Technocracy of Today — James Valience 2028

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Who We Are

Politics has always been a messy business. Everyone's working their own angle, making promises they may or may not keep. The Technocracy of Today is built on a different idea — that government should be run on facts, not feelings. No theatrics, no agenda-driven noise. Just data, transparency, and results.

The party blends Technocracy, Progressivism, and Centrism. The goal isn't to lean left or right. It's to look at what actually works and do that.

Who we're talking to

Tech workers and college-educated professionals who are tired of watching government lag behind
Independent voters who feel like neither party is actually listening
Young voters who grew up online and expect more transparency
Small business owners who just want government to get out of its own way
Urban and suburban voters in cities that have felt the cost of slow, inefficient government firsthand

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Meet James Valience

Age 35

Home State Chicago, Illinois

Education High School → Cal Poly (B.S., Computer Science) → UCLA School of Law (J.D.)

Career Intern at OpenAI → Data Analysis, OpenAI (1.5 yrs) → Public Defender (3 yrs) → State Legislature → Presidential Candidate

Political Experience After leaving OpenAI, James ran for state legislature and built his own LLM to help manage the work. It performed well enough that he started thinking bigger.

Personal Story Growing up in Chicago, James saw what slow and broken government actually looks like up close — crime, inequality, and responses that came too late. That's what's driving this.

Strengths

He actually built the thing he's campaigning on. That's not something most politicians can say. His legal background as a public defender also shows he's not just a tech guy — he understands what's at stake for real people.

Weaknesses

The AI is only as good as the data behind it. Bad inputs lead to bad outputs and that's a real vulnerability. There's also the question of whether voters are ready to trust a government that leans this heavily on a system they can't fully see.

Running Mate — Pete Buttigieg

Pete's the one who makes this ticket work for everyone else. James has the vision and the tech. Pete has the government experience and the ability to explain it in plain terms to people who aren't sold yet.

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Our Platform

Economic Policy

The federal government spends trillions every year and barely anyone is keeping track of where it all goes. Redundancy, bloat, duplicate contracts. It's been building up for decades. Meanwhile the national debt keeps climbing and the people at the bottom haven't seen a real raise in years. So James's LLM would audit all of it, flagging waste and bad contracts for a bipartisan board to review before anything actually gets cut. The savings go straight to paying down the debt, and minimum wage gets recalculated every year using real cost of living data instead of political guessing.

Constitutional Connection: (Article I, Sec. 8) gives Congress the power to tax and pay federal debts. The Commerce Clause backs the federal minimum wage under the FLSA.

Criticism: Some worry AI cuts could gut important programs. But every cut still needs human approval and there's a hard floor, nothing that reduces direct services to citizens gets touched.

Healthcare

Healthcare here is expensive and confusing to say the least. People skip care they can't afford and drug prices jump around for no real reason. A lot of that comes from a system nobody can actually see into. So the same AI that audits federal spending would do the same for healthcare, tracking where the money goes and flagging price gouging. The goal is a public option backed by real data, with mental health treated just as seriously as physical health.

Constitutional Connection: The Commerce Clause (Article I, Sec. 8) lets Congress regulate the national healthcare and insurance markets.

Criticism: Some people don't want the government anywhere near their healthcare. Private insurance stays exactly as it is, this just adds another option so no one's forced into anything.

Immigration

The immigration system is backed up by years to say the least. Families and refugees sit waiting on a process that's slow and makes too many mistakes. Meanwhile the people who actually shouldn't be here sometimes slip through because the review isn't consistent. So working with Palantir, the administration would build one platform that connects CBP, USCIS, FBI and State Department records all in one place. Clean cases get fast tracked, flagged cases go to a human. Refugees get a guaranteed 90 day window. And every decision can be looked at and appealed.

Constitutional Connection: (Article I, Sec. 8) gives Congress power over naturalization. The Fourth Amendment makes sure none of this data gets used for anything else without a warrant.

Criticism: Algorithmic bias is a real concern. That's why the platform gets independent audits every year and recalibrates itself if disparities start showing up.

Civil Liberties & Civil Rights

Here's the obvious problem, a government that runs on data could easily turn into one that watches everyone. We get that. So privacy isn't an afterthought here, it's built in from the start. Any data the government collects stays locked to its original purpose and can't be reused without a warrant. Free speech, religious liberty and LGBTQ+ rights are non-negotiable. Not to mention the AI itself isn't allowed to make decisions about someone based on protected traits.

Constitutional Connection: The First Amendment protects speech and religion, the Fourth guards against unreasonable searches and the Fourteenth's Equal Protection Clause backs the anti-discrimination rules.

Criticism: People are right to worry about AI surveillance. That's why the oversight is independent and every system is auditable, the point is to watch the government, not the citizens.

Environment & Energy

Running an AI powered government takes a lot of energy, that's just the reality of it. But that doesn't mean it has to come at the cost of the environment or the people living nearby. Every data center built for this administration runs on 100% clean energy and only gets placed in non residential, industrial areas. All the federal AI contracts require renewable energy through verified agreements. And every site has to clear an environmental review before anything gets built. Not to mention a public dashboard tracks each one's energy use and carbon output, and any surplus power gets sold back to the local grid.

Constitutional Connection: The Commerce Clause (Article I, Sec. 8) covers cross-state energy infrastructure. The Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause makes sure no community loses their land without fair compensation.

