America the Beautiful: An American Political RP (OOC)

[Cybernetic Socialist Republics]

I can't really imagine there is a more effective way of selling this than "It is the literal word of Ronald Reagan that this is the solution to this exact problem and it has also has bipartisan support."

I suppose you could go "you the workers put your labor producing the profits that allowed the purchase of the robots so you deserve a share" but that would be a direct line to being attack as a marxist argument, which is exactly what the take would been had Kurian gone that route, instead of some vague flapping around about it being too 'wonkish' and complex. As if deciding what does and what doesn't count as automation wouldn't be a mess.

But that's ok, I'll just compile a list of (not-x) senate politicians that have supported ESOPs because their real life counterparts did. There's a ton of them. Everyone else can have their chars be against it from some weird reason.

Its not about policy, the policy is fine, its about the average Republican primary voter in the year 2021 after education polarization has radically shifted things.

CNN exit poll puts college graduate support for trump in 2016 at 39% and 41% in 2020. Virtually untouched if it's moved, he gained. This is despite the fact he won in Wisconsin in 2016 and lost in 2020.

When you add to the fact that Wisconsin was won in this timeline by a guy who would easily be more attractive to college educated people than trump, there is literally no reason for me to think college polarization and defection from the Republicans in Wisconsin specifically is worse in this 2020 than real life 2016 or 2020.

again, unless I'm gonna TG about every single thing there's no way I could know what your guys perception of what politics should be is. Maybe If I was in the discord that would be feasible, but as it stands all I can do is look at real life data, I can't read minds.

[Yaruqo]

I’m sorry, I do have to challenge Sarangatus’ latest post re: Boyd’s campaign. For starters, aside from conversations with Rep. Simone, I haven’t really been able to get into Gauthier or her campaign’s funding or infrastructure. It draws a lot of conclusions that have not been laid out ICly, and it seems to make IC conclusions based on speculation (how do we know Boyd’s base is larger than Gauthier’s, for instance?). How would I be expected to RP as a candidate if, for no reason other than Sarangatus’ post, Gauthier is basically forced into a Hillary Clinton 2.0 box? Idk, perhaps I’m being nonsensical about it.

[The Sarangtus Lands]

I’m sorry, I do have to challenge Sarangatus’ latest post re: Boyd’s campaign. For starters, aside from conversations with Rep. Simone, I haven’t really been able to get into Gauthier or her campaign’s funding or infrastructure. It draws a lot of conclusions that have not been laid out ICly, and it seems to make IC conclusions based on speculation (how do we know Boyd’s base is larger than Gauthier’s, for instance?). How would I be expected to RP as a candidate if, for no reason other than Sarangatus’ post, Gauthier is basically forced into a Hillary Clinton 2.0 box? Idk, perhaps I’m being nonsensical about it.

To clarify, all of those are assumptions made by him.

[Yaruqo]

I’m sorry, I do have to challenge Sarangatus’ latest post re: Boyd’s campaign. For starters, aside from conversations with Rep. Simone, I haven’t really been able to get into Gauthier or her campaign’s funding or infrastructure. It draws a lot of conclusions that have not been laid out ICly, and it seems to make IC conclusions based on speculation (how do we know Boyd’s base is larger than Gauthier’s, for instance?). How would I be expected to RP as a candidate if, for no reason other than Sarangatus’ post, Gauthier is basically forced into a Hillary Clinton 2.0 box? Idk, perhaps I’m being nonsensical about it.

To clarify, all of those are assumptions made by him.

Ah, I see. That makes it better then, I was about to throw fisticuffs

[Kargintinia]

[Rhim Flavezztowland]

Not sure if my app's already been mod-reviewed, but just in case the mods forgot about it, I'll repost my app for mod review (again)...

Is this application better, then? (aged my character up by 13 years, fleshed her bio + political career + strengths and weaknesses out to some extent, moved her to NY-06 per Alozia's recommendations, etc.)

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Rhim Flavezztowland
Character Name: Sidney Larsen-Cheng
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 38
Character Height: 151 cm
Character Weight: 44 kg
Character Position/Role/Job: Representative of New York's 6th Congressional District
Character Country/State of Birth: New York
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: She's brave enough to speak up against all forms of hate groups as well as Wolfists, be it online or in person - for example, she publicly ranted about the people who stormed the Capitol as well as those who align with the far-right in general online after the events of January 6.
Main Weaknesses: She has a moderate case of ADHD (which she developed when she was a high school student, but at least she's been managing it well since then) and also sometimes oversleeps and therefore comes late to House hearings.
Biography: A natural-born American citizen, Sidney Larsen-Cheng was born on December 29, 1982 in the Bronx borough of New York City to a naturalized Chinese-born restaurant-owning father who migrated with his own parents to the States at the age of 9 in the early 1970s due to China's Cultural Revolution and a natural-born American chef mother. When she was 11, her father was murdered in a hit-and-run car accident; her mother inherited her husband's estate (including his Chinese restaurant in the City Island neighborhood of the Bronx) upon his death and went on to transform the Chinese restaurant into a local diner.

When Sidney was in high school, she started working part-time as a chef at her mother's local diner and would sometimes come out of her comfort zone to protest for social justice during the weekends; she'd later enroll herself at Lehman College at the age of 18, where she'd study for a Bachelor's degree in Political Science for the next three years because of her interest in politics while still being a part-time diner chef. At the age of 21, she graduated with the aforementioned Bachelor's degree as part of Lehman College's Class of 2004 and moved to the borough of Queens (specifically, the Flushing neighborhood) to open a restaurant specializing in Chinese beef noodles. From that point on, she'd often write messages of support for the minorities living in her neighborhood on her restaurant window and sometimes even go out to protest against anti-minority discrimination whenever she heard about it. Slowly but surely, she'd built a sizeable support base in her own neighborhood and even joined the Queens Community Board 7 in 2012.

After becoming a community board member, she became more involved in community causes while continuing to operate her own restaurant and even began forming relationships with Queens borough politicians. With that, over the next few years, she slowly gained a borough-wide support base to build up from her already-sizeable one in her own neighborhood to the point that her candidacy to represent a city council district of NYC was publicized in 2017; her candidacy turned out to be successful, as she was elected as the Representative of New York City's 20th City Council district in the council's elections that year.

In 2018 - while she was still a New York City Council member - she publicly came out as asexual, while in 2019, she publicly declared her plans to be a candidate to represent New York's 6th congressional district in the 2020 house elections; this candidacy was also a successful one for her, as she was elected into that position in those elections - with that, she resigned from her position in the New York City Council effective January 20, 2021, and also permanently closed her restaurant down to focus on entering Congress.
Other Info:
>Preferred pronouns - she/her
>Political stances - social democrat, pro-LGBT pro-environmentalism, publicly supportive of tax raises for the wealthy, publicly supportive of the #StopAsianHate movement, neutral on abortion, anti-Wolf, anti-KKK, anti-misogynist, publicly opposes hate groups in general, undecided on refugees

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Rhim Flavezztowland

Do Not Remove: DRAFT87421

[Sarenium]

Not sure if my app's already been mod-reviewed, but just in case the mods forgot about it, I'll repost my app for mod review (again)...

