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🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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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. • • • • • Follow Rick Wilson at @TheRickWilson on X and @therickwilson.bsky.social on Bluesky, and subscribe to his Substack at therickwilson.substack.com. Join the fight with the Lincoln Project at www.lincolnproject.us and follow LP on X at @ProjectLincoln. If you'd like to help us continue our critical work, visit https://action.lincolnproject.us/helplp to make a difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've ruled out uni because I want to live at home.
0:02.0	I've ruled out uni because I want to earn money.
0:05.0	I've ruled out uni because of my grades.
0:10.0	Study with the Open University and there's no need to rule out anything.
0:13.0	With our respected degrees, you can learn from home and work alongside study.
0:17.0	We're open to all. Plus, you'll have the support of expert tutors. So rethink your
0:23.6	future with the degree you didn't think was possible. The Open University. The future is open.
0:30.6	Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battlehardening.
0:36.6	There is not a liberal America and a conservative America.
0:40.8	There is the United States of America.
0:45.5	Good night and good luck.
0:47.8	Hey folks, I'm Rick Wilson.
0:49.2	And the elephant in the room this week are the rules of the game.
0:56.3	The rules of the game used to be that Democrats were afraid and Republicans did what
1:01.1	they wanted.
1:01.8	Those rules are changing.
1:02.7	And they're changing first in the great state of Texas in the last few weeks since
1:07.3	Trump as distraction number 87 in the Epstein scandal and as a way to cheat in the
1:14.3	26 elections launched this issue. And make no mistake, this is coming from Susie Wiles in the
1:22.2	White House and from Chris Lasavita in the Trump political organization and from Donald Trump.
1:28.3	This is a race to the bottom.
1:30.0	So I have a message for Republicans.
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