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Postby Dentali » Fri Nov 29, 2019 10:30 pm

Gordano and Lysandus wrote:
Dentali wrote:Hmm small misread if Richardson here, he doesn’t actually trust the saudis. On the second point he firmly disagrees that the Iranians were moderating


Caroline definitely misread on the first point, but the second point is definitely a matter of disagreement over the facts of the matter rather than a disagreement over the facts of what he said.


Well maybe their future meeting can clarify, he sees the Saudis as a natural counterweight to Iran. An enemy of my enemy type deal
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Postby Meelducan » Sat Nov 30, 2019 4:10 am

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I live in the lonely world of being the only person who liked Theresa May. Let the poor woman dance!

I, as a member of the Conservative Party, would have preferred if Jacob Rees-Mogg had stood but I'm satisfied with the current party leadership.

Rees-Mogg big loser. #SwinsonForPM
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Postby Agarntrop » Sat Nov 30, 2019 4:12 am

Meelducan wrote:
Greater Arab State wrote:I, as a member of the Conservative Party, would have preferred if Jacob Rees-Mogg had stood but I'm satisfied with the current party leadership.

Rees-Mogg big loser. #SwinsonForPM

they can both fuck off, especially the former.
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Postby Agarntrop » Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:19 am

hmmmm should i make a dem
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Postby Gordano and Lysandus » Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:20 am

Agarntrop wrote:hmmmm should i make a dem


Go for it! We definitely need more moderate Democrats.
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Postby Agarntrop » Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:24 pm

{WIP}

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Character Information Sheet


NS Nation Name: Agarntrop
Character Name: John Atang
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 57
Character Height: 6' 1''
Character Weight: 197 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Member of the United States House Education Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment (2007-), Member of the United States House Education Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services (2001-2007), Member of the United States House Committee on Education and Labor (2001-), Member of the United States House of Representatives for New York's 8th Congressional District (2001-), Member of the New York State Assembly for the 46th State Assembly district (1999-2001).
Appearance:
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Character State of Origin: New York
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic
Main Strengths: Pragmatic, Passionate, Engaging, Persuasive
Main Weaknesses: Gaffe-prone, Carefree, Speaks before he thinks
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Last edited by Agarntrop on Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Postby Bruke » Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:33 pm

Agarntrop wrote:{WIP}

(Image)


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NS Nation Name: Agarntrop
Character Name: John Atang
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 47
Character Height: 6' 1''
Character Weight: 197 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Member of the United States House Education Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment (2007-), Member of the United States House Education Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services (2001-2007), Member of the United States House Committee on Education and Labor (2001-), Member of the United States House of Representatives for New York's 8th Congressional District (2001-), Member of the New York State Assembly for the 46th State Assembly district (1999-2001).
Appearance:
Character State of Origin: New York
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic
Main Strengths: Pragmatic, Passionate, Engaging, Persuasive
Main Weaknesses: Gaffe-prone, Carefree, Speaks before he thinks
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Oooh! If you want Volek could be a mentor to him too- IRL, Carmine DeSapio and/or Tammany Hall ended up mentoring a group of black politicians known as the Harlem Clubhouse (including Charlie Rangel).

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Postby Agarntrop » Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:35 pm

Bruke wrote:
Agarntrop wrote:{WIP}

(Image)


Character Information Sheet


NS Nation Name: Agarntrop
Character Name: John Atang
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 47
Character Height: 6' 1''
Character Weight: 197 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Member of the United States House Education Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment (2007-), Member of the United States House Education Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services (2001-2007), Member of the United States House Committee on Education and Labor (2001-), Member of the United States House of Representatives for New York's 8th Congressional District (2001-), Member of the New York State Assembly for the 46th State Assembly district (1999-2001).
Appearance:
Character State of Origin: New York
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic
Main Strengths: Pragmatic, Passionate, Engaging, Persuasive
Main Weaknesses: Gaffe-prone, Carefree, Speaks before he thinks
Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs)
Other Info:

