From New York, this is Democracy Now.

These brave public servants are taking a stand, a strong stand, against a blatant power

grab that's happening in their state as we speak.

And this will have implications, not just in Texas, but for our entire nation and its future.

Showdown in Texas, more than 50 Democratic state lawmakers

have fled the state in order to block a vote on a newly drawn Texas math that could add

five Republican congressional seats, including foreign majority Hispanic districts, all at President Trump's request.

We'll speak with Democratic Texas State Representative Cassandra Garcia Hernandez,

who fled first to New York, along with other state legislators, and is now in Chicago.

Then U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson led a delegation to Israel and the occupied West Bank

amidst escalating settler violence against Palestinians.

Israel's refusing to release the body of Palestinian activist Oda Hadaline, who was shocked

to death by an Israeli settler last week.

He's since been released.

Why did they kill him? What did he do? He was far away and not doing anything.

Why does it always have to be us on the losing side?

To feel this sort of pain daily, to lose people

we love.

Suleiman first, then Ode, the best young men in the area.

We'll speak with a medic who treated the wounded and with Palestinian activist and journalist

Basiladra, co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary, No Other Land, and close friend of Ode.

Then, his protests continue worldwide demanding an end to Israel's genocide and starvation campaign in Gaza.

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