Posted on 08/11/2025 12:11:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The redistricting standoff in Texas is stretching into its second week with increased threats between red and blue states, and fresh doubts about what will end an impasse that will shape which party controls Congress after next year’s midterm elections.
The fight goes far beyond Texas. President Donald Trump is pushing several other Republican-led states to draw new congressional maps to help protect Republicans’ narrow House majority, which stands at 219-212 with four vacancies.
Democrats are threatening counterattacks. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) sent Trump a letter Monday asking him to halt the red-state efforts and warning him he would establish new lines in his state if Trump persists.
“If you will not stand down, I will be forced to lead an effort to redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps in red states,” Newsom wrote.
The escalating fight shows no sign of abating, with both sides dug in as Republicans try to ensure their party controls Congress for all of Trump’s four-year term. Democrats see 2026 as crucial to thwarting Trump’s agenda and launching investigations of the president.
The dispute could reach a crescendo this week or next. Democrats in California aim to begin adopting their plan next week by scheduling a ballot measure that will allow voters to sign off on new maps this November. To get the plan on the November ballot, California lawmakers must act by Aug. 22. Their plan could shift five congressional seats from Republicans to Democrats.
California lawmakers will be considering their plans as Texas’s 30-day special legislative session winds down and Texas Democrats decide whether to return to the state after fleeing it a little over a week ago to block passage of a new map there. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said he would continuously call...
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Stay in your lane hair-jell. Mind your own failing state and let the adults tend to Texas.
I was hoping the Texas Supreme Court would come out today saying it’s OK to boot these Dims who have abandoned their seats.
California Lawmakers = Moe and Company
That is great hair boy. The new census will be done by then so the Administration can force a new apportionment without illegal aliens being counted.
Those democrats really screwed the POOCH this time. It will be interesting to hear how the media responds favorably to their absence.
I thought the Democrats were against government shutdowns?
Annnd! Nothing will happen to them.
This just hit me. The dems were hoping to take control of the house in the midterms. But also! If it becomes obvious that the Republicans can/will maintain control of the house then that releases the pressure on the house, and the things that they are waiting until after the midterms to bring up can be brought up now. (Not that they’re dying to pass things for Trump).
Not sure why they tried this now. It failed the last two times and its going to fail again.
It just makes them look stupid and they already have that look down pat. They will say to get the word out but again, soundbites are going no where.
The problem with that approach is that any “official census” done without fully counting all “persons” will immediately be found unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment.
If the Supreme Court were to reverse existing law on 14th Amendment issues like citizenship, then your approach may be possible.
double their fines, plus interest EVERY day.
Democrats change tactics by the minute—and then whine that anyone who objects to their latest tactic is a right wing extremist.
An argument can be made that the 14th applied to Slaves who were repatriated. I am not saying they will win, but there is an argument. What they can do is to apportion representatives by State and by percentage of population. That would be more fair and interesting.
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