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| Steph Curry, other celebrity golfers lean on their first sport in Tahoe tourney |
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steph curry, other celebrity golfers lean on their first sport in tahoe tourney
stateline, nev. - Stephen currys extraordinary hand-eye coordination helps explain why hes such a good golfer. So does his boundless confidence in his own athletic ability, even when hes struggling.
one example in basketball: curry missed his first nine 3-point shots in a 2016 playoff game against portland. He kept firing, made his 10th, shimmied back downcourt and then nailed four more from long range to push the golden state warriors to victory.
one example in golf: curry couldnt make a putt for most of saturdays round in the celebrity tournament alongside lake tahoe. But he kept the faith, just like he does on the court, and finished by sinking a birdie putt on no. 18.
asked how basketball helps him in golf, curry said, its just the confidence you have of being able to execute something, visualize it and kind of see it through. Thats pretty much what happened today: i missed all those putts, and then im standing over that last one like im hot. Its the built-up confidence that i can do whatever.
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charles barkley gets an eagle and the last laugh with his best tahoe golf tourney score
basketball hall of famer charles barkley posted his best score ever in the celebrity golf tournament near south lake tahoe on friday, after three decades of struggling on the course.
steph currys secret weapons in golf? A youtuber and his college hoops teammate
golden state warriors guard stephen curry climbed into early contention in the american century championship on friday, leaning on caddie jason richards and golf coach alex riggs.
athletes from many different sports excel in golf, as illustrated by the american century championship leaderboard entering sundays final round. The top 10 featured two former baseball players, two from football and one each from hockey, soccer, basketball, tennis and golf (annika sorenstam).
and then theres country music singer jake owen, not a pro from another sport.
owens distinctive background notwithstanding, the wide variety of golfers in contention at edgewood tahoe raises an interesting question. Namely, which skills from their first sport most translate to the course?
that question led to a wide range of answers the past few days. Former nfl quarterback matt ryan pointed to the parallels in preparation - how attacking a golf course isnt all that different from attacking a defense in football.
in a lot of ways, its like heres the game plan, heres what were trying to do, ryan said. Were not worrying about anything else other than trying to execute one play, one shot, whatever it is. I think that mindset helps.
if curry and ryan addressed the mental component, then alex riggs took a crack at the physical skills migrating from other sports to the links. Riggs is a golf coach based in dubai, who works with several european tour pros, accomplished celebrities and high-level junior players.
curry discovered riggs about five years ago, while browsing instructional videos on youtube. They soon began working together on riggs occasional visits to the u.S., And curry credits riggs for helping him improve enough to win the celebrity event at edgewood two years ago.
riggs said athletes in ball sports most effectively bring their skills to golf, mostly because they have an innate understanding of how to make a ball move.
i would point to tennis, in terms of the way the ball spins, riggs said. Youre going to see similar examples in soccer. Even for a basketball player, look at how steph manages layups and controls how the ball is spinning. He understands where hes going and how he needs to spin the ball for it to react a certain way.
its spin control, and thats a massive benefit for the short game in golf. Just smashing the golf ball is one thing, but the art of the short game? Youve got to understand spin.
if currys ballhandling and shooting skills from basketball carry into golf, so do joe pavelskis skills from handling and shooting the puck in hockey. Pavelski, the former san jose sharks standout who spent 18 years in the nhl, typically contends at edgewood, and he was tied for the lead entering play sunday.
asked how his hockey ability carries into golf, pavelski mentioned the impact zone - whether unleashing a slap shot or smacking the golf ball.
where youre hitting it helps, as far as the hands and the connection there, pavelski said. Then the hands part of it around the green.
pavelski also noted how nicely the calendar lines up for hockey players (as it does for curry and other basketball players). Namely, the season ends just as the weather starts warming up.
that helped him sharpen his golf game growing up in wisconsin, and it also helped during his nhl career. He annually returned home and spent most of his summers playing golf and fishing.
i was always able to keep my game at a good level, pavelski said.
hall of fame pitcher john smoltz made a similar point, but he was talking about his freedom to play during baseball season. He and fellow atlanta braves starters greg maddux and tom glavine frequently played golf on the road during their careers, at least on the days they werent pitching.
so maybe its no coincidence two former mlb pitchers - smoltz and onetime as left-hander mark mulder - are near-annual contenders at edgewood.
weve got the most time, smoltz said of starting pitchers. I know we dont get credited as athletes because people think were not, but were actually the greatest athletes on the team because we chose the right position (smiling).
but no, its about time and reps. We made 36 starts a year, and the rest of those opportunities we played golf. ... All of us in baseball realized golf has the longest expiration date - thats really what drives everybody to that level.
smoltz and mulder will begin sundays final round tied for sixth in the celebrity event, eight points behind pavelski and former pro soccer player taylor twellman. Curry stands another point back, tied for ninth.
put another way: it would take an epic comeback for curry to repeat his 2023 victory at edgewood. Hes fully aware of this.
its a longshot to win, but i could get hot early and then see what happens, curry said saturday. Im going to play the most aggressive round youve ever seen, so hopefully it flies straight.
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| Local golf: Drapers Bowen Mauss wins 127th Utah State Amateur - Deseret News |
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Logan — although he made it to the round of 16 at the u.S. Amateur two years ago as a 16-year-old golfing prodigy and he’s earned a scholarship to play for one of the biggest powers in college golf, draper’s bowen mauss was not given much of a chance to knock off seasoned byu stalwart simon kwon on saturday in the 36-hole championship match of the 127th utah state amateur.
after all, kwon was playing in his third final in four years, had won the 125th state am at the country club in salt lake city two years ago and rolled into the championship match having barely been tested in his five previous matches.
before saturday, kwon had not even played the 17th or 18th holes in the match-play portion of the longest continuously held golf tournament in the world.
someone obviously forgot to tell mauss he was a bit of an underdog. The curly haired blond who won the salt lake city amateur in 2024 and then graduated from corner canyon high school two months ago fell behind by two holes through three — credit kwon’s stellar play for causing that early deficit — but then took control of the match from there on out.
nine holes later, after making a tap-in birdie on the par-5 12th hole, mauss had a three-hole lead and that was that.
kwon would never get closer than two holes the rest of the way at logan country club.
being called the state am champion “sounds great,” said mauss, who has signed to play for arizona state this fall. “I have been wanting to win this for a long time. Everyone wants to win this. It is probably the most talked-about event of the year. Yeah, it feels great.”
when it was over, kwon delivered the line of the day, ruefully saying, “i’ve been on both sides of the table” that holds the big silver trophy and separates the winner from the loser on the green where the match ended, which in this case was, fittingly, the no. 14 green.
mauss took the 5 and 4 win when kwon conceded on that green, the one visible from u.S. 89 as motorists head up logan canyon that used to be the old no. 5 green.
it hurts to lose “because you put so much into it,” said kwon, who is now 16-3 in matches in his last four state am appearances. “In stroke-play events, it hurts when you lose but it’s a little different. I give a lot mentally to it. I try to get myself a lot of energy and try to keep going, and so when you put a lot into it, it hurts when it (ends).”
with about 30 friends and family members following him every step of the way, including his parents — justin and jill — and having his brother, jackson, caddy for him again, mauss said the moment was as memorable as the time he made a run at the u.S. Amateur in denver or the time he played in utah’s pga tour event at black desert resort in ivins last fall.
