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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on business climate, mayoral elections and affordability issue
CNBC Television· 2025-12-15 13:45
>> OUR NEXT GUEST IS HERE TO WEIGH IN ON THE BUSINESS CLIMATE IN US CITIES, AFFORDABILITY AND MUCH MORE. LET'S BRING IN DALLAS MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON, CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLICAN MAYORS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS CONVENING HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. MR.MAYOR, WELCOME. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. MORNING.DALLAS HAS A LOT OF GOLDMAN SACHS EMPLOYEES. IT'S GOT AN EXCHANGE LAUNCHING. I MEAN, WHAT'S BEEN SORT OF THE DRIVING FORCE THERE IN TERMS OF ATTRACTING BUSINESSES. >> WELL, I THINK THIS IS IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN ...
BREAKING: Indiana Republican speaks out after rejecting Trump’s gerrymander
MSNBC· 2025-12-12 02:06
Breaking tonight, Indiana Republicans have rejected the Trumpbacked effort to rig the state's congressional map. This is big news, folks. 21 Republicans cross party lines to defeat the measure in the Republican controlled state senate.That's more than half of the entire Republican caucus. The shocking rebuke follows a month-long pressure campaign from the White House, promises of primary challenges, and even violent threats against lawmakers. Joining us now is one of the Republicans who rejected the bill, I ...
JD Vance’s Supreme Court SHOWDOWN could upend midterm campaign finance rules
MSNBC· 2025-12-10 02:09
Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in an attempt to knock out what are essentially the last remaining federal campaign finance regulations we have left in this country. Basically, the plaintiffs here want to lift all caps on how much party committees can directly spend on races. It would be something akin to Citizens United 2.0%, just sort of complete reigns off. Republicans believe this case, which was first brought by Vice President JD Vance when he was a Senate candidate, is going to be one of ...
'Hoosiers don't cheat': Ex-U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly on Indiana GOP’s map push
MSNBC· 2025-12-09 03:52
It's the make orb breakak week for redistricting in Indiana and Donald Trump is trying to break a group of Republican holdouts in the state senate. Over the weekend, the president threatened the holdouts by name, saying they quote need encouragement to make the right decision. Comes after those same Republicans faced death threats and swatting incidents in an attempt to flip their votes.A gerrymandered map passed the state house last week. It's expected to get a vote in the state senate this Thursday. So to ...
Jasmine Crockett is running for Senate and THIS Texas Dem cleared the path | EXCLUSIVE
MSNBC· 2025-12-09 01:37
Mr. . Colin all red. Yes.Thank you so much for doing this interview. We really appreciate it. You announced early this morning that you're exiting the US Senate race. You're entering the race of Congressional District 33.Yeah. >> Tell us why. >> Yeah.Something I thought about a lot. >> Uh and my wife and I, you know, went over you what we wanted to do. And we've always approached us from a pro from a standpoint of how can we you best be of service to this community that I'm from here in Dallas, but also to ...
Indiana GOP plans to wipe out Democrat seats with redistricting proposal
MSNBC· 2025-12-06 21:52
The Trump administration's redistricting push coming to a boiling point in Indiana. House Republicans there just advanced a new map which could hand the GOP every one of the state's nine congressional seats, leaving no Democrats in Congress representing any Democrats living in Indiana. Joining me now from Indianapolis, MS Now reporter Maya Eaggan.So Maya, this is not the end. So tell me how this bill may just hit a brick wall. So, it passed the state house yesterday, but the big question is if it will pass ...
Ruling on Texas map is 'very aggressive assertion' of Supreme Court's power: Journalist
MSNBC· 2025-12-05 21:39
Joining us, late senior writer and co-host of the Amicus podcast, Mark Joseph Stern, investigative reporter for the Austin American Statesman Tony Pitky, former deputy assistant attorney general Tom Dri, and MS Now senior legal reporter Lisa Rubin. So Mark Joseph Stern um yet again using the shadow docket. Then again, they needed to do something about this if they were going to act at all before the December 7th deadline. They're arguing the uh lower court got in the way of a midterm, but wouldn't the lower ...
Republicans Lied to Voters, Leader Jeffries Says
Bloomberg Television· 2025-12-05 15:13
JEFFRIES. THEY'LL BE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH CARE. JOE: INDEED.THANKS FOR JOINING US, LIVE FROM CAPITOL HILL. ON BLOOMBERG TV AND RADIO. I'M JOE MATHIEU.WITH AN EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION WITH THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HAKEEM JEFFRIES OF NEW YORK. LEADER JEFFRIES, THANKS FOR BEING BACK WITH US ON BLOOMBERG. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO SEE YOU. JOE: PRETTY IMPORTANT RULING IN THE SUPREME COURT WHEN IT COMES TO REDISTRICTING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.THAT I'D LIKE TO START WIT ...
BREAKING: Supreme Court allows Texas to use GOP’s gerrymandered map
MSNBC· 2025-12-05 02:07
Breaking moments ago, the conservative Supreme Court has just cleared the way for Texas to use its gerrymandered congressional map, which could help Republicans gain five more seats in next year's midterms. In a 6-3 decision, the court granted a stay on a lower court ruling that had previously blocked the map. In a scathing descent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote, "Today's order disserves the millions of Texans whom the district court found were signed to their new districts based on their race." >> Yeah, this i ...
What Tennessee's closer-than-expected special election could show ahead of the midterms
MSNBC· 2025-12-02 22:04
Joining us, Punchable News co-founder and MS Now political contributor Jake Sherman, Puck chief Washington correspondent Leanne Caldwell, and senior editor and elections analyst for the Cook Political Report, Dave Wasserman. So Dave, how does this race look. >> Katie, I'm still expecting a fairly comfortable Republican win.This is still a very culturally polarized district. The Democratic overperformance in special elections this year has been an average of about 18 points. But as you mentioned, this is a T ...