President Joe Biden's legislative agenda took a bit of a hit when Sen. Joe Manchin announced that he could not vote for the Build Back Better Act [BBB] without substantial revisions. In their heart of hearts, most Democrats in Washington expected Manchin would make passage as difficult as possible. He's trying to hold on to a Senate seat in one of the reddest states in America and the climate portions of the bill are anathema to the coal industry in West Virginia. Manchin's a

In light of the economic slowdown that might result from the fast-spreading Omicron variant, President Joe Biden should again extend the moratorium on student loan repayments. Currently, the moratorium is set to expire at the end of January. Biden extended the moratorium upon taking office and again in August, but has resisted extending it further or cancelling the student debt owed by more than 40 million Americans. But, economics and politics are changing quickly in light o

In selecting their annual "Lie of the Year," PolitiFact had a difficult choice in 2021. There were so many to choose from. The laundry list of conspiracy theories and falsehoods concerning Covid vaccines is seemingly endless, and often hilarious. Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity manufacture lies and conspiracy theories like Toyota makes cars. And, of course, we have had to suffer through another year of Trump's ever-more fanciful lies about fraudulent votes in the 2020 preside

Stacey Abrams launched her campaign for governor of Georgia yesterday with a pledge to fight for economic equality, voting rights, and expanded access to health care in the state. It sets up a rematch with Gov. Brian Kemp if he is able to again capture the Republican nomination. Abrams lost to Kemp by just 1.4% in 2018 and analysts expect another close race in 2022. Abrams has earned a reputation as one of the nation's leading voting rights activists, and her work registerin

When former President Donald Trump's approval numbers sank into the 30s it was clear that Americans weren't too fond of his legislative priorities, large corporate tax cuts and gutting the Affordable Care Act. Now as President Joe Biden's approval rating has slipped into the lower 40s, the Monmouth University Polling Institute tried to determine if Americans were turned off by his legislative agenda, the Build Back Better and infrastructure initiatives. Despite constant attac

Pew Research Center has posted a new quiz to determine your "political typology." Are you a flag and faith conservative, progressive leftist, or somewhere in between? It only takes about 5 minutes and you can then compare your results with thousands of other Americans. Pew: "Take our quiz to find out which one of our nine political typology groups is your best match, compared with a nationally representative survey of more than 10,000 U.S. adults by Pew Research Center. You