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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The smoking gun in Martha's Vineyard — Popular Information has obtained documentary evidence that migrants from Venezuela were provided with false information to convince them to board flights chartered by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R). The documents suggest that the flights …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
The Progressive Delusion of Co-Ed Sports — What does “inclusivity” mean? — Preamble: There are important things happening in the world today, one of which is that the details of the DeSantis Martha's Vineyard stunt are becoming more clear and more disgusting. Per Judd Legum:
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Digby's Hullabaloo and Breitbart
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
After Texas Sent Him to Washington, One Migrant Launches a New Life — Lever Alejos, who was delivered to the nation's capital courtesy of Gov. Greg Abbott, has found plenty of work. ‘I feel fortunate the governor put me on a bus to Washington.’ — When Lever Alejos of Venezuela arrived …
Damon Linker / Eyes on the Right:
Ron DeSantis, King of the Jerks
Ron DeSantis, King of the Jerks
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Townhall, The Paul Street Report and New York Times
Mark Hemingway / The Federalist:
If Martha's Vineyard Tried To Prove It Cares About Immigrants, It Failed Miserably
If Martha's Vineyard Tried To Prove It Cares About Immigrants, It Failed Miserably
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Townhall, Twitchy and New Republic
David Byler / Washington Post:
This little-known election predictor should worry Democrats — As early voting begins around the country, every political data point would appear to marginally favor the Democrats. Polls suggest they lead ever so slightly in key Senate races and in national House polls.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Prominent pro-Trump couple to fundraise for Senate candidates
Prominent pro-Trump couple to fundraise for Senate candidates
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
We Have a Bill to Help Prevent Another Jan. 6 Attack — It's past time to reform the Electoral Count Act to make clear Congress can't overturn an election result. — WSJ Opinion: Inflation Reduction Act Not Working So Far — Skip Ad — in 15 — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE — Created with sketchtool.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith / Bloomberg:
Liz Cheney Introduces Electoral Vote Bill to Avoid Repeat of Jan. 6 — Republican Representative Liz Cheney introduced a bill Monday that would change how Congress counts presidential electors to reduce the chances of another effort to overturn election results like that mounted by former President Donald Trump last year.
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Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Top Aide Who Fueled Eric Adams's Rise Will Resign at End of Year — Frank Carone, a Brooklyn power broker who has drawn scrutiny for his past business dealings, says he will lead the mayor's re-election campaign. — One of Mayor Eric Adams's closest advisers, who has helped formulate …
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Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Eric Adams Considers Housing Migrants on Cruise Ships
Eric Adams Considers Housing Migrants on Cruise Ships
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Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Judge Overturns Murder Conviction of Adnan Syed of ‘Serial’ — Mr. Syed, 41, had been serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of his high school classmate Hae Min Lee. The judge gave prosecutors 30 days to ask for a new trial or drop the case. — Michael Levenson reported this article …
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Washington Post:
Adnan Syed, featured in ‘Serial’ podcast, will be released from prison — A judge on Monday vacated the conviction of Adnan Syed, whose murder case drew wide attention after it was featured on the true-crime podcast “Serial.” — The decision by Baltimore City Circuit Court Melissa M. Phinn comes …
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Baltimore Sun, NBC News, USA Today, The Daily Beast, NPR, Fox News, Associated Press, CBS News, New York Times and New York Daily News
Rachel Wolfe / Wall Street Journal:
High Food Prices Are Getting to People. The Scene at One Grocery Store Shows Why. — Shoppers explain the stress they feel while buying groceries amid the highest food inflation in over 40 years — HOUMA, La.—To understand how people are navigating inflation these days, go to a grocery-store parking lot.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Pentagon opens sweeping review of clandestine psychological operations — Complaints about the U.S. military's influence operations using Facebook and Twitter have raised concern in the White House and federal agencies. — The Pentagon has ordered a sweeping audit of how it conducts …
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Balloon Juice, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Just The News and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Yoav Gonen / All:
Most-Complained-About NYPD Cop Retires, Avoiding Penalties — Lt. Eric Dym faced discipline on 52 allegations, but he won't be terminated for misconduct. Only one CCRB probe in the past decade has led to that outcome — for the officer who killed Eric Garner.
