The Broken Republic

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Polls for the Ninth Congressional District in the State of Illinois, February 19, 2021

John Fares (inc.)(Independent) - 47.43%

Xavier Perez (Socialists' and Ecologists' Party) - 45.97%

Don't Know/Undecided - 8%

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Xavier Perez was pleased at the recent polls. Very pleased. Three weeks ago he was down ten points to Fares, now he's within two points. The country is tilting left, at least the Ninth District was.

"That's great, right?" Jordan said, scrolling through the crosstabs.

"It absolutely is!" Perez replied. He clasped his hands together. It was still over a year away, but in a few months the campaigning would grow in intensity and importance. This is a great place to start, though, and Perez was soaking it in.

He smiled at his campaign manager and went back into his house.

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Polls for the Senate Election in the State of California, February 28, 2021

Matilda Schumer (inc.)(Social Democratic Party) - 53%

Elizabeth Carnley (Moderate Laborist Party) - 45%

Undecided/Don't Know - 2%

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Only 45%? Elizabeth Carnley thought. She was disappointed. She set the mental goal to at least reach 48% by March, and it didn't look like it was happening. Schumer is proving to be mighty popular in California, with her rallies in L.A. and San Fran bringing out thousands. Carnley could only turn out a measly few hundred in places like Bakersfield and Anaheim.

Maybe California is just too left-wing for Carnley? It was a conservative state for much of the pre-Second Civil War period, but languishing under an evil theocracy has created an underground leftism that is finally exploding with freedom. Maybe I should have just pitched my tent with the Social Dems. Carnley pondered, thinking she'd make a good moderate socialist rather than a center-rightist in a time when rightists are anathema in America.

Oh well. Let's see if Ab Fab is playing a rerun tonight. She sat down on the couch and turned the TV on.

"And we're getting reports that - reports that - okay," The anchor was saying. "My god. We can report that Michael Hawthorne has been captured outside of Albany, Georgia."

"Oh, my god!" Carnley exclaimed, standing up and gasping. Her husband came in alarmed. "They captured Hawthorne!" She said.

"What?" Her husband was incredulous. "Really?"

"Yes! That's what the news is saying!"

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HAWTHORNE CAPTURED

February 28, 2021

President of the CRA, Michael Hawthorne has been captured in Georgia by a special ops team apart of the United States military. The announcement has sparked a wave of celebrations across the United States and much of the world. People are reported to be cheering and crying in the streets, from New York, to Washington, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Chicago. There have been celebrations in London, Sao Paulo, and Berlin as well.

President Suza Cameron made a formal announcement on the evening of February 28, extolling the "bravery and resolve of our citizens who captured Hawthorne and made the march to peace that much stronger."

Celebrators on the streets of New York have been chanting "Liberation", "Revolution", and "Death to Fascism" throughout the night.

(Above: The Situation Room in the White House shortly after Hawthorne was confirmed alive and captured)

The government has confirmed that Hawthorne will be tried for a number of offenses, including war crimes, genocide, ethnic cleansing, and state terrorism. All of these carry the death sentence, which Hawthorne will likely be convicted of.

Melinda Wallace has shied away from calling for his summary execution, a stark reversal of her earlier position of executing members of the CRA who are guilty of genocide.

"A full and fair trial is to be awarded to even the most despicable and guilty of people, and summary executions, while they send a message, muddy the waters and make it seem like we are no different than them." Wallace said earlier tonight when pressed on the issue.

The trial for Hawthorne is expected to be held this April.

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Party platforms?

Parties are still being founded left and right, especially among the left-wing.

But, of the major parties and factions, there are:

Social Democratic Party

Socialists' and Ecologists' Party

Communist Party

Workers' Emancipation Party

Moderate Laborist Party

Centrist Party

Minor Parties include:

