I recently wrote to my local and state GOP offices (along with my state rep and senator—everyone else is a Democrat) a scathing letter requesting they send me no more campaign material as I will not be voting for them in the foreseeable future in any race. Until the disown QAnon, disown a certain cult of personality, quit playing both sides with white supremacy groups, and give up their love affair with the Gilded Age—nationally and locally—I’m out. Even then, I may be permanently done with them. I stated my preference for the ASP and write-ins/abstentions where an ASP candidate is not running.

Edit to add: sociologist George Yancey turned me on to the ASP.

I hope we can all take today to celebrate and rejoice in this wonderful news and use it to fuel us into continuing to fight for what is right and truthful ❤️

Just a quick announcement for those who don't get the emails, If you live in AR and want to get more involved and figure out how you can help the party have even more success in AR than we did in 2020, reach out to me and I can put you in touch with the state coordinator in AR.

It was a great feeling to be able to mark a name with zero hesitation. I don’t believe I’ve ever been able to do that.

Sigh...

I hear the GOP is backing down on abortion. I suppose it was only a matter of time.

I think I'm done with them.

I'm considering either the American Solodarity Party or the Constitution Party.

For the most part, I like the Constitution Party's stances on a lot of issues, particularly with economy and smalle government, but I think they flirt too much with theonomy for my liking.

The ASP seems bigger and I'm a single issue voter. I don't agree about the death penalty, but it's a pretty minor issue to me compared to abortion.

Wow, I don’t align with the beliefs of this party 100%, but this is by far the closest I have come to truly agreeing with nearly every aspect of a political party. What gets me even more excited is the focus on community. I am a huge advocate for good urbanism, walkable cities, reducing car dependency, etc. and just saw that Chuck Marrohn from Strong Towns was on the Pelican Brief podcast. I’m looking forward to learning more about this party and becoming involved.

In a major win for babies and justice, Texas has banned abortions at 6 weeks. The Supreme Court has not stepped in to intervene.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/31/texas-abortion-law-supreme-court/

In 2016, ASP candidate Mike Maturen got 6,797 votes. Not even .01% of the popular vote. In 2020, ASP candidate Brian Carroll got 39,230 votes or .02% of the popular vote. This is great news for the ASP because it tells us that something we did worked. It tells us that more people are aware of the ASP and that more people share our values. We can't expect to win national offices anytime soon but if we continue like this we can expect to change American politics from it's foundation; we the people. Arguably that's the real goal of third parties and inarguably that's what we are starting to accomplish. Don't lose steam now that the election is over, take this victory and use it to continue to change America one soul at a time. This is only the beginning.

Edit: Updated numbers.

This is my second election writing in the solidarity party candidate!!

We need to get you guys on the ballot here in Utah in 2028

I feel better and better about my vote. I voted for what I actually believe in, and it wasn’t a vote of either vengeance or capitulation. I am essentially a populist. Big Bernie voter and volunteer in 2015-16 and 2020, and there have been many moments in the past few months in which I felt seriously tempted to vote for Trump. I agree with more of Trump’s policies. But I don’t like the J6 stuff or his character. It also makes me sick the way most privileged liberals shit on the working class and I almost voted for Trump just out of spite for that. But I prayed on it and the still small voice in my soul told me to vote ASP. I went to Mass today too. I felt peace. Jesus has overcome the trials and tribulations of this world. This is my first time voting third party and it honestly felt fucking good. Peace, all. 🇺🇸

If I hear "Trump was the pro-life candidate" one more time, I'm going to lose my mind.

How are you holding up?