Our Cousins Across The Water (Yankee Dominion continuation)

Introduction and Commonwealth facts.
  • Well, we finally did it! After much work, starting from the political map and extending to every corner of the globe, the time has come to at last start the "official" continuation thread. This project (and world) are radically different from the American Commonwealth, True North, Hail Brittania, and Our Fair Country in terms of content, but are very much the same in their format. This project will be open to everyone, so long as established cannon is respected. All major events (such as a federal election) will be decided by consensus.

    I want to thank our, many, many, many, many contributors. @Oryxslayer, @Riley Uhr, @ElectricSheepNo54, @Pokemon Master @ST15RM, @Kanan, @CanadianTory, @Gian, @Turquoise Blue, @Zyxoriv have all put in a ton of effort into this. My ability to moderate the project was hampered by school, but everyone I listed (and many more who I might have missed, for which I apologize) kept this thing going on autopilot, and the insanely awesome ATL we've created is beyond amazing.

    So I present, after a year and a half of work, The American Crown. Here is a link to the original thread.
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    Born from the nexus of history and philosophy, the Commonwealth of America is the foremost economic and military powerhouse on the North American continent and one of the most critical member states of the British Empire. Extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic sea with a population of just over 250 million citizens, the Commonwealth is the predominant English speaking nation on the North American continent. The capital is located in the city of Philadelphia, though other prominent cities include Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Calgary, Caernarfon, Charleston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Halifax, Liverpool, Miami, Minneapolis, Montreal, New Orleans, New York, Pittsburgh, Quebec, Seattle, Toronto, and Winnipeg.

    A highly developed nation, the Dominion boasts an abundance of natural resources and a long tradition of industry. With the seventh highest GDP per capita and ranked first by the Human Development Index, the Commonwealth of America is both the foremost economic power of both North America. Its advanced economy, one of the largest in the world, relies on well-developed trade networks, agricultural and industrial export, finance, technology, and tourism. America is part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions or groupings including the Council of Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the G7 (formerly G8), the Group of Ten, the G20, the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

    The Commonwealth of America is a federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, with King George II reigning as head of state, though political power is primarily are wielded by the Prime Minister. The American Parliament is a bicameral legislative body with the lower chamber, the House of Representatives, allocating its seats in proportion to population. The Senate similarly consists of members who are proportioned by population. The Commonwealth is a realm officially within the broader British Empire, though the Commonwealth is distinguished by her peers as being the only nation with an independent monarchy, the current King being a descendant of King George III of Britain and a not-so-distant relative of Queen Elizabeth II. The Commonwealth is officially bilingual, with a large Francophone minority. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, and education. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries.

    Various indigenous peoples have inhabited what is now the American Commonwealth for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. What followed after was a period of unrest over taxation, colonial autonomy, and corruption led to the ultimate Confederation of Britain’s continental holdings. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the Constitution's adoption in 1785, in which George III's son William, Duke of Clarence, was declared King of the Commonwealth of America.
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    Carte Goodwin (born February 27th, 1974) is the current Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of America and leader of the center-left Alliance. Serving as Prime Minister from 2015, following the retirement of his predecessor, Blanche Lambert, Goodwin has been a slightly more progressive figure within a Labor Party that is increasingly drifting left-ward. A lawyer before serving as Chief of Staff to then Father of the House, MP Robert Byrd, Goodwin was parachuted into parliament as a "star candidate" in a region that has traditionally been viewed as the Labor heartland. Serving as Minister of Energy from 2012-2015, Goodwin ultimately beat out other candidates for the party leadership at the 2015 Labor convention. He was elected leader of the Alliance over his Liberal counterpart, and soon after entered office after Lambert's letter of resignation took effect. Since taking office, Goodwin has called for expanded the social welfare system and has worked to raise income taxes; however, his attempts to push gun control and immigration reform has rallied up fervent opposition to his government.

    Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth of America.
    1785: Benjamin Franklin (Crossbencher)
    1790: Benjamin Franklin (Crossbencher)*
    1791: John Adams (Federalist majority) [Inherited]
    1795: John Adams (Federalist majority)
    1800: Thomas Jefferson (Whig majority)
    1804: Thomas Jefferson (Whig majority)
    1807: James Madison (Whig majority)
    1811: James Madison (Whig majority)
    1815: John Gallois (Whig majority) [Inherited]

    1816: John Gallois (Whig majority)
    1820: Alexander Hamilton (Federalist majority)*
    1823: Henry Clay (Federalist majority) [Inherited]
    1824: Henry Clay (Federalist majority)
    1828: Henry Clay (Federalist majority)
    1832: John Tyler (Whig majority)
    1836: John Tyler (Whig majority)
    1840: Henry Clay (Federalist majority)
    1844: Henry Clay (Federalist majority)
    1848: Henry Clay (Federalist majority)*

