1. I know there is a lot going on but please pay attention to what is going on with the CENSUS

In a few months or a few years, Trump will be gone.

But this Census will impact politics for the next decade.

And it& #39;s being brazenly manipulated https://popular.info/p/stealing-the-census">https://popular.info/p/stealin...
2. The pandemic has made conducting the Census, always a monumental task, much harder.

Up until a few days ago, the Census Bureau and the White House agreed they needed more time to complete their work.

The Census Bureau needed 4 EXTRA MONTHS https://popular.info/p/stealing-the-census">https://popular.info/p/stealin...
3. Then this week everything changed. Census Bureau announced they would stop all counting ONE MONTH EARLY, on September 30

This comes as 40% of households haven& #39;t been counted

It& #39;s the marginalized groups that are hardest to count that will be left out https://popular.info/p/stealing-the-census">https://popular.info/p/stealin...
4. What happened?

Once the Census Bureau submits its results, Trump plans to subtract undocumented immigrants & send those manipulated numbers to Congress

If the deadline was extended, that couldn& #39;t happen until April 2021. Trump might not be in office https://popular.info/p/stealing-the-census">https://popular.info/p/stealin...
5. So the Census Bureau has set aside its job of doing an accurate count, and is conforming the process to Trump& #39;s political timetable

Trump wants the numbers reported to him by December 31, so he can try to manipulate the results to benefit Republicans https://popular.info/p/stealing-the-census">https://popular.info/p/stealin...
6. By cutting the count short, the Census will likely undercount minorities and other marginalized communities, robbing them of federal funding and reducing their political power for a decade or longer https://popular.info/p/stealing-the-census">https://popular.info/p/stealin...
7. This is particularly important to understand because IT CAN BE STOPPED

Democrats can insist on preserving the integrity of the Census as a condition of the next coronavirus relief package

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