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And that's not going anywhere
The Trump Presidency
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And that's not going anywhere
Jaw
It's OVER 5,000!
Coffee on my keyboard after that one.
Jaw
It's OVER 5,000!
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/21/trump-census-pick-causes-alarm-252571
The census attempts to count every person who lives within the U.S. borders, and Republicans have long sought to add a question asking respondents about their immigration status, including whether they are U.S. citizens. Democrats and many civil rights groups worry that adding a citizenship question would cause a huge drop in minority response rates, with recipients concerned about what the government would do with the information.
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So far, fears that the administration will complicate the census with a citizenship question have not panned out. Trump has not yet issued the order, and two senior administration officials said the issue is not yet being discussed at a high level in the West Wing. Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary — who once worked as a census enumerator himself — has previously argued that adding questions to the decennial would reduce response rates.
But rumors about the hiring of Brunell have reignited those concerns. The deputy director is effectively the chief operating officer and chief financial officer at the Census Bureau, making Brunell a critical person as the agency gears up for the 2020 census. The position has been filled by a temporary career civil servant since former deputy director Nancy Potok left in early January to accept an Obama administration appointment as the country’s chief statistician.
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Brunell’s research has also tackled the census itself. In the early 2000s, he wrote multiple papers on the political controversy surrounding the 2000 census, which included new statistical adjustments intended to more accurately count minorities and other groups that are relatively less likely to respond to the census. Republicans argued that the new techniques were a veiled effort to boost the Democrats’ political fortunes; Brunell was sharply critical of them as well, arguing that “a census with an adjustment ultimately leads to a less accurate headcount simply because the post-census adjustment becomes a crutch.”
I find it interesting that we don't ask the citizenship status of everyone used in the calculation of electoral votes and congressional districts. That seems like a significant opportunity to make the vote of some people count more than the vote of others. Also interesting that we manually adjust the finished count, under the pretense of making it more accurate.
The census attempts to count every person who lives within the U.S. borders, and Republicans have long sought to add a question asking respondents about their immigration status, including whether they are U.S. citizens. Democrats and many civil rights groups worry that adding a citizenship question would cause a huge drop in minority response rates, with recipients concerned about what the government would do with the information.
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So far, fears that the administration will complicate the census with a citizenship question have not panned out. Trump has not yet issued the order, and two senior administration officials said the issue is not yet being discussed at a high level in the West Wing. Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary — who once worked as a census enumerator himself — has previously argued that adding questions to the decennial would reduce response rates.
But rumors about the hiring of Brunell have reignited those concerns. The deputy director is effectively the chief operating officer and chief financial officer at the Census Bureau, making Brunell a critical person as the agency gears up for the 2020 census. The position has been filled by a temporary career civil servant since former deputy director Nancy Potok left in early January to accept an Obama administration appointment as the country’s chief statistician.
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Brunell’s research has also tackled the census itself. In the early 2000s, he wrote multiple papers on the political controversy surrounding the 2000 census, which included new statistical adjustments intended to more accurately count minorities and other groups that are relatively less likely to respond to the census. Republicans argued that the new techniques were a veiled effort to boost the Democrats’ political fortunes; Brunell was sharply critical of them as well, arguing that “a census with an adjustment ultimately leads to a less accurate headcount simply because the post-census adjustment becomes a crutch.”
I find it interesting that we don't ask the citizenship status of everyone used in the calculation of electoral votes and congressional districts. That seems like a significant opportunity to make the vote of some people count more than the vote of others. Also interesting that we manually adjust the finished count, under the pretense of making it more accurate.
57Brave
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw
Nov 20
When he was 32, Roy Moore picked up an 8th grader outside a custody hearing and molested her. And the White House supports him becoming a Senator.
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Eric BradnerVerified account @ericbradner
President Trump didn’t only encourage Alabama voters to support Roy Moore.
He left open the possibility of campaigning with Moore.
“I’ll be letting you know next week,” Trump said. #ALSen
3:45 PM - 21 Nov 2017
Nov 20
When he was 32, Roy Moore picked up an 8th grader outside a custody hearing and molested her. And the White House supports him becoming a Senator.
527 replies 15,119 retweets 33,838 likes
Eric BradnerVerified account @ericbradner
President Trump didn’t only encourage Alabama voters to support Roy Moore.
He left open the possibility of campaigning with Moore.
“I’ll be letting you know next week,” Trump said. #ALSen
3:45 PM - 21 Nov 2017
sturg33
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Had to make sure he got consent so he doesn't get accused of sexual assault 30 years from now
BedellBrave
It's OVER 5,000!
Trump is letting the white Andrew Brunson rot in a Turkish prison while he immediately went to bat for the African-American, high profile basketball players in China. Maybe it's not race, maybe it's celebrity/popularity.
Chipper
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His base feeds on the controversy over this. They don't care about Andrew Brunson.
BedellBrave
It's OVER 5,000!
The only government officials I see helping any will be Tillerson and a few congressmen/women. Trump is too busy praising Erdogan or getting into petty tweet wars with folks like the petulant man-child he is and he's gutless. There ought to be sanctions on Turkey. Tighten the screws and say you aren't getting Gullen. Pisses me off every time.
BedellBrave
It's OVER 5,000!
His "Christian" base ought to. Smh
Jaw
It's OVER 5,000!
Trumps a racist!