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Agarntrop

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Oooh! If you want Volek could be a mentor to him too- IRL, Carmine DeSapio and/or Tammany Hall ended up mentoring a group of black politicians known as the Harlem Clubhouse (including Charlie Rangel).

why would a senior rep need a mentor
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Postby Bruke » Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:35 pm

Agarntrop wrote:
Bruke wrote:
Oooh! If you want Volek could be a mentor to him too- IRL, Carmine DeSapio and/or Tammany Hall ended up mentoring a group of black politicians known as the Harlem Clubhouse (including Charlie Rangel).

why would a senior rep need a mentor


I mean, for the beginning of his career, in the 90s.

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Postby Agarntrop » Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:36 pm

Bruke wrote:
Agarntrop wrote:why would a senior rep need a mentor


I mean, for the beginning of his career, in the 90s.

Oh.
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Postby Alozia » Sat Nov 30, 2019 3:09 pm

I have responded to both Richardson and Davenport. If either one of you, that is Dent or Imp, have responded please quote the responce.

Apologies for my late responses as well.
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Postby Dentali » Sat Nov 30, 2019 3:13 pm

I don’t think Downbound train is a great campaign song, It’s fairly down and depressing. I’m a big Bruce fan I can help find a good song if you wish?
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Postby Bruke » Sat Nov 30, 2019 3:16 pm

How about Born in the USA? Or a relatively new song, American Land?

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Postby Dentali » Sat Nov 30, 2019 3:19 pm

Bruke wrote:How about Born in the USA? Or a relatively new song, American Land?



Land of Hope and Dreams, No Surrender
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Postby Azekopolaltion » Sat Nov 30, 2019 4:22 pm

Dentali wrote:
Bruke wrote:How about Born in the USA? Or a relatively new song, American Land?



Land of Hope and Dreams, No Surrender


Yea you're right, no surrender would probably be more appropriate
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Postby Gordano and Lysandus » Sat Nov 30, 2019 4:22 pm

Land of the Free: Where even your music tastes cannot evade congressional scrutiny.
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Postby Agarntrop » Sat Nov 30, 2019 5:05 pm

Image


Character Information Sheet


NS Nation Name: Agarntrop
Character Name: John Atang
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 57
Character Height: 6' 1''
Character Weight: 197 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Member of the United States House Education Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment (2007-), Member of the United States House Education Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services (2001-2007), Member of the United States House Committee on Education and Labor (2001-), Member of the United States House of Representatives for New York's 8th Congressional District (2001-), Member of the New York State Assembly for the 46th State Assembly district (1999-2001).
Appearance:
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Character State of Origin: New York
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic
Main Strengths: Pragmatic, Passionate, Engaging, Persuasive
Main Weaknesses: Gaffe-prone, Carefree, Speaks before he thinks
Biography:
Atang was born on 17 June 1962 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, to Liberian parents John and Naomi Atang. He and his six siblings were raised solely by his mother, after his father left the family when Atang was 8 years old. Atang speaks publicly about the importance of fathers and the need to support them in seeking to be active in the lives of their children. He has written on the issue.

Atang grew up in Brooklyn. He studied law at the University of New York, obtaining a bachelor's degree. Atang went on to study at Harvard University when he won a place to study for a Master of Laws degree at Harvard Law School, graduating in 1987. He was admitted to the bar in 1994 and practised as a public defender.
House of Representatives
In 1998 he was elected as a Democrat to the New York State Assembly for the 46th district. During the 2000 congressional election campaign Atang won the primaries to become the Democratic candidate for New York's 8th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives. He was elected to the seat on November 7, 2000.

At the beggining of the 107th Congress in 2001, he was placed on the Committee on Education and Labor and the Education Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services. He voted in favour of authorisation for the United States to invade Iraq in 2003. After the 2006 midterm election Atang was moved from the Education Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services to the Education Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment.

