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Cait's Travel Diaries has officially launched on YouTube!

Cait's Travel Diaries is a new travel vlog series on my YouTube channel ! Filled with laughs, good food, and new sites to see, life is surely an adventure. In this very first episode of Cait's Travel Diaries, we travel to the famous Jersey Shore and The Big Apple, specifically to the Queens and Manhattan boroughs where I highlight some of the best food stops in Flushing and Chelsea Market. Be sure to subscribe if you haven't already for updates on future episodes. You can also follow me on my new travel/bookstagram account @cait_malilay_reads . 

Migrant stunt pulled by Republican governors: how it benefits and tests their party

photo credit: Ray Ewing / The Vineyard Gazette Republicans are using the immigration border crisis to their advantage for the upcoming election. In recent months, Republican governors Doug Ducey of Arizona, Ron DeSantis of Florida, and Greg Abbott of Texas sent migrants, who are predominately from Central and South America, to key cities including Chicago, Washington D.C. and New York. New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced in a statement that the city received over 11,000 asylum seekers since May. Most recently, DeSantis sent 48 Venezuelan migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard , who were later sent to a military base in Cape Cod. Robert Y. Shapiro, a professor and former chair of the Department of Political Science at Columbia University, ph.D, said that the governors' actions can be explained because much of the debates have been centered on matters such as abortion, same-sex marriage and social security and Medicare, issues that they don’t want voters to focus on in ...