Revolutionary Socialist Party

Conservative Party

Nationalist and Patriotic Party

Platforms

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Social Democratic Party

Center-left to Far-left

Big Tent of the Left

Social Justice

Socialism

Social Democracy

Social Liberalism

Religious freedom, love all religions

LGBTQ Rights/Minority Rights

Allow greater immigration and global free movement across borders

Green Politics

Wealth redistribution through reform

Anti-corruption

Anti-theocracy

Urban and Labor interests

Pro-technology, anti-globalization, pro-world view

Socialists' and Ecologists' Party

Left to Far-Left

Socialism

Democratic Socialism

Social Justice

Social Democracy

Social Liberalism

LGBTQ rights/Minority rights

Religious freedom, abolish religious discrimination

Allow greater immigration and global free movement across borders

Green Politics, conservationism, ecologism, anti-coal

Abolish capitalism through reform

Wealth redistribution through reform

Anti-corruption

Anti-theocracy

Left populism

Anti-globalization

Communist Party

Far-Left

Communism

Socialism

Democratic Socialism

Social Justice

Social Democracy

LGBTQ rights/Minority rights

Anti-religion, move towards agnosticism and atheism

Abolish borders and allow global free movement

Abolish capitalism through revolution

Wealth redistribution through revolution

Revolutionize laborism

Anti-corporatism

Anti-conservatism

Anti-globalization

Anti-corruption

Anti-theocracy

Workers' Emancipation Party

Center to Center-Left

Social Democracy

Capitalism

Social Liberalism

Economic Populism

Moderate on LGBTQ rights/Minority rights

Center-right on Immigration

Safeguard Capitalism against cronyism, corruption, and monopolies

Safeguard the rights and bargaining power of all workers

Urban, suburban, and rural workers' interests

Centrist populism

Pro-technology, anti-globalization

Anti-corruption

Anti-theocracy

Moderate Laborist Party

Center-Right to Center

Socially Moderate

Economically Center-Left

Capitalist

Center-Right on LGBTQ rights/Minority rights

Slow down immigration to protect workers

Equity between employer and employee

Pro-union, but pro-employer as well

Safeguarding capitalism against cronyism, corruption, monopolies

Safeguarding capitalism against socialism, communism, and regulations

Anti-corruption

Anti-theocracy

Centrist Party

Center-Right to Right

Socially moderate to conservative

Economically right-wing

Capitalist

Anti-socialist, anti-communist

Center-right to right on LGBTQ rights/Minority rights

Slow down immigration

Pro-employer, pro-business

Safeguarding capitalism against socialism, communism, and regulations

Pro-technology, pro-globalization

Anti-theocracy, pro-faith

Urban and Suburban interests

Revolutionary Socialist Party

Far Left

Similar to the Communist and Socialist Parties

Anti-Social Democrats

Safeguard communism and socialism from compromised Social Democrats

Conservative Party

Right to Far-Right

Socially Conservative

Economically Rightist

Anti-LGBTQ rights

Only allow limited immigrants to enter each year, quota system

Capitalism

Abolish all regulations and socialistic aspects

Laissez Faire capitalism

Pro-business

Pro-globalizations

Nationalist and Patriotic Party

Far-right

Socially Conservative

Economically Rightist

Capitalist

Anti-LGBTQ rights

Centrist/Center-Right on Minority rights

Anti-immigration, immigration hurts and endangers communities

Pro-Christian

Nativist

Safeguard capitalism against any and all regulations

Mercantilism

Isolationism

Anti-globalization, anti-world view: some cultures are bad for America

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White House - Afternoon of March 15, 2021

President Cameron gathered her top people in the Oval Office. It was a group the media have since called Cameronland, which also extended to advisors, staffers, and other associates. However, only the closest knit of them were there: President Cameron, Vice President Marquez, National Security Director Melinda Wallace, and Defense Secretary Mary Cromwell.

They all sat on the plushy couches. A pile of paperwork and documents lay sprawled out on the coffee table. "Plans for a presidential system", "Plans for a parliamentary system" read some of the documents. Cameron had circled the parliamentary document with a red sharpie.

"I personally think we should model our government in a parliamentary way, with a prime minister being the head of government and a ceremonial President. I'm planning on campaigning on a parliamentary system too." She said. "Does anybody have any objections?"

"Well, no, but - " Wallace started. "I just fear the implementation will be very messy, since this is such a foreign system for many Americans. Plus, I feel we should still be focusing on the war."

"Right, but we can focus on both the war and fixing the broken political system." Wallace started. "Besides, I plan on the system being implemented throughout 2022 and 2023 in time for congressional elections in 2024. I also want to alternate elections, with congressional elections falling on even years and presidential elections on fixed odd years starting on 2025 and being held every five years."

"So you want a presidential election in 2022, then again in 2025, then every five years from then?" Marquez asked.

"Yes. I hope that makes sense." Cameron said.

"It does, but I'll suggest a simpler one." Cromwell interjected. "How about fixed presidential elections every six years, starting in 2022, and then parliamentary or congressional elections every four years at minimum, with rules for sooner elections in case of no-confidence?"

"Hmm." Cameron ruminated. "I'll think about that. It might just be better."

