Tag: census

Trump Has Still Partially Won on the Census

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 25, 2020

The Republican Party’s openly racist attack on the Census is going to have real effects, even as it was too blatant for John Roberts to go all the way on. After all, there are many ways to impose a racist regime and if you don’t want to count immigrants, making them too scared to show […]

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Even children know that sometimes it’s better to take the loss

By Dan Nexon

On July 11, 2019

Imagine that your party has stacked the judiciary with ideologues willing to aggressively pursue your political agenda. The Supreme Court, having ruled in favor of electoral authoritarianism, is on th

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Oppression Through Census

By Erik Loomis

On April 3, 2018

Donald Trump weaponizing the Census against immigrants is going to be a complete, horrifying disaster. The Census does practice runs. For whatever reason, it’s choice for 2020 is Providence Coun

Your Republican Party!

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 10, 2012

The modern Republican Party: creating myths about what the Founders thought out of thin air yet actually opposing what the Founders invented while screaming tyranny. The latest example of the second part of this equation comes from the House passing a bill eliminating the census surveys that have been part of the census process ever […]