Inside The Gop's New Texas Congressional Map Proposal: From The Politics Desk

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Happy Wednesday! Today’s version digs into Republicans’ caller projected legislature representation successful Texas, which would springiness nan statement nan chance to prime up 5 further seats successful nan midterms. Plus, Andrea Mitchell looks astatine nan Environmental Protection Agency’s deregulation moves nether nan Trump administration.

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Texas Republicans unveil legislature representation giving them a chance to prime up 5 seats

By Adam Edelman and Ben Kamisar

Texas Republicans connected Wednesday released a projected caller legislature representation that would springiness nan GOP a way to prime up 5 seats successful adjacent year’s midterm elections.

The proposal, which follows President Donald Trump’s public pressing for a caller map successful nan state, would displacement territory lines successful ways that target existent Democratic members of Congress successful districts successful and astir Austin, Dallas and Houston, arsenic good arsenic 2 already endangered Democrats representing South Texas districts that Trump carried past year.

If it were enacted, nan connection could person a awesome effect connected nan conflict for power of nan House successful 2026. Republicans clasp a slim, three-seat advantage correct now, but this representation could adhd other padding arsenic they activity to support nan House for nan last 2 years of Trump’s presidency. They already power 25 of nan 38 legislature districts successful Texas.

In a motion of really cautiously nan caller lines are drawn to maximize nan GOP’s standing, Trump would person carried 30 retired of 38 seats connected this caller representation past year, nary by single-digit margins.

Democratic voters are packed into 8 districts that erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris would person won by astatine slightest 15 percent points each past year, according to study from nan nonpartisan Texas Legislative Council.

(See really nan existent representation compares to nan caller proposal)

The connection whitethorn still alteration earlier authorities lawmakers see it further, and members of nan typical redistricting committee whitethorn still mention caller proposals for information passim nan typical session.

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🚨 And drawback up present connected immoderate different large midterm news from today: Former Vice President Kamala Harris will not tally for politician of California, ending months of speculation. Read much →

Amid a scorching summer, a rollback connected c regulations

Analysis by Andrea Mitchell

With much than 100 cardinal group pouring successful a power activity that’s notable moreover for July, is this nan clip for nan Trump management to propose rolling backmost long-accepted regulations connected fossil fuels, including long-accepted limits connected powerfulness plants and conveyance emissions? Apparently, it is, arsenic Environmental Protect Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is pursuing done connected his promise to destruct what he called “the beatified grail of nan ambiance alteration religion.”

Zeldin said this week that by regulating fossil fuels successful 2009, during nan Obama administration, nan EPA ignored nan “benefits” of c dioxide and refused to see nan economical costs of regulation.

Last twelvemonth was nan hottest twelvemonth connected record, pinch wildfires, vulnerable flooding and hotter water temperatures that meteorologists opportunity made Hurricane Helene stronger, causing greater inland damage. The Obama administration’s alleged endangerment uncovering made a wide accepted technological lawsuit that quality emissions of c dioxide, methane and different greenhouse gases endanger quality health.

Scientists pass nan United States is astir to transverse a vulnerable threshold: making it intolerable to debar surpassing 1.5 degrees Celsius successful world warming since nan preindustrial era, nan accepted world extremity to forestall disastrous impacts from ambiance change.

Environmental writer Michael Mann, a professor of ambiance subject astatine nan University of Pennsylvania, told maine connected NBC News’ caller podcast, “Here’s nan Scoop,” that protecting nan situation has been a bipartisan extremity making love to President Richard Nixon’s creation of nan EPA. Ronald Reagan signed nan protocols banning nan chemicals that were destroying nan ozone layer. George H.W. Bush led transition of regulations to woody pinch acerb rainfall emissions from factories.

Pollution is besides expensive: The world’s largest reinsurer, Munich Re, reports that climate-influenced earthy disasters person costs america $93 cardinal truthful acold this year, pinch nan United States accounting for much than 70% of weather-related damage.

With President Donald Trump having dropped retired of nan Paris Climate Accords successful his first word and now appointing Cabinet members who cull established elements of ambiance science, China and nan European Union are now driving world moves to limit ambiance change.

That has placed China, nan world’s different ample emitter alongside nan United States, arsenic a caller leader for what Mann calls “the big successful nan room. It’s their summation and our loss,” arsenic China now leads nan world successful producing star panels and different greenish technologies, he said.

At nan aforesaid time, nan State Department has fired its ambiance experts moreover arsenic seasoned diplomats and intelligence agencies opportunity nan overheated ambiance is simply a nationalist information rumor — fueling migration, famine and civilian wars.

That’s each From nan Politics Desk for now. Today’s newsletter was compiled by Adam Wollner and Dylan Ebs.

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