In strongly worded remarks, New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared “war” in response to President Donald Trump’s demand that Texas eliminate Democratic-held congressional seats through redistricting. Refusing to let New York operate at a disadvantage, Hochul blasted Texas Republicans as “law-breaking cowboys” and vowed to work to dismantle her state’s independent redistricting commission so she could redraw the maps on equal terms.

Governor Hochul met with Texas Democratic state lawmakers who fled the state to deprive Republicans of a quorum. Republicans are trying to vote on new maps that would likely boost the Lone Star State’s congressional Republican delegation from 25 to 30, reducing the seats Democrats hold by five.

“I have a news flash for Republicans in Texas,” Hochul announced. “This is no longer the Wild West. We’re not going to tolerate our democracy being stolen in a modern day stagecoach heist by a bunch of lawbreaking cowboys.”

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Urging “fairness,” she said that Americans “don’t want a system that is stacked against them,” are done with “chaos” and “cruelty,” and are ready to vote Republicans out.

“With all due respect to the good government groups, politics is a political process,” she said, and “when we say that we cannot use that power to its fullest, then we’re abdicating the responsibility that we all have.”

“This is a war. We are at war,” Hochul declared, while also noting that “All’s fair in love and war.”

“The gloves are off, and I say, ‘bring it on.'”

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Calling it a “political arms race to redraw the boundaries of congressional maps,” Politico reported that Hochul has “embraced the full-fledged gerrymandering of congressional districts in New York to favor Democrats.”

“The redistricting skirmish in New York is one front in a much larger battle nationwide,” Politico also reported.

The list of blue states that are considering, discussing, or already legislating to redraw their maps mid-decade, once unheard of, is growing. In addition to New York, California, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington reportedly are all in various stages.

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President Donald Trump, appearing to watch an interview with U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren in near or real time, blasted the Massachusetts Democrat after she called him out on his campaign promises to lower costs for the American people on his first day in office.

Inflation—including prices on key commodities like beef—has been rising, a fact the President has repeatedly denied, instead insisting that there is no inflation.

“Remember, Donald Trump ran for office saying he would lower costs on day one,’ Senator Warren told CNBC on Monday morning (video below). “Cost of groceries are up, cost of housing is up, cost of healthcare is up. And where is Donald Trump? He’s passing a signature bill to throw people off their health care so he can do tax cuts for billionaires.”

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“Democrats are the people who say billionaires actually should pay their fair share, and that we need to focus on affordability for American families,” she continued. “And that’s what we’re out there fighting for.”

She then doubled down on social media after her interview:

“What’s going on with Trump’s economy? – Inflation is up. – People are worried about finding a job.  – Groceries are getting more expensive. No matter how hard he tries, Trump can’t distract from his broken promise to lower costs on ‘Day One.'”

President Trump attacked Senator Warren on his Truth Social website.

“In just 6 months, I cut costs, especially Energy and Taxes, Tremendously. Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren, on CNBC, said costs have gone up. She is just angry that I blew up her terrible Presidential Campaign. Call her out!!!” he demanded, riling up his base.

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He went on to say, “Elizabeth Warren is a LOSER! She lies about everything, including the fact that she is an Indian. She’s NOT. She’s no Pocahontas!!!”

And concluded with, “Ask Pocahontas the real questions, CNBC!!!”

A recent poll found that with inflation and unemployment rising, a majority of Americans say President Donald Trump is to blame for increased prices and the high cost of living. Many are turning to credit cards and other high-interest vehicles to pay for even basic necessities.

“American families are struggling financially, and 6 in 10 place blame on Donald Trump for driving up their cost of living,” reported progressive think tank The Century Foundation last week, with data from a Morning Consult poll that it sponsored. “More than half believe that billionaires, corporations, and congressional Republicans have made their lives harder,” while the “majority of voters feel the Trump administration’s actions are making their problems and anxieties worse—not better.”

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the Elizabeth Warren CNBC hit that triggered Trump: “Trump ran for office saying he’d lower costs on day 1. Cost of groceries are up, cost of housing is up, cost of healthcare is up. And where is Donald Trump? He’s passing a signature bill to throw people off their healthcare so… pic.twitter.com/KtfVsV0PGf

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 4, 2025

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As controversy mounts over President Donald Trump’s indiscriminate, unilateral firing of the Commissioner of Labor Statistics on Friday, his top economic adviser, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett—one of the administration’s most visible defenders—appeared to break with the President’s justification for the firing of Dr. Erika McEntarfer.

After being reminded that the markets believed the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ substantial downward revisions of numbers for April and May, wiping out a huge portion of any jobs gains, Hassett was asked: “Do you think we are starting to see a real slowdown in the jobs market?”

Rather than support Trump’s claim that “the numbers were phony,” “wrong,” and “rigged,” Hassett told CNBC, “Yeah, I think that the jobs numbers were slower than we expected.”

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And then he explained the process, and why BLS does revisions.

“I think that, like, one of the explanations for revisions is they have more complete data, and so I think it is likely that the revisions are a better read of the data if they’re not being manipulated, and so, yeah, I would say that it’s a little bit weaker,” he acknowledged before promoting President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” that guts Medicaid, SNAP, and cuts Medicare.

But he doubled down, declaring that while he believes “there are a lot of really good reasons to be super optimistic about the second half of the year,” he said, “absolutely that jobs number, if the revision turns out to be true, does suggest that there’s less momentum than we thought.”

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CNBC: Do you think we are starting to see a real slowdown in the jobs market?

HASSETT: Yeah, I think the jobs numbers were slower than we expected pic.twitter.com/RgZU2dKP0I

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 4, 2025

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