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Politico:
Detention and that border ‘shutdown’: What's really in Biden's bipartisan immigration deal — Breaking down 12 major points in the border deal, including the parameters of a border shutdown, increased visas and work permits for asylum seekers. — The bipartisan border security deal that's headed …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Republicans confirm their unseriousness about the border — This free edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. To become one and support our work, please click the button below and sign up. — 🏙️ Subscribe to Public Notice 🏙️
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson: Border bill is ‘even worse than we expected’
Speaker Johnson: Border bill is ‘even worse than we expected’
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Associated Press:
Senators release a border and Ukraine deal but the House speaker declares it ‘dead on arrival’
Senators release a border and Ukraine deal but the House speaker declares it ‘dead on arrival’
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Why The Border Deal Happened: Republicans Held Europe For Ransom
Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Schumer ‘hopeful’ Senate will pass bipartisan border bill despite opposition from GOP hard-liners
Schumer ‘hopeful’ Senate will pass bipartisan border bill despite opposition from GOP hard-liners
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Politico:
Supreme Court Shocker? Here's What Happens if Trump Gets Kicked Off the Ballot — Legal scholars, national security experts and political analysts imagine the extraordinary fallout that would ensue. — “Increase its perceived public legitimacy” — “Rip the country apart”
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
The 91-year-old Republican suing to kick Donald Trump off the ballot
The 91-year-old Republican suing to kick Donald Trump off the ballot
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Raw Story, Fox News and The Colorado Sun
Garrett Epps / Washington Monthly:
It's Not Just the Border: The Trump-Abbott-Republican Nullification Crisis Is Here
It's Not Just the Border: The Trump-Abbott-Republican Nullification Crisis Is Here
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HuffPost
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Chutkan contemplates Trump trial extending deep into 2024, as case remains in limbo — It was the judge's first acknowledgment that Trump's federal trial could could extend into the general election. — The judge presiding over Donald Trump's Washington, D.C. criminal case acknowledged Monday …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Most Americans want verdict on Trump election subversion charges before 2024 vote — Most Americans want to see a verdict on the federal charges former President Donald Trump faces related to election subversion in 2020 before this year's presidential election, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
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Reese Gorman / The Daily Beast:
A Major Sign of Trouble in Nancy Mace's Office: Total Staff Turnover — Nancy Mace's entire D.C. office has turned over since Nov. 1. Former staff members described a “toxic” work culture driven by a “delusional” boss. … Add another ignoble credential to Rep. Nancy Mace's résumé.
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Kellyanne Conway / New York Times:
Who Should Be Trump's No. 2? — “Who should President Trump choose for V.P.?” is one of the most popular questions among the political cognoscenti right now. It's understandable: Donald Trump won both Iowa and New Hampshire with more than 50 percent of the vote, after his closest competitors …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Obama veterans relaunch national security group backing Biden
Scoop: Obama veterans relaunch national security group backing Biden
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nationalinterest.org and Washington Examiner
Sean Coughlan / BBC:
King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says — King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, says Buckingham Palace. — The type of cancer has not been revealed - it is not prostate cancer, but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate.
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Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Are Planning to Totally Privatize Medicare — And Fast — The right-wing policy agenda written for a new Donald Trump presidency would “greatly accelerate” efforts to privatize Medicare — LAST YEAR, FOR the first time ever, a majority of Americans eligible for Medicare were on privatized Medicare Advantage plans.
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Not just Civil War — Insurrection and Trump's Ineligibility for Office — Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment bans oath-breaking insurrectionists from holding office. The Supreme Court of Colorado has ruled that Trump's name should not appear on primary ballots in that state.
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Reason and Balkinization
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden condemns ‘anti-Arab hate’ after Wall Street Journal op-ed labels Michigan city 'America's jihad capital' — President Biden called out “anti-Arab hate” against Dearborn, Mich., residents after an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal called the city “America's jihad capital.”
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Publix versus the public — Elected officials should not do the bidding of corporate donors; they should act in the best interests of their constituents. It is often difficult, however, to prove a politician's motivation. A politician can generally claim that an act or omission that benefits …
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Seeking Rents
Washington Post:
Luxury spending, internal strife leave NRA staggering into 2024 election — Even as civil trials drain the NRA's finances, the gun-rights movement remains a powerful force on the right — In 2016, the National Rifle Association endorsed a Republican presidential candidate with a spotty record …
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Liz Cheney rips Vance after Jan. 6 remarks. Not ‘fit to serve’ — Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) went after Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Monday, saying he is not “fit to serve” after he said he would have chosen not to certify the 2020 election results without pro-Trump electors.
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Jennifer McRae / CBS News:
Lauren Boebert granted restraining order against ex-husband in Colorado — Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert has been granted a temporary restraining order against her ex-husband Jayson Boebert. The Republican representing Colorado's 3rd Congressional District was granted the temporary restraining order on Friday, Feb. 2.
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Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Donald Trump is the only reason Jim Jordan is subpoenaing Fani Willis — An alleged whistleblower in Georgia is the most recent pretext the House Judiciary Committee is seizing on to try to discredit the case against Trump. — House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio …
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Townhall
Rick Reilly / Washington Post:
Look who moved in Nextdoor: another spying, suspicious, paranoid snoop — Are you bummed you weren't around when the Stasi ruled? Do you wish you could've been one of Mao Zedong's millions of neighborhood snitches? Maybe watch the Red Guards drag off your least favorite aunt?