I'm curious, what's gonna happen with the future figures of American (and International) left-wing ideology?
1) How's Jeremy Corbyn doing?
2) Imprisoned Puerto Rican Nationalists (that were historically pardoned under Carter, with the exception of Oscar Lopez Rivera who refused anything but an unconditional pardon, and as such served his full 35-year prison sentence).
3) Bernie Sanders, who both ran for Senator and Governor in January and November of 1972 respectively.
4) Reverend Jesse Jackson (and might he run in 1984?)
5) (Not a left-winger, but still curious) Will Joe Biden's record still be as shitty? Will he be besties with Strom Thurmond, and/or a super drug warrior even with the PoDs?
6) How's Jane Fonda's career doing?
7) Any chance Elvis gets clean and/or gets his intestine operated? (He had an intestine twice as long as normal, and as such, he suffered from massive weight fluctuations to the point where it was noticeable when he had a bowel movement).
8) How's Mike Gravel doing?
9) How's Shirley Chisolm doing? Any chance she might give the Democratic nomination another go?
10) How are the last three liberal Republicans on Earth (George Romney, Nelson Rockefeller, and Pete McCloskey) doing?
11) Any chance you might take some pop culture hints from A Laughin' Place?
12) Do the improvement of conditions for poor people and African-American families, alongside a drawdown in the war on drugs, alongside no Reagan-era pumping of drugs into the African-American community (hopefully), mean that we sadly lose the motivators for gangsta rap as a necessary form of expression of the black experience? (N.W.A., Wu-Tang Clan, and Tupac's political music, etc
13) Any chance the UN gets to an actual, serious hearing of Puerto Rican Independence without US strongarming?
14) Any chance for a Balkan Federation with tacit US approval to ensure Yugoslavia's third status position doesn't have so many enemies, which the USA can pitch as a weakening of Soviet influence, while the USSR can play it as a strengthening of communism. On the same note, any chance Bulgaria's and/or Mongolia's offers for annexation are accepted by the RSFR, and will the RSFR take back Crimea from Ukraine to ensure a lack of conflict in the future?
15) Can anyone please explain to me the situation with Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge? I'm kinda lost, not gonna lie.
16) Any chance for space program cooperation between the US and the USSR, perhaps even the diplomatic and bureaucratic basis for an early ISS, even if the tech isn't there?
17) Any chance Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham get back together in the future?
18) How are the Albert Gore's doing (Sr. and Jr.)?
19) How's Mario Cuomo doing in NY?
20) WHat's Bill de Blasio doing?
21) Does Margaret Thatcher (hopefully not) still have a career?
22) What's John McCain doing?
23) Is John Connally's career dead in the water?
24) How are the giants of the Senate Robert Byrd and Strom Thurmond doing? Does Ted Kennedy still get screwed out of Senate leadership by Byrd?
25) How are our favorite Mideastern/North African strongmen Quadaffi and Sadam doing? And how is Pan-Africanism doing?
26) Will the White House officially/non-officially grant Jerusalem to Israel, and/or Kashmir to India?
27) Does Enver Hoxha still go back in his bunker to call everyone a revisionist, or is the future brighter for Albania somehow?
28) Any chance Mao lets go of leadership a bit early to allow Deng Xiaoping an early entry, or does China keep Mao until death does them apart, or is an even more hard-line government the result?
29) Does Ireland still go through as massive Troubles?
30) Any chance for an earlier liberalization of Spain? any chance for a Third Republic?
Sorry for the spam, but I absolutely love this TL, and I can't wait for the new update!