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Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard by Florida governor say they were misled

Some migrants who were flown to the wealthy island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, said on Thursday they were duped about their destination, and Democratic leaders called for a probe of the move by Florida's Republican governor to send them there from Texas.

Reuters

10 PGA Tour stops you can play in 2022-23

You may not be able to hit it like the pros, but you can play at a number of the same courses.

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Inside the 20-year relationship between Florida’s Billy Napier and USF’s Jeff Scott

TAMPA, Fla. — When Florida Gators coach Billy Napier and USF coach Jeff Scott face off Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, a two-decade relationship will come full circle.

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Editorial: Florida, home of many a Proud Boy, a hotbed for white supremacy. The rest of us can’t stand silent

White supremacists and extremists don’t always wear white robes and burn crosses. They don’t necessarily meet in dingy headquarters away from civilized society

Tribune News Service

Editorial: With shameful Martha’s Vineyard stunt, DeSantis dishes out cruelty with a smirk

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ latest stunt to embarrass President Joe Biden — in advance hopes of replacing him in the Oval Office — was to dump immigrants stopped at the Southern border in a fancy community in New England that was not expecting or prepared to house them.

Tribune News Service

Biden outraged as Texas, Florida governors displace migrants across country

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took credit Thursday for sending two planeloads of undocumented Venezuelans from Texas to wealthy Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, as Republicans play up immigration issues before November midterm elections.

France 24

Veteran NY judge picked to review documents seized in Trump Mar-a-Lago raid

A federal judge on Thursday appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter in the criminal investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, and refused to permit the Justice Department to resume its use of the highly sensitive records…

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Top Biden officials to discuss "litigation options" over migrant buses sent by GOP governors

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chartered two planes to fly roughly 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard.

Axios

Newsom calls for US inquiry into DeSantis and migrant flight to Martha’s Vineyard

Gov. Gavin Newsom called Thursday for a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to fly several immigrant families to Martha’s Vineyard.

Tribune News Service

Florida official asks DoJ to investigate DeSantis flying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

In a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Nicole Fried decried DeSantis’ ‘use of human beings to score political points’

The Independent UK

Alex Jones lawyer appears to tweet and fall asleep during Connecticut trial

The courtroom shenanigans are just the latest episode in the right-wing broadcaster’s wild legal defence effort

The Independent UK

White House: DeSantis sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard ‘disrespectful to humanity’

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday blasted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to fly migrants to Matha’s Vineyard, calling the maneuver a “political stunt" that threatens the wellbeing of vulnerable families and children.

Miami Herald

DeSantis’ remarks prompt more questions on where migrant flights originated

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A day after Gov. Ron DeSantis took credit for sending undocumented immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, the governor suggested at a news conference on Thursday that his efforts prevented those migrants from ever making it into Florida.

Tribune News Service

Thousands of Orlando affordable housing units could vanish soon, expert warns

Orlando, Florida’s already-thin supply of affordable apartments could start disappearing soon, an expert warns, in a region suffering from a housing shortage and skyrocketing rents.

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Miami Herald

What Miami Venezuelans think of migrants taken to Martha’s Vineyard: ‘We need solutions’

MIAMI — When Maria Corina Vegas took the stand in Downtown Doral Park, she moved her hands up and down the Venezuelan flag in front of her.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis defends sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. Critics blast ‘inhumane’ stunt

The day after Florida took credit for sending two planeloads of undocumented immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested the flights were to “protect” the state while the backlash swelled, with critics decrying the flights as an inhumane political stunt.

The Independent UK

Biden nominates US attorney for Florida Mar-a-Lago district

President Joe Biden has nominated a Miami litigator and longtime government lawyer to serve as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, the office currently involved in the search warrants at the Mar-a-Lago home of former President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

DeSantis boasts about his ‘innovative’ Martha’s Vineyard flight of migrants despite widespread criticism

‘We are not a sanctuary state,’ the Florida governor says

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The Independent UK

Florida man arrested for screaming N-word at prominent Black historian and attempting to run him over

David Allen Emanuel, 61, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon

The Texas Tribune

Fight over border security escalates after governors send migrants to Kamala Harris’ home and Martha’s Vineyard

The latest moves by Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week have triggered outrage among immigration rights’ groups and Democrats who have accused the Republicans of engaging in human trafficking and treating migrants like “human cargo” to score political points.

The Guardian - US

DeSantis sends migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, causing ‘humanitarian situation’

Florida governor sends about 50 people with no apparent notice, while Venezuelan migrants from Texas bussed to Washington DC

Salon

DeSantis flies migrants to Massachusetts

DeSantis tried to one-up GOP governors with latest stunt but local leaders say residents called his "bluff"

WEKU

Migrants on Martha's Vineyard flight say they were told they were going to Boston

The plane flight carrying dozens of migrants and paid by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is the latest move by Republican officials to send migrants to Democrat-controlled cities.

WEKU

Florida flies dozens of migrants to Martha's Vineyard

The plane flight carrying dozens of migrants and paid by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is the latest move by Republican officials to send migrants to Democrat-controlled cities.

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Time crunch for Biden's judicial picks

The controversial rulings in the Trump documents case by a Florida federal judge nominated by the former president – and the prospect that a Trump-dominated appeals court will consider any appeals – is a vivid reminder of the long reach of any president’s judicial appointments.

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