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The Daily Punch

Inside the GOP's redistricting push

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Republicans are mounting an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting push — one they hope could net double-digit House seats heading into 2026. Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman break down where the map battles are heating up and why Democrats face an uphill fight. Plus, an inside look at Speaker Mike Johnson’s high-dollar donor retreat in Jackson Hole, featuring Palantir CEO Alex Karp and other power players. And finally, the surprising story of how Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) is helping broker a potential peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Punchbowl News is on YouTube! Subscribe to our channel today to see all the new ways we’re investing in video. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.1

Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

0:42.3

I'm Jake Sherman.

0:44.1

And welcome to The Daily Punch.

0:45.2

Brought you by Punchable News.

0:47.1

It's Friday, August 8th, 2025.

0:48.5

Let's get into the mix.

0:50.5

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, the GOP's unprecedented redistricting power grab. Number two, inside speaker

0:56.0

Mike Johnson's fundraising retreat. And number three, Senators to you, Danes, international power worker.

1:02.1

We have all of the details. All right, Jake, welcome back. Thank you. We are excited to have you here

1:06.7

this morning. A big thank you to Max Cohn, who filled in expertly and gave us, we went down

1:12.1

the rabbit hole of who Max Cone is Jake, including his love of soccer and many other things

1:18.3

yesterday. So it was a lot of fun, but we're happy to have you here. I am happy the world

1:24.1

now knows Max. Max is a, I think he was Anna the sixth employee.

1:29.5

I think there's some question because we hired like three people at the same time.

1:33.0

So back in the early days, I remember his onboarding was at a we work.

1:42.0

Before we had our office and even before we had our townhouse which is now

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