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3:01 AM ET, September 17, 2022

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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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Politico:
Justice Dept. asks appeals court to restore access to Trump raid documents  —  The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to lift a judge's order blocking criminal investigators from accessing about 100 documents with national security classification markings recovered …
Harry Litman / Los Angeles Times:
The Mar-a-Lago judge's latest opinion is as atrocious as legal experts say it is  —  Thursday's 10-page opinion by U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon denying the government's motion for a stay in the Mar-a-Lago documents case is being savaged by commentators in terms normally reserved …
Discussion: CBS News and Insider
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Justice Department asks appeals court to block Trump judge's Mar-a-Lago ruling  —  WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice is asking a federal appeals court to temporarily block a Trump-appointed judge's ruling that prevents it from using thousands of pages of government documents seized …
Wall Street Journal:   Justice Department Likely to Appeal Parts of Judge's Ruling on Documents Seized at Trump's Mar-a-Lago
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
No, Transporting Undocumented Migrants to Martha's Vineyard is Not “Literally Human Trafficking”  —  Hillary Clinton today agreed with MSNBC host Joe Scarborough that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sending 50 undocumented migrants to Martha's Vineyard is “literally human trafficking.”
Miami Herald:
This is how much Florida has paid an aviation company to relocate ‘unauthorized aliens’  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration last week paid an aviation company $615,000 as part of a new Florida program to relocate undocumented immigrants out of the state, according to state records.
Discussion: WFLA-TV, Balloon Juice and CNN
Reuters:
Florida governor defends migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard, suggests more to come
Discussion: Twitchy and Washington Post
New York Times:
Migrants Flown to Martha's Vineyard Say They Were Misled
Discussion: CBS News and Newsbusters
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
Let's Call DeSantis's Migrant Stunt What It Is—Kidnapping
Discussion: Politico, Reason and The Daily Beast
Mass.gov:
Baker-Polito Administration Announces Coordinated Support for Newly Arriving Families and Individuals to the Commonwealth
Miami Herald:
With shameful Martha's Vineyard stunt, DeSantis dishes out cruelty with a smirk
New York Times:
Trump's Team of Lawyers Marked by Infighting and Possible Legal Troubles of Its Own  —  Several of the former president's lawyers are under scrutiny by federal investigators amid squabbling over competence.  —  To understand the pressures, feuds and questions about competence within former …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Drew Gilpin Faust / The Atlantic:
Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive  —  It was a good book, the student told the 14 others in the undergraduate seminar I was teaching, and it included a number of excellent illustrations, such as photographs of relevant Civil War manuscripts.  But, he continued, those weren't very helpful to him …
Warren Rojas / Insider:
Read the weird email Marco Rubio sent after Insider asked him about Lindsey Graham's abortion ban bill he's co-sponsoring  — Marco Rubio's team sent Insider's Warren Rojas a bizarre email after being asked about an abortion bill.  — The email, which looked like an assignment, included a deadline of September 19.
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
Virginia will block schools from accommodating transgender students  —  In a major rollback of LGBTQ rights, the administration of Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) will require that transgender students in Virginia access school facilities and programs that match the sex they were assigned at birth …
Discussion: Just The News
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Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
Youngkin administration overhauls policy for Virginia transgender students
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Warnings From Authors Who Track Domestic Extremism  —  Luke Mogelson and Andy Campbell have followed groups like the Proud Boys for years.  They are terrified at what they see as a growing threat.  —  It is rare that a chill runs down my spine when I'm interviewing someone.
Hurubie Meko / New York Times:
Yeshiva University Halts All Student Clubs to Block L.G.B.T.Q. Group  —  Earlier in the week, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a ruling to stand for now that required the university to recognize the group.  —  Yeshiva University abruptly announced on Friday that it had placed …
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Axios:
Klain presses progressives on permitting reforms  —  The White House is privately pressuring House progressives to support Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-W.Va.) permitting reform proposal, people familiar with the matter tell Axios. … - Some 80 House progressives, led by Natural Resources Committee …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Biden to meet with families of Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan at the White House
Christiaan Triebert / New York Times:
Video Reveals How Russian Mercenaries Recruit Inmates for Ukraine War  —  In a video posted on social media on Tuesday, the de facto leader of a Russian mercenary group explained to Russian convicts how they could earn their freedom by fighting in Ukraine.  —  In a video that emerged on Tuesday …
Discussion: The Guardian and Washington Post
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Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Iran's Supreme Leader Cancels Public Appearances After Falling Ill
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Confessions …:
Grifting to Loss  —  I don't need to write a ton here.  I just want to direct you to this piece in the Wall Street Journal.  Blake Masters is losing Arizona, and it should be winnable.  —  But the reality is that Peter Thiel and Donald Trump went to bat for Masters in a crowded primary …
Discussion: Mediaite and National Review
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.
Discussion: Sputnik News
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Associated Press:
Michigan man gets 5 years in prison for role in Capitol riot
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The curious case of the strange man who was nearly attorney general  —  The threat of losing his law license might be the least of Jeffrey Bossert Clark's problems.  Clark is the environmental lawyer who came just one contentious Oval Office meeting away from being installed as attorney general …
New York Times:
India's Leader Tells Putin That Now Is Not an Era for War … Amid Russia's growing international isolation, India's leader tells Putin that today is no time for war.  —  Underlining Russia's increasing international isolation a day after China's leader refrained from offering full-throated support …
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Chris Bragg / Albany Times Union:
California paid 45 percent less for tests supplied by Hochul donor
Discussion: New York Post
Wajahat Ali / The Daily Beast:
It's Time to Call MAGA a National Security Threat
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
‘Mean Girls, But with Racist, Antisemitic Extremists’: Hitler-Posing Ex-Army Reservist Convicted for Jan. 6 Is Organizing Behind Bars, Feds Say
Discussion: Raw Story
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Appeals court upholds Texas law regulating social media moderation
New York Post:
Adams ‘welcomes’ 200 El Paso migrants a day from fellow Dem mayor — but slams Abbott buses
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Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
US Weighs Escalation Risk As Ukraine Asks for Longer-range Missiles
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Best to get new booster before Halloween, White House COVID coordinator Dr. Jha says
John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
Britain and the US are poor societies with some very rich people
Discussion: MarketWatch
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
New Hampshire 2022: Senator Hassan Leads Freshly Nominated Bolduc By 11
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