Ari Berman

“By 2040, 70% of US will live in 15 states with 30 senators. That means 30% of country, which is whiter, more rural, more conservative, will elect 70% of senators” Please listen to my @nprfreshair interview with Terry Gross about my new book Minority Rule npr.org/2024/04/22/124…

Breaking: Missouri House passes new gerrymandered US House map giving GOP 90% of seats in state Trump won with 58% of vote. Destroys district held by Black Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, one of 2 Dems in state Texas was just start of Trump’s plan to rig midterms motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

What’s happening in NC should be much bigger scandal: gerrymandered GOP legislature stripping power from Dem gov & AG in lame-duck session while Rs trying to throw out 60k votes to overturn Dem victory in state Supreme Court race motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Breaking: North Carolina GOP Legislature overrides Gov Cooper veto & passes lame-duck power grab stripping power from Dem gov & AG and taking control of state/local election boards. Incredibly brazen effort to nullify 3 million votes cast for Dems in 2024 & rig future elections

One of the key lessons from 2024: Dems can’t just run on preserving democracy. They need to convince skeptical voters democracy is worth saving, can improve people's lives & outline an alternative vision for reforming a broken system motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Breaking: NC GOP legislature just passed massive power grab in lame duck session stripping power from Dem gov & AG and giving GOP control over state + county election boards. Snuck into hurricane relief bill. Incredibly undemocratic motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Last night gerrymandered NC GOP House passed massive power grab in lame duck session stripping power from Dem gov & AG and giving GOP control over state and county election boards. Incredibly dangerous and anti-democratic motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Ohio Republicans, who passed gerrymandered maps that were struck down 7x by courts, brazenly rigged anti-gerrymandering initiative to trick voters into thinking it would promote gerrymandering. An unbelievably brazen abuse of power motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

If Mitch McConnell had used his power to lobby Republicans to convict Trump on impeachment charges after Jan 6 he never would have been able to run for president again

57% supported abortion rights ballot initiative in Florida. That's strong majority support. It only failed because Florida is one of only states that requires supermajority to pass ballot initiatives. That's a form of minority rule

Georgia court has extended voting hours for 6 DeKalb County polling sites in Atlanta that received bomb threats

Very concerning there were bomb threats at polling sites in heavily Black areas of Georgia & Navajo County in Arizona

In 7 states, state supreme Court races could decide future of abortion rights for tens of millions of people @MotherJones motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

In 2018 Wisconsin GOP won 46% of vote but 64% of seats in assembly Now gerrymandered maps struck down & Dems have chance to flip state leg chamber for first time since 2010 @benwikler calls it “secret weapon” that could tip state blue motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Don't sleep on so many important down-ballot races today: -ballot initiatives on abortion in 10 states & ending gerrymandering in OH -Dems can retake/maintain control of state leg chambers in AZ, NH, MI, MN, PA & WI -key state Supreme Court races in OH, MI, MT, NC, AZ, KY, TX

Amazing stat: 8 of 10 states with highest turnout in 2020 had Election Day registration. If you’re not registered, you can register & vote today in these states 👇👇

"The Electoral College is undemocratic, antiquated and racist." @AriBerman lays out the case against the Electoral College.

Very important: 23 states + DC have Election Day registration You can register & cast ballot at same time in AK CA CO CT DC HI ID IL IA ME MD MI MN MT NV NH NM RI UT VT VA WA WI WY

.@AriBerman and @JustinGlawe have a new story out breaking down how Trump-connected election deniers are driving MAGA’s efforts to help Trump contest the 2024 election. Highly recommend reading this piece in full. Below I'll outline some key points. ⬇️ motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

🚨Georgia's election is at risk. Despite courts blocking the MAGA Election Board's "unconstitutional" rule changes, the threat of election deniers disrupting democracy looms. Here's how MAGA allies plan to plunge Georgia into chaos and help Trump challenge the results. ⬇️