"I agree with Cromwell. It's a bit less complex, and it provides for elections frequently but not always overlapping. I feel like elections that always overlap could - enable ferocity and division." Marquez said.

"Agreed. But I feel we should look forward to elections, not dread them." Wallace said.

"Well, that's all apart of our Revolution, right?" Wallace asked. "Not just changing systems, but changing the way people think, act, and perceive their state."

"It'll be hard, but I think we can all agree that the current and pre-Revolution system is just garbage!" Cromwell said.

"Exactly." Wallace said, then paused. "Now onto my next - uh - point. I don't know who will succeed me as President, nor do I know who will be my Prime Ministers. I kinda want you all in this room to run for something in the next few years."

"For what?" Melinda Wallace asked, having never ran and never planning to.

"Well, I'd like you or Cromwell to succeed me as President when I leave office. And I want Marquez to be Prime Minister, as I feel he's a good party leader."

"Oh, jeez. I don't know." Wallace said, thinking it over. President? In a ceremonial office with no powers? She thought. If she was to hold office, she'd want power. She'd want to be Prime Minister.

"Prime Minister Marquez?" Marquez asked aloud. "I don't know. I might want to run for president some day."

"Look, you all can run for whatever or not run, I'm just saying you all have strengths and can contribute to the government in all these unique ways, so I want to stock as many offices as I can with you." Wallace said. "You can run for President with Cromwell as your veep or whatever we'd call that office, if we still have one, while Wallace leads the party in congress."

"Thank you, I also want us to be in government, but I just don't feel like a campaigner." Marquez said.

"It's a revolution, who gives a sh*t?" Cameron said, laughing. "Maybe you all go into congress and some socialist succeeds me as President!"

Prime Minister Cromwell. I like that. Cromwell pondered. Though she wasn't very partisan, despite being as leftist as any of them there, she wasn't ready to commit to any party. But, Cameron planted the idea in her head.

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HAWTHORNE CONVICTED, SENTENCED TO DEATH

April 19, 2021. New York.

Former leader of the CRA, Michael Hawthorne, was convicted of a slew of crimes against humanity and has been sentenced to death by a military tribunal in Princeton, New Jersey

His execution is set for June 12, 2021. He will be publicly hanged in a yet-to-be-determined location.

Above: People cry at a memorial for genocide victims in Washington. The genocide in the Southern CRA continues despite persistent bombing efforts.

It is unclear how long the Southern CRA will hold out for, but it is predicted that the top remaining leadership will capitulate and surrender to the United States by June.

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Montgomery, Zone A - Afternoon of March 23, 2021

Lora almost forgot a teddy bear of hers when all the liberated prisoners were being herded out of the barracks. It was a plushy animal she found outside the barracks after her grandmother died, along the trail that prisoners were forced to walk death marches on. It was ragged, but Lora still found it cute.

The camp was liberated about two weeks ago, but soldiers were finally evacuating the prisoners after securing Montgomery. They let everyone out, including gay people and lesbians. Lora's mother told her that Americans in World War Two wouldn't liberate gays due to the German laws against them. Lora responded by saying that it was weird, since she didn't quite comprehend the cruelty of it. Her father was still missing, and the night before, Lora's mother told her, struggling through tears, that he might be in heaven along with Grandma. Lora was saddened, but she had her mother and all her sisters, and a few supportive prisoners.

They left the camp and relocated to a massive sports arena in Montgomery, built by the theocrats for religious performances and football games. Now, it was housing thousands of refugees and genocide survivors. Lora didn't feel like a survivor, she just felt like herself, just more hungrier and sadder than ever. Doctors told her she was emaciated and needed to be under care, which her mother agreed with. Another doctor told her she might have health troubles all her life due to the starvation she endured. Lora got anxious from hearing that, but she was still glad to be brought from the brink of annihilation.

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Native Americans beat back Interior CRA in Oklahoma, begin siege of Tulsa.

A predominantly Native American organ of the U.S. armed forces has redirected their focus towards the Snake River Front in Oklahoma and has pushed back the Interior CRA up to Tulsa, and are planning a siege of the city.

Under the CRA, Native Americans were sequestered in increasingly desolate reservations and expunged from society. Laws were passed outlawing indigenous/non-indigenous marriages, and Native Americans were gradually barred from holding property, voting, holding credit cards, and free travel.

Now, after the Revolution, Native Americans flocked to the United States military and civil services, and have provided an integral role across the new society. In the military, they have been instrumental in securing the Snake River along the Texan-Oklahoman border. A successful siege of Tulsa would open up the rest of Oklahoma for Conquest and better enable the United States to take Arkansas and push into Kansas.

