formally the prolitic project

cool map pics

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2020 Candidate Masterlist

DEMOCRAT

Amy Klobuchar

Andrew Yang

Bernie Sanders

Beto O’Rourke

Bill de Blasio – September 20, 2019

Cory Booker

Elizabeth Warren

Eric Swalwell July 8, 2019

Jay Inslee – August 21, 2019

Joe Biden

Joe Sestak

John Hickenlooper – August 15, 2019

John Delaney

Julián Castro

Kamala Harris

Kirsten Gillibrand – August 28, 2019

Marianne Williamson

Michael Bennet

Mike Gravel – August 6, 2019

Pete Buttigieg

Richard Ojeda – January 26, 2019

Seth Moulton – August 23, 2019

Steve Bullock

Tim Ryan

Tom Steyer

Tulsi Gabbard

Wayne Messam

REPUBLICAN

Bill Weld

Donald Trump

Joe Walsh

Mark Sanford

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update 12/8/2020

DEMOCRAT

Amy Klobuchar

Andrew Yang

Bernie Sanders

Beto O’Rourke

Bill de Blasio – September 20, 2019

Cory Booker

Deval Patrick

Elizabeth Warren

Eric Swalwell July 8, 2019

Jay Inslee – August 21, 2019

Joe Biden

Joe Sestak

John Hickenlooper – August 15, 2019

John Delaney

Julián Castro

Kamala Harris

Kirsten Gillibrand – August 28, 2019

Marianne Williamson

Michael Bennet

Michael Bloomberg

Mike Gravel – August 6, 2019

Pete Buttigieg

Richard Ojeda – January 26, 2019

Seth Moulton – August 23, 2019

Steve Bullock

Tim Ryan

Tom Steyer

Tulsi Gabbard

Wayne Messam

REPUBLICAN

Bill Weld

Donald Trump

Joe Walsh

Mark Sanford

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update 2/5/2020

DEMOCRAT

Amy Klobuchar

Andrew Yang

Bernie Sanders

Beto O’Rourke

Bill de Blasio – September 20, 2019

Cory Booker

Deval Patrick

Elizabeth Warren

Eric Swalwell -- July 8, 2019

Jay Inslee – August 21, 2019

Joe Biden

Joe Sestak

John Hickenlooper – August 15, 2019

John Delaney

Julián Castro

Kamala Harris

Kirsten Gillibrand – August 28, 2019

Marianne Williamson

Michael Bennet

Michael Bloomberg

Mike Gravel – August 6, 2019

Pete Buttigieg

Richard Ojeda – January 26, 2019

Seth Moulton – August 23, 2019

Steve Bullock

Tim Ryan

Tom Steyer

Tulsi Gabbard

Wayne Messam

REPUBLICAN

Bill Weld

Donald Trump

Joe Walsh

Mark Sanford

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Iowa results not in over 24 hours after caucus doors close

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feel free to correct me and i’ll update the map

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purple baby sliver is GenZ, but keep in mind that particular cohort is like three years old. same with millenials: obviously, more people commit suicide over time. there are a lot of caveats with this visualization to the point where it’s barely useful, but I’m soothed in some morbid way by the fact that even the most heartbreaking phenomena can be captured and analyzed, and, coupled with compassionate interpretation, mitigated. 

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average minimum wage (1970-2018) per state: despite all states starting at relatively similar rates, coastal regions have far higher means than midwest/southern

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2020 Candidate Masterlist

DEMOCRAT

Amy Klobuchar

Andrew Yang

Bernie Sanders

Beto O’Rourke

Bill de Blasio – September 20, 2019

Cory Booker

Elizabeth Warren

Eric Swalwell July 8, 2019

Jay Inslee – August 21, 2019

Joe Biden

Joe Sestak

John Hickenlooper – August 15, 2019

John Delaney

Julián Castro

Kamala Harris

Kirsten Gillibrand – August 28, 2019

Marianne Williamson

Michael Bennet

Mike Gravel – August 6, 2019

Pete Buttigieg

Richard Ojeda – January 26, 2019

Seth Moulton – August 23, 2019

Steve Bullock

Tim Ryan

Tom Steyer

Tulsi Gabbard

Wayne Messam

REPUBLICAN

Bill Weld

Donald Trump

Joe Walsh

Mark Sanford

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update 12/8/2020

DEMOCRAT

Amy Klobuchar

Andrew Yang

Bernie Sanders

Beto O’Rourke

Bill de Blasio – September 20, 2019

Cory Booker

Deval Patrick

Elizabeth Warren

Eric Swalwell July 8, 2019

Jay Inslee – August 21, 2019

Joe Biden

Joe Sestak

John Hickenlooper – August 15, 2019

John Delaney

Julián Castro

Kamala Harris

Kirsten Gillibrand – August 28, 2019

Marianne Williamson

Michael Bennet

Michael Bloomberg

Mike Gravel – August 6, 2019

Pete Buttigieg

Richard Ojeda – January 26, 2019

Seth Moulton – August 23, 2019

Steve Bullock

Tim Ryan

Tom Steyer

Tulsi Gabbard

Wayne Messam

REPUBLICAN

Bill Weld

Donald Trump

Joe Walsh

Mark Sanford

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The Green New Deal

H. RES 109: RECOGNIZING THE DUTY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CREATE A GREEN NEW DEAL

116th Congress, 1st Session

In House of Representatives: Feb 7th, 2019

Primarily Referred To: Committee on Energy and Commerce

The resolution begins by addressing a climate change report released by the UN last October. The report’s primary statement was to warn the public that unless humanity takes drastic action, the planet will warm to 1.5 degrees celsius above preindustrial levels in twelve years due to manmade climate change, leading to devastating environmental catastrophe. The resolution stresses the economic loss incurred by the US when this happens, specifically citing from the UN report: “more than 500,000,000,000 dollars in lost economic output in the United States by the year 2100” and “a risk of damage to 1,000,000,000,000 of public infrastructure and coastal real estate in the United States.”

