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‘Throw the punch first and throw it harder’: Beto O’Rourke urges Dems to fight Texas gerrymandering
MSNBC· 2025-07-26 22:30
And the man you just heard there is joining me now, former Texas Congressman and 2020 presidential candidate, Better Oorc. He is the founder of the voter registration organization powered by people. We're going to talk about where you are and what you're doing in a moment, Congresswoman, but you're not just condemning this Republican power grab.You're also telling Democrats to be ruthless and blue states like California, Illinois, and New York to carve out extra congressional districts ahead of the midterms ...
‘This requires fighters not folders’: Texas Dem makes call to end GOP’s redistricting ‘power grab’
MSNBC· 2025-07-26 16:37
Yeah, we need someone who's actually a good person. Well, >> to, you know, because the Democrats have very few candidates that are >> That was of course Joe Rogan interviewing Texas State Representative James Telerico on his podcast last week. Telerico is emerging as a rising star in the Democratic party following his interview in previous viral videos.You may have seen them that have pushed him into the spotlight. And now he is hinting at a possible run for the US Senate seat now held by Republican John Co ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-07-23 16:10
The Texas legislature is considering a proposal to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts. Here's what you need to know about gerrymandering https://t.co/yhAIEr9wwk ...
TRUMP'S PLAN TO RIG ELECTION is met with stalwart pushback in Texas
MSNBC· 2025-07-23 04:07
Uh joining me now is Texas State Representative James Telerico. Representative Telerico just wrapped a big rally in Plano. That's why there are a lot of people behind him standing there in the dark.Thank you so much for being with us tonight. I really really appreciate you taking the time. Let me let me just start by asking you.I mean, one of the things that is so unique about you, there are other people like this a little bit like Reverend Waro and a few others, but faith is incredibly central. Your faith ...
'Nobody asked for this': Trump pushes for new Texas map to flip 5 house seats
MSNBC· 2025-07-23 00:11
A special session of the Texas legislature is underway right now in Austin. While the response to the central Texas floods is a top priority, Republican Governor Greg Abbott has added redrawing the state's 38 congressional districts to the agenda. It's a key piece.That item came at the urging of President Trump and his team, who believe Republicans can add as many as five seats in next year's midterms. Texas Democrats, meanwhile, are vowing to fight the redistricting efforts. But as the minority party in bo ...
‘A partisan, racial gerrymander’: Texas Lawmaker calls out Trump redistricting plan
MSNBC· 2025-07-22 11:51
A special session of the Texas legislature is underway right now in Austin. While the response to the central Texas floods is a top priority, Republican Governor Greg Abbott has added redrawing the state's 38 congressional districts to the agenda. It's a key piece.That item came at the urging of President Trump and his team, who believe Republicans can add as many as five seats in next year's midterms. Texas Democrats, meanwhile, are vowing to fight the redistricting efforts. But as the minority party in bo ...
Major power play for GOP? Trump pushes Texas to redistrict
MSNBC· 2025-07-21 18:06
LAWMAKERS OF TAKING AWAY THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE AND DISENFRANCHIZING PEOPLE OF COLOR. LET'S BRING IN NBC'S RYAN CHANDLER, WHO'S IN DALLAS FOR US, JEREMY WALLACE, POLITICAL REPORTER FOR THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, IS AT THE STATE CAPITOL. AND BRENDAN BUCK, FORMER PRESS SECRETARY TO FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER AND AN MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST, JEREMY, BREAK DOWN THE REDISTRICTING PLAN FOR US.THE STATE HAS, WHAT, 38 SEATS IN THE HOUSE. WHAT HOW DO REPUBLICANS PLAN TO RECONFIGURE IT. >> WELL, OKAY, SO WE START. ...
Rep. Crockett: There’s a ‘treasure trove’ of law violations by Trump to probe if Dems get power
MSNBC· 2025-07-19 22:26
Joining me now, Texas Dynamo and Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. She's a member of the Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform Committees. Good to have you back on the show, Congresswoman.So, um, at Trump's direction, AG Bondi requested the release of the grand jury testimony. Why not the entire trove of Epstein documents. Because judiciary committee Democrats want a hearing with Bondie on the Epstein case.And by the way, you're a lawyer. What would you ask her. There's a lot that I would ask, Pam Bon ...
MSNBC Highlights — July 17
MSNBC· 2025-07-18 11:27
Wall Street Journal reporting on a birthday letter that Donald Trump sent Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. Gla Maxwell collected that and other letters for a tw 2003 birthday album. That's according to documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal. Pages from the album are among the documents examined by Justice Department officials who investigated Epstein and Maxwell years ago. According to people who have reviewed the pages, here's how the journal describes a letter Donald Trump wrote to Jeffrey Ep ...
Ex-AG Holder: The White House, not Pam Bondi, is withholding the Epstein files
MSNBC· 2025-07-18 01:32
The Epstein story has stayed alive in large part because of Donald Trump's handpicked Attorney General Pam Bondi. She promised for months that some Epstein files were sitting on her desk waiting to be released to the public. But last week, she put out a two-page memo effectively declaring the Epstein case closed, saying there was no client list for her Department of Justice released, which is convenient given the speculation that Trump might be in the so-called client list.Trump wanted an attorney general w ...