Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026In 1868 Louisiana elected first Black congressman. He was never seated In 1875 Louisiana elected second Black congressman. He served just one term It took 114 years for Louisiana to elect another Black member of Congress And now Roberts Court wants to wipe out Black representation across South 8523216 523
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Very important - today 10/5 is the last day to register to vote if you live in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas 14653 53
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🚨Really important voter registration deadlines coming up: 10/4 - Alaska, Rhode Island & South Carolina 10/5 - Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas Make sure you're registered & spread the word 07070 70
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026By destroying Voting Rights Act and gutting 14th & 15th amendments the Roberts Court is recycling legal arguments once used by Confederates and white supremacists to destroy Reconstruction Please read my deep dive w/ @pemalevy.bsky.social in @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 231755731 1.8K
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 06/08/202661 years ago LBJ signed Voting Rights Act. He called it "a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield." But now the Supreme Court has effectively killed it after John Roberts spent 40 years working to destroy the country’s most important civil rights law 8302134 302
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Trump claimed in speech DHS found 278,000 noncitizens registered to vote. Turns out that number was 10,716 based on report they just released. Even that # likely wildly inflated due to false positives & inaccuracies in SAVE database 2317357 173
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026National Intelligence Council 2021 report directly contradicts Trump's lies about alleged Chinese interference: “We assess that China did not deploy interference efforts and considered but did not deploy influence efforts intended to change the outcome of the US presidential election" 11554259 554
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Dems could draw more than 20 new blue districts by 2028, reversing GOP’s redistricting advantage They need to maximize their power everywhere they have it to counteract Trump & SCOTUS destroying VRA I break it down here, citing great research by @stephenwolf.bsky.social @davidnir.com 15246115 246
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026WTF is this NYT headline? What the Alabama + Callais decisions really signal is that Roberts Court will make up whatever the hell rule it wants to maximally help the GOP & prevent Black voters from having any representation 9398108 398
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026In addition to fighting back against GOP gerrymandering, here’s another reason why state-level races so important in 2026: if Dems win trifectas in combo of MI, PA, WI, NV & AZ they can put National Popular Vote Interstate Compact over 270 electoral votes & elect next president with popular vote 391435523 1.4K
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026There’s one person squarely to blame for the destruction of the Voting Rights Act and American democracy writ large: Chief Justice John Roberts 13252105 252
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026John Roberts has been trying to kill Voting Rights Act since he was young lawyer in Reagan DOJ in early 1980s. That's most important context for today's Callais decision. Roberts Court has now issued 3 major decisions gutting VRA, turning law into dead letter www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 10227091221 2.7K
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Trump claims Save America Act will “guarantee the midterms” for Republicans. It won’t. 10 states with lowest rates of passport ownership all voted for Trump www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 52757222 757
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Affidavit for Fulton County FBI raid is out & begins with massive red flag, noting that "criminal investigation originated from referral sent by Kurt Olsen, [Trump's] Director of Election Security & Integrity" Olsen was leader of 'Stop the Steal' in 2020 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 20503181 503
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 11/12/2025The dark money group Heritage Action says Trump threatened to strip all federal funding from Indiana if state senate rejects 9-0 gerrymandered map today. This is height of autocracy. Trump & his allies using political and economic terrorism to force state legislature to vote for rigged map 1114483 144
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Mike Johnson’s 7 week refusal to seat Adelita Grijalva bigger than just Epstein files (though that’s BFD). He’s also laying groundwork to attempt to prevent winning Dems from taking office if House majority up for grabs in 2026, as I reported for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 38331 83
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Huge protests at Missouri Capitol right now against GOP plan to gerrymander state on Trump's orders AND gerrymander citizen-led ballot initiatives 5333142 333
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Really important convo with @wajali.bsky.social on 10 ways Trump already rigging midterms Democracy being destroyed right before our eyes & Dems need much more urgent response to combat this authoritarian takeover thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-10-way... 05223 52
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Look 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 66423 64
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Massive #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 312947487 2.9K
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 14/06/2025NY 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?" 17215 72
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Breaking: federal district court orders North Carolina to certify state supreme court election for Democrat Allison Riggs & rejects Republican attempt to overturn election and throw out thousands of votes. Huge victory for democracy & fair elections www.courtlistener.com/docket/69489... 421780421 1.8K
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 10/04/2025In addition to requiring proof of citizenship documents to register to vote that millions of Americans don’t have, SAVE Act requires voters to register or re-register IN PERSON at election offices. That's absolutely crazy. Some voters might have to drive 8 hours just to update their registration 33713 37
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Greta Bedekovics @americanprogress.bsky.social says SAVE Act would disenfranchise 69 million married women who changed name & can’t use birth certificate to register to vote calling it “a marriage penalty” that “completely ignores the implications of the 19th Amendment” 310538 105
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 02/04/202510 Wisconsin counties flipped from Trump to Susan Crawford last night www.jsonline.com/story/news/p... 419364 193
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025This image is making the rounds among Wisconsin Dems & progressives this am 18346130 346
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Said by the billionaire who spent $25 million trying to buy a state supreme court race & gave three million dollar checks directly to voters 913132 131
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025@benwikler.bsky.social: "Tonight, Democrats got up off the mat and fought back...Let the lesson of Wisconsin’s election ring out across the country: hope is not lost, democracy can yet survive, and the voice of the American people will not be silenced.” 016928 169
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Wasserman has called Wisconsin Supreme Court race for Susan Crawford 833342 333
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Seven polling sites in Milwaukee ran out of ballots due to "historic turnout" according to city election director. More ballots are being printed and on way. Very important to remind voters that if they're in line when polls close at 8 CT they get to vote. Do not leave. Please spread the word 8350331810 5K
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Musk's pac now offering $50 to people who "snap a picture outside of a voting location with a WI resident holding a photo of" Brad Schimel It's illegal in Wisconsin to "engage in electioneering" within 100 feet of polling place 1782657799 2.7K
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025A Musk paid petitioner was removed by police in city of Waukesha (Brad Schimel's home county) for badgering voters waiting to vote to sign Musk pac's petition & be awarded $100, according to Common Cause WI & local news reports www.gmtoday.com/the_freeman/... 11349116 349
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025This quote from State Rep Robyn Vining perfectly sums up how GOP rigs elections in Wisconsin “They gerrymander to rig system & when they can’t gerrymander, they try to take away people’s votes & when they can’t rig votes, the richest man in the world comes in & decides he wants to buy it.” 11819190 819
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Hey look there’s my @motherjones.com article featured in Wisconsin Dems ad showing Musk taking a chainsaw to Badger State 212830 128
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Flier from Elon Musk’s America pac says Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel is on “Team Trump.” Not very subtle 73313 33
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford in Waukesha this morning: “I need to talk for a few minutes about my opponent…Elon Musk” “He has spent over $25 million trying to ensure that I don't end up on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He is trying to buy votes in Wisconsin” 492294698 2.3K
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 28/03/2025New: Here is lawsuit WI attorney general Josh Kaul just filed to prevent Elon Musk from paying people $1 million each to vote in Wisconsin Supreme Court race. "A blatant attempt to violate Wisconsin law. This must not happen...The offer has not been withdrawn." www.wisdoj.gov/PressRelease... 21348124 348
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 28/03/2025The election bribery provisions of Wisconsin Constitution say it’s illegal to “offer anything of value…in order to induce any elector to vote or refrain from voting.” casetext.com/statute/wisc... 1130168 301