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Excelsior

Excelsior

Rest in Pence.
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As you can see few Republicans voted in the second vote.

Both parties cannot afford to lose any sitting Senators out of fear of handing the other party a solid majority. All 48 Democrats and the 2 Independents vote for Joe Biden while the Republicans all vote for John Kasich. Biden declines to resolve the vote in his favor (I don't even think he can) and a second vote is held. Ted Cruz initiates a walkout to deny the Democrats quorum and the Republicans flee. Bernie Sanders moves for a call of the house and the motion is passed 50-1, with Rand Paul, the only Republican left, voting against it. Arrest warrants are signed for all 50 Republican Senators. Several of them had fled the building while others were attempting to flee the city. 15 Senators were ultimately found by the Senate Sergeant at Arms and brought to the Senate. However, they were still one Senator short of quorum. This changed, however, when Orrin Hatch was located and died of a heart attack while being arrested. As such, quorum was now 66, which was present. The 50 Democrats once again voted for Biden to the 16 votes for Kasich and Biden was elected to a third term as vice president.

**Quorum for a vice presidential contingency election is 2/3 of all sitting Senators, which is 67 until Hatch died, lowering the number to 66.

With Biden now legally Trump's vice president, here are the Trump cabinet nominees (so far).
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A few changes with big effects.

Rest in Pence
Mike Pence, 2016 presidential and Senate elections
2016 vice presidential election in the Electoral College, initial members of the Senate
 

Little Red Bean

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Nobody but Australian zoo employees took much notice when the militant President Joey Antolic was impeached and expelled from ZAEIU. But soon the national anarchist revolutionary attracted headlines as the latest loon to win a seat in the Senate, despite his garnering of approximately 13 first place votes in the Alpha Centauri-based Australian state of Steve Irwin. Unlike most fringe candidates to win seats in the Australian Senate, Antolic refused to take his seat, instead seizing upon his electoral mandate to engage in a "Revolutionary Homecoming" and overthrow the Australian state. Dozens of his supporters, both ironic college students and committed fascists, gathered in Canberra to greet their new Anarchist Fuhrer. But his spaceship, which he personally built in his backyard, is believed to have disintegrated during its descent towards Earth.

Soon after his death, it was revealed that the vote tabulators had actually miscounted, and that the 12th Steve Irwin Senate seat was, in fact, supposed to go to Susan Bardelli-Lee of the Australian Sex Toy Enthusiast Party.

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lord caedus

Gryphon said:
And, bonus box, a WIP stage of the above when I was still not really thinking clearly
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I think we need you to make more infoboxes when you can't think clearly.

Puget Sound said:
"Spouse: Karen Gillan (m. 2007)"
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Little Red Bean said:
>Australia's Senate continues electing crazy fringe people
>State of Steve Irwin (IN SPAAAACE)
>Fascist-hipster revolutionary alliance
>Ex-zookeeper Hitler wannabe
>Home-built spaceships
>Australian Sex Toy Enthusiasts robbed of a Senate seat
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>No anarcho-fascist militia made up of sentient kangaroos

2/10 would not march on Canberra
 
Asami

Asami

Banned
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Four of the (many) Gods of the Arminian pantheon, and the related Neo-Revivalist pantheon.

Ossein, the King of Gods and the God of Aspiration, Hope and Change;
Maga, the Queen of the Gods and the Goddess of Integrity, Protection and Security,
Merkel, The God of Wealth and Austerity,
and Poutine, the Goddess of the seasons, war, agriculture, nature and the harvest.

:p
 
InfernoMole

InfernoMole

Little Red Bean said:
Nobody but Australian zoo employees took much notice when the militant President Joey Antolic was impeached and expelled from ZAEIU. But soon the national anarchist revolutionary attracted headlines as the latest loon to win a seat in the Senate, despite his garnering of approximately 13 first place votes in the Alpha Centauri-based Australian state of Steve Irwin. Unlike most fringe candidates to win seats in the Australian Senate, Antolic refused to take his seat, instead seizing upon his electoral mandate to engage in a "Revolutionary Homecoming" and overthrow the Australian state. Dozens of his supporters, both ironic college students and committed fascists, gathered in Canberra to greet their new Anarchist Fuhrer. But his spaceship, which he personally built in his backyard, is believed to have disintegrated during its descent towards Earth.

