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Leftist Senate Caucus

2020-04-09T11:11:42Z

ABarch: /* Current membership */

The leftist Senate Caucus has changed dramatically over time. It has, throughout its history, been comprised of: [[Democratic Party]] members, [[Progressive Party]] members, [[Communist Party]] members, [[Labor Party]] Members, [[American Liberal Coalition]] members, [[Socialist Party]] members, and various independents.

==Current membership==
[[ALP]] members:

[[Order]]

[[Ted Ddet]]

[[April]]

[[Socialist Party]] members:

[[Trash]]

Independents:

[[Zarphos]]

Leftist Senate Caucus

2020-04-09T11:09:35Z

ABarch:

United Left

2020-04-09T11:08:39Z

ABarch:

The '''People's Socialist Liberation Party''', more commonly referred to as to as the '''Socialist Party''' or '''PLSPA''' (the "A" standing for America), is a far-left political party founded in Late February of 2020, ranging from democratic socialists to full-on communists. As the name suggests, it has a mainly socialist policy and claims to be for the middle-class.
As of March 2020, the Socialists officially won one seat in the [[House of Representatives]] and one seat in the [[Senate]], but caucused with the [[American Liberal Party]] in both of the chambers thereof.

{{Infobox political party
| name = People's Socialist Liberation Party of America
| logo = TO BE ADDED
| colorcode = #ff0000
| founded = February 6, 2020
| leader1_title = Chair
| leader1_name = [[Trash]]
| leader2_title = National Council (NCP)
| leader2_name = [[dfads]] [[jogod]]
| ideology = Democratic Socialism Communism 
| membership = 23
| colors = {{Color box|#ff0000}}
|seats1_title = [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|17|#ff0000}}
|seats2_title = [[United States Senate|Senate]]
|seats2 = {{Composition bar|1|6|#ff0000}}
|seats3_title = Governorships
|seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|3|#ff0000}}
|seats4_title = State Legislatures
|seats4 = {{Composition bar|1|17|#ff0000}}
| website = https://discord.gg/cUKAjAU
}}

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==History==

TO BE ADDED

==Leadership History==

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan = 3|Chair
|-
!Term
!Name
!Term of Service
|-
!First
!rowspan = 2|[[Trash]]
!February 6, 2020 - March 10, 2020
|-
!Second
!March 11, 2020 - Present
|}

== Electoral History ==

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan = 3|House of Representatives
!colspan = 3|Senate
|-
!Election
!Seats Won
!+/-
!Election
!Seats Won
!+/-
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, March 2020|Mar. 2020]]
|{{Composition bar|1|17|#ff0000}}
|{{increase}} 1
![[United States Senate elections, March 2020|Mar. 2020]]
|{{Composition bar|1|6|#ff0000}}
|{{increase}} 1
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Election
!Candidate
!North Electoral Votes
!Dixie Electoral Votes
!Jefferson Electoral Votes
!Total Electoral Votes
!+/-
!Result
|-
![[United States presidential election, March 2020|Mar. 2020]]
|'''No Candidate'''
|{{Composition bar|0|8|#1aa3ff}}
|{{Composition bar|0|7|#1aa3ff}}
|{{Composition bar|0|8|#1aa3ff}}
|{{Composition bar|0|23|#1aa3ff}}
||{{steady}}
|'''Federalist Victory'''
|}

Leftist Senate Caucus

2020-04-09T11:07:14Z

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United States Senate

2020-04-09T11:03:09Z

ABarch:

{{Infobox legislature
|name = United States Senate
| house_type = Upper house
| new_session = {{Start date|2019|11|07}}
| leader1_type = [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|President Pro Tempore]]
| leader1 = [[Order]]
| party1 = ([[American Liberal Coalition]])
| election1 = Sometime

| leader2_type = [[Majority Leader of the United States Senate|Majority Leader]]
| leader2 = [[Ted Ddet]]
| party2 = ([[American Liberal Coalition]])
| election2 = Also sometime

| leader3_type = [[Minority Leader of the United States Senate|Minority Leader]]
| leader3 = [[Hagen]]
| party3 = ([[Federalist Party]])
| election3 = Sometime

|members = 6 voting members 4 needed for control
|structure1=
|structure1_res=275px
| political_groups1 = '''Majority Caucus''' (5) 
*{{nowrap|{{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}} [[Leftist Senate Caucus]] (5)}} 
'''Minority Caucus''' (1) 
*{{nowrap|{{Color box|darkred|border=darkgray}} [[Federalist Party]] (1)}}
| last_election1 = [[United States Senate elections, March 2019|March 2019]]
| next_election1 = [[United States Senate elections, May 2020|May 2020]]
}}
The '''United States Senate''' is the upper house of the United States Congress, the [[United States House of Representatives]] being the lower house.

The Senate is composed of two senators from each state. The Senate is currently composed of 6 members.

The presiding officer is the President Pro Tempore, who is elected by the members thereof. The floor leaders are selected by their respective party caucuses.

