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Bianca Padró Ocasio / Miami Herald:
‘Sadistic lie.’ Venezuelans flown to Martha's Vineyard search for a way off the island — Standing on a cobblestone sidewalk in a touristy downtown neighborhood of this island thousands of miles from his native Venezuela, a young man used a cellphone Thursday night to record a message to Florida's governor.
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ABC News, Tampa Bay Times, John's Newsletter, The Guardian, WFLA-TV, Florida Politics and Eschaton
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Mass.gov:
Baker-Polito Administration Announces Coordinated Support for Newly Arriving Families and Individuals to the Commonwealth … Terry MacCormack, Press Secretary, Governor's Office … BARNSTABLE — Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced new shelter and humanitarian supports at Joint Base Cape Cod …
NBC News:
DeSantis sending asylum-seekers to Martha's Vineyard divides Venezuelan Americans — Migrants caught in border-battle crossfire in Martha's Vineyard — After Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent two planes of mostly Venezuelan asylum-seekers to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts …
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HotAir and Louder With Crowder
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Migrants sent by Gov. DeSantis to Martha's Vineyard depart for Cape Cod
Migrants sent by Gov. DeSantis to Martha's Vineyard depart for Cape Cod
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Reuters, Forbes, CBS News, HuffPost, Raw Story, Mercury News, Associated Press, WPRI-TV, Orange County Register, NBC Boston, Just The News, Twitchy and Alpha News
New York Times:
‘I Ended Up on This Little Island’: Migrants Land in Political Drama
‘I Ended Up on This Little Island’: Migrants Land in Political Drama
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Vanity Fair, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story, Axios, New Jersey Globe, NPR, NBC News, The Daily Signal and Rolling Stone
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Massachusetts gov calls up National Guard over 50 Martha's Vineyard migrants
Massachusetts gov calls up National Guard over 50 Martha's Vineyard migrants
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Washington Free Beacon, The Boston Globe, The Western Journal and The Post Millennial
Laurel Duggan / The Daily Caller:
Massachusetts Activates 125 National Guardsmen To Support 50 Illegal Migrants In Martha's Vineyard
Massachusetts Activates 125 National Guardsmen To Support 50 Illegal Migrants In Martha's Vineyard
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The Boston Globe, Sputnik News, National Review and LewRockwell
Reuters:
Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard by Florida governor say they were misled
Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard by Florida governor say they were misled
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San Antonio Report, Politico, Reason, The Hill, The Wrap, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Florida Politics, Shift the Country, The Daily Caller, Dallas Morning News, The Boston Globe, Hollywood in Toto, Fox News, The Vineyard Gazette, The Daily Beast, Power Line, Breitbart, CNN, ABC7, Newsbusters, Raw Story, Insider, CBS News, New York Times, NBC Boston, Orlando Sentinel and Los Angeles Times
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Federal covid aid could help Florida pay for migrant flights
Federal covid aid could help Florida pay for migrant flights
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Media Matters for America, WFLA-TV, Politico, Insider, New York Post, Mediaite and New Republic
John Carney / Breitbart:
Breitbart Business Digest: Martha's Vineyard Could House Six Million Refugees
Breitbart Business Digest: Martha's Vineyard Could House Six Million Refugees
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The Federalist, The Daily Wire and Twitchy
Washington Post:
Trump team claimed boxes at Mar-a-Lago were only news clippings — The 2021 assertion to the National Archives vastly misrepresented the scale and variety of documents, including classified records, later recovered from Trump's property. — Months before National Archives officials found hundreds …
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Insider, Forbes, The National Interest and Vox
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.
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New York Daily News, PoliticusUSA, Slate, New York Magazine, Daily Kos, Rolling Stone and Raw Story
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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 …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
New Hampshire 2022: Senator Hassan Leads Freshly Nominated Bolduc By 11
Haley BeMiller / The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio Senate race: Tim Ryan blasts Lindsey Graham abortion ban as J.D. Vance stays quiet
Ohio Senate race: Tim Ryan blasts Lindsey Graham abortion ban as J.D. Vance stays quiet
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The Nation, CNBC, Mediaite and Jezebel
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Vance holds 4-point lead over Ryan in Ohio Senate race: poll
Vance holds 4-point lead over Ryan in Ohio Senate race: poll
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WGN-TV, The Daily Caller and 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 …
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Washington Post, Daily Kos and PoliticusUSA
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Associated Press:
Michigan man gets 5 years in prison for role in Capitol riot — A Michigan man was sentenced on Friday to five years in federal prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack by a mob that disrupted Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory.
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Detroit Metro Times, Law & Crime and Political Wire
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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Some Jan. 6 defendants accused of other crimes since Capitol attack — The U.S. Capitol attack was a crime unlike any in American history. But for some of the defendants accused of crimes related to the riot, it's only been the beginning of their legal troubles.
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Sputnik News
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump was asked what would happen to the country if he were indicted. His answer is something else. — In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday, Donald Trump was asked what he thought would happen if he were indicted for his role in keeping classified documents …
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Media Matters for America, Daily Kos, Washington Examiner and Politico
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Lindsey Graham called Trump ‘a lying motherf***er’ during Ukraine impeachment, book reveals — Authors Peter Baker and Susan Glasser report that Mr Graham used the vulgar phrase to describe Mr Trump in the midst of the inquiry that led to his first impeachment trial
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The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Daily Kos and Political Wire
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Iran's Supreme Leader Cancels Public Appearances After Falling Ill — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is currently on bed rest under observation by a team of doctors, according to four people familiar with his health situation. — Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei …
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The Times of Israel, National Review and Reuters
Max Thornberry / Fox News:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders ‘cancer free’ after thyroid surgery — Huckabee Sanders campaign said her doctor found the cancer during a check-up earlier this month — Fox News Flash top headlines for September 16 — Arkansas Republican gubernatorial candidate and former White House Press …
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HuffPost, Washington Post, Associated Press, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Politico, New York Post, Mediaite, Townhall, The Right Scoop, The Daily Caller and KFOR-TV
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Cruelty and the Crazy — Migrant airlifts and the Unabomber candidate. — Sorry, but shipping migrants to Martha's Vineyard is brilliant — a political masterstroke, an epic troll, and, above all hilarious. — You can tell because of the reaction on the right …
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The Daily Beast, The American Independent and The Nation
John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
Britain and the US are poor societies with some very rich people — When it comes to average household incomes, the UK may soon need to ask migrant labourers to take a pay cut — Where would you rather live? A society where the rich are extraordinarily rich and the poor are very poor …
Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 15 — Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. — Ukrainian forces are continuing counteroffensive operations in eastern Ukraine …
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Daily Kos, HotAir, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg and Washington Post
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.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Townhall and Washington Examiner
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 …
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Insider, ABC News, Roll Call, Los Angeles Times, The Economist and ICT
Jonathan Levin / The Commentator:
Yeshiva University Temporarily Freezes All Undergraduate Club Activities — Yeshiva University will temporarily freeze all undergraduate club activities until it finalizes its legal strategy after its request for a stay on an order to recognize a campus LGBTQ+ club was denied by the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Forward
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Speaker Pelosi laments her Democratic colleagues' lackluster contributions to House Dem re-election arm — Democrats are trying to hold onto their razor-thin House majority in November's midterm elections — Fox News Flash top headlines for September 16 — It appears that House Speaker …