This person made an interesting comment .. I have *Thoughts*

A #thread begins.. https://twitter.com/AnnelieseMaria/status/1298675196736528386">https://twitter.com/Anneliese...
I First replied with This comment, which is Factual and Relevant: https://twitter.com/CatinaVanRsistn/status/1298676764152127488?s=19">https://twitter.com/CatinaVan...
I corrected my spelling error (quickly) below it https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😜" title="Winking face with tongue" aria-label="Emoji: Winking face with tongue">
But, This commenter on the thread {while somewhat of an aside} made a point that needed to be addressed... https://twitter.com/CrescentDome/status/1298676401382387712?s=19">https://twitter.com/CrescentD...
I know, I know.. you& #39;re getting bored with the & #39;quote tweets& #39; - I swear this is the last one!

Here& #39;s where that led me... https://twitter.com/CatinaVanRsistn/status/1298765890176143362?s=19">https://twitter.com/CatinaVan...
Very few people Actually understand #Census2020 - it& #39;s only done every 10 years after all.. {let& #39;s ignore the random pop ups the bureau does in between, shall we my persnickety friends?}

So, I& #39;m going to do a 30 second history segue.. bear with me..
The #Census is *LITERALLY* written into the #Constitution

And we& #39;re supposed to count Everyone

Doesn& #39;t matter if you& #39;re:
Old\young
Gender specific
Resident status {that means citizenship people!}
Own a home or Anything

If you Live here on the Day they Count - we Count You!!!
This Also isn& #39;t *Just* about Congressional redistricting {which is the thing most people know}

It Also means *FUNDING*

NOT just Federal Funding! Charities use census data to decide who They give their small $$ to; hospitals, schools, roads that need fixing.. you& #39;d be surprised!
BUT!!

{DUNH DUNH DUUUUUUNNN!!!!}

If they can& #39;t Count you?

You know what happens? They don& #39;t just pretend no one& #39;s there, typically gets Assumed to be the & #39;generic& #39; for whatever is average for that region {psst -usually 2.4 white blah blah blah} they have to come up w\Something
{PPPS - A LOT OF ENUMERATORS ARE ASSH*TS who are only there to get the Really fat paycheck.. I& #39;ve fact checked So Many Addresses where it& #39;s been Crazy Obvious that the person before me LIED THEIR FACE OFF!! But, @ least you got Me on the job following up to get the Real deets https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😘" title="Kusshand zuwerfendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Kusshand zuwerfendes Gesicht">}
Anyway - why is this *SOOO* Important This time?

Cuz Trump& #39;s Cabal *Wanted* to make #Immigration & #Naturalization a Thing on This census.. but they lost the battle on it.

And then came #COVIDー19

Things got weird and the Census got pushed back for Months.. they lost nearly..
Half the Year for enumeration {live people door knocking for follow-up on non-responses} which should have started in March.. this operation didn& #39;t Begin until August in almost Every sector of the country.

Originally, we had until OCTOBER 31 to complete the Field work, until..
Early Spring of *Next Year* to complete the tabulation of the information we collected {to present to the administration -whomever that happened to be.. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤨" title="Gesicht mit hochgezogener Augenbraue" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit hochgezogener Augenbraue">}

And then.. They Figured it out https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤬" title="Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤬" title="Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤬" title="Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund">

Someone did the F& #39;ing Math
And they pulled

ALL THE FUNDING FOR THE F& #39;ING #Census2020

and All of a sudden we had to Complete ALL THE OPERATIONS {including Citizen Responses!!!} By September 30!?!
And

All of a Sudden, the tabulation had to be In by 12\31\2020 -while *this* admin was Still in charge.

{Don& #39;t worry, I& #39;ve remembered my original point I& #39;m getting there https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😘" title="Kusshand zuwerfendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Kusshand zuwerfendes Gesicht">}

Cuz They realized..

They
Were
Going
To
Lose

But:

They
Could
STILL
*RATFUCK*
AMERICA
VIA
THE
CENSUS
Which, reminded me of why I wrote this screed in the first place...

It takes a *Special* kind of Administration

To look at the Census

A Hallowed tradition

And do things like:
"Well, we weren& #39;t able to Eliminate "illegals" from the census since that Stupid Constitution makes us count Everyone..

So, let& #39;s just & #39;officially& #39; make "Hispanics & Latinex" people be a whole separate category and not Actually count them Racially

Which, sneakily, cuts Funding!
Or:

Have Leading verbiage in the Mandatory language in the App given to enumerators, like originally mentioned.. Leading people who would instinctively identify as something Else (middle eastern\other\etc) to self-identify as "White" - which, Again, changes the Demo And FUNDING!
I read a Brilliant thread the other day\week\month {oh, Time in the time of Corona.. Sigh https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷" title="Person shrugging" aria-label="Emoji: Person shrugging">} by someone i wish i remembered.. who made an Insightful point that there Ought to be a New designation {as long as we were still Doing this Stupid Racial thing} called #MENA

which..
Stood for:

Middle Eastern\North African

I personally liked it, cuz I think it might have extended high enough {based on dude& #39;s description} to grasp the lower Caucasus & Finally get Armenia out of Russia& #39;s\Turkey& #39;s Evil Auspices..

We& #39;re a tortured people.. and misunderstood..
And, according to my grandfather, *not white* https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😜" title="Winking face with tongue" aria-label="Emoji: Winking face with tongue">

But according to the government, Totally white..

I& #39;m mixed {my dad& #39;s a bastard who voted for evil.. So I& #39;ve only got myself to represent.. I don& #39;t Really care much.. but, I& #39;ve found many Other people are interested in this}
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