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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch,

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It's Thursday, July 17th, 2025.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one,

the plot thickens. Democrats look to get into the redistricting game. Number two, Trump's rescission

package passed the Senate. Say that three times fast. Will Democrats play hardball when it comes to

government funding? That's the big question. And number three,

Crypto Week lives on. All right, Jake, there is a jam-packed AM edition. I encourage everyone

to subscribe, to read it, because we can only hit the highlights here because there's just so much

in it. But let's go to the top. You wrote this along with Ali Mutnik, a terrific item about how

Democrats are in California huddled talking about, well, hey, if Republicans can redistrict in Texas

and help themselves out, why can't we do it in the great state of California? Yeah, I mean,

listen, there's a lot of reasons why it's going to be very difficult for

House Democrats from California, but let's talk about this.

They plan to squeeze between five and seven, an incredibly ambitious view, seats in the state

of California.

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