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Votes are still being counted in the presidential election. The pandemic reaches a grim milestone. The U.S. withdraws from the Paris Climate Agreement, and a large iceberg breaks off of Antarctica.

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"I have yet to see a single lawsuit filed on the Trump side that I think could credibly call into question a significant number of votes that could plausibly affect the outcome in any of these states," says the ACLU's Dale Ho.

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One thing we know for sure? "The polls were very, very wrong in these swing states," says politics reporter Reid Wilson.

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Juliette Holmes' parents could technically vote, but they had to pass a test. The questions were not fair.

"How many jelly beans are in this jar? How many bubbles are in this bar of soap?"

In partnership with The Moth, we bring you her family's story.

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This Election Day is historic. But the news coverage might be a bit unrelenting, so if you're looking for a reprieve, we're offering you an episode of The Hit List.

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"64 million people who are poor or low wealth are eligible voters," says Rev. Dr. William Barber. "They could change who sits in the White House, who sits in Congress, who sits in the governor's mansion."

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The United States passed nine million coronavirus cases. Tens of millions of Americans vote early during the home stretch before Election Day. France deals with a new wave of COVID-19 lockdowns and Chile votes to write a new constitution.

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"There's outright voter suppression and tacit voter suppression. When voters have to bring lawn chairs to vote that's a problem. That's what happened in 2018," says reporter Greg Bluestein, of voter access in Georgia.

Two Senate seats are up for grabs in Georgia. It's one of the states that we look at closely on this episode.

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Guns & America reporter Heath Druzin defines a militia as "a group of people who do weapons training, for a potential conflict, often with the explicit or implicit idea that if a tyrannical government comes down on the people, they are there to defend against that tyrannical government."

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"Black movies and movies about the Black experience, they deserve to get criticism just like the white movies," says critic Ronald Young, Jr. But because there are not enough Black movies, we are afraid to criticize them.

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