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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump getting ripped to shreds by the public and California Governor Gavin Newsom fighting fire with fire. Get 20% off your entire order @LaundrySauce with code: MEIDAS20 at https://laundrysauce.com/MEIDAS20 #laundrysaucepod https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/m... Support the MeidasTouch Network:   / meidastouch   Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter:   / meidastouch   Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook:   / meidastouch   Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram:   / meidastouch   Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok:   / meidastouch  

 

Ron Filipkowski on Today's Uncovered Ron Filipkowski Aug 20 We had a really big show today on Uncovered - my first one back after last week’s vacation. Started out talking about the criticism leveled at Gavin Newsom by Joe Scarborough this morning, who thinks that he should not be trolling Trump and MAGA on social media like he has been over the past couple weeks. I talked about the reasons why I think Joe is dead wrong. I also wrote an article this morning listing 9 reasons why I think he is wrong, which you can find here. We also talked about Fox and right-wingers melting down over what Newsom has been doing. I talked about Trump’s comment yesterday about wanting to go to heaven and how he thinks that ending the war in Ukraine will somehow convince God to let him past the pearly gates despite all the horrible things he has done his entire life. We talked about the National Guard in DC - Anthony and I were in complete agreement (we aren’t always!) that this is just a trial run for Trump doing this in blue cities during the midterms to intimidate voters. I talked about Kristi Noem’s scam to move into the Coast Guard Commandant’s home at taxpayer expense near her “special friend” Corey Lewandowski. We spent a lot of time talking about Trump’s summits in Alaska with Putin and in the White House with Zelensky and European leaders. I went into detail about how European leaders are forced to play a stupid game with Trump, which he is using to his advantage domestically. I also talked about Trump claiming that he is now a “war hero” just like his friend Netanyahu, and those comments in connection with his other statements about the military - like how he always wanted to “win” a purple heart. Lots of other stuff too like RFK Jr and Pete Hegseth’s workout videos, but those were some of the highlights. Or may I should say lowlights. Link to the show is here. If you missed yesterday’s Bulletin on Today in Politics, you can find that here. See you tomorrow with the next one. Meidas+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Is Texas the redistricting wake-up call the Democratic Party needed? Democrats can’t win tomorrow’s elections by chasing yesterday’s map MeidasTouch Network Aug 19 Guest article by Meghan Hays, Democratic strategist and former special assistant to the president and director of message planning for President Joe Biden. Editorial credit: T. Schneider / Shutterstock.com For years, Democrats have fixated on turning Texas blue — a seductive dream fueled by shifting demographics and grassroots organizing. I worked on Wendy Davis’ failed governor’s race in 2014, which was filled with hope for Democrats all over the country — yet here we are ten years later still chasing that dream. The problem now is that the dream has a lot more challenges and there is a more urgent reality: the population is shifting west and south, and the next census will highlight that shift. People are moving at alarming rates — the South is emerging as the country's 2030 hot spot, poised to reshape both Congress and the Electoral College. States like Texas and Florida are expected to gain multiple seats in Congress. Other Sun Belt states — Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee — are anticipated to pick up at least one seat, with mountain states like Arizona, Idaho, and Utah also gaining ground. Which means Democratic strongholds are losing ground. California could lose multiple seats, same with New York and Illinois. All while Pennsylvania, Oregon, Minnesota, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin could each lose one seat. These shifts could alter the balance of power in Congress but will also have huge impacts on how candidates run for President. So what exactly does this mean for the presidential electoral map? The potential coming shift or reapportionment to the Electoral College would mean Democrats can win with the historic “Blue Wall” plus some small wins. But by 2032, that same configuration may net them only 259 electoral votes — 11 short of the 270 needed to win. So what becomes critical in this new map? Battleground states will be redefined, at least until the next census in 2040. These are no longer nice-to-haves — they’re strategic imperatives. The many “paths to victory” Democrats once saw become a lot fewer. This all means adjusting priorities today — not in six years. All of the Democratic Party’s committees — DNC, DSCC, DCCC, DGA — and the party’s presidential hopefuls must look at where the electoral votes will be in 2032, not just in 2024. It’s not enough to defend blue turf — Democrats have to plant seeds where the population is moving, even if the payoff takes years. The reality is this: demography is destiny only if you do the work. The population shift southward is reshaping the political map in ways that could either doom Democrats or open new paths to power. The question is whether the party can look past Texas as a singular obsession and see the broader movement — before it’s too late. If the Democratic Party does not pay attention NOW, it risks overlooking where the battleground is shifting in real time and we will be having redistricting fights like what is happening in Texas every year. Here’s what needs to change: Invest in sustained organizing — Democrats must focus on populous, rapidly growing states across the South and Southwest, working beyond the election cycles to build infrastructure, candidate pipelines, and voter engagement. Fight for fair maps and voting rights — as these new districts emerge, resisting gerrymandering and protecting access to the ballot will be vital. Reallocate resources now — the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Governors Association, and presidential campaigns must gear efforts toward states like Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona — and even Florida — not Texas alone. Meghan Hays is a Democratic strategist and former special assistant to the president and director of message planning for President Joe Biden. Meidas+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

RAY McGOVERN: Trump & the Seven Dwarfs

 

RAY McGOVERN:
Trump & the Seven Dwarfs

The Dwarfs had to slink away. Will they, at long last, tell Zelensky they cannot back up their rhetoric with the needed arms and financial support? Read here...

