Do You Need To Be Reminded What Kabuki Theater Means In A Political Context?
Using the phrase “kabuki theater” in the context of Congress is something of a good old American metaphorical critique, describing a...
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Howie Klein
Jan 235 min read
Do You Want A Crueler, Xenophobic, Exclusionary, More Bigoted America? Vote For Republicans
Also More Violent Ironically, the part of Brooklyn I grew up in— Gravesend— was one of the most Democratic neighborhoods in America… and...
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Howie Klein
Dec 24, 20234 min read
Many Republicans Celebrate A Do-Nothing Congress, Chaos And Dysfunction
“Censure. Expulsion. Impeachment. Resignation. These are the only things MAGA Republicans seem to care about, anything but delivering on...
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Howie Klein
Dec 8, 20233 min read
Is MAGA Mike Already A Dead Man Walking? The Far Right Fringe Is Grumbling They Picked The Wrong Guy
Strike Two And A Half— What Happened To The Honeymoon? MAGA Mike has been spending a lot of time explaining his flip flops— on blurring...
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Howie Klein
Nov 14, 20236 min read
Countdown To The MAGA Mike Shut Down Is On-- Friday's The Day All Republicans Are Looking Forward To
Not counting today, there are 3 days before MAGA Mike presides over a government shutdown with his cockamamie plan that neither his...
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Howie Klein
Sep 13, 20235 min read
Agreeing To An Impeachment Inquiry Isn't Doing McCarthy Any Good With Anyone-- He's Still In Trouble
Some Extremists Insist On A Vote Now With No Hearings Or Evidence Looks like Trump sent the demand to his stooges in the House that Biden...
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Howie Klein
Sep 12, 20237 min read
The Only Reason McCarthy Will Remain Speaker, Says Ken Buck, Is Because No One Else Wants The Task
McCarthy Again Proves He's The Weakest Speaker In History Ken Buck has long been considered one of the most conservative politicians in...
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Howie Klein
Jul 12, 20235 min read
Congress At War With Itself Over The 2024 War Budget
Last week we saw that Ro Khanna was the only member of the House Armed Services Committee to vote against the new 1,200 page, $886...
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Howie Klein
Jun 6, 20234 min read
When Will The Fascists In The House Freedom Caucus Move Against McCarthy?
Everyone knows that Kevin McCarthy is the most lobbyist-friendly Speaker of the House in contemporary history. He doesn’t represent Kern...
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Howie Klein
Jun 1, 20236 min read
The McCarthy-Biden Turd Sandwich, Slathered In Fear Mongering & Overwrought Drama, Passed The House
Yesterday, before the House vote, Bernie tried to focus his supporters on what's really important, wroting that “Washington DC, with its...
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Howie Klein
May 30, 20235 min read
Biden May Have To Deliver A Lot More Dems For His Humiliating Deal With McCarthy Than He Imagined
The Freedom Caucus vs McCarthy McCarthy’s message is simple: he owned the Democrats in the deal. The extremists in his conference aren’t...
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Howie Klein
Apr 17, 20236 min read
The Republicans Are Always Trying To Take Things Away From People-- They Need To Be Taught A Lesson
When I moved back to the U.S. after living abroad, I needed some help getting on my feet. Eventually I did get on my feet and I’ll never...
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Howie Klein
Mar 25, 20237 min read
Are Some People Just Too Dangerously Ignorant To Be Parents? Think About Colorado's Boeberts
There’s no reasonable or even practical way to do this, but some people shouldn’t be allowed to raise children. There are some parents...
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Howie Klein
Mar 2, 20234 min read
Is Texas Racist Chip Roy About To Push Tony Gonzales (R-TX) Into Switching Parties?
T For Texas, T For Tennessee Old news: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said he will sign a bill, likely unconstitutional, to ban drag...
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Howie Klein
Jan 14, 20236 min read
Americans Love A Good Rebel, Right? Bad Rebels... Not So Much
The Amy Gardner-Marianna Sotomayor headline early yesterday morning was House Rebels Pushed To Change Congress. Will They Make It Harder...
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Howie Klein
Jul 29, 20218 min read
Are The Democrats Getting Ready To Turn Congress Over To QAnon?
This morning, high school dropout and QAnon follower Lauren Boebert (R-CO), asked ABC News' Ben Siegel "Why are so many millions of...
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Howie Klein
Jul 29, 20214 min read
Florida's COVID Explosion Should Finish Off Ron DeSantis' Miserable Career
With barely half the House Republicans having been vaccinated, the House physician told Pelosi to reinstate a mask mandate for anyone on...
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Howie Klein
Jul 6, 20215 min read
Trump Is Still Spewing His Big Lie-- And The Suckers Believe It
Last year, Montana handed Trump a 343,602 (56.9%) to 244,786 (40.6%) win over Biden. Trump won all but 7 of Montana's 56 counties,...
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Howie Klein
Jun 13, 20214 min read
Don't Mix Up Ubu Roi With Chip Roy
I keep hearing people refer to Señor Trumpanzee as "former president Ubu." I like Pere Ubu's music and general aesthetic so I didn't get...
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Howie Klein
Jan 4, 20216 min read
The Sedition Caucus Includes Two-Thirds Of House Republicans
The votes from the 2020 election are pretty much all counted now. Biden won 25 states and Trump won 25 states. But the results are far...
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