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Miami Herald:
Texas sheriff will investigate Florida flying Venezuelan migrants to Martha's Vineyard — Authorities in Texas have opened a criminal investigation into Gov. Ron DeSantis' operation to fly roughly 50 Venezuela migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last week.
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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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Search for “Perla” — The national news media seems to have lost interest entirely in the story of the Venezuelan immigrants shipped off to Martha's Vineyard as part of Gov. Ron DeSantis's reelection campaign. The meta-story of course continues to get some attention …
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Insider, Digby's Hullabaloo and San Antonio Report
Amy Simonson / CNN:
Bexar County Sheriff announces investigation into how migrants went from Texas to Martha's Vineyard — A Texas sheriff said Monday evening his agency will open an investigation into the transportation of 48 Venezuelan migrants from the state to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
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Politico, Fox News, The Daily Beast, New York Times and CBS News
Brittany Bowker / The Boston Globe:
Plane towing a banner reading ‘Vineyard Hypocrites’ circles Martha's Vineyard
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Immigration NIMBYism — Less than two days. That's how long the residents of Martha's Vineyard …
Immigration NIMBYism — Less than two days. That's how long the residents of Martha's Vineyard …
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The Hill and Digby's Hullabaloo
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
After Texas Sent Him to Washington, One Migrant Launches a New Life
After Texas Sent Him to Washington, One Migrant Launches a New Life
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National Review
Damon Linker / Eyes on the Right:
Ron DeSantis, King of the Jerks
Ron DeSantis, King of the Jerks
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The Paul Street Report, CBS News, Twitchy, Townhall and New York Times
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Was Warned Late Last Year of Potential Legal Peril Over Documents — A former White House lawyer sought to impress on him the need to return material he had taken with him upon leaving office. — A onetime White House lawyer under President Donald J. Trump warned him late last year …
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Raw Story
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Judge Vacates 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 proceed with a new trial or drop the case. — Michael Levenson reported …
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Baltimore Sun:
Adnan Syed walks out of Baltimore courthouse after judge overturns his 1999 murder conviction — People react as Adnan Syed leaves the courthouse after being released from prison. (Baltimore Sun) — Adnan Syed — the man whose legal saga spawned the hit podcast “Serial” …
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
House Republicans Plan to Investigate Chamber of Commerce if They Take the Majority … Republicans plan to launch a variety of investigations into the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and many of its largest member corporations if they retake the majority in the House of Representatives this November.
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Political Wire, The Daily Caller and Washington Examiner
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's unhinged rage in Ohio shows the danger of a GOP Congress
Trump's unhinged rage in Ohio shows the danger of a GOP Congress
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C.C. McCandless / KNWA FOX24:
Beyond Meat COO arrested for biting man's nose near Razorback Stadium — FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A food company executive was arrested on a pair of charges after reportedly biting a man's nose in a parking garage in Fayetteville on Saturday night.
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Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
Republicans' choice for 2024 should be abundantly clear — Whatever debate there is about the 2024 presidential race, and about whether Republicans should nominate former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, it is not much of a debate at all.
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
GOP loyalty to Trump over party dips to new low in NBC poll
GOP loyalty to Trump over party dips to new low in NBC poll
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The Hill
Luke Martz / Iowa Field Report:
BREAKING: Police Report: Mike Franken's Former Campaign Manager Accused Candidate of Assault — Former Campaign Manager Alleges Franken is a Serial Perpetrator of Unwanted Advances Toward Women … According to a Des Moines Police Department incident report filed in April …
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Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and NRCC
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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
Liz Cheney Introduces Electoral Vote Bill to Avoid Repeat of Jan. 6
Politico:
Revenge? Republicans weigh tanking Manchin's permitting plan — Senate Republicans say Joe Manchin can't count on them to save his energy permitting deal with Democratic leaders, potentially upending efforts to attach the centrist's proposal to a must-pass government funding bill.
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The Hill, Wall Street Journal and New York Times
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House, Senate conservatives: GOP shouldn't give ‘lame duck’ Democrats power in funding bill
House, Senate conservatives: GOP shouldn't give ‘lame duck’ Democrats power in funding bill
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Raw Story
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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The Daily Caller, PennLive, Wall Street Journal and Sacramento Bee
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
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Arrests at Southwestern Border Exceed 2 Million in a Year for the First Time — The historic pace of undocumented immigrants entering the country continued as the Biden administration tried to steer clear of immigration issues with the midterm elections approaching.
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CBS News and Informed Comment
Elizabeth Elkind / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: JD Vance tears into ‘shameless fraud’ Tim Ryan for attending a WEDDING on Saturday night - after Democrat repeatedly attacked him for holding a rally with Trump during an Ohio football game — Democrat House Rep. Tim Ryan is locked in a tight race with Trump-backed Republican JD Vance …
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Breitbart, Plain Dealer and RedState
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Frank Carone, Mayor Eric Adams's Chief of Staff, to Resign — 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 and work …
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New York Daily News, New York Post, HotAir, The Daily Caller and Twitchy
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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New York Times, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Just The News, Raw Story, The Verge and Balloon Juice, more at Techmeme »
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Scholars Ask Congress to Scrap Winner-Take-All Political System — More than 200 political scientists wrote an open letter to lawmakers proposing sweeping changes to federal elections. The overhaul would be a heavy lift. — If there's one thing we know about America's creaking democracy …
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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NRCC
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
Mary Kekatos / ABC News:
Is the COVID pandemic really ‘over’ like Biden says? Experts say no — Experts say the U.S. is still recording hundreds of COVID deaths every day. — President Joe Biden makes remarks at the United We Stand Summit in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 15, 2022.
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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.