Is this application better, then? (aged my character up by 13 years, fleshed her bio + political career + strengths and weaknesses out to some extent, moved her to NY-06 per Alozia's recommendations, etc.)

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Rhim Flavezztowland
Character Name: Sidney Larsen-Cheng
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 38
Character Height: 151 cm
Character Weight: 44 kg
Character Position/Role/Job: Representative of New York's 6th Congressional District
Character Country/State of Birth: New York
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: She's brave enough to speak up against all forms of hate groups as well as Wolfists, be it online or in person - for example, she publicly ranted about the people who stormed the Capitol as well as those who align with the far-right in general online after the events of January 6.
Main Weaknesses: She has a moderate case of ADHD (which she developed when she was a high school student, but at least she's been managing it well since then) and also sometimes oversleeps and therefore comes late to House hearings.
Biography: A natural-born American citizen, Sidney Larsen-Cheng was born on December 29, 1982 in the Bronx borough of New York City to a naturalized Chinese-born restaurant-owning father who migrated with his own parents to the States at the age of 9 in the early 1970s due to China's Cultural Revolution and a natural-born American chef mother. When she was 11, her father was murdered in a hit-and-run car accident; her mother inherited her husband's estate (including his Chinese restaurant in the City Island neighborhood of the Bronx) upon his death and went on to transform the Chinese restaurant into a local diner.

When Sidney was in high school, she started working part-time as a chef at her mother's local diner and would sometimes come out of her comfort zone to protest for social justice during the weekends; she'd later enroll herself at Lehman College at the age of 18, where she'd study for a Bachelor's degree in Political Science for the next three years because of her interest in politics while still being a part-time diner chef. At the age of 21, she graduated with the aforementioned Bachelor's degree as part of Lehman College's Class of 2004 and moved to the borough of Queens (specifically, the Flushing neighborhood) to open a restaurant specializing in Chinese beef noodles. From that point on, she'd often write messages of support for the minorities living in her neighborhood on her restaurant window and sometimes even go out to protest against anti-minority discrimination whenever she heard about it. Slowly but surely, she'd built a sizeable support base in her own neighborhood and even joined the Queens Community Board 7 in 2012.

After becoming a community board member, she became more involved in community causes while continuing to operate her own restaurant and even began forming relationships with Queens borough politicians. With that, over the next few years, she slowly gained a borough-wide support base to build up from her already-sizeable one in her own neighborhood to the point that her candidacy to represent a city council district of NYC was publicized in 2017; her candidacy turned out to be successful, as she was elected as the Representative of New York City's 20th City Council district in the council's elections that year.

In 2018 - while she was still a New York City Council member - she publicly came out as asexual, while in 2019, she publicly declared her plans to be a candidate to represent New York's 6th congressional district in the 2020 house elections; this candidacy was also a successful one for her, as she was elected into that position in those elections - with that, she resigned from her position in the New York City Council effective January 20, 2021, and also permanently closed her restaurant down to focus on entering Congress.
Other Info:
>Preferred pronouns - she/her
>Political stances - social democrat, pro-LGBT pro-environmentalism, publicly supportive of tax raises for the wealthy, publicly supportive of the #StopAsianHate movement, neutral on abortion, anti-Wolf, anti-KKK, anti-misogynist, publicly opposes hate groups in general, undecided on refugees

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Rhim Flavezztowland

Do Not Remove: DRAFT87421

Who is the char model?

[Kargintinia]

Main Strengths: She's brave enough to speak up against all forms of hate groups as well as Wolfists, be it online or in person - for example, she publicly ranted about the people who stormed the Capitol as well as those who align with the far-right in general online after the events of January 6.

There is no January 6

[Rhim Flavezztowland]

Not sure if my app's already been mod-reviewed, but just in case the mods forgot about it, I'll repost my app for mod review (again)...

Who is the char model?

Chisato Moritaka (the rules didn't say that we'd have to use only RL politicians for character models, just that the pictures used for a character model here have got to be realistic depictions of human beings and also Googleable, so... )

Main Strengths: She's brave enough to speak up against all forms of hate groups as well as Wolfists, be it online or in person - for example, she publicly ranted about the people who stormed the Capitol as well as those who align with the far-right in general online after the events of January 6.

There is no January 6

Oops! I'll have to fix that part where I mentioned the IRL January 6 Capitol riots...

*fixes the app to remove any mention of January 6*

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Rhim Flavezztowland
Character Name: Sidney Larsen-Cheng
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 38
Character Height: 151 cm
Character Weight: 44 kg
Character Position/Role/Job: Representative of New York's 6th Congressional District
Character Country/State of Birth: New York
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: She's brave enough to speak up against all forms of hate groups as well as Wolfists, be it online or in person - for example, she publicly ranted about Arnold Wolf's presidency and the far-right political camp in general the week after his death in 2020.
Main Weaknesses: She has a moderate case of ADHD (which she developed when she was a high school student, but at least she's been managing it well since then) and also sometimes oversleeps and therefore comes late to House hearings.
Biography: A natural-born American citizen, Sidney Larsen-Cheng was born on December 29, 1982 in the Bronx borough of New York City to a naturalized Chinese-born restaurant-owning father who migrated with his own parents to the States at the age of 9 in the early 1970s due to China's Cultural Revolution and a natural-born American chef mother. When she was 11, her father was murdered in a hit-and-run car accident; her mother inherited her husband's estate (including his Chinese restaurant in the City Island neighborhood of the Bronx) upon his death and went on to transform the Chinese restaurant into a local diner.

When Sidney was in high school, she started working part-time as a chef at her mother's local diner and would sometimes come out of her comfort zone to protest for social justice during the weekends; she'd later enroll herself at Lehman College at the age of 18, where she'd study for a Bachelor's degree in Political Science for the next three years because of her interest in politics while still being a part-time diner chef. At the age of 21, she graduated with the aforementioned Bachelor's degree as part of Lehman College's Class of 2004 and moved to the borough of Queens (specifically, the Flushing neighborhood) to open a restaurant specializing in Chinese beef noodles. From that point on, she'd often write messages of support for the minorities living in her neighborhood on her restaurant window and sometimes even go out to protest against anti-minority discrimination whenever she heard about it. Slowly but surely, she'd built a sizeable support base in her own neighborhood and even joined the Queens Community Board 7 in 2012.

