Out d’Coup | Biden Year One; No Voting Rights Bill; New Low for Biden’s Approval Rating; War in Ukraine; SEIU Endorses Kenyatta; Josh Shapiro Back to 1990s; Banned Books; We Telescope; Meat Loaf

<p>Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of Biden’s inauguration. So, how things going, dog?</p> <p>As expected, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, sided with Republicans and <a href='https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-joe-biden-kyrsten-sinema-elections-voting-f6c2cfd9f79a1658c2998f3b7b14588d'>voted against changing Senate filibuster rules to pass voting rights legislation</a>, despite claiming to support the legislation. That means, of course, that voting rights legislation was blocked by a minority of Senators. The vote shined a bright light on the fact that any major legislation favored by Democrats or progressives is dead in the water if the composition of the Senate remains the same. </p> <p>Biden and Democratic Party leaders now say they will try to<a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/01/20/biden-build-back-better-chunks/'> break up and scale down Biden’s signature Build Back Better bill</a> in an attempt to get some of it passed. However, it is unclear how that would happen. Even if some of it did, this means that the U.S. government will not pass critical legislation necessary to address multiple crises heading straight for us.  Don’t Look Up, folks. </p> <p><a href='https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-health-inflation-6b6b0abfef867fc405e9f358ce2c3a09'>Biden’s approval ratings hit a new low</a> with a majority of Americans disapproving over his handling of his job as president, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Perhaps even more troubling for Biden, only 28% of respondents said they wanted Biden to run for reelection in 2024 - that includes only 48% of Democrats. </p> <p><a href='https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-01-21-22/h_f418dc35198cc5d767b63abc70e2e483'>Maybe time for a war?</a> Well, that looks like a distinct possibility as Russia threatens to invade Ukraine. Biden didn’t help matters this week when he seemed to indicate that the U.S. and NATO allies might