During the 2008 Democratic primaries, Atang originally supported [not John Edwards], saying that he felt it was important to have a candidate who focused on poverty, an issue he claimed "plauges millions of Americans that most politicians seem to ignore", but nonetheless declared his support for Rashid Baharia after [not Edwards] withdrew from the race. After the election of Baharia, Atang pledged his full support but turned down a post in the executive branch, asserting a need to remain a member of the House of Representatives in order to speak on a wide range of issues that had arose in his district due to the "money that had been slashed from public services under the Burke Administration".

In 2011 there were suggestions that Atang might stand for election as Mayor of New York in 2013. Atang pledged his support to [not-Bill de Blasio]'s bid to become the Democratic mayoral nominee, declaring him "New York's Mayor in waiting". Atang became [not-Blasio]'s nomination campaign chair. In 2015, Atang announced that he was considering entering the race to become Mayor of New York in the 2017 election.

Atang supported [not-Bernie Sanders] to be Democratic nominee during the 2016 Presidential Election, but later endorsed Diane Clifford after she won the primaries.

New York mayoral candidate
On 4 September 2015, Atang announced his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for the 2017 mayoral election. In the New York Democratic Party's primaries, he recieved 4.2% overall, coming 2nd place behind the incumbent [not Blasio].
Atang has commented on the USA's history of slavery and on many other subjects.

Crime
Atang has over the years publicly attributed blame for certain crimes to various specific causes and persons. He has also talked about black and ethnic minority peoples, especially those who are younger, their relation with crime and how they are treated by the criminal justice system.

On 6 May 2015, in an article published in The New York Times, Atang attributed part of the cause for Baltimore's riots of a few days earlier to destructive "cultures" that had emerged under the prevailing policies. He also stated that states imposing legislation that restricted the use of corporal punishment in public schools was partly to blame for current youth culture, that had contributed to the riots.

Atang has blamed President Wolf and the Attorney General for failing to take responsibility over fatal shootings in NYC; he also blames inequality, high youth unemployment among black males, and New York City Council cutting youth services and outreach programmes.

Atang has stated that the criminal justice system deals with "disproportionate numbers" of young people from black and ethnic minority communities: despite saying that although decisions to charge were "broadly proportionate", he has asserted that black and ethnic minority people still face and perceive bias. Atang said that young black people are nine times more likely to be incarcerated than "comparable" white people, and proposed a number of measures including a system of "deferred prosecution" for young first time offenders to reduce incarcerations. Atang has claimed that black and ethnic minority people offend "at the same rates" as comparable white people "when taking age and socioeconomic status into account"; they were more likely to be stopped and searched, if charged more likely to be convicted, more likely to be sent to prison and less likely to get support in prison.

Other Views
On 7 August 2009, Atang gave a speech in the House of Representatives in favour of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act, critically comparing the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy to the "separate but equal" legal doctrine which justified Jim Crow laws in the 20th-century.

He has written about what he believes to be the shortcomings of the housing market.

Atang is a staunch opponent of President Wolf. He notably refused to appear at his inauguration in January 2017 and has described him as a "national embarrassment."

He has spoken out against alleged antisemitism within the Democratic Party and attended a rally protesting against it. Atang stated that antisemitism has "come back because extremism has come back" and is damaging support for Democrats among America's Jewish community.
Atang married the artist Erica Leigh in 1995; the couple have three sons and a daughter.

In November 2015, he published a book, Out of the Ashes: America After the Murder of Freddie Gray, about the April 2015 police shooting of Freddie Gray.

Atang is a Methodist Christian. He is also a New York Giants fan.

