Florida has already emerged as one of the most influential Republican states in the country. 

Now, state leaders are preparing to lock in that dominance with a new redistricting plan that could fundamentally alter the balance of power in Washington. 

High-level sources inside Florida’s legislature confirm that lawmakers are moving forward with a proposal to redraw four additional congressional seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

The move reflects Florida’s rapid population growth, which continues to reshape the state’s political map. The redistricting effort is centered on key urban and suburban population centers, specifically around Orlando, Tampa, and parts of South Florida. 

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These areas have absorbed hundreds of thousands of new residents in recent years, many of whom migrated from deep-blue states like New York, California, and New Jersey. 

Ironically, that migration has fueled the Republican surge, as conservative-leaning families seek refuge from high taxes and rising crime.

Currently, Republicans hold 20 of Florida’s 28 congressional seats, giving the party one of its strongest state delegations in the House. 

Adding four new Republican-leaning districts would push that margin even further, potentially sending 24 Republicans to Washington from a single state. 

For Democrats, who are already struggling to hold their narrow coalition together at the national level, such a development would represent a devastating setback heading into 2026.

Florida’s plan is not occurring in a vacuum. The state is projected to gain four to five additional congressional seats following the 2030 Census due to its explosive population growth. 

That would give Florida close to 35 seats in the House, making it the third most powerful state in congressional representation behind only California and Texas. 

In electoral college terms, this would further tilt the national map toward Republicans, as Florida’s electoral votes would climb from 30 today to as many as 34 by 2032.

Republicans are preparing to frame the 2026 midterms as a referendum not only on President Biden’s failed policies but also on whether the conservative state model works. 

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has already turned the state into a symbol of Republican governance, prioritizing low taxes, education reform, and law-and-order policies that stand in direct contrast to Democratic-run states. 

The new congressional map will institutionalize those gains, ensuring that Democrats face an uphill battle for at least the next decade.

Democrats are expected to challenge the redistricting effort in court, as they have in the past. 

But Florida’s Supreme Court now leans heavily conservative, and with the U.S. Supreme Court having recently signaled more deference to state legislatures on redistricting, Democrats have little room to block the plan. 

The legal battles may delay implementation, but sources say Republican lawmakers are confident they will prevail in time for the 2026 elections.

For Republicans nationwide, the Florida strategy offers a roadmap: secure state legislatures, redraw districts to reflect shifting populations, and use redistricting to cement gains for a generation. 

Florida’s aggressive move underscores how high the stakes are heading into 2026. 

With four new Republican seats on the table—and more likely coming after 2030—Florida is set to become the cornerstone of the GOP’s House majority and an electoral college powerhouse.

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When modern liberals casually reveal their true authoritarian natures, believe them.

They did it during the COVID scare, when they embraced lockdowns, masks, and vaccine mandates. And they do it in the wake of every mass shooting.

Rarely, however, do they go as far as journalist Mike Spies of the anti-gun outlet The Trace.

Wednesday on MSNBC, Spies appeared in a round table discussion with host Katy Tur and others. Earlier in the day, a transgender murderer had opened fire at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing two children and injuring 17.

Thus, the panelists discussed the shooting and how to prevent such violence moving forward. Naturally — this being MSNBC — they focused on the weapons and not the mental-health crisis at the root of transgender ideology.

“You have to be honest and say what will actually work, which is what nobody wants to hear, which is that there are just simply way too many firearms, and they are way too accessible,” Spies said.

“And they’re too powerful?” Tur asked.

“And they’re too powerful,” Spies replied, “even handguns too. Again, that’s why in Australia — it doesn’t matter if it’s not politically acceptable to say it. I’m not here as a politician or anyone who works in politics. I’m a journalist — whether or not you like it, the only thing that really works, if you really wanted to bring down gun violence, was to do what Australia did and to do what many other countries in Europe do.”

Mike Spies on MSNBC: “Whether or not you like it, the only thing that really works, if you really wanted to bring down gun violence, was to do what Australia did and to do what many other countries in Europe do. I realize I will get so much hate mail over this. People will tell… pic.twitter.com/gGKZ4xoJ51

— RCP Video (@rcpvideo) August 27, 2025

Spies, of course, did not have the integrity to say the full truth out loud. Had he done so, he would have used the word “confiscation.”

Liberals sometimes refer to Australian-style gun confiscation as if it represents their beau ideal for remaking American society.

In 2023, for instance, then-Vice President Kamala Harris spoke of Australia’s 1996 mass civilian gun confiscation in glowing terms.

Of course, freedom-loving American citizens know that the Second Amendment protects us first and foremost from our own government. The Founding Fathers, looking to history rather than theory, recognized that all governments have tyrannical propensities if left unchecked.

Moreover, only an armed citizen can claim free status. In the end, if your government has disarmed you, then you enjoy your “liberties” at your rulers’ sufferance. That makes you a subject, if not a slave.

Many modern liberals hate this about the U.S. Constitution. They would prefer that you worship secular government because they imagine themselves in power. That explains why they stoop so low as to denigrate prayer itself.

Indeed, modern liberals hate the First and Second Amendments for the same reason that no leftist government in world history has ever expanded freedoms: They despise the people they wish to rule.

In short, when modern liberals speak of safety, they mean submission. They just rarely speak of the latter as openly as Spies did.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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The Trump administration is putting illegal aliens on notice: taxpayer-funded housing is for AMERICANS, not for those who broke the law to come here.

