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Wall Street Journal:
A Border Security Bill Worth Passing  —  The Senate bill has reforms Trump never came close to getting.  —  Do Republicans want to better secure the U.S. border, or do they want to keep what has become an open sore festering for another year as an election issue?
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The GOP's True Priority  —  The Republicans who won't take yes for an answer  —  Sometimes, a negotiation produces a deal.  —  Sometimes, a negotiation reveals the truth.  —  Negotiators in the Senate have produced a draft agreement on immigration and asylum.  The deal delivers on Republican priorities.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As a compromise border plan collapses, the GOP is in disarray  —  There can be little doubt that one of the major American political parties is in disarray, but it's not the Democratic Party.  —  For those familiar with online political commentary, the phrase “Dems in disarray” …
Discussion: Politico
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
February 5, 2024  —  It's been an exceedingly weird 24 hours.  —  Last night the Senate released the text of the national security supplemental bill on which a bipartisan team of negotiators has been working for four months.  Negotiators were working on adding a border component …
Politico:
Playbook: ‘Everything is dead’  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  JUST POSTED — “Is Antony Blinken Too Nice to be Secretary of State?” by Nahal Toosi: “The secretary of State has shown ... quiet fury in private these last few months …
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 …
Nicole Narea / Vox:
Democrats are trying to pass a right-wing border bill, but the GOP won't let them
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The immigration “compromise”  —  On Sunday, a group of Senators — James Lankford (R-OK) …
Politico:
Our border deal whip count: It's halfway to getting blocked
Discussion: Associated Press
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Biden Would Veto GOP-Backed Standalone Bill for Aid to Israel, White House Says
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Chris Christie predicts ‘huge personnel problem’ if Trump is reelected to ‘vendetta presidency’  —  In an exclusive interview, the former governor warned of “absolute mayhem.”  —  Former New Jersey Governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie speaks with George Stephanopoulos from ABC News, Feb. 5, 2024.
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Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Christie says second Trump term will be ‘vendetta presidency’  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is sounding the alarm, claiming a second term for former President Trump would create a “huge personnel problem” in the White House.  —  “One, it'll be a huge personnel problem of people …
Discussion: Raw Story and DNyuz
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Christie calls hot mic moment ‘a complete mistake’ in 1st interview since leaving race
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
Republicans fear they will be targets in Trump's ‘retribution’ campaign
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Kari Lake's leaked recording is causing trust issues in the Arizona GOP  —  The Senate candidate was booed by the party faithful after a secret tape forced out the party chair.  Republican officials say they assume they are being recorded when speaking with her.
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Kiel / ProPublica:
Senate Investigation “Casts Fresh Doubt” About the Validity of Harlan Crow's Yacht Tax Deductions  —  In their extensive probe, Senate investigators found evidence to suggest Crow has made repeated misrepresentations to the U.S. government.  ProPublica revealed the tax maneuvers in a previous story.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump meets with Ronna McDaniel — then says he'll be recommending RNC changes  —  The former president has his eye on revamping the committee.  —  Donald Trump met with Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel Monday, one day after the former president said he expected there to be “changes” at the RNC.
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NBC News:
Trump says he wants to debate Biden
Politico:
Dems gear up for final stretch on judges — worrying they won't catch Trump
Discussion: Business Insider
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
GOP loses second vote in effort to impeach Mayorkas  —  Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) announced Tuesday that he would vote against a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, becoming the second Republican to buck the party and putting in jeopardy GOP plans.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Appeals court rules against Trump presidential immunity in 2020 election interference case  —  Trump is likely to ask the Supreme Court to intervene after the ruling, which would allow the trial to go ahead in the criminal case in Washington, D.C.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court …
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
House Dem Brutally Hits Back at Marjorie Taylor Greene's Gross Bathroom Claim  —  The MAGA lawmaker was seemingly upset about Rep. Jim McGovern likening her to a clown.  —  A House Democrat got into a wild war of words with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday involving mutual accusations …
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 …
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The White House:
Remarks by President Biden at a Campaign Event | Las Vegas, NV
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 …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Chip Roy: Border package authors 'don't know what they're talking about'  —  Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) took aim at bipartisan Senate negotiators for the border security deal revealed over the weekend that he says he will oppose.  —  Roy criticized the proposed deal on CNN's …
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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Matt Honeycombe-Foster / Politico:
King Charles III has cancer
Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Goofy 'God's Army' convoy on Texas border shows Trump's MAGA movement is just one long con  —  Convoy riders came, in underwhelming numbers, and accomplished little beyond showing everyone how tragically gullible they are.  That's MAGA in a nutshell: loud and, in the end, impotent.
 
 
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