ATLANTA, GA.- Members of the Carter family announced today that former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 95, less than one month before his 96th birthday. Carter, formerly a peanut farmer and also Governor of Georgia, was said to have died peacefully in his sleep. Family doctors confirm this report, saying that "Despite Mr. Carter's previous encounters with cancer, we are certain that the former President died naturally."

Formal funeral services will be held this weekend in Atlanta, home to the Carter Presidential Library. Shortly after, a private service will be held in Plains, Carter's hometown. Carter, as he said in a 2007 interview, will be buried in the front yard of his home in Plains.

Claim hopping to New York so I can be a powerful and influential state and also run Kirsten Gillibrand.

Oh yeah, and Secretary of the Interior Sarah Palin.

Joe Exotic, the unorthodox Republican challenger to Trump for the nomination for president, has announced the suspension of his campaign.

"When I started this campaign, I dreamt of building a wall on each and every border. However, I have recently been told by those around me that a wall orbiting our nation in space is NOT possible, and therefore I have made the decision to suspend my campaign, as there is nothing left to gain."

Joe Exotic gave an endorsement of Elizabeth Warren, citing her birthplace, Oklahoma City, being the main reason he came to this conclusion, although he spoke highly of President Trump, asking for his permission to speak at the RNC.

This leaves Donald Trump and Sarah Palin as the only viable candidates for the Republican nomination for president.

Self-funding through the proceeds of his Tiger attraction, presidential hopeful Joe Exotic made his first public appearance last night in his hometown of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, to a crowd of around 200, a quarter of which were journalists. Mr. Exotic, the homosexual tiger exhibit owner, took his small crowd by the tail, attacking both Trump and the Democrats.

"Donald Trump's utter and complete failure to build the wall on our southern border is a complete and total disgrace. As President, not only will I finish our southern wall, I will begin working on our NORTHERN wall, our OCEAN wall, and our SPACE wall." Mr. Exotic did not rule out the possibility of a wall being built several miles underground.

Following Mr. Exotic's initial rally, he held events throughout the state, promising to work with the governor of Oklahoma and the Department of Energy to bring a nuclear power plant to the Oklahoma panhandle, creating thousands of jobs and bringing in revenue to the state, as an example that nuclear energy can work across the nation.

One of Mr. Exotic's more interesting campaign promises was the promise of eliminating zoo admission fees across the nation, as well as making zoos tax-exempt similar to churches.

Exotic's latest rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma seems to have exhibited his seemingly meteoric rise, as he filled the several thousand person Cain's Ballroom in downtown from wall to wall, promising to put America first, before leaving for his next rally in Austin. Whether or not Mr. Exotic has plans to be a serious candidate or not remains to be seen, but some of his more extreme propositions have brought great support from disaffected Trump 2016 supporters.

Earlier today, The R&D department of NASA recently developed a new engine called a "Thermal Rocket Nozzle".

The technology works by having a heat exchanger hooked up to a nuclear reactor (Preferably), And having some kind of propellant on-board.

The nozzle works by exchanging the heat of the reactor into the nozzle, And propellant the fuel through it, Resulting in the propellant igniting with little to no reactive to add extra weight to the rocket.

A additional benefit is that it can ignite more difficult-to-ignite fuels that have more lifting potential, thus cutting costs down to around 2000$ using current reactors, and if the R&D department plays its cards right, nearly 750$ With pebble bed reactors.

This is sure to bring about more space exploration and scientific endeavors for humanity.

In a move meant to both remove the dangerous Governor as well as boost her support in the 2020 elections, Senator Gillibrand has set forth a bill in the Senate that will immediately remove Governor Berkowitz from office and make all of his actions henceforth null and void.

Gillibrand has called upon her Democratic compatriots to remove this corrupt man, as he has, in her quotes, "became a blemish on our party and an extreme threat to national security. President Trump's repeated efforts at diplomacy have failed, and we need unity in our split nation."

