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Ron Perlman Announces his 2020 Presidential Campaign

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Yes the 2016 election just ended, but it’s never too early to start looking ahead at the 2018 and 2020 elections! Beyond Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and Kanye’s announced campaign, we’ve got a third celebrity to enter the 2020 Presidential Campaign. Ron Perlman posted on Facebook announcing his candidacy and then followed up with some picks.

So, for fun, what lessons could President Perlman learn from the various characters he’s played?

Don’t Hang Up on Make Mark Ruffalo. You Wouldn’t Like Him Angry.

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Actor Mark Ruffalo who plays Bruce Banner/The Hulk has lent his voice to the Progressive Change Campaign Committee to help find volunteers and get out the vote for this Tuesday’s election. The actor channeled his green on-screen alter-ego in the call:

Hi, this is actor and climate change activist Mark Ruffalo, calling with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. Please don’t hang up. That will make me angry. You won’t like me when I’m angry.

The actor is a regular when it comes to progressive causes often lending his voice, time, money, and star-power for environmental causes especially.

You can listen to the full call below:

Cosplayer Running for Arizona House of Representatives

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Cara Nicole who’s also a cosplayer known as AZ Powergirl has announced that she’s running for the Arizona House of Representatives in District 26.

Beyond cosplaying, Nicole has created books, appeared on national television, radio and print ads, was the model for the Magic: The Gathering’s Emmara Tandris card, and travels internationally to conventions where she not only tables but also teaches panels on Cosplay Safety, The Business of Cosplay, as well as mentors many newer costumers to grow in the business as well is the co-founder and co-owner of 183 Degree Studio.

She’s running as a member of the Green Party and is currently looking for individuals not registered as Democrats of Republicans to sign her petition to run. Often candidates have to gather signatures, with restrictions as to who can sign, to get on the ballot.

Arizona has a system where two individuals are elected to each House district and currently both seats for this district are held by Democrats.

(via The Beat)

The Political Machine 2016, Out February 4

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The Political Machine 2016 will be released February 4, just a few short days after the Iowa Caucuses. The video game from Stardock Software is a political simulator that has you choosing your candidate, or create your own, and pits you in a head-to-head  race in the general election.

There’s lots of issues and influences that will determine how well you do, much like real life elections.

Make your run for President of the United States! Take a stance on current issues, stretch the truth, and smear your opponents as you climb your way to the top of Capitol Hill!

Choose one of over a dozen presidental candidates or create your own ideal candidate. Give speeches, go on talk shows, hire unsavory operatives and do whatever it takes to win on election day.

In the game you use power and money to purchase ads and influence voters, and allows you to challenge friends in a multiplayer mode. The simulation uses census data and real issues to test your political abilities.

The video game is available in Early Access on Steam for $9.99.

(via GamePolitics)

Bernie Sanders Supporters Descend on San Diego Comic-Con

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SDCC15-Bernie-SandersEach year I head to numerous conventions all around the country and I wonder where are the political parties. With tens of thousands of individuals in one area, it’s a perfect opportunity to whip up support, get the word out, and sign up some voters. Well, it seems like at least one set of supporters of a candidate had the same idea and headed to San Diego Comic-Con to do just that.

Supporters of Bernie Sanders 2016 were on hand at the convention to show their support for the Presidential candidate for the Democratic nomination. The group brought along a cardboard cut-out of the candidate, and made a poster of Sanders made up to look like Doc Brown from Back to the Future (though they left it at home). Instead they created a poster with a Mad Max theme that pitted the candidate against the Koch brothers which you can see to the left.

The group handed out 1,500 Bernie stickers and posters as well as a flyer going over Sanders’ 12-point plan. The impact is unknown as most con-goers will grab just about anything handed to them (my luggage back from the convention is a perfect example of this).

While the impact of such activity is unknown, it’s good to see a candidate’s supporters getting out there and trying to raise awareness. Engaging the geek community instead of just using them to score pop culture hits is a nice change of pace. Hopefully others will get a clue and engage.

(via The Daily Beast and Roll Call)

 

Voter Lookup.

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Tuesday, November 4 is the 2014 midterm elections. We believe in free speech here, and the greatest speech is getting out to vote. You can use the below tool to find your local polling place, who’s on the ballot, and even local initiatives.

We may be a partisan site, but in the end it’s important you get out there and do your civic duty in the end. This Tuesday, head to the polls, and be counted.

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Voter Lookup.

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Tuesday, November 4 is the 2014 midterm elections. We believe in free speech here, and the greatest speech is getting out to vote. You can use the below tool to find your local polling place, who’s on the ballot, and even local initiatives.

We may be a partisan site, but in the end it’s important you get out there and do your civic duty in the end. This Tuesday, head to the polls, and be counted.

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Darth Vader for Ukraine Parliament

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The Ukrainian Internet party’s Darth Vader addresses a party congress in KievThe Ukraine currently sits at the center of a potential flashpoint that could easily escalate into a global conflict. Darth Vader has stepped into the political arena in hopes to save his country, among other issues. Darth Alekseyevitch Vader (we’ve also seen it spelled Alekseyevich) is running as part of the Ukraine’s parliamentary elections as part of the Internet Party. Also running as part of the platform is Stepan Chewbacca.

Vader lives up the name, dressed in full costume, and a black campaign van which he calls “his helicopter.” He’s so hardcore he legally changed his name to Darth Vader. The electrician was previously known as Viktor Shevchenko.

Vader has a few goals:

  • Expel all deputies when he gets to parliament and computerize all government business
  • He’ll win the war against separatist rebels in the east, though also plans to withdraw government troops (we think he’ll use Sith or Bounty Hunters. No disintegrations!)
  • He will reclaim the Crimean Peninsula (see above on we guess he’ll achieve this)
  • Build a military space station to protect the Ukraine

Vader never shows his face, which prevented him from voting in May’s presidential elections. Election workers said he was violating voting rules.

Pollsters predict they they have little chance of getting into parliament.

And the announcement video from March:

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