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https://www.aribermanauthor.com/books
Including his new #book #MinorityRule : The #Rightwing Attack On The Will Of the People and The Fight To Resist It
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https://www.aribermanauthor.com/books
Including his new #book #MinorityRule : The #Rightwing Attack On The Will Of the People and The Fight To Resist It
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@firstdogonthemoon Chimes so well with that book I just read #MinorityRule #classwarnotculturewar
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@firstdogonthemoon Chimes so well with that book I just read #MinorityRule #classwarnotculturewar
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340 Mio people in the US
245 Mio eligible to Vote
155 Mio people voted in 2024
_77 Mio voted for TrumpOf these 77 Mio people many have serious buyers remorse, Some polls claim 60% were ok Trump policies pre Trump tariffs.
46 Mio MAGA people
My guess is this number is down to somewhere 20-30 Mio hard core MAGA.Trump support is somewhere between 6 and 16% of the US population.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGpG2KHyknM
#Politics #VotingMath #Voting #Democracy #MinorityRule #Republicans #electoralCollege #US -
340 Mio people in the US
245 Mio eligible to Vote
155 Mio people voted in 2024
_77 Mio voted for TrumpOf these 77 Mio people many have serious buyers remorse, Some polls claim 60% were ok Trump policies pre Trump tariffs.
46 Mio MAGA people
My guess is this number is down to somewhere 20-30 Mio hard core MAGA.Trump support is somewhere between 6 and 16% of the US population.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGpG2KHyknM
#Politics #VotingMath #Voting #Democracy #MinorityRule #Republicans #electoralCollege #US -
From African to American Apartheid
Part 1: In Bid to Help White Landowners, Trump Cuts Off Aid to South Africa, Putting Millions of Lives at Risk
#Culture #Politics #Economics #MinorityRule #Authoritarianism #Technocracy #Technofeudalism #Project2025 #Trump #TrumpRegime #whiteSupremacy #Christofascism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrb_wFJYtrg
Transcript - https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/trump_south_africa -
From African to American Apartheid
Part 1: In Bid to Help White Landowners, Trump Cuts Off Aid to South Africa, Putting Millions of Lives at Risk
#Culture #Politics #Economics #MinorityRule #Authoritarianism #Technocracy #Technofeudalism #Project2025 #Trump #TrumpRegime #whiteSupremacy #Christofascism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrb_wFJYtrg
Transcript - https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/trump_south_africa -
From African to American Apartheid
Part 2: “The PayPal Mafia”: Meet the South African Oligarchs Surrounding Trump, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel
#Culture #Politics #Economics #MinorityRule #Authoritarianism #Technocracy #Technofeudalism #Project2025 #Trump #TrumpRegime #whiteSupremacy #Christofascism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAHSgVk84B0
Transcript - https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/elon_musk_doge_south_africa_apartheid -
From African to American Apartheid
Part 2: “The PayPal Mafia”: Meet the South African Oligarchs Surrounding Trump, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel
#Culture #Politics #Economics #MinorityRule #Authoritarianism #Technocracy #Technofeudalism #Project2025 #Trump #TrumpRegime #whiteSupremacy #Christofascism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAHSgVk84B0
Transcript - https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/elon_musk_doge_south_africa_apartheid -
From African to American Apartheid
Part 3: Elon Musk’s Family History in South Africa Reveals Ties to Apartheid & Neo-Nazi Movements
#Culture #Politics #Economics #MinorityRule #Authoritarianism #Technocracy #Technofeudalism #Project2025 #Trump #TrumpRegime #whiteSupremacy #Christofascism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahv3IKzMdHA&t=49s
Transcript - https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/27/elon_musk_south_africa -
From African to American Apartheid
Part 3: Elon Musk’s Family History in South Africa Reveals Ties to Apartheid & Neo-Nazi Movements
#Culture #Politics #Economics #MinorityRule #Authoritarianism #Technocracy #Technofeudalism #Project2025 #Trump #TrumpRegime #whiteSupremacy #Christofascism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahv3IKzMdHA&t=49s
Transcript - https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/27/elon_musk_south_africa -
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374600211/minorityrule/
#MinorityRule: The #Rightwing Attack on the Will of the People --- and The Fight to Resist It
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https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374600211/minorityrule/
#MinorityRule: The #Rightwing Attack on the Will of the People --- and The Fight to Resist It
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#Disaffected #Voters May Want to #Consider What #Decades of #RightWing #MinorityRule Could Bring.
