Iowa is Rubio Country

[BigVic]

Keep it up. I’m curious of seeing the final ranking of Rubio when he leaves office in 2025. 

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
December 2022, Part 2

December 16 :
-The Senate votes 85-15 for the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Partnership Act that has yet to pass the House of Representatives next week.

December 17 :
-Senate hearings to confirm Dina Powell's nomination as National Security Advisor started.

December 19 :
-President Rubio hosts Norwegian President Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen at the White House where the U.S. President declares his support to Norway's request, at the approach of the Arctic Council, to delineate the border the Norwegian exclusive economic zone and Russia's at Svalbard (Norway) in order to prevent an increase of Russia's agression in his ambitions in the Arctic.

December 21 :
-The Israeli-Egyptian armed forces started a great offensive against the Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade (ISIS' branch in Gaza) in the Strip of Gaza. The offensive started in Rafah. Thanks to the provision of Namer Armored Personnel Carrier Power Packs to Israel by the U.S., last month, the allied troops took the upper hand over the jihadists and won the battle of Rafah. While losing 12 soldiers, they killed 79 terrorists.

December 22 :
-Citing the increasing success of the NATO/allied offensive in the Gaza Strip, President Rubio encourages the Congress to approve the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Partnership Act during a rally in Norfolk, Virginia.

December 23-24 :
-The House of Representatives votes 382-41 for the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Partnership Act that is signed into law by President Rubio the next day, thus fully supporting the trilateral partnership of Israel, Greece, and Cyprus through energy and defense cooperation initiatives, including by lifting the embargo on arms transfers to the Republic of Cyprus; continuing to enhance energy and security cooperation with allies in the Eastern Mediterranean region and bringing forth a comprehensive approach to the stability of key regional partners by lifting the U.S. arms embargo on Cyprus and extending necessary Foreign Military Assistance to Greece.

December 25 :
-President Rubio, his family and his Cabinet celebrate Christmas at the White House.

December 27 :
-The Senate approves Dina Powell's nomination as National Security Advisor 71-29. She is later sworn-in by Vice-President Haley.

December 29 :
-During a press conference in Washington D.C., Secretary of State Lindsey Graham declares, 4 months ahead of the upcoming U.S./North Korea Summit, that the Rubio Administration will work hard to make sure that the normalization of the relations between the two countries will meet the same success as the normalization of the relations between the United States and Vietnam in 1995.

December 31 :
-President Rubio and his family celebrate their first New Year's Eve at the White House along with the President's Cabinet. President Rubio delivers his wishes for all the country and all the American people for the New Year 2023. He wishes that 2023 will be one of the final steps towards full-employment, mark a year of strong progress for nuclear security, and be a year of progress, success and hapiness for all the American people.

[LoneStarDem]

Umm. National Security Adviser is NOT a Cabinet post.

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
January 2023, Part 1

January 1 :
-President Rubio, his family and his Cabinet celebrate New Year's Day 2023 at the White House.

January 3 :
-Senators and U.S. Representatives elected in the 2022 midterms are sworn-in.

January 4 :
-In order to punish Israel and Egypt for the counter-terrorist operation they are leading in the Gaza Strip, the Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade attempts a car bombing attack on Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, the synagogue of Alexandria, Egypt. But thanks to the infiltration into ISIS of a double agent working for Mossad, the police of Alexandria received informations about ISIS' plans and sent all the necessary police officers in place. The security forces managed to intercept a pick-up truck controlled by 5 jihadists when one of them yelled « Allahu Akbar » and thus the police shoots in the truck's tyres, preventing the terrorists from executing their attack and arresting them.

January 5 :
-President Rubio responds to the events in Egypt as he praised the courage of the local police officers who managed to derail ISIS' failed terrorist attack in Alexandria, declaring that ISIS' attempts to intimidate those who fight terrorism for the sake of freedom and security can't succeed in stopping America's and its allies' determination to make the world a safer place and defend the values of the free world.

January 7 :
-The dismantle of the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center is completed, making a step closer to an un-nuclear Iran.

January 9 :
-According to a new jobs report, 169 000 new jobs were created in the United States in December.

January 11 :
-The Space-Launch-System (SLS) for Exploration Mission-2 arrives at the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida, which President Rubio describes as good news as America's reclaim of its status as leader in space exploration is progressing as planned.

January 12 :
-The U.S. Air Force assist the Israel-Egyptian armed forces in their counter-terrorist offensive in the Gaza Strip by conducting airstrikes on an ISIS training base located between the cities of Rafah and Khan Yunis, killing all the 22 ISIS jihadists that were present.

January 14 :
-President Rubio hosts Vietnamese President Nguyễn Phú Trọng at the White House where Trọng expresses his enthusiasm of seeing his country holding (more precisely in Hanoi), in 3 months, a summit that will see the ratification of an arms control treaty between the United States and North Korea and the strengthening of peace on the Pacific through the denuclearization of North Korea. Both leaders declare their enthusiasm regarding the normalization of the relations between the United States and North Korea is possible, reminding that despite their ideological differences, the United States and Vietnam have strong diplomatic relations, militarily, economically and culturally, citing their strong trade ties as these two countries are members of TPP, their military efforts to counter China's agression in the South China Sea as well as their efforts with their other local allies to defeat Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines and in Malaysia.

[LoneStarDem]

Like to see if Rubio & Tsai met face-to-face, also keeping my fingers crossed he pulls a reverse Nixon goes to PRC by making a surprise trip to Taiwan during his 2nd term as POTUS.

[UWS]

118th United States Congress

3rd January 2023 to 3rd January 2025

UNITED STATES SENATE LEADERSHIP

President: Nikki R. Haley (South Carolina)

President Pro-tempore: James M. Inhofe (Oklahoma)

REPUBLICAN MAJORITY

Senate Majority Leader: Cory Gardner (Colorado)
Senate Majority Whip: Tom Cotton (Arkansas)
Conference Chairman: John Thune (South Dakota)
Conference Vice Chairman: John James (Michigan)
Conference Policy Chair: John Kasich (Ohio)
Senate Campaign Committee: Darryl Glenn (Colorado)

DEMOCRATIC MINORITY

Senate Minority Leader: Charles "Chuck" Schumer (New York)
Senate Minority Whip: Patty Murray (Washington)
Conference Chairwoman: Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota)
Conference Vice Chairman: Jeff Merkley (Oregon)
Conference Policy Chair: Christopher Coons (Delaware)
Senate Campaign Committee: Gary Peters (Michigan)

United States Senate Composition 2023-2025

REPUBLICANS (64 Seats)

