Minority Rule Book Club Ep. 3: Census Sabotage, Fake Electors, and Voting-Law Rollbacks

In episode three of the Propaganda Loves You Book Club, the hosts recap Ari Berman’s Minority Rule and discuss chapters 7–9: “The Institutional Coup,” “The Electoral Coup,” and “Insurrection Through Other Means.” They connect recent events to the book, including a Supreme Court 6–3 ruling upholding the 14th Amendment amid a birthright citizenship challenge and a Republican resolution by Rep. Keith Self to repeal the 17th Amendment after the Senate blocked the SAVE Act. The conversation covers Trump-era attempts to add a citizenship question to the census, historical nativist immigration quotas, and how census undercounts disproportionately harmed communities of color, along with USPS changes under Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. They then detail efforts to overturn the 2020 election via Georgia pressure campaigns, John Eastman’s memo and fake electors theory, and January 6. Finally, they examine post-2020 voting restrictions, highlighting Heritage Action’s role in drafting and coordinating state legislation, and criticize Democrats’ failure to pass voting rights protections due to the filibuster.

00:00 Guillotine Bodycam Cold Open

00:43 Book Club Recap And News

11:04 Personhood And Representation

14:06 Nativism And Nazi Influence

15:46 Bureaucracy And The Census

18:14 Post Office Mail Vote Sabotage

23:49 Electoral Coup And Fake Electors

27:56 January 6 And Pence Pressure

36:29 Insurrection Through Other Means

42:40 Heritage Action Voting Laws

53:12 Filibuster Blocks Voting Rights

01:03:11 Alternative Vision And Wrap Up