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10:25 PM ET, September 17, 2022

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Washington Post:
Gaetz sought pardon related to Justice Department sex trafficking probe  —  Testimony by a former White House aide is the first indication the congressman sought protection from the inquiry  —  Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told a former White House aide that he was seeking a preemptive pardon …
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Tucker Carlson: Martha's Vineyard GoFundMe for illegal migrants won't actually go to them  —  It's all fun and games for a sanctuary city, or island until illegal migrants actually show up.  The hypocrisy of limousine liberals was brutally exposed by FNC's Tucker Carlson during his opening monologue on Friday night.
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Fox News:
50 migrants arrive at Vice President Kamala Harris' residence, 6 more buses to NYC  —  Vice President Kamala Harris accused Republican governors of ‘dereliction of duty,’ after claiming border ‘secure’  —  Another group of migrants dropped off outside VP Harris' DC residence
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
What the Martha's Vineyard Stunt Says About the Trump Wannabes  —  Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida, likes to do stunts.  It is a key part of how he's built his reputation as a fighter for conservative causes — a reputation he hopes to ride to the White House.
Reuters:
Florida governor defends migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard, suggests more to come
Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times:
The story of the praying Bremerton coach keeps getting more surreal  —  When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that Bremerton assistant football coach Joseph Kennedy had the right to pray on the field, it wasn't widely understood then that the court had also ordered the school district to give him his job back.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Maggie Mertens / The Atlantic:
Separating Sports by Sex Doesn't Make Sense  —  Though school sports are typically sex-segregated, a new generation of kids isn't content to compete within traditional structures.  —  Shira Mandelzis fell in love with flag football while playing on her middle-school team.
Discussion: Twitchy
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
‘A Crisis Coming’: The Twin Threats to American Democracy  —  The United States has experienced deep political turmoil several times before over the past century.  The Great Depression caused Americans to doubt the country's economic system.  World War II and the Cold War presented threats from global totalitarian movements.
Discussion: USA Today and Washington Examiner
Gabriel Pogrund / The Sunday Times:
No 10 chief of staff in FBI inquiry over ‘election bribe’ in Puerto Rico … Liz Truss's most senior adviser has been interviewed by FBI agents about an alleged criminal plot to bribe an American politician and influence a US election.  Mark Fullbrook is the Downing Street chief of staff …
Discussion: The Sun
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Manhattan immigrant has been voting illegally for 13 years: BOE  —  A non-citizen green card-holder in Manhattan may have been illegally voting in city elections for the past 13 years — possibly one of “thousands” of similarly bogus voters, a city Board of Elections whistleblower told The Post.
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Fifth Circuit upholds Texas social media censorship law  —  Since the federal government under Joe Biden's leadership is obviously never going to do anything about social media platforms censoring primarily conservative opinions and banning users, Texas took matters into its own hands.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
5th Circuit Rewrites A Century Of 1st Amendment Law To Argue Internet Companies Have No Right To Moderate
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
In Ohio, Vance scrambles to ramp up campaign after mounting GOP criticism  —  Although party strategists voice confidence Vance will still prevail, they say they fear he wasted precious time, requiring a financial bailout that limited resources for GOP candidates in other states
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The Daily Beast:
Women Turned Off by Billionaire's Conservative Dating App  —  The Peter Thiel-backed dating app “The Right Stuff” is already off to the wrong start. … A new pro-Trump dating app backed by right-wing tech billionaire Peter Thiel has not even launched yet, but it's already facing lots of rejection.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Ali Hamedani / BBC:
Mahsa Amini: Women take headscarves off in protest at funeral  —  Protests have broken out at the funeral of a woman who died after being arrested by Iran's morality police.  —  Mahsa Amini, 22, died on Friday, days after eyewitnesses said she was beaten in a police van in Tehran - allegations denied by police.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump's Former Accounting Firm Begins Turning Over Documents to Congress  —  Mazars USA delivered an initial set of documents related to the former president's finances to the House Oversight Committee as part of a settlement.  —  WASHINGTON — Mazars USA, the longtime accounting firm …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Candice Cole / TYT Network:
Activists Fear Green Groups May Help Dems Pass Manchin Permitting Bill  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at the G7 meeting in Berlin today.  —  Sources in the environmental justice movement say they're concerned that some big environmental groups have yet to take a hardline stance …
iaea.org:
IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine  —  Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is once again receiving electricity directly from the national grid after engineers repaired one of the four main external power lines that have all been damaged during the conflict …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
'Y'all are scared': The huge, looming fight over abortion referendums  —  As their party confronts the vexing political fallout of the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade, some Republicans — especially those in tough 2022 races — are taking things a step further in trying to rid themselves of the issue …
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:   Cracks in GOP emerge over abortion policy and messaging
 
 
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Jared Yates Sexton / Dispatches From A …:
Normalizing Cruelty: The Mainstreaming of Authoritarianism and What It Reveals
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
As Trump Inquiry Heats Up, Garland Says Divisions Imperil the Rule of Law
Discussion: Raw Story
The Post Millennial:
Mike Pompeo tells Chicago crowd he's prepping for 2024 run
Mark Krikorian / New York Post:
Biden's open borders will cost taxpayers $100 billion — and counting
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
NY attorney general rejected settlement offer from Trump Organization
Joshua Zitser / Insider:
Trump used ‘almost mob-style extortion’ to try to convince AT&T to sell CNN to Rupert Murdoch, new book claims
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
Mississippi Free Press:
In-Depth: How Brett Favre Secured $6 Million in Welfare Funds For A Volleyball Stadium
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
How the WH views the DeSantis stunt
Discussion: Power Line, Townhall and Axios
A.J. Bayatpour / WKOW:
Gableman suggests ‘revolution’ to keep government honest
Washington Post:
Farewell to Outlook, and nearly 70 years of essays, arguments and criticism
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Quietly Steps Up Effort to Close Guantanamo
Anthony Warren / WLBT-TV:
Gov. Reeves tells Hattiesburg audience it's ‘great day to not be in Jackson’
Discussion: Insider