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Very telling that Mitch McConnell, who's devoted his career to subverting democracy, is leading opposition to Dems democracy reform bill. He's admitting Republicans lose when more people vote motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Paul Weyrich 1980: "I don't want everybody to vote. Our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down."

Mitch McConnell 2019: Making Election Day a national holiday is "power grab" for Democrats
For the record, 65% Americans support making Election Day national holiday

Voting on Tuesday in November totally antiquated concept. Most democracies vote on weekends when far more convenient pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018…
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Ari Berman
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Very important election today for Wisconsin Supreme Court

GOP candidate defended Scott Walker's attacks on unions & voting rights, called Planned Parenthood "wicked organization" NAACP "disgrace to America" & founded Christian school banning LGBT ppl motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Conservative majority on WI Supreme Court upheld Scott Walker’s attacks on unions, voting rights & illegal dark money fundraising

If progressive candidates win race today & in 2020 they can reverse extreme gerrymandering, voter suppression, lame-duck coup motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
GOP candidate for WI supreme court called Planned Parenthood “wicked organization” NAACP “disgrace to America" & Roe v Wade “worst & most unjustifiable decision in history"

"To put that person on highest court in the state is dangerous” says @EricHolder motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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Ari Berman
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At oral arguments today SCOTUS conservative justices terrified of every vote counting equally. They kept invoking fear of "proportional representation" to justify extreme gerrymandering. If NC/MD maps stand gerrymandering will be even worse in 2021 motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
In 2018 NC Dems won 49% of votes but Republicans won 75% of House seats. "I propose we draw maps to give a partisan advantage to 10 Republicans & 3 Democrats, because I do not believe it’s possible to draw a map with 11 Republicans & 2 Democrats,” said GOP legislative leader
Gorsuch & Kavanaugh cited success of state-level ballot initiatives creating independent redistricting commissions as reason SCOTUS didn’t need to curb partisan gerrymandering. They didn’t mention 4 conservative justices voted to gut independent commissions in 2015
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Ari Berman
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Wilbur Ross testifying before House today. He's already lied under oath about census citizenship question:

1. Said DOJ requested q when he did

2. Said didn’t discuss w/ Trump officials when Steve Bannon put him in touch with Kris Kobach to add question

motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
And Wilbur Ross absurdly claimed census citizenship question needed to enforce Voting Rights Act when even top Trump DOJ official admitted "not necessary." Trump admin hasn't filed single lawsuit to enforce VRA motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
Federal court said Wilbur Ross "violated the law" & "violated public trust" by adding citizenship question to 2020 census. Ross “alternately ignored, cherry-picked, or badly misconstrued the evidence in the record before him" motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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@AstorAaron @TheAtlantic @davidfrum That may feel good. In reality, the problem is US. It's apathy. We complain or sit out because we don't get our way. Congress is elected by US. If voter participation is < 50%, we deserve the congress we get. Unless we take power with 60-70% participation, it stays as is #vote.
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GOP is getting ready for hell. Thanks to their control of Congress, Republicans have blocked most of Democrats’ investigative requests. If House flips and the GOP loses its power, Trump Admin isn't ready for the investigatory onslaught that awaits them.
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