Republicans Just Passed More Anti-Choice Legislation— They Still Haven’t Learned Their Lesson
This Time They Went After Women In The Military The other day we talked about a couple of lunatic fringe amendments to the national...
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Howie Klein
May 308 min read
Don't Get Confused About Texas Republicans— They're All Terrible... But Some Are Even Worse
Brutal Runoffs In Tejas— Both Parties Almost, but not all, the big news out of Tuesday’s Texas runoff primaries were in the Republican...
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Howie Klein
May 85 min read
It Damages The Party Brand That Dems Are Too Conflicted To Boot Menendez & Cuellar Out Of Congress
DC Corruption Is Bipartisan— Both Parties Should Be Held Accountable Last cycle, when Henry Cuellar faced the general election voters—...
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Howie Klein
May 54 min read
Is The Sordid Saga Of Pelosi's Favorite Texas Democrap Henry Cuellar Finally Sputtering To An End?
Cuellar Has Been Taking Bribes For Decades— The FBI Finally Caught Him When the story broke on Friday about Henry Cuellar finally being...
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Howie Klein
Nov 15, 20223 min read
The Latest In The Uncalled House Races
Team Red is Just One Seat Away From A Shaky Majority How desperate is McCarthy for enough votes to make him speaker? The Wall Street...
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Howie Klein
Jul 30, 20225 min read
The Assault Weapons Ban The GOP Is Blocking
The final vote came Friday evening at 6:30 as the House voted 217-213 to pass a modest assault weapons ban. 5 reactionary Democrats voted...
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Howie Klein
Jun 1, 20224 min read
An Assault Weapons Ban Would Take Politicians With Courage &, Generally, We Don't Have That Kind
Instead We Have Careerist Politicians Even if the Pelosi-Hoyer-Clyburn-Jeffries-AIPAC scheme to defeat Jessica Cisneros and keep the...
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Howie Klein
May 31, 20226 min read
Pelosi's Putrid Hypocrisy & Opportunism Are On Display In South Texas
We still don't know who won the two progressive vs reactionary south Texas races-- TX-28 between reformist challenger Jessica Cisneros...
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Howie Klein
May 26, 20225 min read
There's Something Seriously Wrong With Congressional Democratic Leadership
Tuesday's TX-28 primary runoff is far from over. There are still votes to be counted (and recounted, considering the mind-boggling degree...
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Howie Klein
May 25, 20225 min read
The Morning After In South Texas: TX-28 Still Too Close To Call
Before dawn this morning, with around 95% of the votes in TX-28, yesterday's primary runoff is still too close to call, about 175 votes...
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Howie Klein
May 17, 20228 min read
Polls Are Open And Today Biden & Pelosi Are Doing More To Hurt Progressivism Than Trump Is
We ran through the big races yesterday. I was so busy that I forgot to mention Alexandra Hunt in Philly and Matt West in the crowded new...
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Howie Klein
May 9, 20229 min read
Pelosi And Clyburn Should Be Organizing A National Strike Instead Of Campaigning For Henry Cuellar
I come from a Democratic neighborhood in Brooklyn and never met an admitted Republican until I went away to college. My political mentor,...
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Howie Klein
May 5, 20226 min read
Will The Democrats Protect Choice-- Or Just Use The Issue To Bludgeon Republicans & Raise Money?
I got an e-mail from the Ohio Democrats' pathetic Senate candidate this morning, begging for money. I can't imagine a more wasteful...
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Howie Klein
Dec 19, 20215 min read
What's The Worst Thing About The Worst Candidate You Know?
Yesterday I drew a contrast between North Carolina progressive champion Erica Smith and the conservative Democrat who is opposing her for...
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Howie Klein
Nov 26, 20212 min read
Big Oil Is Bribing Members Of Congress To Look The Other Way On Climate Change
So far this cycle, the top half dozen direct oil and gas contributors to congressional campaigns were Koch Industries, Samson Energy,...
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Howie Klein
Sep 2, 20217 min read
Who Did The SCOTUS Anti-Choice Decision Help Politically?
Abortion Showdown Looms Last year, despite massive spending by the Republican wing of the Democratic Party-- and by Republican donors--...
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Howie Klein
Aug 25, 20213 min read
Conservative Dems Still Aiming To Wreck Biden's Agenda
Yesterday everyone voted-- no abstentions or absentees. Every single Democrat voted yes, including the fulminating right-wingers (like...
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Howie Klein
Mar 10, 20215 min read
Strong Labor Bill Passed The House Last Night-- Headed Straight To The Senate Filibuster Graveyard
Last night, betrayed by far right Texas Blue Dog Henry Cuellar, but backed by 5 Republicans, House Democrats passed the Protecting the...
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