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Did Musk Buy A Stake In The Presidency? Or Did Trump Bring Him— And Vought— In To Do The Dirty Work?
Trump Is Getting Closer To Death... What Does He Care About? Trump’s deep-seated desire for public adoration is a paradox wrapped in the...
Howie Klein
Feb 28 min read
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Trump’s Worst Instincts Are His Own— & Roy Cohn’s— But His Worst Austerity Ideas Are Russ Vought’s
Vought Plans To Control Every Dollar Decision & Every Regulatory Decision Generally, when the media— and even Democrats— talk about the...
Howie Klein
Feb 19 min read
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Voodoo Economics Is A Perfect Excuse For Trump's MAGA Agenda
Scott Bessent Shouldn't Be Confirmed— But He Will Be Bessent Yesterday, the Financial Times  published an i nterview with historian Doris...
Howie Klein
Jan 187 min read
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Elon Musk's Extreme Austerity Plans Sound More Like Paul Ryan And Javier Milei Than Like MAGA
His DOGE Agenda Would Leave Workers In Serious Poverty 2 Austerity imbeciles who think they know what they're doing I like Argentina and...
Howie Klein
Jan 73 min read
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The UK General Election Is July 4— Voters Are Being Asked To Choose Between 2 Dreadful Candidates
Since Rishi Sunak called for a general election this summer (July 4), the Conservatives have remained at around 20% in the polls while...
Howie Klein
Jun 2, 20246 min read
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Austerity Is Never The Answer— Let’s Try A 32 Hour Work Week Instead
The Republicans have put forth a reactionary, predatory austerity plan for the country and are threatening to force a catastrophic...
Howie Klein
May 7, 20235 min read
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It’s Tuesday— What Do MAGA Republicans Want To Take Away From Americans Today?
Austerity For Us-- Good Times For Their Billionaire Financiers Let the good times roll Let them knock you around Let the good times roll...
Howie Klein
May 2, 20238 min read
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Where On The IQ Scale Does One Realize That Worshiping Trump Is Antithetical To Jesus' Message?
Last week, Nathan Pelham, a Texas Republican and Proud Boy, opened fire on sheriff’s deputies who had gone to his home to check on him...
Howie Klein
Apr 22, 20236 min read
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What Do The Republicans Want To Take Away From Working & Struggling Families Today?
Yesterday, McCarthy unveiled a kind of budget thing, like an outline of what the Republicans want to take away from people in return for...
Howie Klein
Apr 20, 20239 min read
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McCarthy Is Having A Hard Time Getting Enough GOP Support To Pass His Wretched Austerity Budget
Mostly Because Hardliners Want It Even Worse McCarthy’s austerity budget has already run into trouble in his own conference. Mainstream...
Howie Klein
Apr 20, 20232 min read
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While The GOP Tries Cutting Social Security & Medicare, Progressives Have Very Different Ideas
Pouring gasoline onto the fire, the Fed raised interest rates by a quarter of a percent yesterday. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie...
Howie Klein
Mar 23, 20238 min read
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Corporate Whores Are Still Desperate To Use The Debt Ceiling as Camoflage to Cut Social Security
Angus King (I-ME) & Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Are Leading The Way-- To Hell Cutting Social Security benefits— by raising the retirement age for...
Howie Klein
Feb 28, 20234 min read
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Mike Pence Previews His Platform On CNBC: Austerity For Us, Billions For Wall Street
So Mike Pence wants to run in the Privatize Social Security lane. He’s now publicly embracing his old austeritarian self— the opposite...
Howie Klein
Feb 23, 20234 min read
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Congress Has A Choice— Cut Social Security Benefits Or Make The Rich Pay Their Fair Share Of Taxes
Yesterday, Catherine Rampell wrote that the House Republicans “say they want to reduce deficits— but meanwhile have ruled out virtually...
Howie Klein
Jan 25, 202311 min read
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Is Trump's Support Really Leaky-- And Does His Team Know How To Plug The Leaks?
Yesterday, in his New York Magazine column, Ed Kilgore wondered aloud if Trump could run to DeSantis’ left in 2024. Trump will never have...
Howie Klein
Jan 22, 20236 min read
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Trump Demonizes House Republicans For Plans To Cut Social Security And Medicare Benefits
Tongue planted firmly in cheek this morning, Catherine Rampell wrote that “Researchers have identified a previously unknown species in...
Howie Klein
Jan 20, 20233 min read
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Inflation Pressures Through The Lens Of Modern Monetary Theory-- A Guest Post By Andrés Bernal
Andrés Bernal is a Research Fellow at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, a Lecturer with City University of New York, and...
Howie Klein
Jan 5, 20225 min read
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Can Biden's "Just Say No" Austerity Czar Be Won Over? He Just Was-- Hugely
Cory Booker (D-NJ) wasn't exaggerating when he called the measures to fight child poverty an opportunity for Biden to put his name on...
Howie Klein
Mar 22, 20218 min read
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Exactly Like Herbert Hoover, Ron Johnson (R-WI) Claims Austerity Will Prevent A Depression
Ron Johnson, aside from being a multimillionaire, is a complete douche bag-- always has been. Electing him over Russ Feingold in 2010 and...
Howie Klein
Feb 11, 20215 min read
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With Dems In Control, Suddenly The GOP Has Been Reborn As The Austerity Party--Now For The Tug'O'War
This morning, Bernie was a guest on ABC News' This Week, where he was clear that passing coronavirus relief is more important than any DC...
Howie Klein
Jan 31, 20215 min read
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