Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams Stacey Abrams’ On The Ten Steps to Save Democracy
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Sep 18, 2025 
Stacey Abrams chats with Ari Berman, a national voting rights correspondent at Mother Jones and author of Project 2026. They delve into the alarming Ten Steps to Autocracy, revealing how current political maneuvers echo this framework for authoritarianism. Ari discusses the threats to voting rights posed by a conservative judiciary and the rollbacks affecting mail voting, particularly for vulnerable populations. The conversation highlights the urgent need for action as they explore strategies to protect election integrity and resist state-level suppression.
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Personal Roots Of Democratic Risk
- Stacey Abrams draws on family history under Jim Crow to show authoritarian rollback isn't hypothetical.
- She warns current actions aim to return to exclusionary politics far older than the 1960s civil-rights era.
Executive Order Targets Voter Access
- The proposed executive order would nationalize voter-suppression tools: proof-of-citizenship, curbing mail voting, and DHS access to immigration databases.
- Those measures disproportionately block new, young, disabled, and minority voters.
Fight Proof-Of-Citizenship Rules
- Oppose proof-of-citizenship rules because they require documents most people don't carry and will freeze new registrants.
- Mobilize legally and politically to block such laws and protect voter registration access.
