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**Huey Long's old ''Louisiana Progress'' newspaper survives and eventually becomes an online news site known as ''The American Progress''.
**Huey Long's old ''Louisiana Progress'' newspaper survives and eventually becomes an online news site known as ''The American Progress''.
*[[For Want of a Nail]]: Huey Long escaping death by assassination in 1936 leads to a significantly changed world, with "Longism" shaping American politics for generations to come.
*[[For Want of a Nail]]: Huey Long escaping death by assassination in 1936 leads to a significantly changed world, with "Longism" shaping American politics for generations to come.
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*[[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]]: As neither Robert Mugabe nor the ZANU-PF seize power, Zimbabwe is still known as Rhodesia. On the other hand, a combination of greater immigration from Britain and gradual reforms have allowed white-minority rule to transition into a much more stable and prosperous arrangement.
*[[Imperial Japan]]: The Empire of Japan and Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere are still very much alive in the present.
*[[Imperial Japan]]: The Empire of Japan and Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere are still very much alive in the present.
*[[In Spite of a Nail]]: Even decades down the line, some events and personalities remain relatively constant. PBS, for instance, is still founded in the 1950s, though at Huey Long's behest.
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*[[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]]: As neither Robert Mugabe nor the ZANU-PF seize power, Zimbabwe is still known as Rhodesia. On the other hand, a combination of greater immigration from Britain and gradual reforms have allowed white-minority rule to transition into a much more stable and prosperous arrangement.
*[[Red Scare]]: Averted. The Soviet Union's collapse to the Axis Powers and the subsequent triumph of the Nazis results in Communism, though still dismissed by Americans, being seen as less of an existential threat as in the OTL Cold War.
*[[Red Scare]]: Averted. The Soviet Union's collapse to the Axis Powers and the subsequent triumph of the Nazis results in Communism, though still dismissed by Americans, being seen as less of an existential threat as in the OTL Cold War.
*[[The Remnant]]: Namibia is the last holdout of the Third Reich, founded by SS forces under Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich in 1955. Although it has all but thoroughly remoulded what had been South West Africa in their image, the Nazis still claim all of their old territory.
*[[The Remnant]]: Namibia is the last holdout of the Third Reich, founded by SS forces under Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich in 1955. Although it has all but thoroughly remoulded what had been South West Africa in their image, the Nazis still claim all of their old territory.
*[[Richard Nixon the Used Car Salesman]]:
*[[Richard Nixon the Used Car Salesman]]:
**Ronald Reagan becomes the host of a popular TV show that's reminiscent of [[Bob Hope]]'s comedy career.
**Ronald Reagan becomes the host and star of a popular TV show that's reminiscent of [[Bob Hope]]'s comedy career.
**John F. Kennedy, though his father Joseph Kennedy Sr. becomes President after Long, never enters politics. Instead, he finds success as a professional historian, dying quietly in 1999.
**John F. Kennedy, though his father Joseph Kennedy Sr. becomes President after Long, never enters politics. Instead, he finds success as a professional historian, dying quietly in 1999.
**Billy Graham becomes President in the late 1960s as a Democrat and committed Longist, overseeing the expansion of the American welfare state and greater racial equality.
**Billy Graham becomes President in the late 1960s as a Democrat and committed Longist, overseeing the expansion of the American welfare state and greater racial equality.
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** Subverted with the United Kingdom. A demoralized Britain transitions to republican rule following King George VI's abdication in 1952. His brother, Edward Windsor, however, manages to becoming a popular figure in the new Commonwealth, but never seeks to regain the Crown.
** Subverted with the United Kingdom. A demoralized Britain transitions to republican rule following King George VI's abdication in 1952. His brother, Edward Windsor, however, manages to becoming a popular figure in the new Commonwealth, but never seeks to regain the Crown.
* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: Subverted. One paradox amidst the changes brought by Longism, social and gender dynamics in America are more conservative than OTL. But while the housewife is still seen as the cultural peak of "womanhood" in the US, there's no discrimination against women pursuing various careers, nor a stigma against female politicians.
* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: Subverted. One paradox amidst the changes brought by Longism, social and gender dynamics in America are more conservative than OTL. But while the housewife is still seen as the cultural peak of "womanhood" in the US, there's no discrimination against women pursuing various careers, nor a stigma against female politicians.
* [[Zeppelins from Another World]]: Subverted. The Hindenberg incident never happens...but a combination of cheaper airlines and a series of high profile disasters in the 1940s leads to a later discrediting of airships.
* [[Zeppelins from Another World]]: Subverted. The Hindenberg incident doesn't happen like OTL...but a combination of cheaper airlines and a series of high profile disasters in the 1940s leads to a later discrediting of airships.
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