“i mean, going into it, i always knew i could (win it), but not really … before today,” said mauss, who edged his brother 1 up and 2023 runner-up david liechty 1 up on friday in the quarterfinals and semifinals.
“i got (more than) halfway through yesterday’s round (against liechty) and i was three down with five to play and i knew not to give up, but i knew my chances were getting slim. But i have always believed in myself, that i could win.”
mauss had a two-hole lead after 18, but kwon had the momentum, having won no. 18 with a birdie to close the gap. After a break for lunch, kwon hit an iron off the tee into the right rough and couldn’t recover, allowing mauss — who had pulled driver and split the fairway — to regain his three-hole lead.
“i mean, a few holes, i didn’t love my body language,” kwon said, when asked what he would have liked to have done better saturday. “Like, win, lose, shooting 100 or shooting 60, i think i should have the same body language no matter what.
“i didn’t love my body language for four or five holes. It was a little bit down. But i’d like to say in my last couple holes, i held my head high.”
by then, it was all but over.
even when kwon rolled in a 25-footer for birdie on the match’s 24th hole and yelled “come on” at himself after cutting the deficit to four holes and then winning the next hole with a bogey, kwon couldn’t make mauss flinch.
“he played great golf,” kwon said. “Bowen is a really good player, and he’s going to do some great things in golf. I can guarantee that.”
saturday’s other winner was logan country club, which proved to be an outstanding host for the most prestigious amateur golf event in the state. The club’s members made it memorable with their volunteer efforts, and the abundance of risk-reward holes made the setup perfect for match play in the state am’s first return to the layout just east of utah state university in 30 years.
winning the state amateur brings an automatic exemption into next month’s u.S. Amateur at olympic club in san francisco, so mauss will play in that before heading off to arizona state and following in the footsteps of another past state am champ, recently graduated sun devil preston summerhays.
was this an upset? Not according to mauss.
“i mean, simon is an amazing player. He is obviously really good at match play. He has been (a finalist) three of the last four, something like that,” mauss said.
“but i try to never look at it that way. I try and beat anyone i play, but i mean, it is always hard to beat someone like simon, who is that good.”
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| Iconic Olympians call out continued inequities during Colorado Springs panel app |
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The spirit of protest didn’t end for john carlos with a clinched, raised fist on a podium in mexico city.
more than 56 years after that moment he shared with tommie smith following the 200-meter dash in the 1968 summer olympics, carlos shared a forum in colorado springs with smith on saturday and again called attention to what he sees as injustices.
at the heart of the black power protest was a lack of reciprocated love, carlos explained, and he said he witnesses the same thing from president donald trump’s administration in the form of removal of diversity, equity and inclusion programs as well as references to historical minority accomplishments and reprioritized funding allocation.
“with the president we have in the office today, he don’t show that love,” carlos said as part of a tales from the track panel that included smith, who ran to gold in the 200 in 1968 while carlos took bronze, billy mills, the lone american to capture olympic gold in the 10,000-meter run and bob beamon, who shattered the world record in the long jump in 1968. Dan o’brien, the 1996 gold medalist in the decathlon, moderated the discussion.
“how many of you white folks step up like i did in 1968, renounce what’s going on?” Carlos asked the assembled crowd. “It goes back to the same thing, it’s a fear factor. I’m afraid if i go public and somebody hears me denounce what the president is doing, or if i go public and denounce what i see happening relative to the olympics, i’m going to be penalized. I’m going to be put back, put down.”
for most of the first hour the discussion at the u.S. Olympic and paralympic museum centered on the background stories of the four icons. Mills recalled his mother’s death at age 8, and his father’s words that broken wings could only be healed by a dream and the passion that can stir. He decided that dream would be olympic glory. When his father then died four years later, the native american from pine ridge, s.D. Dedicated his life to a mission that eventually led him to confidently win at the 1964 tokyo games.
beamon pointed to a school visit from several olympic greats, including wilma rudolph and future teammate ralph boston, that introduced him to the olympic movement. He also credited training with carlos and smith to adding the speed that helped propel him to the world’s most iconic jump – a leap of 29-foot-2.5 inches that extended the world record by 21 inches and still stands as the olympic record.
“i thought i was going to wake up,” beamon said. “It was a wonderful dream. That’s a good way to dream. The fortunate thing was it was for real.”
carlos and smith were on an unlikely collision course to meet as san jose state teammates, gathering vastly different experiences along the way.
carlos was a rambunctious youth from harlem who was crushed when his father told him his black skin would prevent him from pursuing his dream of becoming an olympic swimmer. He later arrived, along with his wife and young daughter, to east texas state a&m, where he was first introduced to “whites only” signs and segregated bathrooms and drinking fountains and a college coach who called him, “boy.”
smith was raised in a large farming family near fresno, calif., Toiling in fields until a college coach came with an offer. He majored in sociology and began to connect his own experiences with a world that had previously been largely unknown to him.
“i was in the cotton fields working with the realities of racism,” smith said. “Even now, (carlos, beamon and other peers) talk about things i don’t know anything about. Even today.”
when the topic turned to the 1968 protest, the mood of the discussion flipped and history came to life.
“i don’t ask anybody to believe one way or the other, i ask let’s do our homework,” said mills, now 87 and still passionate about causes related to native americans and progress in general. “Let’s understand the causes that creates the effects, and then we decide do we want to become an autocracy or do we want to stay the course and fulfill the correcting of the flaws to enhance and build on this incredible democratic experiment.”
carlos, 80, walks with a cane to steady his 6-foot-4 frame, but he turns spry when recalling the iconic moment from 1968. He said it wasn’t so much black power as “black sincerity, black love and black loyalty to this nation.”
when asked why it had to be at the olympic games, carlos said it wasn’t just the chance to reach a worldwide audience, but to connect with so many who might be sparked by the example.
“there were people on the other side of the world that had the same perils – and worse – than we did as blacks in america,” said carlos, speaking as part of an olympic celebration throughout colorado springs this weekend as a new class was inducted into the u.S. Olympic hall of fame. “They never had a blueprint in terms of how to deal with racism or how to solve the issue. But when we did it it gave them that blueprint, it gave them that self-courage to say, ‘i can stand up.’”
carlos hopes that spirit carries forward more than half a century later.
