America is facing dangerous times, with a resurgence of domestic agitation, push back against democracy, and authoritarian actions. We are seeing a fractured society and a broken political system, as one party (the Republican Party) is entrenched in another period of White backlash, combined with Christian Nationalism -- which distorts Christianity and seeks to impose a distorted depiction of the Bible as the governing philosophy of America. They are emmeshed in Q-Anon kookery and Great Replacement Theory fears. From the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville to the 2,500-student home school network with Nazi curricula in Ohio, race-based hate is on the rise across America at the same time the nation is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse, pushing the need for an America Forward Movement that champions progressive values.
We have sitting congressional Republican leaders saying things like "we need a national divorce. We need to separate by red and blue states and shrink the federal government," and another former congressman, turned failed nominee for Attorney General, who said in 2021 (two months after the insurrection at the Capitol) “We are a powerful movement … we have a second amendment and I think we have an obligation to use it. The second amendment is about maintaining within the citizenry the ability to have an armed rebellion against the government if that becomes necessary,” and who in 2023 followed that up with "I cannot stand these people that are destroying our country ... we know that only through force can we make any change in a corrupt town like Washington DC.”
This political radicalization has led to a rollback of rights for those deemed "others" -- they want to build a wall to keep out Black and brown immigrants and asylum seekers and instituted policies designed to separate families at the border (to this date, more than 400 children remain separated from their families), khaki-clad, tiki torch wielding protesters chanting "Jews will not replace us," and a bigot in the White House created a Muslim travel ban. They have rolled back the rights of LGBTQ populations through invented harms like a bakery that can now lawfully discriminate against gay couples and since 2020, 23 states have legislated bans on trans athletes--when there are perhaps 100 trans athletes in High Schools across America and the NCAA President says he knows of only 10 trans college student athletes. They have engaged in book bans and legislated curricula and escalated the diffusion of guns throughout society--refusing any restrictions despite rampant mall, movie theater, and school mass shootings.
They have rolled back voting rights and proposed hundreds of voter suppression bills that target voting communities. They have banned or severely restricted abortion rights in nearly 2 dozen states and continue to roll back women's reproductive health freedoms. They deny election results they don't like and supported an insurrection and attempted coup of the U.S. government. The Republican President has engaged masked federalized thugs (ICE) to terrorize streets and engage in deportations in violation of due process rights, refuses to follow court decrees, called for punishment for women who have abortions, and claimed the right of a president to murder political opponents with immunity from prosecution.
This is not your father's Republican Party -- this is a party of reactionary, racialized zealots and dangerous extremists and must be defeated forever. The Red Tail Legacy of progressivism must rise to counter this tide.
Red Tail Legacy Partners is committed to the building and operations of newly-developed, strategically located voting communities designed specifically for politically progressive young adults (ages 20 - 35).
The America Forward Movement offers a long-term solution to the divisive animus that currently infects America, steering policy away from the interests and values of our emerging, more diverse, and tolerant generations. This initiative organizes young adults into racially- and ethnically-diverse, engaging environments where they can learn, live, and express their values through collective voting power.
With a housing shortage of 3.8 million units nationwide, these units will inevitably be constructed by wealthy developers for profit. However, we advocate for building them in a way that stabilizes society for the future rather than perpetuating the past. By recognizing that rent payers hold significant power in new rental housing developments, we harness the collective market influence of young progressives' rent payments. Our goal is to organize new housing developments specifically targeting young adults in selected states, ensuring that bigoted, White supremacist candidates can never again secure 270 electoral college votes to attain the presidency. We aim to counter the political radicalization driven by politicians, not the people, by bridging urban-rural divides and diminishing the anti-diversity narratives exploited by cynical politicians and a handful of billionaires profiting from division.
We also leverage the $65 billion federal investment from the 2021 bipartisan Infrastructure Act in rural broadband and the national shift to remote learning and work brought about by COVID-19, which opens new areas of the country to profitable, market-based development and the resettlement of rural America by progressive voters.
Our initiative provides career-focused learning opportunities along with the supportive co-curricular environment of a college setting, delivering all the life advancement and socialization benefits of a four-year degree without the crippling college debt. (Due to the
Red Tail Legacy Partners is dedicated to fostering the America Forward Movement by building a housing community in southern Georgia, just within 1 hour of Tallahassee, FL, and 2 hours from the beautiful beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. This initiative aims to add 1,000 progressive voters to Georgia, marking an important step in establishing strong voting communities and securing the nation against the threat of a Republican president.