Criticism: Non residential siting limits where you can build and raises costs. But the savings from the spending audit are what cover the difference.

AI Regulation & Transparency · Our Choice

If we're putting AI at the center of government then AI itself needs rules, and we should be held to the highest standard. This is the realm that builds the most trust because it shows we're not asking for blind faith in the tech. Every government AI system would be independently audited and explained in plain language so people understand how decisions get made. No black boxes. A federal standards board sets the rules for accuracy and bias testing, and those same rules apply to private companies building high-risk AI.

Constitutional Connection: The Commerce Clause (Article I, Sec. 8) lets Congress regulate the AI industry across state lines. The Due Process Clause protects people from decisions made without a fair process.

Criticism: Heavy regulation could slow down innovation. So the rules are tiered, everyday tools stay light while only the systems making decisions about people's lives get the strict review.

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Campaign Strategy

Target States

State	Why It Matters	Key Voter Groups	Strategy There
California 54 EV	Largest electoral prize; reliably Democratic but must run up the margin to offset losses elsewhere.	Tech workers, college-educated professionals, young voters, environmentalists	Lean into Silicon Valley credibility. Position James as the candidate the tech industry actually built. Heavy social media and podcast presence targeting Bay Area and LA metro voters.
Pennsylvania 19 EV	Premier swing state. Won and lost by razor-thin margins in recent cycles — must-win for any viable path to 270.	Suburban Philadelphia professionals, Pittsburgh tech corridor, working-class voters who'd benefit from minimum wage increase	Highlight the wage and debt policy in the west; emphasize AI government efficiency to suburban independents in the east. Buttigieg leads outreach to blue-collar communities.
Michigan 15 EV	Critical Rust Belt swing state with a working-class base that responds to economic fairness arguments.	Auto workers, union households, suburban Detroit independents, young Detroit metro voters	Center the minimum wage and spending audit message. Frame AI not as a threat to jobs but as a tool to make sure their tax dollars actually reach them.
Colorado 10 EV	Solidly purple and trending blue; a tech-forward, environmentally conscious electorate that fits the platform almost perfectly.	Boulder/Denver tech professionals, independent voters, environmental advocates, college-educated suburbanites	Lead with the clean-energy data center commitment and the immigration modernization plan. Colorado voters reward pragmatic, forward-looking candidates.
Georgia 16 EV	Emerging battleground with a fast-growing suburban population and a major tech corridor anchored by Atlanta.	Atlanta metro tech workers, suburban Black voters, young college-educated voters, new residents from blue states	Invest early in Atlanta. Emphasize the AI immigration platform to appeal to Georgia's large immigrant and first-generation communities. Grassroots digital organizing in college towns.

Media Strategy

Social media is the main channel — short-form content on X, Instagram, and YouTube keeps things transparent and direct. Debates are where James does his best work. When someone asks him a policy question and he can back every answer with data, that's hard to argue with.

Fundraising Strategy

The campaign runs its own app that does two things — you can donate directly, and you can track what the government is actually doing in real time. Grassroots small-dollar donations are the foundation. Tech industry donors fill the gap. No PAC money, no strings attached.

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The TOT App

Most campaigns ask for your money and then go quiet. TOT does the opposite. One app, two jobs — chip in when you want, and watch exactly where the government is putting your tax dollars in real time.

It's the whole platform in your pocket. Transparency isn't a talking point here, it's the actual product. If we're going to run a government on data, you should be able to see that data too.

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Donate in seconds

Grassroots small-dollar giving, no PAC middleman. Every dollar is logged and traceable.

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Track the government live

Real-time spending updates, policy progress, and the AI audit's latest flagged waste — all public.

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Stay in the loop

Get notified when a policy moves, a cut is approved, or savings hit the Debt Reduction Trust Fund.

TOT

Verified Savings This Quarter

$4.2B ↑ logged to Debt Fund

Live Government Feed

AI audit flagged $310M in duplicate defense contracts

Pending board review · 2h ago

Minimum wage recalculated for Q3 cost-of-living data

Policy update · 5h ago

Immigration platform cleared 1,840 cases this week

Transparency report · 1d ago

New clean-energy data center approved — Mesa, AZ

Environment · 2d ago

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Constitutional & Political Science Foundations

Foundational Documents & Principles

Federalist No. 70 — Hamilton argued for "energy in the executive" — a strong, efficient, and accountable executive branch. That's the whole idea behind this platform. An AI-assisted administration is just a modern way to deliver the kind of fast, decisive, single-point-of-accountability government Hamilton was pushing for.
Fourth Amendment — The AI immigration platform collects a lot of data. The Fourth Amendment is what keeps it in check — nothing gathered during a background check can be used for anything else without a warrant.

Supreme Court Cases

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) — Established that Congress has implied powers beyond what's explicitly written, as long as the method is necessary and proper. Using AI to carry out constitutional duties falls squarely under that.
Citizens United v. FEC (2010) — Opened the door for corporate money to flood elections under the banner of free speech. The campaign app is built as a direct response to that — putting financial power back in the hands of individual voters instead of PACs.

Political Science Concepts

Iron Triangle — The relationship between federal agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees that keeps wasteful spending alive year after year. The AI spending audit is designed specifically to break that cycle by making it visible.
Linkage Institutions — The tools that connect citizens to their government. The campaign app is a modern version of this — instead of just voting every four years, people can donate, track policy progress, and stay informed all in one place.