Texas AG will ask courts to vacate seats of Democrats halting GOP map

• Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he will pursue legal action against Democrats who do not return to the House by Friday, following Gov. Greg Abbott’s threat to remove the quorum-breaking lawmakers from office.
  
  
• Meanwhile, Sen. John Cornyn (R) is calling on the FBI to get involved. Cornyn sent a letter today to FBI Director Kash Patel, asking him to take “any appropriate steps to aid in Texas state law enforcement efforts to locate or arrest potential lawbreakers who have fled the state.” 

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Georgia court allows election deniers to join Fulton Board of Elections

• A Georgia court allowed two GOP election deniers to serve on the election board of the state’s largest county, ruling that the Fulton County Board of Commissioners lacked the authority to reject their nominations in May.

Arizona releases revised election procedures manual with court-ordered changes

• Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) released an updated election procedures manual. Notably, it omits two pro-voting provisions included in the previous version — provisions a federal court blocked following lawsuits filed by right-wing groups.

The Trump admin is turning local police into ICE agents

• The Trump administration is transforming local police into ICE agents with minimal training, using an obscure provision in a decades-old law that allows ICE to delegate immigration enforcement authority to local departments.

The price of standing up to Trump

• Tulsi Gabbard, the nation’s top intelligence official, announced recently that Marc’s refusal to continue posting on X is being reviewed by the DOJ as evidence that he is not “innocent.” Marc’s response? He’s not panicking. He's outraged.

Coming up in Louisiana tomorrow

• A district court will hold a hearing on Louisiana’s request to delay remedy proceedings in a legislative redistricting case. The parties said they couldn’t agree on a timeline.
  
  
• State defendants want to postpone until at least August 2026, citing pending SCOTUS rulings. Plaintiffs, representing Black voters, want proceedings to begin later this month to allow time for appeals and still meet the January 2027 deadline for new maps.