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WAR
The United States military are death racketeers subsidized by the state. Since 2001 the US military has spent 6 trillion dollars, nearly all borrowed and accruing interest.
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"When a statist ruler exhausts his own country’s economy, he attacks his neighbors. It is his only means of postponing internal collapse and prolonging his rule." - Ayn Rand
After 9/11, by 2003 support for the Iraq war sharply dropped. Yet, the war continued, decades later. 55% of Americans say that US Congress should not authorize additional funding to support Ukraine, while American support for Israel military actions has dropped to 36%. If the majority of Americans do not support continuing aid or the use of force in these conflicts, why does Congress keep beating the drum of war? How do we stop it?
By electing anti war representation to Congress.
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Stop falling for the lie of "spreading democracy", "defending our country" or the "domino theory." If these were true, the people in countries with US presence would have political representation, freedom and opportunity. Instead they have a more powerful police state, displacement, destroyed economies and environments. The goal has never been about protecting people, but protecting State interest and maintaining power. The goal of the State has never been and will never be about ending wars, but to keep the wars going as long as possible and as profitable as possible.
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Global intervention is not necessary to national defense.
The war machine has been allowed to turn for far too long. Our current foreign policy feels like part of who we are as Americans. Global policing through force has been fed to us as our duty and part of our culture. It isn't. We need to dismantle and take the power away from the military industrial complex.
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I will push back against the Empire.
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I am a committed, unwavering non-interventionist.
I support:
1. An immediate end to all government funded foreign aid.
2. Ending subsidies to corporate arms dealers.
3. Withdrawing from NATO.
4. Withdrawing form the UN.
5. Bringing every single American soldier home.
6. Closing all American bases overseas.
7. Abolishing the draft/selective service.
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"Men are told simultaneously that they will enter the military establishment of their own volition, as their splendid sacrifice for their country's welfare, and that if they do not enter they will be hunted down and punished with the most horrid penalties; and under a most indescribable confusion of democratic pride and personal fear they submit to the destruction of their livelihood if not their lives, in a way that would formerly have seemed to them so obnoxious as to be incredible." - Garet Garrett
IMMIGRATION
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."- Statue of Liberty
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​The statue of liberty, being one the most recognizable symbols of hope and freedom in the world, etched in literal stone, an invitation to all who seek her refuge. The irony of it all. Our symbol, our infamy, our culture, being the beacon of liberty and freedom for all yet, we are inching our way to federal powers violently imposing state boundaries. Arbitrarily deciding which people are worthy based on their country of origin and perceived value. In the land of opportunity, birth of the “American Dream,” we have forgotten our origins.
Freedom of movement is a fundamental right by virtue of being human.
Immigrants arriving at the Southern border come with the same aspirations and motives as those who came through the Northeastern border on Ellis Island a hundred years ago. Historians and economists agree that immigration benefited the American economy as a whole, leading to faster economic growth rates through the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is mainly due to the fact that most immigrants were of working age. These people have woven their way into the fabric of American life since that time. They have helped create the America we know today.
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Millions of poor immigrants flooded this nation virtually unchecked for nearly a century, so what has changed? Why the hostility towards immigrants at the Southern border?
​During the 19th and 20th centuries, European immigrants were viewed as easily assimilable into American society. Not to dismiss the discrimination many Italian, Irish, Polish and German immigrants faced, they had relatively few obstacles when it came to entering the United States. A lesser known immigration station, Angel Island, which also saw millions of freedom seeking immigrants during the same time period, the vast majority coming from China or other Asian countries, had a very different screening process. The Chinese Exclusion Act, a federal law signed in 1882, prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers with the exception for merchants, teachers, students, travelers, and diplomats. Motivated by a growing anti-Chinese sentiment, this was the first American law prohibiting immigration solely based on race. Chinese immigrants were at risk for violent raids of their homes, detainment and exhaustive interrogations at Angel Island.
