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Final 1500 resident of Miami and New Orleans evacuated as last parts of both cities destroyed by rising sea levels caused by global warming.
Nationwide prayer service to be held Sunday in the Evangelical States of America (formerly the Southern United States before their forced separation)
Last American Eagle dies in captivity, after 20 year effort to save it and other species devasted by pollution from old United States. Conservative meeting in Orlando in 2039 still argued that species neither evolve, or will be allowed to go extinct, depsite overwhelming facts.
Gene responsible for homophobia identified 15 years ago - now becomes practical treatment. Fundamentalists flee, afraid of being treated for their disorder.
Latest tabloids full of story about a group of Ohio women who used new technology to force a group of homophobic and misogynistic men to carry babies to full term. These
men were some of the few still against women's reproductive rights, and the women took the law into their own hands..
Middle East Wars, beginning with first incomplete Iraq War of 1990, and Second failed American war on Iraq of 2003-2009, now total over 200,000 Americans dead, and 2 trillion
in total costs. Saudi minister jokes that all they have now left is irradiated sand.
France and the rest of the European Union, which now includes Russia and Turkey, now have over 1 billion citizens, and the top GDP on the planet. China is a close 2nd, followed
by India, and further back - parts of the former US, which now has mainly entertainment and menial service jobs.
A flourishing tourist and casino industry has resulted in an increasing standard of living for the Cubans since Castro died around 2010.
It was recommended by the World Court sometime after 2010 that George W. Bush be indicted on war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The US refused to extradite him, and he returned
to his ranch in Crawford, Texas in shame in 2009. Crowds of families who lost loved ones in the illegal Iraq wars still gather outside the fenced compound to yell insults at him.
Massachusetts, and the rest of New England, parts of Canada, and some Great Lakes states formed a New United States in the 2020s, sometime after the fundamentalists split in the Southern US.
US Supreme court ruled in the 2020s that all US citizens must have basic housing, education, healthcare. This is now a right that few people in 2040 would question.
There has been a balanced budget in most of the former US for the last decade, after the World Bank and IMF bailouts in the 2030s. This was initiated after the US dollar collapsed
after the previous govt. had run up a 50 trillion total debt.
Florida voters still having trouble with voting machines. |