After becoming a community board member, she became more involved in community causes while continuing to operate her own restaurant and even began forming relationships with Queens borough politicians. With that, over the next few years, she slowly gained a borough-wide support base to build up from her already-sizeable one in her own neighborhood to the point that her candidacy to represent a city council district of NYC was publicized in 2017; her candidacy turned out to be successful, as she was elected as the Representative of New York City's 20th City Council district in the council's elections that year.

In 2018 - while she was still a New York City Council member - she publicly came out as asexual, while in 2019, she publicly declared her plans to be a candidate to represent New York's 6th congressional district in the 2020 house elections; this candidacy was also a successful one for her, as she was elected into that position in those elections - with that, she resigned from her position in the New York City Council effective January 20, 2021, and also permanently closed her restaurant down to focus on entering Congress.
Other Info:
>Preferred pronouns - she/her
>Political stances - social democrat, pro-LGBT pro-environmentalism, publicly supportive of tax raises for the wealthy, publicly supportive of the #StopAsianHate movement, neutral on abortion, anti-Wolf, anti-KKK, anti-misogynist, publicly opposes hate groups in general, undecided on refugees

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Rhim Flavezztowland

Do Not Remove: DRAFT87421

[Kargintinia]

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Karg
Character Name: Christina Anna Mudale
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 40
Character Height: 140 lbs
Character Weight: 5'4"
Character Position/Role/Job: Member of Senate Judiciary Committee (2021-Present)
Junior United States Senator for Alabama (2021-Present)
Alabama Attorney General (2017-2020)
Covington County District Attorney (2012-2027)
Prosecutor (2005-2010)
Character Country/State of Birth: Alabama
Character State of Residence: Alabama
Character Party Affiliation: GOP
Main Strengths: Wolfist, Fairly safe seat, strong support from conservative groups "law and order" credentials
Main Weaknesses: Stuck up, seen as being extremely fringe in political views, recent questionable comments on LGBT people, failing relationship with husband, alienates moderates.
Biography:
Other Info: Born in Andalusia in 1980 to the Andalusia Police Commissioner, Christina was raised in a pearly white neighborhood. She was an average student in Middle and High School, seeing herself as more concerned with becoming cheer captain, chasing guys and partying. This resulted in several run ins with law enforcement, which her father was able to get her out of. College she was made to take her grades more seriously, with strong pressure from her police father to get into law school. She attended Auburn for both her Pre-Law Bachelors and two years of Law School, forcing herself through but still managed to get her parties in.

It was during college where she became a modern conservative. Despite her Dixiecrat parents, she came to admire the Reagan Revolution and first voted for Burke in 2000. She met her husband at a Burke rally in Mobile.

In 2005 she began a job as an Attorney at a firm in Montgomery. Her husband unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2004 but was defeated in the primary. She worked her way up in the Firm and eventually left her job in 2010 to return home to Andalusia to run for District Attorney. She was elected in 2012 and has served since then.

As DA she oversaw several murder cases. She strongly prefers the death penalty and has pushed for it, often against African-Americans. She has always preferred being the prosecutor in the case as opposed to defendant. She has consistently defended the Police Department and is a large proponent of “Law and Order”.

She didn’t vote in the 2012 election as she saw (Not-Romney) as far too much of a moderate for her taste. She started out as a (Not-Ted Cruz) supporter in 2016 and voted for him in the Primary on Super Tuesday. She viewed Arnold Wolf as a "New England atheist" with "lessened respect for Christian, Conservative values". However after the RNC she decided to support the future President. She was a diehard supporter of Wolf until his death. She viewed Tawney as a "weak moderate", reminding her of (Not-Romney).

She voted for (Not-Roy More) in the 2017 Special and was disappointed by (Not-Jones) victory. Following the desertion of the state Alabama Attorney General position as the incumbent left for the Wolf administration. This caused a rift with her husband as he wanted to try again in politics after his failure in 2004, but that would require Christina to take over as primary caretaker for their one year old son Peter. Despite his protests, she went ahead and registered her candidacy.

She joined several other state AGs in lobbying the Wolf administration to overturn the Baharia era "DACA" policy. In 2018 she joined 20 other AGs in a lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional.

In early 2019, she decided to run for Senate herself against (Not Jones). She kept her husband mostly out of her campaign events and barely spook to him during their campaign.

Her campaign started out against a former Senator (Not-Sessions) running for his old seat, however thanks to big name endorsements including Presidential Candidate Nate Richardson was able to clear the primary with 52% of the vote in the runoff against (Not-Sessions). She started out polling even against (Not Jones) who had done much to moderate himself, however as the national race started to deepen partisan divides Christina found herself on the more popular side of the culture war in Alabama. She campaigned on opposition to Roe, Obergefell and other culture issues that she successfully tied the Democrat too.

The (Not-George Floyd) protests also contributed to her campaign, as she ran on a policy of "full law and order" emphasizing her law background and promising to end "all lawlessness and disorder" in Alabama by supporting pro-police policies.

She reached national in the general election debate by attacking (Not-Jones) on the issue of same-sex marriage. She emphasized that Alabama was the only state in the Union with more than 50% of the populace opposing same-sex marriage, meaning that "If most Alabamans oppose this practice, their state should have the right to do so." On the campaign trail she continued to press anti-LGBT rhetoric, attacking transgender people using their preferred bathrooms as potential for pedophilia and stated that "gay couples should not be on TV shoved in our kid's faces and should be kept private."

On election day, she prevailed over (Not-Jones) by nearly ten points.

Mudale is now one of the youngest members of the US Senate. She is considered a standard Wolfist.

Other Info: Hyperpartisan. General Wolfist views. Lacks hard views on Foreign Policy. Has a husband Harold, with one three year old son Peter.


Political Views
Social Issues

Abortion-She opposes abortion fully, calling Roe V. Wade "modern genocide" and saying it is imperative it is repealed as soon as possible.

BLM-She is against the BLM movement, calling them "domestic terrorists" and "radical Marxists". She has repeated defended use of force by police and called for criminals to be "taken off the street fast"

Gun Control-Opposes gun control, A+ rating from NRA.

LGBT Issues-Opposes same-sex marriage, called for Obergefell V Hodges to be repealed and have the power returned to states. Supports banning transgender individuals from sports teams of their chosen sex as well as bathrooms.

Wolf-Calls Arnold Wolf "The Greatest President in recent years, maybe ever". Is considered a Wolf loyalist.

Social Media-Says section 230 should be repealed.

Immigration-Says that all illegal immigrants should be deported and supports building a wall on the southern border.

Economic Issues

ACA-Believes the ACA to be unconstitutional, has lobbied as AG to repeal it.

Unions-Is a diehard supporter of right-to-work laws, has referred to Unions as "laziness conventions".

