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* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: In the power vacuum following Madam Mao's death, Li Peng's main political rival Liu Huanqing is noted to have died of suicide "from the back of the head".
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** George Lincoln Rockwell goes on to become a leading Freyist despite having been assassinated in 1967 by John Patler, as in OTL.
** One update has Paul Kagame killed by the Interahamwe, only for a later update to have him alive and well and serving as Foreign Minister of Uganda.
* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch:
** Following his ascent to power, [[spoiler:Kryuckchov]] is unable to consolidate his power over Romania due to the hard-line faction suffering from a sudden spate of heart attacks and brain aneurysms.
** In the power vacuum following Madam Mao's death, Li Peng's main political rival Liu Huanqing is noted to have died of suicide "from the back of the head".
** George Lincoln Rockwell goes on to become a leading Freyist despite having been assassinated in 1967 by John Patler, as in OTL.
** One update has Paul Kagame killed by the Interahamwe, only for a later update to have him alive and well and serving as Foreign Minister of Uganda.
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** Following his ascent to power, [[spoiler:Kryuckchov]] is unable to consolidate his power over Romania due to the hard-line faction suffering from a sudden spate of heart attacks and brain aneurysms.
** In the power vacuum following Madam Mao's death, Li Peng's main political rival Liu Huanqing is noted to have died of suicide "from the back of the head".
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** Nicaragua ends with Somoza and his family being shipped off to Mexico with 50 million American dollars. The National government promises not to bring back American imperialism, ending Daniel Ortega’s support due to his increasingly ruthless methods. Eventually ending with his rebel group being bombed out of existence.
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Ted Bundy gets away with his murders in Washington by using his position as a prosecutor to pin blame on other serial killers like Ken Bianchi and Gary Ridgeway.
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Ted Bundy UsefulNotes/TedBundy gets away with his murders in Washington by using his position as a prosecutor to pin blame on other serial killers like Ken Bianchi and Gary Ridgeway.
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** After Eisenhower, you have Presidents [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in 1960 (R), Nelson Rockefeller in 1963 (R), UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy in 1964 (D), George Wallace in 1968 (D), Ronald Reagan in 1976 (R), Donald Rumsfeld in 1984 (R), Lee Iacocca in 1992 (D), Ted Bundy in 1996 (R) and James Meredith in 2001 (R)]].
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** After Eisenhower, you have Presidents [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in 1960 (R), Nelson Rockefeller in 1963 (R), UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy in 1964 (D), George Wallace in 1968 (D), Ronald Reagan in 1976 (R), Donald Rumsfeld in 1984 (R), Lee Iacocca in 1992 (D), Ted Bundy in 1996 (R) and James Meredith in 2001 (R)]].(R), and Rick Santorum in 2008 (D)]].
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* AncientAstronauts: The Esoteric Communists, a new age religious/political movement that emerges in the early 2000s, are convinced that aliens from Nibiru were worshipped as gods in Mesopotamia, and that Marx and Engels were members of this race who brought communism to Earth in order to restore their civilization's dominance.
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** Vladimir Zhirinovsky serves as Governor of the Irkutsk Oblast during WWIII [[spoiler: and ends up seceding from the Soviet Union when it becomes clear they're losing, becoming the leader of Fascist rump state in Russia]].
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** Vladimir Zhirinovsky serves as Governor of the Irkutsk Oblast during WWIII [[spoiler: and ends up seceding from the Soviet Union when it becomes clear they're losing, becoming the leader of a Fascist rump state in Russia]].
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** Mariska Hargitay goes into politics after ''Series/LawAndOrder'' wraps up, and succeeds Sanders as Mayor of NYC.
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Due to AH.com's rules on using contemporary politicians, Part 3 was ended and a Part 4 was created to handle the timeline's version of most of [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]] and TheNewTens, which can be found [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ndcr-part-iv-the-new-millennium.497925/ here]].
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** Jim Jones heavy-handed yet libertarian administration as Governor of California in the early 2000s causes much of the film industry to leave Hollywood and disperse to other cities across the country. Disneyland, meanwhile, relocates to Albuquerque.