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (Alabama)
Luther Johnson Strange III (Alabama)
Daniel Scott Sullivan (Alaska)
Lisa Ann Murkowski (Alaska)
Jeffry Lane Flake (Arizona)
Martha Elizabeth McSally (Arizona)
Thomas Bryant Cotton (Arkansas; Majority Whip)
John Nichols Boozman (Arkansas)
Condoleeza Rice (California)
Cory Scott Gardner (Colorado; Senate Majority Leader)
Darryl LeMon Glenn (Colorado)
Richard Lynn Scott (Florida)
Carlos Lopez-Cantera (Florida)
David Alfred Perdue Jr. (Georgia)
Johnny Hardy Isakson (Georgia)
James Elroy Risch (Idaho)
Michael Dean Crapo (Idaho)
Michael Richard Pence (Indiana)
Todd Christopher Young (Indiana)
Joni Kay Ernst (Iowa)
Partick Grassley (Iowa)
Derek Schmidt (Kansas)
Gerald W. Moran (Kansas)
James R. Comer Jr. (Kentucky)
Randall Howard Paul (Kentucky)
William Morgan Cassidy (Louisiana)
John Neely Kennedy (Lousiana)
Susan Margaret Collins (Maine)
John James (Michigan)
Roger Frederick Wicker (Mississippi)
Dewey Philipp Bryant (Mississippi)
Ann Louise Wagner (Missouri)
Roy Dean Blunt (Missouri)
Gregory Richard Gianforte (Montana)
Steven David Daines (Montana)
Debra Strobel Fischer (Nebraska)
Benjamin Eric Sasse (Nebraska)
Dean Arthur Heller (Nevada)
Joseph John Heck (Nevada)
Richard Ashooh (New Hampshire)
Susana M. Martinez (New Mexico)
Thomas Roland Tillis (North Carolina)
John Henry Hoeven (North Dakota)
John Stewart Dalrymple III (North Dakota)
John Richard Kasich Jr. (Ohio)
Robert Jones Portman (Ohio)
James Mountain Inhofe (Oklahoma)
James Paul Lankford (Oklahoma)
Marshall Clement Sanford Jr. (South Carolina)
Timothy Eugene Scott (South Carolina)
Marion Michael Rounds (South Dakota)
John Randoph Thune (South Dakota)
Robert Phillipps Corker Jr. (Tennessee)
William Edward Haslem (Tennessee)
George Prescott Bush (Texas)
John Cornyn III (Texas)
Ludmya "Mia" Love (Utah)
Josh Romney (Utah)
Scott William Taylor (Virginia)
Evan Hollin Jenkins (West Virginia)
Donald Leon Blankenship (West Virginia)
Mark Andrew Green (Wisconsin)
John Anthony Barrasso III (Wyoming)
Michael Bradley Enzi (Wyoming)

DEMOCRATS (36 Seats)

Kamala Devi Harris (California)
Christopher Scott Murphy (Connecticut)
Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut)
Thomas Richard Carper (Delaware)
Christopher Andrew Coons (Delaware)
Mazie Keiko Hirono (Hawaii)
Brian Emanuel Schatz (Hawaii)
Richard Joseph Durbin (Illinois)
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (Illinois)
Angus Stanley King Jr. (Maine; Independent caucusing with Democrats)
Benjamin Louis Cardin (Maryland)
Christopher van Hollen Jr. (Maryland)
Elizabeth Ann Warren (Massachusetts)
Edward John Markey (Massachusetts)
Gary Charles Peters Sr. (Michigan)
Amy Jean Klobuchar (Minnesota)
Christine Flint "Tina" Smith (Minnesota)
Ann L. McLane Kuster (New Hampshire)
Robert Menendez (New Jersey)
Sheila Y. Oliver (New Jersey)
Thomas Stewart Udall (New Mexico)
Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (New York)
Charles Ellis Schumer (New York, Minority Leader)
Roy Ashberry Cooper III (North Carolina)
Jeffrey Alan Merkley (Oregon)
Ronald Lee Wyden (Oregon)
Robert Patrick Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania)
Thomas Westerman Wolf (Pennsylvania)
Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island)
John Francis Reed (Rhode Island)
Bernard Sanders (Vermont, Independent caucusing with Democrats)
Christine Hallquist (Vermont)
Timothy Michael Kaine (Virginia)
Maria Elaine Cantwell (Washington)
Patricia Lynn Murray (Washington, Minority Whip)
Ronald James Kind (Wisconsin)

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LEADERSHIP

REPUBLICAN MAJORITY

Speaker: Paul D. Ryan (Wisconsin)
Majority Leader: Kevin McCarthy (California)
Majority Whip: Steve Scalise (Louisiana)
Conference Chairwoman: Jamie Herrera Beutler (Washington)
Conference Vice Chairwoman: Vicky Hartzler (Missouri)
Campaign Committee: Adam Kinzinger (Illinois)

DEMOCRATIC MINORITY

Minority Leader: Hakeem Jeffries (New York)
Minority Whip: Jerrold Nadler (New York)
Conference Chairman: Joseph P. Kennedy (Massachsetts)
Conference Vice Chairwoman: Rosa DeLauro (Connecticut)
Campaign Committee: Ben Ray Luján (New Mexico)

[UWS]

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE SELECTS PHOENIX, ARIZONA FOR THE 2024 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

Statement by DNC Communications Team

The Democratic National Committee is proud to announce it has selected the City of Phoenix, Arizona to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Phoenix beat out Atlanta, Georgia and Kansas City, Missouri to host the DNC and we thank the two other Cities for their Participation. Phoenix is among the fastest growing Cities in the West and so is the State of Arizona.

The Democratic National Convention will be held from Monday July 8th to Thursday July 11th 2024.

It will be the 2nd Time in the last sixteen years that a Western City will host the DNC after Denver in 2008. The City & State will offer the eventual Democratic Nominee a unique chance to speak to a growing Group of the American Electorate, the Hispanic Community.

SUPERDELEGATES

The Democratic National Committee has decided to restore "Superdelegates" for the 2024 Presidential Primaries offering Presidential Candidates an unique Opportunity vying for Endorsements from Party Leaders.

PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATES

The Democratic National Committee has sanctioned 10 Presidential Primary Debates starting on June 28th 2023. The Criteria to participate in any of the Presidential Debates is having either a 3% Average in National Polling or in the four early Primary/Caucus States (Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada or South Carolina). The FOX NEWS CHANNEL won't be hosting any of the Democratic Debates.

