It's Friday, August 22nd. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day, the show that is wishing Elon Musk the best after his very bad Wednesday.

That's the day he found out he has to pay $500 million to 6,000 workers he fired when he took over Twitter.

It was also the day a judge said he must face a lawsuit filed by voters who say he

defrauded them when he ran a $1 million lottery during the end of the 2024 presidential campaign.

I'd say I hope things get better for Elon, but I would be lying.

On today's show, President Donald Trump says thank you to law enforcement patrolling the crime-riddled streets of Washington, D.C.

And Russia launches another aerial assault against Ukraine.

But let's start with the great redistricting race of 2025. It's all at stake. It's happening in real time. People need to wake up, need to open their

eyes. He's rigging the 26th election before one vote is even cast.

That's California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. After hours of debate Thursday, California lawmakers

passed a redistricting plan aimed at winning Democrats up to five more U.S. House seats in the

26 elections. That's just the latest step in the tit-for-tat gerrymandering battle playing out

between red and blue states, started by none other than Trump loyalist Texas Republican Governor

Greg Abbott. The goal? Keep a comfy majority in Congress, or claw your way to one by whatever

means necessary. After Abbott and Newsom made moves to redistrict their states, New York and

Indiana may be soon to follow. It looks like it's time for Democrats to get off their high horse

and then throw that high horse into a dumpster because, sure, punching is wrong. But Republicans

started it. They fired the first shot, Texas. We wouldn't be here at Texas not done what they

just did. Here's what Texas did. The state's Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a new

congressional map Wednesday night that could give the GOP five more seats in Congress, which,

understandably, made Texas House Democrats furious. Here's Texas Democratic House Representative

John Rosenthal at a press conference Wednesday evening. This process, y'all, was a total sham from the very beginning.

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