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Former Senator Barry Anderson (R-MO)

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Postby Dentali » Sat Nov 30, 2019 7:53 pm

Agarntrop wrote:
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Character Information Sheet


NS Nation Name: Agarntrop
Character Name: John Atang
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 57
Character Height: 6' 1''
Character Weight: 197 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Member of the United States House Education Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment (2007-), Member of the United States House Education Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services (2001-2007), Member of the United States House Committee on Education and Labor (2001-), Member of the United States House of Representatives for New York's 8th Congressional District (2001-), Member of the New York State Assembly for the 46th State Assembly district (1999-2001).
Appearance:
Character State of Origin: New York
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic
Main Strengths: Pragmatic, Passionate, Engaging, Persuasive
Main Weaknesses: Gaffe-prone, Carefree, Speaks before he thinks
Biography:
Atang was born on 17 June 1962 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, to Liberian parents John and Naomi Atang. He and his six siblings were raised solely by his mother, after his father left the family when Atang was 8 years old. Atang speaks publicly about the importance of fathers and the need to support them in seeking to be active in the lives of their children. He has written on the issue.

Atang grew up in Brooklyn. He studied law at the University of New York, obtaining a bachelor's degree. Atang went on to study at Harvard University when he won a place to study for a Master of Laws degree at Harvard Law School, graduating in 1987. He was admitted to the bar in 1994 and practised as a public defender.
House of Representatives
In 1998 he was elected as a Democrat to the New York State Assembly for the 46th district. During the 2000 congressional election campaign Atang won the primaries to become the Democratic candidate for New York's 8th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives. He was elected to the seat on November 7, 2000.

At the beggining of the 107th Congress in 2001, he was placed on the Committee on Education and Labor and the Education Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services. He voted in favour of authorisation for the United States to invade Iraq in 2003. After the 2006 midterm election Atang was moved from the Education Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services to the Education Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment.

During the 2008 Democratic primaries, Atang originally supported [not John Edwards], saying that he felt it was important to have a candidate who focused on poverty, an issue he claimed "plauges millions of Americans that most politicians seem to ignore", but nonetheless declared his support for Rashid Baharia after [not Edwards] withdrew from the race. After the election of Baharia, Atang pledged his full support but turned down a post in the executive branch, asserting a need to remain a member of the House of Representatives in order to speak on a wide range of issues that had arose in his district due to the "money that had been slashed from public services under the Burke Administration".

In 2011 there were suggestions that Atang might stand for election as Mayor of New York in 2013. Atang pledged his support to [not-Bill de Blasio]'s bid to become the Democratic mayoral nominee, declaring him "New York's Mayor in waiting". Atang became [not-Blasio]'s nomination campaign chair. In 2015, Atang announced that he was considering entering the race to become Mayor of New York in the 2017 election.

Atang supported [not-Bernie Sanders] to be Democratic nominee during the 2016 Presidential Election, but later endorsed Diane Clifford after she won the primaries.

New York mayoral candidate
On 4 September 2015, Atang announced his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for the 2017 mayoral election. In the New York Democratic Party's primaries, he recieved 4.2% overall, coming 2nd place behind the incumbent [not Blasio].
Atang has commented on the USA's history of slavery and on many other subjects.

Crime
Atang has over the years publicly attributed blame for certain crimes to various specific causes and persons. He has also talked about black and ethnic minority peoples, especially those who are younger, their relation with crime and how they are treated by the criminal justice system.

On 6 May 2015, in an article published in The New York Times, Atang attributed part of the cause for Baltimore's riots of a few days earlier to destructive "cultures" that had emerged under the prevailing policies. He also stated that states imposing legislation that restricted the use of corporal punishment in public schools was partly to blame for current youth culture, that had contributed to the riots.

Atang has blamed President Wolf and the Attorney General for failing to take responsibility over fatal shootings in NYC; he also blames inequality, high youth unemployment among black males, and New York City Council cutting youth services and outreach programmes.

Atang has stated that the criminal justice system deals with "disproportionate numbers" of young people from black and ethnic minority communities: despite saying that although decisions to charge were "broadly proportionate", he has asserted that black and ethnic minority people still face and perceive bias. Atang said that young black people are nine times more likely to be incarcerated than "comparable" white people, and proposed a number of measures including a system of "deferred prosecution" for young first time offenders to reduce incarcerations. Atang has claimed that black and ethnic minority people offend "at the same rates" as comparable white people "when taking age and socioeconomic status into account"; they were more likely to be stopped and searched, if charged more likely to be convicted, more likely to be sent to prison and less likely to get support in prison.

