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Statehood for Puerto Rico!

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Let’s make Puerto Rico a State in our Union. It’s long overdue.

Fellow Americans! This includes the people of Puerto Rico including those currently living on the island, and, sadly, unlike Puerto Ricans who live in a US state, cannot vote for their President and Vice-President. We are long overdue to make Puerto Rico a new state in our old Union, or grant it full  independence. The island’s status cannot continue to exist in the colonial twilight of legal purgatory. Yesterday in New York City, a comedian at Republican Donald Trump’s big Manhattan campaign rally made a nasty, ugly, and racist joke at Puerto Rico’s expense. The joke immediately antagonized Puerto Ricans everywhere. It angered numerous other Hispanics and Latinos including those who support Trump for President. Democratic candidate for Vice-President Tim Waltz called out the comedian, who in turn derided the Governor of Minnesota for being unable to take a joke. The vile comedian was defensive and concluded his remarks with an immature, stupid, and sexist joke about women’s periods.

An enormous backlash against the Trump-Vance campaign exploded. Many Republicans were embarrassed, disturbed, and criticized the pro-Trump jokester. Campaign insiders were incensed rally organizers did not properly vet the comedian. Furthermore, Trump’s Manhattan rally was noteworthy for the violence and hatred in Republican campaign rhetoric. Indeed, many considered it as having the most violent rhetoric of any major campaign rally. Another consequence is the hostile, hateful jokes shined a spotlight on the festering identity issues of Puerto Rico. Continue reading →

Make DC the State of Douglass

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Expand self-determination for people in U.S. territories…without any further delay

People of America, fellow citizens of our constitutional democratic republic, let us grant DC statehood. Let’s add the District of Columbia to the Union as a state and rename it the State of Douglass. Let’s forward similar processes with Puerto Rico and other territories. All equally deserve to be liberated from anachronistic shackles of population requirements especially on islands and other areas constrained by geography so they may all engage with their fellow Americans as full citizens able to vote for their President and Vice-President of our United States. Yes, let’s grant DC statehood now.

The District of Columbia is constrained by geography, history, and territorial conflicts. DC can exist as a state, however small, simply as it is, especially as it’s population is larger than several other much larger current states. DC can be a state without any additional territory, altho it would be to the benefit of DC to have more territory. Having a larger, viable state in and around the current DC, while a territorial, voting, and tax loss in the short term for Virginia and Maryland, would most likely in the long run be in the best interests of the greater region including those neighboring states. Continue reading →