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Cabinet of Bernie Sanders [2017]

Vice President: Cory Booker (D-NJ)

State: Tom Perriello (D-VA)
Treasury: Sarah Bloom Raskin (D-MD)
Attorney General: Doug Jones (D-AL)
Defense: Jack Reed (D-RI) Lloyd Austin (D-GA)
Interior: Fawn Sharp (D-WA)
Commerce: Richard Cordray (D-OH)
Agriculture: Chet Culver (D-IA) John Boyd Jr. (D-VA)
Labor: Jenny R. Yang (D-NJ)
Health & Human Services: Georges Benjamin (D-MD)
Housing & Urban Development: Diane Yentel (D-CA)
Energy: Daniel Kammen (D-MA)
Education: Randi Weingarten (D-NY)
Transportation: Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Veteran's Affairs: Julián Castro (D-TX)
Homeland Security: Martin O'Malley (D-MD) Deval Patrick (D-MA)

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Shalanda Young (D-LA)
Director of National Intelligence: Susan M. Gordon (D-TN)
Director of the CIA: Thomas M. Countryman (D-D.C.)
National Security Advisor: Matt Duss (D-D.C.)
United States Trade Representative: Stephanie Kelton (D-D.C.)
Ambassador to the United Nations: Michael McFaul (D-MT)
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers: Paul Krugman (D-MA)
Administrator of the Small Business Administration: Raphael Bostic (D-GA)
Chair of the DNC: Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
White House Chief of Staff: Faiz Shakir (D-D.C.)

 

[Comrade Izaac]

Cabinet of Bernie Sanders [2017]

Vice President: Cory Booker (D-NJ)

State: Tom Perriello (D-VA)
Treasury: Sarah Bloom Raskin (D-MD)
Attorney General: Doug Jones (D-AL)
Defense: Jack Reed (D-RI)
Interior: Fawn Sharp (D-WA)
Commerce: Richard Cordray (D-OH)
Agriculture: Chet Culver (D-IA)
Labor: Jenny R. Yang (D-NJ)
Health & Human Services: Georges Benjamin (D-MD)
Housing & Urban Development: Diane Yentel (D-CA)
Energy: Daniel Kammen (D-MA)
Education: Randi Weingarten (D-NY)
Transportation: Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Veteran's Affairs: Julián Castro (D-TX)
Homeland Security: Martin O'Malley (D-MD)

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Shalanda Young (D-LA)
Director of National Intelligence: Susan M. Gordon (D-TN)
Director of the CIA: Thomas M. Countryman (D-D.C.)
National Security Advisor: Matt Duss (D-D.C.)
United States Trade Representative: Stephanie Kelton (D-D.C.)
Ambassador to the United Nations: Michael McFaul (D-MT)
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers: Paul Krugman (D-MA)
Administrator of the Small Business Administration: Raphael Bostic (D-GA)
Chair of the DNC: Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
White House Chief of Staff: Faiz Shakir (D-D.C.)

i say this everytime a Bernie cabinet is written up; There's no fucking way they would let Bernie get away with appointing less than three Black nominees to his cabinet.

 

[allthepresidentsmen]

i say this everytime a Bernie cabinet is written up; There's no fucking way they would let Bernie get away with appointing less than three Black nominees to his cabinet.

Patrick to DHS, Boyd to Agriculture, uh...Austin for Defense like OTL?

 

[Comrade Izaac]

Patrick to DHS, Boyd to Agriculture, uh...Austin for Defense like OTL?

Boyd for AGR is basically a 100% guarantee everytime given that he was one of Obama's most left-leaning almost-appointees and that he was a staunch Sanders ally and advisor on agricultural policy through both of his campaigns. Austin is unlikely because of the whole "Raytheon Board Member" thing, but Patrick would kinda make sense at either State or DHS. my suggestion for a third would be either Nina Turner for Transportation/Education or, in 2017, Andrew Gillum for HUD

 

[allthepresidentsmen]

Nina Turner for Transportation/Education or, in 2017, Andrew Gillum for HUD

Turner IMO seems destined for a DNC post.

Gillum...now that would be a golden opportunity for some |i n t e r e s t i n g| story beats.

 

[Nyvis]

Boyd for AGR is basically a 100% guarantee everytime given that he was one of Obama's most left-leaning almost-appointees and that he was a staunch Sanders ally and advisor on agricultural policy through both of his campaigns. Austin is unlikely because of the whole "Raytheon Board Member" thing, but Patrick would kinda make sense at either State or DHS. my suggestion for a third would be either Nina Turner for Transportation/Education or, in 2017, Andrew Gillum for HUD

Isn't assignment to HUD by default something black politicians have complainted is too much of a token minority niche they want changed?