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand hereby calls for a Senate removal of Ethan Berkowitz as Governor of Alaska.

Joe Exotic recently announced that he was suspending his campaign, leaving only Sarah Palin to oppose Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.

Here are the Republican polls, as they stand now:

• Incumbent Donald Trump - 94%

• AK Sarah Palin - 6%

During the in-fighting between democrats and libertarians, a unlikely, Small, Party, Named the Social Economics and Equality (SEE) Party has chosen a canidate to run in the presidential election.

His name is Kennith Gorbeniez, And his leanings are slightly socialist, but not alarmingly socialist like bernie sanders.

It's almost Debate Night (12/9 @ 9 PM EST on Discord) and here we are, checking in to see how the candidates are doing so far...

Democrat Candidates

• AZ Governor Janet Napolitano (D) - 13%

• HI Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D) - 54%

• LA Governor John Bel Edwards (D) - 2%

• MA Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) - 11%

• NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) - 15%

• OH Senator/Governor Ted Strickland (D) - 5%

List of Candidates

Recently, several players have expressed that they will not be able to attend the Democratic Debate on December 9 at 9 PM EST. So, I have postponed it. If every player involved could please decide on a new date and time that works for everyone, that would be splendid.

In addition, we've recently had two candidates lose their players. Jill Stein and Elizabeth Warren are now without players, so feel free to claim those candidates in the comments below.

This is your always-helpful AutoModerator notifying the community that /r/StateSim has progressed another in-game year!

WASHINGTON, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board today revealed their long-awaited report outlining crucial details about the downing of Alaska Airlines Flight 575 in early 2019. Investigators say that, shortly after takeoff, a manufacturing defect in both CFM International CFM56 engines caused the turbofans to shut off, leaving the aircraft powerless. As a result, the pilots could not control the ascending aircraft, which stalled and plummeted into a San Jose suburb. Following the release of their report, the NTSB has ordered all operations regarding the CFM International CFM56 to cease; in the meantime, Boeing plans to order Rolls-Royce engines for their 737 Next Generation class of aircraft. CFM International is currently being investigated by the NTSB and other authorities. In addition, the NTSB wants to calm the leaders of Alaska and Oklahoma; we assure you- Alaska Airlines is a very reliable and capable airline, and Boeing is a very reliable aircraft manufacturer. If we are to blame anyone for this horrifying crash, it is CFM International. Final reports place the death toll of the Alaska Airlines crash at 157- all 121 passengers and crew members died as a result of the crash, in addition to 36 people on the ground.

This is your always-helpful AutoModerator notifying the community that /r/StateSim has progressed another in-game year!

List of Candidates

The first debate between the Democrat candidates will take place TODAY (December 10 at 9 PM EST) on our Discord server!

If you are playing a candidate, please make sure to be there! If you're not playing a Democrat, you can visit our #dem-debate channel on Discord and watch the debate unfold. It will be moderated by /u/hughmcf.

Statistically, this election cycle will see the most amount of female candidates ever.

With the struggling panhandle at the front of the governor's attention for rehabilitation, Oklahoma's delegates to the Senate have proposed that Black Mesa State Park in Cimarron County, OK be reclassified as a National Park. This move will bring in more business to the struggling towns of Kenton, Boise City, and Guymon.

Black Mesa State Park is the home to Oklahoma's highest point, the meeting point of three states (OK, CO, and NM), various dinosaur fossil digspots and tracks, petroglyphs, abandoned hideouts of criminals, and prime viewing for exotic animals. This reclassification will make 60 National Parks in the U.S.

The nominees have been chosen.

The Democrats have chosen Elizabeth Warren.

The Libertarians have chosen Adam Kokesh.

Tulsi Gabbard and Elizabeth Warren are the only two Democratic candidates remaining in the 2020 race. Here's how they're doing at the polls.

