Joining us now here on set in New York is Texas State Rep. Maha Plesia. She's the vice chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus.First, thanks for being here. I'm not sure if you heard the president's clip there at the very top of our show, but he says that Republicans are entitled to these five seats in Texas. What's your reaction or response to that.Well, thank you so much for having me. And this reminds me of when Donald Trump called the Secretary of State of Georgia and he felt he was entitled to 11,00 ...

Uh there are a group of legislators who are not home. Who are they. >> Wow, what a newsy segue.Uh the Texas House has issued arrest warrants for Democrats who have left the state to block congressional redistricting. As the Texas Tribune reports, the warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic. As most of the legislators who were in Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts, Texas House Speaker Dustin Burroughs yesterday criticized the missing members.>> They've left the state, abandone ...

RT Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger)Hours after the release of the "January 8 Files,” which show illegal activity by Brazil's most powerful Supreme Court Justice, Alexandre de Moraes, he has ordered the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Ostensibly, it's because Bolsonaro violated a Supreme Court censorship order by participating in a protest against the government yesterday. But another motivation of Moraes is to distract attention from his nakedly illegal behavior we exposed today in th ...

Now, former Attorney General Eric Holder, he is the chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and co-author of our unfinished march, the violent past, an imperiled future of the vote, a history, a crisis, a plan. >> General, that that book is aptly titled uh the march continues for sure. And you know, I'm looking at this moment and would love to get your assessment um uh at the ground level because my attitude is right now, to be honest, Democrats, the more the marrier.I'd be breaking out ...

Joining us now, investigative reporter for the Austin American Statesman, Tony Pleetsky, and former Republican congressman and executive director of the Aspen Institute's congressional program, Charlie Dent, and Democratic strategist and author of the Salty Politics Newsletter on Substack, Julie Regginsky. Uh, Julie aptly named Tony, we'll start with you. You're now in Illinois right now where those Texas lawmakers have decamped.Gain this out for us. The Texas State House is going to be back in session in t ...

Democrats certainly do not trust Republicans in the state of Texas. And if you've been with us for the past week, you saw this coming. It was a week ago today.We spoke with James Terico. And I can't remember the last time we heard as much about an interview here on Bloomberg. This is the Democratic lawmaker in the state of Texas who did Joe Rogan and then really blew up when he did BOP here Bloomberg.the pastor, the former teacher, now lawmaker, who many see as a future star, a rising star in the Democratic ...

But this isn't the first time Democratic lawmakers in the Lone Star State have left in protest of their Republican opposition in the state house. In 2021, they fled to Washington DC to deny Republicans the quorum needed to pass restrictive new laws on voting. Among those Democrats who helped in organizing the walk out was a young firstterm Democratic state representative named Jasmine Crockett.The civil rights lawyer went on to win a seat in Congress and has been one of the most prominent national voices ag ...

Joining us now, Democratic Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher of Texas. Congresswoman, thank you for joining us. Good to see you again.So, bring us into this move uh by the Democrats as they uh arrive very soon in Illinois tonight. What this represents and what sort of signal they're trying to send to the country right now. Yeah.Well, thanks so much for covering this. Certainly, this is big news in Texas, but it should be big news across the country. And that's what our Democratic representatives in our state le ...

Nayib Bukele is now able to seek re-election indefinitely. That a leader admired so widely across Latin America has cemented his place as a dictator bodes ill for democracy in the region https://t.co/0cb0zt3cHwPhoto: Getty Images https://t.co/sC7X8bCsA4 ...

Nayib Bukele is now able to seek re-election indefinitely. That a leader admired so widely across Latin America has cemented his place as a dictator bodes ill for democracy in the region https://t.co/wMkfQbYZUq ...