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* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: Idi Amin, while still an authoritarian megalomaniac, isn't the deranged murderer he was, and manages to keep Uganda prosperous.
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* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: Idi Amin, UsefulNotes/IdiAmin, while still an authoritarian megalomaniac, isn't the deranged murderer he was, was IOTL, and manages to keep Uganda prosperous.
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** In the early 2000s, years of cultural conflict between Belgium's Francophone and Flemish populations lead to a referendum that results in the Walloon region separating from Belgium and instead joining France.
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** ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' escapes its infamous development hell 40 years early as ''The Snow Queen'' to massive fanfare.
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** ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' ''{{WesternAnimation/Frozen|2013}}'' escapes its infamous development hell 40 years early as ''The Snow Queen'' to massive fanfare.
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: It's all but outright stated that Ted Bundy covered up his Issaquah murders by pining them on Kenneth Bianchi (one of the Hillside Stranglers) who was already on trial for his own crimes.
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: It's all but outright stated that Ted Bundy covered up gets away with his Issaquah murders in Washington by pining them using his position as a prosecutor to pin blame on Kenneth other serial killers like Ken Bianchi (one of the Hillside Stranglers) who was already on trial for his own crimes.and Gary Ridgeway.
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** Ruth Bader Ginsberg becomes a senator instead of a Supreme Court justice.
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* KarmaHoudini:
** Ted Bundy not only evades being exposed as a serial killer, but goes on to have a very prolific and popular political career.
** Subverted when he was [[spoiler:assassinated.]]
** Ted Bundy not only evades being exposed as a serial killer, but goes on to have a very prolific and popular political career.
** Subverted when he was [[spoiler:assassinated.]]
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**KarmaHoudini: Ted Bundy not only evades being exposed as a serial killer, but goes on to have a very prolific and popular political career.
** Subvertedcareer. [[spoiler: But [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty ultimately subverted]] when he was [[spoiler:assassinated.ends up assassinated by his own cabinet when they uncover his crimes.]]
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** Ted Bundy not only evades being exposed as a serial killer, but goes on to have a very prolific and popular politicalcareer.career.
** Subverted when he was [[spoiler:assassinated.]]
** Ted Bundy not only evades being exposed as a serial killer, but goes on to have a very prolific and popular political
** Subverted when he was [[spoiler:assassinated.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: General Kenzo Fujiyama, a Japanese commander in the Far Eastern Front during WWIII, is relieved of duty after having his troops massacre surrendering Soviet soldiers. Afterwards, he becomes the first Japanese officer since the previous world war to commit seppuku.
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** General Kenzo Fujiyama, a Japanese commander in the Far Eastern Front during WWIII, is relieved of duty after having his troops massacre surrendering Soviet soldiers. Afterwards, he becomes the first Japanese officer since the previous world war to commitseppuku.seppuku.
** [[spoiler: Alex Jones kills himself after learning of the murders perpetrated by Bundy (whom he's been an ardent supporter of).]]
** General Kenzo Fujiyama, a Japanese commander in the Far Eastern Front during WWIII, is relieved of duty after having his troops massacre surrendering Soviet soldiers. Afterwards, he becomes the first Japanese officer since the previous world war to commit
** [[spoiler: Alex Jones kills himself after learning of the murders perpetrated by Bundy (whom he's been an ardent supporter of).]]
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* FictionalPoliticalParty: The Progressive Party founded by Eugene [=McCarthy=] in 1968. A political party that follows the ideas of progressivism, pacifism, and libertarianism. While starting as fairly small on the national level, it does become the official opposition of Vermont, a status later shared by other states. By the mid-80s, though, it becomes a stable national party, as the liberal wings of the Democrats and Republicans (disenchanted by both parties becoming dominated by different kinds of conservatism) defect to them in droves.
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* FictionalPoliticalParty: FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler: When Bundy is assassinated by the below-listed GovernmentConspiracy, they use tactics similar to those of the cartels that he was waging a war on in order to cover their tracks.]]