The Debate Schedule

• June 28th 2023: University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 9-11pm ET hosted by NBC NEWS, MSNBC & YOUTUBE
• July 27th 2023: Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 9-11pm ET hosted by CNN & CNN INTERNATIONAL
• September 6th 2023: University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 9-11pm ET hosted by CBS NEWS & UNIVISION
• October 10th 2023: Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 9-11pm ET hosted by NBC NEWS & YOUTUBE
• November 15th 2023: University of Denver, Colorado 9-11pm ET hosted by ABC NEWS & ABC NEWS.COM
• December 13th 2023: Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada 9-11pm ET hosted by CNN & CNN INTERNATIONAL
• January 11th 2024: Gaillard Center, Charleston, South Carolina 9-11pm ET hosted by CBS NEWS, CBSN & YOUTUBE
• February 1st 2024: Johnston, Iowa, 9-11pm ET hosted by DES MOINES REGISTER & IOWA PUBLIC TELEVISION
• February 10th 2024: University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 9-11pm ET hosted by ABC NEWS
• March 3rd 2024: Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, California 9-11pm ET hosted by CNN & CNN INTERNATIONAL
• April 18th 2024: (Tentative Date) Location, Time Slot, Host Broadcaster TBD if required

PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES/CAUCUSES 2024

The Selection to begin the Nomination for the Party Nominee starts traditionally in Iowa with the First-In-The-Nation Caucuses followed by the New Hampshire First-In-The Nation Primary followed by the Nevada Caucuses and the South Carolina Primary.
Similar to 2008 the Democratic Primaries & Caucuses offer a „National Super Tuesday“ on March 5th where 20 Contests will be held. The Primaries/Caucuses will wrap up in early June giving the eventual Democratic Nominee rougly a month to select his Running Mate before the Convention begins.
54 Contests in total will be held.

• February 5th 2024: Iowa Caucuses
• February 13th 2024: New Hampshire Primary
• February 24th 2024: Nevada Caucuses
• February 27th 2024: South Carolina Primary
• March 5th 2024: „Super Tuesday“ (20 Contests)
  Alaska Caucuses, Alabama Primary, Arkansas Primary, American Samoa Caucus, Arizona Primary, California Primary, Colorado Primary, Georgia Primary, Massachusetts Primary, Minnesota Primary, Missouri Primary, North Carolina Primary, North Dakota Caucuses, New Mexico Primary, Oklahoma Primary, Texas Primary, Tennessee Primary, Utah Primary, Virginia Primary, Vermont Primary
• March 9th 2024: Louisiana Primary
• March 10th 2024: Maine Caucuses
• March 12th 2024: Hawaii Caucuses, Idaho Primary, Michigan Primary, Mississippi Primary, Ohio Primary, Washington Primary
• March 19th 2024: Florida Primary, Illinois Primary, Wisconsin Primary
• April 23rd 2024: Connecticut Primary, Delaware Primary, Maryland Primary, New Jersey Primary, New York Primary, Pennsylvania Primary, Rhode Island Primary
• May 7th 2024: Guam Caucuses, Indiana Primary, Kansas Primary, Nebraska Primary, West Virginia Primary
• May 14th 2024: Kentucky Primary, Oregon Primary
• June 4th 2024: Montana Primary, South Dakota Primary
• June 8th 2024: Virgin Islands Caucuses
• June 9th 2024: Puerto Rico Primary
• June 11th 2024: District of Columbia Primary

[UWS]

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE SELECTS MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL CONVENTION

Statement by RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney-McDaniel

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„Distinguished Guests, Members of the Media and Members of the Republican Party,
Today I stand before you to announce that the Republican National Committee has selected MILWAUKEE as Host City of the 2024 Republican National Convention. I would like to thank the two other Cities, Detroit and Pittsburgh for their participation in this process. Before I continue I also would like to thank three incredible hard working Gentleman:

Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul D. Ryan
and the newly elected Governor of Wisconsin & former RNC Chairman Reince Priebus

without their unconditional support this would not have been possible.

We at the RNC feel very strongly about this Region. Just like my Home State of Michigan, Wisconsin hadn't voted for the Republican Presidential Nominee for a very long time before then Candidate Marco Rubio took the State in the 2016 Presidential Election and then won the State again in 2020. We again think keeping the White House in Republican hands will run through the Midwest and therefore Wisconsin.
I know that many Republican Candidates looking at running for President in 2024 so we have sanctioned Ten Republican Presidential Debates starting June this year. The 1st Debate will be in Detroit, Michigan hosted by the Fox News Channel. The Race for the Republican Presidential Nomination will start with the Iowa Caucuses on February 5th 2024. Every Network is welcomed to host a Primary Debate!“

The Republican National Convention will be held from Monday July 22th to Thursday July 25th 2024 at the FISERV Forum.

Convention Theme: „MOVING AMERICA FORWARD“

„Whoever emerges as the Republican Nominee will be well supported by the Republican National Committee.“

PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATES

The Republican National Committee has sanctioned 10 Presidential Primary Debates starting in June 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. The Criteria to participate in any of the Presidential Debates is having either a 1% Average in National Polling or in the four early Primary/Caucus States (Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada or South Carolina).

The Debate Schedule

• June 21st 2023: Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan 9-11pm ET hosted by FOX NEWS, FOXNEWS.COM & FACEBOOK
• July 20th 2023: St. Anselm College, Goffstown, New Hampshire 9-11pm ET hosted by CNN & CNN INTERNATIONAL
• September 14th 2023: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 9-11pm ET hosted by CBS NEWS, CBSN & YOUTUBE
• October 18th 2023: Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 9-11pm ET hosted by CNBC, MSNBC & YOUTUBE
• November 8th 2023: Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina 9-11pm ET hosted by ABC NEWS & SCGOP
• December 7th 2023: Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida 9-11pm ET hosted by FOX NEWS
• January 17th 2024: Venetian Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada 9-11pm ET hosted by CNN & TELEMUNDO
• February 2nd 2024: Johnston, Iowa, 9-11pm ET hosted by DES MOINES REGISTER & IOWA PUBLIC TELEVISION
• February 10th 2024: University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 7-9pm ET hosted by ABC NEWS
• March 1st 2024: Reagan Library, Simi Valley, California 9-11pm ET hosted by CNN & SALEM RADIO NETWORK
• April 10th 2024: (Tentative Date) Location, Time Slot, Host Broadcaster TBD if required

PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES/CAUCUSES 2024

The Race for the Republican Presidential Nomination will once again begin with the Iowa Caucuses on February 5th 2024 followed by the New Hampshire Primary on February 13th, the South Carolina Primary on February 24th. February wraps up with the Nevada Caucuses on February 28th.
The Republican Primary/Caucus Schedule offers up a „National Super Tuesday“ on March 5th where 17 Contests will be held. The Race for the Republican Presidential Nomination will wrap up in early June giving the eventual Republican Nominee rougly a month and a half to select his Running Mate before the Convention begins. 54 Contests in total will be held.