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Raw Story
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Proud Boys memo reveals meticulous planning for ‘street-level violence’ — Document of 23 pages shows the lengths to which the far-right group goes to prepare for potentially violent encounters and exposes the militaristic structure and language it has adopted
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
David Gilbert / VICE:
What Is This Eerie Salute People Are Doing at Trump Rallies Now? — The signal was immediately compared to the “Sieg Heil” salute. — David Gilbert — On Saturday night, as former President Donald Trump was wrapping up a political rally in Youngstown, Ohio, one section of the crowd …
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Guardian and Raw Story
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Trump's ‘Save America’ Scam — His PAC never launched a “legal defense fund,” despite deceitful ads that raked in millions. — (COMPOSITE / MIDJOURNEY) — In 2019, Donald Trump's charitable foundation was fined $2 million for misusing funds and ordered to shut down. The foundation's misdeeds included:
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Raw Story
Twitchy:
Greg Pollowitz, Twitchy's ‘rock’, has passed away after fight with leukemia — It is with the heaviest of hearts we announce the passing of Twitchy's Managing Editor, Greg Pollowitz. — Greg was our rock and always kept a steady head regardless of what the news (or Twitter) threw at us.
John Nolte / Breitbart:
Woke Gestapo at HBO Max Erase Cigarettes from Iconic Movie Posters — By way of HBO Max, Warner Bros. Discovery is desecrating iconic art by removing cigarettes from classic movie posters. — On HBO Max's streaming menu, classic movie posters are frequently used to identify the title available to the subscriber.
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Twitchy
Brock Wilson / CBC News:
'It's a slippery slope': How young men fall into online radicalization — Reid Brown says YouTube started showing him problematic content when he was 13 — Reid Brown remembers the first time he got sucked in by the algorithm — he was just 13, watching videos after school when YouTube started pushing him to controversial content.
Robert T. Garrett / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott widens lead on Beto O'Rourke in new poll — Abbott's recent flood of TV ads, which for weeks went unanswered, and voters' slight rightward tilt on abortion, the border and crime may have helped the two-term incumbent. — AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has gained …
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Washington Examiner, LifeNews.com and Bloomberg
Tina Daunt / The Wrap:
Gavin Newsom Is ‘Unequivocally’ Running for President in 2024 if Biden Doesn't (Exclusive) — The California governor, who's already running ads in other states, is poised to challenge Vice President Kamala Harris — California Governor Gavin Newsom is “undeniably, unequivocally” …
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Kelly Hooper / Politico:
Judge refuses Lindell motion to dismiss suit brought by voting machine company — A Minnesota District Court judge on Monday denied MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's motion to throw out a lawsuit brought by a voting technology company that claims he defamed it by pushing the false narrative that the 2020 election was stolen.
Stephanie Slade / Reason:
The Will to Power Was Front and Center at NatCon III — “Wokeism is not a fever that will pass but a cancer that must be eradicated,” declared a main-stage speaker at the third National Conservatism Conference ("NatCon III") last week. “In this new reality, the only institution with the power …
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National Review
Alex Hemingway / Jacobin:
To Solve the Housing Crisis, We Have to Increase the Housing Supply — The persistent shortage of homes is a key driver of the housing crisis. The solution is social housing, but to halt the churn of displacement in the short term, we simply need to build more homes.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's frightening rally in Ohio shows the media still doesn't get it — Donald Trump has gone full QAnon. As he spoke during a rally for Ohio Republican candidates on Saturday, a soundtrack associated with the conspiracy theory played. That elicited one-armed salutes — another QAnon symbol — from many attendees.
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Gustaf Kilander / The Independent:
Trump under fire for QAnon display at Ohio rally: ‘He has gone completely insane’ — ‘Trump has always been mentally ill, but this is a whole new level’ — Related video: Cheney says new revelations reveal true ‘danger’ of Trump … Donald Trump has come under fire for his descent …
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Vanity Fair, Daily Kos and The Warning
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg:
Apple Flexes Muscle as Quiet Power Behind App Developer Group — The App Association brands itself as the leading voice for thousands of app developers around the world. In reality, the vast majority of its funding comes from Apple Inc. — The tech giant isn't a member of the association.