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Democrats, and the lessons of a losing campaign.

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If John Ossoff had won yesterday in the Atlanta suburbs, his campaign would have provided a blueprint for other Democrats to challenge the GOP. But he lost after the most expensive congressional race in history. So was his typically centrist campaign a blueprint for failure? It's the fourth special election to feed for Democrats with an unpopular Republican in the White House.

Many anti-Trump activists around the country are angry.

They're tired of waiting for the National Party to do something right,

and they're organizing on their own at the state and local levels.

Later on today's talking point, will the U.S. Supreme Court finally rule on partisan gerrymandering?

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Hello again, Mormon. I'll hear back with To The Point. Since their candidate lost a congressional race in Georgia last night, Democratic Party regulars are licking their wounds.

But around the country, some party activists aren't just

disappointed. They're planning to start something new. We'll hear much more. On today's talking

point later, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that electoral maps that dilute the influence of

minorities are unconstitutional. It's tolerated maps drawn to favor Democrats or Republicans.

Now it's accepted a case that could change American politics forever.

First, this news update, Uber may have changed transportation practices all over the world,

but it's lost almost $3 billion last year.

Yesterday, after hours of reported drama, Uber's founder, Travis Kalanick,

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