Not that there isn't a lot relevant to black communities in the US under that umbrella and unlike past admins, Sanders is likely to give them the means to act on that so making it a more relevant office could also address that complaint somewhat.

 

[allthepresidentsmen]

Isn't assignment to HUD by default something black politicians have complainted is too much of a token minority niche they want changed?

Gillum was a mayor though, so he'd probably have more knowledge of urban planning policy and how to implement reform around it, as well as a better grasp of the challenges faced by any attempt at concrete reform.

 

[Comrade Izaac]

Isn't assignment to HUD by default something black politicians have complainted is too much of a token minority niche they want changed?

Not that there isn't a lot relevant to black communities in the US under that umbrella and unlike past admins, Sanders is likely to give them the means to act on that so making it a more relevant office could also address that complaint somewhat.

it has been inarguably, but the dialectical irony is that most Black political action groups and politicians also actively want a Black HUD Secretary, which makes sense considering the vast and deliberate historical disenfranchisement of the large African-American populations in Major Cities. most likely, in any Democratic Administration at the very least, the Secretary of HUD is probably going to be Black until either the office or the material concept of race under capitalism no longer exists.

maybe Hispanic/Latin American in a progressive Administration tho, given the dominance of Hispanic Americans in progressive voting blocs and the prominence of many progressive Hispanic municipal officials. it's why, in a post-2020 Bernie victory timeline, you could give the office to someone like Jesse Arreguin or Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, etc. little bit more limited in 2016.

i also frankly don't think Black political groups would give that much of a shit if they were given another desired Department like Agriculture or Education.

 

[Nyvis]

it has been inarguably, but the dialectical irony is that most Black political action groups and politicians also actively want a Black HUD Secretary, which makes sense considering the vast and deliberate historical disenfranchisement of the large African-American populations in Major Cities. most likely, in any Democratic Administration at the very least, the Secretary of HUD is probably going to be Black until either the office or the material concept of race under capitalism no longer exists.

maybe Hispanic/Latin American in a progressive Administration tho, given the dominance of Hispanic Americans in progressive voting blocs and the prominence of many progressive Hispanic municipal officials. it's why, in a post-2020 Bernie victory timeline, you could give the office to someone like Jesse Arreguin or Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, etc. little bit more limited in 2016.

i also frankly don't think Black political groups would give that much of a shit if they were given another desired Department like Agriculture or Education.

As I said I think part of the issue is that past admins have put their token black person in it but not really given the department the means to do that much for black people (or anyone really), so it's not just a racial stereotype, it's one where you're given the job title that could help your community without the means to do the job. So that's probably less of a problem under a progressive admin.

 

[Steve Brinson]

Maybe someone like Darrick Hamilton or Sandy Darity at Treasury? Both would be controversial, but they were also both some pretty high-up Sanders advisors. Could also go with Raphael Bostic if you want someone more likely to get through the Senate.

Sherrilyn Ifill seems like a logical choice for AG.

 

[Comrade Izaac]

Congresswoman Donna Edwards at HHS or AFSCME President Lee Saunders at Labor are both great choices, as would be long time ILWU Secretary Treasurer (and OTL President) Willie Adams at either Labor or Commerce. Keith Ellison is also a classic for AG, Labor or State and a lesser known Raphael Warnock would be a good choice for U.N Ambassador. Ras Baraka at HUD or Cory Booker at HUD/Transportation would make sense.

Dr. Lydia Clemmons, a prominent Black Vermont family farmer and the lead of multiple cultural and social development programs in the U.S and Africa, would make sense as either Secretary of Agriculture or U.N Ambassador. Air Force Chief of Staff Larry O. Spencer at Defense is a underrated choice

 

[allthepresidentsmen]

Congresswoman Donna Edwards at HHS or AFSCME President Lee Saunders at Labor are both great choices, as would be long time ILWU Secretary Treasurer (and OTL President) Willie Adams at either Labor or Commerce. Keith Ellison is also a classic for AG, Labor or State and a lesser known Raphael Warnock would be a good choice for U.N Ambassador. Ras Baraka at HUD or Cory Booker at HUD/Transportation would make sense.

I'd imagine Edwards wins her 2016 Senate primary here; Warnock could get drafted for Atlanta mayor.

Booker is Veep.

