Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:10 AM ET, February 6, 2024

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
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 …
RELATED:
Nicole Narea / Vox:
Democrats are trying to pass a right-wing border bill, but the GOP won't let them  —  Senate negotiations revealed what some Democrats are willing to give up on immigration in 2024.  —  A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators has reached a $118 billion deal that trades sweeping border security measures …
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Trump Now Falsely Claims He Didn't Endorse Immigration Bill Co-Author  —  Oklahoma Senator James Lankford, who helped draw up the immigration bill that Trump hates, received Trump's “Complete and Total Endorsement” in 2022.  —  Donald Trump said during an interview Monday that he did not endorse …
Washington Post:
Border-for-Ukraine deal on life support as GOP opposition mounts  —  House speaker calls it ‘DEAD’ while GOP senators start to defect en masse ahead of Wednesday vote  —  A bipartisan package of border reforms and funding for Ukraine and Israel appeared close to collapse on Monday …
Politico:   Dems gear up for final stretch on judges — worrying they won't catch Trump
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson: Border bill is ‘even worse than we expected’
Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Schumer ‘hopeful’ Senate will pass bipartisan border bill despite opposition from GOP hard-liners
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Republicans confirm their unseriousness about the border
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Nikki Haley Asks for Secret Service Protection After Increase in Threats  —  Former South Carolina governor is final hurdle between Trump and the Republican presidential nomination  —  AIKEN, S. C.—Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has applied for Secret Service protection …
RELATED:
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 …
RELATED:
NBC News:
Trump says he wants to debate Biden  —  The Republican National Committee decided in 2022 to withdraw from the quadrennial events set up by the Commission on Presidential Debates.  —  Former President Donald Trump said Monday that he wants to debate President Joe Biden ahead of November's general election.
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.
RELATED:
Matt Honeycombe-Foster / Politico:
King Charles III has cancer
Sandra Fish / The Colorado Sun:
Lauren Boebert gets restraining order against her ex-husband  —  The order applies to the Republican congresswoman and the couple's three minor children.  A hearing is scheduled for Thursday to make the order permanent.  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)  — Original Reporting
RELATED:
Sheila Flynn / The Independent:
Lauren Boebert abandoned her district and voters are rejoicing
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer McRae / CBS News:
Lauren Boebert granted restraining order against ex-husband in Colorado
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”
RELATED:
Garrett Epps / Washington Monthly:
It's Not Just the Border: The Trump-Abbott-Republican Nullification Crisis Is Here
Discussion: HuffPost
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?
Jordan Rubin / MSNBC:
Why Jack Smith wants to ‘clear the air’ in the classified documents case  —  Donald Trump “paints an inaccurate and distorted picture of events,” the special counsel tells Judge Aileen Cannon.  Will she care?  —  Though the classified documents case is playing out partly behind closed doors …
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Larry David Breaks Georgia's Voting Law in ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’  —  Comedy's crankiest star usually breaks social norms.  This time, he ran afoul of voting legislation passed in Georgia in 2021.  —  Television comedies like “Veep” and “Parks and Recreation” have long poked fun …
Abby Vesoulis / Mother Jones:
A GOP Senate Candidate Blames “Liberal” Judges for His Labor Violations.  Just One Problem With That.  —  The judges were largely appointed by Republicans.  —  Bernie Moreno, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate for US Senate in Ohio, focuses his campaign on a central theme.
Raymond Zhong / New York Times:
Scientists Use Sea Sponges to Study Global Warming Back to 1700  —  Research on a long-lived but rarely seen species in the Caribbean is helping scientists piece together a revised history of climate change.  —  Since the dawn of the industrial age, our species has warmed the planet …
Discussion: Grist, Associated Press, DNyuz and NBC News
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Biden appears to mix up Macron with French president Mitterrand, who died in 1996  —  President Biden on Sunday appeared to mix up French President Emmanuel Macron with Francois Mitterrand, the former president of France who died in 1996.  —  The apparent mix-up took place during …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 12:10 AM ET, February 6, 2024.

View the current page or another snapshot:


Page version:
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Daniel Villarreal / LGBTQ Nation:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders appoints man who had sex with a minor to top state post
Rasmussen Reports:
59% See Biden in Mental Decline
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Examiner
Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Kristi Noem shares vision for America in new book amid speculation about running as Trump's VP
Discussion: DNyuz, Washington Examiner and The Hill
Reuters:
Kremlin gives nothing away about why Tucker Carlson might be in Russia
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Luxury spending, internal strife leave NRA staggering into 2024 election
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Are Planning to Totally Privatize Medicare — And Fast
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo, STAT and Democrats
Samuel Robinson / Axios:
Rashida Tlaib outraises entire Michigan congressional field
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden condemns ‘anti-Arab hate’ after Wall Street Journal op-ed labels Michigan city 'America's jihad capital'
 

 
From Techmeme:

Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI is negotiating with Microsoft to enable a future IPO; Microsoft is offering to cut its equity stake for access to OpenAI's tech beyond 2030

Financial Times:
The US and China agree a deal to lower tariffs for the next 90 days, a sign of easing tensions; the US will cut tariffs on Chinese goods to 30% from 145%

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple considers raising prices for its fall iPhone lineup, a step it is seeking to couple with new features and design tweaks, without blaming tariffs
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page