u/OnionsRNasty

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.