Other Views
On 7 August 2009, Atang gave a speech in the House of Representatives in favour of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act, critically comparing the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy to the "separate but equal" legal doctrine which justified Jim Crow laws in the 20th-century.

He has written about what he believes to be the shortcomings of the housing market.

Atang is a staunch opponent of President Wolf. He notably refused to appear at his inauguration in January 2017 and has described him as a "national embarrassment."

He has spoken out against alleged antisemitism within the Democratic Party and attended a rally protesting against it. Atang stated that antisemitism has "come back because extremism has come back" and is damaging support for Democrats among America's Jewish community.
Atang married the artist Erica Leigh in 1995; the couple have three sons and a daughter.

In November 2015, he published a book, Out of the Ashes: America After the Murder of Freddie Gray, about the April 2015 police shooting of Freddie Gray.

Atang is a Methodist Christian. He is also a New York Giants fan.

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Postby Bruke » Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:16 pm

Thinking of reviving Greg Morton as Mort Gregory, a man of Scottish-Canadian descent who is a Representative from Michigan's 1st District -of the Reform Party.

Thoughts?

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Postby Sanabel » Sun Dec 01, 2019 1:59 am

Bruke wrote:Thinking of reviving Greg Morton as Mort Gregory, a man of Scottish-Canadian descent who is a Representative from Michigan's 1st District -of the Reform Party.

Thoughts?

No Reform Party reps
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Postby Bruke » Sun Dec 01, 2019 2:09 am

Sanabel wrote:
Bruke wrote:Thinking of reviving Greg Morton as Mort Gregory, a man of Scottish-Canadian descent who is a Representative from Michigan's 1st District -of the Reform Party.

Thoughts?

No Reform Party reps


Aww.... a Republican, then. I'll have it so that he switched over from a Democrat to a Republican to endorse Wolf and campaign for him in Michigan.

If possible. Otherwise, another Wolf Pack member is also possible.

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Postby Sanabel » Sun Dec 01, 2019 3:01 am

Has the meeting between Volker and Wolf finished?
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Postby Dentali » Sun Dec 01, 2019 4:20 am

Agarntrop wrote:
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Character Information Sheet


NS Nation Name: Agarntrop
Character Name: John Atang
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 57
Character Height: 6' 1''
Character Weight: 197 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Member of the United States House Education Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment (2007-), Member of the United States House Education Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services (2001-2007), Member of the United States House Committee on Education and Labor (2001-), Member of the United States House of Representatives for New York's 8th Congressional District (2001-), Member of the New York State Assembly for the 46th State Assembly district (1999-2001).
Appearance:
Character State of Origin: New York
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic
Main Strengths: Pragmatic, Passionate, Engaging, Persuasive
Main Weaknesses: Gaffe-prone, Carefree, Speaks before he thinks
Biography:
Atang was born on 17 June 1962 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, to Liberian parents John and Naomi Atang. He and his six siblings were raised solely by his mother, after his father left the family when Atang was 8 years old. Atang speaks publicly about the importance of fathers and the need to support them in seeking to be active in the lives of their children. He has written on the issue.

Atang grew up in Brooklyn. He studied law at the University of New York, obtaining a bachelor's degree. Atang went on to study at Harvard University when he won a place to study for a Master of Laws degree at Harvard Law School, graduating in 1987. He was admitted to the bar in 1994 and practised as a public defender.
House of Representatives
In 1998 he was elected as a Democrat to the New York State Assembly for the 46th district. During the 2000 congressional election campaign Atang won the primaries to become the Democratic candidate for New York's 8th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives. He was elected to the seat on November 7, 2000.

