People over Party.

“Democracy IS NOT for sale”

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Justin Dues

A WORKING CLASS FIGHTER

Anti-Establishment Democratic Candidate for US House - NC District 8

My top priority is to help the folks living paycheck to paycheck. How?
- TAX THE RICH
- UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
- PUNISH CORPORATE GREED
Father of 4 that works 2x full-time jobs to support my family. A US Marine and eternal optimist that believes we can do better.
- Running to RESTORE the AMERICAN DREAM.
- Progressive / Bold Agenda
- Ethical & Moral Mindset
- Pledge not to take Corporate or PAC donations.
- Pledge to work on Term Limits for Congress & Supreme Court

Meet Justin

Calling out UNETHICAL Politics

How do we UNFU*K Congress.

The United States Capitol building with a bright blue sky and some clouds in the background.

Map of North Carolina counties, with each county labeled and distinguished by colors like blue, green, pink, yellow, and orange.

Meet the gerrymandered 8th district of NC.

Both sides are rigging the system.

36% UNAFFILIATED

34% REPUBLICAN

30% DEMOCRAT

We are FALLING BEHIND.

NUMBER$ don’t lie.

Global Gini-coefficient is a statistical comparison of wealth inequality.

Lower the better

Russia = 36 | China = 37 | US = 39 | Iran = 40 | Congo = 42

— Wealth Inequality

Hong Kong = 86 | Switz = 84 | UK = 82 | Chile = 82 | Kuwait = 80 | USA = 79 | Cuba = 78 | Iran = 77 | Mexico = 75

Thanks to corruption the USA is the only developed nation in the world without universal healthcare

— Life Expectancy (we live nearly 10 years less than our peers)

1960s - New Car = $2,000 & New Home = $19,000

1990s - New Car = $12,000 & New Home = $150,000

2020s - New Car = $40,000 & New Home = $300,000

— American Dream or Illusion?

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CURRENT = $Y$TEM BUILT ON GREED

How many times will WE THE PEOPLE bail out Wall Street?

FUTURE = A SYSTEM BASED ON NEED

Creative Solutions

The Map That Chooses the Voters: Why Gerrymandering Threatens U.S. Democracy—and How to Fix It

Democracy isn’t just about counting votes; it’s about making votes count equally. The tools exist to end the era of politicians choosing their voters. All that’s missing is the will to use them.

“Right to work” is a marketing triumph and a policy failure.

“Right to work” sounds like freedom. In practice, it’s a corporate playbook to defund unions, depress wages, and tilt power away from the people who make this country run. The slogan sells “choice”; the policy manufactures free riders—workers who benefit from union contracts while paying nothing for the representation that wins them. That is the point. It’s not about liberty; it’s about weakening the only large-scale counterweight ordinary workers have to corporate power.

Privatize the BOOM, Socialize the BU$T: How Wall Street’s Risks Keep Getting Dumped on Main Street

Wall Street didn’t get lucky. It got a system—crafted over decades—that privatizes booms and socializes busts. Left to its own devices, shareholder-first capitalism will drift toward corruption, consolidation, and a relentless hunt for cheaper labor. It’s not a glitch; it’s the incentive structure.

Americans are ready for something new: a rules-based, pro-worker, pro-competition economy where finance serves the real world, not the other way around. We know how to build it. We just have to stop paying for the fires and start changing the wiring.

Tax The Rich - Redeem the American Dream by Eliminating America’s Billionaire Class

The billionaire class has a choice: invest in the America that made their wealth possible or undermine democracy to preserve their power. So far, many have chosen the latter. But history shows that when ordinary people demand accountability and fairness, systemic change is possible.

If America is to honor its promise of government “of the people, by the people, for the people,” we must confront the corrosive influence of extreme wealth and build an economy — and a democracy — that works for everyone.

The stakes are nothing less than the survival of the American dream itself.

Hands Off: Why Privatizing Social Security and Medicaid Would Be a National Mistake

Public programs like Social Security and Medicaid aren’t just policy successes—they’re moral victories. They represent what America looks like when it takes care of its own.

Privatization is not modernization. It's a cynical attempt to convert public solidarity into private profit, one budget line at a time. If we allow that to happen, we won’t just lose these programs—we’ll lose the social contract that binds us together.

In the richest country in the world, no elder should live in poverty, and no child should go without healthcare. It’s time we stop apologizing for our public programs—and start fighting like hell to protect and expand them.