Dr. Lydia Clemmons, a prominent Black Vermont family farmer and the lead of multiple cultural and social development programs in the U.S and Africa, would make sense as either Secretary of Agriculture or U.N Ambassador. Air Force Chief of Staff Larry O. Spencer at Defense is a underrated choice

Larry O. Spencer is a name I recognize, maybe he's somewhere in Defense, just not the top dog.

 

[Comrade Izaac]

Booker is Veep.

briefly forgot about that

 

[Blackentheborg]

Booker is Veep.

Honestly this pick isn't the best. New Jersey is a few states down from Vermont, and Booker has previously gotten in hot water with Sanders over pharmaceutical legislation

Larry O. Spencer is a name I recognize, maybe he's somewhere in Defense, just not the top dog.

I've used Larry O. Spencer in Bernie cabinets before, he's pretty neat, being Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.

 

[allthepresidentsmen]

Honestly this pick isn't the best. New Jersey is a few states down from Vermont, and Booker has previously gotten in hot water with Sanders over pharmaceutical legislation

True - I do suppose that he's the lonely centrist in the cabinet.

I would've used Patrick but he provides even less geographical diversity ...

 

[allthepresidentsmen]

Presidents of the United States
2021-2026: Joseph "Joe" Biden (Democratic-DE)

2020 (w. Kamala Harris) def. Donald Trump / Mike Pence (Republican)​

2024 (w. Kamala Harris) def. Donald Trump / Nikki Haley (Republican)​

2026-2029: Kamala Harris (Democratic-CA)
2029-2033: Bruce Wayne (Democratic-NY)

2028 (w. Regina Romero) def. Ron DeSantis / Kristi Noem (Republican)​

2033-0000: Christine Drazan (Republican-OR)

2032 (w. Francis X. Suarez) def. Bruce Wayne / Regina Romero (Democratic)​

2036 (w. Francis X. Suarez) def. Yvanna Cancela / Erick Russell (Democratic), Donald Trump Jr. / Kyle Kashuv (Patriot)​

2040 Democratic primary polling (October '39)
Frm. President Bruce Wayne (Democratic-NY): 50%
Senator Sharice Davids (Democratic-KS): 17%
Senator Carrick Flynn (D-OR): 10%
Houston Mayor Edward Pollard (Democratic-TX): 9%
Others: 14%

2040 Republican primary polling (October '39)
Frm. House Speaker Ashley Hinson (Republican-IA): 36%
Vice President Francis X. Suarez (Republican-FL): 26%
Frm. Governor G. T. Bynum (Republican-OK): 17%
Commentator Jackson Hinkle (R-CA): 9%
Others: 12%

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The crises of the late 2020s would chip away at Harris' viability (see: The World Ahead, etc) as they always did. Unfortunately for her and the Democratic establishment, TTL's leading progressive challenger turns out to not be an ex-Congressman from Pennsylvania. Despite Buttigieg withdrawing his bid, it wasn't enough to keep the nomination in Harris' hands.

Governor Bruce Wayne would narrowly defeat Ron DeSantis in a dragged-out political beatdown, aided by the fact that his defeat of a sitting president kept him as an anti-incumbent candidate. The wheels come off the global economy soon thereafter - despite an ambitious response to the economic collapse, the Republican Party would gain 5 Senate seats and 44 House seats, regaining both houses of Congress. Wayne's own controversial nature doesn't help, and frequent fights with the Republican Congress leads to almost 20 government shutdowns. Understandably, a Presidency of grabbing overhead lines doesn't end up with much legislative success (though UBI does make it through, sort of), and even though Wayne is shockingly popular on a personal level he goes down in defeat to Christine Drazan.

Christine Drazan is generally regarded as kind of wishy-washy, but she demonstrates to a left-moving country that the GOP has moved beyond Trumpists like DeSantis and Noem, and her track record of strengthening the state's laws against domestic terror after a string of far-right riots in Portland help to lend her an image of apolitical competence. Still, the right of her party is not a fan, particularly after she opts to keep the UBI. This split between the White House and the GOP right has yet to be patched despite her re-election in 2036 and a right-wing vote-splitter from Don Jr. As of 2039, it seems likely that her would-be successor in Vice President Suarez will be defeated in the primary by Ashley Hinson, while Wayne seems poised to make a comeback on a platform of finishing the job and reversing eight years of welfare-cutting.

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With credit to @Wolfram for the format and that Drazan write-up.

