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And you're going to be shocked to hear this. Home Depot says it's raising prices. You know why? Because of the tariffs.

We have a great show for you today.

Talking Points Memo's own Josh Marshall stops by to talk about Trump's unpopular agenda.

Then we'll talk to the Cato Institute's Scott Lincolome about tariffs and how they are

completely undermining our entire economy. But first, we have the most

important stories that aren't getting the attention they deserve. Mali, we're giddy with how

terrible everything is. Let's go. That's kind of accurate, actually, today. This is really

something. So I think of how much trauma of my childhood was how much

I was policed and hall monitored as a kid because I was a bad kid. But now this is how the

Republicans in Texas are behaving towards Democratic representatives is they want them to get basically

like whole passes to move around and they want them to have police escorts so they can't leave

the state because they really want to do this stupid gerrymander that's going to really fuck them

over. Yes. Okay. So here's the thing. Republicans in Texas are stealing five seats in Congress.

And they're doing this because Donald Trump asked them to. And because Governor Abbott

thinks that he can run for president. I mean, that's really what this is. Okay. Governor Abbott is a

Republican. He knows the only way to inherit MAGA is with the blessing of Donald Trump. He thinks

that somehow he will become the inheritor of MAGA. And so he is giving Donald Trump five seats in Congress.

Now, let me explain to you why this is insane.

Okay.

Mid-decade redistricting is almost unprecedented, right?

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