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Ed Unneland's avatar

Why don’t Trump and Lutnick order the Census Bureau to report to Congress the actual 2020 enumeration, sans epsilon and other imputations, as a correction of the erroneous apportionment.

Also, Trump was still President in 2020, why did he and Wilbur Ross fail to have leadership at the bureau that could prevent partisan shenanigans with the enumeration?

Elaine's avatar

I had people from the Census Bureau come to my house twice because I refused to answer most of the questions. I told the first two I wasn't going to answer any of the questions I did not answer. I ignored the second two by not answering the door.

Marjorie Miller's avatar

It seems dishonesty always wins. Dishonesty must be connected to Entropy. An orderly society goes against the laws of the universe? Indeed, in a universe that favors Disorder, how did Organisms come to be? It seems like we are going against the tide from the start. And indeed, then the organisms crawled out of the ocean. And here we are, Organisms wondering why Chaos always wins. Indeed, that is why we die. The Organism becomes DisOrganized. Why does Entropy always win and why do Organisms want to organize a universe that doesn't want to be organized? Or does the Universe want to change it's ways? We can only hope, for the future of organisms. Good night. 🤣😹🤪

Elaine's avatar

Dishonesty may win in this life but it won't in the next.

Shooter 6's avatar

Thanks for this explanation, it has long been a concern of mine. The Devil, literally, is in the details!

John Wygertz's avatar

Truth has been negotiable for decades, and somehow conservatives always come out on the losing side of the negotiation.

WTPlearn's avatar

Great article. The depth of insights is clear. Another reason why "#CountiesFirst" the book, needs to be put into action. The census is a tool that is being used to undermine our Representative Republic. We must concurrently restore the voice of Counties back into our State Senates, as it once was. www.ConventionOfCounties.com If we do not address this now on the census, we will not know the truth for another 70 years, when they finally open up the census for public viewing. TRANSPARENCY and ACCOUNTABILITY needs to be restored. #CountiesFirst will be available within 2 days. Again, GREAT article.

Suzie's avatar

“What, then, should be done? Congress must act, and courts should not shrink from enforcing the constitutional and statutory limits that already exist.”

Aaaaand, therein lies the problem: rogue courts and a do-nothing about anything Congress.

Congress’ To-Do List is looong, and they can’t even get a bill on Voter ID passed.

It’s demoralizing. Maybe that’s the point.

Shooter 6's avatar

Attributed to Vladimir Lenin: "Push with the bayonet. If you meet steel, stop; if you meet flesh, push"

FoxyHeterodoxy (Debra C)'s avatar

Thank you for continuing to bring this subject to the forefront. It is SO IMPORTANT! I am doing my part and have highlighted two of your articles in my article about the 2020 census miscount. : ) https://open.substack.com/pub/foxyheterodoxy/p/admitted-2020-census-miscount-red?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Richard Luthmann's avatar

If the census becomes a modeling exercise instead of a headcount, representation becomes negotiable. That’s the core danger. The Constitution requires an “actual Enumeration,” not an algorithm with adjustable dials and mass imputation filling in millions of blanks. When bureaucrats inject synthetic noise, withhold key parameters, and substitute statistical guesses for real people, they are not protecting democracy — they are redefining it. Political power flows from population totals. Alter the totals, and you alter Congress, the Electoral College, and billions in funding. Transparency is not optional in a republic. Count people. Publish truth. Leave the math experiments out of apportionment.

An Appeal to Heaven's avatar

If the census becomes a modeling exercise, then whomever controls the model decides the enumeration for the entire nation. That person, or group of people, decide who holds the balance if power in Congress.