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Asked By Constituents What She’s Doing To Stand Up To Musk And Trump, Elissa Slotkin Attacked AOC
The Senate's worst Democrat You think Fetterman (D-PA) is bad? He is, but Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) has the worst voting record of any...
Howie Klein
3 days ago2 min read
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What Is Today's Democratic Party A Vehicle For— Aside From Advancing The Careers Of Politicians?
And Apart From Demonizing Trump And Musk? I grew up in a not very political Democratic family in Brooklyn, although my political guru, my...
Howie Klein
5 days ago5 min read
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Midnight Meme Of The Day! Anyone Seen A Profile In Courage In Washington Lately?
Certainly Not From Chuck Schumer! by Noah America may be stuck with Chuck Schumer for a long time. That's the dark side but there's also...
Noah
5 days ago4 min read
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Democratic Candidates Are Winning Special Elections Even As Voters Say They Hate The Party
Even Democratic Voters Hate The Democratic Establishment & Leadership Although new polling released by NBC yesterday wasn’t exactly good...
Howie Klein
Mar 174 min read
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Who Voted for Trump's Budget in the Senate?
Visibly Pro-Trump Democratic senators, a list
Thomas Neuburger
Mar 151 min read
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The Frog or the Scorpion: Who Caused the Mess We're In?
And why it matters
Thomas Neuburger
Feb 255 min read
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The American People Deserve An Alternative To Trump—Do The Democrats Deserve To Be That Alternative?
People Can Tell When A Politician Puts Their Own Career First Early yesterday morning, Adam Gray inched a tiny bit closer to ousting...
Howie Klein
Dec 3, 20249 min read
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There Is A Path To Democratic Party Redemption— But Not Through The Neoliberalism That Wrecked It
Almost As Bad As Rahm As DNC Chair Would Be Ritchie Torres As DCCC Chair I have a strong stomach. Even when I was going through chemo and...
Howie Klein
Nov 30, 20248 min read
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Sundown On The Donkey “Leadership”
-by Patrick Toomey None of us know what might happen in the 2026 election cycle— much less what will happen in the 2028 cycle. For...
Patrick Toomey
Nov 29, 20244 min read
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When Do We Have To Admit The Democratic Party Is No Longer A Vehicle For Progressive Aspirations?
At Least The Clintons, Obama & Biden Were Unable To Make Rahm DNC Chair The lazy Senate Democrats are lumbering along confirming the last...
Howie Klein
Nov 19, 20247 min read
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The Democratic Base Has Gotten More Progressive— But Elected Democratic Leaders, Not So Much
Bonus: The American Housing Crisis Yesterday, Gallup’s Justin McCarthy reported that Americans— especially Democrats— have gotten more...
Howie Klein
Jun 11, 20249 min read
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Anti-Fascist Conservative Republicans Are Flocking To The Democrats. Are They Bringing Conservatism?
And Economic Progressive Blue Collar Dems Are Going Over To the GOP I always get a good feeling when Obama’s former Solicitor General...
Howie Klein
Sep 22, 202320 min read
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How Republicans Use Democrats' Hatred of Republicans
Democrats were manipulated into supporting cluster bombs
Thomas Neuburger
Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Biden Signs Off on Restarting Student Debt
This failure raises an uncomfortable larger question.
Thomas Neuburger
Jun 6, 202310 min read
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Blue America Endorses Democrats-- Next Year In WA-02 There's A Better Alternative: Jason Call, Green
Jason Call was one of the top Blue America candidates last cycle. He ran for the northwest Washington congressional seat occupied by...
Howie Klein
May 22, 20235 min read
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Do Recent Actions by Democratic Party Leaders Increase Their Status Among Independent Voters?
Or do Party actions lower their electoral odds?
Thomas Neuburger
Apr 21, 20233 min read
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Are Democrats Turning Off Young Voters To Electoral Politics?
Young people are inclined to support progressive policies and support candidates who back those kinds of policies. In 2018, 64% of young...
Howie Klein
Dec 12, 20225 min read
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The Most Mentally Unstable Member Of The Senate, Just Destabilized American Politics
Kyrsten Sinema Gets The Attention She Craves My last interaction— if you want to call it that— with Kyrsten Sinema was a few years ago. I...
Howie Klein
Dec 9, 20228 min read
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Crapping On The Democratic Party Brand: Manchin, Jeffries, Pelosi, Biden, The DCCC...
Reporting for the New Republic last week, Pablo Manríquez wrote about the new dynamics involved with selecting a DCCC chair. One...
Howie Klein
Dec 5, 20225 min read
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The GOP-Lite Conservative Wing Of The Democratic Party Is Stronger Than It Should Be
Jamaal Bowman: Why The Squad Voted For Biden's Railroad Bill Biden wants to move the first phase of the Democrats’ presidential selection...
Howie Klein
Dec 3, 202212 min read
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