Robert Mueller warned that ALL Americans should be worried about hostile foreign nations interfering in our elections. So, why isn’t Congress passing more legislations go shore up our election security?
The simple answer: Mitch McConnell.
#ProtectTheVote
Does
@realDonaldTrump
realize the Constitution mandates that the census be held every 10 years?
Delaying the census would not only be unconstitutional, it would have a lasting impact on the way federal resources are allocated.
#2020Census
#CitizenshipQuestion
Seems totally ridiculous that our government, and indeed Country, cannot ask a basic question of Citizenship in a very expensive, detailed and important Census, in this case for 2020. I have asked the lawyers if they can delay the Census, no matter how long, until the.....
1/
#SCOTUS
abdicated in the gerrymandering cases today, but keep in mind that voters can still solve the problem. In 2018 voters in 5 states adopted redistricting reforms by overwhelming majorities, & there are now active measures in 6 more.
@brennancenter
-Twitter is a dumpster fire
-Tik Tok could (/should) be banned
-The IG algorithm is a hot mess
-It’s a nightmare to keep up with new features
Creating and executing social strategy is harder than ever — just a friendly reminder to support your social team right now 🤍
The state of Florida just subverted the will of the voters and passed a law that would disproportionately impact that Black community.
So, the
@BrennanCenter
is suing along with
@ACLU
,
@ACLUFL
,
@NAACP_LDF
.
BREAKING: We just filed a federal lawsuit today challenging a new Florida state law that creates wealth-based hurdles to voting and undermines Floridians’ overwhelming support for Amendment 4.
Actually,
#HR1
consists of common sense reforms that will make our elections fairer + more accessible such as:
✔️ automatic voter registration
✔️ curbing partisan gerrymandering
✔️ public financing of our elections
+ more
A majority of our citizens want this.
#ForThePeopleAct
H.R. 1 is the far left’s sprawling effort to seize more control of the political process. It’s an attempt to rewrite the rules of American politics to benefit the Democrats and their friends.
@BoopFashionista
i know ultimately it’s the right move, but who wants to volunteer to explain this to my boss that just approved my short form video budget 3 days ago 🤡
Honestly really impressed by
@BetoORourke
view on criminal justice reform, and even more so by his ability to break it down in a twitter thread! 🙌🏽
If you haven’t read
@BrennanCenter
’s collection of essays on how to fix mass incarceration, stop what you’re doing + read now 👇🏽
I published a
@BrennanCenter
essay this morning that not only confronts a justice system that is patently unjust -- continuing the legacy of slavery and suppression to criminalize people of color -- but also outlines urgent steps to reform it. Take a look:
Rejecting the will of Florida's voters, Governor Ron DeSantis just signed a bill that will deprive thousands of having their voting rights restored.
There can be no mistaking the racial and class implications of this regressive new legislation. Read more 👇🏽
BREAKING: Maine just became the 16th state to pass
#AVR
! 🙌🏽
The NY Senate also just advanced an automatic voter registration bill, and the Assembly needs to do the same.
The New York federal court has blocked the Trump Administration's attempt to swap out its legal team defending the
#2020Census
citizenship question. Any attorneys who want to withdraw will have to provide an individualized, sworn statement to the court explaining their reasons.
Great news! Maine is now on the verge of becoming the 16th state to pass AVR. 🙌🏽
The
@BrennanCenter
has been at the forefront of the push for automatic voter registration — which is a simple, cost-effective way to boost registration + energize our elections!
#AVRforAll
HUGE: NYC is set to elect its first-ever South Asian City Council Member. 👏🏽
Congratulations to
@ShahanaFromBK
,
@FSingh_NYC
, and
@voteshekar
on winning the
#nycprimary
.
These are exactly the fierce, progressive leaders we need representing our community + the people of NYC.
Important find by my
@BrennanCenter
colleagues:
17 million people were removed from the voter rolls between 2016 and 2018 — and states with a history of racial discrimination purged people at a median rate that is 40% higher.
NEW ANALYSIS: At least 17 million voters were purged nationwide between 2016 and 2018 — with a median purge rate that is 40% higher in areas that were previously covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
President Trump's proposed executive action for a
#2020Census
citizenship question will be illegal, unconstitutional, and un-American. Everyone in the country should be pushing back against it. Walk with me briefly as I unpack this...
“For the first time ever, a chamber of Congress is preparing to pass a resolution plainly denouncing a president’s actions—but Trump’s statements are equally unprecedented.
