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Ari Berman
@AriBerman
Author: Minority Rule, Give Us the Ballot & Herding Donkeys a.co/d/i4zp3FP Voting rights reporter: @motherjones Speaking: [email protected]
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    Ari Berman
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    Apr 22, 2024
    “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
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    How the Founding Fathers' concept of 'Minority Rule' is alive and well today
    Journalist Ari Berman says the founding fathers created a system that concentrated power in the hands of an elite minority — and that their decisions continue to impact American democracy today.
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    Ari Berman
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    Mar 17, 2021
    38,000 gun deaths a year in US: who needs gun control? 2 cases of voter fraud in 2020: let’s pass 253 new voter suppression laws
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    Ari Berman
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    Jan 8, 2021
    Republicans confirmed Amy Coney Barrett 8 days before election but say you can’t impeach Trump 12 days before inauguration
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    Ari Berman
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    Nov 12, 2020
    There have been more Trump aides who’ve tested positive for coronavirus since the election than documented cases of voter fraud
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    Ari Berman
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    Jan 13, 2021
    House Republicans want to require strict voter ID to cast a ballot but won’t walk through metal detectors after inspiring violent coup at Capitol
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    Ari Berman
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    Feb 13, 2021
    Shocking stat: 57 senators who voted to convict Trump represent 76.7 MILLION more Americans than 43 senators who voted to acquit
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    Ari Berman
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    Feb 5, 2020
    Mind-blowing stat: 48 Senators who voted to convict Trump represent 18 million more Americans than 52 Republicans who voted to acquit
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    Ari Berman
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    Jul 26, 2020
    Incredible image: John Lewis crossing the bridge in Selma, where he nearly died marching for voting rights 55 years ago, one last time
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    Ari Berman
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    May 3, 2021
    Bruce Bartman, white guy in PA who illegally voted for Trump on behalf of his dead mother, gets 5 years probation Crystal Mason, black woman in TX who voted on supervised release when she didn't know she was ineligible, gets 5 years in prison Two justice systems in America
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    Ari Berman
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    Jun 3, 2020
    Ferguson just elected a black woman as mayor & white supremacist Steve King has been ousted from Congress. This is why voting matters
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    Ari Berman
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    Nov 6, 2020
    Truly insane we’re obsessing over 1,900 votes in Georgia when Biden is leading by 4 million votes nationwide
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    Ari Berman
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    Mar 23, 2021
    2 cases of voter fraud in 2020: let’s make it harder to vote 38,000 gun deaths a year in US: let’s make it easier to buy guns
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    Ari Berman
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    Jan 18, 2021
    I don’t want to hear praise for MLK today from any Republican who voted to overturn 2020 election & throw out millions of Black & Brown votes
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    Ari Berman
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    Feb 6, 2021
    67% of Americans support raising minimum wage to $15 hour but it can be filibustered by 41 GOP senators representing just 21% of country. This is why the Senate is deeply broken