From Walls to Welcome: A Humane, Tech-Driven Path to Citizenship for the American Melting Pot

The American Dream wasn’t built behind a wall. It was built by hands from all over the world—risking everything for a shot at freedom, fairness, and a better life.

Today’s immigration system is a moral failure and an economic blunder. But with the right mix of technology, transparency, and humanity, we can build a smarter, safer, and more just path forward.

Let’s be bold enough to say it clearly: It’s time for a system that tracks criminals, not families. That welcomes workers, not walls them out. That transforms undocumented people into documented taxpayers and future citizens.

That’s not just policy—it’s patriotism.

You Are the Product: It’s Time for a Data Privacy Bill of Rights

The American Revolution was fought over unfair taxation and foreign control. Today, we face a new tyranny: corporate surveillance without consent, profit without accountability, and data extraction without limits.

A Digital Bill of Rights is not a luxury—it is a necessity. In the 21st century, privacy is power, and if we don’t reclaim it now, we risk surrendering our democracy, autonomy, and even our humanity to the cold logic of unchecked algorithms and profit-hungry platforms.

This isn’t just about tech. It’s about freedom. Let’s rise to defend it.

It is time for Universal Healthcare: Why America Must Join the Rest of the Developed World in Dismantling Profit-Driven Healthcare

America’s obsession with privatized healthcare has produced a system that is morally indefensible and economically unsustainable. No one should have to choose between treatment and bankruptcy, or watch loved ones suffer because a corporation denied coverage.

If health is wealth—and it is—then universal care is the foundation for a truly prosperous nation. We have the resources, the models, and the public support. What we lack is the political courage.

It’s time for the United States to join the civilized world and treat healthcare not as a profit engine, but as a sacred right.

Tax Reform for the bottom 90%

The current system is unsustainable. It entrenches inequality, undermines democracy, and erodes the American Dream. Reforming the tax code is not about punishing success—it is about restoring balance, funding essential services, and ensuring that those who benefit most from our society—billionaires and big corporations—contribute their fair share.

Let’s tax wealth fairly, close the loopholes, and rebalance our economy so that opportunity and security are available to all—not just the privileged few.

Breaking the Chains: Ending Dark Money and Corporate Influence in Congress

Get dark money out of politics!

A 2 Party Stranglehold - A brief history of political lies.

Truth to Power

A Healthcare System sick with GREED.

Healthcare should not be a profit-driven industry.

Corporate Greed and the Shadow over American Democracy

How many times will we have to bail out Wall Street?

Fixing a Broken K-12 System

Fixing the broken foundation.

Courtesy and cooperation? Sounds like common sense.

Together we Thrive!

Power Without Boundaries: Why Term Limits and Ethics Matter Now More Than Ever

Term limits for congress are desperately needed!

Remember, this is all an experiment…

Life is an experiment!

DoD | Fraud, Waste, Abuse | and Proxy Wars

Addressing the fraud, waste, and abuse in the DoD.

Climate Change and its impact on North Carolina. What are our options?

The climate is changing, so should we!

Evolving the global human conscious to find our place in the stars.

We are made of star stuff.

Reproductive Freedom & Protection of Life can coexist.

Compassionate compromise on an important issue.

What the hell is gerrymandering?

The Map That Chooses the Voters: Why Gerrymandering Threatens U.S. Democracy—and How to Fix It

Gerrymandering should be illegal!

When politicians pick their voters instead of voters picking their representatives, democracy bends. Gerrymandering—surgically drawing districts to entrench one party’s power—skews outcomes, suppresses competition, and leaves whole communities with representatives they didn’t truly choose. It’s not abstract: extreme maps decide who governs, what gets a vote, and whose voice gets muted.

Balancing 2nd amendment rights with regulation.

Where’s the balance?

Incentivize Informed Voting

Vote stupid out!

Balance the damn Federal Budget

American households have to balance their budgets, so should our legislators.

Why are you running for office?

Similar to why I joined the Marine Corps infantry in 2003 after graduating high school, I feel a call to serve.

We need term limits, removal of dark money and lobbying from the system, non-partisan primaries or ranked-choice voting options, etc.
The federal budget rests more on the backs of individual earners than it does on the backs of wealthy corporations - it's due time that changes!
Universal Healthcare, Education Reform and expansion, Immigration Reform, Data Privacy