    1851: Daniel Webster (Federalist majority) [Inherited]
    1852: Alexandre Étienne (Whig majority)
    1856: Alexandre Étienne (Whig majority)
    1859: Alexandre Étienne (Whig minority with Liberal support)
    1860: Abraham Lincoln (Federalist majority)
    1864: Abraham Lincoln (Federalist majority)

    1867: John MacDonald (Federalist majority) [Inherited]
    1868: Horatio Seymour (Liberal majority)
    1872: Horatio Seymour (Liberal majority)
    1875: Edward Blake (Liberal majority) [Inherited]
    1877: Edward Blake (Liberal majority)
    1882: Robert Todd Lincoln (Federalist majority)
    1884: Robert Todd Lincoln (Federalist majority)
    1888: Grover Cleveland (Liberal majority)

    1893: Grover Cleveland (Liberal majority)
    1895: Joseph Cannon (Federalist majority)
    1900: Joseph Cannon (Federalist majority)
    1905: Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (Progressive majority)
    1910: Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (Progressive majority)
    1915: Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (Progressive minority with Federalist support)
    1916: Charles Evan Hughes (Federalist majority)
    1920: Thomas Crerar (Progressive minority with Liberal support)

    1922: Calvin Coolidge (Liberal minority with Federalist support)
    1924: Calvin Coolidge (Liberal majority)
    1928: Calvin Coolidge (Liberal majority)
    1930: Herbert Hoover (Liberal majority) [Inherited]
    1933: Upton Sinclair (EPIC majority)
    1938: Hamilton Fish III (Federalist minority with Liberal support)
    1940: Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (Progressive led war government with Federalist, Liberal support)*
    1944: Corentin Romilly (Progressive led war government with Federalist, Liberal support) [Inherited]
    1945: Evan L. Lewis (Labor majority)
    1950: Evan L. Lewis (Labor majority)
    1953: Felix Hebert (Labor majority) [Inherited]
    1955: Felix Hebert (Labor minority with Progressive support)
    1960: Leslie Arends (Federalist minority with Liberal support)
    1962: Leslie Arends (Federalist majority)
    1965: Leslie Arends (Federalist majority)
    1968: Dufferin Roblin (Federalist majority) [Inherited]
    1970: Pierre Trudeau (Alliance majority)
    1974: Pierre Trudeau (Alliance majority)
    1977: George McGovern (Alliance majority) [Inherited]
    1979: Joseph Clark (Federalist minority with Reform, Social Credit support)
    1980: Walter Mondale (Alliance minority with Progressive support)

    1982: George HW. Bush (Coalition majority)
    1986: George HW. Bush (Coalition majority)
    1987: Brian Mulroney (Coalition majority) [Inherited]
    1988: Brian Mulroney (Coalition majority)
    1993: Lynn Martin (Coalition majority) [Inherited]
    1993: Guilliame Blanchet (Alliance majority)
    1996: Guilliame Blanchet (Alliance majority)
    1999: Richard Gephardt (Alliance majority) [Inherited]
    2000: John Ashcroft (Coalition majority)
    2004: John Ashcroft (Coalition majority)
    2008: Jack Layton (Alliance majority)
    2012: Jack Layton (Alliance majority)
    2015: Jack Layton (Alliance majority)*
    2017: Carte Goodwin (Coalition majority) [Inherited]
    2019: TBD.

    (This list and box may be subject to change over the next few hours.)
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    The Parliament of the Commonwealth of America is the supreme legislative body in all of the Commonwealth of America's provinces and territories. The Parliament is divided into two separate chambers, the House of Commons, in which seats are elected by and proportioned to the population in individual electoral districts, whereas the Senate is proportioned by population but is elected by the provincial legislatures. The seat of Parliament is the House of Congress on Commonwealth Avenue in the capital city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, having been home to the parliament since the 1830s, when the legislature grew too numerous to be housed there. Commonwealth Hall was thus constructed in it's place.

