[Applause] [Music] People showed up in big numbers in Austin, Texas today, cheering Texas Democrats as they returned to the state amid a huge Texas fight that has huge national implications. Texas has been at the center of this extraordinary demand by President Trump that Republicancontrolled states like Texas should draw new congressional districts in an effort to effectively guarantee Republican control of Congress for years to come. Um, and it really is not just Texas. Vice President JD Vance flew to Ind ...

And Senator Padilla joins us now. He's a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. >> Senator, thanks for joining us.We know the Office of Special Counsel this White House submitted a new name to lead up that office, a Trump loyalist, some may say stick. Do you really believe that the office of special counsel under this administration would do an investigation into this. Look, I know there's questions and whether they may or may not actually do the job of investigating, which by the way, they have confirme ...

Joining us now, host of the Independent Americans podcast, Paul Reichoff and MSNBC political analyst and former under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, Rick Stingle. Okay, so um amid the Epstein drama, Donald Trump is trying to distract. He's gone through a litany of some of his greatest hits. Look over here. Look over there. He's now landed on Russia Gate and he's got a new villain in Russia Gate. It's not just Hillary Clinton any longer. Now it's President Obama. And Pam Bondi sa ...

Texas is being targeted because it's a red state because he can tell the governor what to do and the lieutenant governor and they'll do his bidding. Uh and it is all about who I call the felon in the White House wants to stay in the White House and he knows that this next term in the 2026 elections. Uh they're going to lose a lot of seats because their ideas are losing. Look at the polls. The polls tell us that over 60% of the people don't like the big ugly bill. over 50% of the people disapprove of of the ...

Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin. Mr. . Chairman, good morning.Uh, your reaction to the news that it looks inevitable at this point that this bill will pass. Well, it's shameful. And and look, here's the deal.These cowardly Republicans who refuse to meet with their constituents, who clearly don't have a spine, has put their feelalty to Donald Trump and his billionaire friends ahead of the constituents that they were elected to serve. As we know, this is the most unpopular bill in ov ...