#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump will not last forever, but if he #wins election to a second term, his #Farright #RepublicanParty’s system of #minority #rule could be here for #decades. The #damage they would inflict on the people of this nation—and the world—is #horrifying to contemplate.
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#Disaffected #Voters May Want to #Consider What #Decades of #RightWing #MinorityRule Could Bring.
#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump will not last forever, but if he #wins election to a second term, his #Farright #RepublicanParty’s system of #minority #rule could be here for #decades. The #damage they would inflict on the people of this nation—and the world—is #horrifying to contemplate.
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🚨 #MotherJones 🚨
#MinorityRule Is Threatening American Democracy Like Never Before
by #AriBerman May/June 2024 issue
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🚨 #MotherJones 🚨
#MinorityRule Is Threatening American Democracy Like Never Before
by #AriBerman May/June 2024 issue
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"Conservative lawmakers and activists have opened up a Pandora’s box of dirty tricks in every state where abortion is on or heading towards the ballot. …
When tricking voters doesn’t work, anti-abortion activists are turning to intimidation."
~ Jessica Valenti
#abortion #Republicans #MinorityRule #WhiteChristianNationalism
https://jessica.substack.com/p/the-will-of-the-people-except-on
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𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐆𝐎𝐏 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞.
A senator from California represents more than 39 million residents; from Wyoming, less than 577,000. But both states have the same number of votes in the U.S. Senate.
It's even worse. California has a greater population than the smallest 21 (of 50) states combined.
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𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐆𝐎𝐏 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞.
A senator from California represents more than 39 million residents; from Wyoming, less than 577,000. But both states have the same number of votes in the U.S. Senate.
It's even worse. California has a greater population than the smallest 21 (of 50) states combined.
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Republicans invest a lot of money and time in smoke and mirrors to distract Americans from the fact that they’ve only grabbed power through #MinorityRule the last 30 years.
Democrats can counter it by being bold: shine a light on it and talk about it. Don’t shy away from it. Don’t give into fear tactics. Don’t feed the doom machine.
We’re stronger standing together because quite simply there are more of us than them. When we all do our part, we win.
It’s a mind game at heart.
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Republicans invest a lot of money and time in smoke and mirrors to distract Americans from the fact that they’ve only grabbed power through #MinorityRule the last 30 years.
Democrats can counter it by being bold: shine a light on it and talk about it. Don’t shy away from it. Don’t give into fear tactics. Don’t feed the doom machine.
We’re stronger standing together because quite simply there are more of us than them. When we all do our part, we win.
It’s a mind game at heart.
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Dan Rather on Louisiana's 10 Commandments stunt:
"All this is part of a larger national plan by a minority of Christians to inject expressions of their faith into everyday life, whether we like it or not. With a highly politicized and far-right majority on the Supreme Court at the ready, these groups believe they will get a friendlier reception from the court and could ultimately be successful."
#TenCommandments #Louisiana #SupremeCourt #MinorityRule #evangelicals
https://steady.substack.com/p/thou-shalt-not-violate-the-constitution
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Dan Rather on Louisiana's 10 Commandments stunt:
"All this is part of a larger national plan by a minority of Christians to inject expressions of their faith into everyday life, whether we like it or not. With a highly politicized and far-right majority on the Supreme Court at the ready, these groups believe they will get a friendlier reception from the court and could ultimately be successful."