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Polling Data for Political Parties

Do you have a positive or negative view of the Social Democratic Party?

Positive - 74%

Negative - 26%

Do you have a positive or negative view of the Socialists' and Ecologists' Party?

Positive - 68%

Negative - 32%

Do you have a positive or negative view of the Communist Party?

Negative - 53%

Positive - 47%

Do you have a positive or negative view of the Centrist Party

Positive - 55%

Negative - 45%

Do you have a positive or negative view of the Workers' Emancipation Party?

Positive - 61%

Negative - 39%

Do you have a positive or negative view of the Moderate Laborist Party?

Positive - 53%

Negative - 47%

Do you have a positive or negative view of the Revolutionary Socialist Party?

Negative - 51%

Positive - 49%

Do you have a positive or negative view of the Conservative Party?

Negative - 69%

Positive - 31%

Do you have a positive or negative view of the Nationalist and Patriotic Party?

Negative - 89%

Positive - 11%

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Hawthorne Executed in New York

June 12, 2021 -

Former President of the Christian Republic, Michael Hawthorne, has been publicly executed in Chelsea Park, Manhattan today, in front a crowd of about 200. Hawthorne was convicted of genocide, state terrorism, and a host of other crimes against humanity in April of this year. In a capture that was widely celebrated across America, Hawthorne's execution comes as a symbolic watershed moment in the war against the CRA.

Hawthrone was 52 years old and is survived by his wife, Mary McClelland Hawthorne, and his two children, Johnny and Greta Hawthorne. They have attempted to flee to Russia, but were arrested by British authorities at Gatwick Airport in London. They are currently waiting for extradition to the United States. Mary Hawthorne has been called the "Ava Braun of Dixie".

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SOUTHERN CRA CAPITULATES

September 23, 2021 -

In a stunning move, the senior military leadership of the Southern CRA has capitulated to the United States, surrendering every held territory to the U.S. as well as surrendering to imprisonment. There has reportedly been a coup this past month among the leadership, which has resulted in the rumored execution of anti-capitulation hardliner General Matthew Elias Stockmeier.

The announcement, first confirmed by President Cameron and Secretary Cromwell, has triggered a massive wave of public celebrations across the United States comparable to New Years' celebrations. Revelers are reported to be crying and screaming exclamations of joy on the streets. Remarks include "Victory!", "U.S.A!" and "No Fascism!".

The President and Vice President have announced a victory tour around the United States to celebrate the end of the war against the CRA and strategize for the war against the interior CRA.

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Presidential Debate Commission Sets Dates for Three Debates

The Presidential Debate Commission, established by a triumvirate of universities, has set the dates for three presidential debates. The dates are as followed:

First Debate: April 3, 2022

Second Date: April 24, 2022

Third Debate: May 8, 2022

Furthermore, the Commission has dedicated a range of topics to each topic:

First Debate: Revolution, Theocracy, The Future of America

Second Debate: Parliamentary System vs. Presidential System, Capitalism vs. Socialism

Third Debate: Refugees, Global Image, and Foreign Policy

That is all the information the Commission has released thus far. It is rumored that candidates must achieve an average polling range of 3-5% two weeks prior to the debate to be considered a valid applicant for participating in the debate. With this, it is likely that the debate members will be President Suza Cameron of New York, Senator Kyra Welsh of Kentucky, Senator Garrett Dillon of California, Mr. Jaremy Omid of New York, and Ms. Mirei Song of Washington.

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The Candidates for the 2022 Presidential Election and their Parties

Social Democratic Party

President Suza Cameron (NY)

Socialists' and Ecologists' Party

Senator Kyra Welsh (KY)

Communist Party

Senator Garrett Dillon (CA)

Workers' Emancipation Party

Ms. Mirei Song (WA)

Moderate Laborist Party

Mrs. Helena Kingsley (LA)

Centrist Party

Mr. Jaremy Omid (NY)

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Gallup - Presidential Candidate Favorabilities - September 12, 2021

Do you have a positive or negative view of the following people:

President Suza Cameron

Positive - 94%

Negative - 5%

Don't Know/Undecided - 1%

Senator Kyra Welsh

Positive - 58%

Negative - 36%

Don't Know/Undecided - 6%

Senator Garrett Dillon

Positive - 47%

Negative - 45%

Don't Know/Undecided - 8%

Ms. Mirei Song

Positive - 42%

Negative - 30%

Don't Know/Undecided - 28%

Mrs. Helena Kingsley

Negative - 37%

Positive - 36%

Don't Know/Undecided - 27%

Mr. Jaremy Omid

Positive - 34%

Negative - 34%

Don't Know/Undecided - 32%

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SUZA 2022

I'M WITH HER

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN

**Unironically**

(Also sorry for taking up this much space, I love these (quote) memes)

IT'S HAPPENING.