• February 5th 2024: Iowa Caucuses
• February 13th 2024: New Hampshire Primary
• February 24th 2024: South Carolina Primary
• February 28th 2024: Nevada Caucuses
• March 5th 2024: „Super Tuesday“ (17 Contests)
  Alabama Primary, Arkansas Primary, Arizona Primary, California Primary, Colorado Primary, Georgia Primary, Massachusetts Primary, Minnesota Primary, Missouri Primary, North Carolina Primary, New Mexico Primary, Oklahoma Primary, Texas Primary, Tennessee Primary, Utah Primary, Virginia Primary, Vermont Primary
• March 9th 2024: Louisiana Primary
• March 10th 2024: Maine Caucuses
• March 12th 2024: Hawaii Caucuses, Idaho Primary, Michigan Primary, Mississippi Primary, Ohio Primary, Washington Primary
• March 19th 2024: Florida Primary, Illinois Primary, Wisconsin Primary
• April 23rd 2024: Connecticut Primary, Delaware Primary, Maryland Primary, New Jersey Primary, New York Primary, Pennsylvania Primary, Rhode Island Primary
• May 7th 2024: Alaska Caucuses Guam Caucuses, Indiana Primary, Kansas Primary, Nebraska Primary, West Virginia Primary
• May 14th 2024: Kentucky Primary, Oregon Primary, North Dakota Caucuses
• June 4th 2024: Montana Primary, South Dakota Primary
• June 8th 2024: Virgin Islands Caucuses, American Samoa Caucuses
• June 9th 2024: Puerto Rico Primary
• June 11th 2024: District of Columbia Primary

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
January 2023, Part 2

January 16 :
-North Korea announces that the nuclear facility in Kanggyesi has been shut down.

January 17 :
-As the moon of Titan (a moon of Saturn) has more oil than Earth (due to the methane and atmosphere of Titan), NASA Administrator Eric Stallmer annnounces during a press conference in Washington D.C. that the NASA is starting to study the steps and the technologies required for the organization of an eventual space mission aimed at exploiting Titan's oil resources.

January 19 :
-Turkey joins the United States, Israel and Egypt in their counter-terrorist offensive in the Gaza Strip by conducting airstrikes against the Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade. The Turkish Air Forces delivered airstrikes on an ISIS training base located near the city Dayr al Balah, killing 17 jihadists.

January 20 :
-President Rubio saluted Turkey's move to join the counter-terrorist offensive against ISIS in Gaza, declaring that the engagement of the 9th military power in the world will further accelerate the elimination of terrorism in Gaza and in the Middle East.

January 22 :
-In the context of a year announced to be marked by a relaunch of America's space dominance with Exploration Mission 2 and the establishment of the U.S. Space Force, President Rubio gives a speech at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, where he emphasizes on the importance of investing a part of budget surpluses into the development of new space infrastructures to ensure the maintainance of America's status as the leader in space exploration as well as the strengthening of space security.

January 24 :
-In the context of North Korea's denuclearization, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad officially announces that Malaysia reopened its embassy in North Korea to resume relations as an end to the diplomatic row over the assassination of Kim Jong-nam in Malaysia in 2017.

January 25 :
-Israel delivered missile strikes against an arms factory controlled by ISIS in Khan Yunis, thus derailing ISIS' plan to use this factory for their war effort. All the 30 jihadists present were killed in the missile strike.

January 28 :
-President Rubio hosts Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House where they praised each other's leaderships with regards to trade, human rights, counter-terrorism and nuclear security. Abe declares his optimism towards the potentials of the upcoming U.S. Space Force such as the defense of satelites against Russian and Chinese anti-satelite weaponry, guidance to the troops in operation and declares that Japan, the 4th most active country in space, will work to build its own space force in order to counter China's and Russia's threat in space and counter Russia's military power in case a war triggers between Moscow and Tokyo for the control of the Kuril Islands, which is an initiative appreciated by the U.S. President.

January 30 :
-President Rubio hosts officers of DARPA at the White House where they announce that they are about to test stealth mini-drones able to manage underground missions such as caves, tunnels and under mountains in order to explore the field and detect any potential obstacle before organizing an underground military operation. Later, the President expressed his enthusiasm towards this progress as so many military analysts and army leaders increasingly believe rhat underground environments are among the next battlefields and as it will allow the U.S. and their allies to destroy ISIS' networks of tunnels in Syria and further diminish terrorists' ability to flee and to deliver weapons for war effort.

[UWS]

Speaking of 2023, I'm assuming the staunch Conservatives won back Cheong Wa Dae in Korea's 2022 Presidential election ?

Moon Jae-in won re-election partly due to the successful process towards North Korea's denuclearization.

[UWS]

Best timeline on here, hands down!

Thanks!

[UWS]

NASA BRIEFING & PRESS CONFERENCE

Wednesday 15th February 2023

NASA ADMINISTRATOR

Eric Stallmer (2017-present)

Distinguished Guests, Members of the Media, welcome to our Briefing & Press Conference. Today marks another Historical Day for the United States of America to become the Leader in Space Exploration once again. On November 21st last year we announced Jeffrey N. Williams to be the Capsule Commander of Exploration Mission 2. Today I'm pleased to announce that 3 of NASA's finest Astronauts will join him:

• Douglas G. Hurley a veteran who served as Pilot for two Space Shuttle Missions, STS-127 and STS-135 will fullfil that same role again on EM-2.
• Tracy Caldwell Dyson who is also a veteran and served as Mission Specialist on STS-118 as well as Flight Engineer for Expedition 23/24 aboard the International Space Station will serve as Mission Specialist for EM-2.
• Megan K. McArthur, who was selected by NASA in 2000 and served aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-125, the Final Servicing Mission to the Hubble Space Telescope will serve as Payload/Mission Specialist responsible for docking/undocking of the Lunar Surface Module "Altair" from Orions Service Module. She also was responsible for moving & controlling the Shuttles Robotic Arm during the Hubble Mission.

Williams, Caldwell Dyson and McArthur will all be on the Moon's Surface. Once the Luna Surface Modul "Altair" undocks from the ORION Service Module Pilot Hurley will have Full Control over its Functions & Systems for the time the other three make their way to the Moon until they return.

NASA EXPLORATION MISSION 2 CREW ANNOUNCEMENT

CAPSULE COMMANDER

Jeffrey N. Williams

PILOT

Douglas G. Hurley

MISSION/PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS

Tracy Caldwell Dyson & Megan K. McArthur

Before I'll into more Detail about the upcoming Mission, what will happen over the Final six months until Launch I'd like to invite Commander Jeff Williams to say a few words...

Jeffrey N. Williams, Exploration Mission 2 Capsule Commander

Distinguished Guests, Members of the Media and Members of NASA: On behalf of my Crew I want to thank Administrator Stallmer for giving us this Opportunity and putting their trust in us. I also want to thank the President of the United States for staying committed in reviving America's Space Industry. 2023 will truly be a Historical Year in America's Space Exploration as the United States will have its first Female Astronauts on the Moons Surface. Since we got the Official Word at the end of last year the Crew has been training hard in the NASA Mock-Up Facility here at Johnson Space Center in Houston. This Crew has been selected on Experience. We've known each other for years and are very excited to get started. Finally I also want to thank all the hard working Men & Women at Kennedy Space Center preparing ORION and SLS for Launch. They'll never be in the Spotlight as we will be but deserve as much credit as we do. Thank You!

