Thanks to the Genuine Democracy Act, Berniecrats and Greens sweep the House and Senate. The Republican Party collapses from infighting. What's left is a rump alliance of white supremacists and disaffected former corporate Democrats. The so-called Reagan Democrats become Greens.
There's also a left sweep of state houses and governorships across the country, led by the Greens. Texas is the sole exception.
The Longhorn State witnesses massive in-migration of yahoos, rednecks and gun nuts from elsewhere. They immediately set upon one another with formerly concealed handguns and once hidden assault rifles, including in churches and on college campuses. Texas gets serious about secession from the Union, while sane Texans move to the People's Republic of Austin.
Guantanamo Bay is finally closed and detainees set free. The facility is returned to Cuba which turns it into an amusement park.
2019
The Climate Satbilization Act passes overwhelmingly. Its provisions include:
" 100% clean energy by 2030
" A just transition for those dislocated by decarbonization
" A massive, WWII style mobilization
" An emergency adaptation campaign for unavoidable climate instability
" Public lands protection: no grazing, logging, mining, or fossil fuel extraction
" A ban on fracking
" An end of support for biofuels, CCS and bioengineering
" An end to more subsidies for nukes and fossil fuels
" Nuclear power is to be phased out in ten years
" An unprecedented push for conservation and efficiency especially for low income people
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