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A Profile in Labor: Mirei Song

December 11, 2021 -

With the election five months away, much of America is tuning into political news and literature. After overthrowing our theocratic suzerains, we are finally looking forward to the first truly democratic election since 1944.

President Suza Cameron dominates the polls and is looking forward to an easy election, but that doesn't mean she is the only candidate running. Unlike James Monroe, Cameron has lots of opponents who are not afraid to critique her policies or suggest different paths for our reborn country.

One of these opponents comes from Cameron's less socialist flank, but she is not a right-winger. She is Mirei Song, a labor organizer from Seattle who worked underground for many years during the revolution to support famished workers and their families. She has agreed to sit down with us for an interview, explaining her reasons for running, and why she thinks she's better suited to be President than anyone else.

Jon Setter, British journalist (JS) - Thank you so much for sitting down with us -

Mirei Song, candidate for President (MS) - Than you for having me.

JS- You're welcome, I look forward to this interview.

MS- Me too!

JS- To begin, can you just explain who you are, what you believe in, and why you are running for President in 2022?

MS- Well, Hi everyone watching. My name is Mirei Janet Song, and I was a labor union organizer and I helped out local unions in Washington state and California to recruit members, activists, and volunteers. Officially, I was the Chief of Staff to President Joan Goldberg of the Teachers' and Educators' Union of Washington, but I resigned this year to run for President.

JS- Very interesting. Did you ever have plans to be President of the TEUW?

MS- I did at times, sure - but mostly I was satisfied with the position I had, and I made a lot out of it. I worked - uh - essentially underground from the 1980s to 2018, because the government made all labor activities illegal in the sixties. I helped a lot of starving people, mostly workers, find well-paying jobs so they could put food on the table and not have to see their children die of starvation. It was absolutely illegal, but it was absolutely the most moral and right thing I have ever done and I absolutely would not do anything differently. The union in those years saved people, and I am glad I was apart of it.

JS - That's really, really heartfelt.

MS - Thank you. It was Hell to live. It truly was, no embellishment.

JS - When were you born?

MS - I was born on July 23, 1963, in Burien, Washington. Then it was known as New Jordan, after the government renamed it.

JS - What was it like growing up in America, and how were you treated?

MS - Well, I can't remember the first years, but I do remember when I was six, in about 1969, when my parents were realizing they might be stripped of their banking jobs by the government. See, even though the theocracy had been ruling, their worst laws and most discriminatory measures came about only around the early 1970s. And it was in 1969, or maybe 1970, that the banks were essentially forced to fire all people of color, non-christians, any minorities. It was horrid.

JS - And your parents were bankers?

MS - Well, not quite. They held the door open for people and sometimes helped the bankers. It was enough to get by in our apartment. I don't ever believed they liked the job, but it did help us eat. After they were fired, life really got miserable.

JS - How so?

MS - We lost our apartment once they got fired. The landlord threatened to hurt us if we hadn't vacated. So we did, I recall, and we moved around at least ten times in as many years. Anywhere that would accept us. It was tough for Asians then, a lot of times we were given dirty hovels to live in. My mother would get incredibly sick due to our living conditions, and - my god - it's so amazing how much we persevered.

JS - Are your parents still alive?

MS - Yes, both of them!

JS - Wow, that's great.

MS - My mother, Hanako, is 91, and my father, Chiharu, is 90. Of course, they had to have Anglo names back then. She was Hannah and he was Harry, easy to relate to their Japanese birth names.

JS - Did you have an Anglo name?

MS - Mira! I've ditched it though. I never liked it.

JS - When did you get involved with laborism, and why?

MS - Because of what I saw, growing up. Seeing people on the brink of annihilation, starving, sad, it was just horrific. Back then, labor had retreated underground, and it wasn't the same thing you see in Britain, France, or Brazil. It was more about providing strong support networks for workers and laborers, especially centered around part-time jobs and providing them work opportunities. It was around 1982 when I got involved. I skipped college at that time, since my only options were segregated schools that were routinely ignored by the government and given piecemeal funding. So I went into the underground labor movement in 1982, 1983, and I started as a typist. I helped process applications for people, and I would send these documents to my superiors, who would then send them secretly to friendly employers who would then give jobs to the applicants in fields the government wouldn't notice.

