The National Gazette (Official Publication of the Game Engine)

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

VOL. III | ISSUE 11
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

East Asia: Pyongyang Falls to the Allies

Thirty-two days after the Allied forces of the People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea, and Japan laid siege to this, the city once known as the “Jerusalem of the East,” the armies of Loyalist and ex-Nationalist Korea withdrew from Pyongyang, surrendering the city to the Allies in the most dramatic event so far of the North Korean Civil War.

In the forty-eight hours preceding the Loyalist evacuation, Allied flanking maneuvers to the north of the city had forced the defenders to extend their already threadbare lines to the breaking point, and generals on the Allied high command were reportedly of the opinion that a coordinated attack on all fronts would destroy the besieged army. Instead, the beaten defenders chose retreat: outnumbered and outgunned, they began a swift withdrawal from their positions in the late hours of the evening on March 3; by the following morning, Allied forces were in full possession of the city. Slow communication between the divisions and the need to regroup and establish order among the starving, stricken citizens of the liberated city prevented an immediate pursuit of the retreating army by the Allies.

Allied casualties from the siege number to just over 2,500 soldiers killed, wounded, and missing out of a besieging force of more than 250,000. The Nationalist and Loyalist armies are estimated to have lost 16,500 killed and 61,500 captured between them, including 1,500 prisoners taken during the evacuation. At this time, the full extent of civilian casualties are unknown, though Allied forces now believe at least 1,200 noncombatants died during the siege, either due to starvation, Allied bombings, or execution by the Nationalist regime. Outside the city, tens of thousands of noncombatants have been displaced thus far by the fighting, while many more are still awaiting aid promised after the end of the last war. While the Republic of Atlasia provided nearly one billion dollars in humanitarian aid to China and North Korea following the Second Korean War, little of it ever reached the intended recipients, with the Nationalist coup d’etat and then Chinese refusal to recognize the PRK preventing the delivery of promised food, medicine, and other supplies.

Much remains to be resolved; many are the opportunities for disaster; yet still the symbolic resonance of this victory was not lost on Choe Ryong Hae, interim premier of the PRK, who wrote, echoing another wartime leader in another nation’s civil war, “Pyongyang is ours, and fairly won.”

Like a blaze in the night, for the first time in sixty-five years, the Taegukgi was raised over the ash and embers of Pyongyang.

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ITALIAN GENERAL ELECTION
Exit Poll Indicates Strong Showing for M5S

While full results will not be known until Monday, it appears the populist Five Star Movement have outperformed expectations in the general election, earning between 28 and 30% of the national preference vote, well ahead of Matteo Renzi's Democrats (with 25%) and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (with 19%). The hours to come will tell whether this projection has accurately surveyed the political terrain, or whether Mr. Berlusconi—rumored in recent weeks to be suffering from ill health—may yet assemble a majority in the Chamber of Delegates.

Center-right		34%
Center-left		29%
Five Star Movement		30%
Free and Equal		6%

PAFLAGONIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Von Kummerspeck Declared Elected as Observers Allege Fraud

Preliminary reports published by the Elections Bureau (the state agency overseen by the National Council for Peace and Development) give Field Marshall Adolf Von Kummerspeck an overwhelming majority in the country's first presidential election since the 2016 coup d'etat, a result opposition groups and independent observers are alleging was obtained through fraud and widespread voter intimidation by the NCPD. Von Kummerspeck, who as chairman of thje NCPD has ruled the country since 2016, has ignored all allegations; the NCPD released a statement saying the elections were "free and fair" and that the result ratify the "era of peace and stability desired by all Paflagonians."

Von Kummerspeck (Ind)		92%
Gruber (SPP)		6%
Moser (ND)		1%
Lugner (Ind)		1%
Mayer (Ind)		0%

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

VOL. III | ISSUE 11
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

United Kingdom: Hammond-Barnier Treaty Ratified

By a vote of 414 to 172, the House of Commons voted early this afternoon to ratify the treaty negotiated between the United Kingdom and representatives of the European Union, ending Britain’s forty-three year membership of the European bloc on terms obtained by the island nation’s most ardent Europhile. As envisioned by Prime Minister Kenneth Clarke, who assumed office following a bitterly contested snap election in the summer of 2016 left his own Conservative Party sharply divided, the treaty calls for Britain to end its participation in the European Parliament and the bloc’s other political institutions, thus fulfilling to his satisfaction the mandate for exiting the E.U. established in the 2016 referendum. Yet while no longer part of the E.U., Britain will remain a member of the common market and the customs union—in effect joining the European Economic Community—a reality that has left hardline Euroskeptics furious with what they describe as an assault on the idea of democracy itself.

