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RIGHT TO LIFE NEWSLETTER Published December 31, 2016 Regional Main Page | Offsite Regional Forums Regional Politics Synopsis (By Culture of Life)  Since Right to Life's last newsletter on July 31, there have been three regional elections and one constitutional amendment. At the beginning of August, the RCS was reelected president (WA delegate) for a second four-month term. He ran as a member of the Conservative Federalist Party and received 75% of the vote, defeating two independent candidates. There was 52% turnout among the region's WA members. As school restarted for many citizens, activity in Right to Life (the News Bureau included) fell sharply. The Senate subsequently voted 4-1 to reduce its own size from five members (the president + four senators) to three members (the president + two senators), reversing a constitutional amendment that it had passed in May, during an extraordinary spike in the region's political activity. The October senatorial election was rather quiet as three candidates ran for two seats (under single non-transferable voting). Former President Phydios (Conservative Federalist) and the Roman Catholic Federation (Conservative Federalist) each won 43% of the vote and handily defeated the CSNA (Independent), who won only 14%. There was 45% turnout among the region's citizens, many of whom abstained due to the limited number of options. In late November and early December, regional activity began to pick up again as former citizens, including Dallas Unit 9, Saint Peter, and United Massachusetts, returned to the region. The RCS (Conservative Federalist) announced that he would not seek a third term as president. Two veterans of regional politics, Former Senator New Missouri (Libertarian) and Former Senator and Foreign Minister Stellonia (Independent), ran to replace him. Including spoiled ballots, turnout for the December presidential election topped 50% in a hard-fought contest. Stellonia shot out of the gate with an early lead on the first day of voting. Then, New Missouri made a comeback during the second and third days, ultimately winning 50% of the vote to Stellonia's 36%. New Missouri ran under the banner "Experience, Values, Change" and pledged to revitalize the region, especially its army. New Missouri's victory is a major accomplishment and could signal the start of a "realignment" in the region's party system. During the past five years, the center-right, largely secular Conservative Federalist Party has controlled the presidency and WA delegacy of Right to Life for all but two terms (247 days). Shortly after New Missouri won, his Libertarian Party, on December 17, merged into the newly established and rapidly growing Reactionary Traditionalist Front, which touts an anti-communist, pro-military platform and seeks to challenge the historically dominant Conservative Federalists. Texasa, Treason, and Plot (By Dallas Unit 9)  Texasa had already been convicted of chronic spamming and also unofficially warned for other obnoxious behavior. On September 5, he outdid himself when he carelessly used his limited moderation powers to combine all of the threads in Right to Life's subforum for parliamentary roleplay into a single megathread. To prevent similar misconduct in the future, Culture of Life (Christian Democrats) (the region's founder and its root administrator) made the executive decision permanently to revoke Texasa's moderation privileges and to ban him from the offsite forums for a week. Texasa took issue with these penalties and sued in the Justice Court. After a laborious trial, Justice of the Peace New Dolgaria, on September 24, ruled against Texasa. Founder Culture of Life, wrote New Dolgaria, "is given the ultimate say on forum management by the Constitution. What he did was entirely in line with his prescribed duties." Enraged by the regional court's decision, Texasa made attempts to hack into the nation accounts Culture of Life and Christian Democrats. Consequently, the NationStates moderators, also considering previous infractions, terminated all of Texasa's nations and, subsequently, declared him delete-on-sight (DOS). Right to Life's common law holds that DOS players must be permanently banned from the offsite forums and have their assets seized; this was promptly carried out. Texasa displayed incredibly poor judgement on multiple occasions, abused the powers with which he had been trusted, and instead of reforming his behavior after multiple warnings and second chances, tried to use illegal methods to gain control of Right to Life out of malice. Fortunately, he was unsuccessful and suffered the negative consequences of his actions. All Aboard the Trump Train, or Not? (By The RCS)  Like many regions throughout NationStates, Right to Life saw the 2016 U.S. presidential election at the forefront of conversation in October and early November. The all-anticipated election night arrived with region members, especially Americans, on both sides of the political aisle anxiously awaiting the results. To the surprise of many, the underdog, Donald Trump, won in the Electoral College. This stunning upset of Hillary Clinton was welcomed by many players in Right to Life, who believe that Trump, as a political newcomer and experienced businessman, will get the United States back on the right track. New Missouri, a Trump supporter, exclaimed, "I think Trump is right for America because he is an outsider, look at what politicians have done in the last 8 years. I think Trump can clean up Washington and Drain the Swamp!" Not everyone in Right to Life was thrilled with the Trump victory. When reached for comment, New Dolgaria, the leader of the region's Liberals for Life Coalition, said, "Well, I think everyone knows [Trump] said some really disgusting things on the campaign and generally behaved very immaturely, and he appealed to various forms of bigotry. Since the election, he's continued to behave immaturely and has lined up people with questionable qualifications, murky histories, and shadowy motives for his cabinet - a far cry from 'draining the swamp.' At the same time, he seems to be backing off the promises he made to his base during his campaign (such as the infamous 'wall'), showing how little he actually cares about what he said to get votes. He's even called his supporters 'crazy' and 'vicious.'" For better or worse, Trump will be America's next president. The fact that he has often avoided the issue of unborn rights or made contradictory comments is worrying. In an interview in 1999, Trump said that he was "pro-choice in every respect" and that a President Trump administration would not work to criminalize partial-birth abortions. More recently, he has said that he'll stop taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood (the United States' largest abortion provider) and that he'll appoint federal judges who will overturn the notorious Roe v. Wade decision, thus returning the abortion question to elected state legislators. |
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