Environmental protections-Supports repealing environmental protections, supports using coal and oil, she has said global warming "Could certainly be a hoax".



Supported: Burke 2000
Burke 2004
Not-Huckabee 2008
Not-Santorum 2012
Not-Cruz and Wolf 2016
Nate Richardson 2020

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


Do Not Remove: DRAFT87421

[Sarenium]

Who is the char model?

Chisato Moritaka (the rules didn't say that we'd have to use only RL politicians for character models, just that the pictures used for a character model here have got to be realistic depictions of human beings and also Googleable, so... )

There is no January 6

Oops! I'll have to fix that part where I mentioned the IRL January 6 Capitol riots...

*fixes the app to remove any mention of January 6*

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Rhim Flavezztowland
Character Name: Sidney Larsen-Cheng
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 38
Character Height: 151 cm
Character Weight: 44 kg
Character Position/Role/Job: Representative of New York's 6th Congressional District
Character Country/State of Birth: New York
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: She's brave enough to speak up against all forms of hate groups as well as Wolfists, be it online or in person - for example, she publicly ranted about Arnold Wolf's presidency and the far-right political camp in general the week after his death in 2020.
Main Weaknesses: She has a moderate case of ADHD (which she developed when she was a high school student, but at least she's been managing it well since then) and also sometimes oversleeps and therefore comes late to House hearings.
Biography: A natural-born American citizen, Sidney Larsen-Cheng was born on December 29, 1982 in the Bronx borough of New York City to a naturalized Chinese-born restaurant-owning father who migrated with his own parents to the States at the age of 9 in the early 1970s due to China's Cultural Revolution and a natural-born American chef mother. When she was 11, her father was murdered in a hit-and-run car accident; her mother inherited her husband's estate (including his Chinese restaurant in the City Island neighborhood of the Bronx) upon his death and went on to transform the Chinese restaurant into a local diner.

When Sidney was in high school, she started working part-time as a chef at her mother's local diner and would sometimes come out of her comfort zone to protest for social justice during the weekends; she'd later enroll herself at Lehman College at the age of 18, where she'd study for a Bachelor's degree in Political Science for the next three years because of her interest in politics while still being a part-time diner chef. At the age of 21, she graduated with the aforementioned Bachelor's degree as part of Lehman College's Class of 2004 and moved to the borough of Queens (specifically, the Flushing neighborhood) to open a restaurant specializing in Chinese beef noodles. From that point on, she'd often write messages of support for the minorities living in her neighborhood on her restaurant window and sometimes even go out to protest against anti-minority discrimination whenever she heard about it. Slowly but surely, she'd built a sizeable support base in her own neighborhood and even joined the Queens Community Board 7 in 2012.

After becoming a community board member, she became more involved in community causes while continuing to operate her own restaurant and even began forming relationships with Queens borough politicians. With that, over the next few years, she slowly gained a borough-wide support base to build up from her already-sizeable one in her own neighborhood to the point that her candidacy to represent a city council district of NYC was publicized in 2017; her candidacy turned out to be successful, as she was elected as the Representative of New York City's 20th City Council district in the council's elections that year.

In 2018 - while she was still a New York City Council member - she publicly came out as asexual, while in 2019, she publicly declared her plans to be a candidate to represent New York's 6th congressional district in the 2020 house elections; this candidacy was also a successful one for her, as she was elected into that position in those elections - with that, she resigned from her position in the New York City Council effective January 20, 2021, and also permanently closed her restaurant down to focus on entering Congress.
Other Info:
>Preferred pronouns - she/her
>Political stances - social democrat, pro-LGBT pro-environmentalism, publicly supportive of tax raises for the wealthy, publicly supportive of the #StopAsianHate movement, neutral on abortion, anti-Wolf, anti-KKK, anti-misogynist, publicly opposes hate groups in general, undecided on refugees

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Rhim Flavezztowland

Do Not Remove: DRAFT87421

Can I convince you to look into a different char model with more uhh politician-y photos? If not that's all good, just a suggestion.

An admin will give this a proper review momentarily.

[Sarenium]

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Karg
Character Name: Christina Anna Mudale
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 40
Character Height: 140 lbs
Character Weight: 5'4"
Character Position/Role/Job: Member of Senate Judiciary Committee (2021-Present)
Junior United States Senator for Alabama (2021-Present)
Alabama Attorney General (2017-2020)
Covington County District Attorney (2012-2027)
Prosecutor (2005-2010)
Character Country/State of Birth: Alabama
Character State of Residence: Alabama
Character Party Affiliation: GOP
Main Strengths: Wolfist, Fairly safe seat, strong support from conservative groups "law and order" credentials
Main Weaknesses: Stuck up, seen as being extremely fringe in political views, recent questionable comments on LGBT people, failing relationship with husband, alienates moderates.
Biography:
Other Info: Born in Andalusia in 1980 to the Andalusia Police Commissioner, Christina was raised in a pearly white neighborhood. She was an average student in Middle and High School, seeing herself as more concerned with becoming cheer captain, chasing guys and partying. This resulted in several run ins with law enforcement, which her father was able to get her out of. College she was made to take her grades more seriously, with strong pressure from her police father to get into law school. She attended Auburn for both her Pre-Law Bachelors and two years of Law School, forcing herself through but still managed to get her parties in.

It was during college where she became a modern conservative. Despite her Dixiecrat parents, she came to admire the Reagan Revolution and first voted for Burke in 2000. She met her husband at a Burke rally in Mobile.

In 2005 she began a job as an Attorney at a firm in Montgomery. Her husband unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2004 but was defeated in the primary. She worked her way up in the Firm and eventually left her job in 2010 to return home to Andalusia to run for District Attorney. She was elected in 2012 and has served since then.

As DA she oversaw several murder cases. She strongly prefers the death penalty and has pushed for it, often against African-Americans. She has always preferred being the prosecutor in the case as opposed to defendant. She has consistently defended the Police Department and is a large proponent of “Law and Order”.

She didn’t vote in the 2012 election as she saw (Not-Romney) as far too much of a moderate for her taste. She started out as a (Not-Ted Cruz) supporter in 2016 and voted for him in the Primary on Super Tuesday. She viewed Arnold Wolf as a "New England atheist" with "lessened respect for Christian, Conservative values". However after the RNC she decided to support the future President. She was a diehard supporter of Wolf until his death. She viewed Tawney as a "weak moderate", reminding her of (Not-Romney).

She voted for (Not-Roy More) in the 2017 Special and was disappointed by (Not-Jones) victory. Following the desertion of the state Alabama Attorney General position as the incumbent left for the Wolf administration. This caused a rift with her husband as he wanted to try again in politics after his failure in 2004, but that would require Christina to take over as primary caretaker for their one year old son Peter. Despite his protests, she went ahead and registered her candidacy.

