90s as a Decade of Change and wack shit:
-Jeane Kirkpatrick becomes president either through the death of Bush/Dole, or her own election in ‘88 and responds to Tiananmen with force, making the PRC a pariah state, and enraging China into a Solidarity-type revolution also CIA director Rummy + a more anti-Sino India ships a fuckton of weapons to Tibet
-The arms shipments to Tibet gets revealed and Republicans have a second Iran-Contra on their hands, which causes another investigation, unpopularity for Kirkpatrick and a probable Dem sweep of ‘91 + ‘92
-Saddam never invades Kuwait because he only did so due to a miscommunication between him and Bush that would most likely never occur ITTL, instead he fucks off and kills some Kurds or something
-Russia gets fucked up and shit by the coup + stronger Lib Dems for whatever reason
-Rodney King still happens and the OJ Simpson trial goes the other way for whatever reason (definitely not white jurors guys we swear)
-The recession begins on schedule
-The 91 DC Riot also goes worse and some kind of riot breaks out in another large very racially diverse city (NYC, Miami, New Orleans basically) which causes some very fucked up shit
-1989-1991 SPORTS CHANGES:
- Pistons still win 1989-1990, but in '91, Dominique Wilkins, aided with new teammates Buck Williams and a rebounding John Lucas who's on his Lonnie Smith vibes crack the Lakers
- Speaking of Lonnie Smith, the Braves win in 1991, this is a good TL for Atlanta
- In 1990 the Bills do not choke, but they don't even make the Super Bowl in 1992 because Warren Moon does and Warren Moon wins a Super Bowl because Houston deserves that right now
-With Race Riots happening around the country, Jesse Jackson sees this as a political opportunity and jumps in, using his "Rainbow Coalition" to promote racial unity and harmony. Jackson is hurt by the much bigger and brighter Democratic primary field than OTL and ummmmm *rolls dice for funky moderate the DCCC will suck up to* Bill Bradley
-Lee Iacocca or some shit jumps in to run an anti-war, anti-alt!NAFTA, mildly racist towards Asians/Mexicans campaign with Dick Lamm probably
-Kirkpatrick faces some kind of Buchananite primary challenge or something
-Because of chaos David Duke is involved as governor in some way
-Iacocca/Bradley/Kirkpatrick/Duke send the election to the house which pisses everyone off, Dick Lamm becomes acting president FOR SURE