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Breaking: House Oversight Committee votes to hold AG Barr & Commerce Sec Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over key docs about origins of 2020 census citizenship question following bipartisan subpoena motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Every Dem & @justinamash voted to hold Barr & Ross in contempt. House can now begin civil & criminal proceedings to enforce subpoenas authorized by Oversight Committee relating to key docs about why Trump admin added citizenship question to 2020 census
@justinamash Trump admin has repeatedly lied under oath about why it added citizenship question to 2020 census & now invoking executive privilege to hide key docs

@RepCummings calls it “one of the most unprecedented cover-ups since Watergate” motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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New: In call with Maryland judge Department of Justice reversed position there will be no citizenship question on 2020 census and said “they have been instructed to see whether there is a path forward” to reviving question & will appeal to SCOTUS if so drive.google.com/file/d/1M3Y6vj…
SCOTUS said Trump admin gave BS reason for adding census citizenship question

Gov’t said yesterday they were printing census forms without question based on July 1 deadline

And now they’re reversing position. This is unbelievable
Push for census citizenship question has been disaster from beginning:

Wilbur Ross lied it was needed to enforce Voting Rights Act

Bannon & Kobach behind it

GOP gerrymandering mastermind said intended to help GOP & whites

Gov’t dropped q then reversed after Trump tweet
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Ari Berman
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Huge breaking news: Trump admin drops push to add citizenship question to 2020 census. This is enormous victory for democracy motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
US beats England & Trump admin drops push for census citizenship question. Today was a good day
Trump admin confirms there will be no citizenship question on 2020 census. The forms are being printed now. This is BFD
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Ari Berman
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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/…
@MotherJones @EricHolder In state after state, GOP gets minority of votes but majority of seats because of gerrymandering

WI: 45% votes, 64% of seats

MI: 47% votes, 53% seats

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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Lola Netty
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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…
SHOCKER: Amash breaks with GOP in Barr, Ross contempt vote thehill.com/homenews/house…
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Zoe Tillman
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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…
CSPAN is streaming the hearing here: c-span.org/video/?461640-…
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#BREAKING: The House Oversight Committee just announced they will move forward w/ a vote to hold Attorney General Bill Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas. Vote to be held Thursday, per Chairman Elijah Cummings.
In letters to Wilbur Ross and Bill Barr, House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings announced plans for a contempt vote, writing:

“[Y]our actions are part of a pattern. The Trump Administration has been engaged in one of the most unprecedented cover-ups since Watergate ...” 1/
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Thread: A News Summary for the Past Week

1. Last week had some pretty amazing breaking news, almost none of which was good for Democrats. Let’s do a review and see if that bold statement holds up.
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2A. During Mukasey’s interview, he said that Barr did not make false statements to Congress as the Democrats have been loudly claiming in order to discredit him.

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