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WATCH: Out-Flattering
a Capricious Trump

CN editor Joe Lauria tells RT News the significance of the recent flurry of high-level diplomatic activity on Ukraine may be overblown and that tangible progress depends on Donald Trump’s shaky resolve. Read here...

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Why Palestine Is Already a State

The very act of the U.N. Secretary General accepting a Palestinian membership application was an acknowledgement from the U.N. that Palestine is already a state, since only states can apply, wrote Joe Lauria. Read here...

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Top election denier wants Congress to give Trump DMV data

 

Wednesday, August 20

Cleta Mitchell and a right-wing anti-immigration group are pushing a dangerous new idea: Requiring states to give the federal government DMV data and photos to make it harder for people to register to vote. Also in this week’s newsletter: DOJ escalates its hunt for states’ private voter data, right-wing activists will rally in D.C. to urge the Senate to pass the SAVE Act, and more.

 

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A prominent election denier is pushing Congress to make states give DHS access to DMV data and photos

• Cleta Mitchell, a prominent anti-voting lawyer who played a key role in President Donald Trump’s attempt to steal the 2020 election, is pushing a dangerous new idea: Congress should add a provision to the anti-voting SAVE Act requiring states to give the federal government access to DMV data and photos, to help it hunt for illegal voting.
  
  
• The idea comes from the right-wing Immigration Accountability Project, which wants the Department of Homeland Security to use DMV data and photos in the Systemic Alien Verification for Entitlements system, to make it harder for people to register to vote in federal elections.

Far-right figures heap praise on Trump’s unconstitutional plan to end mail-in voting

• After Trump announced his plan to issue an executive order as part of a “movement to get rid of” mail-in voting, far-right anti-voting figures cheered the move, which also would crack down on voting machines.
  
  
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said of mail voting: “[E]lections have been stolen for decades with this practice that is ripe for fraud.”
  
  
• Election denier and MyPillow mogul Mike Lindell, who has waged a campaign to hand-count ballots, called the proposed executive order a “HUGE step towards securing our elections and saving our country.”
  
  
• Far-right activist and informal Trump advisor LOONEY Laura Loomer praised Trump’s announcement on X and said “Election integrity matters!!”
  
  
• They can heap as much praise on Trump as they want, it still won’t change the U.S. Constitution, which in no way grants the president the authority to regulate elections. But go off, I guess!

Tea Party Patriots will rally for the SAVE Act in D.C.

• The SAVE Act passed the U.S. House in April, but the sweeping anti-voting bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate. Still, that isn’t stopping the far-right group Tea Party Patriots, who just announced the “Only Citizens Vote Bus Tour” to urge the Senate to pass the bill.
  
  
• Throughout August, the bus tour will stop in more than a dozen states across the country collecting signatures for a petition urging the Senate to pass the restrictive bill by attaching it to must-pass legislation, to prevent a Democratic filibuster. One leading historian called the measure “the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history.”

An election denier facing felony charges is running for attorney general — again

• If the name Matt DePerno sounds familiar to you, it should: The Michigan prosecutor is an avowed election denier who is facing felony charges for tampering with a voting machine in the 2020 election. And now he’s running for Michigan attorney general, for a second time.
  
  
• DePerno reportedly filed paperwork to run for the post in the 2026 midterm elections; he previously ran and lost in 2022 to Michigan’s current attorney general, Dana Nessel, by about 8 points.
  
  
• Last year, DePerno dropped out of the Michigan state Supreme Court race, about two months after announcing his bid.

Exclusive: DOJ escalates hunt for states’ private voter data, threatens legal action

In new letters to California, Illinois and Pennsylvania election officials, obtained by Democracy Docket, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is escalating its effort to pressure states to hand over sensitive voter data, including by threatening legal action. The letter to California’s top election official, sent by Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, threatened the state with legal action if it did not provide DOJ with full access to its voter registration list within seven days. In an interview with One America News Network last week, Dhillon explained how the DOJ is weaponizing federal voting laws to “clean up” states’ voter rolls. Dhillon said that "too many millions of Americans today don't feel confident, and in part they don't feel confident because we have sloppy voter rolls, we have sloppy maintenance requirements in these different states."