If the House acts, it would recognize that the gov’t can’t just look away from this outrageous language.”
Trump's racist tweets will stoke bigotry, normalize hatred — and while we hope this isn’t true — create an atmosphere of at least incipient violence. They’re vile. The House of Representatives is right to take them seriously.
“Giving formerly incarcerated people the right to vote is absolutely essential to reintegrating them back into our society.” -Ta-Nehisi Coates at
@BrennanCenter
+
@nyulaw
#BrennanEvents
A
@BrennanCenter
finds that nearly half of all states do not have a single justice sitting on their high courts who is black, Asian, Latino, or Native American — even though people of color make up about 40% of the population, via
@NYTOpinion
.
The real reason behind the Trump admin's controversial effort to add a citizenship question to the
#2020Census
was to give "Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites” a political advantage when drawing districts — NOT to enforce the Voting Rights Act, as they claimed.
@hansilowang
I can't overstate how big a deal this is: we now have smoking gun evidence showing Trump rigging 2020 census to protect conservative white political power & harm minority/immigrant communities for next decade
Today,
@NYGovCuomo
signed a bill to bring early voting to NY and close the LLC loophole — something the
@BrennanCenter
has long advocated for. Now let’s pass
#AVR
+ small donor public financing. 🙌🏽
BREAKING:
@NYGovCuomo
just signed bills to make it easier for people to vote in New York and harder for special interests to wield influence over the state’s elections.
Did you know? There are more federal regulations for ballpoint pens + magic markers than there are for voting systems and other parts of our election infrastructure.
With just over a year left until the
#2020Election
, Congress needs to step up.
What is the human cost of the
#MuslimBan
?
👉🏽 3303 husbands & wives separated from their American spouses
👉🏽 1545 minor children separated from their American parents
👉🏽 3460 parents separated from their American children
Read more in our latest analysis.
The Trump administration just announced that there will be no
#citizenshipquestion
on the
#2020Census
— but even without the citizenship question, the federal government must make serious efforts to regain public trust in filling out the census.
#MarketingTip
: keep a running doc of unused ideas from campaign + content planning, and revisit them on days you feel stuck.
You never know, you may inspire your future self. ✨
HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country are marching to tell Trump & Congress: Nobody Is Above the Law.
#ImpeachmentEve
#NotAboveTheLaw
Our democracy was attacked in 2016. When election security is compromised, so is our democracy. Congress must do its job and fund election security as we head into 2020. Sign the
@BrennanCenter
petition now.
#ProtectTheVote
🇺🇸
We’ll have live updates throughout the day and evening as we track how democracy fares, with a focus on turnout, voting problems, election security, and pro-voter ballot measures.
#ProtectTheVote
Presidents have overreached before. When they did so, the system reacted. It is time to turn soft norms into hard law. This new Task Force (chaired by
@PreetBharara
,
@GovCTW
) +
@BrennanCenter
report outlines how to do it.
VICTORY:
#SCOTUS
rules against Trump admin in Census case.
TL;DR: When it comes to the Trump administration’s explanation for adding the
#CitizenshipQuestion
to the
#2020Census
, their lies went so far that even this Supreme Court had to say no.
Wow:
#SCOTUS
, in an opinion by Roberts, says the Trump administration's stated reason for adding a citizenship question to the 2010 "seems to have been contrived." The court stops just short of accusing the administration of lying.
“We’re going to flip the last remaining red district in Queens blue, and build accessible, feminist, and intersectional spaces that work for all of us.” —
@FSingh_NYC
Couldn’t be more proud to support this campaign. 👏🏽
I will never forget the moment I heard that a half Black, half South Asian American woman will be on a major-party U.S. presidential ticket.
Thank you,
@KamalaHarris
. 🥺🙏🏽
#BidenHarris2020
The
#ForThePeopleAct
would bring much-needed democracy reforms to American voters.
#HR1
would make it easier for American citizens to vote, curb
#gerrymandering
and decrease the influence of dark money in politics.
This should NOT be a partisan issue.
Democrats’ H.R. 1 (the Democrat Politician Protection Act) proposes a massive federal takeover of elections. But neither the facts nor the opinions of American voters show any evidence of a crisis or emergency that would make this unprecedented step necessary.
Things all Americans need answered during the
#DemDebate
:
👉🏽 how will you address rise of voter suppression?
👉🏽 plan for ending mass incarceration?