“it’s time for you now to raise your voices and denounce racism,” he said. “It’s time to start putting your friends and family that’s out of line with racism, to put them in check where they’ll start to think about the ills that they’re doing not merely to themselves and their kids but to society as a whole.” |
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| Quinshon Judkins arrested on domestic violence charge |
| Posted on Sunday, July 13 @ 00:00:39 PDT (0 reads) | |
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Quinshon judkins has been arrested on a domestic violence charge in florida.
x (formerly twitter) user willie knows ball is being credited as the first account to note judkins’ arrest. Judkins, a cleveland browns rookie and former standout at ole miss and ohio state, is listed on the broward county sheriff’s office online records.
judkins played 3 seasons of college football. He began his career at ole miss before transferring to ohio state.
as a freshman at ole miss, judkins posted his best rushing numbers. In 13 games (6 starts), he rushed 274 times for 1,567 yards and 16 touchdowns, earning freshman all-american and sec freshman of the year recognition.
judkins was a 13-game starter as a sophomore, rushing 271 times for 1,158 yards and 15 touchdowns. After his sophomore season, judkins decided to transfer to ohio state.
at osu, judkins’ touches went down. He appeared in all 16 games for the buckeyes, making 8 starts. He logged 194 carries for 1,060 yards and 14 touchdowns, helping ohio state win the college football playoff national championship.
the browns selected judkins with the no. 36 overall pick in the 2nd round of the 2025 nfl draft. Judkins has not yet signed his rookie contract.
andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the hall of fame campaigns of fred taylor and andruw jones. |
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the united socialist republics of america (usra), or informally north america or united america, is a democratic socialist country in north america continent. It borders [[canada (from sea to shining sea)|canada]] to the north and [[mexico (from sea to shining sea)|mexico]] to the south. |
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united america descends from the original united states; both american governments were unique for their values of limited centralized government and individual liberties. Since its founding united america has attempted to follow both the ideals of marxist-communism ideology and aspects of liberalism which had created the first united states. The first constitution and in particular the bill of rights continue to have indirect influence on modern america while being null and void. |
united america descends from the original united states; both american governments were unique for their values of limited centralized government and individual liberties. Since its founding united america has attempted to follow both the ideals of marxist-communism ideology and aspects of liberalism which had created the first united states. The first constitution and in particular the bill of rights continue to have indirect influence on modern america while being null and void. |
latest revision as of 02:25, 13 july 2025
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| location of united america from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs | |||||
anthem | onward, workers of america! | ||||||
capital | georgetown | ||||||
largest city | new york city | ||||||
other cities | chicago, philadelphia, detroit and los angeles | ||||||
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english (de facto) | ||||||
others | spanish and native american languages (navajo, dakota, apache, cherokee, etc.) | ||||||
religion main |
irreligious (officially a secular state) | ||||||
others | christianity, judaism and native american religions | ||||||
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65.6 percent white | ||||||
others | 15.6 percent black 6.2 percent hispanic and latino americans 4.8 percent native americans 4 percent asians 3.8 percent other. | ||||||
demonym | american | ||||||
legislature | workers congress | ||||||
president |
janet kim (2015 to date) current |
united nations)and trans-pacific alliance (1955-1963)the united socialist republics of america (usra), or informally north america or united america, is a democratic socialist country in north america continent. It borders canada) to the north and mexico) to the south.
the usra is the second socialist state, after the ussr) and the first one of the western hemisphere. The usra is otherwise called united america, to contrast with the now defunct united states of america.
united america descends from the original united states; both american governments were unique for their values of limited centralized government and individual liberties. Since its founding united america has attempted to follow both the ideals of marxist-communism ideology and aspects of liberalism which had created the first united states. The first constitution and in particular the bill of rights continue to have indirect influence on modern america while being null and void.
introduction
the 19th and early 20th century saw remarkable growth and success for the original american nation. Turning from an agrarian society to an industrial one in a matter of three generations. The original united states survived an earlier civil war from 1861-1865 between todays northern and southern republics. The government victory in the civil war protected the countrys unity and abolished the practice of slavery. However, reunification allowed the long-term exploitation of southern agrarian america by the industrialized north.
by the turn of the 20th century, the old united states granted more rights to its citizenry than most countries in world history. Universal male suffrage and free labor permitted its citizens to participate in elections, to move and to seek employment all across the country. For all of these political advances, the industrial revolution placed many stresses on american society. The legal system remained intact but corporate conglomerates took advantage of old americas free market economy. Industrial america suffered from vast inequality and worsening conditions for the majority of americas industrial and agricultural workers. The fairness of elections were disrupted by voter-bribery with corporations corrupting electoral results wholesale. Americas intervention in wwi though victorious raised domestic anger against the authorities.
as nations abroad experienced reform, many americans became frustrated with a seeming lack of change in the home front. The failed 1925 revolution erupted out a call for political reforms as much as equitable labor and wealth policies. The shock of the great depression and the refusal of americas political leaders to intervene in the crisis were the direct causes of the second american revolution. Activist sarah leslie maneuvered to take command of a diverse and varied dissent movement. The resulting second american civil war) to overthrow the remnants of the first american state proved to be the most destructive conflict in the history of the western hemisphere. Victory in the civil war assured supremacy of the american workers party over other revolutionary factions. The new usra became the successor state of the old united states.
sarah leslie)s leadership focused highly on economic redevelopment, egalitarianism and intervention abroad for the cause of world revolution. The young government intervened in world war ii and served as the deciding factor in favor of the allied powers. Foreign intervention caused long-term problems for the socialist state. The usra government has a mixed record in developing the nation since 1936. Great advances have been made in social and wealth equality. Usras unique economic system has faced problems such as stagnation in the past as well as being incompatible with world capitalist economy and trade. The usra has shown flexibility in addressing structural economic issues and foreign policy.
history
the coming of revolution
throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the economic crisis, unemployment, low wages and lack of welfare relief led many americans to look at and turn to left-wing organizations and more radical solutions and ideas such as socialism, communism and anarchism as a solution to their social hardships.
the defeat of the 1925 american revolution) led to efforts of the progressive, socialist and communist parties and members to establish a common and joint party of the urban and rural proletariat of america. The breakthrough came in the national convention of unity of 1929 that established the american workers party (awp); a new political party with the purpose of creating a communist society in america.
sarah leslie) was elected as party leader in 1929, just before the start of the great depression, and gathered support from across the united states. She led the american workers party originally under the tenets of trotskyism, a democratic form of communism formulated by leon trotsky. In time, trotskyism was adapted to accommodate the political values of the american people.
several awp partisans, organizers and militants traveled across the united states, increasing the popularity of trotskyist communism. Over three years later, as the second american revolution) highlighted, she led the november revolution), capturing washington, d.C., Renaming it georgetown and declaring independence from the united states. This started the second american revolution in 1932, which clasted for the next four years. This clash between communists and capitalists in america sparked a red scare around the world. In 1936, the united states officially capitulated to revolutionary forces. The collective death toll is uncertain, with many unreported deaths, possibly as high as three million.
following surrender, the old united states was dissolved, and in its place, the united socialist republics of america was formally established by revolutionaries after a a long protracted war against counterrevolutionaries. Georgetown was made into the capital of the new nation. The remaining former united states territories: puerto rico, the philippines, the canal zone, samoa, and guam either became independent or incorporated with surrounding countries. Americans who opposed the revolution and fled to countries around the world became blue expats), many blues also took the legacies of major american corporations with them.
the leslie era: workers republics at home
under leslie)s leadership, massive campaigns were launched that greatly increased the percentage of americans in the working class, which boosted the new countrys economy, as well as redistributing wealth and political power equally among the people.
an idea to completely withdraw the administrative lines in the new nation was ultimately scrapped because the new individual republics that made up the union were still largely connected to former states. Regional leaders still held influence among the people and the economy and many citizens believed that redistricting might cause the capital to become too powerful. Though leslies administration was in reality ruthlessly centralizing, the decision was made to retain the old borders in order to assure normalcy to americans who were unsure about their place in the regime.
economic policies pushed millions out of poverty and into an emerging new middle-class, while the rich were pulled down into the middle-classes, essentially ending the part of the social class system of that time. Americas first major social services and public welfare were formed. For the first time, america had a public pension and health care service. Conservative european empires in germany and france had created public services in their countries decades before, but in the us, the revolution changed the governments relationship to the american people dramatically. By 1950, 90 percent of americans had access to electricity.[[1]](#cite_note-1)
a national government was set up as a loose association between the newly formed socialist republics, with the purpose of distributing resources among the republics, so they could provide work, welfare relief, health and housing for each individual. The arrangement was meant to be purely provisional, as its chief purpose would be to ensure each republic was socialist and democratic and had sufficient resources, after which the national council would be dissolved when it was not needed anymore. At the same time, attempts to lead socialist revolutions in former united states territories failed (i.E., Puerto rico, philippines, guam and panama canal zone), convincing leslie to wait until the country was stable to export revolution.
in many ways in through the 1930s and 1940s the united republics carried on the structure of the original united states, the existing borders between americas states were maintained. The state governments were maintained as a whole but redesigned to be of a more populist, socialist and democratic nature. The new republics were also subject to the concerns of city and county governments as well. At that time transition was facilitated by american workers party. The largest change in borders came from the creation of autonomous regional communities and autonomous indian communities within states that were created for minorities. Anarchist critics of the regime claimed that making separate states for minorities was a countenance of segregation but there was no legal framework that condoned the separation of ethnicity in public places.
the new nation was not without problems, though living standards generally improved advancement was uneven. Generally, the southeast parts developed slower than the rest of the country. The destruction of the revolutionary war and its aftershocks remained apparent through the early 1960s. As many of the governments programs would initially experimental, there were both successes and failures. Nonetheless, most americans were employed and very few suffered the same conditions that they had prior to the revolution.
the great persecution of anarchists
politically however many former revolutionaries believed that the government betrayed ideals of both socialism and traditional folk heroes by relying on centralization to advance the nation. Anarchists in particular wished to see immediate localized control with the national government retreating to a more sedentary role. Anarchists had been instrumental in pushing the revolution forward and threatened to take ownership of the revolution from the workers party. Radicals to the left of the regime were disparaged by sarah leslies administration and were pushed out of most positions of authority. Afterward, leading anarchists declared the need for the continuation and radicalization of the revolution of 1932, along full workers control of production and dissolution of the armed forces and state security under the common slogan of the revolution must go on, right now!
in one of modern americas most totalitarian acts anarchists were quickly arrested or interned in 1944. Notable were the october night-time raids of 1944, aka halloween night raids. The raids and arrests carried out by the internal security apparatus purge a whole generation of anarchist and alike militants along with their families. The detainees were either interned by executive orders in alaska or southwest america or sorted by quasi-legal control panels and giving the choice of foreign or internal banishment the later under continual surveillance. For purposes of labor, they were declared non-persons in state and cooperatives and deprived of vote and political rights.
an enduring star: progress
the reforms of 1954 planned to introduce a new set of regulations intended to prevent corruption and authoritarianism in the government, such as limiting future presidents to serving only two terms (in total ten years) and limiting members of the workers’ congress to serving a maximum of 15 years. Ultimately, the reforms would be put into effect only after the cold war, as the workers’ congress approved the 195 reform and leslie stepped down from government. When the japanese-american split ended in 1971, americas alliance with japan was severed, allowing american-soviet relations to improve.
new policies
the apparent departure of sarah leslie) from political life permitted for the relaxation of centralized autocratic policies. Presidents after leslie emphasized the need to americanize socialist principals for the public, which required a departure from orthodox marxist and even syndicalist doctrine. The governments lukewarm relationship with religion- was shifted to endorsing religious organizations stretching the separation between church and state established by the constitution. The long exiled blues were permitted to return home, without punishment, though under surveillance. Rehabilitation of some anarchists began gradually, but only for those who agreed to support the government in public settings.
the coming of television at the end of the 1950s was a double-edged sword for the regime. On the one hand, the consumption of media in peoples residents rather than theaters weakened the communal spirit that leslie had worked so hard to achieve. On the other hand, television gave the regime the opportunity to place a socialist interpretation of americas heritage to every family in the country. Many sunday shows, ironically written by former anarchist artists. Daring tales of the adventures of the communes of earlier pioneers, runaway african slaves and the wild west, all told tales of communities prevailing over class stratification. This cultural phenomenon was dubbed red sunrise and normalized the american workers party and socialist ideas to the conservative sectors of american society
closure of the cold war
on october 14, 1986. The world saw a thawing in the cold war when america formally joined world economic trade and exchange. The cold war ended in 1991 with the end of one-party rule in america through the breakup of the american workers party, allowing american-russian relations to improve and fully bringing america out of isolation. The end of the united american workers party lead to protests nationwide but subsided when government assured the people that the social-welfare system would remain in place.
contemporary globalism
janet kim passed the reforms of 2015, which both initiated economic changes in an attempt to stabilize the national economy, and renounced americas right to declare war, in an attempt to gain allies. In recent times, america benefits from a prosperous economy, a rapidly growing population, and a large arsenal of nuclear weapons, but suffers from an unorganized military and lack of international support. Americas regulated economy is accompanied by seemingly liberal culture.
government
form of government
the united socialist republics of america is structured as a federation of socialist workers republics; a union of and between socialist workers republics (swr), usually referred as republics.
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administrative division)
each swr is run by a workers council that is the supreme authority of the republic. The workers council elects the republican executive; although in some republics, it is directly elected. The republican executive are either uni-personal or collective. The republican state court, which is elected by the workers’ council, organizes, administers, supervises and names the peoples court.
the deputies of a workers council are democratically and directly elected by the citizens of a republic who are not running for political office. Council members are required to work when the council is not in session, to ensure government officials are working members of society. While non-workers are prohibited from holding office, as to uphold the dictatorship of the proletariat, the national government prohibits entrepreneurs, business leaders, and anarchists from holding office as well. In practice, however, many elected officials are retired entrepreneurs who reallocated their assets to others.
most republics use a system of preferential voting to determine the victors of elections, though a few, particularly underpopulated ones, use a system of first-past-the-post voting. The number of deputies of the council and timing of the elections is determined by each republic, resulting in wide difference between when these elections are held in each republic, ranging from as little as five months to eight years between elections.
the workers council elects three deputies to serve as representatives of their republic in the national legislature. The main purpose of the national government is to administer resources to the republics, as each republic is given the right to self-governance and limited autonomy.
despite an apparent large degree of local authority, the national government possess the power to override the decisions of any republican government, though this can only be done if the judicial branch determines the act to be unconstitutional or the majority of republics vote in favor of vetoing such decisions. This is done to insure each republic adheres to the national constitution. The system is intended to give each republic a restricted amount of control of over its neighbors, while maintaining their own control. However, since the 1980s the power of the american government has been gradually decreased, starting the passing of amendment 13 in 1983, which devolved power among the republics. The communist party has officially explained that these reforms as the beginning of the withering away of the state, the final step toward a communist society.
the usras capital, the commune of georgetown, is granted full autonomy, and operate as republic of the usra. The capital mainly serves as a meeting place for representatives of the republics and seat of the main state and governmental bodies. Georgetown it governed by its workers council democratically elected by citizens of the commune that does not submit to the usra government, and elect its own three representatives to the national legislature.
branches of government
the national government of the usra is comprised of three branches: executive, legislative and judicial.
the legislative branch is comprised by a unicameral congress of the workers of the united socialist republics of america, more commonly referred as the workers congress of america or simply the workers congress. Deputies of the workers congress are representatives of each one of republican workers council. The workers congress possess more power than the executive branch of america, the president of the united socialist republics of america
originally, the legislative branch was indirectly elected, with each republic workers council electing from three to 12 of its members to the national legislature. Later followed by a mixed system of directly elected deputies at large and those named by the republican legislatures. Since 1990, members of the legislative branch of the national government are directly elected according to the population of the member republic. Elections are done using a system of preferential voting, which is the most common system followed by proportional representation.
the president, the head of state and government, is directly elected through a preferential voting system. Originally, the usra used a first-past-the-post voting system to determine the candidate that became president, though since 1983, elections have consistently narrowed to five candidates for president, ranging from the far-left to right-wing. As a result, amendment 14 was added to the constitution, changing the voting system from first-past-the-post to preferential, in order to better represent the peoples interests. This system remained in place even after the disbanding of the american workers party.
the president mainly serves as the executive of the state with limited powers that are listed in the constitution and has a wide range of advisory powers. The executive branch can propose legislation and constitutional amendments to the workers congress and also as item veto power. The president names the ministerial council, whose candidates must be approved by workers congress.
the national government does not possesses a true system of checks and balances; the legislative branch is the supreme and most powerful branch of government. It votes and approves all laws and oversees the administrative acts of government.
the supreme court is the supreme judiciary and oversees and supervises all republics supreme courts, and at all level of the peoples courts. The members of the supreme court are nominated by the judiciary committee, integrated by a third named by the president, a third by the workers congress and another third by the republics supreme courts. All judges serve for a ten-year tenure but must retire at the age of 70, and can be removed after impeachment by the workers congress.
the supreme court can determine the constitutionality of laws, after they have been approved by the workers congress votes. However, a super majority of the workers’ congress can overturn decisions of the supreme court.
presidents of the usra
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political parties
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politics)
three parties currently dominate national american politics: the far-left american communist party (acp), the left-wing peoples socialist party (psp), and the centrist alliance of progressive democrats (apd). The acp is the most popular party in america followed by the psp and the apd. There are also regional parties as the revolutionary workers and farmers party, farmer–labor party. Other national minor parties are the mutual solidarity front (msf) and the democratic-republican party (demrep/ drp).
the american workers party (awp), sometimes shortened as the workers party, was originally the sole official and ruling party of america, though it was incredibly loose, large and decentralized in its organization. The awp held a monopoly on power, controlling each branch of the national and republican governments. Other political parties could be legally formed, and have elected their own candidates, though these parties were barred from holding important executive offices in national and republican governments. This system of party discipline was intended to promote unity among individuals with differing opinions, with political discourse working out the flaws with communism and allowing everyone to work together under the banner of socialism to create an communist society worldwide. Unfortunately, disagreements among party members divided the party rather than uniting it. Sarah leslie, americas founder, managed to prevent complete collapse of the party due to factional infighting, even after she was barred from government and state office.
following sarah leslie)s death on february 28, 1986, differences between party factions began to emerge once again. Even before her death, the rise of nationalism in america lead to a new ideology, that became popular within the awp, referred to as socialism in one country. This ideology was the exact opposite of the theory of permanent world revolution, as it stated that communist-controlled nations (specifically america) should only work to sustain and improve themselves. It became the ideological opposite of the officially sanctioned permanent revolution, which stated that communist nations should make every attempt to create communist governments in other countries. Socialism in one country stated that america can only survive through economic and political supremacy, which can only be done through work to improve the living conditions for its own citizens and people combined with peaceful negotiation efforts to gain capitalist nations as allies. In 1987, the workers party officially abandoned marxism-trotskyism as its leading ideology after a long internal debate.
the workers party became divided among supporters of permanent revolution and supporters of socialism in one country. Just five years after leslies death, this division within the party become too much to bear, and it led to the dissolution on the awp and its split into three separate parties. By 1991, it became clear that the collapse of the american workers party was inevitable. On may 26, 1991, samuel allen signed the constitutional amendment, that allowed political parties other than the american workers party to hold office. This was done to prevent the fall of the american socialist government, which most believed would happen after the ruling party was disbanded. On july 24, 1991, the workers congress voted to dissolve the american workers party without a legal successor, a step that took effect two days later, ending americas status as a de facto single-party state. However, from the the remains of the awp5, only three parties, selected specifically due to their support for marxist socialism were formed: the neo-trotskyist communist party, the democratic socialist peoples socialist party, and the market socialist alliance of progressive democrats, were allowed to serve in the government at the moment.
economy
historical development
america possess a socialist mixed market-state economy. Originally, america had a decentralized planned economy, dominated by state companies, worker cooperatives and self-employment. Businesses were ultimately state-owned, but were effectively managed, in varying degrees, by the workers themselves. Banks were dismantled and replaced with credit unions as part of america’s transition to socialism. From 1936 to 1941, president leslie initiated and launched the first five-year plan. After the collectivization of farms and land and creation of worker managed factories, the five-year plan was launched to rebuild the damaged national infrastructure and economy. During this plan, all businesses were required to set high, but realistic goals to increase productivity, as well as set addition goals for the future. In an attempt to give laborers an incentive to work hard, they were allowed to own small amounts of what they produced as personal property, as a part of their share of profits with the state.
while the government did not punish businesses that failed to reach their goals, public information campaigns shamed unproductive entrepreneurs. During the period, the role of currency was significantly reduced and replaced by that of labor and products themselves. In 1942, the expansive success of the first five-year plan, led leslie to proclaim a second five-year plans. This, combined with american involvement in the second world war, boosted the american economy and grew it to the size of europes. American people, regardless of occupation and government position, were required to work for the first seven years of their adult life. Through the 1940s and 1950s, the countrys economy grew with unemployment plummeting from over 25 percent to below five percent, though this was mainly due to american involvement in foreign wars. With unemployment down, the economy flourished and workers productivity increased.
throughout the 1960s and 1970s, however, economic growth began to slow down, as resources were drained supporting communist revolutionaries in foreign countries. Through the 1980s and 1990s, the economy began to gradually recover america ended its involvement in foreign politics and began to focus on internal development. The economic reforms of 1986 passed by samuel allen began to integrate america into the capitalist world economy, lowering the required amount of economic planning, and restoring limited private property. The reforms allowed for limited privatization and granting republics greater control over their economic policies. Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, state-owned industries have been gradually transferred to control by collective controls and regulation on public industries was reduced, as the economy became less nationalized. The government has begun to implement participatory economics to fully achieve socialism.
americas mixed economy
janet kim passed the reforms of 2015, fully reforming americas economy to a mixed economy, with the intention of creating a post-capitalist economy in america. These reforms banned state-owned industries, forcing existing ones to either privatize or become socially-owned property. American citizens are still required to work for a certain amount of time, though this decreases as the population grows. Currently, american citizens are subjected to an eight-hour, three-day work week, as well as two days of volunteer work, though volunteer work is not enforced by the government. Citizens work until the age of 55, after which they are granted retirement by the government. The value of goods can fluctuate according to supply and demand and private property is legal and encouraged by the government. Businesses and enterprises can be both privately and socially-owned, but state-owned ones are illegal. Private businesses are owned by individuals and socially-owned ones (referred to as public businesses) are owned by the people as a whole, rather than an individual. Private businesses are controlled by individuals, while public ones are controlled a democratically elected labor union, based on the principle of workers self-management through workplace democracy. Members of the labor union collectively serve as the businesss entrepreneur. Public industries are owned by the entire population of the country, by are maintained and controlled by its workers. Because of how transactions in america function, those in charge of private businesses are mostly citizens going into retirement.
private businesses are significantly more regulated by the government than public businesses, which are much unregulated. However, privately-owned businesses are required to become socially-owned if the state deems them to have grow too large, as a method transferring ownership of the means of production to the people while maintaining a capitalist-style economy. All businesses are required to implement economic planning, though the products they create is determined differently. The owner of a private business determines the production of its products, whereas public businesses use the philosophy of the customer is always right to determine what products to make. Private businesses receive money from private, often either local or foreign investors, whereas the government directly invests in public businesses with public tax dollars. All workers are required to be educated in economics, as a means to insure adequate economic planning. In public businesses, economic planning is a participatory process carried out by its labor union.
all businesses, regardless of their owners, are required by law to surrender their profits to the government for redistribution; the majority of companies are publicly owned due to public and social stigma against private ownership. Due to profits from businesses being required to be given to the government for redistribution among citizens, many critics describe american businesses as state-owned. America contains 12 specially-administered economic experimentation zones or (saeez), which are much less regulated than the rest of the country. The saeez areas are integrated into the world capitalist economy.
work and welfare
the american government follows a welfare first and end poverty policy, putting the well being of its citizens above all else. The major policy since the early days of the revolution is that the government (either national or republican) provides temporary jobs to unemployed citizens, based on their abilities or vocational training, until they have found a permanent job and are financially stable. Citizens are allowed to change their job, but do not receive government assistance when doing so. Labor exchanges or bureaus manage the unemployed benefits and labor registration. Some economic sector like agriculture and fishing have seasonal labor exchanges under the management of cooperatives but following national targets.
the labor registration card (lrc) is the key document of american life. In it, all citizens and residents have their key data (names, birth date and social security number), educational certificates and labor training, present and previous employments registered.
general resources are distributed to citizens based on needs rather than greed, but the specifics of those resources are chosen by citizens based on their personal choice. However, each republic can establish minimum standards of basic goods such as food. All citizens are guaranteed and given free and public housing, medical care, clean water, food, and education. National insurance covers old age pensions, death grants, unemployment and retirement benefits, labor sickness or accidents and medical care for all citizens.
all these social rights are paid through taxes and monetary transfers from the state and cooperatives. Taxes are paid every year on december 31st with continental credits, earned from paychecks given by their public, cooperative or private employer for time or task worked out. American taxes are among the highest in the world.
the late 1960s brought about a radical change with the complete overhaul of the annual leave system granted to employees. Before the reform, all workers had 15 to 20 days of paid vacations. Under the new system, for every months worth of taxes paid, citizens are given free time compensation credits (colloquial: vacation tickets or credits), which accumulate in week-long state-paid vacation or leisure time which are free to choose in what to spend. Although the official policy of the american government is to distribute wealth and the products of labor equally among citizens, and thus income inequality does not exist, a form of class divide does exist under this new system. Citizens working the longest or in extremely dangerous jobs have the most vacation credits. They can be considered the richest, as they have the most free time.[[2]](#cite_note-2)
once citizens have worked for the amount required by the state requires or reached retirement age, they can be allowed and encouraged, though not required, to engage in other activities such as further education or less demanding occupations. Under this system, the american economy has prospered, with american goods increasing in value and the american gdp being the highest in the world.
society
officially, prohibition at the national level ended in 1937, however some republics during the revolution had it abrogated within their territories. Republican governments regulate alcohol production, quality, distribution and license of sales. Either republican, cooperatives or private retailers do production, distribution and sales of beer, wine and spirits. Some republics have a state monopoly of the alcohol industry.
the main public holidays are:
- new years day (new years eve january 1st)
- emancipation proclamation (january 1st)
- lincolns birthday (february 12th)
- washingtons birthday (february 22th)
- international womens day (march 8th)
- international labor day (may 1st)
- juneteenth (june 20th)
- independence day (fourth of july)
- equal rights day (july 9th, of ratification xiv amendment)
- veterans day (november 11th)
- start of november revolution (november 23th)
- thanksgiving, or thanksgiving day (final thursday in november)
- abolition of slavery day (december 6th of ratification xiii amendment)
- christmas (december 25th)
public broadcasting
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the revolution nationalized and made of public interest all commercial broadcasting in 1936. With the exception of radios belonging to educational institutions or cooperatives the rest were nationalized and integrated into the newly established american broadcasting service (abs) that became the national and republic public broadcaster.
the abs, that receives funding from both national and republics governments, is the main source of information, education, culture and entertainment of the american public. It is followed by the mutual broadcasting system (mbs) a cooperative radio network with programming produced by and shared between its member stations and it is also the main sports broadcaster. Besides the previous two networks, there are also several republic, american indian, local-city radio stations.
from the private broadcasters and the free radios of the liberated zones that the first radio networks of the abs were established based on former nbc: red network (entertainment and music), blue network (news and cultural), white network (spanish and regional programming), gold network (regional programing) and the voice of america the shortwave station with national and international services.
the arrival of television in the 1950s was also distributed among the two major broadcasters abs (national public television, npt) and mbs local stations. The mbs keep its focus in local stations but keeping its cooperative character of program syndication.
demands in the 1960s for more entertainment, educational regional and indian programing output led to the creation of the regional and republic channels of the abs (regional public television, rpt) and a second national network. Therefore, in the mid-1930s there are two national networks (npt i and ii), regional and republic networks (rpt) and the local networks of the mbs.
of the networks, mbs has gained a reputation of having a more entertaining programing with popular music bands and singers starting their careers at a local mbs radio or tv stations. Sometimes it came at odds with the enlightening purpose of public broadcasting as stated in broadcasting laws and regulations. However, the mbs as reputation of producing slick quiz shows versus the educational and sometimes very highbrow cultural programming of the abs. However for news and current affairs the abs as the leading edge, save in sports programming were the local mbs affiliates cater the interest and following of fans of local or republican sports teams. Curiously, the cooperative syndication of the mbs made it possible to have network-like programming but serving more closely republican or regional audiences in radio and television.
education and culture
education in socialist america in its preschool, primary and secondary levels (the k-12 public school system) is public, free and its compulsory until age 14 (or 18 in some republics). College, vocational and university education is tuition-free for all. The national and republican constitutions make all education non segregated. As part of welfare programs all educational facilities and districts must provide meals, health care and child protection.
republican and local governments have primary responsibility for education. The national ministry of education plays a pivotal ole in standards setting and education finance.
all for-profit private and parochial schools are abolished. Tought community and cooperative run schools are allowed to exist provided they teach the republican curriculum and follow general guidelines.
armed forces
the peoples national armed forces (pnaf) is the direct successor of the red and workers militias of the revolution. The law on the peoples national armed forces of 1937 established a national military and its branches.
the selective service system law gave power to the ministry of the national defense to conscript men and women in case of war and provide volunteer conscription in times of peace. It also considered the cases of conscientious objectors that must serve in the civilian public service.
the national security acts define the chain of command and political structure of the pnaf. These define the commander-in-chief being the president of united america, the ministry of the national defense in charged of coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the peoples national armed forces, the national security council that coordinate military strategy with political affairs and the joint chiefs of staff, a body of the senior uniformed leaders of the pnaf that advises the political authorities and as the joint or delegated operational command authority of the armed forces.
the branches or services of the pnaf are:
- peoples national army (pna)
- peoples national navy (pnn)
- peoples national air force (pnaf)
- national coast guard (ncg)
- pnaf strategic command
on acquiring and adopting thermonuclear weapons the pnaf established a unified combat command - pnaf strategic command - responsible for the strategic deterrence, global strike, and operation of the air, land and sea-based icbm.
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?In otl rural americans did not receive electricity until 1950. In this timeline certain rural areas may lack power after 1950 but the government attempts to bring them electricity. For the politicians after the revolution bringing poorer citizens electricity is a great propaganda victory.
otl reference:https://livinghistoryfarm.Org/farminginthe30s/life_09.Html?I dont know if the original author (jmc red dwarf) intended it but its an obvious acknowledgement to edward bellamys looking backward and a novel take on it. |
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| 15 months after being jailed for $22,000,000 fraud, ex- Jaguars FM Amit Patel hi |
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) > -1) { addclass($(.Section-container), pill-tag); } follow us share 0 discuss 0 discuss whats your opinion? 15 months after being jailed for $22,000,000 fraud, ex- jaguars fm amit patel hit with new felony charges over looting team for gambling spree discuss now ex- jaguars finance manager amit patel jailed for $$22,000,000 fraud hit with new felony charges over looting team for gambling spree the scandal surrounding amit patel, former jacksonville jaguars finance manager, has escalated, per the latest espn reports. Patel ran the team’s virtual credit card (vcc) program from 2019 to 2023.
ad he stole over $22,000,000 from the jaguars between 2019 and 2023 using the team’s virtual credit card system. He disguised bogus charges as legitimate expenses like hotel stays and airfare and funneled the money into fanduel gambling accounts luxury purchases (watches, cars, crypto, and even tiger woods memorabilia) and private jets and condos in ponte vedra beach.
patel pleaded guilty to wire fraud and illegal monetary transactions in december 2023. He was sentenced to 6.5 years in federal prison in march 2024, plus 3 years of supervised release. He was ordered to pay $21.1 million in restitution to the team.
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the jaguars appreciate the states efforts to pursue justice. We remain diligent in the same pursuit, an afc south teams representative said on friday. Patel could face up to 30 years in prison per count, potentially adding decades to his ongoing sentence.
ad ad patel is suing fanduel for $250 million, claiming they exploited his gambling addiction. He allegedly received vip treatment, gifts and constant contact up to 100 calls a day.
quick look at ex-jaguars finance manager, amit patels background amit patel got his mba in accounting from florida state university (2015–2017). He earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from flagler college and went to paxon school for advanced studies from 2007–2011.
ad as per rocket reach, before working for the jaguars, he worked at deloitte as an assurance associate. In 2017, patel was an accounting coordinator at the zimmerman agency. In 2016, he worked at apple as an applecare advisor.
patel joined the nfl team in 2018 as a coordinator in financial planning and analysis. He rose to become manager of financial planning and analysis, overseeing monthly financial statements, departmental budgets and the team’s virtual credit card (vcc) program, which he later exploited.
by 2019, patel was the sole administrator of the vcc system. He had the authority to approve new accounts, modify credit limits and categorize transactions in business reports.
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| Quinshon Judkins arrested on domestic violence charge |
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Quinshon judkins has been arrested on a domestic violence charge in florida.
x (formerly twitter) user willie knows ball is being credited as the first account to note judkins’ arrest. Judkins, a cleveland browns rookie and former standout at ole miss and ohio state, is listed on the broward county sheriff’s office online records.
judkins played 3 seasons of college football. He began his career at ole miss before transferring to ohio state.
as a freshman at ole miss, judkins posted his best rushing numbers. In 13 games (6 starts), he rushed 274 times for 1,567 yards and 16 touchdowns, earning freshman all-american and sec freshman of the year recognition.
judkins was a 13-game starter as a sophomore, rushing 271 times for 1,158 yards and 15 touchdowns. After his sophomore season, judkins decided to transfer to ohio state.
at osu, judkins’ touches went down. He appeared in all 16 games for the buckeyes, making 8 starts. He logged 194 carries for 1,060 yards and 14 touchdowns, helping ohio state win the college football playoff national championship.
the browns selected judkins with the no. 36 overall pick in the 2nd round of the 2025 nfl draft. Judkins has not yet signed his rookie contract. |
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| 10 Non-Tax Policies In Trumps Megabill That Will Affect Americans | ZeroHedge |
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Authored by jackson richman, joseph lord, jacob burg via the epoch times,
the one big beautiful bill act is notable for implementing significant changes to the u.S. Tax code, including making 2017’s individual income tax brackets permanent.
but there are non-tax-related items in the bill that will impact the lives of everyday americans, affecting travel, women’s health care, immigration, and welfare benefits.
here are ten major non-tax areas that are addressed in the legislation, which president donald trump signed into law on july 4.
air traffic control the new law provides $12.5 billion to the transportation department to institute long-overdue reforms to the nation’s air traffic control system.
that includes $4.75 billion to upgrade copper telecommunication infrastructure to fiber optics, $3 billion for radar systems replacements, $500 million for safety technology to avoid near-misses on runways, and $100 million for advanced training technology for air traffic controllers.
at a july 8 cabinet meeting, transportation secretary sean duffy called the funding a “massive new start to rebuild air traffic control,” but said his agency will need more money to upgrade american aviation and make it the world’s leader.
