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7:55 AM ET, September 16, 2022

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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 …
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Miami Herald:
DeSantis' remarks prompt more questions on where migrant flights originated  —  Migrants taken to Martha's Vineyard  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis' office took credit for sending two planes with migrants to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts Wednesday night, jump-starting a program to relocate migrants out of the state.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
DeSantis Tries to Prove Liberals Hate Immigrants As Much As He Does, Fails … Sunday night, I sat in the ballroom of a Miami resort and watched Florida governor Ron DeSantis tell the crowd about how Texas governor Greg Abbott had been sending busloads of illegal immigrants to Washington, D.C. His envy was undisguised.
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Ron DeSantis Has Learned Trump's Most Important Insight  —  For Christian nationalists, the cruelty is the point.  —  Tonight on the TNB livestream I'm going to spend the entire show talking about Ukraine and Russia with Cathy Young and Eric Edelman.  —  Not going to lie: This isn't going to be the sexiest conversation ever.
Reuters:
Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard by Florida governor say they were misled
Miami Herald:
DeSantis defends sending migrants to Martha's Vineyard. Critics blast ‘inhumane’ stunt
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
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: Mediaite, Jezebel and Washington Post
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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.
Discussion: Sky News, New York Times and HotAir
Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
New Trump Attorney Negotiated $3 Million Advance Payment for Work  —  Chris Kise sought the arrangement based on unprecedented investigation, Trump's reputation for not paying legal fees  —  The Florida lawyer brought on to defend former President Donald Trump against potential government prosecution …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
The Justice Dept.'s Jan. 6 investigation is looking at ... everything
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Trump's Save America paid $3 million to cover top lawyer's legal work
Discussion: CNN, HuffPost and Raw Story
NBC News:
FBI charges Massachusetts woman with Boston Children's Hospital bomb threat  —  The FBI said Thursday an arrest has been made in connection with a bomb threat against Boston Children's Hospital last month.  —  Catherine Leavy of Westfield, Massachusetts, was arrested without incident …
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Justice News:
California Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Merriam-Webster with Anti-LGBTQ Violence
Discussion: Law & Crime
New York Times:
Uber Investigating Breach of Its Computer Systems  —  The company said on Thursday that it was looking into the scope of the apparent hack.  —  Uber's computer network was breached on Thursday, leading the company to take several of its internal communications and engineering systems offline as it investigated the extent of the hack.
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 …
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 1 …
Discussion: ABC News
Bloomberg:
Patagonia Billionaire Who Gave Up Company Skirts $700 Million Tax Hit  —  Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard described his decision to give away the outdoor apparel-maker as his last-ditch effort to do all he could to protect the planet.  —  The deal is structured in ways that also bring …
Discussion: USA Today, The Daily Wire and Fortune
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 …
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 …
Simeon Kerr / Financial Times:
Family of Briton held in UAE urges divestment from Dubai Islamic Bank  —  Ryan Cornelius's relatives blame lender for businessman's extended detention  —  The family of a British prisoner in Dubai has urged foreign investors such as the lender JPMorgan and fund manager BlackRock to divest …
Brian Flood / Fox News:
CNN shakeup: Don Lemon moved from primetime to mornings, struggling ‘New Day’ to be replaced  —  ‘New Day’ hosts John Berman and Brianna Keilar will be shuffled to new CNN roles  —  CNN's Don Lemon says Biden ‘telling the truth’ with ‘semi-fascism’ comments: ‘That is unifying’
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
CNN's Lemon-aid, rail strike averted, Trump speaks, and a new FBI scandal: Today's #TEMS
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Rioter who wore ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt gets jail term  —  A Virginia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing an antisemitic “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt over a Nazi-themed shirt was sentenced on Thursday to 75 days of imprisonment.  —  Robert Keith Packer, 57 …
Discussion: New York Post and MyStateline.com
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Los Angeles Times:
Dozens of Sheriff Villanueva's donors received permits to carry guns in public
Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE:
Why Are Rich People So Obsessed With Proving US Cities Are Dystopian Hellholes?
Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times:
Who's doing the ‘quiet leaving’ from the Seattle public schools
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump threatens ‘big problems’ for US if he's indicted in stolen documents scandal
Discussion: The Political Insider
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
There's Terrific News About the New Covid Boosters, but Few Are Hearing It
Discussion: The Atlantic
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Alabama GOP chair refused to show license to vote. That became a problem for poll workers.
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The Moscow Signals Declassified Microwave Diplomacy, 1967-1977
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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