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Wednesday, October 14th 2020 Tensions calm after first round of Kazakh elections Astana — Fighting has begun to calm after the first round of presidential elections in Kazakhstan. After weeks of political skirmishing between supporters of various candidates and accusations of Russian...

Sunday, October 11th, 2020 New era for ACA begins with Caldwell retirement The American Christian Assembly (ACA) has begun a new chapter today, with the retirement of its last remaining co-founder, Reverend Al Caldwell. Caldwell, who turns 80 in December, has been struggling with several...

OOC: And the roll call vote, for those interested:

Thursday, October 8th, 2020 Franklin confirmed by Senate The Senate today confirmed Chief Judge Olivia Emmett Franklin as the nation's newest Supreme Court justice, ending a 12-week process in a resounding victory for the White House. A largely party-line vote approved Franklin's nomination...

OOC: While Newman is being his somewhat cranky self, he's not really wrong. Leo would have been a great vice president, but once you look at it from an in-universe perspective, he was a bad choice as a running mate. He had no electoral experience (going through a crash-course in how to be a...

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 Former president D. Wire Newman turns 90 Former president D. Wire Newman turns 90 today, becoming only the third president to reach that milestone. Newman and his wife of 64 years, Cissy, still live in his hometown of Elberta, Alabama (population 1,746) and has no...

Dzifa Peters elected Green leader She becomes first visible minority to lead a party in Parliament October 4, 2020 Peters in a publicity still. (photo: Ngozi Paul) The Green Party elected Toronto activist and lawyer Dzifa Peters to be its new leader on Monday. Peters defeated her main...

No, YOU listened to too much Pontifacts in one sitting, made an infobox for one ATL pope, then realized you could update the pope list now that Victor has retired. Cast (all previously established) Pope John XXIII as himself Donal Donnelly as Pope Paul VI Gene Greytak as Pope Celestine VI...

Latest polls put him around 52% approval, 43% disapproval.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 Judiciary Committee approves Olivia Emmett Franklin for Supreme Court, sends nomination to full Senate The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve Olivia Emmett Franklin's nomination to the Supreme Court by a 13 to 9 margin, sending her nomination to the...

It was a real mistake to put him in the same nursing home as James Bulger Jr., and an even worse mistake for JFK to taunt Whitey after repeatedly beating him at bingo.

OOC: And the final wikibox and write-up for the presidential elections covered in this thread and its predecessor: ---------------------------------------------- The United States presidential election, 2014 was the 58th presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Incumbent...

Sunday, September 27th 2020 Street clashes ahead of crowded first round of Kazakh elections Astana — Authorities in Kazakhstan have reported a fourth consecutive day of political street fights in at least one major city as the country gears up for its most contentious election in a decade. The...

She was, I simply forgot about her. And yes, Tripplehorn became vice president in 2009, not 2010. Edited.

OOC: First follow-up to this post. ---------------------------------------------- The United States presidential election, 2010 was the 57th presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The Republican ticket of congressman and former Acting President Glen Allen Walken of Missouri...

Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 Conservative group pulls ads after backlash An ad campaign by the conservative group People For Equal Justice targeted at voters in several swing states to pressure their senators to vote against Olivia Emmett Franklin for the Supreme Court has been scrapped...

No one: Nobody from either Cuba or the United States: Not a single human being who was alive on the planet Earth in 1997: Owen Lassiter: But seriously if you ever do find a way to make the story work, PM MD17.

Still getting left off world maps, but now they're also getting ready for an election at the end of October.

Guess 2020 thought things weren't chaotic enough. Here some infoboxes instead: Cast Peter Outerbridge as Leslie Van Merhalls Adrian Dunbar as Seamus Flynn Ruth Madoc as Bronwyn Williams (new casting) Igal Naor as Rashim Khalid al-Faruq

Wednesday, September 16th, 2020 High marks for Franklin after Senate questioning Ahead of her final day of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court nominee Olivia Emmett Franklin has earned high marks across most of the political spectrum for her responses to tough...