We all know that Dolt45 and his Administration did everything they could to sabotage the 2020 Census. It should have been scrapped, and redone.š š
But, here are the results:
The Census Bureau's trove of demographic data released Thursday reveals a changing U.S. populace: More Hispanics, fewer whites, fewer children and growth concentrated in metropolitan areas. Here are five takeaways. https://t.co/LXvyfz6Xf8
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 12, 2021
The new census data, all told, is *exceptional* for Democrats:
1) depopulation of red rural counties everywhere
2) rapid growth of increasingly Democratic suburbs means Dems are now more efficiently spread and harder to pack into a few deep blue districts pic.twitter.com/W8ERFfo9zM
— Brent Peabody šŗšø (@brent_peabody) August 12, 2021
GOP hit with a rural double whammy:
1) declining population means a lower pool to turnout
2) continued belief in election conspiracies ("it's all rigged anyway") could dampen turnout even further
This is a shot in the arm for Dems' 2022 chances pic.twitter.com/LVKFhmHXzy
— Brent Peabody šŗšø (@brent_peabody) August 12, 2021
I gotta think such a big drop was accelerated by Trump/Miller/Ross loudly ratfucking the Census, causing passive aggressive MAGAbombers to skip participating to own the libs. https://t.co/lHM92jQEvC
— zeddy (@Zeddary) August 12, 2021
Our latest lets you explore, for any neighborhood in the U.S., how the population breaks down along race and ethnicity lines in 2020, and how that has changed in the last 30 years. https://t.co/CSua3NeZKm pic.twitter.com/sWMFygp17S
— Kate Rabinowitz (@dataKateR) August 13, 2021
Stretch Marks of the Beast (@KieseLaymon) tweeted at 5:53 PM on Tue, Aug 17, 2021:
Here’s what’s not being said about Mississippi. The system has already failed. When medical professionals call and beg you to keep your elderly family from needing the hospital because there is no staff and no rooms, the system has already failed. Literally left for dead.
(https://twitter.com/KieseLaymon/status/1427765431830450180?s=02)
Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) tweeted at 4:24 PM on Tue, Aug 17, 2021:
Karma is a perfect bitch
She works her will from habit
For after he had banned all masks
She visited Gregg Abbott.
(https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1427743207446679554?s=03)
Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) tweeted at 0:06 PM on Tue, Aug 17, 2021:
Too many people who were not old enough to watch our exit from Vietnam on TV seem to believe that the U.S. can invade a country, lose a war, then exit without chaos & dishonor.
No one in the Pentagon or on TV knows how to do that which is why it’s never been done.
(https://twitter.com/Lawrence/status/1427678276525432836?s=03)
Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) tweeted at 11:54 AM on Tue, Aug 17, 2021:
After Bidenās speech yesterday, I thought it was the exact opposite of a Trump speech. He clearly took responsibility for not anticipating the speed of the Talibanās advance.
So of course Politico is calling his speech āTrumpianā because they live in Bad Take World.
(https://twitter.com/Green_Footballs/status/1427675287253291009?s=03)
Sasha Says Arrest Fetterman (@SashaBeauloux) tweeted at 9:56 AM on Tue, Aug 17, 2021:
Iāve been tryna tell them:
A lot of Black people, who donāt GAF about the PA Senate race
Are watching āŖļø Progressives spin and defend Fettermanās history of armed violence against a Black manā¦
And will NEVER trust Progressives going forward š¤·š½āāļø
(https://twitter.com/SashaBeauloux/status/1427645427885694981?s=03)
Because she is Black, and was right about everything from the beginning.š
Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) tweeted at 8:28 AM on Tue, Aug 17, 2021:
Can someone please explain to me why Barbara Lee isn’t the only “expert” on American involvement in Afghanistan to be invited on the teehee?
(https://twitter.com/CharlesPPierce/status/1427623379855675396?s=03)
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) tweeted at 7:44 AM on Tue, Aug 17, 2021:
2/ simple images of chaos will hit the public mood in themselves. But weāre seeing what I think will be a pretty clear pattern. Dc establishment journos see theyāre actually seeing this differently than most of the country and will double down and get angry because of it.
(https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1427612296931680256?s=03)
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) tweeted at 7:41 AM on Tue, Aug 17, 2021:
BREAKING: Politico super pissed at Biden. āOh no you donāt Joe Biden!ā Weāve seen this before when a president, especially a Democratic president, steps on a narrative DC bigs have spent a few days building. #makingfetchhappen https://t.co/u9fzvxSFVO
(https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1427611554640449539?s=03)
š Black Professor š (@WonderKing82) tweeted at 8:08 AM on Tue, Aug 17, 2021:
Y’all don’t care about the Muslim community in America but I’m supposed to believe you care about the Muslim community in Afghanistan? Stop playing in my face, you don’t even care for Black and Brown people in your own country but you’re fighting for people thousands miles away?
