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Mind-blowing stat: 48 Senators who voted to convict Trump represent 18 million more Americans than 52 Republicans who voted to acquit
48 Senators who voted to convict Trump of abuse of power represent 170 million people

52 Senators who voted to acquit represent 152 million people

In US Senate majority represents minority

Here is math via @imillhiser docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
@imillhiser 52 GOP Senators who represent 18 million fewer people than Dems/Romney, in a body where Wyoming has 68 times the voting power of California, blocked impeachment of president who lost popular vote by 2.9 million. American democracy is badly broken
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Ari Berman
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Election mess in Ohio & other states shows why every state should adopt vote by mail asap & send a ballot to every registered voter. Voters shouldn't have to choose between their health & their vote

My new video for @MotherJones

In addition to vote by mail - and rules to ensure votes counted - we also need expanded early voting, online registration, curbside voting & polling places for historically disenfranchised communities. Good suggestions from @BrennanCenter & @civilrightsorg motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
Good ideas from @marceelias on how to ensure mail ballots counted:

1. Postage paid by govt
2. Ballots postmarked by Election Day must count
3. Restrictive signature matching laws must be reformed
4. Community orgs should be able to help w/ ballots

democracydocket.com/2020/03/safegu…
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Ari Berman
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Texas closed 750 polling places after SCOTUS gutted Voting Rights Act, more than any other state

72% of closures came in 50 counties with fastest growth of blacks & Latinos

And last night Democrats & minority voters in Houston waited 6 hours to vote

motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
1,688 polling places closed since 2012 in states previously subject to Voting Rights Act. 750 closed in Texas, which had 6 hour lines last night

This is among best evidence I've seen for why Congress needs to restore VRA. House has passed bill but McConnell refuses to hold vote
Hervis Rogers waited 6 hours and 20 minute to vote last night in Houston

High turnout, lack of poll workers, old machines, long ballot contributed to long lines

But don’t forget Texas closed 750 polling places after SCOTUS gutted Voting Rights Act

📷via @edlavaCNN
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Ari Berman
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Democratic Party electorate is 40% non-white but the first two states are 92% white. This is a travesty
NH is 4th whitest state in US. IA is 6th. The stated principles of Democratic Party totally at odds with the two states that go first
I’m still thinking about how unfair it is that two rural states that are 91% & 93% white have so much power to shape the outcome of Democratic race
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Republicans gaslight, distract from THE FACTS:
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Whistleblower Complaint Reportedly Involved Trump's Pledge To A Foreign Leader

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😨Ex CIA Bob Baer suggests the “urgent credible threat” in the whistleblower complaint (that DNI won’t give Congress) ”usually” has something to do w/ someone in White House setting up an illegal backchannel to a foreign govt, or some sort of corruption, discovered by CIA or NSA.
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EVIL everywhere.
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#MAGA #WWG1WGA #WeThePeople #GreatAwakening #Trump #POTUS #DrainTheSwamp #TuesdayThoughts #PATRIOTSFIGHT @realDonaldTrump @potus
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