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8:50 AM ET, September 15, 2022

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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Ron DeSantis sends two planes of illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard  —  Florida governor sends migrants to Martha's Vineyard as part of program ‘to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations’  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sends planes of illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard
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Brooke Kushwaha / The Vineyard Gazette:
Planeloads of Venezuelan Migrants Arrive at Martha's Vineyard Airport  —  Planes carrying approximately 48 migrants from Venezuela and Colombia landed unexpectedly at Martha's Vineyard Airport Wednesday afternoon.  Island officials and volunteers quickly rallied to find temporary shelter for the group.
Discussion: PennLive
New York Times:
Florida Flies 2 Planeloads of Migrants to Martha's Vineyard  —  The moneyed summer resort became an unlikely arena in the fight over illegal immigration.  Republican states have bused thousands of migrants to New York and Washington.  —  About 50 migrants unexpectedly arrived by plane …
Discussion: Politico, Insider and WPRI-TV
Eve Zuckoff / NPR:
Florida flies dozens of migrants to Martha's Vineyard
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Associated Press:
Biden says a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a strike  —  President Biden said early Thursday that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections.
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Washington Post:
Biden says ‘tentative’ deal reached to avert rail strike  —  In a statement, the president said the agreement will guarantee “better pay, improved working conditions, and peace of mind around their health care costs” for the workers  —  The White House on Thursday morning announced it had reached a …
Discussion: HotAir
Associated Press:
Biden approval rises sharply ahead of midterms: AP-NORC poll  —  President Joe Biden's popularity improved substantially from his lowest point this summer, but concerns about his handling of the economy persist, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Discussion: Wide World of News
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Railroad Unions and Companies Reach a Tentative Deal to Avoid a Strike  —  President Biden announced the agreement after negotiations brokered by the labor secretary lasted deep into the night.  —  WASHINGTON — Freight rail companies and unions representing tens of thousands of workers reached …
Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Railroad Strike Averted as Tentative Deal Is Reached  —  President Biden describes tentative agreement as important win for economy and American people  —  Supply-Chain Bottlenecks Shift to East and Gulf Coast Ports  —  Created with sketchtool. … 1x
Discussion: al.com and National Review
Bloomberg:   US Railroads, Unions Reach Tentative Deal on Eve of Deadline
CNN:
Exclusive: Mark Meadows complied with DOJ subpoena in January 6 probe  —  Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has complied with a subpoena from the Justice Department's investigation into events surrounding January 6, 2021, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN …
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Punchbowl News:
9/15/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … THESE COMMENTS CAME DURING A DINNER AT TRATTORIA ALBERTO, AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT ON CAPITOL HILL FREQUENTED BY LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH PARTIES.  SENATORS AT THE DINNER INCLUDED CHRIS COONS OF DELAWARE, MARK KELLY OF ARIZONA, CHRIS VAN HOLLEN OF MARYLAND …
CNN:
Jeffrey Clark told DC Bar that DOJ search of his home linked to false statements, conspiracy, obstruction investigation  —  The Justice Department is investigating felony violations of false statements, conspiracy and obstruction as part of its January 6, 2021, probe that led to a recent search …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Trump told Jordan's king he would give him the West Bank, shocking Abdullah II, book says  —  President Trump once offered what he considered “a great deal” to Jordan's King Abdullah II: control of the West Bank, whose Palestinian population long sought to topple the monarchy.
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
'You're blowing this': New book reveals Melania Trump criticized her husband's handling of Covid  —  Former President Donald Trump's top general feared he would authorize a strike on Iran as his presidency ended.  His intelligence chief wonde red what Russia had on him.
Discussion: Insider, HuffPost and Sputnik News
David Greenberg / New York Times:
A Sober Look at the ‘Cartoonishly Chaotic’ Trump White House
Discussion: The Guardian and Raw Story
Axios:
McConnell's renegades  —  Two of the highest-profile Republicans in the Senate are publicly defying Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on high-stakes issues vital to the GOP's chances of retaking the majority next year. … They see the “freelancing” — as one source close to the leader described it …
Discussion: CNN
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Walter Shapiro / New Republic:
Mitch McConnell's Refusal to Seat Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court Is Coming Back to Haunt Him  —  It's a beguiling fantasy: Mitch McConnell lies bolt awake at 3 o'clock in the morning staring disconsolately at the ceiling.  If you listen closely, you can hear him mutter, “Merrick Garland.
David Gelles / New York Times:
Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company  —  A half century after founding the outdoor apparel maker Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, the eccentric rock climber who became a reluctant billionaire with his unconventional spin on capitalism, has given the company away.
