On this weekly roundup, the wildcards in the 2024 presidential election and how we’re reading the race, and the politics and policy of the border crisis.

This week’s panel: 

Ron Steslow

Susan Del Percio  (MSNBC political analyst and crisis communications expert) 

Lanae Erickson (Senior Vice President for Social Policy, Education, and Politics at Third Way)

Frank Sadler (Chief of Staff at Carly Fiorina Enterprises)

Segments this week:

(02:10) The 2024 Presidential Race

(41:28) The border crisis

[Politicology+] The  “swatting” hoaxes targeting elected officials, judges, and Special Counsel Jack Smith

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Related reading:

Segment 1: 

NYTimes - A Super PAC Forms to Support No Labels - The New York Times

The Atlantic - Trump’s Lawyer Walked Into a Trap - The Atlantic

CNN - Takeaways from the appeals court hearing on Donald Trump’s immunity claims | CNN Politics

ABC News - SCOTUS to consider Trump 14th Amendment ballot disqualification case - ABC News

Axios - Biden speech: Trump's "lies brought a mob" to D.C. on Jan. 6

God Made Trump video 

Segment 2: 

CBS News - Pressured by record migrant crossings, White House weighs tough concession in border talks with Congress - CBS News

CBS News - Americans increasingly see border as crisis, call for tougher measures, CBS News poll finds

CNN- A border deal to nowhere? House GOP ready to reject Senate compromise on immigration | CNN Politics

NY Daily News - Migrants at Floyd Bennett to be evacuated to Brooklyn high school, per Adams' admin order

NY Times - Opinion | Why Biden Must Collide With the Democratic Party on Immigration - The New York Times

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