JS - Wow. Sounds glamorous in a way.

MS - It was, sure. We also did food drives and all sorts of charitable things. At the beginning, labor was mostly confined to giving the starving some sort of menial job support, however as time went on, we moved towards a system of crude bargaining, co-operating with employers on wages, focusing on long-term job security. As the government got weaker towards the Revolution, we became more brazen and hosting job fairs, parties, you know, fun stuff.

JS - Do you think you had an effect on people's lives?

MS - I sure hope so. I know many people I helped back then still have jobs. Their children, if they had any, are healthy and well-fed. So many friends were made, too. If I had no other impact, I'm glad I provided friendship for so many people.

JS - What are some of your political beliefs? Platforms?

MS - Well, thanks for asking, John. I'm definitely on the left end of the spectrum, but I don't like specific labels or buzzwords. I don't care for socialist, or capitalist, or social dems, I'm not gonna bother with that. I love laborism. I love leftism. I love the concept of a community, state, or government providing for the people, not out of begrudging necessity, but out of love and moral obligation. That's who I am.

JS - What do you feel about capitalism versus socialism?

MS - Whatever system has the least people in abject poverty, suffering, unemployment, and hunger, I'm for that economic system. With that said, capitalism has really ravaged parts of the country and the globe, in terms of neo-imperialism and globalization. But, look at Stalin or Mao. I mean, look at how many people died in famines and were purged - ugh - really just not pleasant. If anything, I'm someone who believes in the best of both worlds. Let's keep the right of property and a choice in what toothpaste or socks to buy, but let's not give our economy to corporations and the selected elite of society.

JS - Would you see that as a social democratic ideology?

MS - Sure! I never said I wasn't any of those things, but when it comes to this tribalistic nature of suckering onto labels and political identities, it just seems a little foolish to me.

JS - Do you think you'd make a good president?

MS - Yes. Absolutely.

JS - Why?

MS - Because, and this sounds morbid, I know what suffering is like. I know what it's like to see an evil theocracy throw its citizens to the wolves, and I know what it's like to be treated like chattel trash. I know the extent of selfish greed and how it ruined our country to the very core. With that, I know what goodness, humanity, and selflessness looks like. Those latter qualities have absolutely informed every ounce of my policies.

JS - What about parliamentary versus presidential systems?

MS - No more electoral college, first of all. It failed us in the forties and gave us festering white supremacy. I would definitely like to study parliamentarianism more, but I do like the concept of a more fair and equitable voting system. I don't like first past the post, I think we need to spend time implementing multi-member districts with proportional seat allocation.

JS - Interesting. Don't you think that's mightily similar to President Cameron's platform?

MS - If it is, it is. I'm not running to be the anti-Cameron, I'm running to be the pro-Song. I'm running on pro-labor and pro-equality. Cameron is great, and I'm not trying to center myself as the centrist or more lefty version of Cameron, but what she lacks is a career in unionism and helping out workers. She has the ideas, but let's ask ourselves, does she have the knowledge of labor? I think that's what we need here at this time, and that's why I'm running.

JS - Do you think Cameron is a bad president?

MS - Absolutely not. What I said is in no way to be interpreted as me slamming her or saying she is ignorant. Let's remember that she fled the country, and she dedicated her life to public service and overthrowing the theocracy. If she tried that here, she would have been beheaded, and she knows that. She is a total hero for what she did and continues to do.

JS - Well, I think that's all the time we have.

MS - Oh no!

JS - I do hope to catch up again later on, because you are a great conversationist.

MS - Thank you! I am glad I gave this interview.

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Gallup - Presidential Candidate Favorabilities - January 4, 2022

Do you have a positive or negative view of the following people:

President Suza Cameron

Positive - 93%

Negative - 6%

Don't Know/Undecided - 1%

Senator Kyra Welsh

Positive - 53%

Negative - 44%

Don't Know/Undecided - 3%

Senator Garrett Dillon

Positive - 50%

Negative - 48%

Don't Know/Undecided - 2%

Ms. Mirei Song

Positive - 52%

Negative - 35%

Don't Know/Undecided - 13%

Mrs. Helena Kingsley

Negative - 46%

Positive - 43%

Don't Know/Undecided - 11%

Mr. Jaremy Omid

Negative - 40%

Positive - 34%

Don't Know/Undecided - 26%

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OKLAHOMA LIBERATED

March 12, 2022 -

The United States military, with aid from the squadrons from federally-recognized tribes, has successfully liberated Tulsa and Oklahoma City, in effect driving out the remaining CRA forces from Oklahoma.

