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...

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...

See how to use the R leaflet package to color code a map by winner, loser, and margin of victory.

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...

Trump’s impeachment trial could result in his acquittal, being found guilty, or being found guilty and banned from ever holding public office again

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...

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?...

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,...

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,...

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 voters gave the nation a split Congress. How should business prepare for what comes next?

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)

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.'

Travel back with HipHughes and take a whack at Andrew Johnson! Why was Andy impeached and why the hell is Edwin Stanton barricaded in his office?

All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a middle school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents....

American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video discusses 'The Alien and...

MOT 1937: EDDIE CANTOR: WS Unidentified writer w/ comedian Eddie Cantor (1892-1964) in backyard, SOT Eddie looking in paper for joke ideas, writer picking story, Eddie making political excavating joke, then deciding against it....

If you know nothing about the 1980 election you should be banned from discussing political science. Helpful for all types of learners this video hits the basics on one of the biggest elections in American history.

Yesterday Georgians returned to the polls to vote for their two new senators in the run off elections. However, these votes weren't just important to the peach state, with the entire balance of the senate on the line. So in this video,...

Two notable elections happened earlier this month (New Jersey and Virginia's gubernatorial elections) - while neither are particularly important positions, many saw them as bellwethers for the midterm elections taking place in 2022. So...