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** The Progressive Party founded by Eugene [=McCarthy=] in 1968. A political party that follows the ideas of progressivism, pacifism, and libertarianism. While starting as fairly small on the national level, it does become the official opposition of Vermont, a status later shared by other states. By the mid-80s, though, it becomes a stable national party, as the liberal wings of the Democrats and Republicans (disenchanted by both parties becoming dominated by different kinds of conservatism) defect to them in droves.
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** The Progressive Party founded by Eugene [=McCarthy=] in 1968. A political party that follows the ideas of progressivism, pacifism, and libertarianism. While starting as fairly small on the national level, it does become the official opposition of Vermont, a status later shared by other states. By the mid-80s, though, it becomes a stable national party, as the liberal wings of the Democrats and Republicans (disenchanted by both parties becoming dominated by different kinds of conservatism) defect to them in droves.
* GovernmentConspiracy: One pops up in 2001: [[spoiler: when Bundy's [[SerialKiller crimes]] are uncovered by members of his cabinet, they choose not to publicly expose him (as that would taint the party as a whole) they instead assassinate him and bury the evidence.]]
** September 11, 2001 is still a prominent date in American history. But rather than it being due to a terrorist attack, it's because [[spoiler: it's the day that President Bundy is assassinated]].
* {{Irony}}: Donald Trump and Robert Mueller working together to expose a President's corruption.
* {{Irony}}: Donald Trump and Robert Mueller working together to expose a President's corruption.
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** After Eisenhower, you have Presidents [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in 1960 (R), Nelson Rockefeller in 1963 (R), UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy in 1964 (D), George Wallace in 1968 (D), Ronald Reagan in 1976 (R), Donald Rumsfeld in 1984 (R), Lee Iacocca in 1992 (D), and Ted Bundy in 1996 (R)]].
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** After Eisenhower, you have Presidents [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in 1960 (R), Nelson Rockefeller in 1963 (R), UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy in 1964 (D), George Wallace in 1968 (D), Ronald Reagan in 1976 (R), Donald Rumsfeld in 1984 (R), Lee Iacocca in 1992 (D), and Ted Bundy in 1996 (R) and James Meredith in 2001 (R)]].
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** Nelson Mandela is depicted having TeethClenchedTeamwork with the apartheid regime to defeat the communists. In reality, Mandela was actually fairly sympathetic to communism as a committed leftist and would almost certainly consider the communists preferable to the apartheid regime.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Some of the infoboxes depict elections than in reality could not happen because of the way the US Senate works (for instance, having candidates who were not up until 1968 on the ballot in 1966).
** A number of African-American civil rights figures who generally were far more favorable to liberal viewpoints than conservative or libertarian ones (including Martin Luther King, Jr.) are depicted as embracing right-leaning perspectives.
** A number of African-American civil rights figures who generally were far more favorable to liberal viewpoints than conservative or libertarian ones (including Martin Luther King, Jr.) are depicted as embracing right-leaning perspectives.
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** In the early 2000s, the Department of Agriculture is gutted, with key agencies being reallocated to other departments, while other related polices are shifted down to the state level.
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** The Darwin Accords end the Great Southern War.
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** Creator/TomClancy becomes a senator.
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Freyists suspiciously feature a German Neo-Nazi, a Japanese ultranationalist, and the OTL founder of the American Nazi Party.
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* NuclearOption: The one line not crossed during WWIII by either side, for fear of retaliation. [[spoiler: When the Soviet leadership tries to invoke it out of desperation at the end of the war, it leads to a coup against them.]]
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* NuclearOption: NuclearOption:
** The one line not crossed during WWIII by either side, for fear of retaliation. [[spoiler: When the Soviet leadership tries to invoke it out of desperation at the end of the war, it leads to a coup against them.]]]]
** It finally is broken at the end of the Great Southern War [[spoiler: when India nukes Islamabad]].
** The one line not crossed during WWIII by either side, for fear of retaliation. [[spoiler: When the Soviet leadership tries to invoke it out of desperation at the end of the war, it leads to a coup against them.
