What was the first thing you said when you, like, woke up this morning?
Here's the first thing Donald Trump said.
Truth Social.
I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate census based on modern-day facts and figures and,
importantly, using the results and information gained from the presidential election of 2024.
People who are in our country, illegally, will not be counted in the census.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Breaking with tradition, norm-busting, unprecedented, blah, blah, blah.
But the point is the man is fixated on maps.
For further evidence, see Texas.
Trump wants Texas to shake up its districts to get him five extra Republican seats in the 2026 midterms.
Texas Democrats fled the state so lawmakers can't push new maps through the legislature.
And now the FBI might get involved?
Messing with Texas on Today Explained from Vox.
Who do they favor?
Why do we have this system?
And is there another one?
Can you think of another one?
That's this week on The Gray Area.
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