The vote on ratification placed the internal divisions within the parliamentary Conservative Party on high display, as 134 members voted to ratify the treaty even as 147 of their colleagues—led by former Secretary of State for Justice Michael Gove—filed into the right-hand lobby to oppose it. It was a stark reminder that while Mr. Clarke is officially the Conservative leader, the survival of his government depends on the support of the Labour Party, whose members voted 231 to 6 in favor of ratification.

While most of the smaller parties voted with the government in favor of ratification, ten of the twelve Liberal Democrats in the House of Commons voted against, and all 59 MPs from the Scottish National Party abstained from the vote—both parties refusing to lend their hand in taking Britain out of the E.U., even under the moderate terms proposed by Mr. Clarke. The Democratic Unionist Party alone of the Northern Irish parties voted against ratification, joining the Tory hardliners, U.K.I.P.’s singular MP, and a smattering of Labour defectors to form the bulk of the “No” vote.

Even as the results were being announced in the House of Commons, the vote was already being hailed as the crowning achievement of the Clarke premiership. If not the moment the proud, aged Europhile would have chosen among all possible futures, the prime minister had nevertheless saved his country from the “hard Brexit” he so desperately hoped to avoid while surviving all attempts to remove him or silence his voice on the floor of the Commons. If his party is divided, if with the central issue that united it passed the National Government that arose after the 2016 elections now seems to some at the end of its usefulness, Clarke has nevertheless succeeded in navigating the minefield that is Brexit, and done so without compromising his principles or selling himself to the Euroskeptics who have fought so hard and so long to take control of his party.

The results of the vote announced, parliament adjourned; minutes later, the prime minister’s car was seen making its way through the streets of London, toward Buckingham Palace.

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VOL. IV | ISSUE 1
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ITALIAN GENERAL ELECTION
Hung Parliament Projected as Parties Scramble to Claim Mandate

No coalition emerged from Sunday's general election with an outright majority in the Chamber of Deputies, plunging the infamously volatile world of Italian politics into the familiar brew of chaos as the leaders of the two largest factions scramble to assemble a working majority from a hung parliament. While Luigi di Maio's Five Star Movement (M5S) will be the largest single party and Silvio Berlusconi's center-right coalition (of which his own Forward Italy is the senior partner) enjoys a plurality in the lower house, neither has the necessary votes to form a majority government on their own. While pundits have raised any variety of possibilities, from a Euroskeptic coalition of M5S, the Northern League, and Brothers of Italy, to a partnership of M5S with either of the two mainstream parties, to an unlikely grand coalition of Forward Italy and the Democrats, neither the leaders nor their associates have yet made their intentions publicly known. While both Di Maio and Berlusconi have forcefully claimed their right to lead the country, for the moment the government remains in the hands of Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who will remain in office until a new government is formed.

		Votes (%)		Seats
Five Star Movement		28.1%		191
Democratic Party		23.0%		138
Forward Italy		18.5%		149
Northern League		13.1%		105
Free and Equal		8.2%		34
Brothers of Italy		3.0%		12
Europe+		2.7%		0
We with Italy		1.5%		0
Popular Civic List		0.5%		0
Together		0.5%		0
Others		0.9%		0

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

VOL. IV | ISSUE 2
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

NORTH KOREAN CIVIL WAR
PRK Reestablished at Kaesong

Three months after a government-in-exile was proclaimed at Seoul in the aftermath of the Nationalist coup d'etat that ended the brief premiership of Pak Pong Ju, the People's Republic of Korea is reestablished on North Korean soil, as ministers of the National Government arrived in Kaesong on Monday to occupy what has been declared the provisional capitol of the Legitimist state. The move was widely interpreted by foreign policy analysts as indicating the Allies now believe they will emerge victorious in the ongoing civil war and are now giving thought to the structure of the post-war regime.

