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Day 1,224, 06:36 • Published in USA USA • by Gnilraps

Morning Edition
Day 1,224 of the New World
News Headlines around eRepublik
TOP STORY:
Two Congressmen Call it Quits After One Day
John Marsten and Project Psion have resigned from Congress after occupying their respective seats just one day.
Both former congressmen were told that they could not serve in Training Corps and Congress simultaneously.
16 Shells wonders why this conflict of interest was not discussed before an election day that saw ATO scrambling to protect FEC-endorsed candidates from being sniped.
Why did the TC not properly inform them?
Why did their Party (both are currently registered Libertarian) not inform them?
16 Shells will be investigating this further and suggests that both 10G rewards given to elected congressmen be donated to bewbs for newbs by those responsible.
Glove Not Running Again
President Glove confirmed with 16 Shells that he would not be seeking re-election. This leaves the field wide open with at least 6 candidates in the race as of press time. All 6 Candidates have agreed to participate in an Interview to be published in this paper. Every day for 6 days 16 Shells will publish candidate responses to questions relating to their campaigns. The first issue hits newsstands March 30.
iNCi will not officially endorse a Candidate
depici confirmed with 16 Shells that iNCi membership will be free to vote as they see fit in the upcoming Presidential Election. This leaves each candidate open to pursue a very heavy voting block. It also means the election will not be thrown by eUSA's largest party.
Argentina/eUSA MPP
As reported by Glove, Argentina and eUSA are now allied with an MPP. Glove discusses the implications and more in The Vanguard World.
Argentina has since allied with Chile.
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Economic Module Changes Again
Another change to the economic model was unrolled at 01:00 eRep time. Click here for a humorous take on the flurry of changes over the last few weeks. This particular change will have very little impact on business as usual, and should actually lead to more stable markets and effectively increases your storage of Raw Materials by 6x.
Gnilraps Reveals Favorite


Tea Leoni.
Socialist Freedom Party Tops 100
Keep your eyes on the SFP. Recent gains in membership now place them in triple figures. Still 165 members behind 5th place UIP, the SFP are gaining momentum with a lucid platform and several prominent citizens.
As always, if you think something is newsworthy, drop me a line.

-Gnilraps