georgetakei ,
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Whether it's the Electoral College, the U.S. Senate, or partisan gerrymandering, Republicans have mastered the art of exploiting anti-majoritarian structures in our system to wield power. Join us for a conversation with author Ari Berman, whose new book Minority Rule explores this GOP power play and what we can do to combat it. Catch up on this eye-opening discussion at The Big Picture here. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/ari-berman-minority-rule-republicans

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@georgetakei Anti-majoritarian structures are part of the political of the . There is a mechanism to change that. The rest is just yada-yada.

There are two easy-peasie ways to avoid the current hyper-partisanship that is an existential threat to .

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OldManToast ,
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@georgetakei don't get me wrong. To hell with Republicans, but Democrats have their own history of gerrymandering. The whole system needs to be redone

karlauerbach ,
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@georgetakei Don't forget Larry Lessig and Matthew Seligman's new book "How To Steal A Presidential Election"

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