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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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54 years ago today LBJ signed Voting Rights Act. He called it “a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield”

A reminder of a time when US president stood for civil rights instead of white supremacy
I can't stop thinking about how Toni Morrison passed away on anniversary of Voting Rights Act. When he signed law LBJ said "we strike away the last major shackle of those fierce and ancient bonds" of slavery millercenter.org/the-presidency…
Section 5 of Voting Rights Act blocked 3,000 discriminatory voting changes from 1965-2013 until John Roberts gutted law, ushering in wave of new voter suppression in states like TX, GA & NC
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Ari Berman
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25 debates in 2016 & 3 in 2020 and still not a single question about attack on voting rights

If we don’t fix our democracy we won’t fix our politics
There have been 40 presidential debates & forums since Supreme Court gutted Voting Rights Act & not a single question about attack on voting rights. This is media malpractice salon.com/2019/07/31/cnn…
Voter suppression

Gutting Voting Rights Act

Election interference

Gerrymandering

Rigged census

There hasn’t been a single question about voting rights in 25 Dem debates in 2016 & 3 in 2020. That needs to change
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Ari Berman
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It’s not just the racist rhetoric. Trump has a new plan to exclude huge numbers of people of color from political representation through his census executive order bit.ly/2xSxSGw
Trump surrendered on census citizenship question but GOP going full stream ahead with push for racial gerrymandering on steroids to preserve conservative white power for next decade motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Political districts have long been drawn based on total population but Trump wants to only count eligible voters. That would exclude a staggering 55% of Latinos, 45% of Asian Americans & 30% of African Americans from political representation motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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Tami Burages
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One thing I hear a lot from Trumpians I know is: "Dems keep moving the goalposts on Trump."

They claim that if we can't find evidence to nail Trump on one disgraceful action, then we just shift to another scandal and start harassing Trump on that.
The truth? He's a criminal with deeply amoral and illegal habits. He has spent a lifetime covering up his indiscretions and is fairly good at gas-lighting and strong-arming just enough people to get by.
With that in mind, I think it's helpful to take a step back and show our friends the entire picture of what Trump has done during his Presidency. Of who he is.

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JMHendersonSr❌
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@TheJusticeDept @CommerceGov @uscensusbureau

This is not rocket science, friends.

Asking the #citizenship #question is #necessary for the #federal #government to #fulfill its #role in #advising #Congress regarding #enforcement of the #constitutional #right to #vote.
So it is #perplexing to read #newsreports that @TheJusticeDept is searching for a #path to #inclusion of the #citizenship #question.

Why is this a #puzzle for you?
The @uscensusbureau must do the best it can to accurate #ascertain #both the #number of #persons and the #number of #citizens.
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Scott Hechinger
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“I don’t know how many federal judges have twitter accounts, but I happen to be one, & I follow the president, & I saw a tweet that directly contradicted the position [the DOJ] shared w/ me yesterday.” The start of the Census hearing today. The rest: drive.google.com/file/d/1M3Y6vj…
16 year career DOJ attorney 1: “The tweet this morning was the first I had heard of the President’s position on this issue. I do not have a deeper understanding of what that means. But, obviously, as you can imagine, I am doing my absolute best to figure out what is going on.”
DOJ Attorney 1 continues: “I can tell you you that I have confirmed that the Census Bureau is continuing with the process of printing the questionnaire without a citizenship question, and that process has not stopped.” Ok. So things seem to going okay at this point.
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JM Rieger
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A White House official to The Wall Street Journal on Trump’s tweet:

“Nobody has any f—ing idea [what he’s talking about].”

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BREAKING: In a course reversal, Justice Dept. attorney says government will look for a way to add citizenship question to 2020 Census washingtonpost.com/news/politics/…
In a call with a federal judge hours ago a DOJ attorney said:

“The tweet this morning was the first I had heard of the President’s position … I have confirmed that the Census Bureau is continuing with the process of printing the questionnaire without a citizenship question”
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Heritage Foundation
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Only in U.S. is it controversial to have a citizenship question on the #census—one we’ve had consistently since 1820 (and census still asks it today on the annual American Community Survey): dailysign.al/2Dmw2kU
Even the UN—the left’s favorite model institution—recommends a citizenship question in its manual on how to conduct a census.

Countries like Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico all ask. Are they problematic? bit.ly/2K2kpVm
On 4/23 #SCOTUS is hearing arguments on the citizenship question for #2020Census—common sense and the Constitution say the question should be allowed. dailysign.al/2Dmw2kU
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Jane Lyon
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I will be tweeting to All of you over the next few days, the 85 Subpoenas the Democratic Party has in the investigation into Trump Corruption.
This may take awhile but you will see what information Trump has been hiding from the Congress and the public that he must now answer.
Subpoena #1
Requesting the reason for Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services Withholding Documents on Trump Administration Child Separation Policy from Congress.
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Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Withholding Testimony on Census 2020 Citizenship Question
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