The Times Square Massacre
By the time of the 1980s within the Democratic People's Republic of America,there had been increased pressure to democratize by not only the western countries but by a combination of Politburo member Barry Goldwater's liberal slew of modest economic reforms. However, those policies which were implemented often saw lack of funding from the individual general-governors the large territories that they governed, often abusing their offices with corrupt drug trafficking or embezzling millions to enrich their already wealthy lives. A faction within the Communist Patriotic Party opted for gradual reforms called the moderates, lead by Barry Goldwater. In response to this, a more hardline partisan faction formed called the Hardliners, spearheaded by Patrick Buchanan, a southern party member with staunchly american patriotic ideals, such as long monuments to the overthrow of the Jackson dynasty in 1917 and mandatory military conscription.On April 2nd,1989, calls for a general strike were made all over the country by Martin Luther King Jr and Billy Graham in a rare moment of racial understanding between both sides. The actual implementation of the strike was a rather confusing and ill-coordinated affair throughout the 9th of April, but by the following morning the government understood what was going on: revolt. Immediately the order was given for an emergency meeting of the Politburo Standing Committee in Roosevelt City. In the initial vote, 3 ( Patrick Buchanan, Richard Nixon,Ronald Reagan) voted for military action while 4 ( George H.W Bush, Bob Dole, Barry Goldwater, Gerald Ford) opted to instead send a team of diplomats to address the situation and attempt to get a concise list of demands from the protesters. It would be decided to send three top diplomats to negotiate with the self declared leaders of the protest MLK jr.
On April 3rd, the Diplomatic force arrived in the large protest camp that the demonstrators had established, with the protesting force growing to 200,000 within New York City's Time Square. Meeting with the protest leaders, both sides agreed to meet in the Johnson Revolutionary Independence Subway Car 234 to officially open up dialogue between both of them. Initial negotiations looked promising,with the concession of the government in allowing a team of lawyers led by the protesters to root out corruption within the DPRA and for an end to the system of segregation within the southern states by 1990. In return, the protesters would disperse by the end of the week.
Upon returning to the Politburo, there was a vote on the proposed olive branch, which failed to pass with 4 votes against(Patrick Buchanan,Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W Bush) to 3 votes in favor (Barry Goldwater,Bob Dole, Gerald Ford). Another meeting was held with the diplomats, which lead to little being changed apart from demanding the withdrawal of the protesters. Feeling fed up, Patrick Buchanan then offered to send in the 2nd Patriotic Army to Times Square in order to clear out the protesters by force using live ammunition. This new proposal, after arguments were heard by all members, was rejected 4 to 3. He then proposed to instead send in the same army unit but with orders only to fire if they were attacked by the protesters. This altered plan would be the one that the Politburo would pass unanimously.
On April 9th, the American 2nd Patriotic Army was ordered to Times Square with orders to clear the square "using all means within your powers". Along with that, Richard Nixon would declare martial law over the square, with demands for the protesters to disperse. However, this only encouraged more protesters to flood the streets,with almost a million people within Times Square by the day of the opening shots. Soon the american army units would be at the square by tomorrow, marching with a long column of armored vehicles towards the epicenter of the revolutionaries. Although several protesters urged the military units to mutiny and join the ranks to fight against the government, these wants were silenced by the sounds of machine gun and rifle fire that went off into the crowds of people, many of whom were hit instantly by the bullets and cannon shots.
At the same time, several specialist forces of the american secret police began to raid building after building, managing to capture Bernie Sanders in the ensuing chaos while murdering MLK, with Ellen McCormick being killed during the fighting on the streets. The most memorable moment of the scene was when an unidentified protester stopped an entire column of M60 Patton tanks for around ten minutes, all caught by a Russian journalist before the man was dragged off by two soldiers and the tank column drove forwards to quell the unrest. Several protesters made makeshift Dewey drinks that were tossed onto the columns of IFVs and jeeps, setting several on fire as they attempted to fight back. Others immediately attempted to flee the scene, being arrested eventually.
By the end of the unrest, Times Square was the scene of horror and death, as handfuls of burned out military vehicles were to be the attention given to the incident. The government suspended all diplomatic calls and ties with the rest of the world for a full week after the incident, only gradually mending relations with it's staunchest communist allies of South Korea and japan later in the month. Despite their attempts at censorship, the free Russian and Chinese press published front page news about the massacre, with exaggerated figures of over 50,000 dead.
Bernie Sanders would be guillotined publicly within Roosevelt City while other secondary ranking members of the Yankee Doodle Society would be sent to the re-education camps of the Yukon and Alaska, to die long deaths in the prisons of the frigid north. The political fall out from this would mean the demotion of Barry Goldwater a few days later on the excuse of "poor health", which might have been true, being his age had reached eighty. It would also see the promotion of the conservative hardliners into power, with Patrick Buchanan being named the new Chairman of the Politburo Standing Committee against Bob Dole, who was demoted.
