Ari Berman
@ariberman.bsky.social
National voting rights correspondent Mother Jones. Author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It and Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
Looking forward to joining @chrislhayes.bsky.social @allinwithchris.bsky.social tonight to discuss how Trump’s gerrymandering war now backfiring on GOP
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Looking forward to joining @chrislhayes.bsky.social @allinwithchris.bsky.social tonight to discuss how Trump’s gerrymandering war now backfiring on GOP
Reposted by Ari Berman
The Roberts court created a roadmap by which states could enact partisan and racial gerrymanders, as long as they didn't say the race part out loud. Then Texas went and said the race part out loud.
Will the GOP appointees let Texas get away with it anyway?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Will the GOP appointees let Texas get away with it anyway?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Texas gerrymandering case is a test of the Supreme Court's integrity
Do the justices have any rules they won't let Republicans break?
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The Roberts court created a roadmap by which states could enact partisan and racial gerrymanders, as long as they didn't say the race part out loud. Then Texas went and said the race part out loud.
Will the GOP appointees let Texas get away with it anyway?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Will the GOP appointees let Texas get away with it anyway?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Stop whatever you're doing and read this piece by @pemalevy.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social laying out how John Roberts has spent his entire adult life constructing the scaffolding for Trump's authoritarian takeover, and why he's so invested in rigging the system to continue to help Trump.
Using racial profiling in immigration sweeps. Defying Congress' power of the purse. Firing independent agency commissioners.
President Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man: John Roberts
President Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man: John Roberts
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Stop whatever you're doing and read this piece by @pemalevy.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social laying out how John Roberts has spent his entire adult life constructing the scaffolding for Trump's authoritarian takeover, and why he's so invested in rigging the system to continue to help Trump.
Reposted by Ari Berman
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
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This @pemalevy.bsky.social / @ariberman.bsky.social joint effort on John Roberts is a must-read.
"The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This @pemalevy.bsky.social / @ariberman.bsky.social joint effort on John Roberts is a must-read.
"The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Ari Berman
🎯🎯Must read piece on how John Roberts created the conditions for Trump’s rise and has enabled his criminality at every turn by @pemalevy.bsky.social and @ariberman.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🎯🎯Must read piece on how John Roberts created the conditions for Trump’s rise and has enabled his criminality at every turn by @pemalevy.bsky.social and @ariberman.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"
“Today, as the Roberts court rewrites the Constitution in the image of Trumpian autocracy, it’s become clear that Roberts’ promise to be a neutral umpire was a lie. We are watching a rigged game, and Roberts set it up”
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“Today, as the Roberts court rewrites the Constitution in the image of Trumpian autocracy, it’s become clear that Roberts’ promise to be a neutral umpire was a lie. We are watching a rigged game, and Roberts set it up”
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s having a very bad day with Epstein files. It got even worse after Trump appointed judge struck down GOP’s mid-decade Texas gerrymander, writing that “substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A Trump-appointed judge just blocked Trump’s Texas gerrymander
Trump could lose the redistricting war he started.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Trump’s having a very bad day with Epstein files. It got even worse after Trump appointed judge struck down GOP’s mid-decade Texas gerrymander, writing that “substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump now losing gerrymandering war he started:
-federal court blocks Texas gerrymander
-California passes prop 50
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-VA begins new map process
-Indiana, Kansas scrap redistricting effort
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-federal court blocks Texas gerrymander
-California passes prop 50
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-VA begins new map process
-Indiana, Kansas scrap redistricting effort
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A Trump-appointed judge just blocked Trump’s Texas gerrymander
Trump could lose the redistricting war he started.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Trump now losing gerrymandering war he started:
-federal court blocks Texas gerrymander
-California passes prop 50
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-VA begins new map process
-Indiana, Kansas scrap redistricting effort
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-federal court blocks Texas gerrymander
-California passes prop 50
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-VA begins new map process
-Indiana, Kansas scrap redistricting effort
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Wow Trump appointed judge writes majority opinion blocking Trump's mid decade Texas gerrymander
BREAKING: In a 2-1 decision, the three-judge panel in Texas has blocked the state's new congressional map and ordered the state to use the 2021 map for next's year's midterms.
Opinion here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1Af-Q...
#txlege
Opinion here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1Af-Q...
