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Former Top Georgia Official Leaves GOP To Become a Democrat: 'My Political Heart Changed'

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan said he is leaving the Republican party to join Democrats

Latin Times

Texas Gov. Abbott Says FBI Will Search For Dems Who Left The State To Block GOP Redistricting Push: 'Whatever State They May Be In'

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the FBI will help his administration bring back Democrats who left the state to block the GOP's redistricting push

Latin Times

Texas Dems Seek Donations To Face Daily Fines For Leaving The State To Block GOP Redistricting Push

State House Democratic leader Gene Wu said the party is getting "a lot of small-dollar" donations to face the costs and fines associated with their initiative to block the GOP's redistricting push

Latin Times

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Abbott’s bid to expel the House Democratic leader goes to a court filled with his appointees

The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Abbott wants them to reconsider.

The Texas Tribune

Democrats respond to FBI agreement to locate Texas lawmakers: ‘We will not be intimidated’ – as it happened

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries accuses Trump administration of attempting to ‘weaponize law enforcement to target political adversaries’

The Guardian - US

Trump Backs FBI Intervention As Texas Republicans Hunt Democrats Amid Quorum Crisis

Texas Republicans are escalating their efforts to apprehend Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block a controversial redistricting plan that could hand the GOP five additional seats in Congress.

Benzinga

Increased attention on Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu comes with more anti-Asian insults

“Is Gene Wu back in China?” state Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican, posted on X on Monday — the first day the House did not reach a quorum due to the absent Democrats.

The Texas Tribune

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‘A serious brain problem’: Donald Trump’s false facts on crime get schooled by the FBI’s actual facts and statistics

They used to at least pretend they cared about facts and logic.

We Got This Covered

Conservatives in my party killed clean energy: It’s time to resurrect it

Although 70% of U.S. wind power is generated in red states (Texas alone gets nearly 30% of its electricity from wind), wind energy has become a pariah among the GOP base.

Fortune

MAGA die-hard Marsha Blackburn is running for Tennessee governor

Trump loyalist Marsha Blackburn would be the Volunteer State’s first female governor if she were to win next year’s race to replace term-limited incumbent Bill Lee

The Independent UK

Texas Democrats receive bomb threat in escalating standoff over redistricting

Lawmakers had been sheltering in Illinois after denying Texas Republicans quorum for gerrymandering scheme

The Guardian - US

The US supreme court paved the way for Texas’s gerrymandering mess

In a 2019 case, John Roberts said federal courts shouldn’t intervene in such matters. Trump’s team is taking advantage

The Guardian - US

GOP Rep. Slams House Speaker Johnson Over Texas Redistricting Backlash: 'Step Up And Show Some Leadership'

Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson over Texas' redistricting push as Democrats threaten to retaliate elsewhere

Latin Times

Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn is running for governor - Roll Call

Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn launched her long-awaited campaign for governor Wednesday, hoping to succeed term-limited Gov. Bill Lee.

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Reason

Alleged "QAnon John"'s Libel Lawsuit Against Anti-Defamation League Settles, ADL Removes Page with Accusations

I wrote last year about Judge Reed O'Connor's opinion in Sabal v. Anti-Defamation League (N.D. Tex.), which declined to dismiss… The post Alleged "QAnon John"'s Libel Lawsuit Against Anti-Defamation League Settles, ADL Removes Page with Accusations appeared first on Reason.com.

Latin Times

GOP Rep. Criticizes Texas' Redistricting Push As Clash Goes National: 'I Think It's Wrong'

Republican Rep. Mike Lawler criticized Texas' redistricting push, claiming the initiative "is wrong"

The Texas Tribune

House Democrats helped Dustin Burrows win the gavel. Their departure from the state marks a pivotal moment for him.

The situation is an opportunity for the speaker to bolster his credibility with the right, but he has limited tools to combat a prolonged Democratic absence.

The Independent UK

JB Pritzker refuses to rule out gerrymandering in Illinois because GOP has ‘thrown the rule book out’

Pritzker tells Stephen Colbert that Illinois has ‘got to fight fire with fire’ amid Texas Republicans’ redistricting plans

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The Independent UK

Bringing ‘a gun to a knife fight’ in Texas: Greg Abbott just gave Democrats the gut check they needed

ANALYSIS: Democrats are finally starting to sound like they’ve rediscovered their leverage ... and maybe a willingness to use it over redistricting war, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK

America’s Most Wanted: Texas senator calls on FBI director Kash Patel to hunt down ‘fleeing’ Democrats

GOP accuses missing Texas Democrats of ‘bribery’ to justify rounding them up for blocking votes on gerrymandered congressional map

Latin Times

Marjorie Taylor Greene Claims Her Criticism Of the GOP Is An 'Early Indicator' Of Growing Discontent Within The MAGA Base

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said her criticism of the GOP's latest actions should be taken as an "early indicator" of growing discontent among the MAGA base.

The Guardian - US

Can the FBI arrest the Democratic Texas lawmakers who left the state in protest?

Texas House Democrats left the state to break quorum to try to stop Republicans from drawing new congressional maps that add as many as five seats for the GOP

The Texas Tribune

Beto O’Rourke’s political group is a top funder for Texas Democrats’ exodus to block GOP congressional map

The former El Paso congressman also contributed to House Democrats’ 2021 quorum break. A PAC backed by Democratic donor George Soros is also involved in this year’s effort.

The Independent UK

Lawmakers are fighting over election maps — here’s how it works and why it’s bigger than Texas

Trump kicked off a nationwide race to redraw congressional districts that could determine the balance of power in Congress

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Furious voters boo GOP congressman for defending Trump’s ‘totally normal’ friendship with Epstein

No one is buying the defenses.

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