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12:40 PM ET, September 17, 2022

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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.”
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Miami Herald:
This is how much Florida has paid an aviation company to relocate ‘unauthorized aliens’
Discussion: WFLA-TV and Balloon Juice
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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 …
New York Times:
Rally With Trump?  Some G.O.P. Candidates Aren't Thrilled About It.  —  Whether he is invited or not, the former president keeps holding rallies in battleground states.  It reflects an awkward dance as Republican candidates try to win over general-election voters.
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
In Ohio, Vance scrambles to ramp up campaign after mounting GOP criticism
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
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.
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: emptywheel, Insider and Raw Story
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
Politico:
How the WH views the DeSantis stunt  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  Earlier this week, Florida Gov. RON DESANTIS rounded up 50 Venezuelan migrants from Texas and transported …
Discussion: BizPac Review, Townhall and Power Line
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Axios:
Klain presses progressives on permitting reforms
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
Farewell to Outlook, and nearly 70 years of essays, arguments and criticism  —  Perspective by Robert G. Kaiser and Steve Luxenberg  —  Outlook, the print section of commentary and analysis that has graced this newspaper's Sunday edition for nearly 70 years, came into the world quietly on Dec. 19, 1954.
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 …
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 …
New York Times:
As India Joins China in Distancing From Russia, Putin Warns of Escalation  —  After India's prime minister said that now is not the time for war, an increasingly isolated Mr. Putin threatened “more serious” actions in Ukraine while insisting he was ready for talks.
A.J. Bayatpour / WKOW:
Gableman suggests ‘revolution’ to keep government honest  —  MADISON (WKOW) — Speaking at a Republican dinner event in Appleton last week, newly-released audio captured Michael Gableman suggesting revolution was the ‘only way to keep government honest.’  —  Gableman delivered the remarks …
Mississippi Free Press:
In-Depth: How Brett Favre Secured $6 Million in Welfare Funds For A Volleyball Stadium  —  “Multiple prosecutors” are still examining the facts and making decisions about criminal charges in Mississippi's sprawling welfare scandal that saw millions in funds meant for poor families go instead …
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Quietly Steps Up Effort to Close Guantanamo  —  Special representative named to oversee efforts to transfer detainees out of military facility in Cuba  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is revamping its effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison …
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 …
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 …
 
 
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United States Department of State:
Lifting of Defense Trade Restrictions on the Republic of Cyprus for Fiscal Year 2023
Discussion: Bloomberg and Politico
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
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Christiaan Triebert / New York Times:
Video Reveals How Russian Mercenaries Recruit Inmates for Ukraine War
Discussion: The Guardian and Washington Post
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
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Appeals court upholds Texas law regulating social media moderation
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Warnings From Authors Who Track Domestic Extremism
Discussion: Raw Story
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