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11:40 AM ET, February 6, 2024

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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.
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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 …
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?
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: Business Insider and 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 …
Nicole Narea / Vox:
Democrats are trying to pass a right-wing border bill, but the GOP won't let them
Washington Post:
Border-for-Ukraine deal on life support as GOP opposition mounts
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
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Trump has no immunity from Jan. 6 prosecution, appeals court rules  —  A federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that Donald Trump can be put on trial for trying to stay in power after losing the 2020 election, rejecting Trump's sweeping claim of presidential immunity and moving the case one step closer to a jury.
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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 …
Sam Cabral / BBC:
Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity, US court rules  —  Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity and can be prosecuted on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, a US court has ruled.  —  Mr Trump had claimed in the landmark legal case that he was immune …
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.
The Hill:
Appeals panel rules against Trump on presidential immunity  —  A three-judge panel upheld a lower court ruling that deemed former President Trump is not immune from criminal prosecution as a former executive, blocking his effort to toss his election interference federal case on those grounds.
Discussion: MeidasTouch
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Christie calls hot mic moment ‘a complete mistake’ in 1st interview since leaving race
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Christie says second Trump term will be ‘vendetta presidency’
Discussion: Raw Story and DNyuz
Washington Post:
Republicans fear they will be targets in Trump's ‘retribution’ campaign
NBC News:
Trump says he wants to debate Biden
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Second GOP rep says he'll vote against Mayorkas impeachment  —  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 GOP plans in jeopardy.
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Bluesky, a trendy rival to X, finally opens to the public  —  The upstart social network has been by invitation only since its launch last year  —  When Jack Dorsey, then Twitter's CEO, tweeted in 2019 that he planned to create a new, “decentralized” form of social media, most people scratched their heads.
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
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Biden tells crowd he recently met with Mitterrand, former French president who died in 1996  —  François Mitterrand was France's president between 1981 and 1995  —  President Biden told a crowd in Las Vegas on Sunday that he recently met with Francois Mitterrand, the French president who has been dead for nearly 30 years.
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The White House:
Remarks by President Biden at a Campaign Event | Las Vegas, NV
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Biden appears to mix up Macron with French president Mitterrand, who died in 1996
Discussion: The Times of Israel and DNyuz
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 …
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.
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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Washington Post:
Mattis secretly advised Arab monarch on Yemen war, records show
Discussion: DNyuz
Emily Wilkins / CNBC:
New Senate bill aims to kill proposed SEC rule on AI conflicts of interest
Marcus Baram / ProPublica:
Proposed Wage Theft Legislation Would Strip Violators of Their Ability to Do Business in New York
Gleb Tsipursky / The Hill:
Telework produces a 22 percent increase in employees' productive work time
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump meets with Ronna McDaniel — then says he'll be recommending RNC changes
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Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Goofy 'God's Army' convoy on Texas border shows Trump's MAGA movement is just one long con
Discussion: DNyuz, Raw Story and Politico
Daniel Villarreal / LGBTQ Nation:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders appoints man who had sex with a minor to top state post
Sheila Flynn / The Independent:
Lauren Boebert abandoned her district and voters are rejoicing
Discussion: Raw Story
Sandra Fish / The Colorado Sun:
Lauren Boebert gets restraining order against her ex-husband
Bonchie / RedState:
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