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6:40 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 …
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 …
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
Wall Street Journal:   Justice Department Likely to Appeal Parts of Judge's Ruling on Documents Seized at Trump's Mar-a-Lago
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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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
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
A Sadistic Immigration Stunt
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Examiner
Reuters:
Florida governor defends migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard, suggests more to come
Discussion: Twitchy and Washington Post
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: Raw Story and Insider
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 …
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
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.
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.
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
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 …
United States Department of State:
Lifting of Defense Trade Restrictions on the Republic of Cyprus for Fiscal Year 2023  —  Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken determined and certified to Congress that the Republic of Cyprus has met the necessary conditions under relevant legislation to allow the approval of exports, re-exports …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Politico
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Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Iran's Supreme Leader Cancels Public Appearances After Falling Ill
Discussion: Al Jazeera and The Times of Israel
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
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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Anthony Warren / WLBT-TV:
Gov. Reeves tells Hattiesburg audience it's ‘great day to not be in Jackson’
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
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The curious case of the strange man who was nearly attorney general
 Earlier Items: 
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
Discussion: All
Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
US Weighs Escalation Risk As Ukraine Asks for Longer-range Missiles
Discussion: NBC News and The National Interest
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