 

[allthepresidentsmen]

2033-0000: Christine Drazan (Republican-OR)

2032 (w. Francis X. Suarez) def. Bruce Wayne / Regina Romero (Democratic)​

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Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
2010-2020: Martin Wallace (Conservative)

'10 (CON-LIBDEM COALITION): def. Gordon Brown (Labour), Sir Menzies "Ming" Campbell (Liberal Democrats)​

'14 (MAJORITY): def. Margaret Alcott (Labour), Charles Russell (Liberal Democrats), Theresa Aitkens (SNP)​

'18 (MINORITY WITH DUP CONFIDENCE): def. Leo Sampson (Labour), Theresa Aitkens (SNP), Jane Penrose (Liberal Democrats)​

'19 Scottish independence referendum: 52.2% YES def. 47.8% NO​

2020-2020: Terence McGovern (Conservative)

Apr. '20 leadership election: Terence McGovern def. Sarah Rye​

'20 informal vote of no confidence: 187 MPs def. 118 MPs​

2020-2021: Sarah Rye (Conservative)

Jun. '20 leadership election: unopposed (following elimination of Sam Mercer)​

2021-2028: Leo Sampson (Labour)

'21 (MAJORITY): def. Sarah Rye (Conservative), Theresa Aitkens (SNP), Jane Penrose (Liberal Democrats), Clark Ross (Unionist)​

'25 (MAJORITY): def. W. Logan Boateng (Conservative), Yasmin Feingold (Liberal Democrats), Norman Buchanan (Sovereignty)​

Feb. '28 (MINORITY): def. James Heathcliffe (Conservative), Norman Buchanan (Sovereignty), Yasmin Feingold (Liberal Democrats)​

2028-2030: James Heathcliffe (Conservative)

Nov. '28 (CON-SOV COALITION): def. Leo Sampson (Labour), Norman Buchanan (Sovereignty), Sir Mick Edison (Liberal Democrats)​

2030-2044: Lucas Merrill (Labour)

'30 (MAJORITY): def. James Heathcliffe (Conservative), Sir Mick Edison (Liberal Democrats), Geoff Barton (Sovereignty)​

'34 (MAJORITY): def. Nicole Crawford-Davison (Conservative), Sir Mick Edison (Liberal Democrats), Nick Schrio (Green), Mark Bedford (Sovereignty)​

'38 (MAJORITY): def. Andy Fortune (Conservative - One Nation coupon), Mark Bedford (Sovereignty), Christina Derricks (Green), Colin Aldridge (Liberal Democrats - One Nation coupon)​

'42 (MAJORITY): def. Chris Simmons & Colin Aldridge (Conservative-LibDem alliance), Peter Withaker (Sovereignty), Christina Derricks (Green)​

2044-2049: Vaughan Philipps (Labour)

'45 (MAJORITY): def. Chris Simmons (National), Peter Withaker (BPP), Kwame Everett (Green)​

2049-0000: Alan Gething (National)

'49 (MAJORITY): def. Vaughan Philipps (Labour), Kwame Everett (Green), Cindy Wallach (BPP)​

• Campbell is couped in '13 by Russell, who yanks the LibDems out of the coalition and sends the UK into an early election
• Wallace wins his majority, but the LibDems never backtracking on university tuition means that they're not quite as battered
• Wallace spends the next 6 years shambling towards oblivion as Scottish nationalism surges in popularity and Labour gains ground
• Thinking he can squeeze Labour on Scottish independence and an easy win, Wallace whips the Tories to approve a Scottish referendum.
  Things go wrong.
• McGovern attempts to reboot the UK economy ala Truss and fails just as miserably; this combined with the Scottish parliament rejecting a secession deal from Westminister triggers a successful VoNC against his leadership.
• Rye is elected to fix the mess but a cost of living crisis triggers a successful VoNC against the ministry.
• Sampson wins his majority despite initial headwinds (that dissipate as the cost of living crisis hits the UK) and does alright. With that said, he's never quite buddy-buddy with either the Blairites or the left.
• Still, with the Scottish issue being handled with competence and the re-nationalisation of the Royal Mail and the National Rail is able to get Labour its feted second term.
• The Sampson ministry is brought down by a cabinet splinter that culminates in the firing of Chancellor Claire Olsen; despite this somehow rallying the party's support behind the PM it ultimately leads to the Tories coming out on top thanks to the ex-Scottish Unionists.
• Supposed-One Nation Tory Heathcliffe is forced to govern to the hard-right thanks to his unsavoury coalition with the Sovereignists, which leads to nothing but infighting as the global economy sinks into the quicksand. Sovereign leader Buchanan is recalled, and replacement Barton decides to bring down the government after the failure to pass a "draconian" immigration bill.
• The tag-team of Merrill and Philipps wins an absolute landslide in 2030 as the British right sinks to the Marianas Trench. Cue 19 years of back-to-back Labour majorities as the British Conservative Party self-destructs.