#TenCommandments #Louisiana #SupremeCourt #MinorityRule #evangelicals
https://steady.substack.com/p/thou-shalt-not-violate-the-constitution
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“These were overwhelmingly peaceful protests, and we get an extraordinary wave of police repression and the arrest of 3600 peaceful protesters,” Levitsky said. “And I think what terrified me the most was there was a consensus … in the mainstream establishment that this was OK.”
#StudentProtests #IsraelWarCrimes #MinorityRule #DemocracyDiesInDarkness
https://vtdigger.org/2024/06/05/vermont-conversation-harvard-professor-steven-levitsky-on-how-the-tyranny-of-the-minority-threatens-democracy/ -
“These were overwhelmingly peaceful protests, and we get an extraordinary wave of police repression and the arrest of 3600 peaceful protesters,” Levitsky said. “And I think what terrified me the most was there was a consensus … in the mainstream establishment that this was OK.”
#StudentProtests #IsraelWarCrimes #MinorityRule #DemocracyDiesInDarkness
https://vtdigger.org/2024/06/05/vermont-conversation-harvard-professor-steven-levitsky-on-how-the-tyranny-of-the-minority-threatens-democracy/ -
@ArenaCops the entire logic behind #gerrymandering is #MinorityRule
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@ArenaCops the entire logic behind #gerrymandering is #MinorityRule
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"That’s right: You could get blown out 96%-4% and become governor, attorney general, or any of the other statewide offices. The candidates who did this would inevitably be Republicans, because they’d be the ones winning all those small rural counties. Which of course is the point.
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Paul Waldman asks,
"How'd you like to win an election with just 4% of the vote?"
"Under the GOP proposal [in Texas], a candidate could win a statewide race with just 4 percent of the vote."
#Texas #Republicans #democracy #MinorityRule
/1https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-texas-gops-bonkers-attack-on
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Paul Waldman asks,
"How'd you like to win an election with just 4% of the vote?"
"Under the GOP proposal [in Texas], a candidate could win a statewide race with just 4 percent of the vote."
#Texas #Republicans #democracy #MinorityRule
/1https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-texas-gops-bonkers-attack-on
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Our political system has been rigged by corporate lobbyists, lawmakers, and judges to hold public office hostage to big money—intentionally excluding the working-class majority from its rightful place at America’s policy table."
~ Jim Hightower
#EconomicElites #wealth #corporations #MinorityRule #MinoritarianRule
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Our political system has been rigged by corporate lobbyists, lawmakers, and judges to hold public office hostage to big money—intentionally excluding the working-class majority from its rightful place at America’s policy table."
~ Jim Hightower
#EconomicElites #wealth #corporations #MinorityRule #MinoritarianRule
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"When it was acceptable to pump pollution into the atmosphere. When striking workers were beaten by thugs hired by those in power."
#Trump #Alito #SupremeCourt #corruption #MinorityRule #MinoritarianRule
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"When it was acceptable to pump pollution into the atmosphere. When striking workers were beaten by thugs hired by those in power."
#Trump #Alito #SupremeCourt #corruption #MinorityRule #MinoritarianRule
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"It serves people who want to keep living in what used to be the American mainstream. Our demographics are changing rapidly, but there was a time not that long ago when the vast majority of American society was white and Christian. There was a time when being LGBTQ+ was considered by a majority to be morally reprehensible. When it was okay to deny Black people the right to vote, or even freedom."
#Trump #Alito #SupremeCourt #corruption #MinorityRule #MinoritarianRule
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"It serves people who want to keep living in what used to be the American mainstream. Our demographics are changing rapidly, but there was a time not that long ago when the vast majority of American society was white and Christian. There was a time when being LGBTQ+ was considered by a majority to be morally reprehensible. When it was okay to deny Black people the right to vote, or even freedom."
#Trump #Alito #SupremeCourt #corruption #MinorityRule #MinoritarianRule
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"What are we to make of the fact that Trump can be re-elected, that the Supreme Court is full of reactionary fanatics, and Congress isn't acting on the will of the American people? For starters, we have a political system that acts like a dam, blocking the 'main stream' of where this country is today. …
But this system is also a product of our past."