Thank You Jeff. Before I'll answer some Question here is our Schedule for the next six months until the Launch Date...

NASA'S TENTATIVE LAUNCH SCHEDULE FOR EM 2

8th June 2023 3rd NASA BRIEFING:
Introduction of the Mission Management Team including Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson. This is also an Historic Event for NASA as for the 1st Time a Woman is in charge of launching a fully crewed Space Flight.
20th June 2023:
NASA's Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle ORION arrives at Kennedy Space Center from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana.
10th July 2023:
NASA's Lunar Surface Access Module ALTAIR arrives at Kennedy Space Center from the Edwards Assembly Facility in California.
15th July 2023 - 30th September 2023:
The 10-week Assembly Period begins where ORION will be mated with the SLS (Space Launch Sytem) while ALTAIR will be mated with a Delta IV Heavy Rocket to be launched into LEO (Low Earth Orbit) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to meet ORION for Rendevous after Launch.
5th October 2023 4th NASA BRIEFING:
The Head of the Mission Management Team Leroy Cain briefs the Media about ongoing Operations at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston as well as John F. Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida.
10th October 2023:
Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson gives a GO/NO-GO for Rolling out the Delta IV Heavy Rocket with ALTAIR atop & the SLS (Space Launch System) with ORION atop to their respective Launch Pads. If a GO is given (Weather permitting) the Delta IV Rocket will be rolled out to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex while the SLS will be rolled out to Launch Complex 39B.
25th October 2023:
The Crew of Exploration Mission 2 consisting of Commander Jeffrey N. Williams, Pilot Douglas G. Hurley and Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell Dyson & Megan K. McArthur arrives at John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island (Cape Canaveral, Florida).
1st November - 5th November 2023:
Launch Rehearsals by the Launch Team as well as Safety Rehearsals by the Exploration Mission 2 Crew
10th November 2023 5TH & FINAL NASA BRIEFING BEFORE LAUNCH
Mission Management Head Leroy Cain & Launch Director Charlie Backwell-Thompson brief Reporters & Media on Final Operations before the Launch; At 12.57pm the Countdown Clock starts at T -5 Days and counting.
15th November 2023: LAUNCH DAY

• T - 8 Hours and hold: The Delta IV Heavy Rocket carrying the Lunar Access Surface Module launches from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station; Once in Orbit ALTAIR is deployed.
• T - 6 Hours and hold: The Mission Management Team gives Launch Director Blackwell-Thompson GO for loading the Space Launch System with liquid oxygen and hydrogen; The EM-2 Crew is woken up.
• T - 5 Hours and hold: Commander Jeffrey N. Williams & Pilot Douglas G. Hurley and their Crew are receiving a Final Weather Briefing as well as proximity Rendevous Point will the Lunar Access Surface Module ALTAIR.
• T - 4 Hours and hold: The Exploration Mission 2 Crew are beginning to SUIT UP in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building.
• T - 3 Hours and hold: The Exploration Mission 2 Crew is transfered to LAUNCH PAD 39B via the Astrovan. Once at the Pad the EM-2 Crew is taken to the "White Room" where they will immediatedly start boarding the ORION Capsule with the help of the Closeout Crew; The loading or tanking of the Space Launch System known as SLS is complete.
• T - 2 Hours and counting: Mission & Payload Specialist Megan K. McArthur is the last Crew Member of the Exploration Mission 2 Crew to board ORION; The Closeout Crew closes ORIONS Main Hatch. Commander Williams & Pilot Hurley perform several switches inside ORION to pressurize the Capsule.
• T - 90 Minutes and counting: The Four Astronauts inside ORION perform several Communication Checks between themselves, Mission Control in Houston and the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
• T - 9 Minutes and holding: Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson begins polling her Launch Crew to give her the GO for Launch; Every Station being polled gives a GO to Launch the SLS; Every Access to ORION at LAUNCH PAD 39B is retracted in Preparation for Launch which means the Crew of EM-2 is now on their own; Commander Williams & Pilot Hurley are given the GO to start the Auxillary Power Units.
• T - 2 Minutes 30 Seconds: The EM-2 Crew is advised to close their Visors & lock their Helmets. They've been also advised to initiate O² Flow; Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson wishes the Crew well while Commander Williams is thanking the Launch Crew for all their hard work.
• T - 0 Minutes 0 Seconds: Booster Ignition & Lift Off of NASA's Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle ORION atop the Space Launch System as the United States of America tries to reclaim its Lead Status in Deep Space Exploration once more; NASA's Coverage is now been switched over to "Mission Control" in Houston, Texas.

Target Launch Date: 15th November 2023

Target Launch Time: 12.57pm ET

Eric Stallmer, NASA Administrator

I will opening it up to Questions. Yes please!

Journalist 1 (CNN)

Looking a the Launch Day Activities there will actually be two Launches?

Eric Stallmer, NASA Administrator

Yes. We need to get our Lunar Access Surface Module into LEO (Low Earth Orbit)! The Reason is quite obvious:
ALTAIR is amost twice as big as Eagle which was used for the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. At the moment we do not have a Payload Bay Canister that we attach to ORION'S Service Module so Altair & Orion will be launched seperately and then be connected to each other in LEO. As for Future Missions our Team is exploring ways that we don't have to do that again.

Journalist 2 (ABC)

You mentioned this beeing a "Tentative Launch Schedule" Why?

Eric Stallmer, NASA Administrator

Well, up until the 10th of October the Schedule is pretty much locked in! From then on it depends on the Weather. To give you an extend our Space-Launch-System SLS is quite high when you look at this Picture:
and there is a risk it could sustain damage in high winds. The Decision to roll the SLS out to PAD 39B ultimativly rests with the Mission Management Team which will be introduced at our next Briefing in June. There is also a possibility that we can roll it back into the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building) which would essentially postpone the Mission up to 3 weeks.

Journalist 3 (CBS)

You said that the Crew has been chosen based on Experience. Will Age become a factor?

Eric Stallmer, NASA Administrator

I don't think so. Yes, Commander Williams might be older than the average Astonaut heading a Mission. That being said if you look at John Glenn, he was into his late 60ties, early 70ties when he launched aboard the Space Shuttle.