    Formed by the British North America Act and subsequently codified by the constitution's ratification that same year, the American Parliament continues to be the undisputed political authority in the Commonwealth. The King holds the power to dissolve parliament, but has ceded almost the entirety of his executive powers to the Prime Minister, whom is traditionally selected from the party with the largest amount of seats. Likewise, the cabinet is filled with Secretaries and Ministers being drawn from the House and occasionally the Senate.
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    King George II is currently the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth, the son of the late Queen Mary II. Though not as popular with the public as his predecessor, the King has weathered personal tragedy throughout his reign and has maintained consistent if not slightly lukewarm support from the public. As head of state, the King is the chief executive of the Commonwealth, though tradition and the constitution alike place limitations on his role. Content with being a constitutional monarch, the King invests his time and energies promoting the Commonwealth abroad and promoting charitable causes and national endeavors at home.
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    Provinces of the Commonwealth of America.
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  • OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
    Prime Minister: Carte Goodwin (LAB-VA)
    Deputy Prime Minister: Chrystia Freeland (LIB-ON)
    Minister of Government Coordination: Alphonse Espie (UP-IN)

    MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

    Minister of Foreign Affairs: Olivia Chow (LAB-ON)
    Minister of Defense: Caroline Kennedy (LIB-NY)
    Minister of North American Cooperation: Kirsten Gillibrand (LAB-NY)

    MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY

    Minister of the Treasury: Robin Kelly (LIB-IL)
    Minister of Revenue: Tim Kaine (LIB-VA)
    Minister of Trade: Justin Trudeau (LAB-QC)
    Chief Secretary to the Treasury: William Clay Jr (LAB-MO)

    MINISTRY OF JUDICIARY

    Minister of Justice and Civil Rights: Amy Klobuchar (LAB-MN)
    Minister of Home Affairs: Cédric Richelieu (LAB-LA)
    Minister of Immigration: Grace Meng (LIB-NY)

    MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

    Minister of Health: Sanford Levesque (UP-GA)
    Minister of Social Affairs: Cadi Lloyd (LAB-OR)
    Minister of Human Resources: Tammy Baldwin (LIB-WI)

    MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT

    Minister of the Environment: John Horgan (LAB-FR)
    Minister of Conservation: Ethan Berkowitz (LIB-AK)
    Minister of Energy: Conor Lamb (LAB-PA)

    MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR

    Minister of the Interior: Howard Berman (LIB-EF)
    Minister of Natural Resources: Earl Pomeroy (LIB-MB)
    Minister of Water Resources: Maggie Hassan (LIB-NH)

    MINISTRY OF CULTURE

    Minister of Culture and Information: Wayne Stetski (LAB-ID)
    Minister of Education: Anthony Brown (LIB-MD)
    Minister of Science and Research: Cory Booker (LIB-NJ)

    MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE

    Minister of Housing: Brian Cronin (LIB-ID)
    Minister of Transport and Public Works: François Duchamp (UP-LA)
    Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: Patrick Leahy (LAB-VT)

    MINISTRY OF EMPLOYMENT

    Minister of Employment: Sherrod Brown (LAB-OH)
    Minister of Labor: Bernie Sanders (LAB-NY)
    Minister of Pensions: David Cicilline (LAB-RI)

    ALSO ATTEND CABINET MEETINGS

    Leader of the House of Commons: Nathan Cullen (LAB-FR)
    Chief Whip of the House of Commons: Maxine Waters (LAB-EF)
    Attorney General: Brad Ellsworth (LIB-WA)
     
    ABC News Brief #1
  • And here is my first ABC News Summary. I'll be putting one of these up at least once a week.​

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    Trump, Santorum deny merger plans.

    PHILADELPHIA, NY: America First! leader and MP Donald J. Trump denied rumors that a meeting between Rick Santorum and him was focused on a possible merger of the parties; leaving Trump Tower, where the meeting was said to take place, Santorum only said "legislative efforts" when pressed by a reporter for details about the meeting. A source within America First! told the ABC that the meeting was "absolutely" about a potential non-competition agreement between the two parties. Though neither Trump nor Santorum have made any comment, media speculation about the dual existence of the two right-wing populist parties has been persistent since the 2015 federal election. Trump, who campaigned vigorously in the 2015 election on a platform of "make America Great Again," wooed away a significant chunk of the American Heritage base as well as disaffected blue collar Labor voters and the more conservative Federalists to storm into parliament with 13 seats. Since his election to the House of Commons in 2015, Trump has been repeatedly chided by Speaker Nancy D'Alesandro (Labor-MD) for use of unparliamentary language and was even formally rebuked in a House resolution that specifically condemned him and MP Steve King (I-IA) for making statements that many in the press have described as racially charged or insensitive to minority groups.

