Q1: Make records held by the state legislature and the governor's office public records

Yes: The more transparency with our government, the better.

Q2: Permit employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) to participate in collective bargaining practices

Yes: Unions are great and we should allow any union participate in them

Q3: Eliminate political party primaries for state elections and create a single primary where candidates are listed regardless of their political party

NO: Jungle primaries suck and have ruined voting processes in states like California, Wisconsin, and Michigan. It allows Republicans to vote for moderate Democrats to not allow progressives to win.

Q4: Provide for same-day voter registration

YES: We need more people voting and sometimes people forget to register.

Q5: Change the limit of how much revenue the state can collect in a given year

NO: This is an intentionally confusing question. If you vote yes, then the millionaire’s tax doesn’t mean shit anymore because there’ll be a limit on government spending.

Q6: Create a fund for state money, titled the Nature for All Fund, that would be used to further efforts of nature conservation

NO: We need to protect the environment, but this initiative would make it so that tax dollars would be allocated for this program rather than using it on healthcare and education.

Q7: Require cities and towns to allow single-family homes on residentially zoned lots that meet minimum standards of at least 5,000 square feet in area

YES: A 5000 square foot lot is plenty of space. We need to build more housing rather than big lot mansions.

Q8: Repeal laws that permit the sale of recreational marijuana and the personal cultivation of cannabis in homes

NO: Do I really have to explain my reasons on this fraudulent ballot question that somehow made it this far?

Q9: Uphold the legislation, An Act Modernizing Firearm Laws (H. 4885), passed in 2024

NO: We already have restrictive gun laws and we need to protect ourselves in case of a fascist takeover. It’s not the gun fault, it’s the people. If we get universal healthcare, mentally unstable people will be able to check into mental hospitals to get proper help.

Low Voter Turnout

Not a lot of people knew the primaries were on September 1st. Some people I talked to thought there was only the general election in November. Also some people couldn’t be bothered to vote like my co-workers. My grandmother thought mailing in her ballot on September 1st would still be counted.

Old People Vote Based On How Often A Candidate’s Ad Appears on TV or Mail

Most people knew about Koh with some knowing Beccia and Nguyen. The only people who knew about Beck, Belsito, and Lancaster are actively online progressive. Our district’s primary demographic is old white people with cable television. They don’t use Reddit, Instagram, or X.

Crowded Primary

We had 6 candidates appear on the ballot with Lancaster dropping out a few days before the primary election which means she still appeared on the ballot. Beccia is a Blue Dog, Koh is an Establishment/NeoLiberal, Nguyen is a Social-Liberal, and the other three were all progressives with basically the same message. If all the progressives dropped out and supported Nguyen, like Lancaster, then Nguyen would be our next representative. Whether it be ego, delusion, stubbornness, or something else, Beck and Belsito refused to drop out. Despite the polls saying that it was essentially a two candidate race of Koh and Nguyen.

Around 4-6 years ago, I would listen to a little known version of Grover Washington and Bill Withers’s Jazz and R&B classic Just the Two of Us on Spotify and YouTube. I even added it to both of my playlists and would listen to it during my upperclassman years in high school. I began to listening to podcasts and YouTube videos more than music. Recently I got the urge to listen to that version of the song again. I had deleted my Spotify account so I looked into my music playlist on YouTube and it wasn’t there either. I spent hours going down the Japanese rabbit hole of Just the Two of Us and couldn’t find it. I then went on Spotify and looked through the dedicated playlist featuring all the Just the Two of Us songs on the service but came up empty again. I had to resort using AI to try finding the song. I tried to giving it a specific information but still couldn’t find the song. I think the song was wiped on the internet for some sort of licensing agreement, I have no clue why it was removed otherwise. So I’m now asking help to find it, this song means a lot to me and I want to listen to it again.

Song Description:
- The primary instrument I could identify is a Celesta or something that sounds like it. (it could also be a Xylophone or Glockenspiel) The song also features a string instrument like a violin and a piano.
- I have no idea how to describe the vibe the song gave, but imagine a montage of two people going on a date in a city having chill and a romantic time.
- The color of the cover was primarily light blue and featured intricate patterns
- The song’s title is in Japanese from what I can tell. - I think I remember the creator had a four letter name.
- I remember the song said it came out from Late-2000s to Early 2010s. When I first listened to the song on YouTube, the video was over a decade old with ~40,000 views. I believe there was another upload of the song, but that has also been taken down.

The next speaker of the house Hakeem Jefferies meet with an oligarch who’s all over the Epstein Files who isn’t even part of the Trump regime for trying to work with the Trump in congress.

We shouldn’t work with these traitors, we need to stomp on their throats and use congressional power to repeal Trump’s policies and impeach members of the administration. It’s an embarrassment for him doing these shady deals.

Why are people so adamant on defending this clown for being a shady and not willing to lead a charge for reform? The next speaker of the house has to be someone who doesn’t do backrooms deals and uses the power of the bully pulpit to push towards reform and justice. I would much rather have Nancy Pelosi be the speaker again. Choosing Hakeem Jeffries to be the l leader of house Democrats could be another huge opportunity taken away.

It’s over for Moulton.

Jordan values diplomatic stability rather than regional dominance. They absorb refugees from neighboring countries out of morality despite the fact it strains their recourses. They actually live under religious harmony with Christians and Muslims.

While yes, they’re a Semi-Constitutional monarchy and have mixed human rights records. But compared to everywhere else in the Middle East, they’re saint. We can also use whatever influence we have left to get Jordan to improve that record.

To those who disagree, I like to remind you that we are considered allies with non democracies like Turkey, Vietnam, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, UAS, Bahrain, and Qatar.

Edit: I know Jordan is already an ally, but they need to be our most important in the region.

Jim McGovern is a great representative that’s the embodiment of what the ideal Democratic congressman can be. He consistently does town halls, meets with constituents, spends most of his time in Worcester, MA and is willing to work with both factions of the Democratic Party. He’s a progressive fighter who is the ranking member of the house rules committee.

He’s been serving for 29 years, but is still very popular in his district.

The United States has a population of non-religious people at ~28% with the percentage only increasing with younger generations not practicing faith anymore. I’m one of those ~28%

The late Pete Stark (D-CA) who in 2007 at the end of his career became the first openly atheist member of congress. We have Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, Muslims, Jews, and Mormon members of Congress.

Today we only have three non-religious members of congress. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), and Emily Randall (D-WA). Non of those people have stated they don’t believe in god, but don’t practice religion.

People seem to be attacking Muslims nonstop and not Atheists. You may hear someone on Fox News talks about Atheists being bad, but that’s about it.