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Barack Obama blasts Texas redistricting scheme, urges voters to not ‘lose focus’

Former U.S. President Barack Obama spoke out against Texas Republicans’ redistricting plan to give them a leg up in next year’s election, calling it clear gerrymandering and a threat to democracy. The 44th president of the United States urged voters, “We can’t lose focus on what matters.” In response to the new map redrawn by Texas House Republicans, at the direction of Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott and President Donald Trump, Obama wrote on X, “Right now, Republicans in Texas are […]

todayAugust 7, 2025

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Texas Democrats plea for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan

After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic leader Gene Wu needed a means to project his voice — and viewpoints — to a national audience. So he tapped his campaign account to buy a microphone for news conferences. When it came to covering the hefty hotel bill for Wu and his roughly 50 colleagues, the lawmaker said he relied on money from his chamber’s Democratic Caucus. Now Texas Democrats are pleading […]

todayAugust 7, 2025

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Jeffries slams Texas governor as ‘cowardly, fake bully’ after calling for arrests of Democrats

After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for the arrests of more than 50 Democrats who fled the state to prevent the passing of a controversial voting map, Congress’s top Democrat, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, called Abbott’s actions “cowardly” and praised Texas Democrats for their “courage,” “character,” and “conviction.” “The Texas governor is a cowardly, fake bully,” said Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representatives. The New York congressman slammed Abbott and Texas Republicans for, at the direction of […]

todayAugust 5, 2025

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Democrats prevent Texas House from moving forward with Trump-backed congressional map

Texas Democrats on Monday prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump to shore up Republicans’ 2026 midterm prospects as his political standing falters. After dozens of Democrats left the state, the Republican-dominated House was unable to establish the quorum of lawmakers required to do business. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has made threats about removing members who are absent from their seats. Democrats counter that […]

todayAugust 5, 2025

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Jasmine Crockett shows support to Texas Democrats with her framed arrest warrant

As Texas House Democrats face threats of civil arrests and removal from their offices amid a political battle over the voting rights of Black and Latino voters in the state, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is sending them support with a reminder of her own threatened arrest. “Here is my beautifully framed warrant from ‘21!” Crockett wrote in the caption of a post with an image of her framed arrest warrant sitting on top of her office desk when she […]

todayAugust 4, 2025

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Texas governor threatens to remove Democrats who left state over Trump-backed redistricting

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they don’t return after dozens of them left the state in a last-resort attempt to block redrawn U.S. House maps that President Donald Trump wants before the 2026 midterm elections. The revolt by the state House Democrats, many of whom went to Illinois or New York on Sunday, and Abbott giving them less than 24 hours to come home ratcheted up a widening fight […]

todayAugust 4, 2025

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett explains how Trump’s demand for Texas redistricting is directly targeting Black voters

Democrats are decrying Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s move to redraw the state’s congressional maps to help President Donald Trump and Republicans maintain their powerful majority in Washington, D.C. Next week, the Republican-controlled Texas state legislature will begin a special session called by Abbott. The redistricting of Texas’ congressional map is a top item on their legislative agenda. This comes after Trump’s Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Harmeet Dhillon, sent a letter to Gov. Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken […]

todayJuly 15, 2025

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett clarifies ‘Hot Wheels’ remark about wheelchair-bound Texas Gov. Abbott

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, refused to apologize for a nickname she gave Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently and clarified that it had nothing to do with his wheelchair disability. While delivering remarks at the Human Rights Campaign’s Los Angeles Dinner on Saturday, Crockett decried the state of politics in her home state, referring to Abbott as “Governor Hot Wheels.” “We in these hot a– Texas streets…ya’ll know we got Gov. Hot Wheels down there, come on now! And the […]

todayMarch 26, 2025

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Potential Black candidates to fill Texas’ 18th Congressional District after deaths of Reps. Turner, Jackson Lee

Texas’ 18th Congressional District is currently without representation following the consecutive deaths of two former U.S. representatives in less than a year. Former U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, 70, died after a medical emergency on March 5, serving only two months in office after succeeding longtime Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who died of pancreatic cancer on July 19, 2024. Now, a crop of declared and potential candidates to succeed the historic Texas seat is emerging as the district awaits Gov. Greg […]

todayMarch 26, 2025