Another example of Trump fuckery during the abomination that some prefer to call the "Trump presidency," was his meddling with the census. Every ten years, the government counts the population in the United States. The United States Constitution specifically spells out that not just citizens or voters are to be counted, but every single person.... Continue Reading →
Trump’s Meat
Donald Trump is using the citizenship question on the census and ICE raids to feed his shrinking political base. It's another example of his not being president for all the people and using government resources for political means. Trump caved on adding the citizenship question to the census after being knocked down by the Supreme... Continue Reading →
Disenfranchise Now, Take Names Later
The Supreme Court ruled today that courts have no business deciding gerrymandering cases. Irony. Writing the majority opinion, which was 5-4 and decided entirely by Republican-nominated justices, Roberts wrote that courts should stay out of politics. Keep in mind, they would not have won this decision if Mitch McConnell and the Republicans had not practiced... Continue Reading →
Race With Jared
In 2009, New York Post political cartoonist Sean Delonas drew a cartoon that made Vanity Fair write that he may be the "worst political cartoonist on the planet." Obama had just signed a stimulus bill and Delonas drew a dead chimpanzee on the ground that was just gunned down by cops, who were saying, "They'll... Continue Reading →
An Icy Census
Here's a little civics primer for you: The Constitution of the United States requires the enumeration of people in the U.S. every 10 years for the purpose of apportioning congressional representatives. It also requires that representatives be apportioned among the states "according to their respective Numbers." Federal law requires the Secretary of Commerce to count the... Continue Reading →