CNN TAPS FORMER ASTRONAUTS AS EXPERTS

Statement by CNN Executive President Jeff Zucker

As the United States of America tries to reclaim its Lead Status in Deep Space Exploration CNN has chosen four former Astronauts to assist the CNN Production Team which will be headed by CNN Chief Anchors Wolf Blitzer & Brooke Baldwin with their Analysis & Experties. All 4 of them have either commanded a Space Shuttle Mission or served as Commander for the International Space Station (ISS) Crew and know the feelings that go with it during such an important Mission.

[erſatz-york]

Seems like CNN is playing state media for Rubio in this TL

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
February 2023, Part 1

February 1 :
-Israel delivered missile strikes against an arms factory controlled by ISIS in Khan Yunis, thus derailing ISIS' plan to use this factory for their war effort. All the 30 jihadists present were killed in the missile strike.

February 2 :
-Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey Jr. announces during a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania that he's running for President in 2024, becoming the first Democrat to enter the 2024 presidential race.

February 4 :
-Former Secretary of the Navy under Ronald Reagan John Lehman gives a testimony before Congress during which he expresses his optimism towards the potential of the ratification of an arms control treaty during the upcoming US-North Korea summit in Saigon for the denuclearization of North Korea, reminding people that it was thanks to sanctions on the Soviet Union, strong U.S. military as well as large and powerful alliances that America won the Cold War. He seized that occasion to praise the Rubio Administration for following that strategy of peace through strength, which brought North Korea on the negotiating table and to denuclearize, which is bringing peaceand stability in the Korean peninsula and on the Pacific.

February 5 :
-Former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announces during a rally in Boston, Massachusetts that he will seek the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election.

February 6-7 :
-The Israeli Armed Forces launched a military offensive against the Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade in the city of Gaza. The last remaining pockets of jihadists led by Abd Allah al-'Ashqar took cover in a mosque of Gaza and were assaulted by the army. During the assault, 46 terrorists, including, al-'Ashqar, were killed along with 5 Israeli soldiers, the rest of them surrendered. ISIS is eliminated in Gaza.

-President Rubio saluted the courage and contributions of the U.S. and allied troops in the success of the anti-terrorist offensive in Gaza, which « reinforced security in Israel, in  the Middle-East and in the whole world. He declared that this step made in the process of the fight against ISIS indicates that the final victory against ISIS is near.

February 9 :
-President Rubio gives his 6th State of the Union Adress.

February 11 :
-President Rubio announces, during a speech at the Pentagon, that the Lockheed Martin SR-72 will be the first engine of the U.S. Space Force to be tested.

February 14 :
-President Rubio, his family and Cabinet celebrate Valentine's Day at the White House.

February 15 :
-The NASA officially announces the crew for Exploration Mission 2 : Jeffrey N. Williams as the capsule commander, Douglas G. Hurley as the pilot as well as Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Megan K. McArthur as payload specialists.

[UWS]

President Rubio's 6th State of the Union Address

Mr. Speaker, Madam Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans : the State of the Union is now stronger than ever before.

[Applause]

16 million new jobs created in the last 6 years, a drop of the unemployment rate to 2.6 %. A balance of our budget and the use of our money in the investment in the infrastructures vital for our economy. We can't stop thinking about the future.

[Applause]

Here's how we got there. We kept the American people's taxes low, strengthening their purchasing power and keeping America's status as the best country in the world to do business. This is a status that we have further reinforced by investing a part of budget surpluses into the development of infrastructures, which encouraged the implementation of new businesses here in America, favoring stronger job creation in this country.

[Applause]

Thanks to further investment into renewable energies throughout last year with a part of budget surpluses into this sector, we managed to encourage job creation while keeping our environment clean and improving our ecological footprint instead of doing it by raising the American people's taxes.

[Applause]

And this year, we have a great opportunity to further reinforce our status as the world's first energy power by our sovereignty in the Arctic sovereignty as we and our Canadian allies agreed to develop a military agreement in the Arctic region due to our common interest to deter Russia from threatening the Arctic's territorial integrity and also due to our common goals to exploit the Arctic region's natural resources (especially oil resources in the Chuckchi Sea coveted by the United States and the mineral resources in the Mackenzie Delta coveted by Canada), which are issues that will be discussed at the next Arctic Council in May.

[Applause]

Our prosperity is also due to our status as the most competitive nation in the world economy and our championship of free trade. We are trading with Latin America, the European Union and India, strengthening our competitiveness, getting us new consumers around the world and ensuring job creation here at home. And last year, we started free trade negotiations with the African continent that will represent 25 % of the world in the next 30 years. That way, we will further strengthen our economic relations with these countries and ensure stronger competition as our energy sector will be able to compete with oil industries in Sahara and Sub-Sahara due to our status as the world's first energy power and California's wineproducers to compete with South Africa's wineproducers. Free enterprise, hard work and competitiveness are the only principles that can lead our country to full-employment and permanent economic prosperity for all.

[Applause]

This new year is a promise of glory for this country. In the last few years, we made our space program one of our main priorities. Thanks to the investment into new space infrastructures, to the development of new space exploration technologies, to the orchestration of tests and to a revival of America's Space Industry, the United States of America reclaimed their status as the leader of space exploration.

[Applause]

As a result, through Exploration Mission 2, we are going to send people on the Moon at the end of this year.

[Applause]

And thanks to the courage and determination of crewmembers - not only men, but women as well - this will be another giant leap for mankind.

[Applause]

And this giant leap will lead our country to major progress, including the exploration of other space systems and the exploitation of the sources of some space systems. We are now leaders in space exploration again and nothing, certainly not America's geopolitical foes, will hold us back.

[Applause]

Thanks to a strong defense budget and to the priority we gave to the modernization of our military, we have, once again, made our military power much stronger than ever before. Last year, through the execution of successful military testings, new weapons systems such as the Columbia-class submarine and the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider entered service, giving us the upper hand against our ennemies not only on the ground but also on the sea and in the sky through the initial capability of new nuclear submarines and new stealth raiders able to strike an enemy to evade aerial defenses, including advanced ones, through a reduction of the heat signature of the new stealth plane and by using speed, long-range sensors and maneuverability as additional tactics intended to evade enemy air defenses. As a result, we are now able to operate and strike anywhere in the world without an enemy even knowing an aircraft is there. It is also through progress, along with the courage of our troops and the determination of our allies, that we're going to defeat terrorism, to keep our country safe and keep the world free and safe.

[Applause]

My Administration took bold actions such as the investment into the development of hypersonic weapons in order to counter adversary hypersonics and to stand with our allies against the agressivity of Russia and China in this domain. And this year will also see the official establishment and entrance into service of the sixth branch of the U.S. military : the U.S. Space Force.

[Applause]

Thanks to the creation of the U.S. Space Force, we'll be able to reinforce space security, to deter any attempt by ISIS or any terrorist organization to hack communications satellites and transmit its propaganda, to counter Russia's attempts to spy any state's military and intelligence agencies from space and to defend our satellites against Chineese and Russian anti-satellite weaponry, thus allowing our GPS satellites help to guide aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, drones in the skies above Yemen and fighter jets over Syria, leading us to a major step closer to our victory in the War on Terror.

