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7:20 AM ET, February 5, 2024

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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Bipartisan Senate National Security Agreement  —  For too long, going back decades, the immigration system has been broken.  It's time to fix it.  That's why over two months ago I instructed members of my administration to work with a bipartisan group of Senators to …
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NBC News:
Senators unveil bipartisan bill to impose tougher asylum and border laws  —  The deal is the result of months of negotiations between Senate Republicans and Democrats, as well as the Biden administration.  It's not clear it will pass Congress.  —  WASHINGTON — Senators released …
Associated Press:
Senators release a border and Ukraine deal but the House speaker declares it ‘dead on arrival’
Axios:
Trump floats ousting RNC chair after brutal 2023  —  Former President Trump, in a stunning public rebuke of a longtime ally, suggested on Fox News today that Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel should get the boot. … Trump's comments are a sign of him flexing muscle …
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Conrad Hoyt / Washington Examiner:
Trump suggests Ronna McDaniel may be removed as RNC chairwoman  —  Former President Donald Trump said there will “probably be some changes made” regarding the Republican National Committee and its chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel.  —  Speaking on Fox News's Sunday Morning Futures …
Discussion: RedState and acecomments.mu.nu
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Trump Pushes Immigration Conspiracy Theories and Mass Deportations
Discussion: DNyuz and Political Wire
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Obama veterans relaunch national security group backing Biden  —  Veterans of the Obama administration are re-launching an advocacy group, National Security Action, to make the case for President Biden's re-election based on his foreign policy, according to a memo obtained by Axios.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: 20-point deficit on handling economy highlights Biden's struggles against Trump
Mark Murray / NBC News:
How a Trump conviction changes the 2024 race in our latest poll
Gerry McGovern:
When the tech bros come for me  —  First, the tech bros came for the warehouse workers, and I said nothing.  Paying them terrible wages, working them to the bone, tracking their every second, injuring them at record levels, all in the pursuit of customer obsession and profit.
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
George Stephanopoulos Cuts Off GOP Senator After He Suggests Trump Could Defy SCOTUS  —  Senator, thanks for your time this morning," George Stephanopoulos said before Sen. Vance's mic was cut off.  —  ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos would not tolerate another word from Sen. J.D. Vance …
Mike Lofgren / Salon:
How Donald Trump reduced the GOP to groveling sycophants  —  The GOP made the same bargain the Prussian generals made in 1933 — and the consequence is their total destruction … It was said that Prussia, the nucleus of the German state, was not a country with an army but an army with a country.
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 …
Discussion: Seeking Rents
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
McCarthy wanted a successor.  He got a fight.  —  In red California, the race to replace the former speaker could be a microcosm of forces shaping the Republican Party.  —  Kevin McCarthy couldn't bend unruly Republican lawmakers to his will in Washington.  Back home in Bakersfield, Republican voters may reject his succession plan.
Ellie Cook / Newsweek:
Tucker Carlson Being Spotted in Moscow Sparks Frenzied Speculation  —  The reported appearance of former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in the Russian capital has sparked intense speculation over the purpose of the conservative media personality's visit to Moscow.
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Alia Shoaib / Business Insider:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defends the prospect of Tucker Carlson interviewing Putin amid rumors he is in Moscow
Discussion: TASS
Deirdre Bardolf / New York Post:
Nutty NYC professor that held machete to Post reporter's neck fired from Cooper Union over anti-Israel rants  —  She already has a machete — now she's gotten the ax.  —  Shellyne Rodriguez, the nutty professor caught on camera holding the blade to a Post reporter's neck in May has been fired …
Reuters:
Australian writer Yang Hengjun is given suspended death sentence in China  —  The pro-democracy blogger, whose sentence will be converted to life imprisonment, had denied accusations of spying for a country China has not publicly identified.  —  SYDNEY — A Beijing court …
ACLU:
Supplemental Funding Package Would Eviscerate Longstanding Protections for Families and Others Seeking Safety  —  WASHINGTON — A group of Senators today released the framework for a deal that would eviscerate protections for people seeking asylum in exchange for unrelated foreign aid.
 
 
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