It’s probably not a coincidence that in the midst of Donald Trump ’s twin crusades to track down and deport undocumented immigrants and gerrymander Texas to increase Republican representation in Congress, he dropped this bombshell on Truth Social:

I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024. People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

This order raises a lot of questions. Is Trump demanding a new, mid-decade revision of the last census, which took place in 2020? That’s a wild idea, but one that Marjorie Taylo

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