Since the fall of Pyongyang nine days ago, assisted by the governments of Japan, Australia, and the Republic of Korea, as well as humanitarian aid groups from around the world, the PRK has attempted to restore order in the southern interior reconquered from Nationalist and Loyalist forces over the course of the last three months. The situation there has been declared a humanitarian crisis by the United Nations, as tens of thousands go without access to electricity, proper nutrition, or adequate medical supplies. While the Republic of Atlasia and other nations in the Allied bloc provided more than $1 billion in aid at the end of the last war, intervening events have prevented the delivery of much of this material.

In the last week, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called on other East Asian powers to rise to the occasion and join the Allies in restoring "peace, stability, and human rights" to North Korea. While he did not address any leader by name, the speech was received as a thinly-veiled rebuke of Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose government still does not recognize the PRK as the legitimate government of North Korea and who Allied intelligence has identified as a key supporter of the Loyalist forces. In an oblique reply on Sunday, Xi placed blame for the "unfortunate situation" in North Korea squarely on the shoulders of "those who continue to prolong conflict by going where they do not belong," implicitly endorsing the position of the Loyal Korean People's Army, whose propaganda depicts the PRK as the agent of murderous foreign invaders.

With nearly 300,000 soldiers and a small fleet of air and artillery forces at their disposal, the LKPA remains in control of most of the mountainous northern provinces that currently separate the territory controlled by the PRK from China. Recognized only by Venezuela, where the Maduro regime has been outspoken in its support for the Loyalist cause, the LKPA is nevertheless believed to have the financial and military backing of the People's Republic of China. Allied intelligence has observed semi-regular communication between Chinese officials and the staff of Supreme Commander of Loyal Forces Kim Jong Nam, the self-styled Supreme Leader, with arms shipments and other supplies covertly ferried across the Yalu river under the cover of darkness. In addition, past photographic evidence has seemed to indicate the Loyalists have received the direct military support of the People's Liberation Army, who are believed to have participated in the Loyalist capture of Sinuiju.

While the Allies enjoy massive numerical superiority over the Loyalists, as the war moves out of the south and into the northern mountains, the fighting is likely to become much costlier and the enemy harder to dislodge. Allied officials have also expressed concerns over the possibility of terror attacks orchestrated by the LKPA within the territory of the PRK. When Interim Premier Choe Ryong Hae arrived in the provisional capital on Monday, he was accompanied by an armed guard two platoons strong—a stark reminder that even as enemy armies have been expelled from the region, the threat to the PRK and its citizens remains ever-present.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

VOL. IV | ISSUE 2
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

KENNETH CLARKE MINISTRY
'Brexit' Achieved, Clarke Faces Host of New Challenges

Having done what many believed to be impossible—negotiating Britain's withdrawal from the European Union in coalition with the Labour Party while preserving membership of the common market and surviving all attempts to remove him as leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party—Prime Minister Kenneth Clarke now faces a seemingly near-equal difficulty: to ensure the survival of his government, his party, and the United Kingdom against a sea of rivals seeking to topple all three as Britain moves into the post-Brexit era.

Since entering office thirteen months ago, Clarke has found himself in the unusual position of leading a national government in which his own party is effectively the junior partner. While the Conservatives emerged from the last election with a plurality of forty-one seats, the parliamentary party is sharply divided between pro-European members loyal to Clarke and the Euroskeptic wing led by Michael Gove and Boris Johnson. While both factions still nominally form a united Conservative Party, the Euroskeptics have in general proved hostile to the Clarke Ministry, attempting unsuccessfully to topple him from the leadership late last year and voting against the Hammond-Barnier Treaty negotiated by the ministry with the E.U. Since the treaty vote, the rumblings of discontent have only grown among the hardline Euroskeptics, with some suggesting an irreversible rupture of the party is imminent. Clarke has accordingly been forced to rely on the support of Owen Smith's Labour Party to sustain the government, an unstable arrangement Clarke nevertheless managed with finesse during the Brexit negotiations.

With those negotiations now a fait accompli, however, Clarke's position as leader of the national government is likely to become increasingly tenuous as Deputy Prime Minister Owen Smith comes under increasing pressure to dissolve the national government and force a new election. Yet exactly how Labour might choose to end the coalition, and what sort of government would replace it, remains largely uncertain, further complicated by the Fixed Terms Parliament Act. As a matter of mathematics, Labour would be able to form a government without an election were they to obtain the support of the Welsh and Scottish nationalists, who together account for ninety-seven seats in the House of Commons. Such would almost certainly require Labour to promise a second referendum on Scottish independence, however, something Smith has so far been unwilling to do. Such an arrangement would further leave Smith at the mercy of the nationalists, who would supply near three-tenths of the seats for such a "progressive coalition." Alternatively, Smith could seek an early election; under the Fixed Terms Parliament Act, this would require him either to pass a vote of no-confidence against the government—a potentially embarrassing course for the deputy prime minister to take—or to secure a two-thirds' vote in the House of Commons—which at the present stage appears unlikely.

