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On Tuesday, November 5, Americans will go to the polls and choose their next president. We can only hope there will be no allegations of vote-rigging. “There is, however, one group of U.S. citizens who already knows their vote will be rigged,” Coleman Hughes writes in The Free Press. “I’m referring to the 3.2 million residents of Puerto Rico.” The island has long been divided between those citizens who want statehood and those who want the status quo, Hughes reports. Yet in an upcoming referendum, the status quo option has mysteriously disappeared. What gives? Read his full report at TheFP.com:

There are no perfect candidates. But what do you do when both options feel deeply flawed? That’s the reality of our choice a week from now. Today, a debate between two sharp minds on either side of this issue: Ben Shapiro & Sam Harris on Trump vs. Kamala. https://thefp.pub/4f3AsfH

Whether or not you’re excited to vote, concerned about the future of U.S. democracy, or desperate for the election from hell to be over, The Free Press will be there to entertain and inform you on election night. Details in today’s edition of The Front Page: https://thefp.pub/3UoMY12

On today’s Front Page: Trump or Harris? Bari Weiss moderates a debate between Ben Shapiro and Sam Harris. Plus: Emily Oster and Robert J. Davis on how to tackle childhood obesity, Tim Walz’s ex-lover says he’s “very romantic,” and Coleman Hughes on how the Democrats rigged Puerto Rico’s statehood election. And much more from Madeleine Kearns and The Free Press team:

 Is there really a plot to use migrants to turn America blue? A top GOP talking point of this election is that Democrats are rigging the vote through illegal immigration. Is there any truth to it? The FP’s Peter Savodnik sorts the facts from the conspiracy theories:

A senior Pentagon official faced scrutiny when her past ties to Iran came to light.  Is that why she’s been transferred? Jay Solomon investigates in The Free Press. Read “The Curious Case of Ariane Tabatabai” at TheFP.com:

Defund the police. An open border. Identity politics. End the use of fossil fuels. Is it any wonder America turned against the progressive movement? Read Ruy Teixeira on the death of the radical views that were ruling the nation’s discourse: https://thefp.pub/3C5CZHS

A group of celebrated writers—led by literary darling Sally Rooney, author of “Normal People”—is calling for a boycott of the Israeli publishing industry. “Count me out,” Lionel Shriver, Writer writes in The Free Press. “I’ve never been a joiner, and I used to think my literary brethren weren’t joiners either, much less bullies. But even for writers, this is an age of aggressive groupsterism.” Read “Sally Rooney’s Literary Mob” at TheFP.com: https://thefp.pub/3UpMvf4

On today's Front Page: —Lionel Shriver on the latest anti-Israel mob—this one led by literary darling Sally Rooney.  —Ruy Teixeira: How progressives blew it. —Jay Solomon investigates the curious case of Ariane Tabatabai at the Pentagon. —Martin Gurri on Cuba’s crumbling regime. And much more from Oliver Wiseman and The Free Press team:

If America feels a sense of impending doom, may the greatest poet of the twentieth century help us put history in perspective. Welcome back to Douglas Murray’s Sunday column “Things Worth Remembering,” in which he presents great speeches from famous orators we should commit to heart. Listen to Douglas read the most memorable speech from T.S. Eliot’s 1935 play, “Murder in the Cathedral,” at TheFP.com: