I am running for Congress because there has been a coup in the United States. We the people lost; corporate and foreign interests won. They won and they continue to beat us by mastering our elections. Corporate and foreign interests invest mere millions in politicians; they receive back billions in tax breaks, subsidies, and weapons of war. This system of legalized, open bribery is already a hint that we lost.

 

I call it a coup because this regime doesn't care about the life of US citizens: 500,000 sleep on the street, 30% of families are housing insecure, 16% of children live in poverty, poverty is trauma, nuclear annihilation looms, and our environment is increasingly unstable. Since Reagan, this regime transferred $50 trillion of wealth to the top 1% and eviscerated the middle class.

 

I call it a coup because this regime attacks the liberty of US citizens: students are violently denied the right to protest, FISA 702 kills our right to privacy, costly cop-cities proliferate, healthcare is poor and expensive. Whistleblowers and publishers are robbed of their liberty for reporting regime crimes.

 

I call it a coup because this regime is complicit in genocide. They supply weapons with no conditions or red-lines. They continually veto peace on the world stage. We receive heart-breaking images of torn children, institutionalized torture, and cold-blooded massacres. This regime denies what America sees and sends more bombs, provides more diplomatic cover.

 

We need a revolution to take our country back; I'm running because I want a peaceful one.

 

I want a smaller US Government that starts with the life and liberty of US citizens. I want green-energy independence to eliminate wars, to save the environment, and to gainfully employ America. I want our bill of rights back. I want every child to be our child.

 

During the primary for this race, the Intercept published: “AIPAC is Secretly Intervening in Portland's Congressional Race to Take Down Susheela Jayapal...” (https://theintercept.com/2024/05/03/portland-aipac-susheela-jayapal-maxine-dexter/).

 

We are not a democracy if foreign interests pick our Representatives. I'm running for Congress because the first responsibility of the US Government is the regular US citizen - not the wealthiest 1%, not big oil, not endless wars and genocides.