(https://twitter.com/WonderKing82/status/1427618354148298762?s=03)
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Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) tweeted at 4:57 PM on Mon, Aug 16, 2021:
NEW YORK: strategists I’ve spoken w/ tell me strong census numbers in NYC could help Dems purge as many as *five* of the eight GOP seats in the state.
In the hypothetical below, Dems would gerrymander the current 19D-8R map (left) into as brutal as a 23D-3R rout (right). https://t.co/88kGIk9tMj
(https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1427389029562077188?s=03)
Errin Haines š·š§¼š§“š (@emarvelous) tweeted at 0:41 AM on Tue, Aug 17, 2021:
INBOX šØ: @RepTerriSewell to introduce HR4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, on Tuesday in press conference at Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma ā site of Bloody Sunday, the catalyst for passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 56 years ago this month.
(https://twitter.com/emarvelous/status/1427505845324193792?s=03)
I refuse to do a separate post on Afghanistan, because it’s all bullshyt š”
46 didn’t take us there. That was Shrub and Cheney. Even this phucking timetable, this is Dolt45. 46 is looking out for America. Enough is enough.
Spandan @ Reclaim the Fight šŗšø š³ļøāš š®š± (@reclaimthefight) tweeted at 3:17 PM on Mon, Aug 16, 2021:
Biden answers why Afghan civilians were not evacuated earlier: in part because some Afghans did not want to leave earlier, hopeful for their country, and in part because the Afghan government did not want the US to organize a mass exodus.
(https://twitter.com/reclaimthefight/status/1427363977097465865?s=03)
In a way, it could not have worked out better for 46.
This isn’t an example of a fighting force that we abandoned, like The Kurds.
These muthaphuckas didn’t put up one skirmish for their country.
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And, we are supposed to sacrifice ANY American troops for that?
I don’t think so.
And, good luck on the GQP running in 2022, on sending troops BACK to Afghanistanš
Candidly Tiff: Peace & Love (@tify330) tweeted at 0:11 PM on Mon, Aug 16, 2021:
Gen. Wesley Clark is spitting facts on @CNN he basically said the media is playing the blame game rather that figuring out how to go forward.
(https://twitter.com/tify330/status/1427317083625381891?s=03)
Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) tweeted at 11:29 AM on Mon, Aug 16, 2021:
the fall of Saigon in 1975 was seismic bc Nixon could have ended the war in 1969. he extended it. during that time, 30K Americans died.
Biden has been in office 7 months, during which time 0 Americans have died in Afghanistan.
media need to stop this ridiculous comparison
(https://twitter.com/EricBoehlert/status/1427306548389416963?s=03)
United for the People (@people4kam) tweeted at 6:27 PM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
Trump freed the leader of the Taliban from prison. Pass it on.
(https://twitter.com/people4kam/status/1427049248407756809?s=03)
Chuck Todd’s shamble bangs (@Drea_got_rage) tweeted at 7:35 AM on Mon, Aug 16, 2021:
you know what i see when i look at the scenes from Kabul Airport… a lot of MEN attempting to flee. the men unwilling to stand up & fight the Taliban for their own country. No women no girls. What does it say that theyre willing to leave them behind?! #Afghanistan
(https://twitter.com/Drea_got_rage/status/1427247753671888897?s=03)
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) tweeted at 6:00 AM on Mon, Aug 16, 2021:
The Biden admin plans to announce the biggest long-term increase in food stamp benefits in the program’s history.
Average benefits in October will go up by more than 25% from pre-pandemic levels for the 42 million people in the program.
https://t.co/eF4W2NTJCt
(https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1427223617817952257?s=03)
ššāļø Kenneth of House Pfizerā¢š, 1st of His Name (@Needle_of_Arya) tweeted at 6:36 AM on Mon, Aug 16, 2021:
So it turns out that Afghanistan didn’t actually have very much of an army. From what I heard of an NPR interview last night, the size of the Afghan army waxed & waned during the year as it went on, and the new recruits would eventually go AWOL & melt back in to the population.
(https://twitter.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1427232732938125315?s=03)
Spandan @ Reclaim the Fight šŗšø š³ļøāš š®š± (@reclaimthefight) tweeted at 0:37 AM on Mon, Aug 16, 2021:
For the past decade:
Foreign policy talking heads: End the forever wars!
The Media: End the forever wars!
Left and Right: End the forever wars!