Thus, for the present, Clarke remains at Number 10, even as his partners in coalition grow restless with an arrangement many now view as a political liability. There, he must cope with increasingly strident demands from Nicola Sturgeon's Scottish National Party that Scotland be allowed to vote on independence before the Hammond-Barnier Treaty takes full effect. While Sturgeon secured passage of a resolution affirming "the right of the Scottish people to decide their own future" last year, Clarke remains personally opposed to a second referendum, and his coalition partners seem in no hurry to compel him to act. There is also the issue of Northern Ireland, under direct rule since the collapse of the devolved government one year ago.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

VOL. IV | ISSUE 3
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

NORTH KOREAN CIVIL WAR
Map: International Recognition of North Korea

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

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Interim Premier Choe Ryong Hae of the People's Republic of Korea, in Kaesong on Monday

Atlasia Will Defend PRK Against Invasion

Responding to a growing humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country, the president this morning ordered the Eighth Army into North Korea for the second time in six months, acting to guarantee with Atlasian military might the survival of the reestablished People's Republic of Korea. Under orders to abstain from offensive maneuvers against the Loyalist forces, the army will pursue a strictly defensive and humanitarian mission, helping to support reconstruction efforts and distribute aid to refugees, while seeking to preserve the territorial integrity of the PRK in the liberated southern provinces against the possibility of a Loyalist insurgency.

The president's address announcing the deployment of the Eighth Army was received gladly by allies in the region, who had feared they would be left to fight alone in the event of a Chinese intervention in the ongoing civil war. While Chinese President Xi Jinping has yet to comment on the president's address, foreign policy analysts indicated a direct intervention by the People's Republic of China is now less likely to occur, as such an action would be likely to incite a war with Atlasia Mr. Xi is keen to avoid.

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Democrats Refuse Coalition with M5S

Democratic Party leaders will decline any offer to enter into coalition with Luigi Di Maio's Five Star Movement (M5S), the party's acting secretary told reporters on Tuesday. The Democrats have expressed intent to enter into opposition in the next parliament after their humiliating performance in the March 4 general election, which saw the party finish third behind M5S and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia. Without the Democrats, M5S will need to strike a deal either with Mr. Berlusconi or with the Euroskeptic League to have a chance of forming a majority; Berlusconi, who led a coalition of Forza Italia, League, and the right-wing Brothers of Italy party in the election, has also asserted his right to choose the next prime minister.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

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NORTH KOREAN CIVIL WAR
Allied Army Splits, Main Force Marching on Anju

An Allied force composed primarily of the Republic of Korea First and Third Armies and the second and third divisions of the People's Republican Army—rechristened the Allied First Army—is marching north from Pyongyang with apparent aim of seizing the Loyalist stronghold of Anju, whose capture would cut off Loyalist forces in the east from their main supply line to China. Units of the People's Liberation Army have been spotted along the north bank of the Yalu River, where they would be strategically positioned to seize key positions along the northern frontier should Anju fall.

Meanwhile, to the east, the Allied Second Army—made up of the first PRA division and forces of the State of Japan—is advancing north and west into the Hamgyong Mounatins, in hopes of dislodging the loyalist forces in the northeast of the country.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

NORTH KOREAN CIVIL WAR
Survey of Allied and Associated Forces in North Korea

FIRST ALLIED ARMY		430,000 infantry, artillery, and air forces
First Republic of Korea Army
Third Republic of Korea Army
Second People's Republican Army Division
Third People's Republican Army Division
SECOND ALLIED ARMY		72,000 infantry, artillery, and air forces
Japanese Central Army
Japanese Eastern Army
First People's Republican Army Division
JAPANESE FORCES AT RASON		50,000 infantry, artillery, and air forces
Japanese Northern Army
Japanese Sixth Division
ALLIED NAVAL FORCES		324/416 ships/aircraft
Japanese Maritime Force
Republic of Korea Navy
SOUTHERN OCCUPATION FORCE		33,500 infantry, artillery, and air forces
Atlasian Eighth Army
People's Republican Army Fourth Division

