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Texas Representative Marc Veasey speaks in front of Democratic members of Congress and Texas House Democrats during a news conference, after they left their state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts, at IBEW Local Union 701 on August 4, 2025 in Warrenville, Illinois. Dozens of Democrats in the Texas legislature faced threats of legal action Monday after they fled the state to block a redrawing of districts in Republicans' favor ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The Republican-controlled state, following a push by President Donald Trump, are seeking to shift congressional district borders such that five seats flip from Democratic control. The contentious but legally permitted move, known as partisan gerrymandering, seeks to prevent Republicans from losing control of the US House of Representatives in next year's midterms, when the opposition party usually does more favorably. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images) Texas Representative Marc Veasey speaks in front of Democratic members of Congress and Texas House Democrats during a news conference, after they left their state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts, at IBEW Local Union 701 on August 4, 2025 in Warrenville, Illinois. Dozens of Democrats in the Texas legislature faced threats of legal action Monday after they fled the state to block a redrawing of districts in Republicans' favor ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The Republican-controlled state, following a push by President Donald Trump, are seeking to shift congressional district borders such that five seats flip from Democratic control. The contentious but legally permitted move, known as partisan gerrymandering, seeks to prevent Republicans from losing control of the US House of Representatives in next year's midterms, when the opposition party usually does more favorably. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
How Anti-Abortion and Anti-Trans Bills Are Impacted by Texas Democrats Fleeing the State
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08.05.25 | 12:21 pm
ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA - AUGUST 03: U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at the at the Lehigh Valley International Airport on August 03, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Trump spent the weekend at his property in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA - AUGUST 03: U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at the at the Lehigh Valley International Airport on August 03, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Trump spent the weekend at his property in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
‘Successful Businessman’ Trump Mobilizes Business Economists Against Him 
INSIDE: DHS reverses FEMA threat ... What happened to the ADL ... Texas' redistricting fiasco
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08.05.25 | 9:30 am
Trump Breaks His Campaign Promise to Fund IVF
INSIDE: Trump's Epstein debacle ... conspiracy theory backfires ... Dems flee Texas
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08.04.25 | 9:35 am
Michigan Selects Its Legislative Redistricting Commissioners The Way The Ancient Athenians Did
The Michigan experiment marks a departure from how redistricting has usually been done.
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With Other Authoritarian Schemes Cooking, Wisconsin GOP Backs Off Protasiewicz Impeachment
This is your TPM evening briefing.
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Arguments On South Carolina’s Maps Show How Thoroughly Supreme Court Broke Redistricting
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10.11.23 | 1:46 pm
House Republicans Bet On Divine Intervention
INSIDE: George Santos ... Janet Protasiewicz ... Kari Lake
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10.11.23 | 9:23 am
If Louisiana’s Next Election Uses Gerrymandered Maps, It’ll Be The 5th Circuit’s Doing
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10.05.23 | 9:27 am
Supreme Court Smacks Down Alabama’s Map Stay Request
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09.26.23 | 10:12 am
Wisconsin GOP Threat To Impeach Protasiewicz Is Unsupported By Law And Undermines Judicial Independence
The impeachment of a recently elected justice based on lawful campaign conduct and a legally grounded decision not to recuse would negate the people’s votes for Protasiewicz, in our view striking a blow to the principle of judicial independence.
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09.18.23 | 2:46 pm