👉🏽 how will you secure elections from foreign meddling?
+more from my brilliant
@BrennanCenter
colleagues
“We must be clear: Come what may for the Court, our rage won’t let us forget this moment or those which have come before it. We will not go back. We will not stay quiet.” -
@jweisswolf
Mueller: There were multiple systemic efforts to interfere in our election. And that allegation deserves the attention of EVERY American.
Congress must
#ProtectTheVote
from foreign interference before the 2020 election. The
@BrennanCenter
outlines how.
After months of blocking election security bills, Sen. Mitch McConnell FINALLY came out in support of giving states $250M to shore up our elections. This is a critical first step, but as the
@BrennanCenter
explains, it’s not enough.
Earlier this year,
@BrennanCenter
warned that Trump could abuse the National Emergencies Act to obtain funding for his border wall. Now, he may abuse the Insurrection Act to allow the military to act as ICE and detain + remove immigrants from the U.S.
Tomorrow at 10am EDT, I’ll join
@GovCTW
to unveil our first proposals for reforming government ethics and upholding the rule of law. Follow
@BrennanCenter
for more details...
✨NEWS✨
thrilled to be taking on the role of digital director at
@IAImpactFund
to build indian american representation in our government.
on the heels of
@VP
’s historic win, I can think of nothing I’d rather do than help the next generation of south asian candidates win + lead
The latest
@BrennanCenter
analysis breaks down how a new bill by the Florida Legislature to weaken Amendment 4 dramatically impacts Black and low-income communities — and disproportionately strips them of their political power.
@NotYourNiqabae
it’s the right move, the timing is just terrible since most companies have just wrapped up their annual budget and planning and Meta didn’t give us enough time to switch strategies.
MYTH: Putting more people behind bars makes us safer.
FACT: You can reduce both incarceration + crime rate at the same time — and 34 states just did it!
Reducing the prison population saves money and DOES NOT increase crime.
@BrennanCenter
+
@AmesCG
have the receipts. 👇🏽
34 states reduced both imprisonment + crime rates simultaneously between 2007-2017, showing clearly that reducing mass incarceration does not come at the cost of public safety.
This is HUGE.
Your calls are working. Keep up the pressure!
📱Text TRIAL to 21333 to call your senator and demand to hear from firsthand witnesses.
#AmericansWantWitnesses
🚨🗣 JUST LAUNCHED:
@BrennanCenter
has a brand new website! Everything you need to know about protecting our democracy before the
#2020Election
and beyond.
Take a look + let us know what you think! 🇺🇸
Tomorrow will be the last
#SCOTUS
decision day. The court will rule on two blockbuster cases — one on partisan
#gerrymandering
+ the other in the
#citizenshipquestion
on the
#2020census
. Both will have a lasting + significant impact on how Americans are represented in government.
And FINALLY we are talking about Russia as a threat to our democracy. By 2020, the Russians will have had 4 years to leverage knowledge they gained in 2016 — that could mean even more harm in our next election.
#DemocraticDebate
While you’re at it, stop treating social/digital communications staffers like they’re interns.
These roles require an insane amount of creativity, well-thought out strategy, rapid response, brand management and SO MUCH MORE. 💯
Social 👏media 👏manager 👏is 👏not 👏a 👏minimum 👏wage 👏job!
Marketing/PR/Comms professors, please stop recommending these jobs to your students. It’s not “ valuable experience,” it’s exploitation.
#hesm
#SCOTUS
just decided that no matter how bad gerrymandering is, it’s not for the courts to decide — essentially leading the way for even more partisan gerrymandering. A total blow to
#FairMaps
. More updates via
@BrennanCenter
!
“Even if the question is (taken) off, if people are tweeting as if it may be a real possibility, it continues to raise fears and depress the count,” explains Brennan Center expert
@TomTMWolf
.
Speaking of
@senatemajldr
+ bipartisanship, just a friendly reminder that Congress *STILL* hasn’t passed enough election security bills even though Congress has bipartisan support to do so.
#DemocraticDebate
Just had a Tik Tok repost get 4.3 million views on…FACEBOOK?!
time to move my short form video strategy over to FB & YT shorts. 🙌🏽 (the same repost got 100 views on IG reels)
“We cannot ignore the disconnect between the decision made and the explanation given...If judicial review is to be more than an empty ritual, it must demand something better than the explanation offered for the action taken in this case.” 🔥
#2020Census
#CitizenshipQuestion
It’s 2019 and 24 states (nearly half) do not have a SINGLE justice of color on their state supreme court bench. Let that sink in.
