For better or for worse, it's not the sort of thing you can fake. There's no substitute, no alternative, no replacement. But without it, political parties of any and all stripes have learned again and again, perhaps some more recently than others, that without genuine grassroots enthusiasm, authentic excitement among the vast majority of your voters electorally, you are toast. So, you can understand why Democrats are starting to feel like they've got their mojo back today. The wind back in their sales thank ...

The battle over redistricting in Texas has threatened to ignite a partisan redistricting arms race. California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsome says his state will respond to Texas and call a November special election over redistricting to redraw California's maps. Meanwhile, Republican controlled states from Missouri to Indiana to Florida are being encouraged by President Trump and Vice President Vance to take a look at their district maps ahead of the midterms.Joining me now is the expert on all things r ...

Today marks day nine of Texas Democrats exodus from the state to stop the Republican power gra that could give Trump five additional GOP seats in the House. For nine days, Texas Republicans have tried and failed to reconvene the legislative chamber consistently falling short of a quorum with the Democrats out of town. One of the leading voices against Texas Republicans power grab is former Congressman Badoor who has been holding rallies, speaking out and fundraising on behalf of Texas Dems. Last week, Texas ...

Eight days into the Texas redistricting stalemate and it's only escalating. Moments ago in Austin, state senate Democrats joined their House colleagues and walked out of the session. Meanwhile, California Democrats plan to move forward with their promise to redraw districts to their advantage within the next 10 days.And Texas Governor Greg Abbott is all but daring them to >> know this. If if California tries to jerrymander five more districts, listen, Texas has the ability to eliminate 10 Democrats in our s ...

Let's turn back to the headlines. A judge in Texas has blocked a pack run by Betto Oor from financially supporting Democrats who've left the state to stall Republicanled redistricting efforts. The Texas Tribune reports the judge's order on Friday came less than 4 hours after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit accusing the group of deceptively fundraising and illegally supporting the Democratic lawmakers.The judge in the case was appointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in 2019. And joining us ...

To those absent members, you can go to another city, another state, even another time zone. But you cannot escape your responsibility to the people of Texas. Eventually, you will be here.Tomorrow, when the gavl drops, the question is simple. Will you be in that chair to vote for these critical disaster recovery bills, or will you be remembered as one who did not show up. The choice is yours.And that happened just a couple minutes ago. That's the speaker of the Texas Legislative State House um basically sayi ...

Texas House is set to reconvene this afternoon, but dozens of Democrats are still out of the state. Their absence will deny Republicans the quorum needed to vote on congressional maps that have been redrawn in the GOP's favor. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is promising to call as many special sessions as it takes to pass redistricting.This could literally last years because uh in Texas, I'm authorized to call a special session every 30 days. It lasts 30 days. Uh and as soon as this one is over, I'm going to ca ...

Texas may have started this mid decade redistricting fight, but Republicans throughout the country are now plotting to make the very same moves. In Florida, the state house speaker said that he's creating a select committee to look at drawing up new districts 7 years ahead of the normal schedule. Vice President Vance also recently met with Republican leadership in Indiana as the White House ramps up pressure on GOPled states to redraw their maps.And it all comes as the Republican leadership in Texas is usin ...

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Presidents tend to stay above the fray of redistricting. Not Donald Trump. He demanded the Texas legislature create five new Republican congressional districts. What’s at stake in the mid-decade gerrymandering circus? https://t.co/IituyIEr2x ...