This comes as a stunning victory for the United States, as it allows for the future liberation of Kansas, and protects U.S. territory in Texas.

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Welcome to the First Presidential Debate in

White Plains, New York

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Please Welcome...

President Suza Cameron

Social Democrat

Senator Kyra Welsh

Socialist

Senator Garrett Dillon

Communist

Ms. Mirei Song

Workers' Emancipation Party

Mrs. Helena Kingsley

Moderate Laborist

Mr. Jaremy Omid

Centrist

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Highlights of the First Debate

On the Revolution...

Cameron: The revolution must be protected, and we must strive for a better society. But, if we're looking at the Bolsheviks or Jacobins, we must know our limits. In striving for justice after all these miserable years, we have to be fair. We can't throw people in jail on a whim, nor can we change society too much so quickly after overthrowing the theocracy. What I mean by that is that we can't, say, identify a low-level employee who said positive things about Hawthorne and then put him or her in jail. Much less execute them or seize their assets. It's just wrong.

Dillon: Well, I have to disagree with the President. There are two types of revolutions: One which simply changes the government or state, but leaves intact the social order and how we perceive ourselves fitting in that state or social order. The other type changes everything. It changes the state, the economy, the class system, and the very nature of our civil behaviour. I think the first type is simply inefficient and foolish for our country. We need to go hard or go home.

On Theocracy and the Dictatorship

Song: The theocracy, if it can even be called that, was truly devastating to this country. Millions dead, millions starved, and millions smashed under a cruel, polished black boot. We went from a country on the steps of global leadership to nothing more than a rump state. I wake up everyday thanking the powers that be that the brutality is finally over.

Welsh: While it's important to remember the cruelty of the dictatorship, it's important to remember why and how it sprung up. Economic instability brought about by unbridled capitalism. White supremacy peddled by Southern Democrats, lynch mobs, and ancestral slavers. And let's not forget that the U.S. government was fully complacent and practically allowed this dictatorship to be born.

Omid: Theocracy and religious governance has no place in this society. I am not ashamed to call myself an atheist, and I will never even dream of governing as a theocrat. We are a secular state, and we must commit ourselves to that nature. The pre-civil war leaders did not, and they were weak against the face of religious zealots and dogmatic people. It's time to recognize that the roots of the dictatorship were due to an incomplete separation of church and state in America. If we were such a secular state, why did we hate Jews, Catholics, and Muslims so much?

On the Future of America

Kingsley: We have to have an America where the common man is the prized, integral member of our society. We can't place our society in the hands of the elite, nor can we trust economists, social democrats, or communists, of all people, to direct the movie that is our lives. It's simply untenable to me that a communist, a self-declared communist -

Cameron: Now, hold on, Senator Dillon is -

Kingsley: A self-declared communist is telling us - is telling us how we should live our lives and structure our economy -

Dillon: I find it untenable that a wolf in sheep's clothing is telling us what a committed fighter she is for the working class -

Kinglsey: Oh please.

Dillon: What's your net worth again? What bank did you work at during the dictatorship? Wachovia?

Kingsley: If you're trying to imply that I'm a collaborator, then you best silence your mouth.

Dillon: Well, I'm going to ignore the gentlewoman from Louisiana and address the audience, since she has seemingly forfeit her speaking slot. The future of our country must be a future of socioeconomic equality and classlessness. We can no longer live in the shackles that landowners put us in, and we can no longer put bandages on the gushing wounds that capitalism has left us. As great as President Cameron, Senator Walsh, and Ms. Song are, there are wrong to suggest that the moneyed elite can be reasoned with, that capitalism is something we can tolerate. It can't be. We must abolish it and abolish it now. If the elite want to arm themselves and fight, so be it.

Omid: Let's not provoke something here -

Cameron: Waving off a violent struggle as a "so be it" type thing, is ridiculous and I thought Senator Dillon would know better. However, I want to take the time to tell everyone in the audience and on stage that telling a fellow debater to close his mouth is unacceptable.

Kingsley: You just heard him! He's a devout Red, what he's suggesting will plunge our nation back into a bloody mess and ruin our economy. It's foolish that he's even brought onto this stage.

Song: It is not foolish -

Kingsley: It is.

Song: We have to give everyone a right to voice their opinions and concerns about where we are headed. It doesn't matter if they're hard left, or totally centrist. Throwing them under the bus and telling them to shut up is gross and immature.