    Trump's political history dates back some thirty years to the late 1980s; it was in 1987, when the late Premier Thaddee Coueran resigned in the wake of scandal that Trump first weighed standing for the leadership of the party, promising to stand for the House of Commons against incumbent freshman MP Chuck Schumer. Ultimately, despite a genuine grassroots effort by activists, the "Draft Trump" effort failed to pan out when Trump decided to not stand for parliament; this was largely motivated by the bankruptcy of a number of his casinos, which had put the billionaire real estate mogul deeply in debt. His financial situation had considerably improve come the early 1990s, when Louisianan billionaire H. Ross Perot tried unsuccessfully to woo him as a candidate of the short lived Citizen's Movement. Trump did not seek a seat in the House, ultimately staying out of politics until 1999, when he briefly ran for the leadership of the fractured Citizen's Movement but withdrew before the leadership election, citing infighting and a lack of direction. Though he continued to stay out of the political orbit of Philadelphia, he continued to opine and commentate of national and international affairs over the years and gained a large public following due to his consistent opposition to overseas conflicts, free trade, and increased immigration, particularly from Mexico and Latin America. In 2015, he banded together with longtime activist and agitator Roger Stone to form America First!, a new political party led by him that catered to the cares and concerns of middle Americans. His rapid political rise led to a handful of MPs from the Federalists and American Heritage parties to defect to his cause. The most noticeable defection came in the form of Rudy Giuliani, the former New York Mayor who had made a failed attempt to win the leadership of the Federalist Party. The new party proved to be widely successful in the 2015 election, gaining several seats and cutting into the base of the Federalists and American Heritage parties enough to ensure a number of defeats for his movement's two right wing rivals.

    With a combined 25 seats, the potential alliance of the two parties could put Trump and Santorum in a position to seriously challenge the Coalition for the votes of citizens who are inclined towards the right. Trump took to Twitter to confirm that he had a "tremendous meeting" with Santorum, but firmly (in all caps) added "no planned merger, don't believe the fake news media." One source, who was present for the meeting, claimed that electoral politics were not discussed, instead claiming that the meeting was purely about parliamentary business. With an election due to be called sometime before 2020, Trump and Santorum have both ratcheted up their rhetoric and have likewise have been campaigning unofficially across the Commonwealth. While the American Heritage Party continues to poll at 4% nationally, below that of America First!, Trump has raced ahead, holding massive rallies across the country. Trump's rapid rise has been met only with tepid criticism from Santorum, though the leaders of the other parties, including Ryan, Goodwin, Freeland, and Cruz have all condemned Trump as a demagogue or as a liar (or both). Trump has been known to hit back at his critics, to the delight of audiences on the campaign trail. The insurgent party leader is scheduled to headline an America First! rally with MP Matt Gaetz next week in the city of Pensacola, West Florida.


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    Next American Federal Election (Gallup)
    Federalist (Paul Ryan): 22%
    Labor (Carte Goodwin): 17%​
    America First! (Donald Trump): 12%
    Liberal (Chrystia Freeland): 10%
    Reform (Rafael Cruz): 9%
    Green (Elizabeth May): 7%
    Union Populaire (Marie Landrieu): 7%
    RFL (Maxine Bernier): 6%
    Progressive (Michael Chong): 5%
    American Heritage (Rick Santorum): 4%
    Independent/Other (N/A): 1%​
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    NOTE: This is the first poll, which is to set the "mood." As more contributors join, and OTL events transferring to ATL (for example, if there is mass shooting or terror attack this week, I'd update the story to reflect an ATL version of the attack. Or say, a hurricane forms and turns towards Florida, where I'm living - I'd update the timeline to reflect the storm. Other events that aren't OTL are also welcomed, but they are better off proposed in the Original Thread (link in the thread's opening). For example, one might choose to have the Duke of Edinburgh die. That is something that could be proposed, approved, and put up. If anyone wants to see what this thread is supposed to be, I'd recommend checking out the American Commonwealth thread from 2010-2013. This is basically the same concept.

    Also the poll above is just the start; the numbers can and will change over time. The nature of the TL and contributions of posters will affect the poll. When we do get to the federal election, which will be reasonably soon, the last of these polls will be weighed against a formula that accounts for the votes of a user poll to determine a final result.
     
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    ABC News Brief #2
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    Epstein Death subject to RAMP Inquiry.

    NEW YORK, NY: Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's suicide at a Manhattan jail is now the subject of an investigation by the Royal American Mounted Police (RAMP), a source in the Ministry of Justice confirmed. The results of an autopsy that had been conducted on Epstein were released this afternoon, officially ruling the death as a suicide. Despite the autopsy's conclusions, conspiracy theories abound in mainstream and fringe media outlets alike. The common point of contention - that bed sheets were not strong enough to support his weight, much less break his neck - has many questioning the timeline of events that transpired. Today, the Minister of Home Affairs, Cedric Richelieu, announced the firing of the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons has been removed from his post after it was revealed that two guards were asleep at the time when Epstein hung himself, despite being on suicide watch while in detention.

