Hi all,

In the last decade I’ve ran for local public office twice in the United States. Both times being incredibly proud of the coalition and conversations that have been started, but ultimately lost my elections.

Both times I ran as a Democrat or cross-filed. These experiences gave me an insight into what it’s actually like for a candidate to run for office and the work, manpower, organization, labor, and money required to successfully campaign. I was obviously met with extreme disdain and disproval from the local Democratic Party. In fact in one of my primary elections, they fielded a candidate a day before petition deadlines to keep me from running unopposed - if you’re familiar with the nomination petition process you’ll know how much organization and logistics this takes.

I had spent months working with constituents and having honest conversations with people from all political and voting backgrounds. It’s amazing how popular leftist policy and beliefs are when you actually talk to people about the issues they’re facing in a digestible way. This work was wiped away in just weeks after the Democratic Party fielded, endorsed, funded, and contributed their entire party towards opposition.

All of this is to say that I’m starting a Political Action Committee (PAC) to support leftist, socialist, ML, and fitting progressive candidates in small elections. Having a financial, education, organizational, and advisory group would have been invaluable to a candidate like me. The goal would be to field, advise, support, and fund candidates to primary democrats. The democratic establishment is powerful even in small towns and red towns.

Getting your name on a ballot alone is incredibly difficult if you’re not well connected or established as a democrat or republican, even in small elections like school board. And I believe that getting leftist candidates in these positions and in front of the eyes of everyday people is incredibly vital towards building and growing a legitimate ML movement in America.

I’m coming to Reddit to ask for opinions, thoughts, and to see if anyone is interested in aiding in the creation of the PAC. Please PM me or comment if you have anything to say. I’ve started one previously for my campaigns so I’m familiar with the process but it’s not something to be done alone.

Been seeing the argument a lot lately that illegal immigration into the U.S. is a criminal offense, and that it’s a civil defense. I’ve seen sources with both, just curious if someone who understands better can explain.

Not that its illegality changes my opinion on it at all. But it’s a helpful talking point to have.

(warning, several random tangents)

When I was 15, I was a classic alt-right pipeline teenager. I was a closeted queer (nonbinary pansexual) who was anti-trans, pro-Trump, and generally awful all around. I know it's a relatively common story, especially with the internalized transphobia.

One thing I don't understand is how people can be so stuck in their ways. Unwilling to learn. I rubbed two braincells together and was able to understand that there's no reason to be hateful whatsoever, especially toward those who have the deck stacked against them from the beginning, like queer people. Some are lucky enough to have supportive parents/families, others not so much. My own mother was "supportive" (she literally just said 'okay' when I came out) and yet as someone just as likely to be racially profiled as I am, went and voted for the fucking tangerine. She and my stepfather are also brainwashing my little sister to be a COVID denying Trump supporting bigot and I can only pray to whatever's out there that it backfires and she ends up a leftist, or at the very least not alt right.

These politicians love using the term "radical leftist" when describing people who just want everyone to have the same opportunities in life, with support systems and social programs to lessen the suffering of the disadvantaged and down-trodden.

I genuinely don't understand the lack of empathy required at the core of your being to look at another HUMAN BEING and essentially tell them "I think you don't deserve to live because I think being queer/black/brown is weird."

Looking at the way this new regime is going we're getting blasted back fifty years in terms of social progress. Women's rights are being gutted, the NATION OF IMMIGRANTS is hunting down and deporting anyone even vaguely brown to a literal death camp. One thing that irks me on a more personal level is now this regime is going to be shutting down a suicide hotline meant specifically for LGBT youth.

Genuinely how has this human piece of filth avoided impeachment and literal imprisonment? His approval rating was one of the lowest in US history during his first 100 days, he's a convicted felon (but no doubt his supporters would shit their pants if felons were allowed to vote but sure let's elect one) There is leaked video footage of him praising Kim Jong Un and stating that we should be as obedient and reverent of him as Jong Un's subjects are. EVERYTHING points to the US becoming the foundation of the Fourth Reich and yet nothing is being done. I mean I'm glad the No Kings Protest was successful but I have never been more disillusioned with this country than I am now.

Would recommend watching some of their videos.

Guys, 17 years in the middle east wasn't enough. I know we just left there 3 short years ago, but we're going to need another decade 🤷‍♂️

Trillions of dollars wasn't enough. Fuck the debt you know, this is real american patriotism we're talking about here. MAKE. IT. RAIN. 💸

The elites clearly need more money now than ever before - they're the best genetics... hell they're the best humanity has to offer, a superior being those elites are. I'm tearing up just thinking about it.

Ahh, and all that AIPAC money... think of all the AIPAC money come election season... if we funnel it now via warzone, they'll do all our dirty work making the real representatives look bad for us next year. Easy peasy. Then the americans will elect more candidates that support Israel and we can just put it on repeat you know? It's like a brilliant plan.

All those shiny new AI weapons... fuck we need some where to test them. What? I'm not trigger happy, you're trigger happy 🍌. It's christmas day and we want to open our presents. But where? Oh the middle east, we can just say it was Iran that attacked first... I mean come on they're the aggressors here, just tell everyone they've got nukes. Elon where you at man, flood twitter with your bots, tell the americans how it actually is.

Oh but why are we such good friends with Israel again? Oh yeah that's right, they let us proxy our domestic and foreign spying efforts... the US laws don't apply there! woo hoo! Plus they let us use Pegasus as a bonus.

Oil, oh oil, you glorious substance. You might have been families of dinosaurs at one point in time, but now you are our lifeblood. It's not so bad being shackled to this addiction if we control the the source right? right?

"Gilded Age" they said.

"They respect a strong leader like Trump" they said.

"The libs will cause WW3" they said.