Courage Candidates

Indivisible Bowie and Beyond is looking for bold Democrats to primary and turn over the tired, antiquated and calcified federal government. Here are notes, gathered from our members, describing actions we expect and qualities we want in a candidate. 

1) Enforce DUE PROCESS. Anyone and everyone must be afforded due process according to the Constitution, regardless of legal status or citizenship.  Civil or criminal legal processes and judicial personnel must comply with constitutional, criminal, and civil statutes.

2) Restore all agencies and institutions of government that have been destroyed, dismantled, denied or otherwise disenfranchised by the current Trump administration. Reinstate all rights and responsibilities of agencies and agency leaders which have been usurped in the name of efficiency or efforts to “erase fraud and/or abuse or waste.” Reimplement diversity, equity, inclusivity.

3) Emphasize and fund social safety net agencies and programs that help restore balance to underserved, underfunded, and historically harmed communities.  

4) Rein in and eventually prosecute Trump’s unbridled destruction of the US presidency: overreach of authority; bidding and/or bullying for wealth, power, praise; extortion of wealthy companies, institutions; willfully ignoring the LAW.  

OUR PLATFORM

Restore Tri-partite Government

• Expand Supreme Court proportional to current population
• Restore an independent judiciary based on the rule of law, due process, and justice for all
• Restore power of the purse to Congress
• Maintain separation of church and state within local, state, and federal government
• Term limits for all elected officials

Restore and Improve Government for the People

• Establish single-payer universal healthcare 
• Immigration reform, to include reaffirming birthright citizenship, fair distribution of visas, clear process for applying for citizenship, adequate funding for naturalization in a timely manner, fair and just process (including due process for all) for vetting, allowing entry, and deporting non-US nationals. End ICE; reset Department of Homeland Security to maintaining US borders and entry in a just and humane manner
• Restore and solidify universal voting rights for all Americans
• Overturn Citizen’s United; limit election PAC $; develop nationwide public funding for candidates
• Develop a reasonable military budget that leaves funding available for the needs of the people
• Restore federal government agencies and programs that were gutted or dissolved, and provide them adequate funding
• Constitutional amendments to protect civil and women’s rights, voting rights, access to abortion care, marriage equality and LGBTQ rights
• Restore and honor tribal treaties

Climate

• Join universal climate accord agreements
• Restore environmental research and protection 
• Promote green energy research and implementation
• Develop and fund public transportation 
• Ban enormous data centers; totally rethink how to support AI technology while prioritizing environmental and human needs

International Relations/Diplomacy

• US must comply with international law/human rights law
• reestablish US global humanitarianism, diplomacy, and soft power

Justice 

• the current fascist government must be held to account via Nuremburg-style international trials; adequate punishment must be meted out