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

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Carles Puigdemont, former President of Catalonia, returned to Barcelona on Monday

CATALAN REGIONAL ELECTIONS
Puigdemont Will Lead Regionalist Slate in Catalan Elections

Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó, the former president of Catalonia, has returned to Barcelona from self-imposed exile in Belgium following a promise by Spanish authorities that he would not be prosecuted for his role in leading the breakaway Catalan Republic late last year. Mr. Puigdemont will lead a revived coalition of pro-independence parties in the upcoming regional elections, allowed to proceed by national authorities after five months of direct rule from Madrid. Recent polling suggest Puigdemont's coalition, Together for Yes, holds a slight lead over Inés Arrimadas' Citizens Party and Miquel Iceta's Socialists.

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KENNETH CLARKE MINISTRY
Stormont Talks Resume, Again

Negotiations to restore the devolved government of Northern Ireland resumed on Monday following the collapse of the previous round of talks, as Prime Minister Kenneth Clarke met privately with leaders of Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party appealing to them to reach an agreement that would end the year-long impasse. While the DUP holds a plurality of one seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly following the last elections, under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement they are required to govern in coalition with Sinn Fein, the second largest party. A spokesperson for Mr. Clarke identified restoring the Northern Ireland executive as a key priority for the government as it seeks to establish the foundation for the post-Brexit era.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

VOL. IV | ISSUE 6
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NORTH KOREAN CIVIL WAR
Loyalists Victorious in Battle South of Anju

The advance guard of the Allied First Army retreated to Sukchon following an engagement with Loyalist forces south of the city of Anju that inflicted heavy casualties on the Allies and forced them to abandon an attempt to cross the Taeryong River. The Allies were advancing north along two roads when they were engaged by Loyalist infantry near the village of Sinanju. Believing the enemy force to be fewer than 40,000 strong, the Allied commander did not wait for reinforcements but ordered a general engagement. The arrival of air and artillery support soon made clear that the Allies had run up against the main wing of the Loyalist army. In the confusion, an estimated 1,800 Allied soldiers were killed, wounded, or captured before the army was forced to withdrawal to prevent the enemy from circling their left flank. The Allies continued to take air and artillery fire as they withdrew, but the main Loyalist force did not pursue the retreating guard.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

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Silvio Berlusconi, businessman and four-time prime minister of Italy

ITALIAN GENERAL ELECTION
Berlusconi Dead at Eighty-One

The Milanese billionaire and sometime prime minister of Italy is dead of a cerebral hemorrhage, throwing his party's already angst-fraught efforts to form a government in the wake of the inconclusive March general election into chaos. Mr. Berlusconi, whose center-right coalition finished first in the election but lacked the votes necessary to form a parliamentary majority, had vociferously denied rumors of his ill-health during the final days of the campaign. The leaders of the Euroskeptic Northern League and the anti-establishment Five Star Movement both offered their condolences to Mr. Berlusconi's family but made no comment on whether or how his death would influence efforts to form a parliamentary majority.

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NORTH KOREAN CIVIL WAR
Armies Absorb Heavy Casualties in Battle at Sinanju

A furious assault by Loyalist forces against the main Allied column to the south of Sinanju has inflicted heavy casualties on both armies even as the First Army continues marching towards Anju. After several disjointed attacks on the Allied column were repelled in the early morning, the Loyalists threw the brunt of their infantry against the Allied left with support from the air. The arrival of reinforcements forced the Loyalists to withdraw after several hours. It appears the Loyalists are attempting to inflict as much damage as they can on the Allied forces before the full might of the First Army arrives at Anju.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Thank you for spelling euroskeptic the right way

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

VOL. IV | ISSUE 8
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

LINCOLN REGION | THE 10^th ASSEMBLY
A Professor's Letter Places His University at the Center of a Contentious Debate

To general surprise and not a small bit of controversy in this sleepy university town, the people of Springfield, Ohio found themselves at the center of a regional debate over government transparency and political reform on Monday for the efforts of Dr. Martin Lieberman, professor of political science at Wittenberg University, whose open letter criticizing the regional government in New York City gained national circulation and has become a rallying point for reformers throughout the region. In his letter entitled "A Disputation on the Power of the Cloakroom," Lieberman indicted what he describes as a "culture of elitism and aloof leadership that corrupts the spirit of the constitution and distorts the message of Atlasian representative democracy," typified by "secret meetings, anemic constituent service, legislation that is either poorly sourced or poorly composed, seeming total abdication on fiscal responsibility, and a general failure to consider the values and opinions of those Lincolnians who do not share the liberal viewpoint of the majority of regional officeholders." While stressing that he is certain of the personal integrity of the region's leaders, he strongly condemned the "pattern of failed leadership" that serves to "undermine the essential foundation of this region: that in a free country, the people rule."