Soon after his death, it was revealed that the vote tabulators had actually miscounted, and that the 12th Steve Irwin Senate seat was, in fact, supposed to go to Susan Bardelli-Lee of the Australian Sex Toy Enthusiast Party.

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How are the marsupials and emus?
 
shiftygiant

shiftygiant

Gone Fishin'
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Maybe it's Red Dawn with a far worse ending for the United States.

Instead of the United States repelling the Soviet Invasion, they end up being defeated in the end, and the United States government brodcasts this message.
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It's Cthulhu!

No, really, well, not Cthulhu, but it's Lovecraftian horror. The guys who made it did two other videos that relate to that one, and at the end of that one there is a small flash that says something along the lines that it was an accidental broadcast.
 
InfernoMole

InfernoMole

"...Hello, Marya. What did you want to know?"
"...It's about my husband and his... friends. You're one of the few people I could contact. So, tell me: why did Sasha kill Senya?"
"You want to know? Alright. If you want..."
~ An excerpt from the conversation between Maryna Poroshenko, widow of the late Petro Poroshenko, and Volodymyr Groysman while in his prison cell.

"On March 2, former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko was discovered dead in his kitchen. Official sources say that Poroshenko died from alcohol poisoning."
~ Lenta.ru on March 2, 2020.

"He may have been poisoned. He may have poisoned himself to avoid being torn apart by mobs of angry Ukrainian neo-nazis. Who knows? After everything Parashenko has done to Ukraine, of course lots of people would love to see him die."
~ A Russian blogger on the circumstances of Poroshenko's death.

"Good riddance. It's a good thing this rotten swine finally drank himself to death. Though, I would love to take this bastard's life myself..."
~ An excerpt from Nadiya Savchenko's conversation with "Stepan", uncovered by Russian hackers.

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"I know Parubiy buried Arsen and Kravchuk's corpses somewhere. But where?"
"That's the point. That's why that fuck [Oleksandr] killed Yatsenyuk. Just as Yatsenyuk walked off too far away, Oleksandr shot him and his bodyguards. Then he attempted to flee to Western Ukraine. What a dumbass... He was hanged by some thugs there. I think the pravoseki [the Right Sector] may have been responsible."
"You... didn't really answer my question."
"Do I look like I know? He never told anybody."
~ Another excerpt from Maryna Poroshenko and Volodymyr Groysman's conversation.

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"Ukrainian political machinations, or how Poroshenko's widow came to Groysman's prison cell to learn why the hanged Turchynov shot Yatsenyuk during the funeral of Parubiy"
~ CNN on August 9 of 2021.

"...And what about Vitalya?"
"I'm uncertain of his fate, but I'm sure that retard is hiding somewhere in Germany. He's safe... for now."
~ Maryna Poroshenko to Volodymyr Groysman.
 
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Thomas27

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Fantastic! But wouldn't the new government want to end the war and surrender to the allies?
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They tried, but with condition which in the specific context of the book are not compatible with "unconditional surrender" willed by the allies and soviets.
 