duffy has repeatedly pointed to the federal aviation administration’s outdated technology and infrastructure, which still relies on floppy disks, aging copper wire, and rotary phones.
despite the need for more funds, the bill could help reduce and avoid the sorts of delays that infamously bogged down newark international airport in new jersey earlier this year.
air traffic controllers monitor planes at los angeles international airport in los angeles on july 1, 2025. Under the one big beautiful bill act, the transportation department will receive $12.5 billion to implement long-overdue reforms to the u.S. Air traffic control system. John fredricks/the epoch times
border and immigration the legislation dedicates a total of $150 billion toward border security and immigration enforcement, aligning with some of trump’s core promises on the 2024 campaign trail.
approximately $80 billion of that amount is slated for domestic immigration enforcement operations.
the single biggest immigration item in the law is $46.5 billion dedicated to the construction of a border wall along the u.S.–Mexico border.
much of the rest is slated for immigration and customs enforcement (ice), the agency largely responsible for carrying out trump’s mass deportation operation.
that includes $45 billion allocated for detention through september 2029—a 365 percent increase over ice’s prior annual detention funding, which sat at $3.4 billion, according to the american immigration council. It provides $14.4 billion for transportation and removal operations, a 500 percent annual increase.
for state and local governments that assist with deportation efforts, $13.5 billion is allocated in grants.
border patrol agents monitor the u.S. Border wall in san ysidro, calif., On july 25, 2024. The new legislation allocates $150 billion for border security and immigration enforcement. John fredricks/the epoch times
education the bill makes several notable tweaks to federal education policy.
first, it would reduce pell grant eligibility for high-income students and students with full-ride scholarships. The approximately $7,000 annual grant has long provided a boost to funding americans’ higher education.
the bill also proposes two federal student loan repayment plans, including one traditional repayment plan and one income-based repayment plan, as republicans seek to do away with president joe biden’s contested saving on a valuable education (save) plan.
additionally, it would tax college and university endowments at a variable rate—either 1.4 percent, 4 percent, or 8 percent—based on the institutions’ wealth.
medicaid and rural hospitals some of the changes that have drawn the most attention are those made to medicaid funding—changes that are expected to boot millions of beneficiaries off the entitlement program while potentially impacting rural hospitals.
to reduce medicaid spending, the bill would impose an 80-hour monthly work requirement for able-bodied adults to receive benefits; the change would take effect by no later than december 2026.
it also reduces the “provider tax”—the rate at which states tax hospitals and doctors to pay for their medicaid programs—from 6 percent to 3.5 percent in states that expanded medicaid under the affordable care act. Ten states that didn’t expand their programs will see no changes. That change won’t go into effect until 2028.
to offset fears that the changes would harm rural hospitals, the bill allocates $50 billion over five years to support such facilities.
estimates vary significantly as to how many individuals could lose coverage as a result of the medicaid changes. The congressional budget office forecasts that several million nationwide could lose coverage.
a man waits in a hospital in irvine, calif., On july 8, 2025. The one big beautiful bill act includes changes that could remove millions from medicaid and impact rural hospitals. John fredricks/the epoch times
snap cuts the one big beautiful bill act includes new requirements for recipients of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap), better known as food stamps.
in addition, the bill introduces more stringent work requirements for snap recipients. Currently, able-bodied recipients between 18–54 must spend 80 hours a month volunteering, working, looking for a job, or being in school. The bill widens that window to between 18-64 years of age.
moreover, states will have to shoulder more of the burden when it comes to funding for snap. That means recipients could receive less in food stamps or lose access entirely, depending on the state in which they live.
‘trump accounts’ for newborns the bill also adds a pilot program for “ trump accounts ,” a type of federal trust account that comes prefunded with $1,000 from the treasury department for every child born between jan. 1, 2025, and dec. 31, 2028. Children born before this year will also be eligible, but not for the initial $1,000 seed money.
the scheme allows americans to contribute up to $5,000 a year to these accounts.
the money must be invested in a broad stock market index, and earnings will grow tax-deferred until the account holder withdraws the funds. Beneficiaries are eligible to withdraw half the money for qualified purposes when they reach the age of 18, and can access the full balance at age 25. Withdrawals would then be subject to either capital gains or income tax rates, depending on the nature of the expense.
expenses such as tuition, a first home purchase, or small business expenses would be subject to the lower capital gains tax rate; all other uses of the funds would be subject to normal income tax rates, including an additional 10 percent penalty for nonqualified expenses.
people walk on the lehigh university campus in bethlehem, pa., On oct. 25, 2024. The legislation will affect higher education by reducing student grants and adjusting loan repayment plans and tax codes for institutions. Madalina vasiliu/the epoch times
spectrum one section of the bill reinstates the federal communications commission’s spectrum authority, a term that describes the agency’s ability to auction off specific radio frequencies to the private sector.
the authority expired in 2023 and, with limited direction from the biden administration, became deadlocked in congress.
the reauthorization of the program in the bill will generate $85 billion in revenues for the federal government over the next ten years, enables expansion of 5g and 6g mobile networks, and will allow for rural areas to receive radio communications that could be crucial during natural disasters in which they might not have access to tv.
defunding planned parenthood the one big beautiful bill act ends medicaid funding for planned parenthood for one year. Stripping federal funding from planned parenthood, which provides reproductive health services such as abortion, has been a longtime goal of conservatives.
a planned parenthood facility in anaheim, calif., On sept. 10, 2020. The new legislation ends medicaid funding for health care nonprofits that post more than $800,000 in profit in a year, including planned parenthood. John fredricks/the epoch times
the legislation does not explicitly mention planned parenthood, but instead references abortion providers that are non-profits and received more than $800,000 in medicaid reimbursements in fiscal year 2023.
a federal judge has since put that aspect of the legislation on hold pending further litigation .
obamacare changes the law also makes several substantial changes to the affordable care act (aca), often known as “obamacare.” The aca marketplace allows low-income americans to buy discounted health insurance.
first, the legislation will require marketplace customers to re-enroll every year, much as some employees are required to reconfirm their chosen coverage for an employer-sponsored health insurance plan. During the re-enrollment process, customers will also have to re-verify their income.
it also shortens the open enrollment period—which was lengthened under biden—by returning the period to the original nov. 1 to dec. 15 window.
other provisions of the law exclude gender transition treatment from coverage, limit marketplace tax credits to citizens and some lawful residents, and require enrollees to be current on their premium payments before re-enrolling for another year.
the changes will be implemented on a rolling basis, with some related to eligibility set to go into effect as early as december 2025.
a group of resident doctors talks with a senior doctor inside brookdale university hospital and medical center in the brooklyn borough of new york city on july 1, 2025. Andres kudacki/ap photo
expansion of military housing and support programs the one big beautiful bill act includes a $9 billion expansion of programs surrounding housing, child care, and other benefits for members of the armed forces and their families.
that includes a $2.9 billion increase in the basic allowance for housing and $590 million to help with temporary housing allowances for service members, to help with relocation.
it also includes more funding for the military health care system.
the expanded benefits could incentivize more people, especially with spouses and children, to join the armed services. |
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