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The 1992 United States presidential election was the 52nd quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1992. Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts defeated incumbent Republican President Dan Quayle, independent Governor Gaston Caperton of West Virginia, activist Lyndon LaRouche of the Free Democratic Party, and a variety of smaller candidates.

Quayle had alienated many with his gaffes and "poor leadership" when compared to President George Bush, but he fended off a primary challenge from conservative Governor David Duke of Louisiana and moderate Governor Pete DuPont. Quayle's unpopularity lead to several high-profile Democratic candidates like Bill Bradley entering the 1992 Democratic primaries. Kennedy, a leader of the progressive Democratic wing, and a member of the Kennedy family, established himself as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination by sweeping most of the early party primaries. He defeated New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, Governor Douglas Wilder of Virginia, and other candidates to win his party's nomination, and chose Governor Jim Folsom Jr. as his running mate. Governor Gaston Caperton launched a campaign that largely focused on "Coal Belt" voters, and was criticized by some as being bought by mining companies. Conspiracy theorist and cult leader Lyndon LaRouche also lead a surprisingly strong campaign with Georgia Representative Lawrence McDonald, attacking all three major candidates and becoming a popular "anti-establishment" figure.

The economy was in recession and Quayle's unpopularity caused a much more relaxed campaign from Ted Kennedy, who lead almost every national poll taken. LaRouche led Quayle in several polls taken in June 1992 but failed to capitalize on his peak. Kennedy largely focused on the economy, while Quayle attempted to hold up the foreign policy successes of his predecessor, George H.W. Bush. Kennedy would end up winning in one of the biggest blowouts in modern American history and even won states such as Ala...[1]

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[1] Obviously based off of the OTL 1992 election wikipedia
 
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On February 19, 1992, a series of three coordinated nuclear weapons were detonated by the international crime organization Tartarus in three major metropolitan areas in the Republic of Iraq. In 1991, Tartarus stole 5 nuclear weapons from a military base near the Far Eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk, an action officially denied by the Russian government until 1993. After sending a two hundred and fifty billion dollar ransom to the United Nations, Tartarus unleashed three of them on Iraq's most populated cities, Baghdad, Mosul, and Basra, killing an estimated six to eight million people, and injuring anywhere from two to five million people (either from immediate or long term fallout).

Jade Nyugen (the supervillain Cheshire, who was the coordinator of both the theft and nuclear bombings) claimed they chose Iraq due both the proximity that the nation held to their main base of operations, and a belief that the nations of the world would appreciate less valuable cities being used as a demonstration of Tartarus' power.

The United Nations responded to the nuclear bombings within hours, assembling a Task Force lead by the Justice League to apprehend the members of the organization and all nuclear weaponry in their possession. Parallel to this, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Atomic Bombing of Iraq was formed and tasked with prosecuting those involved. Within fourteen months, all members of Tartarus and their nuclear weapons were apprehended. All members were put on trial, prosecuted, and sentenced to death. 22 of the 28 were executed, including the believed-to-be immortal Vandal Savage; with 6 committing suicide before their scheduled executions. Of the 28, only Slade Wilson voluntarily surrendered to the Task Force and plead guilty to his involvement to the Tribunal.

Both before and after the Tribunal had concluded, controversy erupted over which nations deserved culpability for the state of Iraq, as well as potential compensation owed. From nations that had supervillains originate or operate in them (such as France, the United States, and Gabon), to Russia and their inability to safeguard their nuclear weapon, to both the United Nations and the international superhero community for failing to prevent such a disaster.

 
The Third Continental Congress has its origins from the earlier Continental Congresses as well as specifically the 1823 Treaty of Boston that ended the New Jersey War of 1821-1823. The Last 3 decades had seen the collapse of the Articles of Confederation, The Ohio War, the Connecticut Valley War, and the New Jersey War, and there was a growing opinion in the American States that a new Continental Congress was needed to limit the conflicts. The initial members of the Congress were New England, New York, Columbia, Virginia, Carolina, and Georgia, and have since become a major economic coordinator on the American Continent.
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The 1948 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 2, 1948. Incumbent U.S. Senator Henrik Shipstead, who was renominated by the Republican–Farmer–Labor Party (formed by a merger of the Republican Party and the Farmer–Labor Party in 1946), faced off against Democratic Mayor of Minneapolis Hubert H. Humphrey.