[Applause]

And in the next few months, the Lockheed Martin SR-72 will be the first engine of the U.S. Space Force to be tested, which will make this new branch a reality and make America and the whole world much safer and stronger and ensure the preservation of freedom.

[Applause]

Progress has also been made last year in the fight against human trafficking with the adoption of the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act aiding financial institutions in identifying and reporting instances of human trafficking, prosecuting offenders and protecting victims.

[Applause]

We need to expand opportunity for people around the world, including opportunity to work, to have access to decent education, to prosper and to live free and safe. That is a clear alternative to forced labour. So we the people call on the whole world to stand up to human trafficking for the sake of the promotion of human rights and opportunity and freedom and for the sake of the fight against crime, injustice and exploitation. That's how our children and grandchildren around the world will earn better lives than the ones that human trafficking was preserving them and that's how they will be the most prosperous and free generations of humans that ever lived.

[Applause]

Last year, thanks to the economic, diplomatic and military pressures we exercised on North Korea in the last few years in order to counter the nuclear threat they represented, including sanctions that weakened their economy and their military and strong alliances that hold us together as allies and powerful militaries and to constructive historical summits with North Korea, North Korea completed its denuclearization, thus ensuring the restoration of peace, stability and nuclear security in the Korean peninsula and in the Pacific Ocean.

[Applause]

And in two months, we're going to hold a crucial summit with North Korea in Hanoi, Vietnam to negotiate the ratification of an arms control treaty between the United States and North Korea to shut down North Korean nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction. The ratification of this treaty will blow out this remnant of the Cold War and expand peace and stability in the region and make sure that we will avoid the nightmares of the past that brought the world so many times a hair from nuclear war.

[Applause]

In the same process, the United States and Iran held, last year, a summit in Istanbul where I met Iranian President Mahmoud Sadeghi to discuss Iran's contribution to nuclear security through its denuclearization and to normalize the relations between our two countries after more than 4 decades of conflict and diplomatic feud. During that summit, Sadeghi and I ratified a joint statement stating the following : 1) The United States and Iran commit to establish new U.S.-Iran relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity; 2) The United States and the Iran will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace in the Middle East; 3) Iran commits to release all of the political prisoners detained on its territory and to defen human rights; 4) Iran commits to stop sponsoring terrorism, to work towards complete denuclearization and to use its nuclear energy for economic growth instead of military purposes; 5) The United States and Iran commit to defend Israel's right to exist and defend itself; 6) The United States and Iran commit to work together to combat global terrorism. As a result, Iran started to shut down its nuclear facilities and joined our troops and our allies in Syria by delivering airstrikes against ISIS there for the sake of the Middle East's stability.

[Applause]

Now, instead of being used for military purposes, their nuclear energy is going to be used for the Iran's economic development, to allow the Iranian people to have access to heat and electricity and to prosper.

[Applause]

Last year, we also made strong progress in our fight against ISIS. We and our allies approved a great arms deal with the Philippines and increased military exercises between the United States and the Philippines, giving them all the necessary military material and military skills to combat Abu Sayyaf. Then the Filipino Armed Forces, along with Malaysian troops and our Special Forces launched a great offensive against Abu Sayyaf, blowing out this jihadist organization's training bases, recapturing all the territory that Abbu Sayyaf occupied and eliminating its core leadership. These efforts led to the eradication of Abbu Sayyaf and to a preservation of peace and liberty through strength.

[Applause]

With the diplomatic and military support we have given to our Israeli and Egyptian allies and to the arms sales we provided them, we made strong contributions into the stabilzation of the Middle East through the counter-terrorist offensive that eliminated the Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade, ISIS' branch in Gaza.

[Applause]

Right now, ISIS has yet to be defeated in Syria in order to wipe them off the map and win the War on Terror. Now all of the attention and efforts of our troops and our allies are focused on Syria and thanks to the addition of new powerful and modern weapons systems, we're going to defeat radical Islamic terrorism. That requires staying on offense against the terrorists and that's what we're going to do because we know that we need to do whatever it takes to obtain total and unconditional victory and nothing will hold us back.

[Applause]

We Americans never hide from history, we make history. That's why we need to work together, regardless of our beliefs, origins and political affiliations to get things done, like we did throughout the last few years, in order to get things done, to get our country to full-employment and permanent national security, to ensure America's success in all fronts and to make sure that America's greatness has no limits.

Thank you. God bless you and God bless the United States of America.

[tmthforu94]

A great speech, thank you President Rubio!

[UWS]

A great speech, thank you President Rubio!

Thanks.

[Ilhan Apologist]

UWS, can I ask you something? How does writing this timeline not depress you? As a progressive Democrat, trying to write a wank timeline where Bernie wins in 2016 would make me SUPER depressed.

[PRESIDENT STANTON]

Sorry 😐 to pile on with more criticism! But the progress of this timeline is painfully slow! It seems there’s very little in regards as substance to the storyline! At this rate, the author might get to Election Day 2024, sometime in 2028! Unreal!

[UWS]

Sorry 😐 to pile on with more criticism! But the progress of this timeline is painfully slow! It seems there’s very little in regards as substance to the storyline! At this rate, the author might get to Election Day 2024, sometime in 2028! Unreal!

Don't worry. The next update is coming soon enough.

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
February 2023, Part 2

February 16 :
-After years of scientifical experiment involving cloning through the use of wolly mammoth DNA and the implementation of this DNA into the womb of a female Asian Elephant, a team of South Korean scientists managed to contribute to the birth of the first cloned baby wolly mammoth in a zoo in Seoul, thus officially resurrecting the specy.

February 17 :
-A new jobs report indicates that 175 000 new jobs were created in the United States in January.

February 19 :
-Former Virginia Governor Terry McCauliffe announces, during a rally in Alexandria, Virginia, that he's seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in 2024.

February 20 :
-The Iranian government announces the start of the dismantle of the Esfahan Nuclear Technology Centre, Iran's largest missile assembly and production plant.

February 21 :
-President Rubio gives a speech at the White House where he saluted Iran's move to shut down the Esfahan Nuclear Technology Centre, praising Mahmoud Sadeghi as a man of his word sharing with the United States their determination to restore peace, stability and security in the Middle East.

February 23 :
-After the official drafting of a regional constitution between Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, these countries formed a single sovereign federal state called the East African Federation.

February 24 :
-During a trip in Jakarta, Indonesia, Secretary of Defense Stanley McCrystal declares during a press conference that America's allies in the Indo-Pacific region must keep investing in the region in order to counter China's expansionist attitude in the South East China Sea and to maintain peace and stability in the region in the context of North Korea's denuclearization and the pacification of the Korean peninsula.