Bob Dole
Bob Dole was an american politician of Kansan origin, first starting out as the chairman of the Russel County Board of political commissars on January 4th,1943. He then worked his way up the rings of bureaucratic leadership to become the head of the local Kansan secret police, working to eradicate a number of troublesome illegal moonshine distilleries within the socialist state. This eye in the public spotlight for his housekeeping of Kansas brought eyes to the government's Communist Patriotic Party, who officially nominated him for Socialist Senator, winning with an astounding 95% of the vote against the unpopular and notoriously corrupt Samuel W. Reynolds. Working to further the Uncle Sam style american socialist philosophy of Kellerist-Debist thought, his term as senator would see a fierce crackdown on corruption within the state, though many times this was merely used as a facade in order to purge his more politically capital wealthy rivals from office.By 1958, his political rivals within Kansas had all been executed, imprisoned or exiled to other state socialist republics. With his power base within Kansas secured, Roosevelt City would then handpick him for the General-Governorship of the Union of Midwestern Socialist States and Territories, officially leaving his senate position on the first and arriving in the governor's estate two days later for a 5 year term of office. His terms in the new political position would see the Midwest in the midst of a harsh famine, to which he would reply with strict rationing and a complete overhaul of the agricultural secretary office.
This was done with the firing of several incompetent patronage system era elderly members in favor of newly appointed government lackeys which, while not the best, were a step up from the older members and offered fresh blood and new ideas to the area. A large number of former Eisenhower appointees were executed and exiled from offices, along with his same bloodhound stance on moonshine which saw several promising officials regulated to staff and bureaucratic positions.
By the end of his General-Governorship, he was offered to become the General-Chief of the American Veterans Union, a position and title which he would quickly accept. Former General-Chief of the AVU Lyndon B. Johnson had been hospitalized a week before, and so the Kansan would tag team out the Texan. It would be another rung on the ladder to the ultimate political positions within the government, so he had little inclination to ignore the opportunity.
Five years into his Roosevelt City based political career, Gerald Ford would be caught attempting to sell military secrets to the Joseon Empire in Exile, and was removed quickly from the office of General Chief of the DPRA People's Patriotic Army, instead having ford be transferred to the Politburo Standing Committee as an alternate member for Harry S. Truman. He would find himself in a rather powerful position, with the ability to command large portions of the DPRA's armed forces, which he would order bolstered against the threats of the Russian Republic and the Republic of China. Ford would be allocated a spot on the Politburo Standing Committee with the retirement of Harry S. Truman.
He would controversially order military forces redeployed to war torn Mexico and Brazil, with american combat deaths skyrocketing under his leadership. He would also see interventions during the 2nd Formosa Missile Crisis and several close calls during the Cold War against the democratic east. He would defend his actions by calling it a 'crusade against the capitalist Chinese.' Throughout the 70s, the amount of foreign interventions would increase more and more, with the debt growing to over a billion American Marks by 1975, then increasing to over four billion by 1980. While his foreign policy influence remained long after his politburo membership, it would be this membership that the free east remembers most about the man.
Despite not being a member of the PSC,he would still maintain large influence within the decision making body purely because of his appointment to General Chief of both the People's Patriotic Army and the American Veterans' Union. He was able to either bribe or hand unwavering members small defeats within the committees, being knowledgeable of senate procedure and order rules, compared to the other glorified governors which were placed into the house of revolution. Although he was ultimately just chairman of the Politburo Standing Committee for only three and a half years, his behind the scenes influence would be a driving factor within the foreign policy, always wary of a military coup.
During the Chairmanship of Bill Clinton, there would be numerous attempts by both sides to replace each other, with speeches given out exemplifying Dole's service to the party for so many years while also decrying the young face of the corrupt politburo. He would even attempt to remove him by manufacturing several scandals with several young women, often failing due to lack of evidence. Eventually, By the turn of the 20th century, Bob Dole would officially announce his retirement from politics in 2001 with his resignation of the position of General Chief of the DPRA People's Patriotic Army and his 2003 decision to resign from General Chief of the American Veterans Union, ending his involvement with american politics, an involvement which had lasted for nearly 60 years, starting with that appointment of the Russel County board of political commissars.
Politburo Standing Committee
Founded as the highest political body with the newly formed government in 1917, the overall membership of the Politburo Standing Committee has ranged from the following:(1917-1927) 5 members
(1927-1930) 6 members
(1930-1945) 5 members
(1945-1953) 6 members
(1953-1960) 13 members
(1960-1962) 10 members
(1962-1964) 11 members
(1964-1965) 10 members
(1965-1970) 8 members
(1970-1980) 9 members
(1980-1990) 7 members
(1990-2005) 8 members
(2005-present) 7 members
Each member represents a specific region of the United States, with the following socialist states falling under a specific union of states that was part of the larger government.
Sarah Palin: Alaska,Hawaii,Colonial Island Socialist states and territories
Orrin Hatch: Utah,Colorado,Wyoming,Nevada,Montana,California, Oregon ,Washington, Idaho
George W. Bush: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma
Robert Portman: Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri
Sam Brownback: North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska
Lindsay Graham: South Carolina,North Carolina,Maryland,Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee,Florida, Alabama,Mississippi,Georgia,Kentucky
Chuck Schumer: Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire, Rhode island, Vermont,Massachusetts, new Jersey,Connecticut,Maine,Delaware
While normally the Politburo Standing Committee is elected by the American People's Congress, most of the decisions have been rubber stamped ahead of time, including the election results. The elected bodies responsibilities are only really to itself. The Politburo Standing Committee is usually the highest branch of government within the DPRA, with their decisions being made always the final ones, with no further higher court of the land to overturn their rulings.
