Ari Berman

@ericholder.bsky.social: “The president and his party are afraid of the voters and they’re trying to manipulate the maps in Texas so that they can rig the elections in 2026.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Breaking: Texas House redistricting committee passes Trump’s egregiously gerrymandered US House map giving GOP 5 new seats & 80% of congressional delegation in state Trump won with 56% of vote. Increases # of seats Trump won by 10+ points from 25 to 30 & reduces # of competitive seats from 2 to zero

Days before the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act on Aug 6 the conservative majority on Supreme Court is announcing its intention to kill what’s left of the country’s most important civil rights law

President Trump is pushing for a redrawing of the Texas electoral map to favor Republicans in next year's midterms and beyond. Journalist @ariberman.bsky.social calls it an "unprecedented power grab" that will further disenfranchise voters of color in the state.

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Trump’s Texas gerrymander is supercharging a new war on democracy Texas Republicans just unveiled a shocking plan to give their party five new House seats.

“This map is racist, it’s illegal, and it’s part of a long, ugly tradition of trying to keep Black and Brown Texas from having a voice,” said Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey.

This is an amazing blow to democracy and an illustration of how Trump and the GOP are trying to impose minority rule. Great work from @ariberman.bsky.social

thanks! I tried and failed to do this

^32nd district above

Look what Texas Republicans did to Dem Rep. Julie Johnson's district to shift it from Harris +24 to Trump +18. She used to represent north and east of Dallas. Now her district stretches 100 miles east into rural Texas under Trump's gerrymander. Absurd

Texas population is 60% people of color but whites control 65% of current Congressional districts. The existing GOP drawn map is already severely gerrymandered & Trump’s Texas power grab will make it far worse

Trump’s Texas gerrymander Is supercharging a new war on democracy Texas Republicans just unveiled a shocking plan to give their party five new House seats.

Trump’s Texas gerrymander would give Republicans nearly 80% of seats in state where he got 56% of vote

This is direct result of John Roberts & conservative SCOTUS majority gutting Voting Rights Act & refusing to stop blatant partisan gerrymandering www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It’s been 1,275 days since Senate Republicans, with the help of Joe Manchin & Kyrsten Sinema, filibustered passage of the Freedom to Vote: John R Lewis Act. The consequences for voting rights have been devastating #goodtrouble

Blame John Roberts for enabling Trump’s massive power grab in Texas The Supreme Court's conservative majority laid the groundwork for extreme partisan gerrymandering.

John Roberts & SCOTUS conservative justices squarely to blame for enabling Trump’s massive power grab in Texas. His scheme to “pick up five seats” through mid-decade redistricting can only succeed because the court greenlit extreme partisan gerrymandering www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Texas Republicans have a brazen new plan to block Democrats from retaking the House in 2026 “The partisan effects of the maps are achieved by discriminating against communities of color."

Texas congressional districts:

Whites 40% population but majority in 60% districts

Hispanics 39% of pop but majority in 18% districts

Blacks 12% of pop but majority in 0% districts

Now Texas re-gerrymandering for 2026 bc Trump says they’re not skewed enough 🤔 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Texas Republicans have a brazen new plan to block Democrats from retaking the House in 2026 “The partisan effects of the maps are achieved by discriminating against communities of color."

Instead of mourning 120 dead in Texas & focusing on preventing another disaster, TX Republicans set to re-gerrymander congressional districts this summer to block Dems from retaking House in 2026. Trump DOJ orchestrated massive power grab. There truly is no low www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Here are three ways Trump is weaponizing the DOJ to advance his voter suppression plans ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

Read more from @ariberman.bsky.social here: bit.ly/44tYsoj

"This is the moment in history that we will look back on and say, 'Where were you when? Where were you when we were watching dictators take over?'"

@ariberman.bsky.social reports from New Paltz, NY where State Senator (D) Michelle Hinchey speaks.

Massive #NoKings protest in Kingston, NY, home of swing 18th congressional district. Sheriff said 5,000 attended! City has 24k people total

Video by @thomasbrodin.bsky.social

Perfectly sums up Trump’s second term

NY State Sen Michelle Hinchey gave powerful speech at No Kings protest in New Paltz today. “When we are watching the very fabric of our country unravel, this is the moment in history where we will look back on and say where were you when? Where were you when we were watching dictators take over?"

Hudson Valley's "No Kings" rally: Protesting dictatorship in a key battleground "We are fighting a war against tyranny again.”

Huge turnout for No Kings protest in key swing district in NY Hudson Valley. Close to 400 showed up in town of 15k despite cold and rain

"We are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution next year. We are fighting a war against tyranny again”

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Voices Against the Tide: Independent Media and the Struggle for American Democracy - Bay Area Book Festival In an era of rising authoritarianism, media polarization, and attacks on voting rights, independent journalism plays a critical role in safeguarding democracy. This panel brings together two of the mo...

Bay Area people! I will be speaking at the Book Festival in Berkeley tomorrow at 11 AM. Please come by if you want to hear me and @ariberman.bsky.social talk about democracy www.baybookfest.org/session/voic...

Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice Department to Advance His Voter Suppression Plans The DOJ’s new lawsuit against North Carolina is a troubling sign of what’s to come.

70% of lawyers have left DOJ Civil Rights Division & voting section down from 30 lawyers to just 3, dropping all major voting rights cases

Trump has completely decimated crown jewel of DOJ & now weaponizing it to advance his extreme voter suppression plans www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice Department to Advance His Voter Suppression Plans The DOJ’s new lawsuit against North Carolina is a troubling sign of what’s to come.

In its first major voting lawsuit Trump DOJ resurrected claims Republican judicial candidate used to try to overturn Democratic victory in NC Supreme Court race. This is extremely dangerous & shows how Trump weaponizing DOJ to advance his voter suppression plans

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🚨189 days after November election Democrat Allison Riggs finally certified as winner of North Carolina Supreme Court race

Allison Riggs says she's "glad the will of the voters was finally heard six months and two days after Election Day" but rightly notes "immeasurable damage done to our democracy" by Griffin's plot to steal election

North Carolina GOP judge finally concedes after six-month effort to steal the election Fails Democrat Allison Riggs wins the North Carolina Supreme Court race, but the GOP scheme to overturn the election will do lasting damage to democracy.

Six-month GOP scheme to brazenly steal NC state supreme court race is finally over. But Jefferson Griffin's attempt to throw out tens of thousands of legal votes and fact that two GOP-dominated state courts agreed with it has done lasting damage to democracy www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Utterly disgraceful how he sought to throw out tens of thousands of legal votes & two GOP-dominated courts in NC green-lit his brazen effort to steal election. Sets very dangerous precedent for future elections. Trying to overturn elections now the norm for GOP

Trump-appointed judge blocks GOP plot to steal North Carolina election Six months after the polls closed, Democrat Allison Riggs' victory in a disputed state Supreme Court race could finally be certified.

Federal court decision ordering NC to certify state supreme court election of Democrat Allison Riggs is BFD

But can’t overlook how two GOP-dominated state courts ok'd brazen effort to steal election & throw out 1000s of votes. Chilling precedent for democracy www.motherjones.com/politics/202...