Disputed established Walken as a Vietnam vet years before I began contributing, so I have no idea if Goodman's role in The Big Lebowski factored into having Walken serve in 'Nam or if it was just Goodman/Walken being old enough to have served in Vietnam and the character seeming like someone who...
Warnick defeats Rudden in Indiana primary
Tuesday, May 14th, 2024
NBS can confirm that Indiana State Treasurer Todd Warnick has defeated former governor Emily Rudden in the Republican primary for the United States Senate race in Indiana.
With 95% of the vote counted, Warnick is projected to...
Tuesday, May 14th 2024
Agreement reached on new Israeli government that would rotate prime minister position
Tel Aviv — An agreement has been reached to form a new government in Israel, one that would see the position of prime minister rotate halfway through the government's four year term...
OOC: Yes, this is obviously based on Kristi "Cricket Had It Coming" Noem being a complete sociopath and expecting to be politically rewarded for it.
It's important to point out, though, that Johnson didn't actually kill any cats, unlike Noem taking out any unfortunate pets and petting zoo...
Likely Republican Senate nominee claims he asked military superiors for permission to shoot feral cats in Qumar
Friday, May 9th, 2024
Congressman Tim Johnson (R-FL), the likely Republican Senate nominee in Florida, attracted outrage after a video of a Thursday town hall was released where the...
New page, new collection of gubernatorial maps. This time: the Santos era of state chief executive elections.
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Gubernatorial Election Maps (1985-2023)
Reagan/Bush (1985-1986) • Newman (1987-1990) • Lassiter (1991-1998) • Bartlet...
Senate confirms Schubert as Treasury Secretary
Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank Daniel Schubert was confirmed to be the nation's next Secretary of the Treasury by the United States Senate today, two months after he was nominated to the position by...
Correct. The Constitution is the exact same in both OTL & TTL, so earlier contributors sensibly changed it to be that Willis was named a candidate by the local party for an effectively uncontested (IIRC) special election that was held quickly after his wife's death.
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Doron offers national unity government after Israeli election
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Gilad Doron formally offered to form a national unity government with his two main centrist rivals after a third general election in less than a year returned...
Before I spend the next few days travelling, here are the gubernatorial maps of the show era (1999-2006) elections.
A note that this is the only batch (AKA the most recent time ITTL) where an actual third party (not an independent) won a gubernatorial election (the Minnesota Independence Party...
Monday, April 22nd 2024
Konanova wins re-election in Ukraine; Yuchenko concedes but calls for investigation into election conduct
Kiev — President Nastia Konanova won a second five-year term as Ukraine president on Sunday, even as her opponent Yevgen Yurchenko has called for investigations...
OOC: The Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) was established as having existed, since Leo quotes Bartlet mentioning it expiring in his second inaugural address in "365 Days".
I'm guessing this was an oversight on the show's writers part because the RL Assault Weapons Ban expired in 2004, and Bartlet's...
Senate passes gun control bill
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
The United States Senate today passed the Protect Our Communities Act (POCA), marking the first time in three decades that the upper chamber has passed a law amending federal gun control laws.
"Every person in this country should be...
Part III of the governor maps, covering most of the '90s
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Gubernatorial Election Maps (1985-2023)
Reagan/Bush (1985-1986) • Newman (1987-1990) • Lassiter (1991-1998) • Bartlet (1999-2006) • Santos (2007-2010) • Walken (2011-2018) •...