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Ron DeSantis chartered migrant flights from GOP donor, report finds

An aviation company hired by the administration donated thousands of dollars to Republican causes, including the governor’s campaign and a state lawmaker central to his legislative agenda

The Independent UK

Influx of migrants from GOP-led states tests Dem strongholds

There are few places in the U.S. with a more deeply ingrained reputation as a refuge for immigrants than New York City

The Independent UK

Jon Stewart blasts DeSantis over ‘d***ish’ migrant flights

‘This stunt did exactly what he wanted it to do, which is jumped his profile, made him a hero amongst those, for whom d***ishness is one of those sole characteristics that they’re looking for in their leaders’

The Independent UK

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The Republican party's cruel migrant stunts have very deep roots

The Republican governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, is facing a criminal investigation for sending two planes full of Latin American asylum-seekers to Martha’s Vineyard, a wealthy Massachusetts island where former president Barack Obama owns a home.

The Conversation

Texas Sheriff faces ‘influx’ of threats for investigating DeSantis sending migrant flights to northeast

The Florida governor claims that the migrants boarded the flights willingly

The Independent UK

Trevor Noah on Adnan Syed: ‘Podcasts need to become part of the justice system’

Late-night hosts discuss the release of Serial subject after 22 years in prison, Biden declaring the end of the pandemic and Trump’s feud with DeSantis

The Guardian - US

Jared Kushner condemns DeSantis’s migrant flights

The Florida governor is seen as a potential challenger to Donald Trump in 2024.

The Independent UK

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'This Is Not a Bluff': Putin Amps Up Nuke Threats

Plus: Migrants sue DeSantis, Justice Department undercounts jail and prison deaths, Juul sues for FDA records, and more...

Reason

New poll shows DeSantis leading Trump in hypothetical Florida primary

In a hypothetical 2024 primary in Florida, DeSantis leads Trump 48% to 40%.

Axios

Editorial: Abbott and DeSantis can’t have it both ways on migrants fleeing communism

Politicians in the Party of Trump are consistently unbothered by their own hypocrisy. Even still, it’s incredible to watch Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who never miss an opportunity to harp on the socialist leanings of political opponents and who’ve each officially recognized “victims of…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: DeSantis draws from white segregationist playbook for his latest political ploy

Whether out of ignorance or deliberate intent, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis drew from a white supremacist playbook when he tricked 50 immigrants into boarding a plane in Texas so he could stage the stunt of delivering them to wealthy vacationers at Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The similarities are too striking to…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: There’s a crisis at the border all right, but one created by political posturing

Despite widespread outcry, the governors of Florida and Texas say they will continue to bus or fly more migrants to unexpected locations across the nation to raise awareness about the crisis at the border. Using vulnerable humans as pawns in a political game is morally wrong and further destabilizes an…

Los Angeles Times

Migrants flown to Mass. suing DeSantis

Plaintiffs accuse DeSantis of using flight to push "hate-driven agenda intended to create confusion and rejection"

Salon

Michael Hiltzik: The ugly historical roots of the GOP's sadistic migrant transports

Just about the only thing that one can say about the migrant transports sponsored by Republican governors in the South is that the picture is sure to get uglier as more facts emerge.

Los Angeles Times

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Column: Newsom for president — is he or isn’t he? Maybe it’s both

Is he or isn’t he?

Tribune News Service

Tyler Cowen: When immigration hypocrisy landed on Martha’s Vineyard

When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spent public money to fly about 50 Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, the ostensible point — besides trolling and publicity, of course — was to show that immigrants are a burden on red-state resources. But his stunt reveals a political…

The Independent UK

DeSantis’s team lured hungry migrants with $10 McDonald’s gift cards, lawsuit says

Unnamed people working with Florida governor ‘trolled streets outside of a migrant shelter’

The Independent UK

DeSantis news - live: DeSantis migrant flight funding revealed as Florida governor’s polls surge

Delaware agencies were preparing for another potential flight due to arrive on Tuesday near President Joe Biden’s beach home in Rehoboth Beach

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The Independent UK

Increase in Venezuelan migration is felt across US

Venezuelans have surpassed Guatemalans and Hondurans to become the second-largest nationality stopped at the U.S. border in August after Mexicans

Los Angeles Times

Migrant flight never arrives near Biden’s coastal home after Delaware officials launch preparations

GEORGETOWN, Del. — As the Republican governors of Texas, Florida and Arizona continued to wield a political tactic of transporting migrants outside their states, Delaware officials and immigration advocates prepared Tuesday to offer help after reports suggested a private plane bringing a group of migrants could land at an airport…

The Independent UK

Latest DeSantis migrant flight reportedly heading to Biden’s summer home, rattling officials and enraging White House

Plane appears to be waiting in New Jersey

The Independent UK

Fact check: Ron DeSantis distorting immigration facts as he defends flights

Governors of Texas and Florida exaggerate Biden’s role in border situation — and ignore ways he’s like Trump

WEKU

Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard have filed a lawsuit against Gov. DeSantis

Attorneys for Civil Rights filed a federal civil rights class action lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on behalf of migrants who were unexpectedly flown to Martha's Vineyard.

Axios

Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard file class action lawsuit against DeSantis

The potential 2024 presidential candidate has said he plans to continue the transports.

France 24

Migrants sue Florida governor for being flown to Martha’s Vineyard under 'fraudulent' scheme

Venezuelan migrants flown to the upscale Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his transportation secretary Tuesday for engaging in a “fraudulent and discriminatory scheme” to relocate them.

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