A new
@BrennanCenter
report finds there is an extreme lack of diversity among state supreme court justices. Read more:
👉🏾18 states have never seated a black justice.
👉🏾Right now, 24 states do not have a single justice of color on their state high court bench
👉🏾Women hold only 36% of state supreme court seats
Read more in our latest report:
Contrary to Trump and Sessions’ claims of American carnage, a new
@BrennanCenter
report by
@AmesCG
and
@JayCullen92
concludes that crime rates in America’s 30 largest cities are near historic lows.
#NoCrimeWave
Read the facts:
Discussing candidates’ plans to end private prisons. Just a reminder that within less than a year of Trump’s presidency, the private prison industry managed to emerge from the near wreckage of the summer of 2016 facing a lucrative future.
#DemDebate2
In 2018 the top 100 individual donors to New York State candidates gave more than all of the roughly 137,000 small donors combined.
The most effective solution: small-donor public financing. Read why in the latest
@brennancenter
report.
The census case shows how the 5 GOP-appointed
#SCOTUS
justices could set rules for politics years to come — on issues from redistricting to voting rights — that constrain the influence of the growing minority population, and thus help the GOP retain power.
At a time when there are deepening threats to American values + gov’t — brazen voter suppression, gerrymandering + threats to election security — a steady commitment to defend our democracy matters even more.
Become a monthly
@BrennanCenter
donor now and win a free tote!👇🏽🇺🇸
Become a
#DefenderOfDemocracy
: When you become a monthly donor to the Brennan Center this August, your first 3 monthly gifts will be matched AND you will receive a tote as a special thank you for your ongoing support!
Incredible to see a bill that my
@BrennanCenter
colleague
@yurijrudensky
helped draft pass with a unanimous vote in NH Senate 🙌🏽
New Hampshire is officially one step closer to having
#FairMaps
. Read more about partisan redistricting in NH in our op-ed:
working for a CEO who sees my career as an influencer as an asset to my full-time role, rather than as an excuse to not take me seriously is honestly so refreshing. 💜
Funny story: three years ago last month,
@BrennanCenter
filed a public records (FOIL) request with the NYPD, asking for information about their predictive policing program. At the time, we thought they were using Palantir, and we wanted to know more. 1/
it’s so weird to me that we keep pushing this narrative of remote work being isolating?
i’ve spent more time with my family this year than ever before, prioritized my health by going to the gym/classes + make an effort to work from cafes with friends.
The DHS’s own reports show that gathering foreigners' social-media info is not useful in identifying threats.
Trump administration: 🤷🏽♀️
Read the latest by my
@BrennanCenter
colleague
@faizapatelbcj
in the
@nytimes
.
Great read by my
@BrennanCenter
colleague
@LizaGoitein
: By prosecuting Assange for publishing classified information, the DOJ is drawing a line the First Amendment simply doesn’t draw — and is threatening the freedom of every news outlet in the process.
FINALLY talking about today's
#gerrymandering
decision. The court ruled that we can no longer use federal courts to fight partisan map-drawing. Now, the power is in the hands of American voters.
#DemDebate2
Congress had the time and refused to give the president the authority he sought. Resorting to emergency powers to get around the objections of lawmakers is a brazen attempt to undermine the constitutional balance of powers.
A quick mention of Russia interfering in our elections — but no plan for how to secure them. Good thing the
@BrennanCenter
has it covered. Here’s what needs to be done before the
#2020Election
.
Follow the
@BrennanCenter
+
@tomTMwolf
for updates on the
#CensusQuestion
— which could depress the census count by up to 9 million people + impact the way federal resources are allocated for ALL Americans.
President Trump is expected to issue an executive order to include the
#CitizenshipQuestion
on the
#2020Census
. Brennan Center expert
@TomTMWolf
breaks down the historical context surrounding the citizenship question.
GOOD NEWS: Crime rates in the United States have fallen dramatically!
A new
@BrennanCenter
analysis found that crime in the 30 largest U.S. cities is estimated to have declined for the second straight year in 2018, reaching near record lows.
#NoCrimeWave
✨CALIFORNIA ✨
Tomorrow is the *last day* to vote for
@JananiforCA
in this year’s special election. 🗳
Join us in electing the first South Asian woman in the California Legislature! 👏🏽