At the beggining of the 107th Congress in 2001, he was placed on the Committee on Education and Labor and the Education Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services. He voted in favour of authorisation for the United States to invade Iraq in 2003. After the 2006 midterm election Atang was moved from the Education Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services to the Education Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment.

During the 2008 Democratic primaries, Atang originally supported [not John Edwards], saying that he felt it was important to have a candidate who focused on poverty, an issue he claimed "plauges millions of Americans that most politicians seem to ignore", but nonetheless declared his support for Rashid Baharia after [not Edwards] withdrew from the race. After the election of Baharia, Atang pledged his full support but turned down a post in the executive branch, asserting a need to remain a member of the House of Representatives in order to speak on a wide range of issues that had arose in his district due to the "money that had been slashed from public services under the Burke Administration".

In 2011 there were suggestions that Atang might stand for election as Mayor of New York in 2013. Atang pledged his support to [not-Bill de Blasio]'s bid to become the Democratic mayoral nominee, declaring him "New York's Mayor in waiting". Atang became [not-Blasio]'s nomination campaign chair. In 2015, Atang announced that he was considering entering the race to become Mayor of New York in the 2017 election.

Atang supported [not-Bernie Sanders] to be Democratic nominee during the 2016 Presidential Election, but later endorsed Diane Clifford after she won the primaries.

New York mayoral candidate
On 4 September 2015, Atang announced his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for the 2017 mayoral election. In the New York Democratic Party's primaries, he recieved 4.2% overall, coming 2nd place behind the incumbent [not Blasio].
Atang has commented on the USA's history of slavery and on many other subjects.

Crime
Atang has over the years publicly attributed blame for certain crimes to various specific causes and persons. He has also talked about black and ethnic minority peoples, especially those who are younger, their relation with crime and how they are treated by the criminal justice system.

On 6 May 2015, in an article published in The New York Times, Atang attributed part of the cause for Baltimore's riots of a few days earlier to destructive "cultures" that had emerged under the prevailing policies. He also stated that states imposing legislation that restricted the use of corporal punishment in public schools was partly to blame for current youth culture, that had contributed to the riots.

Atang has blamed President Wolf and the Attorney General for failing to take responsibility over fatal shootings in NYC; he also blames inequality, high youth unemployment among black males, and New York City Council cutting youth services and outreach programmes.

Atang has stated that the criminal justice system deals with "disproportionate numbers" of young people from black and ethnic minority communities: despite saying that although decisions to charge were "broadly proportionate", he has asserted that black and ethnic minority people still face and perceive bias. Atang said that young black people are nine times more likely to be incarcerated than "comparable" white people, and proposed a number of measures including a system of "deferred prosecution" for young first time offenders to reduce incarcerations. Atang has claimed that black and ethnic minority people offend "at the same rates" as comparable white people "when taking age and socioeconomic status into account"; they were more likely to be stopped and searched, if charged more likely to be convicted, more likely to be sent to prison and less likely to get support in prison.

Other Views
On 7 August 2009, Atang gave a speech in the House of Representatives in favour of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act, critically comparing the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy to the "separate but equal" legal doctrine which justified Jim Crow laws in the 20th-century.

He has written about what he believes to be the shortcomings of the housing market.

Atang is a staunch opponent of President Wolf. He notably refused to appear at his inauguration in January 2017 and has described him as a "national embarrassment."

He has spoken out against alleged antisemitism within the Democratic Party and attended a rally protesting against it. Atang stated that antisemitism has "come back because extremism has come back" and is damaging support for Democrats among America's Jewish community.
Atang married the artist Erica Leigh in 1995; the couple have three sons and a daughter.

In November 2015, he published a book, Out of the Ashes: America After the Murder of Freddie Gray, about the April 2015 police shooting of Freddie Gray.

Atang is a Methodist Christian. He is also a New York Giants fan.

