Dear John,

As I write this, Senate Republicans are engaging in their most shameless power grab yet.

Led by Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham, they’re rushing to confirm Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, after blocking President Obama’s nominee for 293 days because it was “too close” to the next election.

Those Republicans in the Senate represent 11 million fewer Americans than their Democratic counterparts, but are still able to confirm a Supreme Court justice and entrench minority rule for at least a generation.

This is the fastest Supreme Court nomination in 45 years, and it’s happening just weeks before the election — even as more than 9 million Americans have already cast their ballots.

It’s easy to feel hopeless, and think that even if Biden wins, Trump and McConnell have tilted the playing field forever.

But this doesn’t have to be the end of the story.

Our latest video explores three key ways Democrats can restructure our democracy so it actually represents the people.

We can and must restructure the Supreme Court, abolish the Electoral College, and balance the Senate so it represents the majority.

Pay no mind to those who argue that these moves would be unfair abuses of power. Really? Unfair, after what Trump and McConnell have done?

There’s no abuse of power in remedying blatant abuses of power.

There’s nothing unfair about making our democracy fairer.

Make sure you vote so we can flip the Senate, elect Biden-Harris, and get to work on fixing our democracy.

Thanks for watching,
Robert Reich
Inequality Media Civic Action
 

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