She joined several other state AGs in lobbying the Wolf administration to overturn the Baharia era "DACA" policy. In 2018 she joined 20 other AGs in a lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional.

In early 2019, she decided to run for Senate herself against (Not Jones). She kept her husband mostly out of her campaign events and barely spook to him during their campaign.

Her campaign started out against a former Senator (Not-Sessions) running for his old seat, however thanks to big name endorsements including Presidential Candidate Nate Richardson was able to clear the primary with 52% of the vote in the runoff against (Not-Sessions). She started out polling even against (Not Jones) who had done much to moderate himself, however as the national race started to deepen partisan divides Christina found herself on the more popular side of the culture war in Alabama. She campaigned on opposition to Roe, Obergefell and other culture issues that she successfully tied the Democrat too.

The (Not-George Floyd) protests also contributed to her campaign, as she ran on a policy of "full law and order" emphasizing her law background and promising to end "all lawlessness and disorder" in Alabama by supporting pro-police policies.

She reached national in the general election debate by attacking (Not-Jones) on the issue of same-sex marriage. She emphasized that Alabama was the only state in the Union with more than 50% of the populace opposing same-sex marriage, meaning that "If most Alabamans oppose this practice, their state should have the right to do so." On the campaign trail she continued to press anti-LGBT rhetoric, attacking transgender people using their preferred bathrooms as potential for pedophilia and stated that "gay couples should not be on TV shoved in our kid's faces and should be kept private."

On election day, she prevailed over (Not-Jones) by nearly ten points.

Mudale is now one of the youngest members of the US Senate. She is considered a standard Wolfist.

Other Info: Hyperpartisan. General Wolfist views. Lacks hard views on Foreign Policy. Has a husband Harold, with one three year old son Peter.


Political Views
Social Issues

Abortion-She opposes abortion fully, calling Roe V. Wade "modern genocide" and saying it is imperative it is repealed as soon as possible.

BLM-She is against the BLM movement, calling them "domestic terrorists" and "radical Marxists". She has repeated defended use of force by police and called for criminals to be "taken off the street fast"

Gun Control-Opposes gun control, A+ rating from NRA.

LGBT Issues-Opposes same-sex marriage, called for Obergefell V Hodges to be repealed and have the power returned to states. Supports banning transgender individuals from sports teams of their chosen sex as well as bathrooms.

Wolf-Calls Arnold Wolf "The Greatest President in recent years, maybe ever". Is considered a Wolf loyalist.

Social Media-Says section 230 should be repealed.

Immigration-Says that all illegal immigrants should be deported and supports building a wall on the southern border.

Economic Issues

ACA-Believes the ACA to be unconstitutional, has lobbied as AG to repeal it.

Unions-Is a diehard supporter of right-to-work laws, has referred to Unions as "laziness conventions".

Environmental protections-Supports repealing environmental protections, supports using coal and oil, she has said global warming "Could certainly be a hoax".



Supported: Burke 2000
Burke 2004
Not-Huckabee 2008
Not-Santorum 2012
Not-Cruz and Wolf 2016
Nate Richardson 2020

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


Do Not Remove: ACCEPTED87421

Accepted fellow Alabamian. Deb has a friend.

[Cybernetic Socialist Republics]

platitude platitude platitude

wow so clear

Clear Commitment

uhh i don't understand it dur hur

[Deblar]

Damn, Abrams destroying the Republicans with some good old fashioned facts and logic, Shen Bapiro style

[New Cobastheia]

I love how Colbert is trying to open his doors and be more social with his conference members at the insistence of this wife, it's very cute, not to mention that it's a very effective way to give him more character and some insight to what his family life is like

[Alozia]

Damn, Abrams destroying the Republicans with some good old fashioned facts and logic, Shen Bapiro style

Ewwww...

Also, are you saying all Jewish people are alike?

[Deblar]

Damn, Abrams destroying the Republicans with some good old fashioned facts and logic, Shen Bapiro style

Ewwww...

Also, are you saying all Jewish people are alike?

No, I didn’t even know he was Jewish until you mentioned it

[The Orion Islands]

I love how Colbert is trying to open his doors and be more social with his conference members at the insistence of this wife, it's very cute, not to mention that it's a very effective way to give him more character and some insight to what his family life is like

Thanks! I'm not very good at that part of this whole thing. I'll try to get better.

[Latvijas Otra Republika]

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Latvijas Otra Republika
Character Name: Ellis Mackay
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 43
Character Height: 6 ft
Character Weight: 78kg
Character Position/Role/Job:

- U.S Senator from Missouri (2019-Incumbent)
- 42nd Attorney General of Missouri (2017-2019)
- Founder and President of the 'Liberty & Dignity for Missouri' Project (2014-2016)
- Counsel for Becket Fund for Religious Liberty (2011-2014)
- Appellate Litigator at Hogan & Hartson (2005-2011)
- Law Clerk (2003-2005)

Character Country/State of Birth: Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Character State of Residence: Vienna, Virginia
Character Party Affiliation: Republican (1995-Present)
Main Strengths:

- Highly respectable academic credentials and background, well-versed in law making and clinical analysis which has aided his political career well (legislation writing, court rulings, campaign strategy)
- The embrace of rigours Anti-Elitist, Anti-Establishment, rhetoric and policy have caught the admiration of Wolf sympathisers and voters
- Well-proven track record of supporting religious freedom and the stances of Evangelical Christians, hardliner for Christian social conservative viewpoints
- Continually has put forward legislation and made court rulings that are directly in line with his promises, making him reputable in the eyes of his base
- Domestic life makes him appear as a caring family man, politically used for positive public perception
- Well-Spoken and eloquent in discourse
- Prominent anti-Big Tech and anti-Pharmaceutical campaigner, leading figure for Conservatives on the issue

Main Weaknesses:

- Numerous rulings and stances as Attorney General have alienated minorities and caused public outcry, worsening relations with moderates and Democrats
- 'Ladder Climbing Career Politician' attacks during his campaign for Attorney General have now come back to haunt him as he engaged in ladder climbing
- Deemed a hypocrite to some due to his well-off upbringing/academic background contrasting with his populist sentiments
- Relations with Silicone Valley executives, investors and prominent figures has soured due to this 'anti-Big tech crusade'. Fundraising abilities and industry connections heavily limited
- Extremely polarising figure due to his stances on social issues
- Often times seen as a slick political opportunist due to ladder climbing and frequent bending towards popular right-wing public opinions and reactions, frequently tries to appease base and their views rather than finding a middle path or asserting his own views
- Accused of encouraging violence due to his organization of the failed 'Commemorate Wolf' March, calls for resignation and accusations of radicalism

Biography:
Born unexpectedly in February 4th, 1977, to two upper-middle class parents during a holiday in Pigeon Forge. Ellis Mackay had a comfortable background, his father being a high earning banker meant that his childhood and adolescence was well cushioned. For much of his youth both of his parents frequently travelled to D.C, away from their home city of Saint Joseph due Ellis' fathers employment, naturally it meant that much of Ellis' times was devoted to private tutors and learning. He attended Westminster Christian Academy, a private Catholic prep school, from where his traditional Christian social views began to form. He eventually graduated as a Valedictorian in 1995, largely due to his past tutoring. He went on to read history in Columbia University, graduating in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. During his studies he frequently contributed Columbia Daily Spectator, specialising in local history whenever possible. In 1999 he was accepted into Harvard Law School from which he graduated from in 2003 with a Juris Doctor degree. During his time there he was an editor at the Harvard Law Review and the President of the Harvard Federalist Society.