    Epstein's case was recently re-examined by the Crown Prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, following allegations against him by several teenage girls as part of the broader #MeToo movement. In reopening the case, public attention has centered on the abnormalities and generously light sentence handed down on Epstein in 2007, when he first was charged and convicted on charges of child abuse. Alexander Acosta, the former Crown Prosecutor for the southern district of Florida, has come under scrutiny recently for his record and conduct during the case. Acosta, who had previously indicated he'd challenge incumbent Labor MP Norma Torres in her riding as a Federalist candidate, may be withdrawn as a candidate according to some sources in the party. The case has sparked headlines around the world; in the United Kingdom, Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, has been named. In the Commonwealth, victims have accused both former Prime Minister Guilliame Blanchet, Donald Trump, and a who's who of Wall Street financiers and corporate executives, as abusers. Others claimed Prince Thomas, Duke of Virginia, as another celebrity abuser, though the White House has thoroughly denied the allegations and claimed that the Duke had never even met Epstein. Similarly, former Prime Minister Guilliame Blanchet strongly denied the allegations, and claimed that his wife Gennifer Blanchet, had accompanied him and Epstein on all 32 flights to and from Epstein's island.

    The Epstein scandal has become one of the largest and most complex in recent memory. The whereabouts of his girlfriend and alleged co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell are currently unknown. Though no charges have yet to be brought against her, Maxwell is facing several civil lawsuits from alleged victims of Mr. Epstein. The Royal American Mounted Police may be forced to track her down should charges be brought against her, with prosecutors describing her as a flight risk.
     
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    Goodwin announces gun violence initiative.

    PHILADELPHIA, PA: The Prime Minister announced today that the Alliance majority in the House of Commons will pursue "common sense" solutions to the growing concerns about mass shootings. Among the proposals outlined by Prime Minister Goodwin include the federal introduction of "red flag" laws that are designed to disarm anyone perceived to be a risk to themselves or others, a federal ban on the sale of bump stocks, and lastly raising the age to purchase semi-automatic firearms. The proposed legislation would also close the so called "gun show loophole." The Prime Minister's announcement comes just weeks after a massacre in El Paso, Tejas, where a white supremacist Anglo gunman slaughtered 25 citizens and injured almost a hundred more. The El Paso massacre was followed by a second, unrelated mass shooting in Dayton, OH, in which 10 people were killed, including the gunman's sister. The El Paso gunman's automatic rifle was purchased legally in Louisiana and smuggled across the border, leading to calls from gun control advocates to take greater action against international arms trafficking. The incidents, both less than twelve hours apart, has inspired the Prime Minister to reach out to his colleagues in Tejas, California, and Mexico about the possibility of a pact to make it significantly more challenging to bring firearms across the border.

    Instantly, there was opposition within the parliament. Paul Ryan, leader of the Coalition, offered tepid support for red flag laws but warned "any gun grab is off the table, as far as we're concerned." Other members of the Coalition, particularly the Federalist Party, voiced similar concerns about the feasibility of a flat out ban on privately owned firearms. Reform Party leader R.E. Cruz was more vocal about his opposition, claiming that the proposed legislation would lead to a "slippery slope" in which "individual freedoms are curtailed." America First! leader Donald Trump told host Ainsley Earhardt on Sun New's morning program "
    Sunrise," that the plan is "a nonstarter" and warned that any gun confiscation or buy back program "simply wouldn't work." Trump went on to lambast the Prime Minister for having armed security of his own. American Heritage leader Rick Santorum was similarly opposed to the Prime Minister's proposals, and warned that a disarmed public would only lead to deadlier mass shootings. Santorum proceeded to blame the recent rise in gun violence with a lack of public morality, and warned that "a nation that turns it's back on God will never be bulletproof."

    Other party leaders were more receptive. Chrystia Freeland, the leader of the Liberal Party and the current Deputy Prime Minister, told ABC reporters in an interview with Ali Velshi that her party "stands behind the Prime Minister's plan," a sentiment shared by Green Party leader Elizabeth May. Michael Chong, the leader of the Progressive Party, was supportive of most of the proposed measures but warned that any infringement on the rights of farmers and hunters to posses rifles would result in his party withdrawing support. Curiously, the Socialist Worker's Party has come out in opposition to the measure, warning of the dangers of a disarmed proletariat in an article slated to appear next week in their newspaper, The Militant. The Prime Minister has reported tasked the Minister of Justice and Civil Rights to introduce to the House of Commons the proposed bill, though some Labor MPs in rural districts may be convinced by both their Federalist counterparts and their own constituents. Though the Prime Minister believes he has the votes to push through such sweeping gun control measures, both Ryan and Chong have warned the Prime Minister that it would be easier to amend already existing legislation, making it possible for the more popular proposals to be passed while buying time for debate on the more controversial aspects of the bill.