#txlege
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Wow Trump appointed judge writes majority opinion blocking Trump's mid decade Texas gerrymander
After GOP had decisive advantage in gerrymandering arms race, Dems have made major advances:
-California passes prop 50 - 5 new seats
-Kansas Rs drop redistricting effort (for now)
-VA begins new map process
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-Indiana Senate doesn't have votes to pass 9-0 map
-California passes prop 50 - 5 new seats
-Kansas Rs drop redistricting effort (for now)
-VA begins new map process
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-Indiana Senate doesn't have votes to pass 9-0 map
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
After GOP had decisive advantage in gerrymandering arms race, Dems have made major advances:
-California passes prop 50 - 5 new seats
-Kansas Rs drop redistricting effort (for now)
-VA begins new map process
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-Indiana Senate doesn't have votes to pass 9-0 map
-California passes prop 50 - 5 new seats
-Kansas Rs drop redistricting effort (for now)
-VA begins new map process
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-Indiana Senate doesn't have votes to pass 9-0 map
Reposted by Ari Berman
Scoop from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social: Docs obtained by @weareoversight.bsky.social show efforts DHS is making to gather drivers' license data from all 50 states in order to weaponize Trump’s false claims of voter fraud. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New docs show DHS is gathering drivers’ license data in voter fraud crusade
Experts worry the Trump administration will use the info to disenfranchise voters.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Scoop from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social: Docs obtained by @weareoversight.bsky.social show efforts DHS is making to gather drivers' license data from all 50 states in order to weaponize Trump’s false claims of voter fraud. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Ari Berman
Having been involved as an expert witness in three documentary proof of citizenship cases I expect DHS will find there are 1,000s of naturalized citizens who haven't updated their drivers' license citizenship status but they'll claim they are noncitizens
Scoop from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & me: new docs obtained by @weareoversight.bsky.social show DHS trying to obtain drivers license data from all 50 states to weaponize Trump’s false claims of voter fraud & possibly remove voters from rolls before midterms www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New docs show DHS is gathering drivers’ license data in voter fraud crusade
Experts worry the Trump administration will use the info to disenfranchise voters.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Having been involved as an expert witness in three documentary proof of citizenship cases I expect DHS will find there are 1,000s of naturalized citizens who haven't updated their drivers' license citizenship status but they'll claim they are noncitizens
Scoop from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & me: new docs obtained by @weareoversight.bsky.social show DHS trying to obtain drivers license data from all 50 states to weaponize Trump’s false claims of voter fraud & possibly remove voters from rolls before midterms www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New docs show DHS is gathering drivers’ license data in voter fraud crusade
Experts worry the Trump administration will use the info to disenfranchise voters.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Scoop from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & me: new docs obtained by @weareoversight.bsky.social show DHS trying to obtain drivers license data from all 50 states to weaponize Trump’s false claims of voter fraud & possibly remove voters from rolls before midterms www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Mike 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...
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Mike 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...
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In addition to all the big obvious good news for Dems and democracy there were deeper structural wins too. From @ariberman.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Voters soundly reject Trump's plot to rig the next election
On Tuesday, Democrats passed new congressional maps, defeated GOP attempts to make it harder to vote, and protected pro-democracy judges.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In addition to all the big obvious good news for Dems and democracy there were deeper structural wins too. From @ariberman.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump is going to triple down on his authoritarian tactics after voters rejected his election rigging plans
Key point from @leahgreenberg.bsky.social: “They’re gonna try 5x harder to sabotage midterms after tonight & we’re gonna have to organize on literally historic scale to stop them”
Key point from @leahgreenberg.bsky.social: “They’re gonna try 5x harder to sabotage midterms after tonight & we’re gonna have to organize on literally historic scale to stop them”
Last night was huge rejection of Trump's plan to rig midterms:
-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats
-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances
-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative
-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats
-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances
-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative
-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Voters soundly reject Trump's plot to rig the next election
On Tuesday, Democrats passed new congressional maps, defeated GOP attempts to make it harder to vote, and protected pro-democracy judges.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Trump is going to triple down on his authoritarian tactics after voters rejected his election rigging plans
Key point from @leahgreenberg.bsky.social: “They’re gonna try 5x harder to sabotage midterms after tonight & we’re gonna have to organize on literally historic scale to stop them”
Key point from @leahgreenberg.bsky.social: “They’re gonna try 5x harder to sabotage midterms after tonight & we’re gonna have to organize on literally historic scale to stop them”
Last night was huge rejection of Trump's plan to rig midterms:
-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats
-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances
-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative
-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats
-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances
-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative
-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Voters soundly reject Trump's plot to rig the next election
On Tuesday, Democrats passed new congressional maps, defeated GOP attempts to make it harder to vote, and protected pro-democracy judges.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Last night was huge rejection of Trump's plan to rig midterms:
-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats
-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances
-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative
-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats
-VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances
-ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative
-Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Passaic County was also the only county in NJ where Trump DOJ sent election monitors 🫢
Between 2020 and 2024, no New Jersey county moved further right than Passaic County (11pts). At 43% it's also the most the most-Latino county in the state, and is among the least-white overall.
Last night, it moved 18pts to the left, surpassed only by Hudson County (the second-most Latino county)
Last night, it moved 18pts to the left, surpassed only by Hudson County (the second-most Latino county)
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Passaic County was also the only county in NJ where Trump DOJ sent election monitors 🫢
Huge news from California: "Prop 50 represents Democrats’ first significant victory against President Donald Trump’s unprecedented plan to rig the midterms" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Dems win major victory against Trumpism as Prop. 50 passes in California
The Golden State ballot measure cancels out Republicans' Texas gerrymander.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Huge news from California: "Prop 50 represents Democrats’ first significant victory against President Donald Trump’s unprecedented plan to rig the midterms" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Massive night for voting rights & democracy:
-California passes Prop 50
-Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court
-Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg
-Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting
-KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push
-California passes Prop 50
-Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court
-Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg
-Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting
-KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Massive night for voting rights & democracy:
-California passes Prop 50
-Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court
-Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg
-Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting
-KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push
-California passes Prop 50
-Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court
-Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg
-Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting
-KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push
Huge news: MSNBC projects passage of California's Prop 50 as soon as polls close. Gives Dems up to 5 more seats in US House, offsetting Trump's Texas gerrymandering
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Huge news: MSNBC projects passage of California's Prop 50 as soon as polls close. Gives Dems up to 5 more seats in US House, offsetting Trump's Texas gerrymandering
Huge night for voting rights so far:
-Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court
-Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg increasing chances of new US House map
-Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting
-KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push
-Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court
-Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg increasing chances of new US House map
-Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting
-KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Huge night for voting rights so far:
-Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court
-Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg increasing chances of new US House map
-Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting
-KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push
-Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court
-Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg increasing chances of new US House map
-Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting
-KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push