ALP

2020-04-09T11:02:06Z

ABarch: Redirected page to American Liberal Party

#REDIRECT [[American Liberal Party]]

Order

2020-04-09T11:00:52Z

ABarch: Redirected page to James Order

#REDIRECT [[James Order]]

United States Senate

2020-04-09T10:59:56Z

ABarch:

{{Infobox legislature
|name = United States Senate
| house_type = Upper house
| new_session = {{Start date|2019|11|07}}
| leader1_type = [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|President Pro Tempore]]
| leader1 = [[Order]]
| party1 = ([[American Liberal Coalition]])
| election1 = Sometime

| leader2_type = [[Majority Leader of the United States Senate|Majority Leader]]
| leader2 = [[Ted Ddet]]
| party2 = ([[American Liberal Coalition]])
| election2 = Also sometime

| leader3_type = [[Minority Leader of the United States Senate|Minority Leader]]
| leader3 = [[Hagen]]
| party3 = ([[Federalist Party]])
| election3 = Sometime

|members = 6 voting members 4 needed for control
|structure1=
|structure1_res=275px
| political_groups1 = '''Majority Caucus''' (5) 
*{{nowrap|{{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}} [[Leftist Senate Caucus]] (5)}} 
'''Minority Caucus''' (1) 
*{{nowrap|{{Color box|darkred|border=darkgray}} [[Federalist Party]] (3)}}
| last_election1 = [[United States Senate elections, September 2019|September 2019]]
| next_election1 = [[United States Senate elections, January 2020|January 2020]]
}}
The '''United States Senate''' is the upper house of the United States Congress, the [[United States House of Representatives]] being the lower house.

The Senate is composed of two senators from each state. The Senate is currently composed of 6 members.

The presiding officer is the President Pro Tempore, who is elected by the members thereof. The floor leaders are selected by their respective party caucuses.

Social Democratic Party

2020-04-09T10:54:41Z

ABarch:

The '''American Liberal Party''', sometimes referred to as the '''ALP''' or '''Liberal Party''', is a left-wing political party founded in February of 2020 as an alternative to the [[Labor Party]]. It covers the wide ideological tent of current liberalism, left-libertarianism and democratic socialism.
As of March 2020, the American Liberals controlled the Senate and the Northern Hall of Delegates through a coalition with the Independent, [[Thanos May]].

{{Infobox political party
| name = American Liberal Party
| logo = R05vlp_large.png
| colorcode = #1aa3ff
| founded = 3 February 2020
| leader1_title = Director
| leader1_name = [[Ted Ddet]]
| leader2_title = Vice Director
| leader2_name = [[Thanos May]]
| leader3_title = ALNC
| leader3_name = [[James Order]] [[Ted Ddet]] [[Thanos May]] [[Juan Escobar-Mendoza]] [[Andrew Glaze]] [[April]]
| ideology = Modern Liberalism Left-Libertarianism Democratic Socialism
| membership = 31
| colors = {{Color box|#1aa3ff}}{{Color box|#800000}}{{Color box|white}}
|seats1_title = [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|seats1 = {{Composition bar|2|17|#1aa3ff}}
|seats2_title = [[United States Senate|Senate]]
|seats2 = {{Composition bar|2|6|#1aa3ff}}
|seats3_title = Governorships
|seats3 = {{Composition bar|1|3|#1aa3ff}}
|seats4_title = State Legislatures
|seats4 = {{Composition bar|5|17|#1aa3ff}}
| website = https://discord.gg/ejycKWq
}}

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==History==

The American Liberal Party was initially founded by [[James Order]], [[John Darby]], [[Bruce Hill]], [[Ted Ddet]] and [[MediocreLucca]]. These five made up the original ALNC with [[James Order]] as the Director and [[John Darby]] as the Vice Director. It was created due to the impending death of the [[Labor Party]] to provide the public with an alternative left-wing party in the American political system. They quickly began gaining ground in terms of membership when [[John Darby]] took a sudden leave of public life. This left [[Bruce Hill]] with the position of Vice Director. As they were gearing up for the federal elections, the ALP began making up ground converting current members of legislative bodies and winning special elections. In their most recent election, the ALP won the most [[House]] and [[Senate]] seats of any party competing even though they lost the Presidency.

==American Liberal Coalition==

==Leadership History==

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan = 3|Committee Director
|-
!Term
!Name
!Term of Service
|-
!First
!rowspan = 2|[[James Order]]
!February 3, 2020 - March 11, 2020
|-
!Second
!March 12, 2020 - Present
|-
!Third
![[Ted Ddet]]
!April 4, 2020 - Present
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan = 3|Vice Committee Director
|-
!Term
!Name
!Term of Service
|-
!rowspan = 3|First
![[John Darby]]
!February 3, 2020 - February 3, 2020
|-
![[Bruce Hill]]
!February 4, 2020 - February 10, 2020
|-
!rowspan = 2|[[Ted Ddet]]
!February 11, 2020 - March 11, 2020
|-
!Second
!March 12, 2020 - April 4, 2020
|-
!Third
![[Thanos May]]
!April 4, 2020 - Present
|}

