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The Lincoln Project

Government, News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

This week, Rick's Elephant in the Room is the redistricting gunfight in Texas. Ahead of the 2026 midterms and to mitigate Trump's terrible polling numbers, Governor Abbott and the Texas GOP just “remixed” democracy — and not in the fun, dancefloor kind of way. They’re locking in their power with lines so crooked they make Watergate look like a paperwork error. Meanwhile, Democrats in California and New York are quietly plotting their revenge, armed with their own gerrymandering strategies and a deep desire to watch the GOP eat crow. Rick breaks down how this cartographic coup could reshape the House, kneecap voter power, and make every election for the next decade feel rigged before the first ballot drops. If you’re not mad yet, you’re not paying attention.

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0:02.5	Wait, can something this small throw my body off balance?
0:05.7	Time to consult the online experts.
0:08.8	Felicia here with one million followers.
0:11.2	That bite will destroy your metabolism.
0:13.3	You only eat after you're walking 10,000 steps.
0:18.1	They don't know your body, only you do.
0:22.5	Signos pairs AI with a biosensor so you can track your body's unique responses to food, movement, and more in real time.
0:29.5	Signos.
0:30.8	Your task will not be an easy one.
0:33.5	Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and battle-hearted.
0:37.3	There is not a liberal America and a conservative America.
0:40.9	There is the United States of America.
0:45.6	Good night and good luck.
0:47.9	Hey folks, I'm Rick Wilson.
0:49.2	And the elephant in the room this week are the rules of the game.
0:56.4	The rules of the game used to be that Democrats were afraid and Republicans did what they
1:01.4	wanted.
1:01.9	Those rules are changing.
1:02.8	And they're changing first in the great state of Texas in the last few weeks since Trump
1:07.7	as distraction number 87 in the Epstein scandal and as a way to cheat in the
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