While Lieberman refrained from calling on lawmakers by name, his letter was quickly picked up by conservative activists and political reformers who have long criticized the direction of the region. Among the more radical voices to echo Lieberman's charges was the editorial board of Flugschrift.com, an online libertarian publication based in New Hampshire that advocates for dismantling the regional system in favor of restoring the autonomy of the states. On the other extreme, Lieberman was sharply criticized as a fraud and an intellectual lightweight whose political analysis, according to Massachusetts Independent editor Charles D. Baker, "stems from a fundamental misapprehension of what government is and how representative democracy works in the modern age."

In any event, Lieberman's letter seems to have sparked a popular clamor for reform that has since grown beyond his ability to control or even speak for it; as of Thursday, he was no longer responding to requests for comment, explaining that his personal email had crashed under the weight of messages that have arrived in the last seventy-two hours.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Connecticut for Lieberman?

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SOUTHERN REGION | THE 9^th CHAMBER OF DELEGATES
S.C. Legislature Nullifies 'SNOWFLAKE Act'

By a vote of 93 to 31, members of the South Carolina House of Representatives on Thursday approved a resolution previously adopted by the Senate to declare the SNOWFLAKE Act passed by the Southern Chamber of Delegates late in the last session to be null and void within the territory of their state. The resolution's authors claim the regional law constitutes an "outrageous attack on free speech," arguing that language requiring public universities to sanction students who "physically disrupt. . . or causes a disruption for the purpose of preventing another enrolled student or their guest from engaging in protected expressive activities" standing in clear violation of the right to peaceable assembly established in the federal Constitution.

While acknowledging the dubious constitutional standing of their resolution, lawmakers in the General Assembly—where the governing Democratic Labor Party enjoys a comfortable majority in both houses—allege radical action is necessary to draw attention to the regional law, which passed with minimal debate in the waning days of the 8th Chamber of Delegates and was signed into law by Governor D.F.W. Libertylover on December 18. At the time, lawmakers had considered various means to resist implementing the legislation in South Carolina, but ultimately deferred discussion until after the legislature reconvened following the Christmas holidays.

The governor is expected to sign an executive order directing all state agencies to comply with the terms of the nullification resolution later this evening.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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SOUTHERN REGION | THE 9^th CHAMBER OF DELEGATES
S.C. Legislature Nullifies 'SNOWFLAKE Act'

By a vote of 93 to 31, members of the South Carolina House of Representatives on Thursday approved a resolution previously adopted by the Senate to declare the SNOWFLAKE Act passed by the Southern Chamber of Delegates late in the last session to be null and void within the territory of their state. The resolution's authors claim the regional law constitutes an "outrageous attack on free speech," arguing that language requiring public universities to sanction students who "physically disrupt. . . or causes a disruption for the purpose of preventing another enrolled student or their guest from engaging in protected expressive activities" standing in clear violation of the right to peaceable assembly established in the federal Constitution.

While acknowledging the dubious constitutional standing of their resolution, lawmakers in the General Assembly—where the governing Democratic Labor Party enjoys a comfortable majority in both houses—allege radical action is necessary to draw attention to the regional law, which passed with minimal debate in the waning days of the 8th Chamber of Delegates and was signed into law by Governor D.F.W. Libertylover on December 18. At the time, lawmakers had considered various means to resist implementing the legislation in South Carolina, but ultimately deferred discussion until after the legislature reconvened following the Christmas holidays.

The governor is expected to sign an executive order directing all state agencies to comply with the terms of the nullification resolution later this evening.

SC is #triggered

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Oof

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NORTH KOREAN CIVIL WAR
Heavy Fighting at Sinanju, Allies Falter in the Hamgyung Mountains

After a week of sporadic attacks south of the city of Anju, the full might of the Allied First Army is arrived and has engaged the Loyalist army outside Sinanju, where forces of the Republic of Korea and the People's Republican Army outnumber the enemy three to two. The Allies began their assault in the early morning, advancing on the Loyalist position in two columns from the south and east, while a detachment of the ROK Third Army threw itself across the Taeryong River to fall upon Anju from the north. Units of the People's Liberation Army have been sited mobilizing on the north bank of the Yalu River in the hours since the attack commenced.