     
    ABC News Brief #4
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    Banned
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    Tejan President Jones denounces Goodwin's gun control proposal, claims El Paso attack was faked
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    BEXAR, TEJAS: President of Tejas Alex Jones made a surprise press conference today following PM Goodwin's international gun control proposal in the Commons. After a reporter asked him about what he thought Tejas should do about this proposal, he passionately responded "That whole idea is just pure globalism, just pure evil, and my heart and soul are telling me to resist. Texas mustn't fall into this trap laid by the Americans and the globalists to take down our country!" He then spoke about the 3rd amendment of the Tejan Constitution, which grants citizens the right to bear arms. "Our armed militias, enshrined by our Constitution, are what granted us our independence! You know who took the guns? Mussolini took the guns, Nin Perez took the guns, Curiel took the guns. And I am here to tell you, [shouting] 1912 will commence again if they try to take our firearms! It doesn't matter how many lemmings they get out there on the streets begging for them to have their guns taken; we will not relinquish them, do you understand? That's why they're going to fail, and the Americans know, no matter how much propaganda, Texas will rise again when they attempt to take our guns!"

    He then denied that the shooting even really happened. "El Paso was synthetic, completely fake, with actors, in my view, manufactured. I couldn't believe it at first. I knew they had actors there, clearly, but I thought they killed some real people. And it just shows how bold they are, that they clearly used actors, just so we could bow to their influence. And if [in a mocking voice] Goodwin wants to believe that that all really happened, him and his pansy Parliament can go along being lil puppets to the world order. But we will say NO! We will stand with our people, our nation! And we will not prostrate to the globalist satanists in Philly!" He then calmed himself down, and further explained that Tejas will not enact any gun control legislation, and will instead be working with the National Rifle Organization of Texas, or NROT, to promote gun safety programs.

    American and international reaction to Jones was highly critical. Goodwin denounced Jones on Twitter and hoped that California, Sonora and Mexico would be more open to "these critical and necessary measures." Alliance leaders agreed with Goodwin and also denounced Jones. Coalition leaders were less harsh, with Reform leader R.E. Cruz saying "I agree with Jones on the matter of gun control, however, denying that a horrific event happened shows that he is not a leader at all." Trump, by contrast, fully supported Jones, and shared his skepticism of the event on Twitter. Domestically, a plurality of Tejans agreed with his statements. Many political scientists noticed an overlap between people who agreed and people who voted for him in 2018, as well as with Tejans who were "skeptical of America and its interests".
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    Sudan (film)
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    Sudan! (1949) is considered a cinematic classic masterpiece. It is a dramatic romance and is historically significant due to the fact it features one of cinemas first interracial couples. The story is set in French Sudan. After meeting on accident after local authority Jean Lemarie gets lost in the capital of French Sudan Bamako. By chance, he runs into Fatouma Dene, a young Mande girl. A forbidden relationship blossoms between them with secret rendezvous throughout the city behind the back of Lemaries Boss Jaques Gateraux [Played by Humphery Bogart]. A secretary to Lemarie [Played by Talulah Bankhead] soon learns of the relationship and pledges to keep it a secret from the colonial authorities. Dene keeps the secret from her Aunt [played by Hattie McDaniel] and freind [Played by Albert Mongita]. Howver Lemarie is caught by by Dene's two companions. The news spreads and is eventually overheard by another colonial officer which leads the incident to be reported to the authorites. Fatouma Dene and Jean Lemarie vow to run away with each other to America with her Aunts blessing while France sends a large task force after the couple. Lemarie's Secretary and Gateraux get into a large confrontation bout the incident which leads the secretary to leave her job. The couple almost makes it to Senegal before being caught. They are separated and borderline tortured for many days. This news makes it back to Lemaries Secretary who travels across the country to attempt to rescue the two. She is captured as well and it seems as all hope is lost. Until Lemarie pulls a gun on the authorities and causes one of cinema's most dramatic faceoffs. A large monologue is performed by Lemarie to the Authorities to defy the authorities discrimination, it has become a very famous speech in cinema history with his final line "I'm not sick I'm not sinful... you are!" quoted often in pop culture. The Gang escapes to Senegal where they bribe a British officer to sail them to Miami which is accepted. The final image from the film of the kiss shared between Lemarie and Dene is also a famous one in history.

