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    The Alternate Cabinets Thread

    She’s a sop to both the progressive and establishment wings of the Democratic party, and her decade-plus of Congressional experience proves useful in maneuvering policies through Congress
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    The Alternate Cabinets Thread

    "Cabinet of Andrew Yang, circa mid-2021" President: Businessman Andrew Yang (D-CA) Vice President: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Secretary of State: Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Secretary of the Treasury: Y Combinator CEO Sam Altman (I-CA) Secretary of Defense: Former Deputy Secretary of...
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    Behold, it's shitty younger brother- "The Republican Party Presents: The American Asian Tiger" (or basically today, but worse) 1961-1964: Vice President Richard M. Nixon / Sec. of Labor James P. Mitchell (Republican) def. 1960: John F. Kennedy / Stuart Symington (Democratic); Harry F. Byrd, Jr...
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    AHC: Get a Female Dictator into Power

    hIlLaRy cLiNtOn /s
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    AHC: Star Wars Cinematic Universe Based Off EU

    I'm strongly considering doing "Disney's Thrawn Trilogy" as a Fandom TL here, so here's the crawl for "STAR WARS Episode VII: THE ANCIENT FEAR" https://starwarsintrocreator.kassellabs.io/#!/BLsKXuE7j90xUPO2bPIV/edit
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    AHC: Star Wars Cinematic Universe Based Off EU

    Awesome, I get the chance to put down some ideas for a different sequel trilogy I've been working on for a while. The sequel trilogy would largely be based off of the Thrawn trilogy, though it would have some crucial divergences so as to differentiate itself from the source material- think the...
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    1981-1987: Fmr. Gov. Ronald Reagan (Republican-CA) / Fmr. CIA Dir. George Bush (Republican-TX) def. 1980: Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale (Democratic); John B. Anderson / Patrick Lucey (Independent) def. 1984: Walter Mondale / Geraldine Ferraro (Democratic) 1987-1987: Pres. Ronald Reagan...
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    DBWI: Bush is the republican nominee in 2000, not MCCain

    He probably gets crushed, because I don't know why the American public would think the MLB Commissioner is qualified to be president.
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    Explain the AH List of Presidents or Prime Ministers

    In 1976, despite the still-unstable economy and the stench of Watergate still hanging over the nation, a well-run campaign by President Ford- employing his "Rose Garden" strategy while Bob Dole acted as the attack dog and Ronald Reagan made a case to conservatives- managed to prevail over the...
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    "This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around." A reference to how the presidency of Jerry Brown is the dying gasp of sixties cultural liberalism and is more specifically a reference to Brown's OTL "Era of Limits" speech. "Same as it ever was, Same as it ever was"...
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    Inspired by that one user's LCD Soundsystem-themed list, here's a Talking Heads one 39. "This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around." 1977-1981: Gov. Jerry Brown / Sen. Birch Bayh (Democratic) Def. 1976: Gerald Ford / Bob Dole (Republican) 40. "Same as it ever was...
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    "No Country for O̶l̶d̶ Men" 1941-1945: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt / Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace (Democratic) 1940 Def. Wendell Willkie / Charles McNary (Republican) 1945-1945: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt / Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins (Democratic) 1944 Def...
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    He just grifts his way out of the citizenship requirement
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    "Ukraine-Contra" 2017-2021: Donald Trump / Mike Pence (Republican) Def. 2016: Hillary Clinton / Tim Kaine (Democratic) 2021-2025: Mike Pence / Tom Cotton (Republican) Def. 2020: Elizabeth Warren / Tom Wolf (Democratic) 2025-2033: Gretchen Whitmer / Cory Booker (Democratic) Def. 2024: Mike Pence...
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    Explain the AH List of Presidents or Prime Ministers

    Dewey defeats Truman, and promptly caves in to the desires of the China lobby, so that by mid-1955, we've just pulled out of two Far Eastern proxy wars against the Soviets and their asian army of choice, having won neither of them, and with a labor market that's got to deal with the return of...
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    PODs that could prevent the “malaise” of the 1970s

    You'd have to make some change to the system so that inflation is never a problem to the degree it is OTL, meaning you either put someone else who's a little less fond of government spending to oversee Depression-era recovery efforts, or you just tweak whatever POD is necessary to put candidates...
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    Ratfuckery 2K19: Final Mix Deluxe 2017-2019: Businessman Donald Trump / Governor Mike Pence (Republican) def. 2016: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton / Senator Tim Kaine (Democratic) 2019-2021: Vice President Mike Pence / Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (Republican) 2021-2024...
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    Blue Skies in Camelot: An Alternate 60's and Beyond

    Or better yet, have him serve on the House Intelligence Committee, and later on have him appointed to head the CIA, FBI, or make him the DNI.
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    "A Heartbeat Away" 1989-1993: George Bush / Dan Quayle (Republican) 1988 def. Michael Dukakis / Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic) 1992 def. Bill Clinton / Al Gore (Democratic) [1], Ross Perot / James Stockdale (Independent) 1993-1993: Dan Quayle / vacant (Republican) [2] 1993-1997: Dan Quayle / Alan...
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    "The Most Trusted Man in America" 1969-1973: Richard M. Nixon / Spiro Agnew (Republican) 1968 def. Hubert Humphrey / Ed Muskie (Democratic), George Wallace / Curtis LeMay (American Independent) 1972: def. Sam Yorty / Terry Sanford (Democratic) [1], Walter Cronkite / Pete McCloskey (Independent...
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