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Blue Wave Update

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Trial Balloon · Ep. 191: Blue Wave Update

Democrats Go All In on Redrawing Maps

February 15, 2026 · 8:25 am ET · Leave a Comment

“As Hakeem Jeffries sits in the minority of a GOP-controlled Washington, he is still haunted by a Republican gerrymandering gambit that he believes cost him the speaker’s gavel — and cost his party control of the House,” CNN reports.

“This time, he’s making sure Democrats fight back.”

“Jeffries is leading the Democratic party’s counterpunch to President Donald Trump’s aggressive mid-decade redistricting push. He’s going all in with money, legal firepower and his own political capital to make sure no seat is left on the table for Democrats — forcing the party to abandon the left’s longtime moral opposition to party-line map meddling.”

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