    No film company would sign off on the movie idea for many years until Selznick Pictures agreed to produce the movie. France threatened America and the United Kingdom to not allow the film to be shown in cinemas as the film showed many anti-colonial and anti-french themes. Southern cities in America completely banned the movie and held large protests against screenings of it. This prevented many from seeing the movie initially but also gave the film more attention. Germany to spite France gladly allowed the movie to be shown in German Cinemas. For the actors of the film, it also took a toll. Hattie McDaniel would never return to the south ever again in her lifetime due to the massive backlash against the movie, Shelia Guyse didn't visit her move province of Indiana for 6 months after the movie came out. Gilbert Gil was also nervous to return to France as the movie has not only been completely banned there but there was hate for it in France. The movies strong anti-racist message made it a key part of civil rights movements all across the world. The movie was re-released in France and former French West Africa in the 1970s as the movie was also ironically banned in West Sudan despite the movie being mostly filmed there as well as it being the main setting. The movie was selected for preservation in Philidelphia by the American National Film Registry in 1988 for being historically significant.

    The movie made an approximate box office income of 180 million dollars at the time which adjusted for inflation is 1.94 Billion dollars. One of the top 10 highest-earning films adjusted for inflation ever. The movie also holds an IMDB rating of 8.5. Critiques say the lack of genuine Sudanese actors was disappointing as the only African cast member other than extras was Mognitta Likelele who originated from Congo.
     
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    The 2018 Aotearoa legislative election was held to elect members to the Aotearoan house of members
    The election resulted in the loss of the incumbent Unity Government and the Community party winning back power after losing it in the 2015 election. Davet Parker Became prime minister with the help of the Change party and Marama Davidson and former prime minister Hekia Parata would retire soon after.
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    The 2018 Aotearoan Presidential election was held to elect the President of the Republic of Aoteroa who acts as head of state. The office was established to replace the Governor from the era of the Aoteroa Condominium.

    President Peter Dunne who had held the office since 2004 announced his attentions to run again. President Dunne was assumed to emerge victorious as most Aoteroan Presidents remain relatively uninvolved with politics and remain popular. The place for his contender was a race that was hard-fought with Television Presenter Hayley Holt surprisingly pulling ahead of Community Candidate Chris Hipkins and advancing to the second round. The remainder of the campaign saw Hayley Holt stay safely behind in opinion polls and losing. Peter Dunne's victory margin had slightly decreased from his previous campaign he took his oath of office in front of parliament in the first sitting of the House of Members on the 5th of February 2019.
     
