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28 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
At last - but only after days of putting people in need through unnecessary stress
Only the barest of statements about the signing Image
Now more:
Those last few lines . . . 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Michael Li 李之樸 Profile picture
30 Dec
Worth noting that the Roaring Twenties also were a period of increased xenophobia & racism as the country struggled to deal with increased diversity - leading to a virtual cutoff of immigration in 1924 & a resurgence of the Klan. I think we’ll face similar stresses this decade.
But those stresses this decade will be exacerbated by the fact that - unlike in the 1920s when the US was still an emerging super economy in its prime - we are in a more fragile and vulnerable economic state today.
Indeed, though we like to think the demographic changes of the last few decades were big, the impact this decade is going to be even more intense in states like Texas as a *much* more diverse younger generation comes of age and older white people leave the scene. Image
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Michael Li 李之樸 Profile picture
28 Dec
Loving this Raven stamp - coming in 2021 - that honors a key figure for the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest. Overall, quite impressed with the greater diversity of 2021 stamps. Image
Some other cool stamps in 2021 will include this stamp honoring the great playwright August Wilson. 2/ Image
And this stamp honoring Chinese American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu (吳健雄) Image
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Michael Li 李之樸 Profile picture
23 Dec
Aside: I think it is interesting that of Joe Biden’s Asian appointees to his administration noticeably very few have been of East Asian descent compared to those of South Asian descent.
Not quite sure why that is. My sense is it is not so much bias (though perhaps a bit) as opposed to the greater tendency of people South Asian descent to get the law, economic & policy degrees - and to take the type of gateway jobs - that lend themselves to administration jobs.
Or perhaps it is a greater willingness of people of South Asian descent to be involved in the messiness of politics, including all the networking and intra-party stuff.
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Michael Li 李之樸 Profile picture
22 Dec
Based on the new population projections released by Census Bureau today, New York would lose two congressional districts rather than one - but we will have to see how numbers from a very unusual census bear out. #fairmaps #2020Census
Based on today’s estimates, CA, IL, MI, MN, OH, PA, RI, WV all would lose a congressional seat (in line with what has been expected for some time).

AL would keep its current seven seats, but just barely (6210 fewer people and it would lose a seat). #fairmaps
AZ, CO, MT (just barely), NC, OR, would all gain a congressional seat. Florida would gain two and Texas would gain three. #fairmaps
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Michael Li 李之樸 Profile picture
22 Dec
Well, I will spot her this one - Robert E. Lee probably did feel more patriotic sentiment about America than does the country of China
Though I will point out that everyday Chinese people have long had a fascination with the United States, dating back to the gold rush, that continues today.
To wit: the 90 something father of a friend of mine who has become a NBA fanatic (to the point of immersed in trades and the draft). Or the fact Taylor Swift is one top selling artists of all time in China.
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Michael Li 李之樸 Profile picture
30 Nov
Time for oral argument in the case challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment base. #2020Census
Roberts starts off by noting that SCOTUS expedited the case based on the understanding that a decision was needed by 12/31 to enable the Census Bureau to meet statutory deadlines. Asks if that deadline is still operative. #2020Census
Acting SG Jeffrey Wall says the Census Bureau is not on track to meet 12/31 deadline because of delays but holds out the possibility that some data might be available in January (i.e., before Biden takes office). #2020Census
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