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Another deep-red state is eyeing plans to redistrict amid a showdown in Texas, where Democrats made the stunning decision to flee the state to block Republicans from a mid-decade move to eliminate several Democratic-held seats.

Texas Democrats fled the state over the weekend to block the passage of a Republican-backed congressional redistricting plan that would likely give the GOP five additional U.S. House seats in the next midterm elections.

A former Fox News host issued a warning to Republicans after seeing video of a GOP member's raucous town hall.

Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) held a town hall on Monday for his constituents and was met with loud boos and jeers as he talked about policy decisions like cutting Medicaid spending and other public programs. Videos of the town hall circulated on social media.

A Texas Republican bashed his own party on Monday after they failed to prevent Democrats from breaking quorum in the state legislature.

Rep. Brian Harrison (R-TX), who represents the state's 10th district, joined MAGA firebrand Steve Bannon on his "War Room" podcast on Monday to talk about Texas' redistricting efforts. Earlier in the day, state Democrats fled to Illinois to prevent the state legislature from voting to pass the state's newly redrawn electoral maps.

President Donald Trump's political fortunes are eroding as the economic outlook crumbles, Nobel Prize-winning economist turned political commentator Paul Krugman wrote for his Substack on Monday — but that doesn't make him any less dangerous.

Rather, wrote Krugman, a frequent Trump critic, it means he will have to greatly accelerate his timeline for dismantling American democracy if he wants to avoid losing the power he's accumulating.

It'd be a shame if the public sabotaged the White House's big Christmas plans, a New Republic writer sarcastically warned Monday afternoon.

First lady Melania Trump plans to host open auditions for the White House’s Christmas celebration, Malcolm Ferguson of The New Republic flagged. Ferguson then shared a method that critics of President Donald Trump could weaponize to troll the MAGA leader.

A GOP lawmaker said Monday that President Donald Trump's actions to control economic data remind him of a former soviet leader.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) joined CNN's "The Lead" with fill-in host Phil Mattingly to discuss the impact of Trump's decision to fire Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, on Friday. Bacon is one of several Republicans who have spoken out against the move.

Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) was inundated with shouting and fury Monday evening as he tried to hold a town hall in Lincoln.

It's the second time Flood has held a town hall that was taken over by angry constituents, after his attempt in March.

Advocates for veterans, reproductive rights campaigners, and Democrats in Congress on Monday continued to lambaste the Trump administration's quiet move to end abortion care for former U.S. service members and their relatives.

"Since taking office, the Trump administration has repeatedly attacked service members, veterans, and their families' access to basic reproductive care, including gender-affirming care," said Planned Parenthood Federation of America president and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson in a Monday statement.

Attorney General Pam Bondi's order to convene a grand jury to investigate Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's claim that former President Barack Obama committed treason doesn't make any sense, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig told CNN's Phil Mattingly on Monday.

And the allegations are so nebulous, Honig said he doesn't really understand what misconduct is being alleged.

The spat between radio host Charlamagne tha God and President Donald Trump heated up Monday.

Charlamagne appeared on the Fox News show "My View with Lara Trump," the president's daughter-in-law, over the weekend, and criticized the president for not following through on his promises. The radio host pointed to the release of information surrounding disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and the administration's lack of willingness to release the Epstein files.

Civil litigator Owen Barcala took to social media on Monday afternoon to explain why Gov. Greg Abbott's (R-TX) arrest warrant is toothless that targets Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to prevent a necessary quorum to vote on mid-decade redistricting.

Democrats bolted from the state over a GOP bid to maintain a Republican majority in Congress. The Republican Party narrowly controls the House, and polls show they could lose key seats in next year's mid-term elections. If Texas redraws its lines to eliminate Democratic districts, it would bolster the GOP's dwindling total.

There appears to be a more sinister plot behind President Donald Trump's economy, according to two analysts.

David Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect, argued in a recent op-ed that Trump seems to be using bad economic figures to mask his administration's true intentions. While many media outlets will focus on the "mirage" of declining employment and labor participation during the last quarter, Dayen wrote that what is happening can be summed up as "Kleptocracy in action."

Transportation Secretary and former Fox News host Sean Duffy, who has described New York's subway system as a "hellscape," wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon, according to a new report.

The project would be the first major action for Duffy, Politico reported. It follows a proposal President Donald Trump put forward at the end of his first administration for the federal government to create a space nuclear power strategy.