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Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan Explained - TLDR News
Yesterday Biden, flanked by Republican and Democratic senators, presented his $600 billion infrastructure plan. So in this video we break down what's included in the plan, what isn't and if it will be successful.
Curated Video
Who is going to win the US mid-term elections?
Can the Democrats take back the House of Representatives from the Republicans? In what is perhaps the most significant mid-terms ever, The Economist's Data Editor gives our prediction on who is going to win.
TLDR News
67% of Americans Oppose these New Laws: The New Anti-Transgender Laws Explained - TLDR News
In recent months, states across the US have debated and begun to introduce a slew of new laws relating to transgender people. These laws often relate to trans health (especially for young people) and trans sports; both though are widely...
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Impeachment Moves to Senate What Happens Now - TLDR Explains
Yesterday the House of Representatives voted to move the impeachment process to the Senate. This means that there will soon be a senate trial to try Donald Trump for Obstruction of Congress and Abuse of Power. In this video, we explain...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Sylvia Nasar: Joseph Schumpeter and Hayek - Keynes' Challengers (4/5)
In part 4 of this INET interview, Sylvia Nasar discusses how Joseph Schumpeter and Friedrich von Hayek challenged the economics of Keynes in the early-to-mid 20th century. However, their work fell in the face of empirical evidence, while...
The Economist
The Democrats in the age of Trump
Since Donald Trump entered politics the Democrats have struggled to compete. The mid-term elections will see them employing a change in tactics that they hope will mobilise new voters and win over disillusioned moderates
Healthcare Triage
A Bipartisan Fix for Obamacare? Who F***ing Knows?
There's been talk in Washington DC in recent weeks that Senators Patty Murray and Lamar Alexander has come to some kind of bipartisan agreement to fix the problems with the Affordable Care Act exchanges. Well, details are scant, the...
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America's Debt Crisis Explained: Why Politicians Just Can't Agree - TLDR News
Currently, the US is having a major argument about the debt ceiling, with many republicans refusing to see the ceiling shifted. So in this video, we unpack the argument, why Republicans are so upset and what happens if the Democrats...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Getting to Grips with the Trump Phenomenon
The media has failed ask basic questions about the economic thinking — and business record — of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, says Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston, author of The Making of Donald...
IDG TECHtalk
How to make election maps in R
See how to use the R leaflet package to color code a map by winner, loser, and margin of victory.
Cerebellum
The Election Process In America - The Two Party System And The Franchisement Of Black Men
The right to vote is our single most important right as American citizens, and yet, many Americans fail to exercise this valuable right. This video looks at how the different political parties in America were formed and how the two party...
Next Animation Studio
The three possible outcomes of Trump’s impeachment trial
Trump’s impeachment trial could result in his acquittal, being found guilty, or being found guilty and banned from ever holding public office again
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Censuring 'Trump Traitors': Why are the Republicans Condemning their Own Senators - TLDR News
Over the last week the GOP have been condemning their own Senators who backed Trump's impeachment. This is the latest round of conflict between state & federal level Republicans and a continuing battle between Trumism and classical...
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A Democratic Trifecta? Can Democrats win the Presidency, Senate & House? - TLDR News
With election day getting ever closer, and with polls continuing to swing in Biden's and the Democrat's favour, some are beginning to ask some big questions. So in this video, we tackle the trifecta; can Democrats essentially win it all?...
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What Happens Now: Biden's Wins, Trump's Lawsuits & Faithless Electors - TLDR News
Yesterday Joe Biden crossed the 270 elector threshold and officially became the President-Elect of the United States. However, that doesn't mean that the electoral chaos is over just yet. In this video, we discuss Trump's lawsuits,...
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The Senator Who Could Kill Biden's Agenda: Kyrsten Sinema Explained - TLDR News
Kyrsten Sinema is a Democratic Senator for Arizona. She's the second youngest Senator, grew up in poverty & is bisexual. So she's a raging liberal right? Well no, she's actually one of the most central Democrats in the Senate,...
Healthcare Triage
There Still Hasn't Been a Vote on the BCRA
Last week we talked about the Senate's bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, and whether Mitch McConnell would be able to get it passed and on to President Trump's desk. So far, no dice. Several senators have defected from the effort,...
The Wall Street Journal
Political Leadership
The voters gave the nation a split Congress. How should business prepare for what comes next?
The March of Time
1952: YOUNG MEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUB: VS George Hooper behind La Salle Hotel podium SOT, speaking for Dwight D. Eisenhower, VS Sam Young speaking for William H. Taft, likes him but doesn't think he can win. (Demolished 1976)
MOT 1952: YOUNG MEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUB: VS George Hooper behind La Salle Hotel podium SOT, speaking for Dwight D. Eisenhower, VS Sam Young speaking for William H. Taft, likes him but doesn't think he can win. (Demolished 1976)
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3 Reasons the Democrats will Win in 2022 - TLDR News
2022 is an important year and the Democrats need to work hard to defend their trifecta. So in this video we're going to run through the uphill climb Democrats have at the midterms, and 3 reasons they could win in 2022.
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Republican report blames Wuhan lab for COVID-19
Republicans on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee say “significant circumstantial evidence” exists that the coronavirus pandemic originated from a leak at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to The Times of London.
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4 Reasons the Republicans will Win in 2022 - TLDR News
2022 is an important year and an opportunity for Republicans to break the Democratic trifecta. So in this video we unpack what's to come in 2022 and explain why it's likely that we'll see a Republican victory next year.
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Washington D.C. & Puerto Rico's Statehood: Will Biden Add Two New States to the Union - TLDR News
Everyone knows the iconic US flag with its 50 stars representing the 50 states of the union, however, that could be set to change. That's because there's increasing pressure to enfranchise voters in Washington D.C. & Puerto Rico - with...
The March of Time
General James A. Farley predicts
MOT 1935: JAMES (JIM) A. FARLEY: General James A. Farley (1888-1976) sitting down to served breakfast waiter saying Republicans think they will win next year. Farley saying 'not only will FDR landslide they plan to carry PA too.'