Politico:
Hidden hand involved in Stewart Rhodes' bid to derail Oath Keepers Jan. 6 trial  —  A perennial political candidate from Montana who was once denied admission to the bar because of his criminal record and “connections to white supremacy groups” has been playing a behind the scenes role …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Oath Keepers lawyer and federal judge in screaming match in court over US Capitol riot case
Discussion: Raw Story
Ben Goggin / NBC News:
Doctored videos exacerbate Fetterman speech issues in viral social media posts  —  Numerous videos on TikTok and Twitter appeared to be edited to exacerbate the candidate's speech issues after his stroke.  They've been viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
Discussion: Breitbart, RedState, Twitchy, Tangle and The Hill
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Twilio Blog:
A Message from Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson  —  This is an email that was sent out to all Twilio employees today from Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson.  —  Twilions,  —  Over the years, we've made lots of changes to the way Twilio operates and is organized, but none harder than what I'm sharing today.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and TechCrunch
Politico:
‘Every day feels like something else is piling on’: Trump world bears down  —  When former President Donald Trump stepped off his private jet in the Washington, D.C., area on Sunday night, he set off a wave of social media hysteria.  —  Among the theories: He was turning himself …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Insider:
Donald Trump's visit to his Virginia golf course was in preparation for 2023 LIV Golf event
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Rachel Cohen / Air Force Times:
An F-16 pilot died when his ejection seat failed.  Was it counterfeit?  —  An Air Force investigation of a fatal fighter jet crash in 2020 quietly discovered that key components of the pilot's ejection seat may have been counterfeit, Air Force Times has learned.
Discussion: RedState
The Daily Beast:
Pro-Trump Pundit Accused of Pocketing $200K Meant for Ukraine Body Armor  —  In a lawsuit filed in Florida, conservative pundit John Cardillo is accused of making off with nearly $200,000 meant to purchase body armor for Ukrainian police officers.  —  Pro-Trump pundit John Cardillo is known …
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrea Bernstein / ProPublica:
For Donald Trump, Information Has Always Been Power  —  People have wondered why the former president collected classified intel, speculating that he is just a packrat.  But he has a long history of gathering and wielding sensitive info to help himself.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Biden urges Mexico to take migrants under COVID expulsion order he promised to end  —  As border crossings have soared to record highs, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is quietly pressing Mexico to accept more migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela under …
New York Times:
In Dramatic Shift, Right-Wing Bloc Wins Slim Majority in Sweden  —  Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Wednesday that she would resign.  Despite the success of the far-right Sweden Democrats, they will influence but are not expected to be formally part of the governing coalition.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Inflation, abortion motivating voter turnout  —  The generic House ballot test has moved in Democrats' favor  —  Any Inflation Reduction Act help is ‘years away,’ but midterms are in less than 60 days: Byron York  —  If the 2022 midterm election is about inflation and crime, that helps the GOP.
Thomas Curwen / Los Angeles Times:
Henry Fuhrmann, Times editor and ‘word nerd’ who fought for fairness in grammar, dies  —  No one had really paid too much attention to the hyphen.  In matters of race and heritage — as in “African-Americans” or “Italian-Americans” — it was easily overlooked, an innocuous piece of punctuation that seemed to make sense.
Discussion: The Wrap
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
This Candidate Thinks The 2020 Election Was Illegitimate.  But He'd Rather You Didn't Know That.  —  Roughly 200 Republican candidates running for Senate, House, governor, attorney general or secretary of state have indicated publicly that the 2020 presidential election was illegitimate, despite all the evidence to the contrary.1
 
 
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Facebook spied on private messages of Americans who questioned 2020 election
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Democrats dream of a drama-free fall
Discussion: Washington Post
Molly Jong-Fast / The Atlantic:
Democrats Finally Have the Upper Hand in the Culture Wars
David K. Li / NBC News:
Michigan man who killed his wife went down a ‘rabbit hole’ of conspiracy theories after Trump's 2020 loss, daughter says
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Oil Executives Privately Contradicted Public Statements on Climate, Files Show
Discussion: The Hill
Hans Mahncke / theepochtimes.com:
FBI Put Key Dossier Source on Payroll in Apparent Effort to Conceal Dossier Fabrications
Discussion: Todd Starnes and RedState
Rachel Swan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Here's how many San Franciscans say they've been the victim of a crime, according to new poll
Discussion: HotAir and Breitbart
Hannah Allam / Washington Post:
Missing people, buried bones at center of Oklahoma mystery
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
Baby, you can drive my (electric) car
Discussion: CNN
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Mastriano Ally: God Told Me Prince Charles Would Murder Queen Elizabeth
Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Ostracized by the West, Russia Finds a Partner in Saudi Arabia
Discussion: National Review
Sam Baker / Axios:
Biden outpacing Trump with blistering pace of judicial confirmations
Discussion: Washington Post and Sun-Sentinel
Natalia Contreras / Votebeat Texas:
Lawsuit alleges True the Vote hacked data and targeted small election vendor with racist, defamatory campaign
Discussion: New York Times
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects Orthodox Jewish university's emergency request to deny official recognition to LGBTQ student group
Talal Ansari / Wall Street Journal:
Adnan Syed Murder Conviction Should Be Vacated, Prosecutors Say
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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