To the east, the Allied Second Army advancing into the Hamgyung Mountain Range has encountered serious difficulty in its march north from Hamhung. Slowed by severe weather and forbidding terrain, the army has suffered casualties from guerilla-style attacks upon their column from Loyalist forces in the mountains. The Japanese Forces at Rason were to join the offensive by marching south and west into the mountains, forcing the Loyalists to divide their strength, but have been delayed by storms in the northeast of the country.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

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NORTH KOREAN CIVIL WAR
PLA Crosses the Yalu River

The 78th and 79th Group Armies have crossed the Yalu River and seized key positions along the northern frontier of North Korea, marking the formal entry of Chinese forces in the civil war as fighting continues south of the city of Anju. In a statement delivered several hours after divisions of the People's Liberation Army had begun the crossing into North Korea, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced his country would "do all things necessary" to effect a "restoration of peace and stability at the soonest possible juncture," blaming Japan and South Korea for perpetuating a "selfish" war on the Korean Peninsula. "An usurper which relies on the support of foreign states who rape, pillage, and plunder its people is no people's republic, but a puppet," Mr. Xi declared, denouncing Atlasia and the Allied Powers for violating the terms of the Sino-Atlasian Treaty negotiated in September 2017 during the Second Korean War.

While China has for some time played a significant role in the civil war by covertly supplying the Loyalist armies with arms, intelligence, and other aid, Mr. Xi had until recently sought to avoid direct military intervention, fearing a war with Atlasia. Independent analysts speculated that the aggressive Allied campaign to capture Anju forced the Chinese leader's hand and gave powerful ammunition to hardline advisors arguing for intervention at a critical moment in the progress of the war. At an hour after sunset, it was reported that Loyalist forces were in retreat after a vicious day of fighting near the village of Sinanju as a separate Allied force converges on Anju from the north.

[_]

And so it begins....

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

KENNETH CLARKE MINISTRY
Hardliners Revolt in Advance of Anticipated Early Election

With expectations that Deputy Prime Minister Owen Smith and the Labour Party will withdraw from the coalition and demand new elections increasing by the day, hardline Euroskeptics and opponents of Prime Minister Kenneth Clarke have revolted, announcing the formation of a splinter party led provisionally by Michael Gove, Andrea Jenkyns, and Iain Duncan Smith. As much harbor for blooded enemies of the prime minister as purist crusade, the new faction accounts for some twenty-one Members of Parliament in the House of Commons (Boris Johnson is notably absent) organized under the provisional banner of the "People's Unionist Party." At a press conference held in the early afternoon on Friday, the leaders indicated a willingness to consider an alliance with UKIP in the next election.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

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NORTH KOREAN CIVIL WAR
Fighting Continues Southwest of Anju, Third Army Marching on Chongju

Divisions of the Western Command of the Loyal Korean People's Army have assumed defensive positions south and west of the city of Anju, centered along the main road heading north out of Sinanju. While the bulk of the Allied First Army is there engaged, the Republic of Korea Third Army—bolstered by the arrival of units of the ROK First Army—has abandoned its southerly advance against Anju and has turned its march north with aim to engage the main Chinese force at Chongju before it may be reinforced by the 80th Group Army marching out of Shandong.

Ships of the PLAN North Sea Fleet have been sighted sailing toward the Korean Bay, where the ROK Second Fleet is anchored near the mouth of the Taedong River.

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ISRAELI–PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
Atlasia Relocates Embassy to Jerusalem

A statement by the White House announcing the relocation of the Atlasian embassy in Israel to Jerusalem met with the muted outrage of the international community Saturday morning and angry protests within the Palestinian Authority, even as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the decision as a token of steadfast support and friendship between his country and the Republic of Atlasia. The decision was immediately and furiously condemned by Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations, who rose in the General Assembly to deliver a blistering attack against Atlasia and Israel, whose actions he accused of "claiming to pray for peace, while stirring enmity and violence in the hearts of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples." Ambassadors from China, France, and the United Kingdom among others joined Palestine in lodging protest against the relocation of the embassy.