*Biden ends a forever war.*
Everybody mentioned above: No not like that.
(https://twitter.com/reclaimthefight/status/1427142340943044611?s=03)
Spandan @ Reclaim the Fight šŗšø š³ļøāš š®š± (@reclaimthefight) tweeted at 4:50 PM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
The best thing you can do when a major international incident is happening is not to pay attention to every talking head trying to take up room on your TV.
Trust the president. Listen to what he has to say later this week.
(https://twitter.com/reclaimthefight/status/1427025025090015233?s=03)
Spandan @ Reclaim the Fight šŗšø š³ļøāš š®š± (@reclaimthefight) tweeted at 3:36 PM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
If we had stayed in Afghanistan for 40 years, this would be the result when we left. Or 60 years. Or 100.
Leadership is not passing on the inevitable to the next presidents and the next generations.
Joe Biden is the leader we need.
(https://twitter.com/reclaimthefight/status/1427006185740267522?s=03)
T.Biggs (@TBiggsTequila) tweeted at 6:32 AM on Mon, Aug 16, 2021:
Good Morning to those that can see that people are worried more about women and children thousands of miles away than ones here. One day, I hope Black women and children receive the same amount of care and funding as foreign countries.
Folks are telling on themselves.
(https://twitter.com/TBiggsTequila/status/1427231857490419721?s=03)
Leaundra Ross šš (@LeaundraRoss) tweeted at 11:48 PM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
President Biden is not new to this.
He doesn’t give a shit what the media says.
He already knows they’re trash. He’s trying to get shit done.
(https://twitter.com/LeaundraRoss/status/1427130108427505664?s=03)
RealHousewifeOfMichigan (@RealHousewifeMi) tweeted at 8:39 PM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
Soā¦
The American first crowd is pretty pissed off that Biden is actually putting America first.
Do I have that right?
(https://twitter.com/RealHousewifeMi/status/1427082658379616261?s=03)
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And The Tweet Goes On (@lacadri34) tweeted at 6:03 AM on Mon, Aug 16, 2021:
Coronavirus: There’s zero contact tracing being done here in Florida which is just one reason this virus has remained out of control.
(https://twitter.com/lacadri34/status/1427224419605360642?s=03)
Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) tweeted at 2:38 PM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
No. They will consolidate the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and go back to 2001 levels of religious and cultural control. Most Afghans will prefer their control. First countries to recognize them? Their secret Santas: Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi, & UAE.
(https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/1426991816944070660?s=02)
Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) tweeted at 8:08 PM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
Funny how media hosts like @CNNās Jake Tapper donāt want to mention that Agolf Twitler and vile goon Mike Pompeo made a deal to have 5,000 Taliban prisoners released, one of which was just named Afghanistanās new leader.
(https://twitter.com/TheRickyDavila/status/1427074685913600002?s=02)
Not a God-damned thing!š š
NewDemocrat4Life (@reesetheone1) tweeted at 2:23 PM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
You train a military for two decades and when you take off the training wheels and they say “We ain’t gonna fight….” what can you do?
(https://twitter.com/reesetheone1/status/1426987810175717387?s=02)
Tim Hannan (@TimHannan) tweeted at 2:11 PM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
āYou didnāt clean up our mess properly!ā – Republicans
(https://twitter.com/TimHannan/status/1426984920254140418?s=02)
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Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) tweeted at 3:12 PM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
It seems that the Taliban leader set to become President is one of the 5,000 Taliban fighters Trump released from prison.
You canāt make this shit up.
(https://twitter.com/santiagomayer_/status/1427000250842025989?s=02)
Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) tweeted at 10:43 PM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
šØNEW, thread: Pentagon confirms to me the Department of Defense is preparing to house thousands of Afghan refugees on American military installations, immediately including Fort McCoy in Wisconsin and Fort Bliss in Texas.
(https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1427113848126021636?s=02)
Fareed Zakaria (@FareedZakaria) tweeted at 0:55 PM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
Could the US have withdrawn from Afghanistan betterāmore slowly, in a different season, after better negotiations? Certainly.
But the naked truth is: There is no elegant way to lose a war.
My take: https://t.co/8SMZOJCjWu
(https://twitter.com/FareedZakaria/status/1426965701525389315?s=02)
And The Tweet Goes On (@lacadri34) tweeted at 7:40 PM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
The media can’t pin coronavirus on Biden. Now, they’re moving on to hoping Afghanistan will be something they can call him a failure over. Since most Americans don’t benefit from military contracts & death we know this war should have ended years ago.
#istandwithbiden
(https://twitter.com/lacadri34/status/1427067704612171780?s=02)
Good Morning, Everyoneššš