~ Elliot Kirschner
#Trump #Alito #SupremeCourt #corruption #MinorityRule #MinoritarianRule
/1https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/wheres-the-mainstream
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"What are we to make of the fact that Trump can be re-elected, that the Supreme Court is full of reactionary fanatics, and Congress isn't acting on the will of the American people? For starters, we have a political system that acts like a dam, blocking the 'main stream' of where this country is today. …
But this system is also a product of our past."
~ Elliot Kirschner
#Trump #Alito #SupremeCourt #corruption #MinorityRule #MinoritarianRule
/1https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/wheres-the-mainstream
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6. Trump accepted endorsements of alleged gang members, rappers Michael Williams (Sheff G) and Tegan Chambers (Sleepy Hallow), both indicted in 2023 with 30 others on 140 counts, including murder, attempted murder, illegal possession of firearms, and at least a dozen shootings.
7. Trump’s people claimed that 25,000 people attended his New York rally, which issued only 3,400 tickets, with aerial shots suggesting 800–1,500 people attended.
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4. "A filing unsealed in the case of Trump’s retention of classified documents showed that a federal judge, Beryl Howell, believed investigators had 'strong evidence' that Trump 'intended' to hide those documents from the federal government."
5. Trump made a social media post stating that journalist Evan Gershkovich, jailed in Russia, will be freed by Putin if Trump is elected — suggesting Trump and Putin communicate.
#Republicans #MAGA #WhiteEvangelicals #MinorityRule #Trump
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3. Trump chickened out of testifying in his hush money trial, and then:
"He talked about staying in office for a third term, ran a video promising that the United States will become a 'unified Reich' when he wins reelection, and accused President Joe Biden of trying to have him assassinated. He will be 78 in a few weeks and is having trouble speaking."
#Republicans #MAGA #WhiteEvangelicals #MinorityRule #Trump
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Richardson provides an instructive rundown of GOP extremism in just the past week:
1. Louisiana's GOP legislature passes legislation classifying mifepristone and misoprostol as dangerous drugs.
2. Trump "said he was open to regulating contraception and that his campaign would issue a policy statement on contraception 'very shortly.'" He then walked that statement back amid backlash.
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Heather Cox Richardson reminds us that the MAGA minority now exerting such control in the Republican party, notably its white evangelical base, are so rabid and aggressive because they know they are in the minority nationally:
"MAGA Republicans know their agenda is unpopular, and they are working to seize power through voter suppression, violence, gerrymandering, and packing the legal system."
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"62% of young adults wouldn’t live in state with #Abortion ban"
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4648989-young-adults-live-states-abortion-bans-survey/On one hand, action is good & could be necessary.
On other, moving could aggravate the problem of #MinorityRule, concentrating progressives in a small number of large states & leaving the far right to dominate the more numerous small states w/ outsized voice in the Senate & Electoral College.
The solution? #Vote to entrench #ReproductiveRights in your state #constitution. Vote before moving.
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Ari Berman: “GOP-appointed judges reliably supported Republican efforts to tilt the rules and institutions of democracy in their favor … which in turn helped Republicans win more elections and appoint more judges, with one undemocratic feature of the system augmenting the other.”
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Paul Waldman notes that the latest exhaustive survey by PRRI of American attitudes about abortion shows that "just 9% of Americans who believe that abortion should be illegal in all cases":
"That 9 percent, the sliver of Americans who want abortion to always be illegal, is not only a minority nationally, it’s a minority in every state, and not just a minority but a tiny minority."
#abortion #Republicans #MinorityRule
/1https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-abortion-republicans
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“The Supreme Court Is a Product of Minority Rule”: Ari Berman on America’s Undemocratic System
#AntiDemocratic #MinorityRule #WhiteSupremacy
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh2FqaHVdbI
'The Supreme Court is a Product of Minority Rule'
#Book #MinorityRule by #AriBerman
#SCOTUSanUndemocraticInsitution #USAShitShow #Elections #Voting
