“Desperate measures”

August 21, 2025, 4pm: Alicia Menendez and panel discuss how California lawmakers are fighting fire with fire in response to massive redistricting moves by Texas Republicans. Later in the hour, Basil Smikle and former Senator Claire McCaskill join Alicia to dig into J.D. Vance’s trip to Georgia, as he attempts to sell voters on the GOP’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”.

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