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11:10 AM ET, September 16, 2022

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Raquel Torres / San Antonio Report:
27-year-old migrant recruited to fill flight to Martha's Vineyard says he wanted to help  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)  —  A 27-year-old Venezuelan migrant told the San Antonio Report Thursday he was paid $200 in cash to recruit people from outside San Antonio's …
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New York Times:
DeSantis and Abbott Intensify Fight Over Immigration  —  Decisions to bus migrants to the vice president's residence and to fly others to Martha's Vineyard were the latest attempts to provoke outrage over record arrivals at the border.  —  EDGARTOWN, Mass. — Immigration lawyers rushed onto ferries …
Reuters:
Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard by Florida governor say they were misled  —  Some migrants who were flown to the wealthy island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, said on Thursday they were duped about their destination, and Democratic leaders called for a probe of the move …
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Federal covid aid could help Florida pay for migrant flights  —  The state budget, signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this year, took advantage of what some critics describe as a stimulus loophole —  prompting renewed calls for a federal probe  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) …
Karol Markowicz / Fox News:
DeSantis was right to send migrants to Martha's Vineyard. We need to bring border crisis to Democrats
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
DeSantis Tries to Prove Liberals Hate Immigrants As Much As He Does, Fails
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee was registered to vote in N.J. until 2021  —  Mastriano, Oz both come from New Jersey  —  New Jersey is serving as an incubator for Republican candidates in Pennsylvania, with two statewide candidates being New Jersey natives and longtime residents.
Haley BeMiller / The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio Senate race: Tim Ryan blasts Lindsey Graham abortion ban as J.D. Vance stays quiet  —  U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan railed against a federal abortion ban introduced in the U.S. Senate this week, accusing “extremists” of trying to take advantage of the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Discussion: CNBC, Mediaite and Jezebel
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Ohio 2022: Vance Holds Four-Point Lead Over Ryan; DeWine Maintains Comfortable Lead over Whaley  —  Home Polls Ohio 2022: Vance Holds Four-Point Lead Over Ryan; DeWine Maintains Comfortable Lead over Whaley  —  An Emerson College Polling/The Hill poll of Ohio voters finds Republican JD Vance …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Vance holds 4-point lead over Ryan in Ohio Senate race: poll
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Democrats Buoyed by Abortion and Trump, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  President Biden's approval rating has climbed to 42 percent, and the number of Americans who believe the country is on the right track has doubled but remains low.  —  Even as they struggle to persuade voters that they should be trusted …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Will The Polls Overestimate Democrats Again?  —  As Democrats' prospects for the midterms have improved — they're now up to a 71 percent chance of keeping the Senate and a 29 percent chance of retaining the House, according to the 2022 FiveThirtyEight midterm election forecast 2 …
Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
Oregon Governor Moves To Toss Up  —  With less than two months until Election Day, the 2022 gubernatorial map has seen some surprising shifts since the outset of the cycle.  Republicans had initially started targeting the Rust Belt, hoping to flip control in perpetual swing states like Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Politico:
Judge appoints special master, rejects DOJ bid to delay Mar-a-Lago ruling  —  U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday rejected a Justice Department demand to let federal prosecutors continue their review of records marked classified that were recovered from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
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Washington Post:
Dearie named special master to review Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents
Washington Post:
Video appears to show Marjorie Taylor Greene kicking a Gen Z activist  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) appeared to kick an unarmed demonstrator during a confrontation outside the Capitol on Thursday afternoon.  —  Videos posted to Twitter by Greene and the Gen Z activist group Voters …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Why Is There Still No Strategy to Defeat Donald Trump?  —  One of the stunning facts of the age is the continued prominence of Donald Trump.  His candidates did well in the G.O.P. primaries this year.  He won more votes in 2020 than he did in 2016.  His favorability ratings within his party …
Associated Press:
Trump openly embraces, amplifies QAnon conspiracy theories  —  After winking at QAnon for years, Donald Trump is overtly embracing the baseless conspiracy theory, even as the number of frightening real-world events linked to it grows.  —  On Tuesday, using his Truth Social platform …
Washington Post:
The letters left behind by demoralized Russian soldiers as they fled  —  IZYUM, Ukraine — About 10 days before Ukrainian forces retook the city of Izyum last weekend, Russian troops stationed here were so demoralized that they drafted letters begging their superiors to dismiss them from their roles.
Washington Post:
Biden to meet with South African leader, relatives of Americans detained in Russia … Today, President Biden has separate meetings planned at the White House with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and family members of two Americans detained in Russia: Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.
Discussion: NBC News
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Adam Looney / Brookings:
Biden's Income-Driven Repayment plan would turn student loans into untargeted grants  —  For media inquiries, contact:  —  Brieanna Nicker esmedia@brookings.edu 202.540.7721  —  Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies Executive Director, Marriner S. Eccles Institute, University of Utah
Eli Okun / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: GOP govs' migrant stunts return to center stage  —  Just a day after Florida Gov. RON DeSANTIS flew dozens of migrants to Martha's Vineyard, Texas Gov. GREG ABBOTT this morning had two busloads show up outside VP KAMALA HARRIS' Naval Observatory residence, per Fox News' Timothy Nerozzi and Tyler Olson.
Discussion: The Hill and Power Line
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden takes a big swing on the world stage before turning to the midterms  —  The midterms may be closely approaching.  But Joe Biden's focus, for the next week at least, will be firmly on matters overseas.  —  The president returns to the international stage over the next few days …
Discussion: ABC News
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Josh Shapiro Puts His Faith at the Center of Campaign Against Mastriano  —  Devoutly Jewish, he wants to persuade voters that his opponent's Christian nationalism doesn't represent the values of the state.  —  Josh Shapiro, Democratic candidate for governor of Pennsylvania …
 
 
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