The resolution then goes on to acknowledge America’s responsibility within this crisis: as the main contributor to global emissions (despite being a fraction of the population, we have released 20% of the emissions through 2014), we have to take accountability for the detrimental effects of our actions. Luckily, due to our technological advancement as country, and the fact that we're pretty frickin' rich, we have the potential to mitigate the crisis in the coming decades.

The resolution lists a couple crises the US is faces that it considers exacerbated by climate change, including: a decreasing life expectancy, along with access to clean water and air, healthcare, education, and healthy food; wage stagnation coupled with anti-labor politics; and a large wealth gap that gets even more disproportionate when you factor in gender and race.

The resolution then states that a solution not unlike the New Deal of the World War II era, which "created the greatest middle class that the United States has ever seen," is necessary--- and this time, the solution needs to lift up marginalized communities as well. The resolution asserts that right now, the government needs to create millions of well-paying jobs for Americans and do so while counteracting systemic injustices towards communities of color, low-income or migrant communities, and others who have often been left behind.

This brings us to the Green New Deal: a proclamation that promises to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions while transitioning workers into different, more sustainable sectors; millions of well-paying jobs; and a significant investment in sustainable infrastructure to provide all American communities with access to clean water, air, healthcare, education, food, and a good environment. This will be done through building the necessary structures to weather climate-related disasters, eliminating as much pollution as possible, meeting energy demand through sustainable sources, working with the agricultural industry (with an emphasis on small farmers and businesses) to more sustainably provide food for the country, clean up hazardous waste, protect fragile ecosystems, and promote an international exchange of ideas with the intent of designing a better future.

All of these are lofty, expensive goals, but a framework of action is laid out and a stark admission is made: being only 12 years away from basically an environmental apocalypse and entrenched in the biggest wealth gap the country's seen in a century, America cannot afford to not invest in a plan like the Green New Deal.

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British Parliament forces Johnson to wait on Brexit

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was forced to ask the European Union for a three-month extension regarding a Brexit deal (a set of terms for the relationship between the EU and Britain after the latter’s withdrawal from the former), narrowly avoiding a possible “no-deal Brexit” scenario set for October 31st. The UK now has until January of 2020 to come to a conclusive treaty with the EU, and will be voting on Johnson’s proposal on Tuesday.

the guardian, bbc, politico

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American troops withdraw from Syrian Kurdish region to Iraq

This leaves the Kurds (a stateless ethnic group spread throughout the Middle East) in Syria with virtually no protection from Turkey, who has been trying to slaughter the people group since World War 1. This also leaves Syrian oil fields vulnerable to claims from both Syria and Russia and also leads to a higher probability of the resurgence of the Islamic State, a radical terrorist group, in Syria.

associated press, vox, the new york times

resource for updates on military conflicts and events in Syria

10/21/2019

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Unrest in Chile prompts state of emergency, armed forces intervention

Civil disobedience and protests at the beginning of the month were inflamed into a national reckoning about Chilean inequality after being met by violent crackdowns on civilians from the police. 

new york times, npr, bbc

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Justin Trudeau wins second term as Canadian Prime Minister

His party, the Liberal party, loses its parliamentary majority but retains a plurality. 

vox, new york times, buzzfeed news, the guardian

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2020 Candidate Masterlist

DEMOCRAT

Amy Klobuchar

Andrew Yang

Bernie Sanders

Beto O’Rourke

Bill de Blasio -- September 20, 2019

Cory Booker

Elizabeth Warren

Eric Swalwell July 8, 2019

Jay Inslee -- August 21, 2019

Joe Biden

Joe Sestak

John Hickenlooper -- August 15, 2019

John Delaney

Julián Castro

Kamala Harris

Kirsten Gillibrand -- August 28, 2019

Marianne Williamson

Michael Bennet

Mike Gravel -- August 6, 2019

Pete Buttigieg

Richard Ojeda -- January 26, 2019

Seth Moulton -- August 23, 2019

Steve Bullock

Tim Ryan

Tom Steyer

Tulsi Gabbard

Wayne Messam

REPUBLICAN

Bill Weld

Donald Trump

Joe Walsh

Mark Sanford

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The Prolitic Project

Not everyone has the time or capacity to stay constantly updated on the events and news that structure and restructure the world around us. As someone with a laptop, wifi, and zero friends, I do. The Prolitic Project is my attempt at making political literacy easy so that every citizen can make informed choices when it comes to molding a better society. Though I, just like anyone else with the ability to formulate opinions, do have my own political biases, I will try my best to keep them out of the content I post: my goal is to create a resource for people to take whatever knowledge they need, not to further muddy the discourse.

The Tumblr side of this project will cover daily updates on certain issues or political stories, while the website version contains more comprehensive information: summaries of political documents, definitions of zeitgeisty terms, and synopses of current events. However, the Tumblr will be where resources for further education will be posted.

Thank you so much for taking the time to learn about the decisions that shape our world :)