His professional career began by becoming a law clerk for a circuit judge within the United States Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit, during this time he met his future wife, Ellen Grafton, which he married in 2006. With this experience he successfully applied to become a litigator at Hogan & Hartson, moving to it's headquarters in D.C. His public advocacy for Christian values, as seen in a few of his columns written for The Washington Times, and frequent donations gave him the attention of a religious freedom orientated non-profit named the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. The organization invited him to work under it, which he accepted. During his time there he become more involved in U.S politics through the funds many Supreme Court cases, giving legal advice in the Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC case which later asserted the right for religious institution to be exempt from anti-discrimination laws in hiring employees. He later used his involvement with the organization to present himself as a vocal opponent of 'religious defamation' during his later political campaigns, he also used his involvement in the funds lawsuit against the Affordable Care act in 2012 as key part of his platform and political advertisements. In 2013 he briefly served as a faculty member for the Blackstone Legal Fellowship, a Christian legal training program funded by the Alliance defending Freedom. Resigning from his role in the Fund in 2014, he arrived in Missouri to kickstart the Liberty & Dignity for Missouri Project which had the intended goal of defending the constitution and limiting the role of Government. Though the project publicly stated that it's intended goal was to inform the public of their rights against the government, it was mainly used to set the tone of Mackay's personal policies and political platform. During this time Mackay gave much of his time to involving himself with Missouri Republican politics, contributing with donations and local campaigning.

In 2016 Mackay ran for Attorney General in Missouri, his platform being based around his experience in various law institutions - defence of religious freedom - strict constitutional originalism - limiting government and it's overreach - ceasing corruption and the promotion of family values. He raised roughly eight million for his campaign, much of it coming from local Conservative corporate owners, and defeated his rival in the primaries by 64% of the vote. In the general election he defeated his Democrat opponent by 1,389,196 votes and 61.10% of the vote, his main focus in the general election being to 'end the corruption of career politicians' and to defend religious freedoms.

Much of his tenure as Attorney General can be considered controversial, the beginning more so. The Death of Not-Tory Sanders case, where a black motorist died subsequently after a police assault, ended with a verdict that the police did not intend death and so no murder chargers should be issued. The Missouri chapter of the NAACP and prominent activists raised alarm over the verdict, causing controversy which was later revived in 2020 due to the rise of the BLM movement. In the same year Mackay opened a case against three mayor drug companies operating in the U.S, suing them for violating state Medicaid laws and contributing to the U.S opioid epidemic - the damages sought where in hundreds of millions. Subsequently he opened investigations seven opioid drug distributors. Despite the commotion, not much further progress was made into the case and investigations. On October 29, 2017, Mackay launched an audit into the backlog of untested rapekits due to media interest in the matter - finding 5,000 in such condition. Later only a few, roughly ten, where used for possible persecutions. From 2016-2017 his office launched investigations into if Google was violating anti trust laws, in 2018 he had issued a subpoena to Twitter to see if the company dealt with the private users properly. Between 2017-2018 Mackay tiptoed around starting investigations over the potential legal violations of Governor Not-Greitens, later conceding to Democrat pressure and approving an investigation into if he had violated state Sunshine-Laws. In 2018 Mackay joined twenty other Republicans in a lawsuit against the Affordable Care act, an action that was criticised by Democrats due to the negative impact on individuals with pre-existing conditions - a claim which he denied.

Mid-2017 Mackay had already formed an exploratory campaign committee for the U.S. Senate, later announcing his campaign in 2018. In his crowded primary he received support from President Arnold Wolf due to his populist policies and previous actions as Attorney General that went in line Wolf's agenda, he subsequently received support from Senate Conservatives Fund. His campaign platform was mostly consistent from before: maintaining tax cut for economic growth, asserting religious freedoms, repealing the Affordable Care Act, charging opioid producers and distributers, drastically reducing the power of large tech companies and greatly limiting immigration. The main theme of his campaign was based around religious liberty, fighting the rich and powerful and the defence of the constitution. In the primary he gained 58.6% of the vote and 389,006 votes. In the general election he faced criticism for political ladder climbing and his hypocrisy on the matter, he was also judged for only presiding as Attorney General for such a small duration of time. He himself criticised his opponent for being too liberal for the state, asserting that maintaining a conservative supreme court was crucial in defending Missouri's interests. Mackay narrowly won the election with 51.4% of the vote and 1,254,927 votes. In 2019 a short-lived inquiry was launched on Mackay on if he had misappropriated public funds for his campaign which was closed for insufficient evidence. In 2019 a Wall Street Journal investigation had found that he had illegally spent funds, roughly twenty dollars on a vendor on a recreational theme park - in 2020 his office claimed it was reimbursed.

During his tenure he greatly influenced the rejection of the Wolf appointed Not-Bogren as a district judge, mainly by criticising his past anti-Catholic comments and stances. In 2019 he presented the National Security and Personal Data Protection Act, which proposed to prevent U.S companies from storing data in China - a part of his anti-big tech crusade. In late 2019 he endorsed Nate Richardson for President. During the same time he criticised the CCP and Hong Kong authorities for 'oppressive rule' and visited the city during it's protests, asserting his stance on self-determinism. In 2020, after the death of President Wolf, Mackay spearheaded a 'Commemorate Wolf' march of roughly five hundred supporters in Jefferson City which resulted in a large amount of negative press. During the March, a separate scuffle occurred between a group of left-wing counter protestors and bikers that resulted in a single death, several injuries, and the early cancellation of the event. Mackay's nonchalant reaction towards the violence and role in organizing the event was seen abhorrent, multiple Democrats and organizations called for his resignation. Mackay was subsequently seen by some as being complicit in radicalism and a death, he himself has attempted to spin the event as being caused by left wing agitation and has refused to resign. He currently is apart of the multiple senate sub-committees, mainly in the Judiciary and Small Business/Entrepreneurship.

Other Info: Three kids

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Latvijas Otra Republika

Do Not Remove: DRAFT87421

[Cybernetic Socialist Republics]

So here's what I'm assuming from this point forward.