Although Henrik Shipstead, who had been serving by that point for 25 years, won all of his past races by double-digit margins, the 1948 U.S. Senate election soon became unusually competitive as Humphrey provided a strong challenge to the 67 year old Senator. Distinguished by his crackdown on crime in Minneapolis, liberal internationalist views and foundation of the Committee for the Defense of Democracy, Humphrey contrasted himself with the aged, staunchly isolationist Senator, attracting Republican voters who disdained Shipstead - among them devotees of President Quentin Roosevelt, champion of the Fair Deal and the Convention of Nations. Although Henrik Shipstead had little love for the anticapitalist leanings of his fellow Farmer-Laborites, many members of the Humphrey campaign and its supporters accused the U.S. Senator of being a "closeted communist", in addition to many attacks on the man's isolationist views, which were increasingly perceived to be "antiquated" as tensions continued to grow between the United States of America and the German and Japanese empires. The Shipstead campaign was bellicose as well, accusing Humphrey of dodging the draft and sponsoring the expansion of a "totalitarian world superstate"; regardless of the mudslinging, Shipstead's grasp on the south of the state was rapidly waning.

In the end, Hubert Humphrey prevailed over Henrik Shipstead by 33,525 votes, becoming the first Democrat to be elected U.S. Senator from Minnesota in 48 years; this upset victory defied state conventions, as the North Star State voted for the Republican presidential nominee by double-digit margins on the same day. The combative Shipstead insinuated that Humphrey and his men manipulated the vote in Minneapolis, but nothing came of it; the two rivals ultimately mended their relationship in 1951.

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The Justice Society of America was founded on May 23, 1940 by three superheroes, Carter Hall, the original Hawkman; Dan Garrett, the original Blue Beetle; and Kent Nelson, the original Doctor Fate. Originally a nameless group united only in their aims of investigating their connections to ancient Egypt, they eventually expanded into the United States' first mass superhero team, aimed at combating crime, saboteurs, and supervillainy.

At the time of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, they had assembled over twenty active or reserve members. When the United States declared war on Japan and Germany, many members continued their countryside superheroics as part of the “Justice Battalion,” with several also co-serving as members of the wartime-only “All Star Squadron.” Others chose to enter the war as regular, non-costumed soldiers, such as Wesley Dodds, the original Sandman, who resumed his service in the Navy; and Albert Pratt, the original Atom, who became a tank driver in the Army.

Before the official American entry into World War 2, and before official support of the JSA by the US Government, President Roosevelt personally dispatched the Flash and Green Lantern to investigate rumors of the Nazis possessing the Spear of Destiny, and negating the superpowers of various individuals in Nazi-occupied territory. This started a quiet but powerful relationship between the POTUS and various superheroes, and would continue to this day in official and unofficial capacities.

Following World War 2, many members of the JSA had taken leave or drifted away from the organization. In 1951, following pressures from the Joint Congressional Un-American Activities Committee to publicly unmask all members, past and present, or risk prosecution, the remaining members of the JSA elected to disbanded. This left many members either retired, or continuing their hero work without governmental support. Following the election of John Kennedy in 1960, and his well-publicized support of superheroes, the JSA reformed alongside the new Justice League of America, both having partial oversight by the newly-founded Department of Metahuman Affairs.

In 1965, following the election of Richard Nixon, the threat of conscription for metahumans was raised as an answer to Soviet and Chinese metahumans in the Vietnam War. This was met with a second disbandment by JSA members. Some superheroes, such as Superman, even privately threatened to be unmasked and serve prison time rather than be conscripted, a decision that the government decided was too costly to bear.

Despite this disbandment only lasting a year as opposed to nearly a decade, the threat of superheroes refusing the draft led the US Government to pursue a policy of voluntary metahuman armament, and the creation of their own superheroes, such as Captain Atom, as well as the unintentional creation of several supervillains, such as Major Force.

Following the 1970s, the JSA began to take a more proactive role in training the next generations of superheroes. While the JLA was considered to be a strike force, in the words of one of their members, the JSA was thought of as a family. This led to many members returning, including some who hadn't been part of the organization in decades, to help provide leadership and education to new superheroes.

Today, the Justice Society of America is largely known for its large, albeit fluctuating and inconsistent, membership base, and for having multiple generations of heroes from one family joining. Some have criticized it for employing underage superheroes in missions, and for alleged nepotism in favor of related metahumans.

