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turbinetree's JournalZinkes Interior Department reassignments disproportionately targeted Native Americans and women
Newly released government documents show that the reassignment of top staffers last summer by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke disproportionately targeted Native Americans and women.
Half of the 33 individuals reassigned in July 2017 are women. And nearly a third are Native American. A few other individuals also reassigned are black and Latino.
Zinke was already facing criticism for his approach to diversity after recent reports that he repeatedly told employees “diversity isn’t important.” Last week, Democratic lawmakers called for Congress to investigate whether Zinke’s reassignment of the 33 senior career civil servants violated federal anti-discrimination laws. This release of documents provides specific details about each reassignment.
https://thinkprogress.org/zinke-interior-reassignments-disproportionately-targeted-native-americans-and-women-c9f90639a9c9/
Hey Zinke-----------------FUCK YOU, you racist asshole
18 states sue Trump administration to stop rigging of 2020 Census
The 2020 Census will determine how many congressional seats each state receives, and play a major role in shaping where district lines are drawn. It will shape how much money states receive to build highways, to fund child care, and to provide health care to poor people — among many other things. It will also inform the decisions of private businesses about where they should invest.
So, naturally, the Trump administration wants to skew these numbers to benefit white people.
For decades, Census officials of both political parties warned against asking about citizenship status on the decennial census. As the Census’ top officials cautioned during the Reagan and Bush I administrations, asking about immigration status “could seriously jeopardize the accuracy of the census,” because “people who are undocumented immigrants may either avoid the census altogether or deliberately misreport themselves as legal residents,” while legal residents “may misunderstand or mistrust the census and fail or refuse to respond.”
By one estimate, as many as 24.3 million people may not respond to the Census if it includes a citizenship question. That’s despite the fact that the Constitution requires an “actual Enumeration” of “the whole number of persons in each state,” regardless of each person’s immigration status.
https://thinkprogress.org/census-citizenship-lawsuit-bcc60955760e/
Time to start sending letters to my congressional elected representatives on this issue here in Maryland
The process to uncover corruption and the dangers of the republic with this corrupt crew in charge
Here’s How You Can Use Trump Town
We’ve assembled thousands of records of Trump administration appointees. Here’s how you can use them in your stories.
President Donald Trump sits atop a sprawling executive branch, with thousands of hand-picked lieutenants across dozens of agencies who make sure his agenda is pursued and his priorities are followed.
Presidential appointees have historically wielded a significant amount of power, playing dealmaker on Capitol Hill and handling billion-dollar budgets in federal offices.
With all of this hiring going on, it’s important that the public gets a chance to know who these new power players are and what conflicts of interest they may have. Figuring that out can be difficult, requiring painstaking, laborious research and public records sleuthing.
The Pipeline
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Special Government Employees
When administration staffers keep their jobs outside the government, it can create conflicts and raise questions about who they really work for.
Diversity
Demographic analyses of government staffers could show us if they reflect the taxpayers they serve.
Revolving Door
Watch who switches between being a lobbyist for an industry and a regulator keeping watch on that industry.
Shell Game
Dig into the shell companies, and see what they do.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-you-can-use-trump-town
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