this summer's protests.
- D.C. is preparing for civil unrest no matter who wins, its police chief told lawmakers last month.
Go deeper: |     | | | | | | 2. Pics du jour | | Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP Above: Joe Biden speaks today at a rally at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport. Below: Air Force One lands at the Fayetteville Regional Airport in North Carolina today. Photo: Andrew Craft/The Fayetteville Observer via Reuters | | | | | | | | A message from Facebook | | A vote counted is a voice heard | | |  | | | | Check your registration status, explore voting options in your state and get access to the latest, official information from election authorities in our Voting Information Center on Facebook and Instagram. Explore the Voting Information Center now | | | | | | 3. Catch up quick | - "Under no scenario will Donald Trump be declared a victor on election night," Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon said in a briefing. Go deeper.
- The Vatican says Pope Francis' comments in support of civil unions for same-sex couples were taken out of context and do not signal a change in Church doctrine, Reuters reports.
- Twitter named the seven outlets it will lean on to help it determine whether a race is officially called: ABC News, AP, CNN, CBS News, Decision Desk HQ, Fox News and NBC News. Go deeper. (Facebook's approach here.)
- Axios Re:Cap digs into voter suppression, and its ties to poverty, with the Rev. William Barber and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs. Listen here.
| | | | | | | | 4. Coming soon |  | | | From left, Tim Heidecker, John C. Reilly and Fred Armisen in a scene from "Moonbase 8," a comedy series about astronauts trying to qualify for a moon mission, premiering on Sunday. Photo: Showtime via AP | | | | A few ideas to distract yourself in the coming days, courtesy of AP: - Available to rent Friday: Eva Green gives a stunning performance as an ambitious astronaut who must leave behind her young daughter in order to participate in a mission to Mars in "Proxima."
- Saturday: Former One Direction member Niall Horan will livestream a concert from an empty Royal Albert Hall in London that will raise money for his touring crew, who are unable to work because of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the #WeNeedCrew relief fund.
- Sunday: Showtime's "Moonbase 8" stars Fred Armisen, John C. Reilly and Tim Heidecker as astronauts trying to qualify for a moon mission. Their training at a desert base is anything but smooth, and hilarity hopefully ensues.
- Next week: With most tourism on hold, consider a virtual outing with "The South Westerlies," which offers the impossibly beautiful coast of southwestern Ireland as the setting for a dramedy about heartache and environment protection.
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