== Electoral History ==

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan = 3|House of Representatives
!colspan = 3|Senate
|-
!Election
!Seats Won
!+/-
!Election
!Seats Won
!+/-
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, March 2020|Mar. 2020]]
|{{Composition bar|6|17|#1aa3ff}}
|{{increase}} 1
![[United States Senate elections, March 2020|Mar. 2020]]
|{{Composition bar|3|6|#1aa3ff}}
|{{increase}} 2
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Election
!Candidate
!North Electoral Votes
!Dixie Electoral Votes
!Jefferson Electoral Votes
!Total Electoral Votes
!+/-
!Result
|-
![[United States presidential election, March 2020|Mar. 2020]]
|'''[[Arkenstone]]'''
|{{Composition bar|3|8|#1aa3ff}}
|{{Composition bar|3|7|#1aa3ff}}
|{{Composition bar|3|8|#1aa3ff}}
|{{Composition bar|9|23|#1aa3ff}}
||{{steady}}
|'''Federalist Victory'''
|}

Arkenstone

2020-04-09T10:51:48Z

ABarch:

Arkenstone joined on *date*
He is a member of the [[American Liberal Party]], later the American Liberal coalition

ABC

2020-04-09T10:50:36Z

ABarch: Redirected page to ABC News

#REDIRECT [[ABC News]]

ABC

2020-04-09T10:50:21Z

ABarch: Created page with "# REDIRECT ABC News"

# REDIRECT [[ABC News]]

Arkenstone

2020-04-09T10:49:44Z

ABarch: Created page with "Arkenstone joined on *date* He was a cofounder of the American Liberal Party, later the American Liberal coalition"

Arkenstone joined on *date*
He was a cofounder of the [[American Liberal Party]], later the American Liberal coalition

D.a.barchipelago

2020-04-09T10:43:29Z

ABarch: /* After Impeachment */

{{Infobox officeholder
|name = d.a.barchipelago
|office = Jefferson Senator
|term_start = TBC
|term_end = Early Nov 2019
|predecessor = [[NotAName]]
|successor = [[JMP]]
|office2 = Jefferson Minority leader
|term_start2 = 1st February 2019
|term_end2 = 9th August 2019
|predecessor2 = some random person
|successor2 = [[Cabin]] (?)
|office3 = Jefferson Speaker
|term_start3 = TBC
|term_end3 = N/A
|predecessor3 = [[Rincewind]]
|party = [[Labor]], [[Progressive Party]]
|office4 = Vice President of the United States
|term_start4 = Early Nov 2019
|term_end4 = N/A
|predecessor4 = [[Patty]]
}}

d.a.barchipelago joined AGS on January 12th, 2019. He joined the [[Progressive Party]] immediately. He served as a Senator and MP, and was a founding member of the [[Labor Party]]. He is commonly known as Barch.

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==Political Beliefs==
D.a.barchipelago is a green Moderate Leftist, with large libertarian streaks. He controversially supported LOTRcare (public option) , but would prefer a national health service over it. He fights for democractic integrity, supports campaign funding caps, anti-gerrymandering measures and is a prominent critic of Electoral College, and has made many attempts to repeal it. If you ask him which issue is most important to him, he will always say protecting the planet.

==Jefferson Parliament==
Early on, barch joined the [[Progressive Party]] and the [[Justice Progressives]]. This allowed him, in a suprise upset, to beat [[Cool dad™]] in the Jefferson Parliament Progressive Primary, meaning he was top of the ticket. Due to low all round campaigning (not from barch though) he ended up being the only Progressive elected, making him automatically minority leader.

He was elected successfully in the elections following the communist exodus, and for a third term in the following June elections.

The following August he failed to win re-election to Parliament, which meant for the first time ever, there was no Labor or Progressive member in Parliament. However, the Anarchist .E won her election, and promptly permanently made Thanos her proxy, so while not an official member, there was 'technically' a Laborite in parliament.

He was successfully elected to Parliament in October, and for the first time was part of the majority caucus with [[Hombre]] and hopeful candidate. He was elected speaker, and oversaw a fruitful session.

In December he was elected to Parliament yet again.

==Federal Government==
He was nominated by [[ProgressiveMinded]] as his proxy in the house. This allowed him to gain some legislative experience.

Following his proxying for ProgressiveMinded, he ran for JF-4 against [[Putbye]]. He narrowly lost.

Following the [[Second Communist Exodus]], d.a.barchipelago founded the [[Labor Party]] with [[Lohengramm]], [[Matthew Hale]], [[codegreen]] and [[MichiganLefty]].

He then ran, simultaneously, for Senate and Parliament, and got elected to both.

He was on the list for possible July Presidential election candidates, but discounted a presidential bid, and instead sought re-election.

He was successfully re-elected to his Senate seat, even though all the polls predicted that [[Valerie]] would take it from him.

He ran for Vice President in the November federals, and was successfully elected with [[MichiganLefty]] as President. As Vice President, he wasn't active much, nor was the administration in general. On January 18, 2020, he was sworn in by Chief Justice [[Lamport]] as President of the United States, the day following President MichiganLefty's historic resignation. President Barch made a few press releases and signed a few bills, along with one Executive Order withdrawing troops from Non-NATO nations, but he quickly fell inactive. A joint resolution was proposed by Representative [[John Boehner]], H.J.Res.19, to impeach Barch for inactiveness. It passed the [[House of Representatives]] on February 2, 2020, with 17 [[Representatives]] in favor, and 2 abstaining. He was convicted in the [[Senate]] with all six [[Senators]] voting to convict him, after a three day trial. This makes Barch the third President in history to be impeached and the first to be convicted on all charges.

