The Daily Populous Monday August 4th, 2025 evening edition
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“No longer will we have a check on his lawlessness, accountability for his corruption and crimes, and we will see a Republican-majority Congress roll out the royal red carpet for a third Trump term,” O’Rourke said Saturday on MSNBC. “Those are the stakes, and that’s why we got to fight and we got to fight to win.”

On Friday, during a special session about last month’s deadly Texas flooding, a Texas House panel advanced the redrawn map, which would add five new Republican districts in Texas, but O’Rourke said it’s not a “done deal” and Texas Democrats can deny their Republican counterparts the numbers to certify the maps.

Trump’s team requested Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to call for a special session to redraw the map, and Republican lawmakers have been honest about their plans, saying they are redrawing the map for political advantage.

O’Rourke said he hopes Texas Democrats will deny Republicans the votes and “deprive” Trump of the five seats, but ultimately, he wants Democrats to inspire Americans, who have been waiting for Democrats “to fight and to fight to win.”

He continued by saying Democrats should aim to redraw districts now and gain even more seats in states that already hold a lot of Democratic seats, like California, New Jersey and Illinois.

“There are no refs in this game anymore,” O’Rourke said. “No courts are going to ride to the rescue. This is just an all-out bareknuckle brawl, and we’ve got to win it and be ruthlessly focused on it.”

He said if Democrats do that, they have a chance of “avoiding the worst possible outcome, which is Donald Trump stealing the 2026 election now in 2025” and Congress eventually letting Trump win a third term.

On Sunday, in a last-ditch effort, Texas Democrats said they would leave the state, facing possible fines and penalties, so the legislative session to redistrict the map couldn’t take place.

As Texas looks to redraw the state’s congressional map, O’Rourke said Texas will be every American’s future. He praised and critiqued his home state, stating “some really bad stuff” is happening in Texas, like its lax gun laws leading to a high number of mass shootings each year, its abortion ban, and low minimum wage. He also mentioned that Texas led the way for Roe v. Wade in 1973 and also produced Lyndon B. Johnson, who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.

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“Some really bad stuff is happening in Texas, but some really good things have come from this state, as well,” O’Rourke said. “That’s why we need all hands on deck in this state, or what you see right now will be your future, no matter where you live in this country.”

thatguy9684736255 on August 4th, 2025 at 04:09 UTC »

Crazy that he was ever elected our that maga still support him given his connection to Epstein.

Let's recap:

He ran on releasing the files.

Pam Bondi said the files were on her desk.

Suddenly there are no files.

It's a democrat hoax.

The files don't exist.

Obama made it up.

Trump needs space (Mike Johnson)

Democrats voted to release the files, twice.

Republicans vote no on releasing the files, twice.

Republicans take a recess to avoid any more votes.

Trumps personal attorney meets with Maxwell.

Trump avoids visiting victims.

Trump wishes child trafficker Ghislaine maxwell, well.

Trump states: "I never had the privilege" when asked if he had visited the island.

Trump states: "we have the files"

When Trump was asked specifically whether Epstein had stolen Giuffre (Giuffre, one of Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors led the charge calling for his arrest. Guiffre, who died by suicide in April, has said she met Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell while she was working at Mar-a-Lago as a teenager). Trump states:"I think she worked at the spa," Trump said. "I think so. I think that was one of the people. He stole her, and by the way, she had no complaints about us, as you know, none whatsoever."

Reporter asks tump: Mr. President, you said Jeffrey Epstein was stealing young women from your spa. Did that raise alarm bells for you?” she asked. As he tried to listen to the other question, Trump interrupted sharply: “Be quiet!” When Collins repeated the question, Trump again replied: “Be quiet!”

**Maxwell, a person charged with human trafficking and enticing minors to travel to engage in sexual acts, was moved to a minimum security prison. This is highly unusual for someone with these charges. This was following several private conversations with Maxwell by the Trump admin.

Nothing to see here

Due-Egg4743 on August 4th, 2025 at 02:56 UTC »

Trump just had *concepts of plan to build a two hundred million dollar golden ballroom in the White House with Project 2025 funding. That's not something he'd do out of the goodness of his little heart. He plans to stay for the long haul. He wants the US to be a monarchy where he's king for life and then his kids can rule. And then their kids, etc.

PhoenixTineldyer on August 4th, 2025 at 02:31 UTC »

He's right