February 25 :
-During a foreign trip in Petroria, South Africa, United States trade representative Jon Hunstsman meets with South African Minister of Foreign Relations Naledi Pandor with whom he discussed the negotiations on the possible ratification of a free trade deal between the United States and the African continent, which Huntsman describes as economically beneficial for both sides, including South Africa as it will allow the local wine products to reach more markets in the world.

February 27 :

-French President Emmanuel Macron announces the creation of a space command within the French air force to improve the country's defence capabilities, including spy satellites, location tracing and jamming, communications and cyber attacks. The establishment of this high command is scheduled for September. In reaction, President Rubio praised Macron's decision to approve the creation of the space command, which will, along with the establishment of the U.S. Space Force, advance space security against Russian and Chinese anti-satellite weaponry and lead the world to victory against terror through the protection of satellites guiding NATO troops during military operations.

February 28 :
-In an effort to combat ISIS in Syria, President Rubio announces that THAAD missiles and MGM-140 ATACMS missiles have been deployed to Jordan.

[UWS]

POLITICAL NEWS AROUND THE COUNTRY
MARCH EDITION

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS

Declared Candidates

REPUBLICANS

Charles Duane Baker Jr. (Former Governor of Massachusetts)
Declared his Candidacy at a Campaign Rally in Boston, MA February 5th 2023

DEMOCRATS

Robert Patrick Casey Jr. (Senator from Pennsylvania)
Declared his Candidacy at a Campaign Rally in Allentown, PA February 2nd 2023
Terence Richard McAuliffe (Former DNC Chairman & Virginia Governor)
Declared his Candidacy at a Campaign Rally in Alexandria, VA February 19th 2023

Still Considering....likely to run

REPUBLICANS

Nikki R. Haley (Vice President of the United States of America)
Benjamin Eric Sasse (Senator from Nebraska)
Thomas Bryant Cotton (Senator from Arkansas, Majority Whip)
Christopher T. Sununu (Governor of New Hampshire)
Lawrence Hogan Jr. (Former Governor of Maryland)

DEMOCRATS

Kamala Devi Harris (Senator from California)
John Bel Edwards (Governor of Louisiana
Christopher George Kennedy (Governor of Illinois)

Still Considering....unlikely to run

REPUBLICANS

Mary Taylor (Governor of Ohio)

Susana Martinez (Senator from New Mexico)

PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATES NEWS

DEBATE

NBC NEWS & MSNBC in collaboration with YOUTUBE announced that NBC NEWS Nightly News Anchor Lester Holt, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell and "MEET THE PRESS" Anchor & NBC NEWS Political Director Chuck Todd will moderate the 1st Democratic Presidential Primary Debate in Athens from the University of Georgia Campus on June 28th 2023.

DEBATE

The FOX NEWS CHANNEL in collaboration with FACEBOOK announced that Fox News Sunday Host Anchor Chris Wallace, Special Report Anchor Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum who anchors the Fox Newsroom on Weekdays will moderate the 1st Republican Presidential Primary Debate from the Fox Theatre, Detroit in Michigan on June 21st 2023. The Debate will also be streamed on FOXNEWS.COM

SENATE NEWS

Up for RE-ELECTION in 2024

REPUBLICANS (19)

Senator Jeffry Lane Flake (Arizona)
Senator Condoleeza Rice (California)
Senator Richard Lynn Scott (Florida)
Senator Michael Richard Pence (Indiana)
Senator John James (Michigan)
Senator Roger Frederick Wicker (Mississippi)
Senator Ann Louise Wagner (Missouri)
Senator Gregory Richard Gianforte (Montana)
Senator Debra Strobel Fischer (Nebraska)
Senator Dean Arthur Heller (Nevada)
Senator Susana M. Martinez (New Mexico)
Senator John Stewart Dalrymple III (North Dakota)
Senator John Richard Kasich Jr. (Ohio)
Senator Robert Phillipps Corker Jr. (Tennessee)
Senator George Prescott Bush (Texas)
Senator Josh Romney (Utah)
Senator Evan Hollin Jenkins (West Virginia)
Senator Mark Andrew Green (Wisconsin)
Senator John Anthony Barrasso III (Wyoming)

DEMOCRATS (14)

Senator Christopher Scott Murphy (Connecticut)
Senator Thomas Richard Carper (Delaware)
Senator Mazie Keiko Hirono (Hawaii)
Senator Angus Stanley King Jr. (Maine; Independent caucusing with Democrats)
Senator Benjamin Louis Cardin (Maryland)
Senator Elizabeth Ann Warren (Massachusetts)
Senator Amy Jean Klobuchar (Minnesota)
Senator Robert Menendez (New Jersey)
Senator Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (New York)
Senator Robert Patrick Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania; currently also running for President)
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island)
Senator Bernard Sanders (Vermont, Independent caucusing with Democrats)
Senator Timothy Michael Kaine (Virginia)
Senator Maria Elaine Cantwell (Washington)

POTENTIAL RETIREMENTS

Senator Jeffry Lane Flake (Arizona)
Senator Condoleeza Rice (California)
Senator Dean Arthur Heller (Nevada)
Senator Robert Phillipps Corker Jr. (Tennessee)
Senator Thomas Richard Carper (Delaware)
Senator Mazie Keiko Hirono (Hawaii)
Senator Angus Stanley King Jr. (Maine; Independent caucusing with Democrats)
Senator Benjamin Louis Cardin (Maryland)
Senator Robert Menendez (New Jersey)
Senator Bernard Sanders (Vermont, Independent caucusing with Democrats)

GOVERNOR NEWS

Up for ELECTION 2023

KENTUCKY (OPEN SEAT)

Incumbent Governor Matt Bevin (R) is term-limited.
Delared Candidates
Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R)
State Treasurer Allison Ball (R)
Former Attorney General Andy Beshear (D)
CNN RATING: LEAN DEMOCRAT

LOUISIANA (OPEN SEAT)

Incumbent Governor John Bel Edwards (D) is term-limited.
Delared Candidates
Former Rep. Charles Boustany (R)
Lieutnant Governor Billy Nungesser (R)
Former New Orleans Mayor & Lt. Govenor Mitch Landrieu (D)
CNN RATING: LEAN REPUBLICAN

MISSISSIPPI

Incumbent Governor Tate Reeves (R) will seek Re-Election to a 2nd Term as Governor.
Delared Candidates
Incumbent Governor Tate Reeves (R)
State Representative Jay Hughes (D)
CNN RATING: SOLID REPUBLICAN

[erſatz-york]

But isn't THAAD only capable of targeting missiles and aircraft?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

You clearly don't care about following the copyright policy, so this thread is locked until further notice.

[Dr. MB]

rest in peace, my friend.