Democratic Progressives Are Charlie Brown And The Party Is Lucy
-by Patrick Toomey Occasionally, one cartoon can summarize a long history of events. This Peanuts classic sums up, once again, how the...
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Thomas Neuburger
Jun 6, 202310 min read
Biden Signs Off on Restarting Student Debt
This failure raises an uncomfortable larger question.
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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 4, 20235 min read
Bipartisanship In Washington Means A Conservative Consensus Fueled By Corporate Money
Yesterday, Politico reported that "somehow, both McCarthy and Biden emerged from the potential economic debacle in better political...
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Howie Klein
Jun 4, 20236 min read
Those Who Held The Line
A few years ago, Jen Perelman ran for Congress against corrupt corporate Dem, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Wasserman Schultz had no problem...
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Howie Klein
Jun 3, 20237 min read
Like The House Dems, The Senate Dems Passed Biden's Hideous Turd Sandwich
Yesterday, Bernie explained to his supporters why he voted against Biden’s turd sandwich Thursday night. (He was joined by 4 other...
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Howie Klein
Jun 1, 20234 min read
Why Did So Many Progressives Vote Against Biden's Turd Sandwich?
As we saw earlier, 165 Democrats voted for the turd sandwich, including several respected progressive leaders, like Ilhan Omar (MN),...
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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 31, 20235 min read
Ultimately, The Public Will Blame Biden, Not McCarthy, For The Turd Sandwich
Yesterday, I asked a friend with whom I'm planning a holiday in India, if she thinks we should rent a house in Delhi or stay in a hotel...
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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
May 28, 20235 min read
Conventional Wisdom On The Conservative Biden-McCarthy Debt Ceiling Deal: It Could Have Been Worse
Let’s begin with a premise from professional moderate Matthew Yglesias: “The debt ceiling standoff itself has, as the White House itself...
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Howie Klein
May 26, 20234 min read
The Electorate Has Turned Sour On Republicans... Can You Imagine That?
The Whole Party Has Been Tarred By The Freedom Caucus & QAnon According to the DCCC right now there are 31 Republican-held districts more...
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Howie Klein
May 25, 20235 min read
Reasoning With Republicans-- Not The Traitors In Congress... Just Relatively Normal Ones
Bernie Gives It A Try This headline seems unremarkable on any site I would normally be accessing: Biden must resist Republican debt...
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Howie Klein
May 24, 202310 min read
Hostage Crisis? Or Weak, Senile President Crisis?
Sure, McCarthy And Ricchetti Are Pieces Of Shit, But Biden's The Caitiff Default countdown— 8 days? Biden seems fine with caving to GOP...
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Howie Klein
May 23, 20235 min read
It’s Up To Biden To Protect The Nation And Avert The Chaos Trump Is Aiming For
Do you recall that Ezra Klein was a big booster of Obama’s horrible “Grand Bargain” as far back as 2009? If you do, it should come as no...
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Howie Klein
May 22, 20235 min read
Biden MUST Prevent The GOP From Shoving The Economy Off The Fiscal Cliff-- No Matter What It Takes
-by Daniel Drasin The White House and the House Republicans are spending a lot of energy blaming each other for a possible fiscal cliff...
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Howie Klein
May 20, 20233 min read
Do The Freedom Caucus Nuts Want To Force A Default-- Or Are They Just Playing Poker Against America?
On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that Sinema is “more and more confident” of a deal to avert a US default. She told them that she’s...
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Howie Klein
May 20, 20231 min read
Midnight Meme Of The Day! Washington's Favorite Combo: Greed & Sadism!
by Noah Your Saturday Cartoon: "I piss on you all from a considerable height." - Louis Ferdinand Celine What a system! Repugs pass the...
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Howie Klein
May 17, 20235 min read
Would Conservative Dems Work With Non-Fascist Republicans To Keep McCarthy In The Speaker's Office?
Which conservative Democrats would actually vote to keep the speaker's gavel in Kevin McCarthy's hand? People in DC think they know who—...
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Howie Klein
May 16, 20236 min read
The Nature Of Conservatism: Over The Cliff... In England And In Our Own Country
British far rightists threw their economy over the cliff with Brexit. So don’t think for a moment that Tim Burchett (R-TN) is the only...
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