Babylon Shattered: Timeline

## 2022

* **8 November:** Republicans take control of the House, with **Kevin McCarthy** (R-CA) becoming House Speaker.
* **9 November:** Former Republican President **Donald J. Trump** announces his candidacy for reelection in the 2024 U.S presidential election.
* **1 December:** As his party remains divided with little sign of material improvement for the average American on the horizon, President **J****oe Biden'**s approval ratings drop to 30%.

## 2023

* **1 March**: Nintendo ends support for the eShop on the 3DS, and Wii U.
* **11 March:** With the Russian military marching undeterred towards Kiev, the 8,500 U.S troops President Biden had previously mobilized on standby are deployed to the Ukraine. Every NATO state, aside from Croatia, also pledges support. Russian President Vladimir Putin moves 140,000+ troops across the border by evening. The **Battle of Ukraine**, later recognized as one of the most consequential conflicts in human history, begins.
* **14 March:** For the first time since unofficial accounts in Vietnam, U.S soldiers engage in direct combat with Russian soldiers, with U.S marine Pvt. Bridger Munroe of Arkansas (18) being shot, and killed by Russian Naval Infantry Lt. Kirill Kalashnikov of Moscow (27).
* **21 - 22 March:** U.S Navy Seal **Carson Blackisle** fights in the **Battle of Kiev**, going on to later receive the Medal of Honor.
* File:RussianTankCommander.png  **22 March:** Kiev falls to Russia. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy flees to Romania along with much of Ukraine's upper political echelon, and bourgeois.
* **25 March:** The U.S embargos Russia, to which Moscow responds in turn.
* **April:** President Biden's approval ratings drop to 28% after seeing a modest bump at the beginning of hostilities in the Ukraine.
* **9 April:** A little over a month following Russia's invasion, U.S forces withdraw from the Ukraine, leading to a declaration of victory from the Kremlin. Though Russia declares that all Ukrainians who wish to leave are free to do so, thousands of supporters of the Zelenskyy government flee onto U.S planes, with only 100s being evacuated to the U.S. Neo-Nazi Ukrainian national guard unit the **Azov Battalion** remains as an insurgent group.
* **12 - 20 April:** A massive blizzard hits California. 450 People will die before the weather relieves.
* **14 April:** Legislation to include dental, and eye care in Medicare is introduced by U.S Senator **Bernard "Bernie" Sanders** (I-VT) in the Senate. The legislation nearly passes but is ultimately blocked by Krysten Sinema (D-AZ), and Joe Manchin (D-WV). President Biden is pressured by progressive groups to take action against the obstructionists, but demurs.
* **1 May:** Mass labor strikes spark across the country on May Day.
* **4 May:** In the early morning hours, a firefight occurs on the Polish-Ukrainian border. Three Russian soldiers are killed, while fifteen Polish troops die. Though western media blames the incident on Russian forces, RT releases footage from the Russian side of the border in which artillery is fired into Russian lines without provocation. This is covered mostly by alternative, and new media. Russia invades East Poland, and Moldova. NATO forces are deployed once more to West Poland. The U.S officially declares war on Russia, starting **The Great War**. Croatia withdraws from NATO.
* **9 May:** Moldova is annexed.
* **12 May:** China annexes Taiwan, causing a refugee crisis.
* **June:** A majority of the post-pandemic economic recovery in the U.S has been reversed.
* **7 June:** State Department whistleblower Jim Reese flees to Russia, before leaking that the U.S is continuing the fund the Azov Battalion in spite of human rights abuses committed against Ukrainian civilians in Azov-controlled territory. Reese is lambasted by Washington, and the media as a "traitor".
* **10 June:** China invades The Philippines. ASEAN declares war on China. NATO, and China embargo each other.
* **15 June:** U.S marines arrive to defend The Philippines.
* **19 June:** In Shanghai, President Putin, and Chinese President **Xi Jinping** form a war-alliance, reformatting the **S**hanghai **C**ooperation **O**rganization **(SCO)**. Belarus, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Syria, Iran, Mongolia, and Pakistan all pledge to eventually sign the new pact, while India leaves the SCO.
* **1 July:** As the nation is ostensibly distracted by Independence Day celebrations, President Biden reorganizes civil service into a military draft while speaking at NATO headquarters in Brussels. With the U.S already enduring heavy casualties in the Philippines, American troops are drafted for the first time since 1973. American opinion is overwhelmingly negative, as riots rivaling those following the 2020 murder of George Floyd occur in virtually every major American city.
* File:USTroopsRiot.png  **3 July:** President Biden deploys Delta Force in Birmingham, Alabama, to quell rioters, seemingly in violation of the Constitution.
* **4 July:** While speaking at a July Fourth event in Arlington, Virginia, President Biden narrowly survives an assassination attempt by alt-right activist Jefferson D. Bosworth of Powhatan, VA (52). Bosworth reportedly shouted "let's go, Brandon!", a euphemism coined by American fascists in "resistance" against the President, before firing five rounds from a sniper rifle at Biden's podium. One shot kills Secret Service Agent Jake Patterson of Dallas, Texas (31), another injures Secretary of State Antony Blinken who's appearance at the event during the war had previously caused controversy, another embeds itself in the podium mere inches from Biden's abdomen, and the final two miss entirely. As Bosworth reloaded, he was shot and killed by an unidentified USSS agent. President Biden is immediately evacuated to Raven Rock, Maryland, where he remains in isolation for two days before returning to The White House.
* **August:** Tropical storms devastate the Gulf of Mexico, ultimately killing 2,000, and causing crises in Houston, Texas, Miami, Florida, and New Orleans, Louisiana among other major Southern cities.
* **September 10:** Russia has captured Eastern Poland. Putin does not commit to stopping short of Warsaw.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.rt.com/russia/547397-biden-threatens-putin-sanctions/