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1. Why so long between graduation from Harvard and being admitted to the bar?
2. What do his parents do that enabled him to go to Harvard? Did he get a substantial scholarship?
3. Why would he be considered for a cabinet post? What distinguished his record? What accomplishments or expertise did he have?
4. Why would run for mayor against De Blasio? Especially since he supported him in 2013?
5. Need a lot more in terms of political views, you can say "Textbook progressive except for..." or whatever
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Postby Dentali » Sun Dec 01, 2019 5:41 am

You want a slot or to be on a panel discussion let me know

IN PROGRESS CPAC LINEUP

Day 1

7:30:00 AM- Doors Open
8:30:00 AM- Welcome Ceremony
9:00:00 AM- Conservatives in Pop Culture Presentation
10:00:00 AM- Panel Discussion: The Wolf Tax Cuts and Reform
Speakers: Senate Majority Leader Robert Warrick, TBD
11:00:00 AM- Interview with Author Gene Kopelson on Reagan's 1968 Dress Rehearsal
12:00:00 PM- Lunch
1:00:00 PM- The Stars of Duck Dynasty
2:00:00 PM- Presentation from the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
3:00:00 PM- Speech by (Not Kimberly Klacik)
4:00:00 PM- Tea Party Patriots
5:00:00 PM- (Not Sebastian Kurtz) Guest Lecture
6:00:00 PM- Dennis Miller Standup

Day 2

7:30:00 AM- Doors Open
8:30:00 AM- Welcome Ceremony
9:00:00 AM- Panel Discussion: Free and Fair Trade
Speakers: Governor Laura Dunn, TBD
10:00:00 AM- The Young Republicans talk Conservatism on College Campuses
11:00:00 AM- How I learned to stop worrying and own the libs
Speaker: Governor Jonah Prendergast Jr

12:00:00 PM- Lunch
1:00:00 PM- Panel Discussion: Immigration Reform
Speakers: Governor Nathaniel Richardson, TBD
2:00:00 PM- The Pro-Life Movement
Speaker: Jane Martinez

3:00:00 PM- Criminal Justice
Speaker: Senator Barry Anderson

4:00:00 PM- In Memorial
5:00:00 PM- Keynote Address
Speaker: (NPC Not Sarah Palin)
6:00:00 PM Hank Williams Jr Musical Performance

Day 3

7:30:00 AM- Doors Open
8:30:00 AM- Welcome Ceremony
9:00:00 AM- Panel Discussion: Faith in Politics
Speakers: Reverend Bob Dunn, Governor Laura Dunn, TBD
10:00:00 AM- TBD Speaker
11:00:00 AM- Medicare for All and the Conservative Alternative
Speaker: Governor Nathaniel Richardson

12:00:00 PM- Lunch
1:00:00 PM- Shrinking Government
Speaker: Senator Greg Kost

2:00:00 PM- The Culture War
Speaker: Governor Laura Dunn

3:00:00 PM- TBD Panel Discussion
4:00:00 PM- (Not Nigel Farage Guest Lecture)
5:00:00 PM- Scott Biao One Man Comedy Show
6:00:00 PM- Kid Rock Musical Performance

Day 4

7:30:00 AM- Doors Open
8:30:00 AM- Welcome Ceremony
9:00:00 AM- Panel Discussion: Returning to a Constitutional Government
Speakers: TBD
10:00:00 AM- Panel Discussion: Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Speakers: Governor Nathaniel Richardson, TBD
11:00:00 AM- President Arnold Wolf Speech
12:00:00 PM- Lunch
1:00:00 PM- Techno Conservatism with Representative Theodore Vohoffsky
2:00:00 PM- Interview with Chairman of the American Conservative Union
3:00:00 PM- TBD Speaker
4:00:00 PM- Closing Ceremony
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Postby Sanabel » Sun Dec 01, 2019 6:44 am

I think Wolf should speak last if he is keynote, not Vohoffsky

Can Dunn be on the panel on trade and the one on faith with her husband?
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