1. For some reason, the industrial automation, big tech, manufacturing and finance business sectors are so far on the backfoot on the automation question, republicans are proposing to deal with it raising taxes on businesses.

2. In response, think tanks would turn to reviving Employee Stock Ownership Plans as alternative to being taxed more. Sort of like how the push for single payer health care in the 90s lead the heritage foundation to come up with mandatory subsidized private insurance as an alternative Except, you know you didn't have republicans backing single payer, or even a public option, in significant numbers, which is basically what the current situation is equivalent to.

3. Since Kurian is advancing that position without apology, that should make her someone that these anti-robot tax lobbyists (which should include virtually the entire business lobby to varying degrees) is supportive of in the media and financially.

4. Since ESOPs are something that has historically had consistent mild support, now that there's a business lobby that wants to use it to avoid new taxes, that mild support should have life breathed into it. Sort of like how the green tech lobby strengthened support for climate regulation and investment. Except this time, instead of green tech companies pushing this, it's every lobby that might want to automate some part of their business at some point and instead of the fossil fuel sector being in opposition, it's a fraction of an already weak labor movement, made even weaker by an extremely slack labor market and made even less likely to oppose ESOPs as a lot of unions wouldn't mind owning company stock.

5. Since in real life, ESOPs have trans-ideological support, particularly in the Senate, from libertarians (Paul) to centrist democrats (Coons) to right populists (Cotton) to democratic socialists (Sanders) to mainstream republicans (McConnell) to progressives (Warren) to Liberal Republicans (Collins) to blue dog democrats (Sinema) and both of Wisconsin's Senators, it would be fair to assume that independents, moderate republicans and libertarians in Wisconsin would reward Kurian for embracing the policy it's self, with a bunch of conservatives also just liking to see congressional leadership both republican and democrat howl in response.


All in all, I don't see any reason these five assumptions shouldn't apply right now, beyond the fact a bunch of player characters would be on the wrong side of it.

[Jovuistan]

It's not what you say, but how you say it.

[Velahor]

So here's what I'm assuming from this point forward.

1. For some reason, the industrial automation, big tech, manufacturing and finance business sectors are so far on the backfoot on the automation question, republicans are proposing to deal with it raising taxes on businesses.

2. In response, think tanks would turn to reviving Employee Stock Ownership Plans as alternative to being taxed more. Sort of like how the push for single payer health care in the 90s lead the heritage foundation to come up with mandatory subsidized private insurance as an alternative Except, you know you didn't have republicans backing single payer, or even a public option, in significant numbers, which is basically what the current situation is equivalent to.

3. Since Kurian is advancing that position without apology, that should make her someone that these anti-robot tax lobbyists (which should include virtually the entire business lobby to varying degrees) is supportive of in the media and financially.

4. Since ESOPs are something that has historically had consistent mild support, now that there's a business lobby that wants to use it to avoid new taxes, that mild support should have life breathed into it. Sort of like how the green tech lobby strengthened support for climate regulation and investment. Except this time, instead of green tech companies pushing this, it's every lobby that might want to automate some part of their business at some point and instead of the fossil fuel sector being in opposition, it's a fraction of an already weak labor movement, made even weaker by an extremely slack labor market and made even less likely to oppose ESOPs as a lot of unions wouldn't mind owning company stock.

5. Since in real life, ESOPs have trans-ideological support, particularly in the Senate, from libertarians (Paul) to centrist democrats (Coons) to right populists (Cotton) to democratic socialists (Sanders) to mainstream republicans (McConnell) to progressives (Warren) to Liberal Republicans (Collins) to blue dog democrats (Sinema) and both of Wisconsin's Senators, it would be fair to assume that independents, moderate republicans and libertarians in Wisconsin would reward Kurian for embracing the policy it's self, with a bunch of conservatives also just liking to see congressional leadership both republican and democrat howl in response.


All in all, I don't see any reason these five assumptions shouldn't apply right now, beyond the fact a bunch of player characters would be on the wrong side of it.

You're twisting this. Nobody, barring maybe Duncan, has actually come out against ESOPs. Gundersen would likely support them, and most of my Republicans would if it were brought up. While your points are likely true (data would be nice), it doesn't change the fact that a detailed explanation of ESOPs on the debate stage is more likely to make the WWC tune out rather than get their attention, and the message appears muddled in comparison to the others.

Like Jovu said, it's not what you say, it's how you say it.

While ESOPs are more popular with conservative policymakers, an automation tax can receive better reception from voters in a debate if worded in a way that better resonates with GOP/MAGA values.

[Velahor]

I love how Colbert is trying to open his doors and be more social with his conference members at the insistence of this wife, it's very cute, not to mention that it's a very effective way to give him more character and some insight to what his family life is like

I like it too, I actually had a similar idea for Rogers. I still think that Rogers would probably, in spite of policy differences, personally end up befriending the young Republican Senators in nearby states. (Wolf Jr. & Colbert)

[Cybernetic Socialist Republics]

thinking it's probably worth something that everything Kurian came out in favor of was in the American Health Care Act of 2017. maybe.

[Helliniki Katastasis]

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Helliniki Katastasis
Character Name: Steven "Steve" MacGregor
Character Gender: male
Character Age: 66
Character Height: 6'4
Character Weight: 210lbs
Character Position/Role/Job:
Candidate for Virginia Governor (2021)
CEO of MacGregor Technologies (1986-)
Owner of the Washington Post (2013-2021)
Co-Founder of the MacGregor-Howe Corporation (1975-1986)
Student at the University of Maryland (1973-1977)

Character Country/State of Birth: McLean, Virginia
Character State of Residence: Fairfax Station, Virginia
Character Party Affiliation: Republican

Main Strengths: Outsider reputation, name recognition, personal wealth, connections in Washington, bilateral appeal (Wolfists v. Moderates)
Main Weaknesses: Seen as out-of-touch, personal wealth, lack of political instinct, untested in politics, born into wealth, personal life

Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs)

The MacGregor family has a storied past in Virginia. Steve's grandfather, Lyle MacGregor was the patriarch of the family, immigrating from Ireland in 1914. Settling in Northern Virginia, he spent most of the immediate postwar period hopping between jobs, before finding his calling; When Prohibition was enacted, he quickly jumped into the moonshining business, becoming a titan of illegal smuggling network in and out of Washington. A jailbird throughout the following decade, he made connections with various congressmen and lobbyists on Capitol Hill. Marrying a young woman in 1928, their son Henry was born in 1930. A studious child, he used his father's connections in DC to aquire an academic scholarship from Princeton, graduating not long before Steven was born. Moving the the prestigious suburb of McLean, Henry ran for and became a longtime congressman from Virginia until 1971. A leading pro-civil rights voice in Virginia and at odds with the more southern-minded colleaguesof his, he passed the ideals of liberty and justice for all unto his son.

