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...
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Howie Klein
May 7, 20235 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
May 2, 20238 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Apr 22, 20236 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Apr 20, 20239 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Apr 20, 20232 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Mar 23, 20238 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Feb 28, 20234 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Feb 23, 20234 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Jan 25, 202311 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Jan 22, 20236 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Jan 20, 20233 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Jan 5, 20225 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Mar 22, 20218 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Feb 11, 20215 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Jan 31, 20215 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Dec 23, 20207 min read
Trump Agrees With Bernie, The Squad & Ted Lieu-- The Checks Should Be $2,000, Not McConnell's $600
Trump made the smart-- albeit completely insincere-- move last night and demanded that Congress revise the crappy pandemic relief bill so...
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Howie Klein
Dec 18, 20203 min read
Trump, AOC & Bernie Agree There Should Be Much Bigger Pandemic Checks-- So Who's Preventing It?
Biden's not lifting finger to rally Democrats around a real pandemic relief check, which should be $2,000 per person per month. Instead,...
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Howie Klein
Nov 19, 20208 min read
Hope vs Austerity-- Which Road Will Biden Take?
Anselm Weber ran for a state House seat in a very red part of Southwest Florida. He didn't win; he probably didn't expect to. But he did...
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