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House Oversight Committee voting this morning to hold AG Barr & Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for withholding key docs about origins of census citizenship question. Watch here & follow this thread for coverage
Trump admin repeatedly lied about why it added citizenship question to 2020 census

Then smoking gun evidence showed GOP gerrymandering guru was behind question & said it would be “advantageous to Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites"

motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Trump admin is claiming key census docs are protected by executive privilege even though they keep saying they have nothing to hide assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6151…
.@RepCummings on Trump invoking executive privilege to hide census docs: "it appears to be another example of the administration’s blanket defiance of Congress’s constitutionally mandated responsibilities”
@RepCummings .@AOC: "I want to know why people like Kris Kobach, with a résumé of voter suppression techniques, have their fingerprints all over the citizenship question on the census?”
@RepCummings @AOC .@RashidaTlaib on fire at census contempt hearing: "Is it really about citizenship? No. it’s about reducing the number of people of color in this country being counted in the census. That’s exactly what it’s about. Because you want to cheat”
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After SCOTUS upheld partisan gerrymandering the fight over who will control next cycle of redistricting is biggest sleeper story of 2020

Read my new @motherjones feature about @ericholder’s plan to rebuild Dem power in states & pass fairer maps in 2021 motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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NC: 48% votes, 54% seats

This is the kind of extreme election rigging John Roberts said federal courts can’t review
@MotherJones @EricHolder Funded by $30 million in dark money after Citizens United decision, GOP took over key swing states in 2010 & passed extreme gerrymandered maps to lock in power for next decade

Nearly a decade later, GOP still controls every still legislative chamber in MI, NC, OH, PA & WI
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Ari Berman
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Breaking: FL gov Ron DeSantis signs bill requiring people with past felony convictions to pay all restitution, fines & fees before voting. This is modern day poll tax gutting historic ballot initiative approved by 64% voters & could block 1000s from polls motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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Breaking: SCOTUS just ruled that extreme partisan gerrymandering is beyond reach of federal courts. 5-4 decision by Roberts. This is very bad for democracy
This is an absolutely insane opinion by Roberts, saying that no matter how extreme partisan gerrymandering is, courts can't strike them down. Will give a green light to even more extreme gerrymandering in next round of redistricting after 2020
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House Oversight and Reform Committee voted largely along party lines on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to comply with congressional subpoenas. thehill.com/homenews/house…
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Starting now: House Oversight will be voting today on a resolution to hold AG Bill Barr and Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross in contempt for not turning over subpoenaed docs re: the census citizenship question and not making a DOJ official available to testify: docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO…
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Live now on @MSNBC:

House Judiciary Cmte. voting on whether to hold AG Barr in contempt.
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Amy Spitalnick
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#BREAKING #2020Census news:

A federal judge just granted @NewYorkStateAG Underwood's motion to depose Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. This is part of the AG's lawsuit over the Trump administration's decision to demand citizenship info on the #Census.
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