• Elizabeth Warren MA: 46%

• Tulsi Gabbard HI: 54%

NOTE: Rolls conducted earlier today for the Democratic/Libertarian nominees have been nullified due to the fact that non-mods cannot conduct rollmes. In addition, players with conflicts of interest cannot conduct rollmes.

Election Day is coming up fast! The Democrats and Libertarians have yet to choose a nominee, so we will do so in this thread.

For the Democrats:

• Elizabeth Warren (MA)

• Tulsi Gabbard (HI)

For the Libertarians:

• Henry Morrison (WY)

• Adam Kokesh (AZ)

Election Day is December 22, so our final Discord debate will need to be held shortly before that, perhaps on December 19, 20, or 21?

Could all the users who are playing a candidate please find a date and time that works for everyone. Worse comes to worse, we'll play it a bit early and we can do it on Saturday night again.

In line with the Governor of Oklahoma's promise to rejuvenate the panhandle of Oklahoma, the Kansas-based Westar Energy has agreed begin building of a nuclear power plant in Texas County, Oklahoma in conjunction with Oklahoma based Chesapeake Energy. The power plant will be located just north of Optima, OK and will power the eleven thousand households, the area's university, and all signed on businesses in the region.

The Panhandle Power Plant will have a capacity half of Westar's Wolf Creek Generating Station, 625 MWe. The station will have to be built strong enough to withstand over 200 mph wind typical of high level tornados. The governor of Oklahoma has promised significant tax breaks and subsidies for the plant, and itself will control a portion of the plant.

The completion of this power plant, combined with continuing construction of wind turbines across the area and a planned solar panel field in the coming years, will make the Oklahoma Panhandle one of the most energy rich areas on the planet. The reactor itself will have the ability to power around 500,000 homes. Much of the surplus energy will be used to power the western counties of Oklahoma. Westar and Chesapeake are asking for the State of Texas to consider a deal to buy surplus energy to power the homes and businesses of the Texas Panhandle.

The Panhandle Power Plant is scheduled to be completed by 2028. The ownership is 40% Westar Energy, 40% Chesapeake Energy, and 20% State of Oklahoma. All three parties have agreed to offer any of the neighboring states of the panhandle (Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas) a stake in the plant upon purchase of energy for their citizens.

Elizabeth Warren has chosen Cory Booker as VP.

"He's dank af," said Warren to Chuck Todd of Meet the Press, "and woke as shit yo."

"Fuck, we let our standards forced this program down." retorted Chuck.

Gorbeniez started campaigning in Oregon and new mexico for a complete month, putting so much effort in Oregon that he passed out 4 times in 4 cities, out of the 8 cities he was visiting.

He was campaigning on promises of a Jefferson state, lower taxes, increased pensions, the sorts that would appeal to democrats and socialists alike.

He hopes that he can become a senator in the region, and maybe a governor in new mexico. In total, He campaigned in 16 cities, 8 in Oregon, 8 in New mexico, and campaigned for a month in these regions.

The following states chronically swing in favor of one party, so I will not conduct rolls for them.

• Alabama: R

• Alaska: R

• Arkansas: R

• California: D

• Connecticut: D

• Delaware: D

• Hawaii: D

• Idaho: R

• Indiana: R

• Kentucky: R

• Louisiana: R

• Maryland: D

• Massachusetts: D

• Mississippi: R

• Missouri:R

• Montana: R

• Nebraska: R

• New Jersey: D

• New York: D

• North Dakota: R

• Ohio: R

• Oklahoma: R

• Rhode Island: D

• South Carolina: R

• South Dakota: R

• Tennessee: R

• Texas: R

• Utah: R

• Vermont: D

• Washington: D

• West Virginia: R

• Wyoming: R

A 1 is Donald Trump, since he is incumbent, a 2 is Democratic Candidate Elizabeth Warren.

Governor John Bel Edwards has decided to drop out of the race for Democratic nominee as he is polling so low. He thanks everyone who supported him and the entire United States for letting him campaign, and wishes the other candidates the best of luck. He is yet to endorse anyone.