Progressive Politics

We are doomed if we cannot overcome the dual party system. So long as half our representatives are buddy buddy they can easily band together. Change to ranked choice voting/star/etc. Enabling third party candidates to have a fair shot of being voted in will help reduce that power. Revise the balloting system so you cannot blindly vote down ticket for a party, without even knowing your candidate's name, let alone policies. Speaking of voting, something as simple as printing off an optional validation paper that can be collected by a third party (if the voter wishes) would go a HUGE way to letting citizens double check if there's been foul play in the numbers. Only by getting past the party system will we ever achieve the changes we need.

No-confidence removal for a significant number of offices, including some semblance of tracking campaign promises & policies and potential removal for actions counter to them (voter initiated, not something representatives can initiate). Giving citizens the option of repealling policies with a high enough % vote.

Strict Term limits, age limits. this includes our supreme court. Evidently we may need something more concrete on third terms for presidents, that includes immediate removal & incarceration for encouraging or attempting.

More controversial, but our government should need to be more transparent/open. While they don't have to be pefect, our representatives should be decent people. They should be required to be more open, and subject to more scrutiny, than citizens. Obvious shit like their income & taxes paid, buf likely far more transparent. Secret courts, secret legislation cannot and should not exist, regardless of what spycraft garbage is ongoing.

Bill of rights modernization & expansion, strict, decisive penalties for violations. Revocation of citizens united and tough implications for any company found paying significant money to influence legislation/election of legislators.