Steven, an academic like his father, maintained steady averages throughout grade school and graduated from a private high school with a 3.96 GPA, and became the valedictorian of his graduating class. Attending Princeton like his father, he became a star student. However, behind the scenes,, it was much different. Frequenting bars and undesirable institutions in downtown Princeton, he wasted away most of his income made working at McDonalds by gambling, drinking, and smoking various hard drugs, including LSD and heroin. A supporter of Eugene McCarthy and John Anderson, he became a staunch progressive in politics and very outspoken while in school, much to the anger of his family in Virginia. Adopting the now-aging lifestyle of a hippie, he made plans to move to San Francisco after graduated and wrote once in a letter home that he was going to "live the rad life in heaven". On the bright side, along with a few of his friends, including childhood friend George Howe, he took a number of classes in computer science and technology, and in 1975 launched a company from their dorm room, originally dubbed "Princeton Computers". Aiming to revolutionize the computer industry into something that could be used at the workplace - inspired by what Howe and MacGregor had seen in class at Princeton. The first few years of the company went slowly, as they came up with thousands of designs for computers and only ever producing one prototype (that now sits in a display case at MacGregor's house), which included a large monitor, and a large platform that was connected by wire to the main computer. Using a steel stylus with a cloth tip, you could write letters and draw diagrams on the platform, which would then project onto the monitor. When an attempt to patent the device failed, both Howe and MacGregor lost interest in the company, until they graduated in 1977. Marrying one of his friends involved in the company, Jeanne, he moved back to McLean and decided to quit the drugs and habits he had developed at Princeton.

Operating the company now completely with Howe, who lived in Annapolis, they began a switch to manufacturing computer parts, in a attempt to grow the company. Purchasing a warehouse in Baltimore, they quickly hired employees as the economy suffered in 1983. Acquiring a contract with California-based startup Apple, Steve used his father's ties in DC to aquire a contract with the Department of the Interior, and later with the Defense Department to manufacture computer parts to be used in both federal and domestic markets. Their company exploding, they soon expanded operations to nearly two dozen storage centers across Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, and nearly twenty manufacturing sites from Norfolk to Hartford. A titan of the east coast market, between 1983 and 1985 their profits and both Howe and MacGregor's net worth skyrocketed by 278% a 360% respectively. In 1986, a blow to the company occurred when a disagreement over the direction of the company sent George Howe packing in 1986, after the board of directors sided with MacGregor, who pushed for expansion into more markets. However, still relatively unknown by the general public, they launched a series of home computers, hard drives, PCs, and even a video game console, Neuron, in 1988. Dropping the console and hard drives in 1991, they focused on new innovations throughout the nineties, such as pioneering the first digital watch in 1996, with a small touch-pad that flipped open from a cover to reveal a watch, step tracker, and phonecall system. Dropping their contract with Apple to compete with them, they became a smash hit throughout the 90s and 2000s in the technology industry, going public in 1999 and going international in summer 2001. However, trouble brew as MacGregor's personal life collapsed that winter, when it was revealed he had been cheating on his wife for nearly a decade with a company intern, whom he promptly married after his divorce was settled in 2002.

When the War on Terror began in 2002, the defense contract was renewed between MacGregor Technologies and the feds, as new technology developed over the course of the war, with MacGregor-made parts being used in GPS, laptops, and monitoring systems, as well as cameras and displays for the Army, as well as by the White House. Becoming the third-most prominent company in technology behind Microsoft and Apple, a short attempt was made in 2006 to launch a search browser, however this didn't go far as Google stomped out all competition. The largest employer in the technology and manufacturing sector across the Eastern Seaboard, the company was hit extremely hard by the 2008 financial crash. Thousands of employees were laid off, and salaries were cut across the board, including for MacGregor. Feeling sympathy for the laid-off workers, he donated nearly 25% of his wealth to charity to help the unemployed by the financial crash, earning him widespread praise in the media.

In 2010, he made a pledge that the recovering company would attempt to re-hire as many of its laid off workers as possible. Throughout the company's lifespan, MacGregor made a commitment not to outsource jobs away from the United States. He became more involved politically in the 2010s, as he became a critic of many of (Barack Obama)'s economic policies, and founded the America Forward Organization in 2012 to fund conservative and evangelical candidates across the country. Endorsing Mitt Romney in 2012, he became a Romney surrogate and stumped for him throughout Virginia, however the state still went to (Obama) by a decent margin. Searching for a way to become more active outside of the company, he purchased the Washington Post in 2013 and oversaw a shift by the paper in a more conservative direction, encouraging executives to sack liberal editors and replace them with conservative ones. Back at MacGregor Technologies, he oversaw another shift further away from manufacturing and into consumer sales, acquiring contracts with Home Depot, Walmart, Tractor Supply, and countless small businesses across the country for exclusive rights to sell MT products at the stores, and to provide discounted parts, laptops, computers, and printers to small businesses. Partnering with Verizon to spread internet connection across rural America, he saw the company rebound in popularity and profit in the late 2010s, with a large portion of the technology sector under his control.

An initia skeptic of Wolf and his more protectionist and anti-monopoly policies, he stayed somewhat distant from the President throughout his term.

In 2017, MacGregor and wife Ann ambically split after 15 years of marriage. In 2019, MacGregor married May Hoover, a staffer at the Energy Department.

Escalating his involvement in politics, he became a harsh critic of national Democrats and Governor (Northam), and worked with President Wolf on several initiatives involving technology companies. Expanding involvement in AFO and launching a weekly podcast entitled "MacGregor One-on-One" in 2018, he became a frequent guest and contributor to Fox News and Newsmax TV. In an attempt to be more transparent, 2019 saw a release of 30 years worth of tax returns, internal investigations into corruption and privacy by an independent commission, and released a feature on the MT website which let users see their data as shown in code at MT and how it was being used. Labeled one of the cleanest and most transparent companies, MacGregor lambasted Apple, Facebook, and other companies for their privacy concerns.

In December of 2020, MacGregor announced that he would be lessening his involvement at MT and run for Governor of Virginia as a Republican. To avoid a potential conflict of interest, he announced he would sell the Washington Post, and it was then purchased in January by (Elon Musk).

Other Info:
Net Worth: ~$850 million
Has one child with first wife Jeanne
Has three children with second wife, Ann
Has one stepchild with current wife, May

Company name:
Princeton Computers (1975-1977)
MacGregor-Howe Corporation (1977-1986)
MacGregor Technologies (1986-2018*)
(*Shortened officially to MT in 2018, however both are still used)

Only close friends, family know about personal history as a young adult

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: (Helliniki Katastasis)

Do Not Remove: DRAFT87421