New details from the Trump administration over the peace negotiation set to take place at the White House Monday with Uk Ukrainian President rather Vladimir Zilinsky and European leaders. Secretary of State Marco Rubio today saying breakthroughs were made during President Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin, but expressed doubt the US will facilitate an end to the war, stressing that it is ultimately up to Ukraine to agree to a peace deal with Russia. Obviously, we felt and I agreed that there was enough pr ...

The Texas House failed to reach a quorum yet again this morning as Democrats remain out of the state. In fact, several of them are participating in fight the Trump takeover protests throughout the country happening today. Now, Texas Dems could head back home as soon as this Monday.This as California formally introduced their new redistricting map in the fight. Meanwhile, Republicans are still moving full steam ahead with the mid decade congressional map, all at Trump's orders. Already, Governor Abbott calle ...

HISTORY OF THIS MOMENT, WHAT WILL THE STORY BE ABOUT US. >> TEXAS HOUSE DEMOCRATS WHO FLED THE STATE TO PREVENT A REPUBLICAN REDISTRICTING PLAN, JOINED DEMONSTRATORS NATIONWIDE THIS WEEKEND TO PROTEST THE BIG POWER GRAB. THOSE SAME DEMOCRATS ARE EXPECTED TO END THEIR EXODUS, LIKELY RETURNING TO THE LONE STAR STATE TOMORROW, AS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT HAS CALLED A SECOND SPECIAL SESSION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO ONCE AGAIN PUSH FOR REDISTRICTING.AS WE'VE BEEN REPORTING FOR WEEKS, THE TEXAS MAPS WOULD HAVE WOU ...

From @WSJopinion: Escalating redistricting games are unpopular with both Democrats and Republicans in Congress, and they are appalling to most Americans. We need to find common ground on the basic parameters for our politics, writes @RepKiley. https://t.co/GyiCYmXrBR ...

Top Democrats released a draft congressional map Friday that may lead to Republicans losing five US House seats as Democratic leaders in the state push to offset possible GOP gains from redistricting in Texas https://t.co/7Lf777DslE ...

MASQUERADING AS STRENGTH. >> JOINING ME NOW, DEMOCRATIC CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN LAURA FRIEDMAN, WHO ATTENDED NEWSOM'S EVENT YESTERDAY AND, CONGRESSWOMAN, ABOUT THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE OUTSIDE OF THAT EVENT, THE LA TIMES QUOTED A CHIEF PATROL AGENT AS SAYING, WE'RE HERE MAKING LOS ANGELES A SAFER PLACE SINCE WE WON'T HAVE POLITICIANS THAT WILL DO THAT. WE DO THAT OURSELVES.WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE AND WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE TIMING OF THIS BORDER PATROL DEPLOYMENT. >> ...

We have got to recognize the cards that have been dealt and we have got to meet fire with fire. That was of course Governor Gavin Newsome who today called for a special election in California this November to fight back against Trump's plan to gerrymander congressional districts in red states so that Republicans can't lose in 2026. It's not complicated.We're doing this in reaction to a president of the United States that called a sitting governor of the state of Texas and said, "Find me five seats." We can' ...

I was in that press conference today, but I came out when my staff said that folks are being detained against their will. And I'm standing with my mayor and my council member today that we're going to fight back. People need to know their rights.that this is the kind of BS that cannot be happening in our great city. And we're going to push back. We're going to redraw those maps for to prevail democracy today, tomorrow, and every day thereafter.And let me just say, it's like a assault on our city in so many ...

Woo. I'm sorry, y'all. I just had to pull over because I just got done listening to the California Democrats press conference about how they plan to counter the redistricting that is currently attempting to happen in Texas, or as Michael Mark Elias likes to say, three gerrymander to the already Jerry murderer map. And I was really struck by the press conference. Two things stood out to me, and I think it's going to bode well for their efforts. First, everyone from the organizational leaders that spoke in th ...

And we'll be asking for the people on November 4th, a special election coinciding with a lot of local municipal elections, to provide a temporary pathway for congressional maps. We will affirm our commitment to the state independent redistricting after the 2030 census, but we're asking the voters for their consent to do midterm redistricting in 2026, 2028, and 2030 for the congressional maps. In California, you have the power to stand up to Trump. You have the power to declare that you support a system that ...