==Parties==
When Barch first joined, he joined the Progressive Party. He was a member of the Justice Progressive movement, which meant he was elected to the PNEC. Upon the disbanding of the Progressives, he was a founding member of the Labor Party, and sat on the LNC for over seven months. He ran for party leadership in November, and became Party Chair, with Hale as his Vice Chair. He chose not to run for a second term in January, but remained a member. When the Labor Party disbanded, he became an independent.

==After Impeachment==
After being impeached, Barch remained inactive for two months. After he came back, he decided not to re-enter politics, and instead ran the news organisation [[ABC]]. He also was the main driving force behind the lobbying reform, and became a lobbyist himself

D.a.barchipelago

2020-04-09T10:39:03Z

ABarch:

Second Communist Exodus

2020-04-09T10:34:41Z

ABarch:

The 2nd Communist Exodus occurred after the February Federal Election. This election resulted in [[Lamport]]'s (R) victory over [[Sparkle]] (CP), [[MichiganLefty]] (PP) and [[NotAName]] (PP, no nomination) in the race for President. However, this election nearly lead to a Republican/Populist majority in the house. There was use of tailcoat modifiers for the first time ever, which the communists denounced as an attempt to rig the election against them. This lead to them leaving ''en masse''.

With them, many other prominent, non-communist members left. The most notable example of this is was Head Mod [[Cody]], who revealed that he had been using an alt, Bitwise. Other members that left included NotAName and [[EhManana]].

It lead to about a 40% less messages, or more, and about 30% less active members. On the bright side, it meant there were much less shitshows. But still a lot.

==Aftermath==
Following the exodus, [[MaTh]] became Head Mod, and [[CoolDad]] and [[DisguisedJet719]] became mods. This meant five out of six senate seats were up for election in the following Specials.

The [[Progressive Party]] was immediately disbanded, and in its place the [[Labor party]] was formed, in an attempt to unite the left, and the few former communists that remained in the server, and generally just to reignite the left.

The left-wing of the server suffered badly in the next elections. The communists had made up a significant portion of the left, and in the following state elections all governors and state legislatures became Republican. The Republicans managed to gain all five seats of the Dixie Assembly, as well as a supermajorty in the house. However, Labor managed to hold the Senate, with all three of [[codegreen]], [[D.a.barchipelago]] and [[Trash]] winning their races.

The left also suffered badly in the April Federal Elections, when they lost the Senate, as Trash didn't stand for re-election, and Mega left the politics on the final night of campaigning.

==Return to two parties==
The exodus brought a return to two parties. Before there had been four main parties, the [[Republican]]s, the [[Progressive]]s, the [[Communist]]s and the [[American]] party. Following there was only the [[Republican]]s and the [[Labor Party]]. This two party system was heavily dominated by the GOP in the 2019 March State Elections and the April Federals, but became more even by the June State elections.

==Members Union==
The Members union was founded by [[Lohengramm]] in order to better communicate disagreements between mods and members, and communicate more clearly to mods the wishes of members.

ABC News

2020-04-07T11:26:26Z

ABarch: /* Early to mid Justin leadership */

Created in December 2018 by Jason Miner, ABC is the longest running news organisation within AGS. It is currently run by [[D.a.barchipelago]].

==Team==
Various people have served on the ABC team. These include but are not limited to:

[[D.a.barchipelago]] (current de facto head)

[[Jason Miner]] (former head, retired)

[[Adam Hello]] (retired)

[[Andrew Glaze]] (retired)

[[Godbout]] (retired)

[[Justin]] (head in name only, de facto retired)

[[ComputerGuy]] (de facto retired)

==History==
===Miner leadership===
Initially, ABC was heavily right wing biased: it only had [[Republican]] party members, and the founder and owner was notorious in his partisanship. It constantly predicted elections wildly in favour of the right. Miner kept leaving and re-joining ABC, leading to short gaps in his tenure which were usually filled by [[Glaze]].

===Glaze leadership===
Glaze led ABC in the short periods in-between and after Miner's leadership. His main contribution was making Justin head of ABC

===Early to mid Justin leadership===
Justin took over ABC on April 29th

[[Barch]] on [[Justin]]'s leadership of ABC:

"Justin was the man that made ABC. He turned it around from a partisan dump to an influential, and an organisation that was widely recognised as fair and accurate, with good quality content"

Justin created multiple shows, such as the Jacob's report, welcomed Lampolling into ABC news after [[Lamport]] became president, and interviewed many people, such as [Butterlands]], [[Garland]] and others. He was also responsible for the hiring of Barch, who became ABC's polling and political analyst. Justin reignited activity in other members, and encouraged them to write news coverage and interview candidates for various elections.

===Late Justin leadership===

===Barch Leadership===

==Stories==

ABC News

2020-04-07T11:24:29Z

ABarch: /* Early to mid Justin leadership */

Created in December 2018 by Jason Miner, ABC is the longest running news organisation within AGS. It is currently run by [[D.a.barchipelago]].