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Gallup - Presidential Candidate Favorabilities - April 17, 2022

Do you have a positive or negative view of the following people:

President Suza Cameron

Positive - 91%

Negative - 8%

Don't Know/Undecided - 1%

Ms. Mirei Song

Positive - 55%

Negative - 43%

Don't Know/Undecided - 2%

Senator Kyra Welsh

Positive - 51%

Negative - 47%

Don't Know/Undecided - 2%

Senator Garrett Dillon

Positive - 50%

Negative - 49%

Don't Know/Undecided - 1%

Mr. Jaremy Omid

Positive - 52%

Negative - 43%

Don't Know/Undecided - 5%

Mrs. Helena Kingsley

Negative - 58%

Positive - 39%

Don't Know/Undecided - 3%

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Lafayette, Louisiana - Afternoon of April 18, 2022

Helena Kingsley looked out the window of her office building and saw the gaggle of reporters in the rain-drenched streets. She scoffed and drew the curtains. Kingsley walked into an adjacent room where a camera was set up in front of a plushy chair. A few of her aides were standing behind the camera, while one piloted it. She sat down on the chair as the camera started filming.

"Hello everyone. These past few months have been incredibly fun, rewarding, and impactful. I never thought I would one day run for President, but I soon found myself embraced by a legion of passionate supporters and aides. When I announced my run, a run for President centered on moderation and protecting the common people of our country, I thought no one would come to my side, but boy was I wrong.

I was proven incorrect, since the outpouring of love and support I received from citizens of all walks of life told me that my cause was not lost. The people of this country want to uncover the middle-ground, the people want capitalism, the people want moderation. They don't want all this socialist and communist lingo emanating from their TV sets, but they do want change. A change in their paychecks for the better. A change in their housing markets for the more affordable. A change in their doctor's appointments for the cheaper and more easily accessible. A change in the markets for more competition and better returns. I will forever be advocating for that type of change.

However, this year is simply not the year. I will be suspending my presidential campaign and exiting the race. I have not made up my mind on who to endorse, but I will be sure it's someone who preaches the same values I do, and who believes in the same good fight I believe in. To my supporters: I won't let you down. I will always give you a voice, at a time when it seems the only voices are spoken by social democrats and hard leftists. I will never give up on you.

Go forward with the good fight, citizens and supporters, and know that I am at your side."

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Polls for the First Congressional District in the State of Indiana, April 21, 2022

Michael Sheridan (inc.)(Workers' Emancipation Party) - 30%

Sarina Boston (Social Democratic Party) - 28%

Viktorija Corgy (Communist Party) - 21%

Byzantino Laurens (Moderate Laborist Party) - 10%

Hyatt Corvin (Socialists' and Ecologists' Party) - 6%

Anne Sawyer (Centrist Party) - 3%

Don't Know/Undecided - 2%

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Polls for the Ninth Congressional District in the State of Illinois, April 18, 2022

Xavier Perez (Socialists' and Ecologists' Party) - 52.03%

John Fares (inc.)(Independent) - 45.83%

Don't Know/Undecided - 2.2%

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Polls for the Senate Election in the State of California, April 28, 2022

Matilda Schumer (inc.)(Social Democratic Party) - 50%

Elizabeth Carnley (Moderate Laborist Party) - 39%

Gerald Phillips (Workers' Emancipation Party) - 11%

Undecided/Don't Know - 2%

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Highlights of the Second and Third Debates

Suza Cameron lays out her plan to transition the US voting system into a multi-member, proportional, parliamentary system, ditching the current presidential, first-past-the-post system. Mirei Song endorses her plan, while Jaremy Omid rejects it. Kyra Welsh and Garrett Dillon also support it, but Dillon says that the ultimate goal is to abolish the state and make way for a classless, equal society.

On refugees, all candidates agree that refugees, especially from the CRA, are welcomed into the United States. However, Omid believes there should be a strict vetting system, while Cameron and Welsh believe there should be a more liberal system that places emphasis on families and family reunification. Dillon endorses refugee resettlement and integration as well as the gradual dissolution of borders.

On Capitalism vs. Socialism, Cameron lays out her plan for a social democratic economy where social justice and economic justice are linked and formerly discriminated groups are integrated into an economy that's regulated, fair, and not subject to predatory capitalistic private entities. Welsh calls for the gradual abolition to capitalism while Dillon calls for a revolution to abolish capitalism. Song endorses social democracy and states that a regulated socialized economy with a capitalist framework is the best economy for America. Omid believes that capitalism with only the most important regulations to prevent monopolies is the most desirable.