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Judd Legum
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1. Last week we learned that a political operative that specializes in racial gerrymandering concocted the Trump administration's scheme to rig the 2020 census.

Who was paying him?

I followed the money and found the answer: the RNC

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2. The Trump admin told the SUPREME COURT that the purpose of adding a citizenship question was to protect minority voting rights

The operative responsible for the scheme said the question could be used to empower "REPUBLICANS AND NON-HISPANIC WHITES"

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3. The Trump admin hid the involvement of the operative, Thomas Hofeller, from the courts.

The only reason we know about his involvement is that he died last summer and his daughter turned over his computer files to an attorney.

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4. Hofeller is a pioneer in using redistricting to help the GOP seize power. He creates maps that dilute minority votes. In N Carolina his maps were struck down for discriminating against blacks

His scheme to rig the 2020 census is his most audacious yet

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5. The Republican scheme to rig the 2020 Census could reshape politics in America for DECADES.

Meanwhile, most media outlets are treating this like any other story. They are complicit.

I'm filling in the gaps w/my newsletter. You can subscribe at popular.info.
6. Hofeller's files revealed that the scheme is more diabolical than we thought. It was assumed the purpose the citizenship question was to undercount Latinos.

There's that. But the real purpose is to completely change the way state and Congressional districts are drawn
7. Right now all of these districts are drawn using TOTAL population. The purpose of creating this citizenship data is to redraw the districts using citizens only.

This would be a massive and permanent transfer of power to white Republicans.

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8. The Wednesday edition of popular.info is usually for subscribers only. But this plot -- and the money behind it -- is something everyone needs to know about.

So I'm lifting the paywall. Spread the word.

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The Trump campaign continues to run false ads on Facebook with impunity.

On Friday, it ran an ad saying the deadline to sign Trump's birthday card was 9PM TONIGHT. (The card is used for email collection and fundraising leads)

Monday, a new ad saying the deadline is 9PM TONIGHT
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Facebook's own policies prohibit false and misleading ads.

Facebook doesn't enforce these policies w/the Trump campaign, which is spending 550K/week with Facebook
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This is what the Trump campaign is doing here.

Wondering if Facebook is going to act or let this get worse.
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1. If you've spent any time on Twitter in June, you've probably seen a bunch of corporations with rainbow flag avatars.

But do these companies really support LGBTQ equality?

Let's follow the money.

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2. I identified 9 corporations that received a PERFECT SCORE from the Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) but gave $1 million to anti-gay politicians in the last two years.

These are politicians who received a ZERO on @HRC's Congressional scorecard.

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3. Companies w/perfect scores from @HRC

@ATT (2.8M to 193 anti-gay politicians)
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"I don't call it tweets. I call it social media." -- Donald Trump on Twitter abcnews.go.com/Politics/trans…
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