==Team==
Various people have served on the ABC team. These include but are not limited to:

[[D.a.barchipelago]] (current de facto head)

[[Jason Miner]] (former head, retired)

[[Adam Hello]] (retired)

[[Andrew Glaze]] (retired)

[[Godbout]] (retired)

[[Justin]] (head in name only, de facto retired)

[[ComputerGuy]] (de facto retired)

==History==
===Miner leadership===
Initially, ABC was heavily right wing biased: it only had [[Republican]] party members, and the founder and owner was notorious in his partisanship. It constantly predicted elections wildly in favour of the right. Miner kept leaving and re-joining ABC, leading to short gaps in his tenure which were usually filled by [[Glaze]].

===Glaze leadership===
Glaze led ABC in the short periods in-between and after Miner's leadership. His main contribution was making Justin head of ABC

===Early to mid Justin leadership===
Justin took over ABC on April 29th

[[Barch]] on [[Justin]]'s leadership of ABC:

"Justin was the man that made ABC. He turned it around from a partisan dump to an influential, and an organisation that was widely recognised as fair and accurate, with good quality content"

Justin created multiple shows, such as the Jacob's report, welcomed Lampolling into ABC news after [[Lamport became president]], and interviewed many people, such as [Butterlands]], [[Garland]] and others. He was also responsible for the hiring of Barch, who became predictions and polling manager. He reignited activity in other members, and encouraged them to write news coverage and interview candidates for various elections.

===Late Justin leadership===

===Barch Leadership===

==Stories==

ABC News

2020-04-07T11:22:37Z

ABarch: /* Early to mid Justin leadership */

Created in December 2018 by Jason Miner, ABC is the longest running news organisation within AGS. It is currently run by [[D.a.barchipelago]].

==Team==
Various people have served on the ABC team. These include but are not limited to:

[[D.a.barchipelago]] (current de facto head)

[[Jason Miner]] (former head, retired)

[[Adam Hello]] (retired)

[[Andrew Glaze]] (retired)

[[Godbout]] (retired)

[[Justin]] (head in name only, de facto retired)

[[ComputerGuy]] (de facto retired)

==History==
===Miner leadership===
Initially, ABC was heavily right wing biased: it only had [[Republican]] party members, and the founder and owner was notorious in his partisanship. It constantly predicted elections wildly in favour of the right. Miner kept leaving and re-joining ABC, leading to short gaps in his tenure which were usually filled by [[Glaze]].

===Glaze leadership===
Glaze led ABC in the short periods in-between and after Miner's leadership. His main contribution was making Justin head of ABC

===Early to mid Justin leadership===
Justin took over ABC on April 29th

[[Barch]] on [[Justin]]'s leadership of ABC:

"Justin was the man that made ABC. He turned it around from a partisan dump to an influential, and an organisation that was widely recognised as fair and accurate, with good quality content"

Justin created multiple shows, such as the Jacob's report, welcomed Lampolling into ABC news, and interviewed many people, such as [Butterlands]], [[Garland]] and others. He was also responsible for the hiring of Barch, who became predictions and polling manager. He reignited activity in other members, and encouraged them to write news coverage and interview candidates for various elections.

===Late Justin leadership===

===Barch Leadership===

==Stories==

ABC News

2020-04-07T11:19:18Z

ABarch: /* Glaze leadership */

Created in December 2018 by Jason Miner, ABC is the longest running news organisation within AGS. It is currently run by [[D.a.barchipelago]].

==Team==
Various people have served on the ABC team. These include but are not limited to:

[[D.a.barchipelago]] (current de facto head)

[[Jason Miner]] (former head, retired)

[[Adam Hello]] (retired)

[[Andrew Glaze]] (retired)

[[Godbout]] (retired)

[[Justin]] (head in name only, de facto retired)

[[ComputerGuy]] (de facto retired)

==History==
===Miner leadership===
Initially, ABC was heavily right wing biased: it only had [[Republican]] party members, and the founder and owner was notorious in his partisanship. It constantly predicted elections wildly in favour of the right. Miner kept leaving and re-joining ABC, leading to short gaps in his tenure which were usually filled by [[Glaze]].

===Glaze leadership===
Glaze led ABC in the short periods in-between and after Miner's leadership. His main contribution was making Justin head of ABC

===Early to mid Justin leadership===
Justin took over ABC on April 29th

[[Barch]] on [[Justin]]'s leadership of ABC:

"Justin was the man that made ABC. He turned it around from a partisan dump to an influential, and an organisation that was widely recognised as fair and accurate, with good quality content"

Justin created multiple shows, such as the Jacob's report, and interviewed many people. He was also responsible for the hiring of Barch, who became predictions and polling manager. He reignited activity in other members, and encouraged them to write news coverage and interview candidates for the upcoming July Presidential election.

===Late Justin leadership===

===Barch Leadership===

==Stories==

ABC News

2020-04-07T11:18:00Z

ABarch: /* Miner leadership */

Created in December 2018 by Jason Miner, ABC is the longest running news organisation within AGS. It is currently run by [[D.a.barchipelago]].

==Team==
Various people have served on the ABC team. These include but are not limited to:

[[D.a.barchipelago]] (current de facto head)

[[Jason Miner]] (former head, retired)

[[Adam Hello]] (retired)

[[Andrew Glaze]] (retired)

[[Godbout]] (retired)

[[Justin]] (head in name only, de facto retired)

[[ComputerGuy]] (de facto retired)

==History==
===Miner leadership===
Initially, ABC was heavily right wing biased: it only had [[Republican]] party members, and the founder and owner was notorious in his partisanship. It constantly predicted elections wildly in favour of the right. Miner kept leaving and re-joining ABC, leading to short gaps in his tenure which were usually filled by [[Glaze]].

