Dems On the Run
And the county judge Who held a grudge Will search forever more
Welcome to the August 8th New Newsletter!
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Our Main Story: Out Of Office
Will Texas Democrats’ walkout work?
Republicans push to redraw election maps in multiple states
Trump’s Redistricting Gambit Is Poison for Blue State Republicans
Hochul Rallies Democrats Behind Redistricting Gambit
Cornyn requests FBI’s aid in returning absent Texas Democrats to state (lol)
Cornyn says FBI will help locate absent Texas Democrats, but scope of feds’ role unclear
Paxton asks Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the state
How Democrats Tied Their Own Hands on Redistricting
Texas AG Ken Paxton will ask state courts to declare absent House Democratic seats vacant
I beg your biggest of pardons, Sir?
Bomb threat made to House Democrats’ hotel in Illinois
Greg Abbott just gave Democrats eyeing 2028 the ‘knife fight’ they needed
Redistricting effort is a cynical power play by win-at-all-cost politicians
‘The people are watching': Texas Dems speak from Boston amid redistricting fight
This Week’s Links
Nebraska Republican heckled at town hall over Epstein files and Trump’s firing of labor stats chief
Where Have the Proud Boys Gone?
What’s Going On With Marjorie Taylor Greene?
Epstein victims speak out: This ‘smacks of a cover up’
Josh Shapiro urges White House to help feed starving Gazans
‘We lost everything’: Families of detained immigrants are drowning in debt
Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband and father of her 2 children, dead at 48
Rwanda accepts up to 250 deportees from the US under Trump's third-country plan
Thousands Ordered to Flee Fast-Moving Wildfire in Ventura County
Army sergeant shot 5 soldiers before he was tackled and arrested at Fort Stewart, officials say
How Gen Z Is Powering the Race for New York City Mayor
Blindspot Story
Corporation for Public Broadcasting plans closure after U.S. government defunds the non-profit
Will NPR And PBS Go Away? How CPB Shutting Down Affects Them
What’s Good About Children’s TV (August 1969)
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