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The Texas Tribune reports: The worship space at Grace Woodlands church was peppered with red MAGA hats on Saturday, as young adults gathered to hear from leading conservatives often seen on Fox News. They were there for the fourth annual Texas Youth Summit, a two-day conference in which teenage and young adult Texans convened with politicians, ideologically aligned companies and …

“I’m a country boy. I’m not that smart. He’s a preacher. (Warnock) is smart and wears these nice suits. So, he is going to show up and embarrass me at the debate Oct. 14th and I’m just waiting to show up and I will do my best. “He has made every excuse not to show up. I begged him until …

Popular Information reports: DeSantis has been adamant that the migrants were not misled. He claims that migrants were provided with a map showing the destination was Martha’s Vineyard and describes the flights as “all voluntary.” Appearing on Fox News, Florida Lt. Governor Jeanette Nunez (R) called allegations that the migrants were misled “categorically false.” Popular Information, however, has obtained a …

Changing America reports: The momentum behind the nation’s wave of book bans is growing. A total of 1,648 individual books have been banned as of June, according to a new report from PEN America, a nonprofit focused on defending the right to freedom of expression in literature, journalism, and education. Those banned titles were written by 1,261 different authors, 290 …

Politico reports: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is expected to stump for Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake next month, escalating his midterm campaign efforts ahead of a prospective 2024 presidential bid. Lake will be the highest-profile, most MAGA-aligned candidate Youngkin has campaigned for to date. She has embraced Trump’s false claim the 2020 election was stolen, railed against Covid vaccine mandates …

TMZ reports: Pat Sajak posing for a photo with Marjorie Taylor Greene is getting double takes on the internet — especially after old tweets of his have resurfaced that are raising eyebrows. The “Wheel of Fortune” host stood shoulder to shoulder with the Georgia congresswoman and Right Side Broadcasting Network reporter Bryan Glenn. The fact he’s there with them at …

The Washington Post reports: A dozen Republican candidates in competitive races for governor and Senate have declined to say whether they would accept the results of their contests, raising the prospect of fresh post-election chaos two years after Donald Trump refused to concede the presidency. In a survey by The Washington Post of 19 of the most closely watched statewide …

“Look, I disagree with our former president. I wouldn’t give pardons to anybody that’s violent. We need to hold people accountable. That should never happen again. “I’m the only Senate candidate for the Republican Party that hasn’t been endorsed by Donald Trump. Probably not going to send me a Christmas card. “I don’t want to see him run again. I …

Miami’s ABC affiliate reports: The law firm representing 30 of the 48 migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard at the direction of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis asked Massachusetts and federal officials to open a criminal investigation into the incident on Saturday. “Individuals, working in concert with State officials, including the Florida Governor, made numerous false promises to LCR’s clients — including …

The Washington Post reports: Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told a former White House aide that he was seeking a preemptive pardon from President Donald Trump regarding an investigation in which he is a target, according to testimony given to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Johnny McEntee, according to people familiar with his …

CBS News reports: Republican Gov. Jim Justice today signed into law a ban on almost all abortions at all stages of pregnancy, making West Virginia the second state to enact a law prohibiting the procedure since the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling overturning its constitutional protection. The bill will go into effect immediately, except for the criminal penalties, which will …

“The left doesn’t believe America is special, that American values are special or exceptional, whichever term you like. “You wonder what is special. If the United States is not exceptional, then is there any country that it has been? They would probably have no answer to that. “What is special is they – or them, if you prefer. They’re special, …

The Independent reports: A group of migrants have been sent by bus from Texas and dropped off outside the vice president’s residence in Washington, DC for the second time this week. Fifty migrants were driven to the Naval Observatory, where Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff live, in northwest Washington on Saturday morning. The migrants were mostly from Venezuela, …

CNN reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday said he intends to use “every penny” of the $12 million his state budgeted to relocate migrants and set the expectation for buses and “likely more” flights full of migrants paid for by the state. “These are just the beginning efforts,” the Republican governor said. “We’ve got an infrastructure in place now. …

The Washington Post reports: 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 and is making it more difficult for students to change their names and genders at school. Under new “model policies” for …

Jackson’s NBC affiliate reports: A day after declaring victory in helping to restore clean water to tens of thousands of people in Jackson, Gov. Tate Reeves took a swipe at the capital city at a groundbreaking ceremony in Hattiesburg. “It is a great day to be in Hattiesburg. It’s also, as always, a great day to not be in Jackson,” …

The Texas Tribune reports: A Texas law prohibiting large social media companies from banning users’ posts based on their political viewpoints will go into effect after a federal appeals court on Friday lifted a block placed on the statute. NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association sued Texas after the law, known as House Bill 20, was passed last …

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports: Gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Friday she had surgery to remove her thyroid and surrounding lymph nodes after cancer was found in the area. Sanders said in a news release that, during a check-up earlier this month, her doctor ordered a biopsy on an area of concern in her neck and the test revealed she …

Florida Politics reports: Marco Rubio released a new ad Thursday that attacks the Orlando Democrat for her voting record in the House. It calls out Demings for voting “100%” with the controversial Speaker. “Demings joined Pelosi to give a billion in stimulus checks to convicted criminals and illegal immigrants,” the ad states. But that calls out provisions included in the …

The San Antonio Report reports: A 27-year-old Venezuelan migrant told the San Antonio Report Thursday he was paid $200 in cash to recruit people from outside San Antonio’s migrant resource center to board a flight that landed at Martha’s Vineyard Wednesday. Emmanuel, who declined to give a reporter his last name, said a woman he knows as “Perla” told him …