Americans are showing up in force to protest Donald Trump's aggressive agenda. In Washington DC, thousands marched yesterday against Trump's law enforcement takeover. And in Chicago, thousands more rallied against his threatened deployment of federal troops and expanded immigration crackdown.And in Missouri, frustration is now boiling over inside the state legislature, where President Trump is pressuring Republican lawmakers to push through new gerrymandered congressional maps. The proposed map would disman ...

Let's talk about some domestic issues now. This week you were in Georgia. You were there to talk about and promote the one big beautiful bill.And it also comes in the same week that Texas Republicans approved five new Republican seats. So they expanded the map for Republicans in their state. If President Trump's agenda is so popular, why do Republicans need to add additional seats to the map.Well, first of all, Kristen, you have to ask yourself, why have Democrats gerrymandered their states aggressively ove ...

I wonder how you are feeling. You were running this race. You have now handed the baton to California.What's going through your mind as you watch those remarks. >> I am so elated and grateful for the state of California, the legislature for stepping up to the challenge. You know, every uh we are seeing this demise of our democracy day by day.A and Trump has no uh he's trying to burn America down. And so it's so refreshing to see the uh see California rise to the challenge, to meet them where they are, which ...

in Texas because the Texas House yesterday passed a new congressional map that could give Republicans five more seats after next year's midterm elections. The vote passed, of course, along party lines after more than eight hours of debate. It ends a bitter redistricting fight in the House that included Democrats leaving Texas for two weeks.Republicans currently control now 25 of the 38 congressional districts there. Under the new map, President Trump would have carried 30 of 38 seats, all by more than 10 po ...

Earlier tonight, Republicans in the Texas House of Representatives passed their new Trump sanctioned congressional maps that aim to give Republicans more seats in Congress ahead of the 2026 midterms. Despite various efforts by Texas Democrats to block the gerrymandering, including leaving the state for two weeks to deny a quorum, they eventually traveled back to Texas this week. And tonight, the map's passed, which means that tomorrow the bill goes to the Texas Senate, where it will likely pass and land on ...

Redistricting and Gerrymandering in Texas - The report highlights concerns over potential gerrymandering in Texas, where the speaker of the house and the governor are accused of collaborating with Donald Trump to steal five congressional seats from Democrats [4] - Texas Democrats broke quorum to stop Donald Trump from influencing Texas redistricting [5] - The report mentions that in 2003, a similar attempt to gerrymander resulted in the loss of approximately six seats [5] - Democratic governors are now responding to the situation, indicating a stronger resistance compared to the past [6] - The redistricting efforts in Texas could lead to the replacement of five Democrats with five Republicans who would support policies detrimental to cancer research, affordable care, Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare [9] - If the redistricting plan in California fails, there could be irreparable harm to Texas and the country if mid-decade gerrymandering is allowed to continue [13] National Political Implications - The actions of Texas Democrats are raising the stakes and prompting other Democratic governors to consider redistricting efforts [9] - The situation in Texas is alerting the American people to attempts to steal congressional seats [9] - Gavin Newsom, the Governor of California, is putting redistricting maps on the ballot to give power to the people [11] - There is a concern that if Republicans and Donald Trump don't achieve their desired results with the redistricting, they may attempt to redraw the maps again after the election [13] International Relations and Diplomacy - The report expresses disappointment with a summit involving Putin, criticizing the meeting as a "complete bust" [15][16] - There is a concern that leaders like Putin may use diplomatic engagements to buy time while continuing harmful actions [17]

I think we became a little bit complacent over the years. We assumed that things would continue to get better, that our democracy would become more inclusive, that it would become more fair. What we forgot is that history doesn't always move in a straight line, and it's not always two steps forward and another two steps forward.Precious democracy that we've got is not a given. It's not self-executing. It requires us to fight for it.President Obama there encouraging Texas Democrats to keep fighting against g ...

We're in a moment right now where not just gerrymandering, but efforts at voter suppression, efforts at questioning the results of elections, efforts at uh the executive branch unilaterally doing things that uh bypass Congress and and the people's representatives, militarization of cities, politization of our justice departments and uh our military. Those are trend lines that remind us that this precious democracy that we've got is not a given. It's not self-executing.It requires us to fight for it. It requ ...

After leaving the state in protest of the Republican redistricting plan for two weeks, Texas Democrats plan to return home Monday as Governor Greg Abbott has called yet another special session of the state legislature. But the nationwide redistricting fight is far from over. Late last night, California Democrats released proposed maps that would likely flip five Republican held seats, giving Democrats 48 of the state's 52 districts, up from 43.It's a direct counter to Republican gains in Texas. State lawmak ...

Let's bring in NBC's Peter Alexander in Anchorage. That is, of course, where the summit will be taking place. And with me here in studio, independent journalist Philip Bump. Richard Stangle served as under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs under President Obama. And retired Army Colonel Jack Jacobs is a Medal of Honor recipient and an MSNBC military analyst. Gentlemen, welcome all. Um, Peter, you first. What more can you tell us about how this is all going to unfold tomorrow? Well, ...