The name “Justice Society of America” was first proposed by Jay Garrick, the original Flash, and the motto “Strength, Courage, Justice” was coined by the original Superman, both in early 1941.

How's that for a tenth installment? I still enjoy researching the history of comics more than comics themselves, but I did read bits and pieces of the 1999 and 2007 Justice Society runs, and I enjoyed them. While not perfectly adapting them here, I did want to pay tribute to them in a small way.
 
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There's not too much of a backstory here.

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The 2018 Conservative Sinn Féin leadership election was triggered in the aftermath of allegations that incumbent leader former United States Army General Michael Flynn had engaged in contacts with Russian officials and not followed American law in reporting those contacts to the federal government. Patrick J. Lynch, incumbent Member of Congress from North Queens, would call for Flynn's resignation from his post. When Flynn refused to resign as leader of Conservative Sinn Féin, Lynch launched a challenge to Flynn. With the requisite 60% of federal MCs voting in favor, a leadership election was scheduled. Flynn proved much more popular among the party base than among elected federal office-holders and won the challenge with 63% of the vote from my party members. Following the challenge, Flynn and his inner circle took steps to solidify their power over the party and would express support for not renominating any of the MCs that had voted in favor of allowing the challenge to move to a party vote.
 
There's not too much of a backstory here.

The 2018 Conservative Sinn Féin leadership election was triggered in the aftermath of allegations that incumbent leader former United States Army General Michael Flynn had engaged in contacts with Russian officials and not followed American law in reporting those contacts to the federal government. Patrick J. Lynch, incumbent Member of Congress from North Queens, would call for Flynn's resignation from his post. When Flynn refused to resign as leader of Conservative Sinn Féin, Lynch launched a challenge to Flynn. With the requisite 60% of federal MCs voting in favor, a leadership election was scheduled. Flynn proved much more popular among the party base than among elected federal office-holders and won the challenge with 63% of the vote from my party members. Following the challenge, Flynn and his inner circle took steps to solidify their power over the party and would express support for not renominating any of the MCs that had voted in favor of allowing the challenge to move to a party vote.

This is great.

This is making me think now - what if European immigrant communities were never assimilated into party-political machines, say if the Civil War ended the Democratic Party completely, and instead you got American branches of the Bund and the Irish Parliamentary Party cropping up in the cities...
 
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Back in high school, one of the group projects we had in AP World History was to make a short alternate history film about any point of divergence we wanted to. I was excited about this as I had just begun getting into alternate history at the time and was eager to make an interesting film (albeit constrained of course by the zero budget nature of it). As it happened, my group was...less keen on probability and decided to have our film (which had to have a divergence post-1970) about if Bush had died on 9/11. Interesting premise you can do a lot with, but, well...the infobox kind of speaks for itself about what we had happen.
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The War on Terror: Insane Edition
Back in high school, one of the group projects we had in AP World History was to make a short alternate history film about any point of divergence we wanted to. I was excited about this as I had just begun getting into alternate history at the time and was eager to make an interesting film (albeit constrained of course by the zero budget nature of it). As it happened, my group was...less keen on probability and decided to have our film (which had to have a divergence post-1970) about if Bush had died on 9/11. Interesting premise you can do a lot with, but, well...the infobox kind of speaks for itself about what we had happen.
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This is literally a scenario numerous Romanian pundits un ironically thought could actually happen in the early to mid 2000’s despite almost everyone telling them it’s a dumb idea
 
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After the death of Superman in 1992, many new superheroes made their debuts to fill the role left in his wake. Steel, originally debuting under the name “Man of Steel,” was among the first. Utilizing a suit of hi-tech armor, Steel has battled the impostor Supermen, was involved in the attack on Coast City, and has been one of Metropolis' defenders in the post-Superman era. He is considered to be one of the most popular and effective of the new era of heroes, often collaborating with the Superman family and the Justice League of America.

Due to his length of service as a superhero, and the relative lack of personal information he has put forward in nearly thirty years, many conspiracy theories have popped up around him. From him being the cybernetic reincarnation of Superman, a lost relative of the Justice Society's Steel Family, a robot programmed by the Justice League, the very spirit of justice incarnated into metal, and even him being multiple superheroes wearing a single identity.





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So, does this count as the first black superhero I've done with this project? :unsure::unsure::unsure::unsure:
 
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