Oppo

Oppo

Independent New England
2016 Election
1982 Election
1994 Election

Dione was never the best selling automobile maker in New England, but it was one of the most unique. In 1968, at the height of the anti-establishment movement, Dionne was founded in Burlington, Vermont. Quickly the company found a backer in publisher Fredrick Monahan, who gave millions to the company and was quickly put on the board of directors. By 1972, the Dionne Niagara was released, a luxury sedan (think Jaguar XJ). The car was almost universally praised by the press and car enthusiasts. Dionnes were in the luxury segment but were more known for their technology achievements (around the same market placement as SAAB ITTL). At the 1976 Martha's Vineyard Motorshow (the ITTL equivalent to Geneva), Monahan revealed the Stellavem concept car (based on the Latin word for starship). The car went on the front page of Modern Motorists and other motoring magazines. Months after the concept, Monahan announced a production version would go on sale, with all the futuristic features of the concept. Many doubted that the plan would go through, but the company spent an enormous sum of money doing just that. When the car came out, the "key-tablets" ended up in many celebrities and other members of the upper class. The King even owned one (with some calling it a conflict of interest due to the King being Monahan's brother-in-law). House of Cars said, "The Stellavem represents everything the roads are built for. This isn't just car of the year, it's probably car of the decade". The Stellavem even went in the World GT Championship, winning the 12 Hours of Salt Lake. In late 1981, disaster struck. The economy was in crisis, and Fredrick Monahan was found dead of a cocaine overdose. The company was taken over by Gerald Byrd, former chief of marketing for the Horizon chain of grocery stores. While Byrd could sell food, he didn't understand the automotive market. The Stellavem went from becoming a status symbol to being a symbol of a failed economy. Andile Alofayle (founder and leader of the social democratic Our Nation Party) even mentioned the car as, "the symbol of excess". Dione went bankrupt, with aviation corporation AeroStar purchasing the company. The car made a brief return in 1985, with electronics company MacGuire purchasing the intellectual property for the model. Re-sold as the MacGuire Altamont (after the California race track), the expensive W12 was replaced with a good 'ol Louisianan Bayou V8. While it did moderately well in endurance racing, MacGuire was an electronics company first, so the car received less time than it should of. With MacGuire's budget getting more and more eaten by the Altamont, and sales going down and down, the car division was scrapped. Today, you're lucky to see one of these symbols of pre-Depression New England on the streets. Many people have made kit car replicas, but almost laughably bad. Many fans of pop culture have bought these cars, as they were featured in movies, TV shows, and music. In fact, Stella became a popular baby name in the early 80s after the car's release. A Stellavem was recently sold at auction for 765,000 North American Credits, the current record.
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machinekng

machinekng

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The Revolutionary Reenactment Society was inspired by the age-old practice of civil war reenactment. Drawing upon the experiences of veterans of both sides of the May 31st rebellion, the society could be a living history of the past turbulent decades, passing down such direct knowledge so that the visceral impact of the rebellion could not be forgotten. Indeed, the RRS does actively offer free history programs and material. The society has commissioned collections of memoirs, poetry and fiction by rebellion veterans, as well as volunteering for local charities and cooperatives. Of course, as par its inspiration, the RRS hosts mock battles and drill, where both members of local chapters and onlookers can congregate to demonstrate the practice, life and tactics of both the revolutionary guerrillas and government forces. Now, it is true that full members need to purchase uniforms and mock drill gear from the RRS. It's also true that this equipment is highly anachronistic, with modernized uniforms and 3D-printed arms. In the society's defense, the equipment of both sides of the rebellion was hardly orderly, with a wide variety of clothing, weapons and uniforms used by the various organizations and forces involved. The standardized uniforms are useful to keep track of each side, especially in "unscripted" battles, and historical weapons are very expensive to come by. Today, the RRS has expanded beyond the South, and has chapters in every state of the union. Currently, the society is involved in a legal battle over its tax-free status. The RRS claims that the government is attempting to suppress historical fact, while the IRS believes that may be laundering money from less than savory sources. The federal government as a whole has decided to avoid bringing the hammer down, and has let the IRS pursue their case with limited support. The RRS has also been accused of disseminating propaganda and training militants, leading to the society and its literature being blacklisted by several major charter school chains. Still, the society continues to grow and expand its services and operations.
 
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Gryphon

Gryphon

Contrary to its name, the Sylvestrian fever may in fact have originated, in human-contagious form, on Proteus, though the destruction it wrought on the Hinterworlds rendered its origins both impossible to determine and irrelevant.

Marked by a massive immune response and brain inflammation that famously led to hallucinations in many of the fatal cases, the fever was one of the largest health crises faced in the Hinterworlds; responses were comparably massive, up to and including quarantining whole continents, planets, and even star systems, a measure theorized but never implemented until the outbreak.

However, in reality, the fear of the disease was greater than the threat; while the mortality rate reached 25% on some worlds, infection was far from a death sentence, especially when caught early. It was largely eradicated only a few years after the outbreak began, though certain backcountry populations do occasionally deal with recurring epidemics. Indeed, certain refined proteins sourced from it are used to produce certain, usually illegal, hallucinatory agents. It is still marked as Class AA Dangerous, and knowingly carrying the disease in populated areas is, therefore, punishable by both death and erasure.

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The map, because it's tiny and I put some effort into it

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Star sword
Styan Prairie Bush War
Peace Obelisk of Avalon
CAP Trade Unit
 
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