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    Known colloquially as "the Coalition," the alliance of the conservative Federalist Party, the libertarian Reform Party, and the right leaning Francophone party, Rally for Freedom, the coalition is the primary right of center force in American politics. Like their rivals in the Alliance, the Coalition uses a primary system in which candidates from member parties compete for the Coalition's endorsement. Though each member of the Coalition sits as a member of their respected party, the Coalition effectively binds it's three member parties under a National Committee which regulates internal and external competition in federal elections. The bulk of the Coalition's MPs are from the Federalist Party, though the Reform Party of R.E. Cruz and Maxine Bernier's RFL both hold a significant share of the Coalition's seats on the whole. Recently, the Coalition's monopoly on the center-right has been threatened by America First! and the American Heritage Party, though the leader of the coalition and opposition, Paul Ryan, has dismissed these fears.
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    The Alliance is the electoral compact encompassing the Labor, Liberal, and Union Populaire; like the coalition, the Alliance uses primaries in which the three member parties compete for the Alliance's nomination in that seat. This system allows internal disagreements to be decided at the ballot box by the members of the three parties, while also working to unite around a specific candidate in the afternoon. In certain key seats, such as the Prime Minister's riding in western Virginia, the other member parties would not contest the primary in normal circumstances. Since it's foundation in 1967, the Alliance has evolved from a loose supply and confidence deal into an organized and well funded organization.
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    The Labor Party was launched in 1941, after the EPIC (End Poverty in the Commonwealth) movement led by Upton Sinclair formally merged with the AFL-CIO to form the Labor Party. With strong ties to the labor movement, the party is the leading social democratic movement within the country and is the dominant force of the Alliance. Led by Carte Goodwin, who current serves as Prime Minister, the Labor Party's political role is only half of their role; since the 1940s, the Labor Party has been active outside of politics in the worker's and civil rights movement.
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    The Federalist Party is the oldest active political party in the Commonwealth; traditionally, the party was in favor of confederation, and sought a stronger central government to oversee the administration of the Commonwealth. Fiercely royalist, the Federalists were considered to be the more conservative faction of the first party system, and have overtime evolved into the modern form of Conservatism. Though the party is increasingly moderate on social issues, they maintain a sizable evangelical wing and have promoted a foreign policy that is assertive on a global level.
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    The Liberal Party is the traditional historic rival of the Tories, though the rise of the Labor Party and the subsequent Alliance has left them as the "third" force in the Commonwealth's politics since the 1970s. Having not been in power since 1930, the Liberal decline is in part due to their transition from classical to social liberalism. Descended from the Whigs, who believed in free trade, provincial rights, and a more agrarian inclined economy, the party split in the 1860s after disagreements between the northern and southern wings, with the northern faction rebranding itself as the Liberals. The party followed a Gladstonian line all the way through the 1930s, advocating for capitalism and free trade. When the Great Depression began, many voters who traditionally supported the Liberals flocked to the EPIC Party, blaming the policies of the party for the economic downturn. Relegated to a distant third in the 1933 election, the party slowly embracing a new ideology of "social liberalism" that reversed their decline and stabilized themselves as the junior partner in the Alliance.
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    The Progressive Party emerged at the twilight of the 19th century, and were until the 1930s the main left of center party in the Commonwealth. Their emphasis on preserving the natural ecology of America was matched by their anti-corruption drives and efforts to effect social reform. Though the modern social welfare programs known today were not established until the EPIC and Labor governments in the forties, the Progressives remain firmly committed to preserving a social safety net while maintaining fiscally conservative positions on issues like the deficit. Invited to join both the Coalition and the Alliance, the party chose to remain independent and still garners support in certain pockets of the country.
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    The Socialist Workers Party is one of America's oldest running political parties, but also one of the newest additions to Parliament. Despite a history dating back to 1910, the Socialist Workers Party only won their first seat in the House of Commons in 2013, when economics professor Kshama Sawant was elected to parliament in a by-election. In 2015, she was joined by Randy Bryce, a Wisconsin MP who won an upset victory. As the most outwardly leftist party elected to Parliament since the EPIC era ("End Poverty in the Commonwealth,") the party advocates for nationalizations of industry, redistribution of land, and most controversially, they are staunchly republican in their outlook on the monarchy. The party has also turned heads for their support of left-leaning liberation movements in the past, and the party for years has been accused of "entryism" by Labor, particularly after a group of SWP members organized around a group of leftists known as "the Waffle" in a failed attempt to elect Professor James Laxer as party leader at the 1977. Today, the party has been focused on expanding their reach to a new generation of voters more willing to embrace socialist policies than ever before, and are a frequent presence at anti-racism protests. Some have accused the party of looking the other way on political violence, with some right-leaning outlets like Sun News accusing the party of being a front for anarchists, antifa, and republican agitators.
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    The Green Party was formed in 1979, following the near meltdown at Three Mile Island. Originally an ecology party that was similar to the Progressives in terms of general policies, the party has dramatically shifted to the left in recent decades under the leadership of Ralph Nader and his successor, Elizabeth May. Supporting "eco-socialism" as their ideology, and campaigning on combating climate change and implementing the "Green EPIC" (named for the End Poverty in the Commonwealth public works campaign during the Great Depression), the Greens have built a steadily growing presence in the House of Commons in recent years.
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    America First! is the political party organized by populist real-estate mogul Donald Trump in 2015, running on a nationalistic platform of "Making America Great Again." After a whirlwind media tour promoting his party, his numbers in the polls rose rapidly, outpacing both the American Heritage and the Reform parties to become the single biggest threat to the coalition. Within a matter of weeks, the party scored high profile MP defections when former NYC Mayor (and current MP) Rudy Giuliani and fellow New Yorker Peter King became his first two to sit in parliament under his banner. Trump then went on what political commentators deemed "a stadium tour," speaking to packed arenas of supporters who in some cases either waited outside for days or have traveled hundreds of miles. So powerful was Trump's effect on the Coalition base that he began to pull in new candidates and supporters with the force of a magnet. In West Florida, the Coalition's Federalist nominee Matt Gaetz bolted the party just days after winning the primary, forcing the Coalition to scramble for a candidate. Afterwards, longtime West Florida Coaliton MP Jeff Miller and freshman MP Neal Dunn joined the party as well. The domino effect gave America First the momentum it needed to break through in the 2015 election. Trump, despite uncountable controversies, plans to soldier on into the next election, which he predicts he will win, and will win "bigly."
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    NOTES: Sun News is TTL's version of Fox News. Basically the same hosts, same guests, same anchors, same agenda, but with a new name and logo.
     
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