===Glaze leadership===
Under Glaze, ABC lapsed into a period of relative inactivity

===Early to mid Justin leadership===
Justin took over ABC on April 29th

[[Barch]] on [[Justin]]'s leadership of ABC:

"Justin was the man that made ABC. He turned it around from a partisan dump to an influential, and an organisation that was widely recognised as fair and accurate, with good quality content"

Justin created multiple shows, such as the Jacob's report, and interviewed many people. He was also responsible for the hiring of Barch, who became predictions and polling manager. He reignited activity in other members, and encouraged them to write news coverage and interview candidates for the upcoming July Presidential election.

===Late Justin leadership===

===Barch Leadership===

==Stories==

ABC News

2020-04-07T11:16:54Z

ABarch: /* Early to mid Justin leadership */

Created in December 2018 by Jason Miner, ABC is the longest running news organisation within AGS. It is currently run by [[D.a.barchipelago]].

==Team==
Various people have served on the ABC team. These include but are not limited to:

[[D.a.barchipelago]] (current de facto head)

[[Jason Miner]] (former head, retired)

[[Adam Hello]] (retired)

[[Andrew Glaze]] (retired)

[[Godbout]] (retired)

[[Justin]] (head in name only, de facto retired)

[[ComputerGuy]] (de facto retired)

==History==
===Miner leadership===
Initially, ABC was heavily right wing biased: it only had [[Republican]] party members, and the founder and owner was notorious in his partisanship. It constantly predicted elections wildly in favour of the right.

===Glaze leadership===
Under Glaze, ABC lapsed into a period of relative inactivity

===Early to mid Justin leadership===
Justin took over ABC on April 29th

[[Barch]] on [[Justin]]'s leadership of ABC:

"Justin was the man that made ABC. He turned it around from a partisan dump to an influential, and an organisation that was widely recognised as fair and accurate, with good quality content"

Justin created multiple shows, such as the Jacob's report, and interviewed many people. He was also responsible for the hiring of Barch, who became predictions and polling manager. He reignited activity in other members, and encouraged them to write news coverage and interview candidates for the upcoming July Presidential election.

===Late Justin leadership===

===Barch Leadership===

==Stories==

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Created in December 2018 by Jason Miner, ABC is the longest running news organisation within AGS. It is currently run by [[D.a.barchipelago]].

==Team==
Various people have served on the ABC team. These include but are not limited to:

[[D.a.barchipelago]] (current de facto head)

[[Jason Miner]] (former head, retired)

[[Adam Hello]] (retired)

[[Andrew Glaze]] (retired)

[[Godbout]] (retired)

[[Justin]] (head in name only, de facto retired)

[[ComputerGuy]] (de facto retired)

==History==
===Miner leadership===
Initially, ABC was heavily right wing biased: it only had [[Republican]] party members, and the founder and owner was notorious in his partisanship. It constantly predicted elections wildly in favour of the right.

===Glaze leadership===
Under Glaze, ABC lapsed into a period of relative inactivity

===Early to mid Justin leadership===
[[Barch]] on [[Justin]]'s leadership of ABC:

"Justin was the man that made ABC. He turned it around from a partisan dump to an influential, and an organisation that was widely recognised as fair and accurate, with good quality content"

Justin created multiple shows, such as the Jacob's report, and interviewed many people. He was also responsible for the hiring of Barch, who became predictions and polling manager. He reignited activity in other members, and encouraged them to write news coverage and interview candidates for the upcoming July Presidential election.

===Late Justin leadership===

===Barch Leadership===

==Stories==

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Created in December 2018 by Jason Miner, ABC is the longest running news organisation within AGS. It is currently run by [[D.a.barchipelago]]

==Team==
Various people have served on the ABC team. These include but are not limited to:

[[D.a.barchipelago]] (current head)

[[Jason Miner]] (former head, retired)

[[Adam Hello]] (retired)

[[Andrew Glaze]] (retired)

[[Godbout]] (retired)

[[Justin]] (former head, retired)

[[ComputerGuy]]

ABC News

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Created in December 2018 by Jason Miner, ABC is the longest running news organisation within AGS

==Team==
Various people have served on the ABC team. These include but are not limited to:

[[D.a.barchipelago]] (current head)

[[Jason Miner]] (former head, retired)

[[Adam Hello]] (retired)

[[Andrew Glaze]] (retired)

[[Godbout]] (retired)

[[Justin]] (former head, retired)

[[ComputerGuy]]

ComputerGuy

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ABC News

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Created in December 2018 by Jason Miner, ABC is the longest running news organisation within AGS

==Team==
Various people have served on the ABC team. These include but are not limited to:

[[D.a.barchipelago]] (current head)

[[Jason Miner]] (former head, retired)

[[Adam]] (retired)

[[Andrew Glaze]] (retired)

[[Godbout]] (retired)

[[Justin]] (former head, retired)

[[ComputerGuy]]

