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A Short Biography of Johnathan D. Masters


*Born at St. Elizabeth South in Covington, Kentucky, Kenton County. Lived in Boone County, Gallatin County, Mason County, Meade County, Breckinridge County, Campbell County, Fayette County, Jefferson County, and Madison County.

*Grew up on a vegetable and tobacco farm 15 miles out from Ghent, on the line of Carroll and Gallatin Counties.

*Mostly went to Gallatin County Schools (K-3; 8-12); for a few years, went to Crittenden Mt. Zion, Grant County Middle School, and a Sanford, Florida school for one year

*2000 - Graduated Valedictorian at Gallatin County High School

*Sold sweet corn out of the back of my truck; “Johnny's Sweet Corn”

*Went to Xavier University for a few years

*Had many dead-end working class jobs

*2008 - Worked for Working America, a community affiliate of the AFL-CIO

*Helped to raise funding for Cincinnati schools

*Campaign Coordinator for Kentucky on Ralph Nader's Presidential Campaign

*Worked as a Citizen Journalist, independently, and for Gcvideonews, a local rural news media

*2010 - Ran for State Representative for a now gerrymandered 61st district in Northern Kentucky; won 1,255 votes

*Worked on an initiative campaign to stop animal abuse on factory farms

*wrote for The Cardinal, a student newspaper at UofL

*Finished Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at the University of Louisville in 2012 http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2015/01/university-of-louisville-transcripts.html

*Was a part of Occupy Louisville



*The Freedom Skool: Like Khan's Academy, with a Russell Brand twist. The Guiding Principles for The Freedom Skool: http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/05/guiding-principles-from-11-alt.html

Available Lectures:









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Here's a Screenplay I've started called “A Day of Thanksgiving: An American Tradition”: http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-day-of-thanksgiving-american.html

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Ideas I personally like (though not necessarily a plank in the platform):

Pro-1964 Civil Rights Act

Pro-Kentucky's 1966 Civil Rights Act

Anti-Patriot Act

Anti-NDAA

Pro-Employee Free Choice Act (EFC)

Pro-Public Works Projects

Abolish Poverty

Pro-Good Samaritan Act; Churches house the homeless

Pro-Planned Parenthood

Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRx-rO9gZ2Q

Repeal Taft-Hartley Act


Anti-Corruption

Pro-Women's Crisis Center

Gyms and Sports Centers Everywhere

Body Cameras on all Police Officers

Anti-Unfair Monopolies

Government Owned Utilities

Abolish Racism

Pro-Emerge Kentucky

Increase Kentucky's GDP

Pro-Popular Education: Democracy in the Classroom

Fiber Optic High Speed Internet

Feminist

A mixed Socialist/Capitalist System

Pro-Legalization of Marijuana

Pro-Working class families

Pro-Dodd-Frank

Pro-Tinker vs. Des Moines

Pro-McCain-Feingold

Anti-Ear Marks

Pro-Education

Pro-Constitutional Convention

Anti-Evil

Anti-War

Pro-Good

We should solve Kentucky's pension problem by...

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