August 14th, 2025. Today, flanked by California's Democratic elected officials and union leaders,

California Governor Gavin Newsom responded to Trump's attempt to strongarm the Texas legislature into redistricting

the state to give Trump the five additional congressional representatives to which he feels

entitled.

Newsom announced that California will hold a special election on November 4th for voters

to consider redistricting their state temporarily if Texas

redistricts so that California can neutralize Trump's rigging of the state of Texas. The plan would

only go into effect if Texas or any of the other states pressured by Trump to redistrict to get more

votes launches its mid-decade redistricting

that is transparently designed

to help resurrect the Republicans' prospects

for 2026 and 2028.

After years of criticism that Democrats

have not fought hard enough

against Republicans' manipulation of the system

to amass power.

The California Plan, along with Newsom's announcement of it, flips the script.

The plan leverages Democrats' control of the most populous state in the Union

to warn Republicans to back away from their attempt to rig the 2026 election. At the same time,

the plan's authors protected against claims that they were themselves trying to rig the game.

The plan goes into effect only if Republicans push through their new maps, and it declares

that the state still supports the use of fair, nonpartisan

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