Andrew Glaze

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Northern Congress

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ABC News

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Created in December 2018 by Jason Miner, ABC is the longest running news organisation within AGS

==Team==
Various people have served on the ABC team. These include but are not limited to:
[[D.a.barchipelago]] (current head)
[[Jason Miner]] (former head, retired)
[[Adam]] (retired)
[[Andrew Glaze]] (retired)
[[Godbout]] (retired)
[[Justin]] (former head, retired)
[[ComputerGuy]]

ABC News

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Created in December 2018 by Jason Miner, ABC is the longest running news organisation within AGS

==Heads==

Second Communist Exodus

2020-04-07T10:51:30Z

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The 2nd Communist Exodus occurred after the February Federal Election. This election resulted in [[Lamport]]'s (R) victory over [[Sparkle]] (CP), [[MichiganLefty]] (PP) and [[NotAName]] (PP, no nomination). However, this election nearly lead to a Republican/Populist majority in the house. There was use of tailcoat modifiers for the first time ever, which the communists denounced as an attempt to rig the election against them. This lead to them leaving ''en masse''.

With them, many other prominent, non-communist members left. The most notable example of this is was Head Mod [[Cody]], who revealed that he had been using an alt, Bitwise. Other members that left included NotAName and [[EhManana]].

It lead to about a 40% less messages, or more, and about 30% less active members. On the bright side, it meant there were much less shitshows. But still a lot.

==Aftermath==
Following the exodus, [[MaTh]] became Head Mod, and [[CoolDad]] and [[DisguisedJet719]] became mods. This meant five out of six senate seats were up for election in the following Specials.

The [[Progressive Party]] was immediately disbanded, and in its place the [[Labor party]] was formed, in an attempt to unite the left, and the few former communists that remained in the server, and generally just to reignite the left.

The left-wing of the server suffered badly in the next elections. The communists had made up a significant portion of the left, and in the following state elections all governors and state legislatures became Republican. The Republicans managed to gain all five seats of the Dixie Assembly, as well as a supermajorty in the house. However, Labor managed to hold the Senate, with all three of [[codegreen]], [[D.a.barchipelago]] and [[Trash]] winning their races.

The left also suffered badly in the April Federal Elections, when they lost the Senate, as Trash didn't stand for re-election, and Mega left the politics on the final night of campaigning.

==Return to two parties==
The exodus brought a return to two parties. Before there had been four main parties, the [[Republican]]s, the [[Progressive]]s, the [[Communist]]s and the [[American]] party. Following there was only the [[Republican]]s and the [[Labor Party]]. This two party system was heavily dominated by the GOP in the 2019 March State Elections and the April Federals, but became more even by the June State elections.

==Members Union==
The Members union was founded by [[Lohengramm]] in order to better communicate disagreements between mods and members, and communicate more clearly to mods the wishes of members.

Second Communist Exodus

2020-04-07T10:50:55Z

ABarch:

The 2nd Communist Exodus occurred after the February Federal Election. This election resulted in [[Lamport]]'s (R) victory over [[Sparkle]] (CP), [[MichiganLefty]] (PP) and [[NotAName]] (PP, no nomination). However, this election nearly lead to a Republican/Populist majority in the house. There was use of tailcoat modifiers for the first time ever, which the communists denounced as an attempt to rig the election against them. This lead to them leaving ''en masse''.

With them, many other prominent, non-communist members left. The most notable example of this is was Head Mod Cody, who revealed that he had been using an alt, Bitwise. Other members that left included NotAName and EhManana.

It lead to about a 40% less messages, or more, and about 30% less active members. On the bright side, it meant there were much less shitshows. But still a lot.

==Aftermath==
Following the exodus, [[MaTh]] became Head Mod, and [[CoolDad]] and [[DisguisedJet719]] became mods. This meant five out of six senate seats were up for election in the following Specials.

The [[Progressive Party]] was immediately disbanded, and in its place the [[Labor party]] was formed, in an attempt to unite the left, and the few former communists that remained in the server, and generally just to reignite the left.

The left-wing of the server suffered badly in the next elections. The communists had made up a significant portion of the left, and in the following state elections all governors and state legislatures became Republican. The Republicans managed to gain all five seats of the Dixie Assembly, as well as a supermajorty in the house. However, Labor managed to hold the Senate, with all three of [[codegreen]], [[D.a.barchipelago]] and [[Trash]] winning their races.

The left also suffered badly in the April Federal Elections, when they lost the Senate, as Trash didn't stand for re-election, and Mega left the politics on the final night of campaigning.

==Return to two parties==
The exodus brought a return to two parties. Before there had been four main parties, the [[Republican]]s, the [[Progressive]]s, the [[Communist]]s and the [[American]] party. Following there was only the [[Republican]]s and the [[Labor Party]]. This two party system was heavily dominated by the GOP in the 2019 March State Elections and the April Federals, but became more even by the June State elections.

==Members Union==
The Members union was founded by [[Lohengramm]] in order to better communicate disagreements between mods and members, and communicate more clearly to mods the wishes of members.

