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In Trump’s redistricting push, Democrats find an aggressive identity and progressives are on board
Democrats have struggled to find effective ways to oppose President Donald Trump, and even some Democratic voters describe the party as weak.
Proposed new congressional maps in California could help Democrats flip five Republican seats and bolster around five Democratic incumbents in toss-up districts.
But in some of the nation’s biggest Senate races, Democrats are relying on an old strategy of recruiting—and then clearing the field for—long-serving party leaders with whom voters are already familiar.
California Democrats released proposed congressional redistricting maps as their fight with Trump and Texas escalates.
Lawmakers are now framing their ability to prevent new maps from passing during one special legislative session as a victory. But Republicans are poised to call another.
After leaving the state to block the G.O.P. from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, Democratic lawmakers are keeping the pressure on from afar.
House Speaker said he expected the missing members to return by Monday to resume work on redistricting, THC rules and flood responses.
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Joe Scarborough Advises Democrats to Move on From Fighting Trump: “Why Fight Muhammad Ali?"
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough advises Democrats to leave the "ground noise" of the remaining Trump years alone and focus their energy on opposing the rest of the Republican Party: JOE SCARBOROUGH: You, as a candidate,
Democratic mayors say they're successfully lowering crime, even as President Trump attacks their cities as dangerous and out of control.