On Friday, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner announced that all Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) nationwide have 30 days to conduct audits verifying the legal status of every single tenant in Section 8 housing and other HUD-funded programs.

The first housing authority to face scrutiny is Washington, D.C., where Turner confirmed that the DC Housing Authority has already been put on notice, according to Fox News.

More than 3,000 PHAs across the nation are receiving the same marching orders. If they fail to comply, Turner warned, they risk losing federal funding.

Turner revealed that only 1 out of 4 eligible American families currently receives HUD assistance due to past administrations turning a blind eye to illegal alien abuse.

In a blistering letter to every Public Housing Authority (PHA) in America, Turner laid down the law: within 30 days, all housing agencies must provide a full and complete accounting of every tenant living in HUD-funded housing.

That means names, mailing addresses, number of bedrooms, the cost of each unit, and most importantly, proof of American citizenship or legal immigration status.

The beginning of the end for illegals living in taxpayer-funded housing starts now.@POTUS promised to put Americans first and HUD is delivering results.

Get ready @Sec_Noem and @StephenM! pic.twitter.com/UNR6otW976

— Scott Turner (@SecretaryTurner) August 30, 2025

The letter reads:

“Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is taking another direct and forceful action to steward taxpayer dollars wisely and end the subsidization of open border policies in HUD-funded programs and policies.

Within 30 days of receipt of this notice, HUD is requesting that every Public Housing Authority (PHA) provide a full and comprehensive accounting of all tenants who are receiving a Section 8 voucher and/or residing in HUD-funded housing.

HUD is requiring the name, mailing address, number of bedrooms, the cost of the unit, and proof of American citizenship or eligible immigration status as defined by the law. This information is required by law and this administration is upholding the law to its fullest extent.

No longer will illegal aliens be able to leave citizenship boxes blank or take advantage of HUD-funded housing, riding the coattails of hardworking American citizens.

Currently, HUD only serves one out of four eligible families due, in part, to the lack of enforcement of prohibition against federally funded assistance to illegal aliens.

HUD will leverage all available enforcement actions against entities who do not comply with the request for citizenship information, including, but not limited to, examination of HUD funding and/or evaluation of PHA program eligibility.”

WATCH:

D.C. Housing Authority is on notice — we are demanding all citizenship information for residents.

We are telling the same to the more than 3,000 Public Housing Authorities across the country.

The taxpayer-funded vacation is over. pic.twitter.com/oOnNckMzub

— Scott Turner (@SecretaryTurner) August 30, 2025

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Joy Reid has openly defended the principles of DEI, considering them legitimate tools to promote structural diversity and political representation without regard for meritocracy. However, her statements, made while wearing a symbol of hatred against President Trump, demonstrate her far-left activism and her support for a policy born from the WOKE movement, whose sole objective is to place people by force in important positions or universities, using political ideology, gender, or race as the main pretext instead of meritocracy.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order on Saturday, titled the “Protecting Chicago Initiative,” aimed at preventing the potential deployment of the National Guard by President Donald Trump to address the city’s rampant crime issues.

Johnson, a far-left Democrat, claims the order is necessary to defend residents’ constitutional rights amid fears of what he calls an “unconstitutional and illegal military occupation.”

The executive order comes as the Trump administration considers using Naval Station Great Lakes, a Navy base near Chicago, as a staging ground for immigration enforcement operations involving more than 200 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents.

Trump has been vocal about addressing Chicago’s crime woes, recently stating after deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., that his team would “straighten out” Chicago next, calling it “a mess” under an “incompetent mayor.”

“The City of Chicago will do everything in our power to defend our democracy and protect our communities. With this executive order, we send a resounding message to the federal government: we do not need nor want an unconstitutional and illegal military occupation of our city,” Johnson said in a statement.

“We do not want military checkpoints or armored vehicles on our streets and we do not want to see families ripped apart. We will take any action necessary to protect the rights of all Chicagoans,” the mayor continued. “Protecting Chicago is the next step in the work we have been doing to defend our city from federal overreach and illegal action.”

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

According to the initiative, the Chicago Police Department would remain a city agency and urges federal law enforcement to abide by city laws on policing. Johnson threatened legal action if they didn’t. This would include barring officers from concealing their identities with masks, making them use active body cameras during engagements, and requiring them to wear identifying information such as badges and uniforms, and also stating CPD will not work with federal or military units in the city.

The order reaffirms that the Chicago Police Department will stay under local control and explicitly calls on Trump to “stand down” from any National Guard threats.

“I do not take this executive action lightly,” Johnson said. “I would’ve preferred to work more collaboratively to pass legislation … but unfortunately we do not have the luxury of time. We have received credible reports that we have days, not weeks, before our city sees some kind of militarized activity by the federal government.”

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, another Democrat, has also opposed federal intervention despite Trump’s success in Washington, DC.

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement to News Nation, “If these Democrats focused on fixing crime in their own cities instead of doing publicity stunts to criticize the President, their communities would be much safer. Cracking down on crime should not be a partisan issue, but Democrats suffering from TDS [Trump Derangement Syndrome] are trying to make it one.”

“They should listen to fellow Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser who recently celebrated the Trump Administration’s success in driving down violent crime in Washington DC,” Jackson said.

Bowser recently praised the Trump administration’s success in reducing violent crime in the nation’s capital after similar federal actions.

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