 

[allthepresidentsmen]

2030 United Kingdom general election
The 2030 United Kingdom general election was held on Monday, 23 September 2030, after the Conservative government of James Heathcliffe was felled by a vote of no confidence in light of the withdrawal of the Sovereignty Party from their coalition government. It resulted in the Labour Party - under the leadership of former Foreign Secretary Lucas Merrill - winning an outright majority of 112, the largest majority for the Labour Party since 2001.

The Conservative Party had governed since December 2028, when the Conservative Party - which had won a plurality over the Labour Party in the November snap election - formed a governing coalition with the far-right Sovereignty Party. The coalition government remained unpopular throughout its tenure, due to increasing public distrust in the government's leading figures; notably, the perception that Heathcliffe had abandoned his pledge to govern as a "One Nation" conservative and Sovereignty ministers acquiescing to spending cuts despite prior campaign pledges. Meanwhile, the Labour Party under Merrill promised a continuation of the policies of the prior Sampson government, which remained popular with the general public, especially in light of the beginning of the Second Great Depression and the cost-of-living "permacrisis", which led to frequent power cuts and skyrocketing energy bills.

The collapse of the Heathcliffe premiership began when then-Deputy PM Norman Buchanan was recalled from his constituency of Ogmore, triggering a by-election. Buchanan would contest the concurrent Havering and Romford Town by-election; however, a hard-fought Labour campaign would prevent Buchanan's re-entry into the Commons, leading to his replacement as Sovereignty leader by Levelling-Up Secretary Geoff Barton; Barton, a strong Eurosceptic, would push the government to support a bill that would restrict immigration from the European Union, which failed by a wide margin in the House of Commons. This setback prompted Barton to withdraw from the coalition government in August, triggering a snap election after a successful vote of no confidence. The Labour Party would run a campaign centered around financial recovery and an "economy for working people", as well as a pledge to establish a state-run energy firm and a constitutional mechanism to both require NHS funding to increase in line with inflation and place time limits on altering NHS funding.

While the Sovereignty Party was briefly favored to supersede the Conservatives, this polling surge would dissipate after leaked recordings in which Barton pledged to donors that he would not raise their taxes or tighten government regulations, which the Labour campaign would use to attack the Sovereigntists as insincere; ultimately, the vast majority of Sovereigntists seats in the "Red Wall" would return to Labour control. The Labour Party would make a net gain of 116 seats, winning 381 seats in the House of Commons; the Conservatives would lose 118 seats, including those of the Prime Minister (Wimbledon), Chancellor Samantha Winters (Waverley and Haslemere East), and Education Secretary Busola Talbot (Great Dunmow and Braintree). The Liberal Democrats, under the leadership of retired astronaut and former UKSA Chief Executive Mick Edison, had their best performance since 2010, winning 56 seats and 13.3% of the popular vote. The Sovereignty Party would lose 27 seats, relegating them to fourth place in the House of Commons; among the casualties included party leader Geoff Barton, defeated in South Thanet in one of the few Conservative pickups of the night.

Heathcliffe announced his immediate resignation as Conservative party leader after his defeat in his constituency; Barton would attempt to stay on as Sovereignty leader but was quickly removed by party leadership. The 2030 election was the last to be held under the "pure" First Past The Post system; subsequent elections would introduce the use of the Alternative Vote system, as well as the introduction of 200 "list" seats in the House of Commons to be distributed according to popular vote performance in major regions.

 

[allthepresidentsmen]

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Presidents of the United States
2021-2026: Joseph "Joe" Biden (Democratic-DE)

2020 (w. Kamala Harris) def. Donald Trump / Mike Pence (Republican)​

2024 (w. Kamala Harris) def. Donald Trump / Nikki Haley (Republican)​

2026-2029: Kamala Harris (Democratic-CA)
2029-2031: Larry Ellison (Republican-NY)

2028 (w. Joni Ernst) def. Pete Buttigieg / Regina Romero (Democratic)​

2031-2033: Joni Ernst (Republican-IA)
2033-0000: Jon Ossoff (Democratic-GA)

2032 (w. Tammy Duckworth) def. Joni Ernst / Dan Crenshaw (Republican)​

2036 (w. Tammy Duckworth) def. J. R. Majewski / Abraham Hamadeh (Republican)​