** It finally is broken at the end of the Great Southern War [[spoiler: when India nukes Islamabad]].
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* CurbStompCushion: In the Middle East theatre of World War III, communist forces from Iran and Syria overrun northern Iraq and northern Israel, but take heavy losses to do so. Plus, the defenders in both countries manage to fall back to heavy defensive lines, causing the advance of both invasions to grind to a halt.
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** In the Middle East theatre of World War III, communist forces from Iran and Syria overrun northern Iraq and northern Israel, but take heavy losses to do so. Plus, the defenders in both countries manage to fall back to heavy defensive lines, causing the advance of both invasions to grind to a halt.
** In the Middle East theatre of World War III, communist forces from Iran and Syria overrun northern Iraq and northern Israel, but take heavy losses to do so. Plus, the defenders in both countries manage to fall back to heavy defensive lines, causing the advance of both invasions to grind to a halt.
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* DecapitationStrike: How the Serbian front in the Great Southern War is brought to a close. Anti-government forces leak to the Freyist Pact the location of the bunker from which Milošević and his inner circle are conducting the war effort, allowing them to destroy it in a targeted bombing run. With most of the Serbian leadership dead, their government and military splinter, with a barely-stable legitimate successor government suing for peace while forces elsewhere go rogue and turn guerrilla.
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** Creator/GeorgeLucas is among the main staffs in ''Series/StarTrek'' and directs its movie series, butterflying away ''Franchise/StarWars''. As a result, the Strategic Defense Initiative is nicknamed "Star Trek" instead.
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** Creator/GeorgeLucas is among the main staffs in ''Series/StarTrek'' ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' and directs its movie series, butterflying away ''Franchise/StarWars''. As a result, the Strategic Defense Initiative is nicknamed "Star Trek" instead.
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* SuddenlySignificantCity: China's capital is moved from Beijing to Nanking following [[spoiler: the MilitaryCoup against the Communist Party]].
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** With Nigeria clearly starting to lose the war, several military commanders take advantage of President Shonekan being at a summit out of the country to seize power and sue for peace.
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** During the Great Southern War, Tanzania loses territory to Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, India, and a once-again independent Zanzibar (the latter causes the country to change its name back to Tanganyika).
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Part 1 of the timeline has been completed. It can be read [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/new-deal-coalition-retained-a-sixth-party-system-wikibox-timeline.391469/ here]] with viewer commentary, or [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/new-deal-coalition-retained-part-i-a-sixth-party-system-wikibox-timeline.429192/ here]] for just the timeline updates.
Part 2 has been completed and can be read [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/new-deal-coalition-retained-pt-ii-world-on-fire.432496/ here]]. After the conclusion of the WWIII arc, the author officially declared himself done writing; however, several fans of the timeline have started working on it to keep it going.
Part 2 has been completed and can be read [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/new-deal-coalition-retained-pt-ii-world-on-fire.432496/ here]]. After the conclusion of the WWIII arc, the author officially declared himself done writing; however, several fans of the timeline have started working on it to keep it going.
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Part 1 of the timeline has been completed. It can be read [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/new-deal-coalition-retained-a-sixth-party-system-wikibox-timeline.391469/ here]] with viewer reader commentary, or [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/new-deal-coalition-retained-part-i-a-sixth-party-system-wikibox-timeline.429192/ here]] for just the timeline updates.
Part 2 has been completed and can be read [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/new-deal-coalition-retained-pt-ii-world-on-fire.432496/here]].here]] with reader commentary, or [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/new-deal-coalition-retained-pt-ii-world-on-fire.465001/ here]] for just the timeline updates. After the conclusion of the WWIII arc, the author officially declared himself done writing; however, several fans of the timeline have started working on it to keep it going.
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** The late 90s see the dissolution of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (due to new laws changing the regulation of reservations and tribal lands from the federal government to the state and county level). Also in the same time frame, Daylight Saving Time is discontinued.
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** The resurgence of social conservatism in the 90s cause Las Vegas to start withering economically as less people start visiting it.
** The resurgence of social conservatism in the 90s cause Las Vegas to start withering economically as less people start visiting it.
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