Second Communist Exodus

2020-04-07T10:49:54Z

ABarch: /* Aftermath */

The 2nd Communist Exodus occurred after the February Federal Election. This election resulted in Lamport's (R) victory over Sparkle (CP), MichiganLefty (PP) and NotAName (PP, no nomination). However, this election nearly lead to a Republican/Populist majority in the house. There was use of tailcoat modifiers for the first time ever, which the communists denounced as an attempt to rig the election against them. This lead to them leaving ''en masse''.

With them, many other prominent, non-communist members left. The most notable example of this is was Head Mod Cody, who revealed that he had been using an alt, Bitwise. Other members that left included NotAName and EhManana.

It lead to about a 40% less messages, or more, and about 30% less active members. On the bright side, it meant there were much less shitshows. But still a lot.

==Aftermath==
Following the exodus, [[MaTh]] became Head Mod, and [[CoolDad]] and [[DisguisedJet719]] became mods. This meant five out of six senate seats were up for election in the following Specials.

The [[Progressive Party]] was immediately disbanded, and in its place the [[Labor party]] was formed, in an attempt to unite the left, and the few former communists that remained in the server, and generally just to reignite the left.

The left-wing of the server suffered badly in the next elections. The communists had made up a significant portion of the left, and in the following state elections all governors and state legislatures became Republican. The Republicans managed to gain all five seats of the Dixie Assembly, as well as a supermajorty in the house. However, Labor managed to hold the Senate, with all three of [[codegreen]], [[D.a.barchipelago]] and [[Trash]] winning their races.

The left also suffered badly in the April Federal Elections, when they lost the Senate, as Trash didn't stand for re-election, and Mega left the politics on the final night of campaigning.

==Return to two parties==
The exodus brought a return to two parties. Before there had been four main parties, the [[Republican]]s, the [[Progressive]]s, the [[Communist]]s and the [[American]] party. Following there was only the [[Republican]]s and the [[Labor Party]]. This two party system was heavily dominated by the GOP in the 2019 March State Elections and the April Federals, but became more even by the June State elections.

==Members Union==
The Members union was founded by [[Lohengramm]] in order to better communicate disagreements between mods and members, and communicate more clearly to mods the wishes of members.

Progressive Party

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{{Infobox political party
| name = Progressive Party
| logo = [[File:Progressive_LogoPP.png|275px]]
| colorcode = lightgreen
| founded = 30 May 2018
| leader = [[NotAName]]
| leader1_title = Deputy Leader
| leader1_name = [[Mist]]
| leader2_title = PNEC
| leader2_name = [[Cool Dad]] [[Peanut]] [[EhManana]] [[Bakk]] [[Em]] 
| ideology = Progressivism Social democracy Democratic socialism Eco-socialism
| colors = {{Color box|lightgreen}}
|seats1_title = [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|seats1 = {{Composition bar|8|16|lightgreen}}
|seats2_title = [[United States Senate|Senate]]
|seats2 = {{Composition bar|3|6|lightgreen}}
|seats3_title = Governorships
|seats3 = {{Composition bar|1|3|lightgreen}}
|seats4_title = State Legislature Seats
|seats4 = {{Composition bar|5|15|lightgreen}}
| website = https://discord.gg/BFjcE7a
}}
The '''Progressive Party''', was a center-left to left-wing political party that was founded as a alternative to the [[Democratic Party]] and the [[Communist Party]]. It was disbanded after the [[Second Communist Exodus]], and its members largely moved to the [[Labor Party]]

== History ==

The Progressive Party was founded by [[Butterlands]] after he became dissatisfied with the [[Communist Party|Communist Party's]] focus on the Northern State, the inability of the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] and [[Communist Party|Communist]] parties to cooperate with each other, and the politicisation of non-political institutions like the Supreme Court. Butterlands ran as a Progressive in the [[United States House of Representatives elections, June 2018|June House elections]].

After the Democratic Coup, many members of the Democratic Party fled to the Progressives. This led to a huge Progressive victory in the August Elections, and pushed the Democratic Party to the status of third party.

== Electoral History ==

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|-
!colspan = 3|House of Representatives
!colspan = 3|Senate
|-
!Election
!Seats Won
!+/-
!Election
!Seats Won
!+/-
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, August 2018|Aug. 2018]]
|{{Composition bar|6|16|lightgreen}}
|{{increase}} 3
![[United States Senate elections, August 2018|Aug. 2018]]
|{{Composition bar|3|6|lightgreen}}
|{{increase}} 2
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, October 2018|Oct. 2018]]
|{{Composition bar|8|16|lightgreen}}
|{{steady}} 0
![[United States Senate elections, October 2018|Oct. 2018]]
|{{Composition bar|3|6|lightgreen}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Election
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!Electoral Votes
!+/-
!Result
|-
![[United States presidential election, October 2018|Oct. 2018]]
|[[Butterlands]]
|69,210,359
|48.12%
|{{Composition bar|10|22|lightgreen}}
||{{steady}}
|Republican Victory
|}

== See Also ==

*[[Parties]]

== References ==

*Constitution: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s7cC8yh5d3F5oTMvMYs-NbTbVz7TH3OTDqc9Zdl2MOM/edit?usp=sharing
*Platform: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YUS-Xu_Z7UxZI2cybDJ0g-7ByHcSdtWPh5UGBJDSzsU/edit?usp=sharing

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Created in December 2018 by Jason Miner, ABC is the longest running news organisation.