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The crux of this argument is essentially concerns over assimilation, perceived worthiness of those coming in and the fear of the America we know changing. Put succinctly, it is a result of successful state propaganda to instill fear and prejudice. As the daughter of an immigrant, I can personally attest to the motivations of the vast majority of Latin American immigrants. That being, employment. Immigrants are more likely to be entrepreneurs than native-born Americans. Evidence has shown that immigrants create more jobs than they “take.” Immigrants make up some 17% of the total civilian labor force. If congress passes permanent pathways to citizenship immigrants are estimated to add a cumulative $1.2 trillion to the U.S. GDP over 10 years, increase the income of all Americans, and create thousands of new jobs per year. A “wall” and the police force needed to maintain, deport and enforce such policies would cost trillions to the American taxpayer. In short, freedom of movement equals a freer economy.
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You cannot support free trade without freedom of movement.
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​I support:
1. An “Ellis Island” style immigration system.
2. Abolish ICE
3. Denying entry to those who have a record of violence in their country of origin or have credible plans for violence.
4. Creating a simple, efficient path to citizenship for “unauthorized” immigrants currently residing in the US.
5. Holding asylum seekers and new immigrants to the same standard of conduct as American born citizens. Meaning, no loopholes or special laws absolving crime. You break the law, you are punished.
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For those of you as concerned about the expansion of the welfare state as I am - what a fantastic reason to abolish it.
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Abolish the Surveillance State
"We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government." - William O. Douglas 1966
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​The Federal Government has been allowed to side step our constitution on many matters for far too long but in the matter of the privacy of Americans, they are expert evaders.
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Most US citizens are in the dark as to the true scope of the surveillance they are under.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for example, an act in which outlines the specific authorizations the State is allowed to conduct intelligence gathering has had many amendments over the years. December 2005, under the Busch administration, "Stellar Wind" conducted warrentless domestic wiretapping. They later renamed the program "section 702" setting it into law. Section 702 was recently reauthorized April 2024 and signed into law by the Biden Administration. Section 702 permits the U.S. government to engage in mass, warrantless surveillance of Americans’ international communications, including phone calls, texts, emails, social media messages, and web browsing under the guise of "National Security."
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Further examples include the 2004 for amendment "lone wolf". Which allows the government to surveil a non-U.S. person who engages in or prepares for international terrorism. However, it amended the definition of "foreign power" to permit the FISA courts to issue surveillance and physical search orders without having to find a connection between the "lone wolf" and a foreign government or terrorist group. PRISM is a program under which the NSA collects internet communications from various internet companies including Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google, Facebook, YouTube, AOL, Skype and Apple. Edward Snowden, who was an NSA contractor at the time, publicly revealed the existence of PRISM through a series of leaked classified documents. Snowden now lives in exile in Russia.
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The FBI improperly searched for information in this database more than 278,000 times in 2020 and early 2021, including Americans involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and those who participated in the 2020 protests following the murder of George Floyd. Google openly works with the NSA. Amazon has built a massive $600 million intelligence database for the CIA. The telecommunications industry is making a profit by spying on us for the government. These corporations are aiding and abetting the government in its domestic surveillance efforts.
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Corporate and government surveillance aren't separate; they're an alliance of interests. - Bruce Schneier
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This only addresses what they have been caught doing or are willing to admit to.
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Frankly, this is a web far too complex to explain in a mere few paragraphs but what I can promise is I am dedicated to protecting your privacy.
I will fight for:
1. Reforming authorization given to the State to access the private information and communications of Americans.
2. Ending Section 702 which is set to be up for reauthorization in 2026.
3. Support bills that require any Federal agency to inform when you are being spied on and why, just like any other physical warrant use during an investigation.
4. Full pardoning of Edward Snowden and other government whistleblowers.
​5. Support ending the abhorrent, unconstitutional, criminal programs, amendments, provision or laws allowing the gathering and storing of the private information of Americans.
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