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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:
Planeload of Venezuelan Migrants Arrives at Martha's Vineyard Airport … A plane carrying approximately 48 migrants from Venezuela and Colombia landed unexpectedly at Martha's Vineyard Airport Wednesday afternoon.  Island officials and emergency management representatives were gathering to deal with the situation.
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 …
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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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
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.
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
Discussion: Insider
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  —  A conversation between a federal judge and a lawyer for one of the Oath Keepers charged with seditious conspiracy ended in a screaming match on Wednesday, when the lawyer suggested she would argue …
Discussion: Raw Story
Luz Lazo / Washington Post:
Rail systems brace for shutdowns, Amtrak cancels routes as strike threat nears  —  Some regional rail agencies said they are preparing for service stoppages as early as Thursday evening before a possible Friday strike  —  Transit systems across the country were on edge Wednesday amid …
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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.
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
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.
Talal Ansari / Wall Street Journal:
Adnan Syed Murder Conviction Should Be Vacated, Prosecutors Say  —  State's attorney for Baltimore City is asking for new trial in case that became the subject of first hit ‘Serial’ podcast  —  Prosecutors in Baltimore are asking a judge to vacate Adnan Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee …
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
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: Tangle, Breitbart, RedState, Twitchy and The Hill
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.
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 …
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Georgia Governor's Race: Too Close To Call, Quinnipiac University Georgia Poll Finds; Georgia Senate Race: Warnock Leads Walker 52% - 46%  — mail_outline  —  The Georgia governor's race is too close to call as 50 percent of likely voters support Republican incumbent Brian Kemp …
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Hill
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Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Ostracized by the West, Russia Finds a Partner in Saudi Arabia  —  The two oil-producing countries have extended their partnership even as the United States and Europe have sought to punish and isolate Russia for invading Ukraine.  —  As Russia massed troops on its border with Ukraine …
Discussion: National Review
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects Orthodox Jewish university's emergency request to deny official recognition to LGBTQ student group  —  The Supreme Court said Wednesday that an Orthodox Jewish university in New York is required for now to officially recognize an LGBTQ student group in a rare legal defeat for religious rights.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Jan. 6 panel's subpoena yields “thousands” of Secret Service records  —  The chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack said Wednesday that the panel has received “thousands of exhibits” from Secret Service agents in response to its July subpoena of the agency.
Insider:
Donald Trump's visit to his Virginia golf course was in preparation for 2023 LIV Golf event  —  The mystery of what Donald Trump was doing at his Northern Virginia golf course earlier this week has been solved: His club is undergoing renovations ahead of a LIV Golf tournament slated for next spring …
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
Hannah Allam / Washington Post:
Missing people, buried bones at center of Oklahoma mystery  —  A high-stakes criminal investigation is a window into the often unseen threat of white-supremacist prison gangs  —  OKLAHOMA CITY — The caller had news but warned LaVonne Harris not to get her hopes up.
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Mastriano Ally: God Told Me Prince Charles Would Murder Queen Elizabeth  —  “Prophet” Julie Green also claimed the real Joe Biden is dead and that Obama controls his body double — Doug Mastriano's campaign had her speak at his rally … Consider the case of the royal formerly known as Prince Charles, recently crowned king of England.
Natalia Contreras / Votebeat Texas:
Lawsuit alleges True the Vote hacked data and targeted small election vendor with racist, defamatory campaign  —  Case cites election-integrity group's own public claims that it stole data from Michigan company that makes software for managing poll workers.  —  A defamation and computer …
Discussion: New York Times
Hans Mahncke / theepochtimes.com:
FBI Put Key Dossier Source on Payroll in Apparent Effort to Conceal Dossier Fabrications  —  Special counsel John Durham filed a pre-trial motion in limine on Sept. 13 in his false statements case against Igor Danchenko, the primary sub-source of Christopher Steele's dossier on Donald Trump.
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  —  Opinions and feverish debates about public safety have shaped the most momentous political decisions in San Francisco this year, from Mayor London Breed declaring a state of emergency in the Tenderloin …
Discussion: HotAir and Breitbart
Sam Baker / Axios:
Biden outpacing Trump with blistering pace of judicial confirmations  —  President Biden has appointed more new federal judges than former President Trump had at the same point in his term, and there are more still to come. … Since its earliest days, the Biden administration has been determined …
Politico:
Baby, you can drive my (electric) car  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  JOE BIDEN is a car guy.  And if you ever forget it, his aides won't hesitate to tell you.
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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Jessica Kutz / The 19th:
Without clean water, parents in Jackson, Mississippi, struggle to provide
Discussion: The Mary Sue
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Considers Sanctions on Iran-Linked Entities After Salman Rushdie Attack
NBC News:
Reality Winner, imprisoned for leaking classified report, calls case against Trump ‘incredibly ironic’
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Is Accused of Sexual Harassment by a 2nd Former Aide
U.S. Department of Justice:
Three Iranian Nationals Charged with Engaging in Computer Intrusions and Ransomware-Style Extortion Against U.S. Critical Infrastructure Providers
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
'You're gonna die tonight': Trump fan admits dragging cop down Capitol steps
Discussion: UPI
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
With proposed abortion bans, GOP eyes criminal charges for doctors
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Michael Wilson / New York Times:
The Mystery Behind the Crime Wave at 312 Riverside Drive
Scott Wong / NBC News:
House members roll out bipartisan election bill aimed at preventing future coups
Allison Sherry / Colorado Public Radio:
Clear Creek County deputies shoot and kill man who asked for help after car crash
Discussion: New York Post